Thread: More shed time?

Get the missus to take up golf. Works for me. I can spend all weekend in my shed and I usually get in an hour in the evenings too

have a sex change I've never had to ask anyone for shed time

I'm assuming of course that your problem is not lack of time but lack of ability to disappear off to the shed without incurring the disapproval of those that you live with. SilentC is correct that a partner with his/her own hobby does make it more acceptable to spend time on ones own hobbies. Producing things which your other half sees as beneficial also helps. If you want to slope off to your shed to avoid doing chores around the house then pay for a cleaner/decorator/hire a hubby ( paid for perhaps from the sales of all the beautiful objects which you produce? ). If you are sloping off to avoid having deep meaningful conversations ... can't suggest a solution

I have no trouble at all with getting the shed time. Some time ago my wife asked me to make a large item of furniture for the lounge. I said that I didn't have the correct tools for the job, ie Table saw, router table , bandsaw etc.

"Well go and buy them" she innocently said".
"Right'y ho darling" I responded with a stunned mullet look at her retreating back whilst surreptitiously reaching for the tool and machinery catalog that I had just hidden beneath the copy of Playboy that I was pretending to examine minutely. ... A year later I have most of the tools that I want (can't seem to get enough clamps though) and she was starting to pester me about "When are you going to start on the thingy then Bob?"

I had my answer well prepared.

"I don't want to make a dog's breakfast of it darling so I need to practise with all my new machines first. I'll just make a few smaller items for practice first". She fell for it like a slice of toast off a table.

I expect to still be 'practicing' for about two more years at least.

I just say, "I'm going out to the shed for a bit"

She says, "Why, what are you making"

I say, "Can't tell you, but I'll be out there for a while, I have to get it done before your birthday/mothers day/christmas" etc.

No questions asked after that.

In fact, my other half doesn't care if I go out to the shed and only spits it when she has to come out at 9.30 - 10 pm to get me to come in for dinner

Dan

When I want to spend more time in the workshop I just wait untill the other half is doing something and I say you know its been quite some time since we just sat down and had a good talk, then I just keep asking what she is doing and why every few second.


I only last a few minutes before it is suggested that I go out to the workshop or work on my computer, to which I respond are you sure, I don't mind spending time with you.

Once you get the "no thats OK from her theres no going back.

( not realy as bad as it sounds my other half has plenty of hobbies she does so she isn't really botherd about me going into the workshop.)

I just keep turning out new bits of furniture for the house, for her, for our daughter and presents for her family. Suilts me, she loves it and I never have a problem at all. Of course I do need to slip stuff for the workshop (new bench etc) in between her stuff, but I tell her it's always in pursuit of building the next item better for her, so I don't have a problem there either.

Of course, could be that I married a real gem too

So long as there is output then there is no problem - my issue is expenditure approval....

jackiew - have you really had a sex change ??? - jokes like that are really hard to comprehend, one never knows if one is joking or not.....

cheers

no zed, no sex change was necessary i've always been quite happy being a girl . I was just trying to point out that all you guys seem to have to ask your wives and girlfriends for permission to go off and do your hobbies. I've never really thought about asking permission to go and work in my shed ( other than making sure that my son, when he was smaller, was going to be supervised in my absence ) and as the women in your lives appear to have the last say then there would seem to be some advantages in being female!!!

Its rather funny, I have just started to get back into woodwork after not doing any for a good number of years. Prior to that I read as a hobby, my wife would get upset at me pouring through the pages of novels and trying despertely to ignore her questions every couple of minutes. She does crosstich and thinks that she can hold a conversation at the same time as doing it (except when she needs to concentrate!!). Now with the woodwork and me being out in the shed most nights it does not bother her at all. Expenditure is allways an issue, two kids in childcare, mortgage, terminally ill foreign relatives etc.

how about just going out to the shed when you want, Buying the tools you want and being the head of your house like your meant to be. and no i am not a male chauvinist pig.

my wife who is looking over my shoulder as i type this ( had to ask her how to type chauvinist) says that to get more shed time you should give them more shopping time or more romantic dinners or some quality time with just you and her or maybe you could just get a divorce. :eek:

cheers Ian

ps but then who would do the cooking?

Originally Posted by Ian007

how about just going out to the shed when you want, Buying the tools you want and being the head of your house like your meant to be.

Hahahaha (time out for bitter laughter) if only, my wife is not a housewife but is a house proud career woman and does not take being pushed around very lightly. 18 years of marriage have taught me that. It takes all sorts to make a world though

But I also have few problems getting shed time, I work from home at the moment and spend at least 1-2 hours a day in there. I also produce furniture etc on a regular basis.

The evenings are a problem though, when really absorbed in a project I do work at night but only with extreme disapproval from the boss. I have one of those remote control door bells things though so if needed she can push the bell and I come running.

Cash is always a problem, she has no problems with buying recycled timber but machinery etc needs extreme vindication or be funded from the (essential) secret stash.

Cheers Dave

Originally Posted by Ian007

....and being the head of your house like your meant to be?

:confused: you must be reading an out of date instruction manual Ian007 ( or perhaps being a man you haven't read the manual )

jackie w
could you please tell me where to buy said instruction manual,
I dont have one nor have i ever seen one, but was told once that if i did indeed find and then read it, a complete rewrite of this manual would take place at exactly the same millisecond that i started to read it.

but if there is a manual then where can we get it?? I think i could use a dam good laugh not to mention the rest of the guys.

cheers Ian

I've never seen the manual but my wife showed me a list of rules once. There were about ten of them and the last one was something like "10. We reserve the right to change these rules at any time without notice".