Why * men collect scrap lumber?! How gender stereotypical can you be?
I had a male tradesman here the other day, doing a bit of demolition work for
me, and he blithely
put timber aside telling me that it was * firewood! Firewood be damned.
Admittedly, one or two
pieces were of that description, even to me, the queen of recyclers, but as for
the rest, it will
all, in due time, find itself fulfilling a new role.
Jewel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Vos" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 2:21 PM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Why men collect scrap lumber
I delight in being able to fix or fabricate something around the house by
digging into my collection of valuable stuff in the basement. It's probably
a good thing I don't have a 40 by 80 foot storage building out back, or I'd
collect a lot more.
Whenever I manage to fix something by pulling just the right part out of my
supply, my daughter rolls her eyes and sighs, as if I'm a hopeless case or
something.
So she recently bought me a book, titled, Why Men Collect Scrap Wood.
Here's an excerpt.
WHY MEN SAY THEY SAVE SCRAP LUMBER
Men say they save Scrap Lumber because:
... . . you just never know when you need a hunk.
... . . they paid good money for it.
... . . it's just too good to throw away.
... . . there might be another Depression.
..... a guy could use it to barter.
... . . it's too good to burn.
... . . how else would you fill up a garage.
..... it doesn't cost anything.
..... a guy can dream about building a cabin with it.
... . . they don't collect and save buttons, fabric, figurines, dolls, snow
villages, anniversary napkins, bread twisties, margarine tubs or Engelbert
Humperdinck concert ticket stubs.
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