Hi Chuck - thanks for the speedy response, which has been amazing me of late when you guys all have other lives to deal with as well. I bought my
WorkMate about 35 years ago and, from about ten feet, it looks almost new - I guess I'm not doing enough work...!
I always check backgrounds (occupational training) and I've seen some unbelievable squalor in which some folk are able to work. Yours just looks busy...
Incidentally... I'm not greatly noted for my sarcasm so I thank you for the benefit of the doubt - and the explanation of 'honey-dos'...
I'm far too old not to have been married for long, but now I get it. In fact I have a development of your two rules: 1,
"If mama's not happy, nobody's happy"... and 2,
"If nobody's happy, contemplate divorce"... This isn't entirely cynical because I feel the 'honey-dos' need to be performed before anyone can become unhappy. It is very difficult to pull back...
I seem to have spent much of my adult life dealing with the honey, and have thus had no time for the
"silly little hobbies" - now, after two marriages and two divorces I'm dedicating my dotage to this hobby - and god help all who sail in her...
At the moment I am trying to collect some bitz together and also to find somewhere to start the build. I either have to find a bigger house, with a garage or space to build one... or find somewhere to rent to create a workshop. I have given myself till the end of June to sort out the premises issue so... I guess by Christmas then...
Thanks for everything - hope it's warmer up there at the moment. I was in Chicago in January, 1986 - the coldest time of my life - worse than Iceland and Greenland together... and the Twin Cities. I was late for dinner with colleagues one evening, after washing my hair, stepped out of the hotel door... and my damp hair froze to my skull, before I took three paces...! And I never worked out what happened to my eardrums. I vowed never again to live where you need scarves & gloves...
Take care,
MangPong.