There are two kinds of people in this world

[Anonymous 54]

MACHO wrote:

Old Sage wrote:

An axe I carry around to feel Manly.

Long time no see Sage

The axe idea is a cool idea.. but they might call the cops claiming he’s a psycho!

Well, I dont walk around downtown with it or anything!! Haha

Macho!!!!!

[MACHOParticipant]

Anonymous wrote:

Well, I dont walk around downtown with it or anything!! Haha

Good stuff Sage, it just sounded funny walking with an axe 😉

You must own a better Crystal ball than I

[xanthineParticipant 4903]

It amazes me how inept my generation is with basic tools. When i was in pharmacy school i was at a friends house, there were 3 guys there, all mid to late 20s. They were having a desk delivered, and obviously had no clue what to do with it, so i offered my help.

Anyway, i ask them for a screwdriver, AND I S~~~ YOU NOT, not a single one of them could produce even a single goddamn screwdriver! I always have a set of tools in my car, so of course i grabbed my tools and got to work. At one point i asked for a bigger hammer, and this kid handed me a piece of firewood. You can’t make this stuff up.

Also gotta love the tone of that note. So presumptuous and entitled. Hey dude with tools, come fix our s~~~. None of the guys we are f~~~ing or stringing along can/will do it for us. No we wont offer anything in return, not even a hint of respect for you. Men are utilities to be used, and they always do what we say without getting anything in return.

Dumb c~~~s. Once their looks fade and men stop offering their help, finances, and resources, they will be completely screwed. I literally dont even know how these bitches stay alive, they can’t even do the simplest things for themselves. It’s like they all stop mentally progressing right around age 8 or 9. Pathetic.

[Rolling Tin FistParticipant 484]

Hmm…twenty years ago, definitely some enviable porn scenes. Today, simply offer them your rate card which caters specially to women and starts at a reasonable $375 per hour.

"Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another" - H. L. Mencken

[Anonymous 8]

It’s easy pickings out there for a handyman. I bought a hammer awhile back and the cashier was trying so hard to be cute, poking her chest out at me and then blushing when I checked her out and shrugged. She was thirsty as hell, totally unprofessional.

I had some drywall that got damaged in a flood some time ago so I replaced it myself, when I was cutting it down to size on the front porch some women walking by asked me what my rates were (mind you I was doing home repair), I told them $75/hour so they would f~~~ off, they still wanted my info, I took theirs instead and then *lost it* in the wash.

Another time I was walking within earshot of a couple ladies who were griping about the exorbitant fees the men they hire to fix their problems charge them. One was complaining about how she had to pay $1500 to get her floor stripped. Her friend called the guy an asshole while I chuckled to myself knowing a problem I could fix myself for $200 and a few days work would cost this woman two weeks salary.

[Greg HondaParticipant 6406]

Been fascinated with how things work since I was a kid. Used to take apart my toys and usually broke them in the process, but I got better as time went on.

It all really started for me when a neighbour threw out an old rusty siezed up pedal cycle in the hedge of a nearby field. I retrieved it, took it home and slowly worked oil into the steering head bearings. I didn’t really know what I was doing but eventually un-siezed the steering. Next I did the same thing to the pedal crank and wheels.

My dad had some old tools and I used them. Eventually I had got the cycle moving again and so sanded off the rust and repainted it with house paint, Gloss Black. My dad helped me fix the punctured tyres and when the job was done I proudly rode my “New” bike around.

The neighbour’s kids were admiring my New bike, when one of them realised it was the old one their dad had dumped in the field. The look of amazement on this kids face was priceless. It gave me such a buzz. My journey into fixing up old mechanical stuff had begun.

I started to save my pocket money for new tools and relished the chance to use them on anything. I still have many of the tools I brought as as an 11 year old.

Next came motorcycles, Cars, Domestic appliances, Computers, and finally houses when I had my own fixer upper to work on.

I get validation not from how I look, or what I own, but from what I can do.

It’s a shame I used these skills to impress people who just used me as a utility and had no gratidude for my free labour. I had to learn polite ways to say “NO”.

It's Time to get Wise

[JVBParticipant]

Tools were borrowed and I have 2 left hands. Sorry darlings.

Peace is > piece.

[Anonymous 54]

MACHO wrote:

Old Sage wrote:

Well, I dont walk around downtown with it or anything!! Haha

Good stuff Sage, it just sounded funny walking with an axe

Try it guys!!(a tree came down out back, so I do acually use it sometimes).
Get a full size axe. Even if you dont use it. Pick it up and hold it.

Get that Manly feeling!!!

[Anonymous 5]

I can’t tell a man what to do.

I can help a woman, that’s nothing. If I help you, it’s out of charity, not because I’m expecting pussy.

The same way I’ll help a man, I can help a woman too. Again, the opposite gender is not my enemy, and never will be. I don’t got the time for that nonsense.

[DorkShitParticipant 4353]

Yep, my view point is:

Producers and Consumers

It is a spectrum. Where you live upon it defines your societal value at that moment in time.

We all start out as consumers at our mothers t~~~. Some do not make it much farther than that. We end up as consumers at the pharmaceutical tit. In between, you rise up on the spectrum of producer as far as your ability allows.

The value listed above use to be in alignment. Today, the moral compass is broken. Consumers must be helped at all costs. They deserve it is the narrative.

Good luck producers

Peace brothers

[IRuleMeParticipant]

Anonymous wrote:

Those who have tools and skills and those who do not.

A couple girls in my apartment complex left me a note on my door this morning.

“Dear Dude,

We saw you carrying what looks like a tool box when you moved in. None of the boys in the apartments here actually own tools. We need our furniture fixed, screws tightened, nails pounded back in and pictures and a mirror hung and a lightbulb changed. Can you help us?”

lofl.

yeah, I know, I’ve seen enough porn to know how this turns out, but I think this is a legitimate problem.

A couple of the young men I worked with at the hardware store had to be taught how to use simple hand tools. Ever see a man fascinated with a crescent wrench before? They understood hammers, but one guy had a note card, turn to the left to loosen, turn to the right to tighten…lol what happens when he is working upside down, around an obstruction just within reach in the dark.

The same guy was amused that there were different kinds of screw heads, different kinds of screws…wood screws vs metal vs drywall vs deck screws, and nails, 10 penny common, finish nails, brads, roofing, galvanized? it all blew his mind.

I have three sets of tools, common house tools, some power tools and I have bicycle specific tools. I used to have stain glass working tools and jigs. How do men grow up not having or knowing how to use tools? Am I a freak of nature that I understand plumbing or wiring? My grandfather was a general contractor, and my dad worked with him. My dad passed on the skills necessary to complete home remodeling tasks, and I taught my own daughters how to do this stuff, working with me on remodeling and painting their own rooms.

sooo the note from the girls…what do I do with this s~~~?

Dear Wimmin

Please leave cash under the door. I will be by tomorrow.

signed, the handyman

[StealthParticipant 5339]

“Hey BABE,
Get your own tools.
DUDE”

"Once you’ve taken care of the basics, there’s very little in this world for which your life is worth deferring." -David Hansson. "It’s not when women are mean or nasty that anything is out of the ordinary. It’s when they are NICE to you that you have to be on high alert..." -Jackinov.

[Anonymous 3]

My take: Hold your own truth dear, but do not hesitate to openly lie to them. They will lie to you.

[SandalsParticipant 4253]

Tell them they are not tools. They are sex toys.

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