when i'm in the garage leave me alone

anyone ever get bothered by the wife or someone else while your in the garage workin on the car? There I was welding away and the wife comes in and interupts my work. She didn't have much to say and then leaves. So I push on and then I burn the hell out of my thumb 5 seconds later. Sometimes I wish she wasn't aloud in the garage....

 

It aint the wife, its a Zen thing. You got into the project you got distracted by the "interuption". She didnt mean anything by it! Think of her when you are horny and she is sleeping? NOW YOU ARE THE INTERUPTION!!!!!!! hahahahahahah

I get in the zone in the shop as well. It is nice to stay late at the hotrod shop after everyone leaves, I get a lot done. Good contemplation time as well.

 

I generally don't mind company when i'm doing regular stuff. It annoys me when people come out to talk and I'm doing something noisy like grinding. If they are there to chat, you can't grind, and if your grinding, you can't talk. I do usually work best along though.

 

For our first wedding anniversary I got my wife a diamond and ruby pin.
She said "That's nice, but what I really need is a new angle grinder."
That's my kinda gal!

 

dude from next door used to be sure to come piss around if I was in the shed, always with a smoke in hand...... considering the amount of time my shed is full of gas fumes etc it used to give me the sh*ts !!!

 

I particularly dont mind if im just scooting around doing minor things, but when Im involved....leave me alone. I like it if my wife/friends/kids are in the garage w/ me sitting while im working...to have conversation or even to teach what im doing.

What I hate is when your up to your elbows in grease, and the wife says...can you bring in the load of laundry in the dryer.... What the hell sense does that make to even ask....I usually give a weird look, we speak, a verbal fight breaks out; "your just a lazy piece of sh*t"...Then im alone again.


I dont mind helping out...when its time...but like the old saying..."there is a time and a place for everything." am I wrong?

 

hell, i'm just happy to have some company in the garage most of the time...keeps me from talking to myself.
the one thing that does bother me though is instead of coming out to the garage, my wife will call me on my cell phone. never fails, i'm always under the car, trying to do something that really needs 3 hands to do, or covered in grime. then she wonders why i'm so irritated on the phone. oh well..

 

When I'm toodling around in the garage, usually the doors are open..........and because I live on the corner, the doors face an opposing row of houses. The neighbors ALWAYS get their lawn chairs out, park their butts on their lawns and sit and watch until I close the doors.

Or the phone rings while I'm stuffed under the dash, covered in grease or laying uder the car. My mother's all time favorite sport is to rock the car while it's on jackstands (checking to see if it's stable )........and I'm under it. I need to check my life insurance policy and see how much I'm worth! I've learned to quick get out when I hear her coming.
xxx
Brandy

 

Man,

Someone did that to me, I'd show them what unstable looked like when I took a tyre iron...

Danny

 

LOL...im dying here...nice one

 

You really need to get rid of your wife so you can enjoy your life. Women always try to ruin it when they see you are trying to work. They know how much it bothers you. You need to give her more house work.. that way she doesn't have time to annoy you..
She probably just wants some attention though also.. Just go spend 5 minutes with her and tell her you hurt your hand and need some lovin'.. Tell her she made a great dinner and you can't wait to get the car on the road.

Then get your ass back out in the shop. . That way you can pick up the neighbors daughter from Jr. high on the way home.
Then teach her about cars....

 

In all seriousness there are two things at work here: you dont unsterstand how important those little "interuptions" are for your wife (interuptions for you, but her trying to come see if your ok, and generally hang out with you/see you) and she doesnt understand how important working in the garage is for you.

Why dont you try and get her involved with your work! Could turn out awesome for you.

Danny

 

. Sometimes I wish she wasn't aloud in the garage....[/QUOTE]
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I MADE A DEAL WITH MY WIFE, SHE'S ALLOWED IN THE GARAGE

AND I'M ALLOWED IN THE HOUSE.

I WOULDN'T WANT IT ANY OTHER WAY.

 

I try to teach..w/ whole heartedness. But she always storms out pissed yelling, "Im not helping you, its always your way or its wrong."

I want her to pick up a broom, dust pan, blower and clean up the shop while im in there....just kidding.....but seriously, I would really like it if she helped, took part in the project and maybe she would understand the WORK that its involved.

Hats off to Brandy...that one cool chick.

Did I say, I love a woman who can turn a wrench.....Right on!!!

 

Being single rules.

 

my current project is "her" car. so i've been havin her come do some of the work on it, yes it slows me down a lot but it pays off in the end. i started her out with the shit work, cleanin and degreasin, cause that's where you start! you gotta clean a part before you can start weldin, fabricatin or whatever. she was REAL excited to work her way up to the glamour of sanding! a few weeks ago she got to try her hand at shooting primer and basecoat, and this weekend she finally shot a little candy. after the number of work sessions and time elapsed, she realized why it takes so long to get things done! theres a lot more to paint than shooting the candy, a lot more to building a chassis than bolting a bunch of crap together. in the end, i'm buying myself more time alone working on stuff, cause she understands how much work it is to take a project from start to finish. she loves the finished product, so i stay fed while i'm wrenchin.

