My daughter to the rescue

[spudfan]

My daughter works at a child minding facility in the evenings doing meals and cleaning up. It helps pay for her pony and college. The other day it seems a gate at the bottom of a flight of stairs broke a top hinge. This came to my daughter's attention when she saw one of the staff trying to hold it up and other staff wondering how to sort it out.
When my daughter got her 90 tdi I got her a tool kit with basic tools like, screwdrivers, pliers etc plus a set of spanners for maintenance. My daughter told them that the only way to remedy the situation was to remove the gate and get a replacement hinge fitted to the top. She said she had a tool kit in the Land Rover and she could remove the gate. So she got the toolkit and removed the bottom hinge and freed up the gate. Now this is the good part. This in my daughter's own words..
"Manager was like why do you have a tool kit and when I said because I drive a land rover and have a stable she just looked at me like my answer didn't make sense."
One proud father[bigsmile1]

[RobMichelle]

Awesome [emoji122]

[Hogarthde]

Australia needs resourceful young women, send the lass over .

someone on here will quarantine the horses, and Landy [biggrin]

[V8Ian]

Australia needs resourceful young women, send the lass over .

someone on here will quarantine the horses, and Landy [biggrin]
I'm sure Epic could help out, however I fear the horse has left it's run a bit late for the Melbourne Cup. Appreciate the pun. [biggrin]

[ATH]

Nice story and shows dad being a Landie owner and always under the bonnet has helped daughter being mechanically or at least a bit handy with tools. Never ceases to amaze me the amount of men who are totally stuffed when it comes to fixing simple stuff at home or on the car.
G/Daughters partner is a typical example (prison officer and not a bad bloke), couldn't change a wheel if he got a puncture as apparently his dad always does stuff like that! So she does the servicing on his car and hers and anything else requiring tools.
So daughter watching and helping me has rubbed off on her daughter which is good.
I stopped a woman driver not long ago and told her she had a puncture on the rear and the tyre was started to rip apart. "I can't do anything about that" she said "my husband can't either so I'll just keep driving it"!!!!
But give them something with a screen and they're in their element. :)
AlanH.

[RANDLOVER]

Nice story and shows dad being a Landie owner and always under the bonnet has helped daughter being mechanically or at least a bit handy with tools. Never ceases to amaze me the amount of men who are totally stuffed when it comes to fixing simple stuff at home or on the car.
G/Daughters partner is a typical example (prison officer and not a bad bloke), couldn't change a wheel if he got a puncture as apparently his dad always does stuff like that! So she does the servicing on his car and hers and anything else requiring tools.
So daughter watching and helping me has rubbed off on her daughter which is good.
I stopped a woman driver not long ago and told her she had a puncture on the rear and the tyre was started to rip apart. "I can't do anything about that" she said "my husband can't either so I'll just keep driving it"!!!!
But give them something with a screen and they're in their element. :)
AlanH.

They also really struggle when they go to buy "710" fluid for their car engine. [bigrolf]

[spudfan]

Yes when my daughter lived with us she would sometimes assist me with the Land Rover if I needed it. Her partner works on a farm and she helps out there if needed. Then there's her pony with the obligatory mucking out the stables and shifting bales of this that and the other about. She is no stranger to the hands on approach. Not many girls are the proud owners of a set of metric/AF spanners. 1/4 drive metric/AF socket set, 3/8 drive metric/AF socket set not to mention her tool kit. Her partner bought her a boiler suit for Christmas so she could wear it while attending to her pony in the morning, take it off then head for college (pre lockdown).

[spudfan]

I'm sure Epic could help out, however I fear the horse has left it's run a bit late for the Melbourne Cup. Appreciate the pun. [biggrin]

He is 26 years young.......

[Arapiles]

Where in Ireland are you? I was in Westport and Castlebar a couple of years ago .... visiting the family graves.

