"Softer" Men
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Originally posted by kopiosatu:
its funny how i do maintenance stuff at work but i'm too lazy to do it at home
I tell u hor Badz and my hubby's thinking is differentBadz thinks if you can pay for someone to do it, why do it
My hubby is..... why pay when you can DIY
2 schools of thought :)
Worst is dunno how to DIY and dun wanna pay for it and expect the item to fix magically by itself :P
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well ... I think there's a practical side to try to be a handy man ....
it's blardy expensive otherwise ...
I have an ex neighbour with a PhD .... but the man didn't even know how to change a light bulb ....
he spends $70 each time a light in his house blows .....
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Originally posted by Fatum:
well ... I think there's a practical side to try to be a handy man ....
it's blardy expensive otherwise ...
I have an ex neighbour with a PhD .... but the man didn't even know how to change a light bulb ....
he spends $70 each time a light in his house blows .....
I will fix the light bulb for himHe only needs to pay me 50 bucks!
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i think i'll need to live by myself to find out if i ever have to get off my butt to fix stuff.
otherwise i'll never know.
my ppal just told me that she can change the tyres of her car.
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Originally posted by kopiosatu:
i think i'll need to live by myself to find out if i ever have to get off my butt to fix stuff.
otherwise i'll never know.
my ppal just told me that she can change the tyres of her car.
you don't need to live by yourself to do that. you just need to be proactive. try to DIY before paying money to solve the problem. unless you really don't have time.. -
Originally posted by cuddles:
you don't need to live by yourself to do that. you just need to be proactive. try to DIY before paying money to solve the problem. unless you really don't have time..my parents move faster than me.
and i'm at home less than them.
i come back and suddenly i realise a light has become brighter. then i know they have changed it.
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Originally posted by Rhonda:
This article in an Aussie newspaper is pretty amusing!
Blokes dying out
Staff reporters
May 05, 2008 12:00am
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AUSSIE men: Do you regularly play footy with mates? Get under the bonnet of your car? Own a shed?
If not, you could be one of the increasing number of Aussie men going soft.
According to the results of a survey that polled 1000 Australian men on their blokeyness, "the nation's iconically hard Aussie blokes are a dying breed".
Only 5 per cent of men regularly play football with their friends; almost 50 per cent admit it has been months since they tinkered with their car; and shed ownership has dropped 27 per cent over a generation.
On the flipside, concern for skin care is growing and Australian men are not afraid to wear pink.
More than three-quarters of men polled in the survey, commissioned by Kirks Brewed Ginger Beer, agreed that men were "softer" than the previous generation.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23644859-662,00.html
I like climbing mountains, wood working and traveling with a 100litre haversack...considered soft or not har???
I like to be soft le...soft means comfort....! :)
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if dont know how to fix TV or PC, i can understand
but lightbulbs??
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Originally posted by laurence82:
if dont know how to fix TV or PC, i can understand
but lightbulbs??
PhD, no less ......
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I never pump my car tyres before . LOL!
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Originally posted by elindra:
I tell u hor Badz and my hubby's thinking is differentBadz thinks if you can pay for someone to do it, why do it
My hubby is..... why pay when you can DIY
2 schools of thought :)
Worst is dunno how to DIY and dun wanna pay for it and expect the item to fix magically by itself :P
lol.. that is as bad as those that dunno how to do but , yue bang yue mang. And end up worse. lol!
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Originally posted by BadzMaro:
I never pump my car tyres before . LOL!
that is bad dude .... not just an issue of traction, but fuel efficiency as well ....
you'll be saving money ! ...
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Originally posted by BadzMaro:
lol.. that is as bad as those that dunno how to do but , yue bang yue mang. And end up worse. lol!
never try how you learn? sure there might be cock ups, but in the end you'll learn how to do it. I also started out fixing my computer when I was in secondary. my first computer was a packaged one and everytime got problem the solution from the tech support would always be format everything. thus me losing all my data.since then, I have assembled my own pc.. I am my own tech support.
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Originally posted by Fatum:
that is bad dude .... not just an issue of traction, but fuel efficiency as well ....
you'll be saving money ! ...
i mean i never cause i dunno how. And always is ppl do for me. my gf pump for me . hahaha.. actually i phobia since young. i trying to overcom the phobia but so far.. lol.. i will cold sweat went engaging with pressurised stuffs. lol
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yah handyman is good... i mean i dun need a carpenter/electrician/watever... but simple things like change bulb/fix my comp/set up hi-fi lah...
once i freak my dad out when he found out how i fix up the hi-fi set... i told him, got hole then poke the wire in, can go in means correct lor.... he said lucky nvr blew up! since then he refused to let me fix any electrical stuffs...
is able to fix simple stuffs [esp. pc!!]; he painted my entire room [ceiling, walls and floor]; fix up my ikea 3-door wardrobe; bed; table... and still he look SNAG *giggles* except, he more scared of bugs/roaches than me... >.< -
Originally posted by cuddles:
never try how you learn? sure there might be cock ups, but in the end you'll learn how to do it. I also started out fixing my computer when I was in secondary. my first computer was a packaged one and everytime got problem the solution from the tech support would always be format everything. thus me losing all my data.since then, I have assembled my own pc.. I am my own tech support.
