Reviving POTPOURRI

joshh · Post by **joshh** » Sun Jul 07, 2013 7:04 am

Maybe he is a total idiot and doesn't know what anything is or does? Maybe he was trying to break your tools so you can get new ones? Maybe he really doesn't like you after all?

Does he subscribe to the following logic?
If it moves and it shouldn't, use duct tape.
If it doesn't move and it should, use a hammer (aka crescent wrench).

BuckeyeDennis · Post by **BuckeyeDennis** » Sun Jul 07, 2013 9:37 am

heathicus wrote:My father-in-law was in my shop today. He used my jointer bed for an anvil. And my crescent wrench as a hammer. Thankfully it was over before I could pick my jaw up off the floor and no damage was done. Why would someone treat someone else's tools so poorly? I even thought he liked me.

My very own flesh and blood pulled a similar stunt on me. The 16-yr old daughter wanted to post some signs outdoors for her boyfriend on prom night. I learned about this when I found one of my 520 connecting tubes plugged with dirt. They had been commandeered for signpost duty!

So then, when I commenced to scold daughter for tool theft and abuse, I learned that Mom had OK'd said criminal repurposing. Even after I patiently explained why this was a problem, it was obvious that no major light bulbs illuminated in either noggin.

Mechanical-aptitude genes must be unevenly distributed between the X & Y chromosomes. My 13-year old boy might well have stolen them once. But once explained, he would certainly have understood his error.

BuckeyeDennis · Post by **BuckeyeDennis** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:02 pm

The wife found this one absolutely hilarious ...

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keakap · Post by **keakap** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:37 pm

JPG40504 wrote:...
It be a thread for any subject matter in any order(a catchall).
...?

Subject: (broad) router accessories; (specific) template guides; (detail) how to use and for whut.

{you'll never guess what I'm workin on...}
;-)

keakap · Post by **keakap** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:50 pm

JPG40504 wrote:This thread is about potpourri, not potus!:rolleyes:

Both are about smells- one nice, the other really really bad.

keakap · Post by **keakap** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:56 pm

dusty wrote:WOW, $180K per hour flight time. ...

Whatever it includes, it is a lot of money that I think could be much better spent.

But you won't see or hear that in the leftstream media. Last time that happened was when GW flew out to the Lincoln to greet the troops after their mission was accomplished in the middle yeast.

Then the president was overspending.

keakap · Post by **keakap** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:57 pm

jb41339 wrote:...
You must be a Republican.

Jim in Tucson, Arizona

(see "Mission Accomplished")

keakap · Post by **keakap** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:59 pm

dusty wrote:...
These do not seem to be partisan questions. Sorry but I don't recognize the basis for that conclusion.

It's called Changing the Subject, to deflect any deserved criticism.

keakap · Post by **keakap** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:04 pm

jb41339 wrote:I remember reading somewhere that Ex-President George Bush make 13 trips to the New Orleans area in the 3 years after Katrina.

Was the outrage over the frequency of his trips?...... I didn't think so.

Jim in Tucson, Arizona

Yes, there most certainly was "outrage" about the frequency and about anything else to do with it. Heck, I still remember the outrage from the whackjobleft about the amount of time the President spent airborne in the hours after 9-11! Now that is sick!

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:14 pm

BuckeyeDennis wrote:My very own flesh and blood pulled a similar stunt on me. The 16-yr old daughter wanted to post some signs outdoors for her boyfriend on prom night. I learned about this when I found one of my 520 connecting tubes plugged with dirt. They had been commandeered for signpost duty!

So then, when I commenced to scold daughter for tool theft and abuse, I learned that Mom had OK'd said criminal repurposing. Even after I patiently explained why this was a problem, it was obvious that no major light bulbs illuminated in either noggin.

Mechanical-aptitude genes must be unevenly distributed between the X & Y chromosomes. My 13-year old boy might well have stolen them once. But once explained, he would certainly have understood his error.

So, next time you need a paint bucket, use her best/favorite cooking vessel.

Maybe then the interior shall become illuminated.

Hopefully it will not trigger a shopping trip!:eek:

If so, you have 'justification' for new 'something(s)'.

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Reviving POTPOURRI

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