Swagger Inn Thread 142 - in which the holidays are over and we're back to normal perving hours

[SisterHelenoftheEternalCatchUp]

Questions:

1. Why doesn't my office look like this?

Um...hang on....

This one Helen?

Anywench else?

at the tissue in the wash - I'm forever forgetting to check pockets and fishing the debris from DS's pockets out of the rubber seal - plus the tedium of shredded tissues.
And LOL at LetUs having posted the pictire I was looking for without actually me realising (idiot me)
Tonight I AM having an early night.....

Do you think threre's some genetic trait that the men in your life get progressively handier with age? (DIY-speaking) DH is pretty good at stuff, DF is very handy, and DGF was shit-hot at fixing stuff up. DH and our (male) neighbour once had a mutual sympathy session about the ability of their FILs to make them feel utterly inadequate on the DIY front.

Tbh helen I think it's more that as a species we are progressively deskilling as time goes on and technology makes us more and more useless and dependent on it.

Hello everyone! Lovely new thread helen.

My dad was an engineer (he apprenticed as a welder)
Dh is an engineer
Dh is now office based and has been for a long long time
Dad always had whatever we needed in the back of his van somehow 😀
Blimey, I miss the old coot ❤
I'm watching parks and rec again
Not sure what to think of Sherlock tbh
I'm so over Martin freeman in anything 😕
Oh! I had a dream I killed Kate humble last night!!! 😳

I think I'm quite handy, I have my own toolbox, it's red and black, very pretty. Today I found the mailbox on the ground but I used my hammer and a nail and fixed it

My way of doing diy is hitting stuff really hard with a mallet
Amazing how often it works tbh

Go wicked!

I fixed the toilet at work today

My mum, who was also an engineer, bought me a flowery screwdriver once. Cos ladies need their tools to be pink and pretty obvs.

What is kate humble in? Why do you hate her bads?

She is a very irritating tv presenter who makes my fists teeth itch
Every
Single
Thing
She
Says
Or
Does
Fills me with an all encompassing rage
😡😳

All my tools are very manly mainly cheap crap
Did I tell you guys that I got a set of axes for Christmas? I wanted a gift certificate for books

Yay Madame!

I love DIY. DH was when we combined house contents and he found that my drill was bigger than his the angle grinder is mine too

DM had a hairy fit when DF and I combined on the phone to work out how I could wire in a new extractor fan that could be turned off to let me have a nice peaceful bath. It was a wonderful conversation along the lines of "Well if I take the red wire out and put it here... and if I move the yellow... etc etc" With my DM effectively going "la-la-la not listening - just tell me when you've done it." in the background.

When I bought my first house, my DDad bought me a toolbox and a set of tools. Believe me, this was very unusual thinking for my dad back then

I'm a dab hand with flat pack furniture. DH is very handy with DIY.

at Badderz's dream.

Watching NCIS with DS1. Gibbs still hot.

at Red's magazine cover

Oooh I love assembling IKEA stuff!

We know the Tav will always be kept in a good state of repair

Off to the hayloft. Night wenches x

Thank you for the new thread helen & what a beautiful ending to the last one letus

I agree with madame on the deskilling of each generation, many of us are more affluent & just 'get a man in'
I'm pretty good at flat pack assembly, to the extent of building a shed & also operate a drill. Good job really, with no DH to share the chores!

Morning wenches. Glad you liked it Fancy

Is very bloody windy here and I don't like it.

I want to hide in the Tav and spend the day with various HBFs.

Morning wenches

Don't get blown away letus

Ought to get going to work I suppose - have good days everyone.

Just been outside to bring one of the bins in. Is blowing a hoolie.

And now to take DS2 to school. Fun times.

Have fantastic days everywench.

Very windy here too!
Didn't have a great night and full of snot so I texted mum and have come back from the school and come back to bed 😖
Poor ds1 has cross country again today!
Ds2 has swimming 🏊 with school this morning so he was very excited
Wi for playing up so hopefully this posts!!
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