Pushing fate? - The Firearms Forum

05-09-2003, 07:56 PM

The wife and kids are out tonight, and I have the house to myself. Got a load of Enfield web slings being cleaned in the washing machine, got a bucket full of old bayonets soaking in degreaser in the kitchen sink, just finished degreasing an old military stock in the bathtub, and I have a bunch of leather slings that I just finished cleaning with saddle soap and are drying on the kitchen table.

Poor dog is looking at me like I done pissed on the carpet. Why do I have the funny feeling I will be sleeping in the garage tonight?

Smokin Guns · 05-09-2003, 08:14 PM

Same as me most of the time Bob...if ya don't get er all cleaned up in time...Your in a real "Heap-a-Sheet"...

05-09-2003, 08:58 PM

Ya mean you didn't use her dish washer this time Bob? cluck,cluck, chicken.

05-09-2003, 09:08 PM

Actually, I was cleaning my tennis shoes in the dishwasher ~~~

Xracer · 05-09-2003, 09:52 PM

....and then there was the time I cleaned a motorcycle engine in the bathtub........

cruiser348 · 05-09-2003, 09:54 PM

All that and you'd still get to sleep under a roof in the garage? All I did was clean a transmission fluid pan from the car in the bathtub and I got to sleep under the stars in the bed of the truck. And darn if she didn't hide the air mattress that night too.

inplanotx · 05-09-2003, 10:17 PM

Rebuit a 383 on the living room floor (second story) in the late 70's. All was well until I picked up a bucket and added 3 qts of oil and one quart of STP and picked up that first piston, grinning mind you.

BlueTic · 05-10-2003, 07:34 AM

A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do!
I made the mistake of cleaning all my gun rags in the sink the other day - hey, I don't complain when her undies are in my sink, or on the shower curtain rod... Between her and our daughter, I got alot of fenomes to deal with, so they are just gonna have to put up with a little testosterone every now & then.

05-10-2003, 09:30 AM

You guys need somebody like my mom. All she asks is that I clean up after I work on a rifle. Whether it is soaking a stock in the bathtub or boiling parts on the stove (by the way she got me a very nice stainless steel pot for boiling stuff).

With a mom like that around I can't go wrong.

As for you Bob - dang I hope you got everything cleaned up before the wife came home.

05-11-2003, 11:58 PM

There used to be a great wrinkle-finish paint (before EPA) you put on two coats and bake until slightly crispy, it chemically wrinkled and was as hard as a rock. So how do you answer: what is that smell coming from the oven? (It was the fiddle case cover from my '36 Knucklehead)

05-12-2003, 08:37 PM

we picked up about 200lbs of Pecans on year and they were a bit muddy. Dad washed them in the washing machine and got by with it till he tried to air dry them by tumbling them in the dryer. I thought it was bad when the "s hits the fan", but you should have seen it when mom hit it!

05-09-2003, 07:56 PM	#1
Guest Adnanced Senior Member Posts: n/a	Pushing fate? The wife and kids are out tonight, and I have the house to myself. Got a load of Enfield web slings being cleaned in the washing machine, got a bucket full of old bayonets soaking in degreaser in the kitchen sink, just finished degreasing an old military stock in the bathtub, and I have a bunch of leather slings that I just finished cleaning with saddle soap and are drying on the kitchen table. Poor dog is looking at me like I done pissed on the carpet. Why do I have the funny feeling I will be sleeping in the garage tonight? -->

05-09-2003, 08:14 PM	#2
Smokin Guns Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: "Gun Culture Members Clubhouse"... Posts: 4,463	Yep!... Same as me most of the time Bob...if ya don't get er all cleaned up in time...Your in a real "Heap-a-Sheet"... __________________

05-10-2003, 07:34 AM	#8
BlueTic Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: WA Posts: 652	A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do! I made the mistake of cleaning all my gun rags in the sink the other day - hey, I don't complain when her undies are in my sink, or on the shower curtain rod... Between her and our daughter, I got alot of fenomes to deal with, so they are just gonna have to put up with a little testosterone every now & then. __________________ If you don't like my rights - please leave my country!

05-12-2003, 08:37 PM	#11
shooter22 Adnanced Senior Member Posts: n/a	we picked up about 200lbs of Pecans on year and they were a bit muddy. Dad washed them in the washing machine and got by with it till he tried to air dry them by tumbling them in the dryer. I thought it was bad when the "s hits the fan", but you should have seen it when mom hit it! Last edited by shooter22; 05-12-2003 at 08:38 PM..

05-09-2003, 08:58 PM	#3
cointoss2 Adnanced Senior Member Posts: n/a	Ya mean you didn't use her dish washer this time Bob? cluck,cluck, chicken.

05-09-2003, 09:08 PM	#4
Guest Adnanced Senior Member Posts: n/a	Actually, I was cleaning my tennis shoes in the dishwasher ~~~

05-09-2003, 09:52 PM	#5
Xracer TFF Admin Staff Mediator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Minn-eeee-sota, ya, sure, you bet! Posts: 9,144	....and then there was the time I cleaned a motorcycle engine in the bathtub........

05-09-2003, 09:54 PM	#6
cruiser348 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: southern Ohio Posts: 70	All that and you'd still get to sleep under a roof in the garage? All I did was clean a transmission fluid pan from the car in the bathtub and I got to sleep under the stars in the bed of the truck. And darn if she didn't hide the air mattress that night too.

05-09-2003, 10:17 PM	#7
inplanotx Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 8,897	Rebuit a 383 on the living room floor (second story) in the late 70's. All was well until I picked up a bucket and added 3 qts of oil and one quart of STP and picked up that first piston, grinning mind you.

05-10-2003, 09:30 AM	#9
Guest Adnanced Senior Member Posts: n/a	You guys need somebody like my mom. All she asks is that I clean up after I work on a rifle. Whether it is soaking a stock in the bathtub or boiling parts on the stove (by the way she got me a very nice stainless steel pot for boiling stuff). With a mom like that around I can't go wrong. As for you Bob - dang I hope you got everything cleaned up before the wife came home.

05-11-2003, 11:58 PM	#10
Guest Adnanced Senior Member Posts: n/a	There used to be a great wrinkle-finish paint (before EPA) you put on two coats and bake until slightly crispy, it chemically wrinkled and was as hard as a rock. So how do you answer: what is that smell coming from the oven? (It was the fiddle case cover from my '36 Knucklehead)