Comments on: Like Father Like Son

By: Norm Andrews

Norm Andrews — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:15:01 +0000

UH-OH

That is starting to look like a list!

Grandpa Andrews

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 05:18:33 +0000

It sure is nice to have a talented, resourceful husband! Thanks to all his good skills we don’t pay for car washes, oil changes, break pad replacements, plumbing repairs, electrical work, sod laying, laminate floor installation, ceramic tiling, fencing (you’re going to replace the fence, right?), painting (and you’re still going to paint the bedroom, right?), and the list goes on and on!! Yeah for my wonderful do-it-yourselfer! I love you!

By: From the Lyons Den

From the Lyons Den — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:01:42 +0000

Hey little brother,
From the sounds of it you aren’t really saving money, more like redirecting your spending.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:21:38 +0000

I took on the same job myself a couple years ago. I was surprises at how easy it really was.

Good ol’ cheater bar. That thing came to my aid a number of times on the farm.

By: Norm Andrews

Norm Andrews — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:29:06 +0000

Oh J.R.

You make all of us so proud that you can remember your roots and stubbornly do things with improvised equipment that you find just laying around in the corner of the shed.

I’m sure Mike and I will both be pleased to tell folks about our Texas grandchildren as they grow up, who alternate between the three outcomes of ingenuity.

1. Success with things that weren’t made for the task.

2. In retrospect having to hear their parents yell at them and ask, “What the hell were you thinking?” (you can edit that if you need to)

3. Giving back the correct response to #2, “Well, It should have worked!”

By the way, the reason they offset the end of a box end wrench is not to keep the user from skinning their knuckles, it is to enable you to get two different angles on the ratchet wrench when you use it for a cheater bar.

Best of luck and hope your day is as good as mine.

Grandpa Andrews