Opposite of the question!
Just to be a rebel (ha!) I'm posting my quick tale of today where I managed to do something extremely clever (for an honorary blonde!).


I changed the battery on my car all on my own!

There.

And I didn't hurt myself or use too many swear words in the process!


I am not however going to mention how I ended up having to buy a new car battery...because that fits in with the question...and it's pretty feeble.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Sat 29 Dec 2007, 14:56, 4 replies)

Good!
I gotta say, few things are sexier than a woman who not only owns tools, but knows how to use them.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Sat 29 Dec 2007, 15:31, closed)

Wow!
Your a braver man than me Gungadin.
( girlinthehole, Sat 29 Dec 2007, 16:49, closed)

Myself
and 2 of my friends became stranded in Glasgow last month, as none of us could work out how to get the lock nut off his wheel. It had a plastic cap over it. Cue 20 minutes of "Try the attachment" "IT WONT FIT!!" So a battery is well outside my range!
( baw__bag contains traces of nuts on, Sat 29 Dec 2007, 18:15, closed)

Nice one!
I'm gonna tackle changing the head gasket on mine (got some spanners for Christmas, w00t!). I think maybe you have had much greater success than I am likely to have. Hurrah for doing mechanic-y things!
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 2 Jan 2008, 16:21, closed)