So do I. She's truly a sweetheart, fantastic teacher of little kids, and terrific at lots of things.
Unfortunately, she is not so good with mechanical spatial relationships, which hurts her utility in glue up assistance (as well as navigating a car through strange places ).
She's absolutely terrified of power tools. We've tried and tried to help her get comfortable with all kinds of safety gear, but a machine shop environment still totally overloads her senses. With power tools, I never know if she'll get a death grip or *suddenly let go* at inopportune times. Both can be really bad, not knowing which will happen at a given time is worse!
We've been married long enough to recognize where help from friends and neighbors is valuable. Her, as well as her brother and sister's, high school shop horrors make great "back in the day" stories, as all of them are happy to have not lost any body parts.
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