Because I’m a mere woman and not able to comprehend the genius that is the male mind.
I understand the need to temporarily seal up the big barn doors for winter. If the husband is going to spend all that money for a heat pump, we don’t want all the lovely warm air escaping. So a few insulated foam boards, some tape and call it good… right?
(Please remember the key word is temporary. This will be important later on.)
In my previous post I shared pictures of the frame, the double layer of foam boards, the plywood, and the finishing border.
And yes, those are two antique safes that weigh the combined equivalent of a small elephant herd.
Do they open?
Well, they would if my husband had the combinations… which he doesn’t.
Good times.
But back to the doors. The temporary doors that he keeps assuring me will be easily removed.
When I went out there the other day?
This:
Yes.
There is now a shelf with an old stereo mounted on the temporary doors.
And quite high up on the temporary doors I might add.
High enough so yours truly can’t reach the power button… which may or may not have been intentional.
So please help me out with the male logic of this.
In the event we need to open the barn doors… because you know, they’re doors and that’s kind of their thing…. we will need to:
1. unscrew the shelf brackets
2. remove the shelf
3. unhook the speaker wires
4. take down the stereo
5. remove the border frame
6. remove the plywood
7. remove the double layers of foam boards
8. remove the inner frame
Does this sound temporary to you?
Because my female brain is having a hard time reconciling this kind of temporary.
Men. 😶
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That’s explanation enough.
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I just have to ask: does the stereo even work?
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Oddly enough, yes.
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Temporary is just a state of mind…
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And in this case, an illusion.
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Maybe it’s now meant yo be a secret door. So, if your place gets captured, and the bad guys lock you in the barn, you can escape.
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Technically I guess we could. But not quickly or quietly…
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He is sending message to you that this is a boys hangout…no girls allowed, you got cooties kind of thing. I would have thought that message rang loud and clear when he got the billiards table.
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‘The He Man Women Haters Club’??
Can she be Darla??
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Alfalfa said yes, Spanky and Buckwheat overruled….so no…Darla is out.
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Dang Darla! I tried!!
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I’ll just be the dog with the eye patch and happily lap my margarita from a bowl on the floor.
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I’ve done too much physical labor on this barn to ever be excluded!
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But, but…. he’s going to build a bar. And we all know that has my name written all over it.
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So think of the door as a way to block IN, and not out. Changes the entire paradigm.
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Once the bar is installed… I shan’t mind being locked in.
😉
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I’m beginning to think the hubs is trying to use some kind of mental voodoo on you. And by the way, there is no understanding the “mans” brains, if they can’t get the logic of 1 pair of feet, 200 pairs of shoes thing. I’m pretty sure it’s a lost cause……
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You’re probably right.
Shoes are life.
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” the genius that is the male mind.” And let you know EVERYTHING?!?!!?/ No way!
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Come on, just a hint for an old friend?
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I am with the husband Earthspins on this one! A safe, he wants you to stay out. And if he is going to play Cheap Trick, you need to get your nails done. Just my thoughts.
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As luck would have it, I just did get my nails done….
😉
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You do have beautiful nails. I keep meaning to go for my manicure but the gym calls and then I get busy but when I go again…it is for a pedi with hot stones!
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Even if you could reach the power button, there’s no way you’d be able to use the turntable without a ladder. Which renders the whole getup pointless.
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He’s already played a few albums. And yes, he used a ladder.
🙄
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Sounds like something men say to keep the women at bay with their neverending questions.
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I got nothin. My Mister thinks your mister has too much time on his hands. Then he added, Must be nice.
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He works four 10hour days and has Fridays off.
These are all weekend projects.
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Sweet! My husband worked rotating 4 x12 for a few years and we all liked it. Not an option in his current role. Boo.
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There’s something comforting to know that I can pop up into your page and any time and see a post about the barn 😀 (and no, that door is never opening again)
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Big barn. The gift that’s been giving since 2012…
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Wow – almost time to celebrate 10 years of glorious barn action. You must have a party in the barn
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If it’s ever well and truly done I shall be the first to lift a glass in triumph.
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Seriously?
Maybe you need to withhold food until he ‘splains himself?
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He keeps saying it IS temporary. On what planet…?
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Female so not in a position to answer for the male mind…but you pose some very interesting questions! Seems only women are replying so perhaps the male mind can’t figure that out either!
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As there are not many door mounted stereos I fear I shall never know..
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