The spacial awareness stuff is entirely true
young children show this - the boys are excellent at 3D modelling in their heads (like looking at a lego picture and being able to recreate it) whereas girls tend to acquire language - both verbal and written - at an earlier age. Male and female brains *are* different - neither is better than the other, both have developed to deal with different situations and environmental needs.
Women need to be able to multitask when dealing with a screaming baby, a young child about to run away and a hunter back from the forest who demands you cook the rabbit now. Or was that just me?
Men however, need to be able to look at the department shop (jungle) and know where the best place is for the widescreen tvs showing the F1 (prey).
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 10:00, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Shopping
As a man, my shopping is very much a 'seek out prey' technique.

I know what it is I've to buy, so I go into the shop and identify my purchase (prey), take it to the till and pay for it (make the kill) then escape the shop and go home quickly (protect the kill).

Although I'm never to be found shopping when F1 is on. That's telly-time.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 10:06, Reply)

I have a gay man inside me trying to get out
which is a pain when trying on clothes let me tell you.


Ahem...but I do the same thing - go, find, buy, go home. Although I do often stop at the local watering hole (cafe) for sustenance (coffee).
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 10:09, Reply)

I do browse briefly in some shops
Such as car showrooms, electrical shops and B&Q.

But I soon get bored. And I detest clothes shopping. I do it only when necessary, and then only for the shortest possible time. I did lots in a single hour in the US on holiday, which will satisfy my clothing needs for a good year or so.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 10:13, Reply)

I have to admit
that I like browsing in DIY shops sometimes - especially if they have a garden centre attached. I have a thing about power tools - at the moment I'm enjoying a fruitful affair with a reciprocating saw - the two apple trees in the garden aren't happy about this though.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 10:15, Reply)

Only shops I browse in
Are CD/DVD/Bookshops and Junk Shops.
( Cawl, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 10:18, Reply)

what do you recommend for sawing up old bits of pine furniture?
I'm all for using my normal handsaw but Catface says it makes his arm hurt.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 11:10, Reply)

Just tell him to MTFU,
And hit him harder.
( Cawl, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 11:16, Reply)

If you're not fussy about neat cuts
then use a bushman saw. It'll make short work of most softwood. It's also handy for hacking branches off trees.

Otherwise, a decent sharp general woodworking saw should do.

And give Catface a bit of a workout to build him up.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 11:20, Reply)

Definitely a reciprocating saw if you can lay your hands on one
they are ACE!
Like a hot knife through butter when I took out some large branches of both the apple trees and a pine tree.

Otherwise consider an axe - it's not any better but the feeling of being on the edge and being prepared is rather good.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 12:48, Reply)