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I have an old project car I like to tinker on. It sits next to the house and I try to make an effort to drive it at least once a week so the battery doesn't die. I told the wife a while back that I need to take it out for a long drive and let it "stretch it's legs". She got it confused with "spread it's wings". I asked her tonight if she wanted to go out and she said (not for the first time) "Are we taking it out to spread it's legs?". Hopefully later, dear.

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9 minutes ago, Sandman said:

I have an old project car I like to tinker on. It sits next to the house and I try to make an effort to drive it at least once a week so the battery doesn't die. I told the wife a while back that I need to take it out for a long drive and let it "stretch it's legs". She got it confused with "spread it's wings". I asked her tonight if she wanted to go out and she said (not for the first time) "Are we taking it out to spread it's legs?". Hopefully later, dear.

Will we all fit in the back seat to watch?

7 minutes ago, deadshank said:

Will we all fit in the back seat to watch?

It's a Miata, so you'll have to just stand there, quietly. Maybe I'll leave the outside light on for you.

39 minutes ago, Sandman said:

I have an old project car I like to tinker on. It sits next to the house and I try to make an effort to drive it at least once a week so the battery doesn't die. I told the wife a while back that I need to take it out for a long drive and let it "stretch it's legs". She got it confused with "spread it's wings". I asked her tonight if she wanted to go out and she said (not for the first time) "Are we taking it out to spread it's legs?". Hopefully later, dear.

Put the metal to the pedal, and the thing to the floor.  Why do you drive so fast? 

12 hours ago, TrashMaster G said:

Boughten???

Didn't Jim write a book titled Ball Four?

The stupid thing was handing her the wand, not the pointing. 


Sometimes you have to let your wife or kid help you with a project even though you know that you’ll have to go back and redo everything they touched. For your kids, you hope that it is a nice bonding moment and perhaps they will learn something. For your wife, you know that you won’t get laid for a while if you tell her to go away because she’ll fuck everything up.
2 minutes ago, luke duke said:

 


Sometimes you have to let your wife or kid help you with a project even though you know that you’ll have to go back and redo everything they touched. For your kids, you hope that it is a nice bonding moment and perhaps they will learn something. For your wife, you know that you won’t get laid for a while if you tell her to go away because she’ll fuck everything up.

 

But not when thousands of psi are involved. 

Let the wife measure/mark 4 pictures above the kid’s bed.  When she was done I started double checking her and she gave me a ton of attitude about it so I said fuck it and just drilled the holes.  When she put the pictures on the wall I finally measured the gaps between the pictures were 8 3/4, 9, and 8 1/2.  She thinks it looks fine, but that bugs the shit out of me.

13 hours ago, Sandman said:

It's a Miata, so you'll have to just stand there, quietly. Maybe I'll leave the outside light on for you.

 

What, are you claiming Motel 6? Because your wife specifically said it was more like Motel 3.5".

3 minutes ago, thunderlounge said:

 

What, are you claiming Motel 6? Because your wife specifically said it was more like Motel 3.5".

Ha, so NOW all of the sudden, a woman can accurately judge measurments/units of time, etc.? You should know better.

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"You're drinking beer already? It's Father's Day, not your birthday."

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1 hour ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

"You're drinking beer already? It's Father's Day, not your birthday."

Damn. That’s cold. 

3 hours ago, TKthunder2 said:

Let the wife measure/mark 4 pictures above the kid’s bed.  When she was done I started double checking her and she gave me a ton of attitude about it so I said fuck it and just drilled the holes.  When she put the pictures on the wall I finally measured the gaps between the pictures were 8 3/4, 9, and 8 1/2.  She thinks it looks fine, but that bugs the shit out of me.

It would bug the shit outta me also.

3 hours ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

"You're drinking beer already? It's Father's Day, not your birthday."

Sounds like it’s time to start drinking whiskey.

3 hours ago, davidg said:

Sounds like it’s time to start drinking whiskey.

