I will also add that she's given me gray hair before my time.
The other day, Pamela called the Fire Station. One of my firefighters answered the phone. She said, "Do not repeat my question out loud, especially if Jay is around. Just answer 'yes' or 'no.' Can you tell me how to turn on a table saw?"
Verse of the day: (Proverbs 4:15a) "Don’t even think about it..."
It's actually a chop saw. And God bless the man who invented the chop saw safety latch.
Note from Pamela: I would like to state for the record how appalled I am that our local firefighters are flatly unwilling to answer a simple question. Appalled, I tell you.
For more contributions from Jay about Pamela, check out Panic-Inducing Pamela. For stories about Jay, check out Finders Seekers, Delectable Disagreement, Land(fill) of the Free, Preplanned Packing, and She Said, He Heard.
You could have called Dad... wait, no, that wouldn't work, either! ;-)
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He would have been worse! I just had one itty-bitty cut to make, too. I still don't know how to get the thing to work without Jay there. (It's child-proof.)
DeleteI know...the 3 girls in our family always think we can do anything a guy can do--probably better--and get into all sorts of um, creative situations when we try! I'm sure you'll think of something! ;-)
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I'm not allowed anywhere NEAR power tools. :/ I feel your pain, Pamela!
ReplyDeleteHey, it was worth a shot!
DeleteIt appears Jay's choices are either leaving the saw down and letting you cut yourself, or putting the saw up and letting you climb up and fall down. If I were Jay, I'd put a padlock on the shed door...but then you'd be calling the fire station and asking how to use bolt cutters. The poor guy can't win! :-)
ReplyDeleteYou are SO funny, Diane. We both laughed so hard at this. (Probably because you're so right!)
DeleteI can just imagine if you had used that power saw. From that day forward Jay would introduce you like this, "HAVE YOU MET MY WIFE? SHE USED A POWER TOOL WITHOUT SUPERVISION. TRY NOT TO STARE AT THE MISSING HAND."
ReplyDeleteOh, ye of little faith! At MOST I could have lost a finger.
DeleteAnd I gotta say, I love the verse on this one!
DeleteWell, in our house we have an agreement that I will do no unsupervised electrical projects. Remember when I had to call the firestation because I thought I smelled electrical wire insulation melting and soon thereafter our house was crawling with firemen?
DeleteThen Proverbs 4:15a needs to be on all your electrical equipment. I'm actually surprised Jay hasn't taped it to all the power tools.
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