Why am I trying to make room in the shop to put stuff when....

[eldubb440]

Tell her to not walk in the area where the engine is!!

she must be a blonde

 

[33 IMP]

My mom worked for a lady for a while whose philosophy was "blessed be nothing". Could not understand that at all, at the time.


I now understand completely.

 

[Islandkent]

Wife wasn't home for this...

 

[eldubb440]

Wife wasn't home for this...

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Otis, my man!

 

[kiwigtx]

View attachment 1532527 You need to lighten up.

Don't encourage him.

It is good to have a 'huck out' occasionally.

 

[hacksaw]

Wife wasn't home for this...

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i don't have a shop to work in .... so this is a normal day at my house. really glad trudy is ok with her car guy.... lol. did ask me to get the box with the new crank in it off of the bedroom floor tho

 

[hacksaw]

my wife can appreciate the value of a good intake manifold

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i just sold one of them.... 69

 

[chargervert]

Wife wasn't home for this...

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My wife would consider this justifiable homicide! It was his time, your honor!

 

[Islandkent]

My wife would consider this justifiable homicide! It was his time, your honor!

That was the staging area while I was putting them into the young fellas old bed room. lol Didn't want to just put them in a pile and scratch or nick them. Every load made it to the kitchen.

 

[Cranky]

My wife would consider this justifiable homicide! It was his time, your honor!

My 2nd wife knew me before I got married the first time to someone else (well, so did she) but when #2 married me, there weren't going to be any car parts in the house and well, I was good with that. My shop was only 2 years old at the time and had plenty of space out there.

 

[Budnicks]

I don't have too much of the hoarding tendencies
I do have a box of Mandrel J & U bends, several hundred $$s worth
in my spare bedroom still in the box under a coffee table
so they won't rust or oxidize out in the garage, or me trip over them
while I procrastinate on, what I'm doing or going to build a set of headers...

I don't have a wife, but don't do most of that stuff anyway,
but I do have
my 86 y/o dad with all his collection crap & nicknacks,
who lives with me too
A bunch of "junk", he won't part with, old cheap furniture,
boxes of junk, from 2 houses/2 ex-wives ago, boxes & boxes,
he keeps moving along & he never looks at, that stuff
& too much old clothes filling his room & spare room 2
of the 3-1/2 (mine & hall 1/2 closet aren't full) closets we have...
(a lot of it, clothes are too big for him now)
Taking up any of the lil' storage I do have...

I really, really try not to be a "typical car guy" that stores a bunch of cars ****
or hoards too many parts & fills the house/s & garage full of all of it,
you can't hardly get in or walk around or work, that's just crazy ****
if I don't or haven't used it in a 5 year span,
'unless it's a take off part, with some value' or tools
it goes up for sale or more likely I give it away to someone in need...
I can't see how some guys live like that, it's your home...
Wife or not...
Yes I've had stuff in the house temporarily while building a project
but never long-term storage or hoarding parts/collection...

My attached garage is a lil' 20' x 20' attached garage
with my 68 RR & 99 Dakota in it
along with a bench & a few shelves, rolling tool boxes,
a bunch of plastic crates on or under shelves...
A bunch of stuff (parts & tools) stacked under the bench,
Roll around mig-welder & Ox/Ac bottles, generator, air compressor etc.,
with no more room to put stuff on the floor...
or into corners
I also have a 12' x 14' Tuff shed out in the back,
pretty much full of my old construction tools,
stuff for doing club fitting from my old golf pro-shop, still makes me $$$
& take-off parts from the RR, just in case 'the next' guy wants to go back to stock...

I moved here from a place where I had 5 car garages worth of storage...
Dad's boat seats & top etc. (that thing is a PITA, it's going away soon)
I've downsized considerably...
I 'gave' a ton of stuff away, my last 2 moves...
Now that I'm fully retired, I may start to get rid 'of more stuff'
(like George Carlin says "people have too much stuff")
a few old tools I have multiples of, ladders, a takedown roller scaffolding etc.
multiple styles of shovels, & duplicates, multiples of taping tools/trays,
lawn care ****, rakes, I have no lawns...
Seems every damn time I get rid of something, tools wise
then I'll need it & have to rent or buy it again
or someone I know needs it...

I'm getting at the age (64 now) I want it all gone, within reason...
So the kids don't have to deal with it...
Probably just fill that empty space with more stuff, I don't use or need...

 

[33 IMP]

Trouble is, most old car guys have learned to never throw anything away, or you'll regret it. My dad took a restoration class where the instructor told his students exactly that. For instance, tried to buy a new set of points for a 49 Plymouth flathead six lately? Or a starter, or wheel cylinders for a 33 chrysler?
I threw away several things off my 62 that I would dearly love to have back now.