Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy

dogcatcher,

You were gone for a while. Good to have you back buddy.

Work on most anything, finished our basement. But I don't mess with carpet, no profit margin in getting the tools to do it versus hiring it.

I've had success fixing gummed up fugged up carburetors and some failures. Either way my wife is prone to leave the house if I'm working on one cause the chances of profanity and tools flying is high

Thankfully, I've got a shop. With the shop radio on, nobody in the house is hearing any of the swearing.

I was watching some Yankee movie last month, the young gal was dating some guy and talking about marriage. The mom said to the dollie, "Well, is he handy? Can he change a light bulb?"

I built the custom log cabin that I live in, and, trust me, custom log work is three times harder than frame, and takes three times longer, and I did all the wiring myself.
Wiring a log cabin is a bitch and most licensed electricians won't touch it with a ten foot pole.

So, yes, I guess I am "handy."

I describe my lovely wife's mechanical abilities as being able to "cross thread a light bulb"

but I admit if it doesn't have a heart and lungs, I'm not real sure how a lot of stuff works...

Seriously, how much Windsor Canadian do you think the Red Green Show writers drank while coming up with stuff for the handyman segment of the show?!?!??

Ha. This site became unusable on my phone, so I just kind of lost interest. Then joined some Facebook groups and they're pretty active.

My wife likes me because every day after work I show her a good time...I stay on my side of the house and leave her alone.

You guys should really try life sans wife. I have a reloading bench in my living room and leave the toilet seats up.

No thank you, I actually like my wife.

Adblock plus browser on my phone got me back on the fire.

I'm not on Facebook though.

Mine came from a no fix family.
Dad a chef and grandpa a judge.
So when we got married and i brought a rolled Jeep home on a flatbed she went ballistic.

Out of sight in detached garage i eventually got it road worthy.

Automotive, remodel, electronics and fine pitch jewelry and eyeglass repair....sure do miss my old lab job.....was pretty handy on gov jobs ( microscopes, soldering tools etc ).

Gun and archery projects on the kitchen island dont phase her. Still bitches about Gunkote in the oven though.

goalie;
Top of the morning to you sir, I hope that the day's breaking bright and clear for you folks out east and that all in your family are well.

Thanks for the thread and the chuckles and nods that it's caused, I very much appreciate it.

Honestly there's been a few times in my life after I've introduced coworkers to my good wife where they've suggested this very topic - that is to say I must either be extremely useful around the place or one smooth talker - since I'm not much of a physical specimen to gaze upon.....

Steve Smith - Red Green - used to have a TV show with his wife Morag called Smith & Smith and I want to say Red Green was a character that arose there and just kept morphing into a life of it's own. It was a parody of the outdoors show "The Red Fisher Show" and both Smith and John Candy used to do some really funny skits based on that. Of course if you weren't a Canuck and had never heard of Red Fisher - well it was less humorous I'm sure.

Anyways, here's an interview of Steve Smith talking about his last tour - just watch to the 45 second mark folks - I believe most on the forum will find it a bit ironic if nothing else.



Thanks once again sir and all the best to you and yours in 2021.

Dwayne

Dwayne,

I've got the whole red green collection.

I guess I'm close enough to the border that I find it funny and I crave Tim Hortons coffee.

I do too, she would wait on me hand and foot if I’d let her.

goalie;
Thanks for the reply sir.

Well if you crave a Timmy's double double then you're indeed close to the medicine line!

For sure and certain some of the Red Green stuff might be a tad "regional" shall we say or perhaps more Canadian than some humor that translates across borders better, I'm not sure since I am one, you know?

The girls gave me one of his books one year for Christmas and it's good for a laugh as well.

Thanks again for the thread, the reply and for carrying on the manly tradition of being able to fix stuff that needs it sir!

All the best once again.

Dwayne

Man skill 101 is lost on ALOT of american men....

From how to fix a flat to how to fugg the schitt outta your ole lady.


I blame lifetime christmas movies for the downfall of the Alpha male and the rise of the beta boy.........

LMAO.

Fuggen hilarious.