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…or does every wife of a carpenter have wood every where? We have an entire room upstairs dedicated to the storage of wood. I’m told it needs to be in the house for temperature purposes. The garage is full, our porch is often full, and right now he is building a shed and I’m scared it’s to store more wood! He’s probably figured out he’s running out of room! And yet, about once a week, he comes home with more! It’s always for stuff he’s gonna do, things he’s gonna make for me, and of course it’s free, “extras”! I guess he is true to his word. I do have half of a dresser he started for me a year ago, an endtable in our living room were the drawars don’t open and the top isn’t glued down, and 2 doghouses for his son, whom has never set paw in either. Last winter he also decided that it was just to cold out and there was no room in the garage to work (due to his mini lumberyard of course) and that he needed to set up shop inside our house. He of course tricked me by explaining all that he could get done. Well it is now August and his woodworking area is still there. So, are these things typical? Is this just something I married into?? Must I just accept I live in a lumberyard full of uncompleted projects?
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My garage is pretty much full and there may be a couple of projects '' in progress " inside . But I wont set up shop in the house until I start on the wife's dream kitchen . Chuck , carpenter husband
*My wife won't let me build her a new kitchen. After 22 years with a carpenter, she knows I'll never finish it. God love her and all the other carpenter wives.Ed. Williams - carpenter husband(At least we're not Doctors. We do come home every once in awhile)
*I am running out of places to stick wood, especially long pieces. But how can you throw it away, the stuff costs a lot of money! And there's that wonderful feeling when you have just what you need lying around -- and for free. Carpenters tend to be frugal, no?
*Dear WifeThought you were my wife until the dog house detail came up. . . the answer to your question is b YES!it's something you married into andb NO!you're not alone!!Get used to it and get on with your life, such as it may be. . . better wood than rusting auto hulks that mechanics tow home???Geez!~!carpenter/pack rat and husband-pm
*Guys... We can help! "Wife," cull through the piles... we'll take all the good hardwood, antique heart pine, exotic or highly figured wood especially desired. This should leave a smaller pile, which when sorted, will permit the shop to move back to the garage.Think of it as a service from your buds here on Breaktime.
*Ask my husband Jim about the water heater!!!!Not to mention the wainscoting and the door trim Jim doesn't store any lumber in our house - he just uses his mothers house!! He'll tell you - just ask him.Hi George - how you doing?Kathy Blodgett, charter member of the WWBB - or WWDT!!!
*...woops, I should have known better than to take a shower (and it isn't even Sat. night!)...
*Jimbo,So the truth comes out. I thought your place looked mighty tidy, but good lord man, your mother's house? Just how many b.f. of vgfir have you stuffed into the poor womans house? And I've been having nightmares about PatrickM's nuns.JonC
*But don't tell him about it. Keep it as a surprise and see the look on his face. Besides, it'll sort of be test to see how good your marriage is.
*JonC, man, wait, it's not like you think. You know how womens blow things out of proportion! Really. that fir is in the pole barn where my mother's house USED to be. There. That settles that...whew, that was close...gotta keep that girl away from the computer...Hey! What about those Mariners, huh? - jbp.s.- "Sheep are cuddly, wooly, sweet! Even though they say bleat, bleat!" Huh? What diya think?
*More stories: Husband Wreaking Disaster
*So,...what's the problem? My wife has claimed the entire property as hers to satisfy her gardening desires. Fine, I say, but when she almost--caught her just in the knick of time--threw out my wood stockpile, I got so mad I was seeing red. Then came the lecture of how expensive my "mess" is, how it is so needed, blah, blah, blah. I think I got through to her. I'm content to have for myself a small patch of "our" property.'Course, the garage is a different story.
*Jim,I'm a tad curious about the water heater.Rich Beckman
*...well, let's see, we have three kids. And as they got older, they started takin' lots of showers and long baths and usin' a lot more hot water. We have all electric appliances. So one day, a while ago, I brought home another hot water heater to hook up "in series" with the first one. I haven't installed it yet. That's all. See how womens blow things out of proportion? No big deal. I'll get to it. It's on my list! - jbHey Rich - was that you who was goin' to court? What ever became of all that? - jb
*First of all, it wasn't ME that was going to court (as that is commonly understood). I was only a witness to verify that the pictures accurately showed the condition of the kitchen.The judge said he would decide in a day or two. I don't know what he awarded the client, but it wasn't as much as she expected, although I wasn't surprised. She left me a message saying that the work can't be done now until January.Rich Beckman
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...or does every wife of a carpenter have wood every where? We have an entire room upstairs dedicated to the storage of wood. I'm told it needs to be in the house for temperature purposes. The garage is full, our porch is often full, and right now he is building a shed and I'm scared it's to store more wood! He's probably figured out he's running out of room! And yet, about once a week, he comes home with more! It's always for stuff he's gonna do, things he's gonna make for me, and of course it's free, "extras"! I guess he is true to his word. I do have half of a dresser he started for me a year ago, an endtable in our living room were the drawars don't open and the top isn't glued down, and 2 doghouses for his son, whom has never set paw in either. Last winter he also decided that it was just to cold out and there was no room in the garage to work (due to his mini lumberyard of course) and that he needed to set up shop inside our house. He of course tricked me by explaining all that he could get done. Well it is now August and his woodworking area is still there. So, are these things typical? Is this just something I married into?? Must I just accept I live in a lumberyard full of uncompleted projects?