She's been threatening to do it for some time

DUKE

I'm terrified to ask where the rest of the bike is Mr_Toad! :eek:

thebillet

Have you managed to get at least one spanner back into the bedside cabinet, I'm rooting for you.

ukjoel

I have been living with my wife now for 15 years and there is one issue we dont ever discuss because if we do it would mean war.

I was brought up in a house where the cutlery tray in the drawer held the knives on the right the forks in the middle and the spoons on the left. (teaspoons have their own section so we agree on that)

She feels the spoons belong in the middle.

We have never discussed this but for 15 years I have been cursing when I reach for a fork and end up with a spoon and at least once a week I switch them all round only to find out an hour later she is cursing and moves them back.

I even set up a second drawer once just for me (but was called petty and told I needed to adapt)

I give you this story Mr Toad to ensure that if you have any glimmer of hope things may improve, you realise they wont and you are doomed to a life of things not being in the sensible place.

PS - I too keep spanners, screwdrivers, and chargers in the bedside table - its the logical place. I wanted to have a tool wall with drawn shapes for each tool but she wanted flock wallpaper instead.

Mr_Toad

DUKE wrote: »

I'm terrified to ask where the rest of the bike is Mr_Toad! :eek:

It's an ongoing project, most of it is down in the workshop but the exhaust, a second hand but like new one, was put under the bed to keep it in that condition until I'm ready to fit it.

The crank case covers are in one of the wardrobes, after I took them off the bike I ran them through the dishwasher, marvelous device for cleaning engine parts. :cool:

I then spent ages polishing them so they look like new. A thin coat of machine oil then wrapped them in an old shirt and into the wardrobe.

Mr_Toad

ukjoel wrote: »

I have been living with my wife now for 15 years and there is one issue we dont ever discuss because if we do it would mean war.

I was brought up in a house where the cutlery tray in the drawer held the knives on the right the forks in the middle and the spoons on the left. (teaspoons have their own section so we agree on that)

She feels the spoons belong in the middle.

We have never discussed this but for 15 years I have been cursing when I reach for a fork and end up with a spoon and at least once a week I switch them all round only to find out an hour later she is cursing and moves them back.

I even set up a second drawer once just for me (but was called petty and told I needed to adapt)

I give you this story Mr Toad to ensure that if you have any glimmer of hope things may improve, you realise they wont and you are doomed to a life of things not being in the sensible place.

PS - I too keep spanners, screwdrivers, and chargers in the bedside table - its the logical place. I wanted to have a tool wall with drawn shapes for each tool but she wanted flock wallpaper instead.

Hmm.........

There goes hope then.

A tool wall, what a top idea. I have one of the spare rooms as a sort of work room !!! computer lab. It's where I keep all my electronic bits and projects. I've got a bench on one wall for soldering etc.

I have been known to bring oily bits up there in the depths of winter when it's too cold in the workshop even with the heater on. It's difficult rebuilding a transfer box with numb fingers.

A tool wall is an excellent idea and I hate flock wallpaper, it only has one place and that's in the Indian restaurant.

I have a distinct advantage over you. Yours is a wife, mine is girlfriend. :A

CH27

So when is she moving in Mr Toad?

Mr_Toad

CH27 wrote: »

So when is she moving in Mr Toad?

I don't do living together, I like living on my own too much.

I'm happy for her to come over for the occasional weekend or to spend time together on the boat but not on a permanent basis.

Spendless

ukjoel wrote: »

I was brought up in a house where the cutlery tray in the drawer held the knives on the right the forks in the middle and the spoons on the left. (teaspoons have their own section so we agree on that)

She feels the spoons belong in the middle.

I'm with you ukjoel. That's how the cutlery is in our kitchen drawers. My reasoning being you want to pick up a knife and fork together. You might occasional want to pick up a fork and a spoon together, but they can't be many occasions that call for you needing a knife and a spoon.:cool:

The tactic my husband has used, is to leave all his 'man things' hanging around the place and not tidied them away, so I allocated him a drawer in the house and when I want it moved out of the way and he hasn't done it, I just dump it in 'his' drawer.

her_welshness

Have to say that Mr Toad's thread has made my afternoon! I know that you have said that she won't be moving in, but surely this must be a prelude?

Cutlery etiquette: knife, fork, spoon (from left to right). Surely that is how everyone organises their cutlery drawer?

I have to say that my husband leaves a trail of things around the flat, especially in the morning or when he has come back from work. He has his own 'area' in the living room so anything which gets dumped in the kitchen will be automatically be picked up and placed on his table.

As for me I am always leaving my pyjamas in the corner of the bathroom and leaving wet towels on the bed.

Mr_Toad

her_welshness wrote: »

Have to say that Mr Toad's thread has made my afternoon! I know that you have said that she won't be moving in, but surely this must be a prelude?

Cutlery etiquette: knife, fork, spoon (from left to right). Surely that is how everyone organises their cutlery drawer?

Not a prelude, she won't be moving in. She has her own place and her own life as do I.

We were both pleased to meet someone who didn't want a joined at the hip relationship. It suits us both very well.

As for the cutlery thing, I had no idea people had such strong feelings about it. I actually had to go and look to see how mine is laid out.

Knives in a compartment along the bottom. Then in the vertical compartments left to right. Spoons, tea spoons, forks, serving spoons and the last compartment has bottle opener, scissors, 10mm ring spanner, string, swiss army knife and other assorted bits. I have to say that I often just chuck stuff in and it gets mixed up, then, when I've dived in and got the wrong thing a few times I sort things back into their own compartments.

All is peaceful here this morning. I'm sat with the laptop and a coffee watching the squirrels trying to stop the magpies digging up the nuts they've just buried.