posted on January 4, 2005 09:35:58 AM new
Simple answer to this. She should hire a handy man and have him do it. When her hubby sees what it is costing him, he will either do the jobs for her or pay the price.
posted on January 4, 2005 11:01:22 AM new
Gross, this is how the "bum" gene remains in the pool.
She is just as much at fault. I'd have hired someone after day one.
Built himself a coffin more like, he needs some lithium.
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It's easier to watch a camel get stuffed
through the eye of a needle, than watch
a man use heaven to get all his friends rich
posted on January 4, 2005 05:21:37 PM new
Why doesn't she just have a neighbor call and schedule bathroom repairs, then re-direct him to his own house?
This reminds me of the time the belt broke on the dryer. After six months of going without the wife confronted me with a new belt and said, "You're going to do this right now."
I took the belt out of the package went to the garage door and, leaning into the garage, tilted the dryer, which was right next to the door, forward. I had never replaced the back of the dryer and the belt popped right on with a spin of the pulley. My wife came up behind me as I was dropping the dryer back into place. Holding up a flashlight for me to see, she said, "Here, I'll hold the light for you."
The conniption fit she threw when I said, "I'm done," would have pleased many of the ladies in here.
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posted on January 4, 2005 09:46:43 PM new
I hope nobody takes this the wrong way, but I'm a woman, and if hubby doesn't take care of a maintenance problem, I DO, even with my bum knee.
Granted, I'm stubborn as a bull (there's a reason I was born a Taurus), but we women aren't helpless, ya know.
For example, I can paint (etc.) just as good as -- if not BETTER than -- hubby, who used to BE a painter by profession!
(Funny thing is, when hubby sees ME doing something HE was "supposed" to do, he jumps right in and finishes the job. Some kind of guilt trip thing, I think! Tee hee! )
posted on January 4, 2005 10:21:23 PM new
thedewey, I totally agree. There is no man in this house except for my little boy. I do the "man's" work around here. I paint the house. I fix the toilet, leaky faucet, redid the entire kitchen and bathroom. I didnt know what I was doing when I started out so I asked and asked and read and asked again. Mind you, my first painting job or laying the bathroom floor was far from perfect but I did it.
Wouldn't the house be half her's? Maybe she should open up the can of paint she bought and start using it. Buy a book on home repair and maintenace or go to the library and borrow one and just get to work. Maybe he will learn by example. Let him cook while she works.
posted on January 4, 2005 10:29:13 PM new
Parklane, LOL, 6 months without a dryer? When the belt on our dryer broke, I immediately got a 25' length of new rope I had in the garage so my wife could put up a clothesline in the back yard. I thought everything was working out good until I saw her fashioning a hangman's noose at the end of that rope. That's when I called the appliance repairman.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
posted on January 4, 2005 10:40:01 PM new
Lol, I know about dryers too.
I can fix just about anything but have gotten to that stage in life that I finally smartened up and figured out that just because I know how to do it doesn't mean that I HAVE to do it.
Last major thing I did was replace the starter on my car. My husband had a fit when I told him I was not going to pay a mechanic $300 to replace a $50 starter. Turns out the starter costs more like $130 for a Toyota Camry, but its been a long time since I made $200 an hour, so it worth getting a broken nail.
On the other hand, we had been playing stand off with leaky faucets. The bathtub faucets started dripping over a year ago. Either of us could have fixed it, both of us were going to get around to fixing it. The water bill kept creeping up each month and then finally we had one $20 higher than it should have been. I looked up the number and he called the plumber, lol.
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