heck it's your wood. You do as you see fit.
On Fri, 25 Sep 2009, Jewel 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" <[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. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [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 > Or > 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 > > 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/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > 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/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list > just send a blank > message to: > [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 > > > > >
