<!--quoteo(post=365527:date=May 15 2009, 08&#58;28 PM:name=deb1220)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (deb1220 &#064; May 15 2009, 08&#58;28 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&amp;pid=365527">&lt;strong&gt;QUOTE BELOW&lt;/strong&gt;</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><b>Rose</b> - my Dad taught me alot of that stuff too but I&#39;m not as &quot;handy&quot; as you are. I lived by myself for 7 years before we got married so certain things he taught me came in handy. Zack is pretty good about the handyman stuff... and what he doesn&#39;t know, he hires someone who does <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":biggrin:" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />Howie would hire everything out if I wasn&#39;t around. I guess learning how to fix stuff was my way of spending time with my Dad and I never wanted to be a &quot;helpless&quot; woman.<br /><br /><!--quoteo(post=365533:date=May 15 2009, 09&#58;19 PM:name=zebra)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (zebra &#064; May 15 2009, 09&#58;19 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&amp;pid=365533">&lt;strong&gt;QUOTE BELOW&lt;/strong&gt;</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Hey Rose &amp; Deb - my Dad was smart, he didn&#39;t teach me the &quot;boy&quot; stuff but told me to marry someone who could handle everything in the home and garden.... I got him&#33;<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />Your Dad is a smart man Jackie.....my Dad never told me that&#33; LOL<br /><br /><br />