Wife looked at me today and said “how many is that so far?” And I said, not enough yet.  

On 6/20/2020 at 9:40 PM, Sandman said:

I have an old project car I like to tinker on. It sits next to the house and I try to make an effort to drive it at least once a week so the battery doesn't die. I told the wife a while back that I need to take it out for a long drive and let it "stretch it's legs". She got it confused with "spread it's wings". I asked her tonight if she wanted to go out and she said (not for the first time) "Are we taking it out to spread it's legs?". Hopefully later, dear.

Oh shit sandman, I needed that..lol

14 hours ago, deadshank said:

Didn't Jim write a book titled Ball Four?

Yep he wrote it when he wasn't out boughting paper towels.

10 hours ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

"You're drinking beer already? It's Father's Day, not your birthday."

 

I come back from fishing yesterday to see this in the kitchen. I ask the wife what happened and she got real quiet. Eventually she fessed up that she was measuring the wall and the tape got down between the plug that was in there and the outlet. It shorted and fried the outlet. Did not trip the breaker and, amazingly, did not kill the appliance that was plugged in.

 

Anyone know if i can just replace the outlet, or do i need a pro to come look at this?

 

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1 minute ago, Chewbacca said:

I come back from fishing yesterday to see this in the kitchen. I ask the wife what happened and she got real quiet. Eventually she fessed up that she was measuring the wall and the tape got down between the plug that was in there and the outlet. It shorted and fried the outlet. Did not trip the breaker and, amazingly, did not kill the appliance that was plugged in.

Anyone know if i can just replace outlet?eaf3283353468ecb3e803ad08f6d914a.jpg

Assuming no issues at the breaker, just pull the cover off and check for power at the connections with a voltmeter (if you don’t have one this is a good excuse to get one, they aren’t expensive and it’s good to have one on hand if you do any level of electrical work).  If you get a reading you should be able to replace it.  If not I’d call an electrician.

8 hours ago, Chewbacca said:

I come back from fishing yesterday to see this in the kitchen. I ask the wife what happened and she got real quiet. Eventually she fessed up that she was measuring the wall and the tape got down between the plug that was in there and the outlet. It shorted and fried the outlet. Did not trip the breaker and, amazingly, did not kill the appliance that was plugged in.

 

Anyone know if i can just replace the outlet, or do i need a pro to come look at this?

 

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Outstanding...did she get a free perm out of the deal as well?

Between the plug and the outlet? Was it just barely plugged in? I can’t imagine a scenario where this could happen if an appliance were simply plugged in right. (Obviously I’m assuming she was responsible for this as well)

On 6/16/2020 at 1:52 PM, T’Boo Ted Marshall said:


You uh, you new to how this all works? This is standard for all wives and kids.

He has a project car, buys a lot of sneakers, and still gets laid.

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11 hours ago, Chewbacca said:

I come back from fishing yesterday to see this in the kitchen. I ask the wife what happened and she got real quiet. Eventually she fessed up that she was measuring the wall and the tape got down between the plug that was in there and the outlet. It shorted and fried the outlet. Did not trip the breaker and, amazingly, did not kill the appliance that was plugged in.

 

Anyone know if i can just replace the outlet, or do i need a pro to come look at this?

 

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Just replace the plug.

If the insulation on the wire connected to the outlet took some damage cut it back to where its in good shape.  I would be surprised if there is damage in the box.  The whole plug would most likely be melted.

 

Its $5 for a new plug and 10 min of effort to replace.  

6 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

I would recommend flipping the appropriate breaker before doing the above.  If you decide not to, please video and post

yes to both.

 

 

But also there is quite a margin for error with 110V power in regards to a fatal accident.   Don't take that as encouragement to go sticking screwdrivers in outlets or other careless work.

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3 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

I would recommend flipping the appropriate breaker before doing the above.  If you decide not to, please video and post

This

Had a stepson flip a breaker when I was swapping out a light switch once. Immediate child abuse ensued.

