"But I donโt think my wife would appreciate what I had in mind for her!"
Ye Gods and little fishes Ken, what sort of tool shop were you in!?๐ฎ๐
"She can strip any household item to bits with any dinner knife"
Leads to the question; can she put it back together, in working order, with a dinner knife!?๐
Seriously tho folks! More power to your collective elbows Ken๐
Keep your head Ken "whilst all about you are loosing theirs"!
Have to admit that, on a slightly different level, several decades ago I made the fatal mistake of buying my second wife a
sewing machine
for Christmas!
Went down like a lead Concorde.๐ค
Turned out she was more into anything she could easily turn into cash!
That was my second and last experiment with marriage.
My 'female companion' of nearly 25 years now ๐ Gisela (girl friend sounds kinda wrong somehow at our age!๐), came with her own basic tool kit and is perfectly capable of mounting shelves, (almost) all the irritating fixes that can occur around the house and even assembling IKEA furniture!!
I get only get involved when it comes to electrics / electronics / PC or the HEAVY stuff!
Colin; If I needed someone to help me strip down and rebuild an engine I'd have to turn to me dear old Mum. Going on 95 and still going! She spent most of WW2 doing just that for army trucks.
Apropos clamps; some of you may remember the Colin / Nerys thread(s) on Workshops a month or so ago, both were building new ones.
I posted some pics of mine and commented on the STUFF clogging up my construction bench, including a box of clamps.
Since the sort out and clean I can't find the damn box and it's driving me quietly bonkers - now, after turning the place upside-down, soon to develop into screamingly insane! ๐
So come on guys, a joke's a joke! Which of U 'orrible lot has nicked it or hidden it for a bit o fun? ๐ค
Ramble ramble ramble .....
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