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Posted: 5/10/2007 1:32:11 AM | Oh nice work Naamah!!
Well I pay a man to mow the lawn because it's boring, but I did build a retaining wall last year, with those nifty lego type building blocks that kinda sorta click together. Tough work digging the clay though.....
My dad pretty much built a house and it only took 14 years, so I grew up learning how to use a hammer, string line, paint 'n' plaster, change a fuse etc. | |
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Posted: 5/10/2007 2:53:23 AM | Wow...I come back from dinner expecting to see Cold Chisel's usual reply and I see all his posts have been deleted...from this and other threads...WTF??? All that remains for posterity are the bits others have quoted. Someone has been busy.  | |
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Posted: 5/10/2007 5:12:10 AM |
"just damn well do it myself"?
Many years ago when I was still with the ex, he had this brilliant idea of putting a screen door at the back door. He had found an old one, still in good condition, on the side of the road in one of those council cleanups. That door, sat in the hallway, for almost two years? I got sick of looking at it so I put it up myself. Needless to say, it was quite a bit lopsided - but it was on. When he saw it, he said, "why didn't you just ask". I was speechless lol.
But growing up on the farm, we kids had to do things ourselves quite often and we didn't grumble, because that's just how things are on the land.
These days, I don't hold back in asking for help if I need to do a big task.........besides, there would probably be too many "lop-sided" objects around the home  | |
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Posted: 5/10/2007 9:38:46 AM | i almost forgot about this one!
wish i could've read post 25 just to see what the fuss was about,
anyway,
i think i've learnt a lot about myself in doing things for myself,
patience,
planning,
anger managment {well sometimes},
memory retension/recall {after milking someone elses brain},
and heaps more...
some people have been known to get a little frustrated with me at times but it all makes sense to me. i don't feel the need to do everything myself as there are jobs i'm more than happy to pay someone to do or just let someone else do it for me but when theres a project be it large or small that i feel i can sink my teeth into,
i'm on it! | |
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Posted: 5/10/2007 4:55:25 PM | I have swallowed my pride and asked for help on a few occasions but find that it is sometimes easier to do things myself. Examples:
I have now had four operations on my right arm since Dec 2004, so of course being right handed life was a challenge at times. I had to ask for help now and then although mostly I worked around things as the people in my life are "too busy" or forget what I have done for them in the past and just don't bother to offer any kind of assistance.
I live in a small town and you would think that people would rally around at times like these, wrong! No phone calls. no visits, what is wrong with people today? is there no compassion anymore?
I have always been independent as I have had to bring my two children up on my own for most of their lives and I find it so hard to ask anyone to give me a hand. Stubborn or just use to doing things for myself? A little of both I think.
My now ex b/f sat and watched me sweep the hearth then wash the dishes all whilst I was wearing a cast on my arm. (See why he is now an ex?)
I have found that when I do ask my son to do something for me he nine times out of ten forgets..lol That's what comes from being 16, having a g/f and playing sport..too busy! (He has been very helpful with most of my surgerys but I think he's over it now lol)
So I guess it boils down to, do it myself or it won't get done.
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........said far more eloquently then i ever could!!
