I am ticked..!!!!

[lennyzx11]

Then there was the time I got cold outside and brought a couple of wood pieces in that I was assembling for a wooden boat project. With dear wife out of town visiting relatives for a week figured I was safe.
Ran about 8 woods screws that I had measured the pieces twice for to make sure they were short enough.
2 pieces of 3/4" wood. Makes 1 1/2" thickness. Box of wood screws says 1 1/4".
Perfect.
Until two things (well three) got noticed unexpectedly.
1. Said assembly is now firmly attached to tabletop in dining room.
2. Box says 1 3/4". Not 1 1/4".

And the 3rd? Wife has always really loved her expensive unnmarred dining room table and is coming home early!

 

[k0ua]

Then there was the time I got cold outside and brought a couple of wood pieces in that I was assembling for a wooden boat project. With dear wife out of town visiting relatives for a week figured I was safe.
Ran about 8 woods screws that I had measured the pieces twice for to make sure they were short enough.
2 pieces of 3/4" wood. Makes 1 1/2" thickness. Box of wood screws says 1 1/4".
Perfect.
Until two things (well three) got noticed unexpectedly.
1. Said assembly is now firmly attached to tabletop in dining room.
2. Box says 1 3/4". Not 1 1/4".

And the 3rd? Wife has always really loved her expensive unnmarred dining room table and is coming home early!

Lets us know how this one works out.

You can get those little jars of wood filler at the big box stores. She is still going to notice, but hey a filled hole is better than a big gaping hole. Who knows it might take her a while to notice. Extra time to figure out something to say!

 

[Gator6x4]

Then there was the time I got cold outside and brought a couple of wood pieces in that I was assembling for a wooden boat project. With dear wife out of town visiting relatives for a week figured I was safe.
Ran about 8 woods screws that I had measured the pieces twice for to make sure they were short enough.
2 pieces of 3/4" wood. Makes 1 1/2" thickness. Box of wood screws says 1 1/4".
Perfect.
Until two things (well three) got noticed unexpectedly.
1. Said assembly is now firmly attached to tabletop in dining room.
2. Box says 1 3/4". Not 1 1/4".

And the 3rd? Wife has always really loved her expensive unnmarred dining room table and is coming home early!

Now that is what I call how to commit suicide with a electric drill. :laughing:

 

[comancheflight]

If you drop your bread and it lands butter side up - obviously you buttered the wrong side !

 

[aczlan]

Then there was the time I got cold outside and brought a couple of wood pieces in that I was assembling for a wooden boat project. With dear wife out of town visiting relatives for a week figured I was safe.
Ran about 8 woods screws that I had measured the pieces twice for to make sure they were short enough.
2 pieces of 3/4" wood. Makes 1 1/2" thickness. Box of wood screws says 1 1/4".
Perfect.
Until two things (well three) got noticed unexpectedly.
1. Said assembly is now firmly attached to tabletop in dining room.
2. Box says 1 3/4". Not 1 1/4".

And the 3rd? Wife has always really loved her expensive unnmarred dining room table and is coming home early!

Sounds like time to start refinishing her table... Sand it down, re-stain it and put a 3-4 coats of polyurethane on it.

Aaron Z

 

[buckeyefarmer]

At least my wife did it to our table, used hot glue on it.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I was trained by my dad to get irate about anything that went wrong on a project and we had a lot of them as a kid living in a very run down house my dad fixed up. As an adult I did the same, trained my boys to make a big deal out of everything. Now as an older adult, my son moved back in a year and a half ago and I have decided that he is going to help me with projects and I'm NOT going to get upset. Just laugh off mistakes and issues as they come up. I was a maintenance/electrician for 4 years in a coffee plant so I have a few things to teach him. I have been pretty successful with not getting mad and just laughing at my mistakes and we have done a lot of projects in an older home we just moved to. We have had a few blow ups but by the end of day we are laughing again. I'm really glad he moved back in for a while, I feel like I have a second change to teach him some things without being an @$$. He is shipping off to the Air Force on 4/19.

Learn to laugh at your issues... life is too short to do otherwise guys!

Great response, wish your son well in the AF.

