Today my bil came over and he and my husband got to talking about moving south. My bil and his wife will be moving south around the same time we are. While we will be headed to Mississippi they are headed to Arkansas. Him and his wife are like us. They can't take these cold winters anymore.
The guys got to talking about selling all their tools. They feel that just because they can no longer use them the tools are no longer needed. Well suffice it to say that riled me up. Just because they can no longer use the tools does not mean they won't be used. And I know what will happen. We get down there and will need a tool and some point in time which means we will have to go out and buy one. Oh no!!! We are not going through that again. No Way No How!!! Been there done that!!!!!
When I popped up and said there was no reason to sell our tools I had both of them down my neck. Telling me that since they could not use them they would be of no use to us any longer. Wrong thing to say to me! I not so politely said "Oh Yeah and what makes you think I can't use them?" Well you are a woman they replied. Wrong thing to say again. I fired off with both barrels and let them have it.
I told my bil that just because he wife is does not know a hammer from a screwdriver does not mean I don't and just because she doesn't know how to use a drill does not mean that I don't.
So they started asking me what all types of tools were and what were they used for. "What is a hog nose saw?" "A reciprocating saw." "Ok what is a scroll saw" "A saw with a long thin blade that goes up and down for intricate cutting like me sitting out in the garage. If you remember dear hubby I bought that saw for me"
"Well what is a table saw?" "Oh you mean the one sitting over in the corner that we used to rip big boards into smaller boards to make the bookshelves I designed?"
"What is a belt sander?" "Which one? The one bolted to the table that I used to sand the bird houses I built or the portable one I used to sand the ramp with?"
Well I know you can tell me what a circular saw is." "Isn't that the portable one that has the round blade that I used to cut the pallets last year and isn't that what a table saw is to?" "You forgot to ask me about the miter saw sitting on the table at the back of the garage that I bought to cut the molding with when we first bought the house and were remodeling it. Do you want to know what that does to?"
By this time both of them had red faces but I was not about to let them off the hook easy. I sweetly asked them if they wanted me to tell them about the air compressor and the impact wrench and other air powered tools that go with it or did they need to to explain what a router was and how to use it or which were wrenches, which hammer was what kind and what you used it for, or which was a flat head and which was a Phillips screw driver. Or what about the 5 hydraulic jacks out there. Did they need me to show them how to work them?
Oh and did they need me to show them how the lathe and the carving tools that go with it work? Or what about the sledge hammer, the axe, the hatchet, the tree pruner, the leaf blower, the lawn mower, the garden tractor, or the garden tiller?
By this time they were looking pretty sheepish. My husband said "Okay you showed us we were wrong. We are sorry.' I told him he should be because he knew better than his brother that there was not a tool out in that garage or in the house that I have not used many many times over the years. He should also remember that I was raised by a man who did not believe in women's work and man's work. He believe it was all everyone's work no matter their sex.
Then I decided to get just one more little dig in by reminding my husband of all the things I have fixed around the house in the last two years when he has not been able to and all the things I fixed when he was on the road driving semi across country or was at work some where. And of all the things I designed and built myself with out his or any one else's help.
After I blew off steam he looked at his brother and said "I guess I will be keeping my tools if I want to live a longer life." His brother agreed with him.
This goes to show you to never under estimate a strong willed woman for she will get her way some how or another. LOL
Prepping Granny
The guys got to talking about selling all their tools. They feel that just because they can no longer use them the tools are no longer needed. Well suffice it to say that riled me up. Just because they can no longer use the tools does not mean they won't be used. And I know what will happen. We get down there and will need a tool and some point in time which means we will have to go out and buy one. Oh no!!! We are not going through that again. No Way No How!!! Been there done that!!!!!
When I popped up and said there was no reason to sell our tools I had both of them down my neck. Telling me that since they could not use them they would be of no use to us any longer. Wrong thing to say to me! I not so politely said "Oh Yeah and what makes you think I can't use them?" Well you are a woman they replied. Wrong thing to say again. I fired off with both barrels and let them have it.
I told my bil that just because he wife is does not know a hammer from a screwdriver does not mean I don't and just because she doesn't know how to use a drill does not mean that I don't.
So they started asking me what all types of tools were and what were they used for. "What is a hog nose saw?" "A reciprocating saw." "Ok what is a scroll saw" "A saw with a long thin blade that goes up and down for intricate cutting like me sitting out in the garage. If you remember dear hubby I bought that saw for me"
"Well what is a table saw?" "Oh you mean the one sitting over in the corner that we used to rip big boards into smaller boards to make the bookshelves I designed?"
"What is a belt sander?" "Which one? The one bolted to the table that I used to sand the bird houses I built or the portable one I used to sand the ramp with?"
Well I know you can tell me what a circular saw is." "Isn't that the portable one that has the round blade that I used to cut the pallets last year and isn't that what a table saw is to?" "You forgot to ask me about the miter saw sitting on the table at the back of the garage that I bought to cut the molding with when we first bought the house and were remodeling it. Do you want to know what that does to?"
By this time both of them had red faces but I was not about to let them off the hook easy. I sweetly asked them if they wanted me to tell them about the air compressor and the impact wrench and other air powered tools that go with it or did they need to to explain what a router was and how to use it or which were wrenches, which hammer was what kind and what you used it for, or which was a flat head and which was a Phillips screw driver. Or what about the 5 hydraulic jacks out there. Did they need me to show them how to work them?
Oh and did they need me to show them how the lathe and the carving tools that go with it work? Or what about the sledge hammer, the axe, the hatchet, the tree pruner, the leaf blower, the lawn mower, the garden tractor, or the garden tiller?
By this time they were looking pretty sheepish. My husband said "Okay you showed us we were wrong. We are sorry.' I told him he should be because he knew better than his brother that there was not a tool out in that garage or in the house that I have not used many many times over the years. He should also remember that I was raised by a man who did not believe in women's work and man's work. He believe it was all everyone's work no matter their sex.
Then I decided to get just one more little dig in by reminding my husband of all the things I have fixed around the house in the last two years when he has not been able to and all the things I fixed when he was on the road driving semi across country or was at work some where. And of all the things I designed and built myself with out his or any one else's help.
After I blew off steam he looked at his brother and said "I guess I will be keeping my tools if I want to live a longer life." His brother agreed with him.
This goes to show you to never under estimate a strong willed woman for she will get her way some how or another. LOL
Prepping Granny