me laughing when he's annoyed

After half a bottle of Baileys are you sure he’s swearing at the dishwasher?

On a more serious note, my friend and her husband had designated remits. She was responsible for domestic chores, never worked from the day she married. He was responsible for what he saw as man's stuff. He even chose and bought her cars without ever consulting her. She left all decisions to him.
When he suddenly dropped dead, she had no idea about their financial affairs nor any other parts of his remit. It was very messy, she didn't even know how to pay a bill nor organise repairs to their home.
In the end she had had to go to court, because this successful business man hadn't even left will.
That is why ideally, we should all be able to multitask and change roles.! If something, like the dishwasher isn't working and DH is busy, or procratinating I will have a look or go on strike.?

What a salutary tale. I do at least thanks to DH have a full list of trusted tradesmen and a manual about everything in this (to my simple mind) complicated house.

Marydoll

I once changed a tyre on a Chrysler Alpine in the pouring rain, with a new baby and two toddlers in tow.

Nowadays, I would just phone the AA! ?

Wow, I'm seriously impressed Marydoll!

Germanshepherdsmum

I did the second time Calistemon. There’s nothing he can’t fix. I wish he did ironing as well (he certainly can) but my 20th century motto is you can’t have everything.

Strictly speaking, he's a marine engineer but he is adaptable, Germanshepherdsmum, as we don't live on a ship!

If my DH is swearing at a piece of equipment he is trying to fix, I stay well clear! And if I do start to giggle, it will be in another room. More likely I will tell him not to be a grump.

My DH is remarkably good at repairs, and does them immediately. Our house is very well maintained. We definitely have our rolls, with pink and blue jobs, but that has been an arrangement we have fallen into depending on our talents.

If I had a partner that couldn't or wouldn't get thing done, I can look up proper contractors and arrange to get it done to my schedule.

I used lived in Troon and to leave my babies with my mum in Paisley, before attending hospital appointments in Glasgow I had to drive over the Glennifer Braes, on country roads. No mobile phones, nor telephone boxes in those days.

DH insisted I learned to change a tyre and how to sort the points with WD40, in case I broke down in the middle of nowhere.
It served me in good stead over the years. I wouldn't even consider it nowadays!

DH did teach me how to change a tyre, check the oil, the battery etc which I used to do if he was away (although I never had occasion to change a tyre thank goodness).

It is very difficult for my DH to live with such a paragon and multi talented woman. I make him feel so inadequate!!
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We actually complement each other very well. However, it has taken over forty three years and a lot of training!

I went to basic mechanics classes when I first had a car. H didn't drive. I knew how to change a tyre and had practised it at these classes. When my nearside rear tyre blew out at 70mph on the M6 I pulled over to the hard shoulder (fortunately I was in the inside lane) and set about it.

Problem.

The nuts had been tightened by a power nut-tightener and even with a proper crossbar spanner I could not loosen them.

Luckily a police car happened tp pass as I was walking back from the emergency phone from which I'd called the AA. The driver changed my wheel for me and then told me about the tail-back of cars two miles up the road to which he was on his way. He called the AA again for me to cancel my summons.

Fat lot of use my practice wheel changings had been then ?

Another fortunate thing about the whole incidient was that I'd just left my kids at my parents' and was on my home to spend a week writing a dissertation. It would have been much more nightmarish if I'd had them with me ?

That was about thirty years ago. I still haven't changed a car whell since those classes.

He hasn't been able to fix it (he's usually pretty good at these things) so has ordered a new one, coming on Wednesday

HowVeryDareYou

He hasn't been able to fix it (he's usually pretty good at these things) so has ordered a new one, coming on Wednesday

Result!

Saves all the swearing

My daughter's dishwasher wasn't emptying. Her other half refused to even take a look and began phoning round his mates to get a tradesman recommendation.

Meanwhile (in the kitchen) she phoned me. I said that a blockage is usually where the exit pipe goes into the sink waste. She squeezed it - an it solved the problem.

He came back and she said 'It's ok, I've fixed it now' - and he was so impressed!

I'm not allowed near machines, apart from laundry ofc. He wants to keep me away from sharp things now. Just got back from A&E, sliced a large part of my thumb off on a vegetable mandolin/slicer thing. Terrible with garden tools too. And, fell down the stairs onto tiled floor a couple of days ago. I think he's going to wrap me in bubble wrap soon. Luckily he doesn't swear. I'm a disaster.

So did you finish off the Bailey’s then HVDY? ?. Hic!

When was the last time anyone (of either sex) changed a plug ?

My daughter is 28, and thought it hilarious that electrical items used to come with no plug attached, and that people cut them off when disposing of the items, so they could attach them to the replacement.

That hasn't happened now for years.

Shelbel, I've got a mandolin in the back of a drawer - but don't dare use it now, too risky!

Shelbel

I'm not allowed near machines, apart from laundry ofc. He wants to keep me away from sharp things now. Just got back from A&E, sliced a large part of my thumb off on a vegetable mandolin/slicer thing. Terrible with garden tools too. And, fell down the stairs onto tiled floor a couple of days ago. I think he's going to wrap me in bubble wrap soon. Luckily he doesn't swear. I'm a disaster.

Oh dear!

I think I'm a disaster waiting for a place to happen too!

the regs required domestic items to be supplied with approved plugs attached from 1994 in the uk.
and moulded on plugs are even safer.

No need to change plugs folks!!

Thank goodness ?

I started a very similar thread about a month ago and we had to get someone out to fix it in the end and now my dishwasher is identifying as a European

YouTube is invaluable

Doodledog

When was the last time anyone (of either sex) changed a plug ?

My daughter is 28, and thought it hilarious that electrical items used to come with no plug attached, and that people cut them off when disposing of the items, so they could attach them to the replacement.

That hasn't happened now for years.

Dishwashers in the States do not come with plug in cords attached. New replacements have to be wired direct or have a cord added. Same goes for garbage disposals, electric ranges and electric dryers.

3 months ago I replace the cord and receptacle in our garage ceiling for a new overhead garage door opener. It happens. I always remove the cords from old equipment and take them to the scrap yard if I don't need them for something else. The plug in cords of power tools often require replacement.