 

[SJay]

Installed 3 brass shutoffs at my dads this week. 2 out of the 3 leaked. A 2 hour job ended up being about 5. Happens to everyone:confused2::confused2::confused2: Just think of all the money you saved doing it yourself

 

[TomSeller]

I was trained by my dad to get irate about anything that went wrong on a project and we had a lot of them as a kid living in a very run down house my dad fixed up. As an adult I did the same, trained my boys to make a big deal out of everything. Now as an older adult, my son moved back in a year and a half ago and I have decided that he is going to help me with projects and I'm NOT going to get upset. Just laugh off mistakes and issues as they come up. I was a maintenance/electrician for 4 years in a coffee plant so I have a few things to teach him. I have been pretty successful with not getting mad and just laughing at my mistakes and we have done a lot of projects in an older home we just moved to. We have had a few blow ups but by the end of day we are laughing again. I'm really glad he moved back in for a while, I feel like I have a second change to teach him some things without being an @$$. He is shipping off to the Air Force on 4/19.

Learn to laugh at your issues... life is too short to do otherwise guys!

Good to hear, life is short. I have a BIL that gets upset at everything. He gets upset even if he has to mow the grass, he can't fix anything because he doesn't have the patience. We had a falling out when my wife's mother passed away and he produced a very questionable codicil to her will created when she had Alzheimer's giving he and his wife all her assists. Fortunately my wife's mother had all her accounts TOD so it bypassed the will. She did not trust him and we found out she was right. My wife got half and her sister got half, just as the mother wanted it. Now I don't have to fix anything at his house because we don't go there anymore.

 

[gwstang]

I've been doing a project that requires getting up on an 8' step ladder. Never fails that I climb all the way to the top step and do some measuring. Then I climb down to cut a board and by the time I pick up the pencil and start stretching the tape measure...I forget if it was supposed to be 8'6" or 8'8' or such. I then have to climb (sheer torture to me and makes my feet/knees/legs hurt for hours afterwards) the dang ladder all the way to the top and remeasure....sometimes a couple of times...lol. Getting old is much rougher than I ever thought it could be.

 

[oldpilgrim]

i have a tape measure that is in a yellow plastic case, not a chromed metal one. i measure and then write the measurement on the case with a pencil. Measure, cut then wipe off the pencil mark and continue on.

 

[TomSeller]

i have a tape measure that is in a yellow plastic case, not a chromed metal one. i measure and then write the measurement on the case with a pencil. Measure, cut then wipe off the pencil mark and continue on.

Clever !

 

[CurlyDave]

OK, I am 70, and one thing I started doing at about 50 was that when I made a big mistake on a project, I quit for the day. Mistakes compound themselves, and once one thing goes bad, it just keeps on going that way.

The other thing I have noticed is that if I every go to a store for a common item they should have, and they are out, every place in 30 miles that should have one is also out. The internet is a wonderful thing. I can order stuff from Amazon and while I might not get it that day, I will get it.

 

[TomSeller]

1. when I made a big mistake on a project, I quit for the day.

2. The other thing I have noticed is that if I every go to a store for a common item they should have, and they are out, every place in 30 miles that should have one is also out.

1. I can't tolerate that much coffee. Fifteen minutes into the morning, I would be back in the kitchen.

2. Ain't that the truth! Happens all the time.

 

[dragoneggs]

I am getting in the habit of forgetting measurements too. Now I am trying to develop the habit of writing down the measurement, either on the board, my palm, whatever. I have even taken I picture of the tape measure mark on my phone! I do more recording of things now on my phone especially things I need when I need to go to home depot or where I parked, or... I forgot but there are more.

 

[Wagtail]

i have a tape measure that is in a yellow plastic case, not a chromed metal one. i measure and then write the measurement on the case with a pencil. Measure, cut then wipe off the pencil mark and continue on.

WHAT! Good Lord Man, next you'll be asking directions... or, or, making a "list" and taking it with you to the grocery store.

 

[dragoneggs]

WHAT! Good Lord Man, next you'll be asking directions... or, or, making a "list" and taking it with you to the grocery store.

Alright Wag... Some of us obviously have a few years on you! But the asking for directions will never happen.

 

[TomSeller]

But the asking for directions will never happen.

Correct, it is not manly. Just enter the address on your phone and act like you knew how to get there

I have even taken I picture of the tape measure mark on my phone! .

I have lots of those on my phone. All I have to then remember is which picture of the tape measure goes with what.

 

[cat fever]

I have found that the less distance between measuring and cutting increases my chances of getting it right. So I always set up the saw close to where I'm working. I can usually remember the number until I stand up.

 

[lilranch2001]

There are two types of people that don't make mistakes, Bosses and people who don't do anything. I found that frequently they one and the same person

I learn by doing, and redoing & redoing....

I am a boss and I make all kinds of mistakes, ask my employees!
:laughing: