Amen, I'm rather proud of my wood scraps pile. Betsy At 08:08 PM 9/24/2009, you wrote: > > >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" <<mailto:vos17%40iowatelecom.net>[email protected]> >To: <<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[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. > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >------------------------------------ > >Send any questions regarding list management to: ><mailto:blindhandyman-owner%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >To listen to the show archives go to link ><http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29>http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 >Or ><ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/>ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > >The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. ><http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday>http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > >Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From >Various List Members At The >Following address: ><http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/>http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > >Visit the archives page at the following address ><http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the >following address for more >information: ><http://www.jaws-users.com/>http://www.jaws-users.com/ >For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy >Man list just send a blank >message to: ><mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.comYahoo>[email protected]! > >Groups Links > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >signature database 4455 (20090924) >__________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > ><http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com > >
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