Are you a handy man or woman?
By katsmeow1213
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
United States
March 7, 2009 12:56pm CST
Are you capable of fixing little things around the house, putting things together, unclogging drains.. things like that? Do you do the majority of this stuff around your house, or do you leave it up to someone else? Do you have a recent project you've completed yourself?
I've never called myself handy. Whenever something goes wrong or needs fixing or assembly I leave it up to hubby.
However!!!... I've gone an entire week without being able to do laundry! The guys finally got my washer/dryer hook ups together last night, but guess what? The dryer cord doesn't fit the plug they installed. Arg!!
So I went to Lowe's and bought a new dryer plug to fit the outlet in the house. Well hubby isn't home until 5pm today, and I really didn't want to wait that long. So, I installed the plug myself. It really wasn't too difficult. Only problem was, when I plugged it in, nothing happened! What did I do wrong? I took the cord apart a few times trying to find a mistake, but nothing worked. I even took apart the outlet to make sure that had been put together correctly, and checked the fuse box to make sure that looked right. I flipped the breaker a few times and nothing!!
I gave up for awhile, then went back for one more try. Again I tried all of the above and still nothing. So, I looked at the power box again, and noticed that the breaker that's labeled "water heater" was in the off position. Hmm? I flipped it and guess what? The dryer turned on! LOL
I'm pretty darn proud of myself. So the next project is to put up some shelving in each of the bedrooms for our clothes since we have no closets. Of course I royally screwed that one up. I think I need a different drill bit. Guess that project WILL have to wait for hubby to get home. At least I can do laundry now.
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9 responses
@Archie0 (5654)
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7 Mar 09
Yes i am quite a handy girl. well i always fix whatever is broken if not fix then take some new ideas to replace that thing with something similar to it..
Once i remember my television remote lost its spring to fix the cell.this spring was of steel. without which i could on the tv nor i coud change the channels, what i did was replaced the spring with a aluminium foil, and guess what it worked lol. and it was no way far i could find it in my kitchen.. similar many things i have always fixed in better ways. my family brings broken things to me to get them fixed up and i feel like a techno kid that time...
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
9 Mar 09
It is good to be inventive like that and not have to depend on someone else to help you out.
@ladynetz (968)
• Canada
8 Mar 09
I am very handy, thanks to my dad.
he was repairing eevrything around the house, and from an early age he was asking me to be "his assistant". So, with the time, I learned quite few things that help me in my house today.
I can do much more than just to switch a burned light bulb.
But you know what?After a while, doing things by myself, asking for no helo from "my boys", I payed attention that everyone is expecting me to do everything around the house: man and women's job!
So, I just backed up, and ask them to do whatever it has to be done.Otherwise, I'm so, so overworked, that's unbeliavable, and would you think someone cares?
I "only" do what's a women's "job",and that pretty much if you're asking me...
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
9 Mar 09
I don't believe there's any such thing as a man's job and a woman's job. I will fix things if I can when I need to, and on hubby's days off I'll have him do dinner and dishes to give me a break. We both do things to help each other out. That's how I think it's supposed to be.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
9 Mar 09
I do that a lot too. Even if I think I am capable of it, I might leave it up to hubby unless I just can't wait that long. Usually the only reason I do a thing myself is because I just can't wait for him.
@gemini_rose (16264)
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8 Mar 09
When I was on my own I used to do all things around the house that needed to be done, I was not very good but it as long as it did the job it was fine. Of course when I married I did not have to, my hubby now does all the things like that needing to be done although sometimes I do have to kick him up the behind if I want something doing straight away or else I am waiting for months hehe!!!!
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
9 Mar 09
That's certainly a guy thing. Luckily lately my husband has been in fix it mode, probably just because there are certain things we NEED accomplished right now due to being in a new place. But some things, so long as they aren't too pressing, are still being put off. For instance the shelving in my room still isn't up. At least the shelving in the kids rooms are done.
@fasttalker (2796)
• United States
7 Mar 09
I am pretty handy around the house. At least I'll give it a try. I think it comes from when I was a child my dad worked out of town a lot and mom had to lean to fix things which in turn meant we had tolearn too. LOL
Now my husband laughs about it because I just fix it. I don't wait around on him! LOL
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
7 Mar 09
Sometimes I will try things, especially when I feel it needs to be done quickly and it can't wait for my husband. It's a pretty good feeling when you accomplish a project like that.
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@tiff_tay20 (139)
• United States
8 Mar 09
No, I am not a handy person at all. When something needs fixed or put together I leave it up to my fiance. He is very good at fixing things, and what he can't fix his uncles can.
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
9 Mar 09
Well it's good that you have someone in your life who can fix things for you.
@mansha (6298)
• India
9 Mar 09
I have been raised by a mom who herself and the brothers of her did all odd jobs by themselves, whether it was fixing drains, painting house or repairing TV , Press anything. So I also got a knack of building and repairing things from her. My hubby piked it up later on in life though. Me and my mother were so much in to doing the fixing things that finally if we were not able to fix something and used to call the repairman, he used to roll his eyes and tell us "please give me a call sooner next time".
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
9 Mar 09
You're saving yourself a lot of money by being able to do certain jobs yourself. It's good that you have that skill.
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@GreenMoo (11833)
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13 Mar 09
I have to stand back and admit how utterly handless I am when it comes to household jobs. I can wire a plug if I copy the discarded one and I can unscrew something to unblock it and put it back together again at a push. Generally I just wait for my partner to get back though, as he's so much better at things like that and just does a better and faster job. I expect that if he wasn't around I could do better than I do, but we've sort of got this unspoken agreement where we each have tasks around the place and fixing things falls firmly into his domain.
@cynthiann (18612)
• Jamaica
10 Mar 09
You clever girl! congratulations! I am not reaLly handy at all and my husband was worse. Really dreadful in fixing things around the house. My sons are better so that is good but it is hard to get them motivated! Sometimes I just get some one to do for me and don't bother to ask them.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
10 Mar 09
I bet it can be difficult to get your sons to come around to help you out. I know my in laws were forever asking my husband to do things for them, paint something, move heavy objects, put up or take down a door. With his work schedule, and the fact that he has 5 kids he doesn't get enough time with, it was difficult and stressful whenever they asked him for something. I got annoyed wondering if they ever even realized how much he has going on! So whatever they needed usually ended up waiting until he had the chance to get there, which wasn't often.
