MJ2.0
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Post by MJ2.0 on Aug 23, 2015 17:18:48 GMT -5
Achievement not yet unlocked: cutting up a roast chicken properly.
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NoNamePerson
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Is There Anybody OUT There?
Joined: Dec 17, 2010 17:03:17 GMT -5
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Post by NoNamePerson on Aug 23, 2015 19:44:28 GMT -5
Achievement not yet unlocked: cutting up a roast chicken properly. I had flashbacks to the first time I tried to cut up a whole chicken. OK, I was a new bride and this was back in the dark ages and I could barely boil water. I thought I was going to have to put labels on each piece to identify them.
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moon/Laura
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Post by moon/Laura on Aug 23, 2015 21:07:25 GMT -5
I replaced the igniter in my gas oven a couple years ago. And yesterday, I finished replacing the window regulator on my front passenger door.
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ken a.k.a OMK
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They killed Kenny, the bastards.
Joined: Dec 21, 2010 14:39:20 GMT -5
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Aug 23, 2015 21:21:57 GMT -5
I replaced a built-in microwave. Got a few scratches on my arms. It took the help of my wife to hold it up and align it to the rear panel and vent.
I replaced a bad circuit board in my LED TV.
Replaced some cartridges in Kohler faucets. Easy once you see how. Even saw a youtube video on how to do it.
Replaced many old house thermostats with new digital ones. Anyone with an old type should look into getting a digital programmable replacement. As little as $25 depending on what features you want. Payback in as little as a month or 2.
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The Captain
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Hugs are good...
Joined: Jan 4, 2011 16:21:23 GMT -5
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Post by The Captain on Aug 24, 2015 8:42:07 GMT -5
You are better off wearing old clothes. Why is she better off wearing old clothes. I can do some of those things wearing a cocktail dress, fishnet stockings and hooker boots and I'll bet The Captain can too Nah, I don't rock that look too well...any shoe with heels more than two inches is asking for trouble! Now the fishnet stockings otoh... course then I don't think I'd be getting much work done.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2015 21:31:29 GMT -5
Achievement not yet unlocked: cutting up a roast chicken properly. I had flashbacks to the first time I tried to cut up a whole chicken. OK, I was a new bride and this was back in the dark ages and I could barely boil water. I thought I was going to have to put labels on each piece to identify them. Same here on the flashbacks when a "friend" gave me a quartered wild hog. I ended up labeling that stuff "big pieces" and "little pieces" Kitchen looked like the set of a really bad slasher movie.
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wvugurl26
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Post by wvugurl26 on Aug 25, 2015 10:06:13 GMT -5
Found a Word macro and made it work to do what I needed. I've never worked with macros before. This one is saving me so much time.
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Peace Of Mind
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[font color="#8f2520"]~ Drinks Well With Others ~[/font]
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Sept 27, 2015 23:56:43 GMT -5
Milee, you sound like a bit of a spoiled brat, and a hard working lady. It's all good. I wish I had your problems. I'm land locked...but my parents are in Florida. Is it still as flat as a pancake...and swampy? I say this with all due respect. She is! She was also born with a platinum spoon in her mouth and she's a trust fund baby. Which explains your obvious jealousy of her. That and that she's also better hung than you. D'oh! I've probably said too much. I've replaced the water pump in my car when I was a teenager but step dad gave me instructions on how to do it. I can launch and trailer a boat first try without any damage to property and/or person or persons. I've driven a 36 ft. truck loaded with my crap across country with 2 cats, a gold fish, and my Corvette on a transporter on the back and didn't hit anything once. But I had to follow my ex as I can't find my way out of a paper bag with the instructions written on it. I can misspell a word, any word, first try! Tons of stuff... but I got bored with myself.
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cronewitch
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I identify as a post-menopausal childless cat lady and I vote.
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Post by cronewitch on Sept 28, 2015 0:53:50 GMT -5
I am mastering the art of being a poor helpless old woman. I used to do things like changing the outlets in the house, changing p traps or garbage disposals and other useful thing. Now I learned I can get people to help me. Last year for example I was building a fish cleaning station, I designed it and bought a used sink, had the lumber cut at the store. I needed a hole cut in plywood for the sink, but my handiman was here so he cut that and drove a bunch of screws for me then I had him mortar and grout the tile top. I got all the fun of building and designing and not much of the work. Tomorrow a lady is coming to mow my lawn I think. I could but I get bored and quit, easy to get help posted in a local group on facebook I would pay someone to mow my lawn. If she does a good job I will pay her to weed eat and clean my house.
This summer I got a flat tire on my truck. I got out the jack and instructions and was thinking about changing it. I called the insurance company to send a tow truck. A nice man stopped and changed it for me, his hobby is helping retired people so he had lots of tools and a better jack. He even followed me to a gas station and put extra air in my spare. If I was much younger I would have done it myself, but I don't want to so have learned to allow people to help me, not be stubborn. I give people money for helping me like the tire guy didn't want any but I told him to take it.
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teen persuasion
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Post by teen persuasion on Sept 28, 2015 6:41:31 GMT -5
I am mastering the art of being a poor helpless old woman. I used to do things like changing the outlets in the house, changing p traps or garbage disposals and other useful thing. Now I learned I can get people to help me. Last year for example I was building a fish cleaning station, I designed it and bought a used sink, had the lumber cut at the store. I needed a hole cut in plywood for the sink, but my handiman was here so he cut that and drove a bunch of screws for me then I had him mortar and grout the tile top. I got all the fun of building and designing and not much of the work. Tomorrow a lady is coming to mow my lawn I think. I could but I get bored and quit, easy to get help posted in a local group on facebook I would pay someone to mow my lawn. If she does a good job I will pay her to weed eat and clean my house. This summer I got a flat tire on my truck. I got out the jack and instructions and was thinking about changing it. I called the insurance company to send a tow truck. A nice man stopped and changed it for me, his hobby is helping retired people so he had lots of tools and a better jack. He even followed me to a gas station and put extra air in my spare. If I was much younger I would have done it myself, but I don't want to so have learned to allow people to help me, not be stubborn. I give people money for helping me like the tire guy didn't want any but I told him to take it. This sounds a lot like when I finally learned to delegate. I normally prefer to do things myself, I call it "little red hen syndrome", but when I was very pregnant with my first child it just made no sense to personally chase after something in a distant office in another building on campus. Send the work studies who are just sitting around waiting for a reason to bolt! They get a field trip, and I don't have to plod down three flights of stairs at a maddeningly slow rate to keep the Braxton Hicks contractions at bay, win-win. Of course I wasn't a total slug then - I still walked to work everyday. It just wasn't at my normal clip.
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