[mylesaway]

Yes when my daughter lived with us she would sometimes assist me with the Land Rover if I needed it. Her partner works on a farm and she helps out there if needed. Then there's her pony with the obligatory mucking out the stables and shifting bales of this that and the other about. She is no stranger to the hands on approach. Not many girls are the proud owners of a set of metric/AF spanners. 1/4 drive metric/AF socket set, 3/8 drive metric/AF socket set not to mention her tool kit. Her partner bought her a boiler suit for Christmas so she could wear it while attending to her pony in the morning, take it off then head for college (pre lockdown).

"Her partner bought her a boiler suit(overalls) for Christmas...."... So it's true love then! [biggrin]

I have found buying gifts for GFs in the past are fraught with all sorts of dangers...

It's often a fine line between 'smothered in kisses' and being smothered in your sleep......

[LRJim]

Bought my wife a ryobi drill, whipper snipper, shears, blower etc
Now she hangs all her own photos on the walls, puts together bunnings/kmart furniture like stands shelves etc and uses the whipper and garden tools flat out, best investment ever.
She always has been very hands on but now she has her own tools her skill has tripled.
My 3yr old daughter loves "getting on the tools" just need to watch where shes swinging them. Another 12 month's and she will be able to pass me what i need and hold torches etc, cant wait to see her getting into it with me

[spudfan]

Where in Ireland are you? I was in Westport and Castlebar a couple of years ago .... visiting the family graves.

County Donegal

[Arapiles]

Bought my wife a ryobi drill, whipper snipper, shears, blower etc
Now she hangs all her own photos on the walls, puts together bunnings/kmart furniture like stands shelves etc and uses the whipper and garden tools flat out, best investment ever.



When we moved back to Australia my wife went and bought a lawn mower - for years afterwards I wasn't allowed to touch it because it was clearly too complex for me. So she got to do all the lawn mowing and I had to watch. Damn.

[Arapiles]

County Donegal

A bit north of Mayo then. We probably have family in Donegal too because my mother was an O'Neill.

[spudfan]

A bit north of Mayo then. We probably have family in Donegal too because my mother was an O'Neill.
It's a big place (by Irish standards!). O Neill would not be a familiar name in my area.

[Arapiles]

It's a big place (by Irish standards!). O Neill would not be a familiar name in my area.

We know a fair bit about my father's family but less about my mother's - will have to do some research on it.

[V8Ian]

He is 26 years young.......
Is the Cup weight for age? Whatever that means.

[Saitch]

weight for age? Whatever that means.

A horse named 'Paunch'!

[4bee]

My daughter works at a child minding facility in the evenings doing meals and cleaning up. It helps pay for her pony and college. The other day it seems a gate at the bottom of a flight of stairs broke a top hinge. This came to my daughter's attention when she saw one of the staff trying to hold it up and other staff wondering how to sort it out.
When my daughter got her 90 tdi I got her a tool kit with basic tools like, screwdrivers, pliers etc plus a set of spanners for maintenance. My daughter told them that the only way to remedy the situation was to remove the gate and get a replacement hinge fitted to the top. She said she had a tool kit in the Land Rover and she could remove the gate. So she got the toolkit and removed the bottom hinge and freed up the gate. Now this is the good part. This in my daughter's own words..
"Manager was like why do you have a tool kit and when I said because I drive a land rover and have a stable she just looked at me like my answer didn't make sense."
One proud father[bigsmile1]


Some years ago my eldest daughter was helping me doing summat. Boyfriend was trying to drill a hole in the end of a 1/2" rod for summat.
Him. "Drill keeps wandering around" he sez while getting the ****s on.


After a couple of tries at it & him cursing she said "Stick a decent centre punch mark in it"


He was absolutely amazed when it worked.

She had watched me work in the shed & been out with me on many Service Calls & you never know what they observed. Same with Cooking.:Thump::Rolling:

[4bee]

When we moved back to Australia my wife went and bought a lawn mower - for years afterwards I wasn't allowed to touch it because it was clearly too complex for me. So she got to do all the lawn mowing and I had to watch. Damn.


That is probably how you became a dab hand at opening crown tops with your teeth. [bigrolf]