NFR Spilling gas in the house makes your wife mad...

[Josh]

So...

I was moving a plastic fuel tank to the garage so our local tweaker population didn't "borrow" it from me. It's one of the ones that is designed to lay horizontal, but has a handle to carry it vertically. Like this:


Now, the shortest way to the garage from the front yard where I was standing was to go through the house. This was, as I would find out, a Very Bad Plan™. As I'm walking through the living room, I felt something wet on my leg and started to look down just in time to hear my wife yell "That smells like gas!". And sure enough, there was a small hole in one of the top corners (that became the bottom corner when carried vertically).



I spent the next 4 hours mopping the floor multiple times and trying to air out the house. Oh, and this was in the middle of our house being all masked off for exterior painting. So I had to tear the plastic off the windows (and pay the painters to get it put back on again).

My wife slept at the in-laws that evening. Good times. Lesson learned.

 

[Salmo_g]

I'm pleased to read that you had such a good time learning that lesson. Mad wife or not, bet you don't make that mistake again!

 

[Jim F.]

If my foggy memory going back 50 years is correct, rebuilding a motorcycle engine in the house seems to upset wives as well . . .

 

[east coast]

And don't just throw clothes you spilled a little gasoline on into the wash......

 

[TicTokCroc]

I broke a bottle of braggs apple cider vinegar in the bag of groceries on the back upholstery seats of the car 2 days ago... and it's 100 degrees.. Lesson learned, slow down. I would say gas in the house is way worse.

 

[kerrys]

If my foggy memory going back 50 years is correct, rebuilding a motorcycle engine in the house seems to upset wives as well . . .

Not mine. She has helped me rebuild several motorcycle engines on the kitchen table. The last custom bike I built was built in the living room of our two bedroom apartment. That bike was sold and the proceeds became the down payment of our first house. You got to know how to pick ‘em.

 

[Guy Gregory]

Usually that gas smell burns right off......

 

[BriGuy]

So...

I was moving a plastic fuel tank to the garage so our local tweaker population didn't "borrow" it from me. It's one of the ones that is designed to lay horizontal, but has a handle to carry it vertically. Like this:

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Now, the shortest way to the garage from the front yard where I was standing was to go through the house. This was, as I would find out, a Very Bad Plan™. As I'm walking through the living room, I felt something wet on my leg and started to look down just in time to hear my wife yell "That smells like gas!". And sure enough, there was a small hole in one of the top corners (that became the bottom corner when carried vertically).

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I spent the next 4 hours mopping the floor multiple times and trying to air out the house. Oh, and this was in the middle of our house being all masked off for exterior painting. So I had to tear the plastic off the windows (and pay the painters to get it put back on again).

My wife slept at the in-laws that evening. Good times. Lesson learned.

I wanted to "Like" your post, but didn't feel that was right. I wouldn't want you to think I was enjoying your pain.

I feel for you, man! I've executed my fair share of "very bad plans". Oddly, the frequency of them hasn't diminished as I got older. Hope you're a better learner than I am.

My wife hasn't disowned me yet and still keeps me around because I can kill spiders in high places.

 

[Josh]

My wife hasn't disowned me yet and still keeps me around because I can kill spiders in high places.

This. If my wife ever figures out to deal with spiders herself, I'm doomed.

 

[Skeena88]

If my foggy memory going back 50 years is correct, rebuilding a motorcycle engine in the house seems to upset wives as well . . .

My mother was furious when she came home to find my motorcycle in the middle of the kitchen for a service. My argument that it I could not do the work outside because it was raining wasn't well received. That was 45 years ago. First time I ever heard her use foul language.

 

[Evan B]

Could just toss a match on the spill. That'd clean it right up.

 

[Yard Sale]

And my wife bitches about Sally hansens...

 

[ChromerJ]

Just a little spilled gasoline in the house gets rid of the wife for a night or two? Emphatically noted, even with today's fuel prices.

 

[SurfnFish]

If my foggy memory going back 50 years is correct, rebuilding a motorcycle engine in the house seems to upset wives as well . . .

when the broker and I walked through the coastal house we raised out kids in..'the house is rough and we need to get in and out while the tenants are gone, they are a real problem'...there was a partially dissasembled pan head Harley engine in the living room, parts laid directly on the carpet, house stunk of oil and gasoline. All cosmetic stuff, saved me a bundle on the purchase.

 

[kerrys]

when the broker and I walked through the coastal house we raised out kids in..'the house is rough and we need to get in and out while the tenants are gone, they are a real problem'...there was a partially dissasembled pan head Harley engine in the living room, parts laid directly on the carpet, house stunk of oil and gasoline. Bought it for cheap.

Damn bikers…

 

[Peyton00]

Not mine. She has helped me rebuild several motorcycle engines on the kitchen table. The last custom bike I built was built in the living room of our two bedroom apartment. That bike was sold and the proceeds became the down payment of our first house. You got to know how to pick ‘em.

is this you kerry?

 

[JACKspASS]

If that happened to me, I would dump whatever was left in the gas can on myself, walk outside and light a cigar because I would never hear the end of it

 

[SurfnFish]

Damn bikers…

my personal stable was modest...BMW R60 and an Ossa Pioneer 250 that could climb anything...if you got enough of a run at it..lol

 

[kerrys]

View attachment 24884is this you kerry?

You better hope my wife doesn’t see this. She is about 120 but has more fight in her then most men twice her size. I’ve known her for over 25 years and back off if I even think she is getting pissed. She can wrench a Harley and can takeout most that ride them.

 

[Tim L]

If she didn't make you sleep anywhere else you're not really in trouble.