Can only be mad so long....then work it out.

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11-27-2010, 05:54 AM

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sweet

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LOL, love your story!

11-27-2010, 06:00 AM

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CarrieAnne

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Aw, they were nice for trying.And hey, that ironing board will sure be STURDY!!!!!!!

11-27-2010, 06:47 AM

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ncsewer

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It's kinda of a male trait that if it's bigger and stronger it will be better. Glad you can work it out, my DH made me one this summer and sure is wonderful to have all the space.

11-27-2010, 07:41 AM

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donnajean

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It's a male thing that everything has to be bigger!

11-27-2010, 08:17 AM

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nativetexan

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hey, didn't you know? Men never read directions!! good for you in figuring out how to make it work.

11-27-2010, 01:43 PM

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bearisgray

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Maybe you can get them to build sawhorse type supports/legs for it - then it would be movable and you can use it as an extra table. The only problem might be - they might try to borrow it back for THEIR projects.

11-27-2010, 03:42 PM

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klgreene

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What about putting it on two saw horses, and make a skirt for it, and you can hide all kinds of things under there and still use the board. At least they tried.

11-27-2010, 04:18 PM

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Jingle

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I'm glad you fixed it to suit your needs, good for you. At least they tried.

11-27-2010, 04:21 PM

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sandpat

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Why must they always come up with a "better way"????

11-27-2010, 04:42 PM

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OHSue

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mmonohon

My dh asked his dad to make me an ironing board cover like the tutorial I found here on the board. He had the instructions and pictures to go by with a little help from my hubby. (His father tinkers with woodcrafts and is only a basic lite hobby craftsman and my dh doesn't know the difference between a flathead and a phillips ----they try.) Anyway I got the board back from my father in lae and it is 4 times thicker then it should be and 12 inches too long. It is so heavy I can barely move it by myself and it was bending the old regular ironing board legs. I grew up in a home with men (thank God) and on a farm and took wood shop, so after being upset and knowing that they tried.....I came to the conclusion that if I saw off the 12 inches and put in on top of a sturdy small bookshelf I own and bolt in down that I can make it work.

I am truly thankful it will work and that they tried. But when will they learn to follow directions. Ugh!

My husband is not very handy, and also a big procrastinator. Every time I have asked him to do something, he thinks he has a better way to do it, and he makes it so complicated and it becomes impossible for him to finish. I have come to rely on the guys at the hardware store for my cutting. I am still waiting after six months for him to cut a spot on my sewing cabinet so I can use my knee lift. The worst part is when he catches me doing it, he says, "I told you I was going to do that". He gets upset when I tell him the statute of limitations has run out on him doing it. :-D