DIY disastersI just can't do power tools. They always fly out of control and end up embedded somewhere they shouldn't. I've no idea how I've still got all the appendages I was born with.
Add to that the fact that nothing ends up square, able to support weight or free of sticking-out sharp bits and you can see why I try to avoid DIY.
Tell us of your own DIY disasters.
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chthonic, Thu 3 Apr 2008, 17:19)
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Tales of Ma and Pa Monkey – Pa and the treeMa and Pa monkey bought a house with a lovely little tree in the front garden. Lovely little tree had massive roots. Massive roots were getting too close to the foundation of the house and it blocked Ma’s view from the kitchen window. Little tree had to go.
Pa monkey wonders off to the local tool hire centre and hires a shiny chain saw and sets to work removing the tree from the garden. Ma watches on from the kitchen window. Ma thinks that playing with chain saws looks like a lot of fun and wants a turn.
Most of the tree felling part of the job is done so Ma thinks it is a perfect opportunity to get her mitts on the new toy. “Can I have a turn Pa?” “Of course Ma”. There follows a brief lesson on how to use a chainsaw. “Now Ma” says Pa “I want you to cut this log just here, I will hold it still for you”
Ma and Pa don’t have a great deal of sense between them. Pa holds the log about an inch away from where he wants Ma to cut so combining holding the log and marking where the log should be cut. He had underestimated how little strength Ma has in her upper body. As she goes to cut the log she cannot fully control the chain saw and takes off the tips of Pa’s fingers as she cuts into the log.
That was the first and last time that Pa hired a chain saw.
Length? Hire was 24 hours
(, Sat 5 Apr 2008, 13:54, Reply)
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