Stay Home Stay Safe (Part 9)

[Crumblie]

What makes you think he would have hidden it in a kitchen drawer?

[ThrelfallYorky]

Although short, it was a hefty little thing with a transparent plastic handle, and a phillips head, so I should imagine an ingenious little Borrower might find quite a lot of uses for it! My peeve is that it was MINE, from my bag, and "went missing" ( "borrowed, but not returned")
-And half the world ends up in "his" kitchen drawer!

[Viktoria]

Oh TY,my M in L had a little screwdriver,used for the tension
on her sewing machine.
My F in L bought it for her when they were “ courting” and she worked in a
sewing factory,her machine there did not keep its tension very well so it was truly useful to her.They were on piecework
The girls had to provide their own tools and scissors .
Special  light oil etc.
She cherished it .
Viktoria.

[suey]

Although short, it was a hefty little thing with a transparent plastic handle, and a phillips head, so I should imagine an ingenious little Borrower might find quite a lot of uses for it! My peeve is that it was MINE, from my bag, and "went missing" ( "borrowed, but not returned")
-And half the world ends up in "his" kitchen drawer!

Funny how if it’s in his drawer (euphemism for tool box  ). then it’s his, even when it’s yours. 
What is it with husbands and screwdrivers ?  I have a little wooden handled one, old as the hills, it’s [mine and has a great deal of uses, gets the lids off syrup and treacle tins a treat 

[louisa maud]

The Borrowers, we used to watch that with our daughter when she was young but somehow it upset her, I was always amazed by it

Louisa Maud

[Viktoria]

Hahahahaha,well my husband did not know one end of a screw driver from another.
It is a family joke just how inept he was ,truly could not knock a nail in straight.
He was left handed,most beautiful copperplate handwriting, ledgers were hand written when he did accountancy.However when he started school he was left handed ,the teacher made him change to right hand .
His had  Mum had “ words” with the teacher!
So back to left hand.But he was right foot and right eye dominant.
He was very awkward with the smallest task and eventually just did not do any!
So it was I up ladders,tiling,painting,paper hanging,etcetc.
However, he was good about the house especially when I was busy with DIY.
But as for cooking- no- that was still for me to do.
But he’d drive me to anywhere I wanted to go, and was so patient with FH even though he had no interest in it.
How my sons have learnt to do all the DIY and car maintenance they are capable of I do not know.
So all the  tools,drills,sanders planers heat guns etc are mine.
He never touched them on the basis I might expect him to do something !
Viktoria.

[suey]

Oh Victoria, you are a breath of fresh air 😂😂

Now I said husband has a tool drawer; he actually has a shed full of useful things, I didn’t say he could actually use any of them 😂😂.  I’m being unkind, he will have a go at most things but we did have to call an emergency plumber the day he tried to bleed the radiators 😮

[Roobarb]

I've modified the title of this topic, and of the board itself to make it less stressful for people who may wish to distance themselves from being reminded of this current situation continuously.

Trystan

I appreciate the title change, thank you 🙏 After watching How Clean is Your House last evening I had a major wobble and sleepless night. 
Feeling much better this morning, sun is shining, laundry on the line, drawer sorting underway. Coffee and Rootschat. Happy days... 

I saw some of that programme, although there were lots of useful tips I've always thought that the original programme was a bit over the top and could see how it would worry a lot of people. It worried me too, despite the fact that I live alone so there's no-one else affecting my home environment. It's hard to put it into perspective but if all of the occupants of the house give their hands a good scrub every time they come in it would reduce the possibility of the nasties lurking on a lot of the surfaces they mentioned.

[candleflame]

I am feeling quite proud of myself today if that is allowed. About a year ago, one of our conservatory blind cords snapped and so we couldn't draw the blind anymore and it's just sat there since then with the cord on the top . So now we don't have two inquisitive grandsons around, I decided to bite the bullet and try to mend it.
It's taken me best part of a week on and off but it's done and back up and working this afternoon. I had a look on google , but videos on there were clearly for more modern versions than ours, so I basically stared at the remaining blinds as to how they worked and then tried to fix the broken one.
It was very fiddly but I got there with me asking husband to construct a replacement for the end pulley wheel which he did from part of an old pen and a bit of plasticard from his modelling.
What outstanding jobs do you have that you could have a go at?