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Sailmonkey · 17-02-2016, 05:28

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Originally Posted by thinwater

Your just not getting it. For some sailors DIY is foreign language, as unintelligible as Greek. Think "blond."

I was actually going to suggest last night that if someone has made it to a certain age and still doesn't own a drill......then it is not the time to start. These are the types of people who are very capable of F'ing something up beyond comprehension and not even realizing that something has gone awry!!

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rwidman · 17-02-2016, 05:35

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Originally Posted by Ann T. Cate

Thinwater,

I am finding it hard to believe your neighbor "has no tools." Even when I was single, I had a drill motor and drill bits, and tools for working on my car! He needs his present fenders, a plank, holes, and old rope! Show him! Please!

It will be a kindness to both him, and me: I'll sleep better!

Ann

Tool use may be unfamiliar to him. It was to me, but it can be learned.

Tools are a danger in some people's hands. If an adult has no tools, there's probably a reason.

Kalinka1 · 17-02-2016, 05:50

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Originally Posted by thinwater

Your just not getting it. For some sailors DIY is foreign language, as unintelligible as Greek. Think "blond."

OH!OH! Now you've done it:

deblen · 17-02-2016, 05:51

More yuks than a gun thread

Island Time O25 · 17-02-2016, 06:15

At first I thought that the OP was pulling our collective leg. But the more I thought of it the more it made sense. After all the very people who are buying pricey wind direction instruments may be the same people yearning to purchase a fender board or two.

**John_Trusty** · 17-02-2016, 06:25

Thanks for a great morning read

I'm with zeehag - who would know that a question about scrap lumber would lead to such humor. PVC rollers is a great idea, however. Like most nautical ideas, new concepts travel slowly and by example. Think I'll make one to show off.