Women and DIY

[ARWadsworth]

prepared to admit to it?

[Lobster]

[pcb1962]

I'm currently at 12 years for the built-in wardrobe in our bedroom, and I get reminded at least every 2 months, not 6. I've just this week done the broken tile in the kitchen, which has only been about 5 years.

[The Medway Handyman]

Worked for a lady today, list of loads of little jobs, nothing complicated.

Her comment was "my husband is a DIY f****it".

:-)

[geoff]

Mrs dense?

[brass monkey]

Yebut, did you score?

[The Medway Handyman]

I gave up sex for religious reasons...

.....God made me ugly.

[Owain]

I'm still waiting for the bookshelves in my bedroom my father promised me when I was about 4.

40 years later, I won't get them now.

My mother thinks her teasmaid has been in the electrical shop for about 30 years waiting on being repaired, having forgotten I acquired it for bits.

Owain

[Nick Odell]

Women do this too, you know.

When I was about four years old, we were on holiday at Hayling Island and my mother decided to knit me a jumper. Unfortunately she used the wrong pattern and the jumper was going to be enormous. Every summer we would go to the same place; every summer she would carry on with the jumper. When I was about fourteen, she finally finished it. It had about five different shades of colour since she'd only bought enough wool for the small jumper in the first place. It was still too big.

Nick

[jgh]

Why is there this assumption that the possession of a penis automatically means you are competant at building construction and maintenance?

JGH

[dennis]

I used to think most people were intelligent enough to do construction and maintenance. however I have been shown quite a few cockups including and extension where the concrete blocks were stacked on top of each other with no foundation and no mortar at all.

[Andy Cap]

There's no point in rushing because they then just produce the next one on the list. Which job is waiting becomes immaterial !

Andy C

[Brian Gaff]

Well, there are quite a few ladies who are good at DIY, and I think half the problem is that people put them off with horror stories from days gone by. With modern tools and a reasonable bit of common sense anyone can do it in my view. Brian

[Tim Lamb]

AOL in spades!

regards

[The Medway Handyman]

Alas Brian - your view doesn't match up to reality :-)

Anyone "should" be able to. Thankfully (for me) they can't.

Wireless doorbells, sink plugs.......

[Nightjar]

I recall one (then) young lady who was very pleased when I introduced her to PTFE tape. She had been planning to plumb in a new central heating system using Boss White and hemp. Her only problem with DIY was that she had no head for heights - even going up a small stepladder gave her vertigo.

Colin Bignell

[PeterC]

Your wife's cross?

[whisky-dave]

Where do people learn common sense ?

[Capn Nemo]

That sounds like something from 50 Sheds of Grey.

[whisky-dave]

How does PTFE tape affect her vertigo as I get that too, do you tie the tape around your waste and tie it to a ladder or something ;-)