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THE HURON EXPOSITOR; T`HE BRUSSELS AND THE BLYTH STANDARD,
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 27, 1979
.BY A. NMI( MOUSE
MX husband and 1 believe
in togetherness, Whether it's
:doing dishes, planting; a
garden, or Washing the car,
we believe two pairs of hands
are better than one. That
theory also worked' well in
practice, until We decided to
turn out basement into a
recreation groom and do the
work ourselves, together.
in defetenoo to the wealtet
sex, D, 'asked � a mile friend grabbed my trusty tape mea -
to help hint install the 2 by 4 sure and skipped down the
studs, while I Started reading; cellar stairs. I pulled 'out.
every book on carpentry that about two feet of Steel,
I could beg, borrow or, as a - placed the metal tab in the
last resort;buy. center of the first stud,
reached over with the tape,
I' soon discovered that and took a reading in the
most panelling is designed to center of the second Stud.
be nailed on 16 -inch centers; "Sixteen and three-quarter`
thus the grooves hide the inches" I tailed . out, Oh.
nails from all but the most well, that was the first ono, a
prying eyes, a 1 - temporary aberration, and
Knowing this information quite understandable. The
would be appreciated, ' I tape flashed between the
om alm
marria
centers of studs two and
three, • "Pifteen and a
quarter"_ i. exclaimed with
dismay. Well, perhaps the
master builders had not yet
hit their stride, although the,
looks they sent my way
indicated they could cheer
fully hit me, 1 would give
theta one more chance to
redeem themselves. I
checked the distant.*
beitween studs three and foU
"Seventfn inches" 1
gasped incredulously.
Myself-appointed job as
building inspector ended the
next moment, aS I beat a
hasty retreat up the stairs.
Wouldn't you; if two strong
men suddenly ran toward
you with hammers gripped in
their upraised handsy
The . insulation went in
next. The only problem was
trying to keep prickly fiber,
glass fibers away from
r+contact with human akin4
We rarely succeeded.*
Usually by the Mad of thei
' evening we werebehaving.
like demented disco dancers:.
Each awkward piece of
panelling had t� be
measured;. marked: and cut.
I held each piece on the saw.
horse while O. ripped down
the pencil lines with his saw:
"Hold it steady!: Move your
hands out of the way!" he
would yell. My outraged
words of protest` at this
absurdity came out of my
mouth in little balloons of
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