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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 31 2011, 01:32 PM (304 Views) | |
| brenda | Oct 31 2011, 01:32 PM Post #1 |
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I just came home from getting an entire pickup load of auction items that hubby bought on-line from a local hardware store that closed. He bought half the store judging from the mountain of items in my truck. The men handling the auction said I am a very good sport to pick up and load all this for hubby. Do I qualify for any prizes? The guy from the auction gave me a couple unsold rolls of rosin paper, which will make hubby even happier, 'cuz he loves to have that on hand. Any awards out there for 'good sport wife', or something like that? I guess my prize is that hubby should have even more stuff on hand to finish the kitchen. Actually, I got some stuff during the auction, too. Lots of Pyrex items, some canning equipment, bird feeders, Rubbermaid storage containers, brooms/mops, Kleenex (19 boxes), chicken wire and hardware cloth, and a couple galvanized trash cans. My purchases were not even half of hubby's. I guess we have our own hardware store now. |
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| Mikhailoh | Oct 31 2011, 01:35 PM Post #2 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Stuff. At this point in my life I am trying to divest myself of stuff, not accumulate. You must have a huge garage! |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| brenda | Oct 31 2011, 01:38 PM Post #3 |
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Two-storey garage, two cars wide, two cars deep. Hubby and I each have our own workshops on the second floor. Mine is for sewing and rug supplies. I can dye wool up there if I don't want to stink up the house. Hubby has his woodworking tools and all kinds of stuff in his. |
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| George K | Oct 31 2011, 01:43 PM Post #4 |
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Finally
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Please, PLEASE, come back to Chicago and have a chat with Mrs. George. She is the Q of K.* (Queen of Klutter) |
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| brenda | Oct 31 2011, 01:49 PM Post #5 |
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George, I think your lovely bride would like to learn rug hooking. It won't take up much room.
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| Mikhailoh | Oct 31 2011, 01:51 PM Post #6 |
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Alas, I have my own monarchy of mayhem to contend with here. |
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| brenda | Oct 31 2011, 02:00 PM Post #7 |
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So, that makes you King of the Castle? Or should I say Kastle? |
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| Mikhailoh | Oct 31 2011, 02:06 PM Post #8 |
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More like Ye Royal Sanitation Engineer. |
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| apple | Oct 31 2011, 03:24 PM Post #9 |
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one of the angels
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you get a free hammer to knock him on the head. |
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| brenda | Oct 31 2011, 04:29 PM Post #10 |
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apple, once the Advil kicks in for the soreness, I may be able to consider the hammer option. Right now, I hurt. It was a lot of lifting, really heavy stuff. For you, Dan: HOLY COW! That stuff was heavy. On a happy note, we got great wood screws, some of which will be used to complete various parts of the kitchen. It will be so handy to have all these things. With any luck, we can use lots of the stuff for the chicken coop next year, too. |
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| Dan | Oct 31 2011, 04:36 PM Post #11 |
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Senior Carp
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Holy Cow! You can have pick of the litter Good wife prize |
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| brenda | Oct 31 2011, 04:40 PM Post #12 |
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Sure! NOW you bring out the guys who could have helped load all that heavy hardware stuff into my truck. I could have put every one of them to work today.
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| Dan | Oct 31 2011, 04:50 PM Post #13 |
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Senior Carp
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Ain't that just like a man to show up after the heavy lifting is done... |
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| Jolly | Oct 31 2011, 05:18 PM Post #14 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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Other than some of my tools and a few weapons, I'm just about down to a Marine Corps philosophy of life - "if it don't fit in my footlocker, it's not important enough to keep". |
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| Steve Miller | Oct 31 2011, 05:29 PM Post #15 |
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Bull-Carp
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What does he do with rosin paper? I haven't seen anyone use it in years. |
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Wag more Bark less | |
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| brenda | Oct 31 2011, 05:54 PM Post #16 |
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Really? We use it to protect floors and other parts of a room that needs serious work, such as plaster removal. If we are mudding and taping drywall, we cover the floor to protect it from spills and drips. I like it on the floor when I wallpaper, too, in case some of the glue splashes. I use it as much as he does, I guess. Maybe you are more tidy than we are.
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| Axtremus | Nov 1 2011, 03:50 AM Post #17 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Ha! I used rosin paper ... didn't know it's called rosin paper, just thought it looked useful while at Home Depot, so I picked up a roll. It proved itself useful soon after.
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