Between the plug and the outlet? Was it just barely plugged in? I can’t imagine a scenario where this could happen if an appliance were simply plugged in right. (Obviously I’m assuming she was responsible for this as well)
Correct on both counts.
I would recommend flipping the appropriate breaker before doing the above.  If you decide not to, please video and post
I will be in charge of this operation. Breakers will be flipped. Lives will be saved.
3 hours ago, Frank The Tank said:

Between the plug and the outlet? Was it just barely plugged in? I can’t imagine a scenario where this could happen if an appliance were simply plugged in right. (Obviously I’m assuming she was responsible for this as well)

It happened to me many years ago.  I was working at a snack bar and had to take the metal straps off the top of the juice machines every night so that I could clean inside the machines.  I took the metal band off and just laid it in the back of the machine, which I did every night and how I was shown.  One time I set it down and it went between the plug and the wall outlet and rested right on the prongs.  The metal band was welded to the metal countertop by the time I was able to let go.  I think every manager of the store that was on duty came by while I was closing up to see if I was okay.  The pucker factor was probably pretty high for them.

1 hour ago, Incredulity said:

Just replace the plug.

If the insulation on the wire connected to the outlet took some damage cut it back to where its in good shape.  I would be surprised if there is damage in the box.  The whole plug would most likely be melted.

 

Its $5 for a new plug and 10 min of effort to replace.  

Yeah, I've replaced plugs before, just wasn't sure if this is something bigger than just the plug.  I'll take a look in the box with a voltmeter and go from there.

1 hour ago, SHOOTER12 said:

This

Had a stepson flip a breaker when I was swapping out a light switch once. Immediate child abuse ensued.

I've got time for this story.

1 minute ago, Kennythetiger said:

I've got time for this story.

Light switch had gone bad in the hallway.  I had some switches in the garage, but for whatever reason couldn't remember if they were good or not.  I included my 13/14 year old stepson to help so he could start learning how to do things. I turned off the breaker and proceeded to remove the bad switch.  I was explaining to the stepson that I would put the "new" switch in and I'd call out for him to flip the breaker back on. So he went back to the breaker box to await my call.  Ex-wife walked and said I had a phone call. I told her not now as she was walking away... she turned back to me and said "what"?  I raised my voice and said "not now".  The boy heard it, except all he heard was "now".   Yep, flipped the damned breaker on. Still think it was intentional.

1 hour ago, SHOOTER12 said:

This

Had a stepson flip a breaker when I was swapping out a light switch once. Immediate child abuse ensued.


Best thing to learn as a kid...

 

if you're going to “get it” for something, make it fuckin count. 

20 minutes ago, thunderlounge said:


Best thing to learn as a kid...

 

if you're going to “get it” for something, make it fuckin count. 

Clearly didn't count, as new dad is still alive. 

Replace it with a GFCI. Current code requires kitchen and bathroom outlets to be GFCI.

30 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Clearly didn't count, as new dad is still alive. 

Nope but he's been long gone for a long time 😊

35 minutes ago, luke duke said:

Replace it with a GFCI. Current code requires kitchen and bathroom outlets to be GFCI.

Shall we delve back into dishwasher switches...

2 hours ago, You don't know me said:

It happened to me many years ago.  I was working at a snack bar and had to take the metal straps off the top of the juice machines every night so that I could clean inside the machines.  I took the metal band off and just laid it in the back of the machine, which I did every night and how I was shown.  One time I set it down and it went between the plug and the wall outlet and rested right on the prongs.  The metal band was welded to the metal countertop by the time I was able to let go.  I think every manager of the store that was on duty came by while I was closing up to see if I was okay.  The pucker factor was probably pretty high for them.

When they did, I hope you lived up to your avatar.

1 hour ago, Kennythetiger said:

I've got time for this story.

Short story, obviously.

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