Why I hate Norm Abrams

[Mark & Juanita]

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The hot tar roofers get my vote. Texas or Arizona. In the middle of summer.

[salty]

I used to send crews to trade shows to man a booth. They had various forms and cards to be filled out by visitors. Pens disappeared almost as soon as they were put out. I think it was mostly a case of absent mindedness. My solution was to have them use stick pens, like the cheap bics, and put them out without the caps. People were less absent minded about putting a pen in their pocket or purse if it had no cap. It worked very well. I've recommended this to chashiers at the grocery store who have a similar problem losing pens when people sign credit card slips. They seem to like it, too.

[Leon]

Paint stripper greatly speeds that process.

Andy

Care to explaing how paint stripper speeds painting or applying a finsih on a new piece of furniture?

[Douglas Johnson]

on the roof

My line is "Roofing in Texas in August is as close to hell as I ever want to get." Been there, done that, never again. -- Doug

[DerbyDad03]

I think it was an episode of Blog Cabin on the DIY network last year where one of the twins nailed 3 fingers together with a nail gun.

He missed everything crucial, including crucial days of work, which was all the drama on the show. "How are we going to get this done now that we're a man down?"

Gimme a break - just hire 8 more of the workers that we never see on camera.

[Brian Henderson]

I remember that issue, way back when and they were all softball questions. You know, "Does Norm own the shop" and "Does Norm really have a power tool fetish" and "Does Norm actually build all those projects himself", that kind of thing.

I will say, Popular Woodworking surprised me, I got it on a whim one year and have kept renewing ever since. FWW, PWW and a multi-year subscription to Wood that someone got me is all I read these days.

[David Nebenzahl]

On 8/26/2009 1:29 PM Brian Henderson spake thus:

Who needs Playboy or Penthouse when one has a good woodworking magazine to drool over?

[Douglas Johnson]

A sad sign of age. Now, where are my glasses?

-- Doug

[Clot]

Prior to reading this, I'd taken a slurp of red wine. I'm now viewing the monitor through rose tinted glasses, I think! :)

[notbob]

I'm sorry, but no matter how old I get, a cool new tool will never replace a great pair of nipples. When they do, that's the day I take a nail gun to my brain pan. :|

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[Puckdropper]

Red Green wrote in news:Xns9C70AD80237EDRedGreen@216.168.3.70:

There's a new one on DIY called "Renovation Realities". There's also "Dream House" that's kinda like that.

Puckdropper

[Lisa BB.]

Norm is sexy.

[krw]

Maybe to Harold.

"If it ain't broke, don't lend it." Red Green

[notbob]

Red Green was funny for about two and a half episodes.

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[aemeijers]

What was his other quote? 'If you can't be handsome, at least be handy', or words to that effect?

-- aem sends...

[krw]

SWMBO didn't think it funny that long. Just shows that some have no sense of humor.

[Steve Turner]

Over your head, eh?

[notbob]

Yep. Deep stuff. Hee Haw was equally profound.

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[Steve Turner]

Yeah well, the percentage of time I sit down at the TV looking for something "deep" or "profound" is pretty close to never. I'm almost always trying to accomplish *something*, and time spent in front of the TV is time that's a-wasting. When I finally decide I have absolutely nothing better to do and all I desire is sit down, relax, and waste some serious time, mindless entertainment is what I seek and Red Green fits the bill quite nicely. There's nothing deep about it, and that's the way I like it. I quite enjoy Hee-Haw too, thank you very much.

[notbob]

Gee. I'm sorry . Don't cry.

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