Well , depends on urgency then. Because u must have the time to trial and error. So sometimes its just now worth wasting the time. We try to gain as much knowledge as we can , but we only have so much time to learn so many stuffs. Must prioritise what u learn and what u can have others do for u.
You are not wrong , just that i am more right. lol! kidding. hahaha
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Originally posted by tare:
yah handyman is good... i mean i dun need a carpenter/electrician/watever... but simple things like change bulb/fix my comp/set up hi-fi lah...
once i freak my dad out when he found out how i fix up the hi-fi set... i told him, got hole then poke the wire in, can go in means correct lor.... he said lucky nvr blew up! since then he refused to let me fix any electrical stuffs...
is able to fix simple stuffs [esp. pc!!]; he painted my entire room [ceiling, walls and floor]; fix up my ikea 3-door wardrobe; bed; table... and still he look SNAG *giggles* except, he more scared of bugs/roaches than me... >.<you talking about your dad?
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Originally posted by BadzMaro:
Well , depends on urgency then. Because u must have the time to trial and error. So sometimes its just now worth wasting the time. We try to gain as much knowledge as we can , but we only have so much time to learn so many stuffs. Must prioritise what u learn and what u can have others do for u.
You are not wrong , just that i am more right. lol! kidding. hahaha
well, true that time is the issue. if got time sure can try, no time of course go find professionals!I mean, you don't have to jump on a technician for every blue screen on your computer, do you? I once overheard this lady shouting on her phone with her husband beside. apparently she's trying to talk to a computer technician and wants to get the computer fixed asap. the husband just continue doing his thing like nothing at all.
Isn't it better if the husband know how to fix it? save all the time.
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Originally posted by cuddles:
well, true that time is the issue. if got time sure can try, no time of course go find professionals!I mean, you don't have to jump on a technician for every blue screen on your computer, do you? I once overheard this lady shouting on her phone with her husband beside. apparently she's trying to talk to a computer technician and wants to get the computer fixed asap. the husband just continue doing his thing like nothing at all.
Isn't it better if the husband know how to fix it? save all the time.
Of course. But depends what is essential or not. Too many factors involve in whether or not its needed or do u have the mental capacity to understand how one works. The lady's husband may not even know how to operate the computer or what a BIOS or CPU is. lol! Everyone anyone eventually through education will understand the mechanics or how something works.Unless u wanna classify the things whether its considered as trivial easy to fix stuffs or not lo.
There will be those that dunno how. Thats why there will always be the need of customer/technical support. Cause there will never be a scarcity in stupid people and those that just.. dont know how. hahaha
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Originally posted by BadzMaro:
Of course. But depends what is essential or not. Too many factors involve in whether or not its needed or do u have the mental capacity to understand how one works. The lady's husband may not even know how to operate the computer or what a BIOS or CPU is. lol! Everyone anyone eventually through education will understand the mechanics or how something works.Unless u wanna classify the things whether its considered as trivial easy to fix stuffs or not lo.
There will be those that dunno how. Thats why there will always be the need of customer/technical support. Cause there will never be a scarcity in stupid people and those that just.. dont know how. hahaha
the husband don't look like those who doesn't know what is a computer lo. he look like he's the user and the wife is calling for him.pathetic..
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Hmm PC stuff my hubby dumps it to me
He is good with all the physical work stuff and fixing things but when it comes to stuff like PC, he breaks out into cold sweat :P
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Originally posted by cuddles:
the husband don't look like those who doesn't know what is a computer lo. he look like he's the user and the wife is calling for him.pathetic..
lol.. can u tell whether a man can fly a plane or not ar. lol. By just looking. Unless the husband was wearing a name tag and it says IT Department.
anyways la i know what u mean.
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togh condition for men results in negative attitudes if it goes awry. every men has a diferent brain and how he takes it being a man is also diffferent.
Generally a man who is cool and knows how to react differently to different situations is the real man.
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Originally posted by cuddles:
you talking about your dad?
would i use such an icon to describe my dad??!! 
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Originally posted by Melbournite:
togh condition for men results in negative attitudes if it goes awry. every men has a diferent brain and how he takes it being a man is also diffferent.
Generally a man who is cool and knows how to react differently to different situations is the real man.
so it's almost right to say someone should be unpredictable?