Head gasket blown or not?!

barbiedoll

smnb08 wrote: »

Lucky you. We don’t all have the luxury of a husband that wants to show us things and keep us safe!

I take it you’re husband can.....

Use each and every one of the washing machine programmes?
Cook?
Clean?
Wash?
Iron?
Shop? Etc etc.

Of course you will say he can!
It’s only the same thing.

You’re opinion and mine are different and that’s my right!

Hahaha! Even I can’t use all of the washing machine programmes, I only ever use one of them! My husband is now retired so he does most of the cooking and cleaning. His fish pie is to die for, and we’ve got a lovely Victoria sponge for tea tonight (complete with Queen Victoria icing sugar silhouette lol) that he knocked up yesterday afternoon. My cooking is freezer to oven, he’s the culinary genius in our home.

Seriously OP, I’m really not having a go at you, but I don’t think that you should encourage your daughter to be thinking that all car maintenance is a “man’s job”. She is lucky to live in a country where she is allowed to drive (and own property, earn and keep her own money, vote, etc, etc). Checking oil and fluids, tyre condition and being aware of common faults in a car, is absolutely essential knowledge, for all car owners/drivers, not just men. I know that a lot of women are a bit scared of cars, my neighbour admits that she’s never even opened her bonnet. But simple checks are easily done by anyone, it’s honestly not anything that you can get wrong, once you know how to do it. Please encourage your daughter to have a look online, there are videos, websites and forums to help.

I used to live alone and had to learn how to pressurise my old boiler. I fixed a leaky washer under the sink (my mate paid a plumber £60 to do the same job!!) I fixed a broken window catch....I learned to do this from library books, there was no internet back then. Basic car maintenance is really easy, and the more you learn, the better equipped you are to recognise, and deal with, a real problem.

I don’t fix my own car, but I am able to spot a potential issue. And if I’m not sure, I come on here and ask!

Mercdriver

I am sure one of the Freds will be on the thread soon to give us their, sorry his, pearls of wisdom

Arklight

TBF checking car oil is no more or less difficult than putting the right amount of detergent in the washing machine.

It is easy to overlook unless you remind yourself, though.

Scrapit

smnb08 wrote: »

Who can say lol

Yeah, we are saying.

Aylesbury_Duck

smnb08 wrote: »

This is all getting very boring now.

Thread closed

That’s a shame. It means this post won’t appear. Darn it.

custardy

To be fair. It was quite generous of smnb08's breadwinner to allow her to leave the kitchen, and use his internet.

smnb08

custardy wrote: »

To be fair. It was quite generous of smnb08's breadwinner to allow her to leave the kitchen, and use his internet.

I’m the only breadwinner in my household.
And I would consider internet to be used as much by women as men....how would the women do their online shopping without the internet?

custardy

smnb08 wrote: »

I’m the only breadwinner in my household.
And I would consider internet to be used as much by women as men....how would the women do their online shopping without the internet?

Now now petal. Don't you fret your head and men stuff like computers.

smnb08

barbiedoll wrote: »

Hahaha! Even I can’t use all of the washing machine programmes, I only ever use one of them! My husband is now retired so he does most of the cooking and cleaning. His fish pie is to die for, and we’ve got a lovely Victoria sponge for tea tonight (complete with Queen Victoria icing sugar silhouette lol) that he knocked up yesterday afternoon. My cooking is freezer to oven, he’s the culinary genius in our home.

Seriously OP, I’m really not having a go at you, but I don’t think that you should encourage your daughter to be thinking that all car maintenance is a “man’s job”. She is lucky to live in a country where she is allowed to drive (and own property, earn and keep her own money, vote, etc, etc). Checking oil and fluids, tyre condition and being aware of common faults in a car, is absolutely essential knowledge, for all car owners/drivers, not just men. I know that a lot of women are a bit scared of cars, my neighbour admits that she’s never even opened her bonnet. But simple checks are easily done by anyone, it’s honestly not anything that you can get wrong, once you know how to do it. Please encourage your daughter to have a look online, there are videos, websites and forums to help.

I used to live alone and had to learn how to pressurise my old boiler. I fixed a leaky washer under the sink (my mate paid a plumber £60 to do the same job!!) I fixed a broken window catch....I learned to do this from library books, there was no internet back then. Basic car maintenance is really easy, and the more you learn, the better equipped you are to recognise, and deal with, a real problem.

I don’t fix my own car, but I am able to spot a potential issue. And if I’m not sure, I come on here and ask!

Ild never encourage my daughter that it’s only a mans job, she has her own opinions and beliefs, if she can learn to take care of the car checks herself then great for her......having said that, I don’t know how to do them myself and won’t be teaching her but then she has a man to do the blue jobs for her.

smnb08

custardy wrote: »

Now now petal. Don't you fret your head and men stuff like computers.

I won’t. I can use computers fine. And when they go wrong, I’ll ask a man to fix it for me....and I’ll make him and sandwich and a brew while he does it 😉