Thread: Ten Step Guide To Being Handy Around The House

1. If you can't find a screwdriver,
use a knife. If you break off the tip, it's an improved
screwdriver.

2. Try to work alone. An audience is rarely any help.

3. Above all, if what you've done is stupid, but it works,
then it isn't stupid.

4. Work in the kitchen whenever you can ... many fine
tools are there, its warm and dry, and you are close to
the refrigerator. Harleys, on the other hand, are easier
to work with on the coffee table in the living room. Since
it probably will never run again anyway, at least it will
make a nice conversation piece.

5. If it's electronic, get a new one ... or consult a
twelve-year-old.

6. Stay simple minded: Get a new battery; replace the bulb or fuse;
see if the tank is empty; try turning the switch "on" ; or just
paint over it.

7. Always take credit for miracles. If you dropped the alarm clock
while taking it apart and it suddenly starts working, you have
healed it.

8. Regardless of what people say, kicking, pounding, and throwing
sometimes DOES help.

9. If something looks level, it is level.

10. If at first you don't succeed, redefine success.

Hey Kate

No 3 rings a bell at my house!! he he

these are great, Kate. I especially like number 10..

Lol,
No. 8 Don't forget cussing

lol..I use all of the above! and a few others!...hehe.. ole fashion ingenuity!

lol Kate

ever strip a philliips screw with a butter knife after the tip has broken?

Originally Posted by kassi59

ever strip a philliips screw with a butter knife after the tip has broken?

I have done the butter knife thing, and hammered a nail with a **** as well. lol

I built a cottage.

Gotta love female stamina!... so determinated!....lol

Sssssh we're the best!

OOPS Was I yelling?...hehe

awe so true ... #5 is great ... my nephew landed an awesome job as some sort of machine operator that is operated by a joystick control .... his years of nintendo experience makes him a gem at the job ....