A strange sense of satisfaction

[FogggyTown]

Or maybe it's a sense of "arrival" or "accomplishment"? Wifey asked me to make something not too complicated for the home and I was able to make it without any outside sourcing. I had the timber, the hardware, the tools necessary to size the timber, the finishing materials . . . everything was already in my workshed. Like I said, this gave me a curious sense of having attained a certain level of, I don't know, maybe you guys have had the feeling.

 

[Joiner]

It's usually known as "relief"...

...that you're not going to get a week's worth of aural gbh because you haven't done what she's asked you in the time she expects it to be done!

 

[Mailman14]

Fogggytown - I know what you mean, also second Joiner's comment though! A feeling of a job well done, by yourself, without relying on outside supplies / support etc makes (me) feel a man... That doesn't sound like I should post it on a family friendly forum, but I feel I've completed it, and proud of the fact!

 

[Grinding One]

Or maybe the wife has been reading your woodworkers magazines and figured out what she could have you build with what you have stored up that she could use??

 

[big soft moose]

It's usually known as "relief"...

...that you're not going to get a week's worth of aural gbh because you haven't done what she's asked you in the time she expects it to be done!

tell me about it - my MBGITW gave me a right ear bashing the other day because apparently shes been waiting "over a year" for a cd rack/stereo unit. Good trick as we've only been living together for 9 months and i didnt mention building the CD rack until early june - still probably not wise to make these points me thunks

guess what i'm building this wekend instead of going to westonbirt

 

[studders]

apparently shes been waiting "over a year" for a cd rack/stereo unit.

Yebbut ( JB™) Did she say she had been waiting for over a year for you to do it? Maybe your 'predesessor' wasn't quick enough. :shock:

 

[BigShot]

BSM
I dunno - I don't think I could have let that slide myself.

Maybe I need to learn the way of "anything for a quiet life".