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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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5. Insecurity

Reply to Sherman A1 (Original post)

Tue Apr 2, 2013, 09:28 PM

Apr 2013

I guess that's as good a term as any other for what I was feeling. I worked a bit as a handyman between my consulting positions a while back. I took a job installing a set of fold down attic stairs. I wish that someone had a picture of my face after I had cut out and framed the hole and stood between the step ladder and the 80 lbs of stairs looking from the stairs to the hole and back trying figure how to get the stairs into the ceiling.

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What Being a Handyman Has Taught Me About Male Insecurity [View all] Sherman A1 Apr 2013 OP

I'm the only one in the house who can unclog a toilet. Warren DeMontague Apr 2013 #1

I'm not a pro handyman lumberjack_jeff Apr 2013 #2

My wife does all the repairs and the like around the house. MrSlayer Apr 2013 #3

I built a pole barn with my dad Major Nikon Apr 2013 #4

Insecurity discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2013 #5