 

everytime Im working on the car she calls me on the cell phone every 5 minutes. Then wonders why I don't answer. "what do you want for dinner?", "Oh my god, I just got cutt off" , "yada, yada". Make it important woman if your gonna interupt and get my cell phone all greazy..

 

my girlfriend also allways calls me on my mobile if i am in my garage , she is allways scared that i hurt my self ,what is not so wrong , i allways hurt myself. But she also installed my rearend in the car ,not bad for her first wrenching session . Now she wanna build a volksrod , i love her ,even in the garage .
the worse is my rich landlord who has allways the bigest mouth like, why you dont buy this and that , it would make the work much more easy ... Why ????? because i have no money ( asshole) then he starts telling me what cars he bought last week , and this bastard gets everytime rare vee dubs and so on for free ,and do you know why ? he dont have to work , he drives the hole day around and tells everybody what a cool guy he is and what he is doing .
I hate him , may i gonna kill him tonight
mommy ,can i go out and kill tonight ?
Anyway ,he coms allway in the garage and hanging around and askin me bullshit in the time i try to tune my ignition or whatever

 

jealous of someone who has alot of vdubs?

personally im glad i don't own any vdub thing at all,. not even a toycar of a vdub...

 

i'm never interrupted when im in the garage, its more trouble finding the correct tools to work with, need to sort out the tools....

more like when getting home just about to take first bite out of the dinner and someone calls or just went into the house jacket half off someone calls, always, always, but anyhow i can spend my time in the garage not being interrupted, good thing about garage is that the cellphone signal isnt so good there so i usually have to go outside to call

 

I don't mind my wife coming in, if she's bringing me coffee and stuff She generally doesn't hang around long, just likes to see me every now and then.

If my Dad comes round for a visit occasionally I'll make the time for him, no matter how busy or involved I am on something, and I won't ever ask him to leave, or even hint at it. He's 72 years old, and the only dad I got. He's welcome any time.

 

Haha, nice thread here. My problem hasn't been my soon-to-be-wife but the landlord of our garage, he is about 80 years old and always tells the same story and says something stupid about my model T and A, like: "You have so much welding left here... and There's pretty much work such a rusty car..." Damn I know that!

The another blight seems to be my friends, closer friends or not, but when they see my car in front of our garage, they'll always come in... Damn let me be alone!!!

"I know they won't read HAMB so I can write it here...."

 

hey crew,

i was smiling to myself going back over this thread. we live in good times and are blessed when we whine good heartedly about the WIVES, FAMILY and FRIENDS who pester us in our HAMBly pursuits.

danny

 

no no the interuptions from friends come when there is grinding, welding, or any one man job that takes concentration.
they are never around when it comes time to move some axles or bodies (car bodies) or any heavy shit
thats when I am alone


And for the wife thing
My girlfriend always complains about these things that contradict themselves:

You never spend time with me
you never finish any projects
you never want to teach me to help you
I dont feel like working on cars
when we work on cars together you ignore me
blah blah blah

and she says I dont listen
I know all those

 

Last year,

I came real close to losing my wife to a emergency health problem.
At that time, I would have given every tool, car, and the whole garage to have her back with me in good health.
Your wife misses you and just wants to spend time with you although she doesn't want to take you away from your work.
Remember your priorities. I'd take my wife of 33 years to any old stupid car anyday. Be happy she still loves you and likes being with you. PJ

 

well said PJ!

 

That one used to happened... then I actually did what she asked.

I hate the times she comes out and asks "where is the insert object I haven't seen in 2 years", you used it last?"

If I don't go and find it and hand it to her, she's going to be looking for it in the garage, pissed off, mumbling under her breath what a piece of shit I am, and disturbing the perfectly arranged mess I have.

...It's better for me to just find it.

Domestic bliss is hard, frustrating work.

oh, and what PJ said...

 

Not married are you Danny?


Mine comes out with our 15 month old boy (he loves the shed) while I'm welding and says "can he JUST stay out here with you for a while?" I think she knows that doesn't mean "Can he hang out while you work". She's gotta know it means, "Stop what you are doing and chase him around for a while and make sure he doesn't get hurt"

Both my boys like the shed so for the long term good I'll put up with the interruptions.

Pete

 

Big Daddy said it best ...

 

39 years married and I have learned a few things,when my wife comes out and says" lets go garage saleing ", I'm like "OK!!!"
She always told me it's the small things that you do that I love.
It takes me 10 minutes to load the dishwasher or fold the laundry. Big deal ,10 minutes.
I enjoy her working with me ,it is her garage too,she does leaded glass and I cut out butterflys and ladybug's with the plasma so she can paint them up .
Yep ,she is my best friend.