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Hubby drove me crazy this weekend.  After twenty years of marriage, it is no surprise he is not a handyman, but this weekend was over the top.

Our front door looked pretty rough, so we decided to paint it and upgrade the hardware.  Last weekend, he painted it.  This weekend was hardware.

I knew from others who had tried this there are a lot of parts and it can get frustrating.  He got the deadbolt off, but couldn't get the new one on and asked me to help hold it.  Okay, but have you read the directions?

He said yes.  The screws would not line up.

Five minutes in the hot sun holding it on, I ask again, have you read the directions?

Yes, but they don't say much.  Still won't go on.

After thirty minutes, I said surely there is something in the directions.  Got the directions, mostly diagrams, and asked if he had measured to see if ours was 2 1/8 or 2 3/4.

No, he said, but that won't make a difference.

Yes, because you have to leave out a part if it is 2 1/8.   No, he said that won't matter.   But by the time I had gotten back with the ruler, he had taken the part out and it fit fine.

Disgusted that he wasted all that time, I went back to pulling weeds in the backyard.  He came around and said, "I'm going to the doctor Friday, but does this look like cancer to you?  It's been there all week."

No, I said, it looks like paint.  You got paint on your elbow last week when you painted the door.

Then he tried to put the handleset on, and that resulted in a call to the Schlage Customer Service Center, who told him, "We've never encountered that before."

They are sending a new part.  So next weekend should be fun, too.   
LOL! Sounds like my husband.

No handy work this weekend...he was "dying" from a cold.
paint spots  It sounds like one of those things that you will laugh at someday.
                                        
 
Ummm... yeah... I hardly ever help out... unless it is reading the directions to my hubby. Most of the time I just hide in my room and listen for the yelling of cuss words. Then there are certain cuss words I actually enter into the "chaos zone" to make sure he did not hurt himself.
 
Oh and my hubby and any thing wood does not get along. So... my hubby can never have a hobby with making anything out of wood. [QUOTE=joonie]
Most of the time I just hide in my room and listen for the yelling of cuss words. [/QUOTE]
 
Glad to hear I'm not the only one.  Even the cat hides under the bed when mine decides to put on his handyman pants...
oh handyman pants? What are those LOL!
 
Ok so my hubby has a WHOLE 2 drawers FULL of what I call wanna-be-work-clothes. These are clothes he claims he will use for when he does work around the house. But these clothes NEVER see the light of day, unless it is to add the his "collection". Instead he will work on something with his "good" clothes on and mess them up. *thinks hubby is a loon*
 

Well, I meant it figuratively (like putting on your big boy pants) but now that you mention it he does have a couple pairs of special "painting pants" that he keeps just for such (rare) occasions.  I think he's painted twice in the whole 9 years we've been homeowners

At least he's finally figured out how to make sense of those cute little diagrams that take the place of written instructions for assembling Ikea furniture. 
hehehee... big boy pants ..... hehehehee!! Now that was funny!
 
Yeah... mine does ok with diagram instructions... he will also say "well the instructions did not say that." DUH! Because it is a diagram. Hahaha, my husband is like that.  He had put together a gas grill, and was amazed there were "so many extra parts"....he had a bag full.  The company we had over started laughing, grabbed me and we ran across the street and yelled. .... "Okay, light it now"
cause no one was going to take the chance and blow up with him from his extra parts.
 
It worked fine, but I'm sure those parts were supposed to be somewhere on the grill, lol.
Oh yeah... I "love" the "spare parts"! Hahahaha!! But mine usually only has a few left over and then later on I figure out where the spare part was suppose to be too funny      laughed the whole time!    thanks w.w. [QUOTE=SnowOwl] LOL, I love these man stories. My hubby does a good job at whatever he decides to tackle. If it requires directions, he is on it...studying it like there was going to be an exam. 5 cigarettes and a Pepsi later, he's ready to begin. 8 hours later, he finishes up. I clean up whatever boxes and or packaging it comes in, and it's a done deal. Not one extra part at all, of course because he studied the damn manual for half the day! But, he does it, and does it right, (which is a hell of alot more than my ex ever did) so I'm not one to complain at all! My man is awesome!!!You guys are hysterical!
 
My favorite was going across the street so he could light the grill without blowing up anything (or anyONE) but himself!
 
And the "spare parts"...When we find them in the junk drawer, 5 years later, we get to play the "hmmm, I wonder what this is for" game.
 
And the "paint-oma" on the arm. I would love to have seen that!
[QUOTE=joonie]oh handyman pants? What are those LOL!
 
Ok so my hubby has a WHOLE 2 drawers FULL of what I call wanna-be-work-clothes. These are clothes he claims he will use for when he does work around the house. But these clothes NEVER see the light of day, unless it is to add the his "collection". Instead he will work on something with his "good" clothes on and mess them up. *thinks hubby is a loon*
 
 
I know my hubby does this too! drives me crazy!do they really think they can do something and not make a total mess, not only on themselves but whatever they are working on!!!!!
I was blessed with a hubby that actual is very handy and can do it all. He put in two new bathrooms, drywall, electricity, you name it, he can do it. WHich is the problem because friends/family are always calling wanting him to fix something. Also, when something breaks, I never get a new one because he can fix it! We have been married 21 years and I would love to have something new instead of fixed. Granted it has saved us lots of money but he works as a shop manager at an auto glass company and works hard so it takes alot of time to get anything done.  Some day when something gets broke, I'm gonna smash it to pieces so it can't be fixed so I can go buy a new one! LOL
OH and, he leaves the mess for me to clean up. Drywall dust gets into everything and I am so allergic. I usually try not to be home when it comes to drywall time.
Husbands are so funny,  I love to come here and read, I learn a lot about RA and get a good laugh.
My husband of 50 years and I alway did any repairs on the house or car, ourselves.  We have moved walls added decks.  When he put a roof on I was right up there, When there was house work to be done he was right there.  For the last few years he has forgotten how, but still thinks he knows ever thing, we can't stand to work together anymore ...LOL
He gets more paint on him (sure glad its not cancer, He be dead ) and the floor then on the wall.  I find it easier to do it myself then to clean up afterwards.  I do all the doorsknobs, he drills the holes (If new door) and I do the rest.   I had to call FREED the last time we needed a window fixed,  He couldn't do it and I wasn't strong enought.  Geting old is for the birds......
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