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The old finish carpenter in Tulsa who made me redo a stair skirt 3 times because of one word
He kept saying 'sweetheart' when he meant the grain direction of the skirt board against the stringer, and I stood there confused for a good 20 minutes before it clicked at his kitchen table in Broken Arrow. Any of you ever get taught a term that only made sense from one guy?
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blake831mo ago
Three times redoing a stair skirt over one word seems like a lot. I get that words matter in a trade, but grain direction on a skirt board is something you can just point at with your finger or sketch on a scrap of wood in five seconds. Standing there confused for 20 minutes at his kitchen table in Broken Arrow feels less like a lesson and more like the guy enjoying the power trip. Half these old timer stories are just dudes who took forever to explain something simple and everyone acted like it was wisdom. My uncle did tile for 30 years and he could show you a miter in the time it took to say one sentence. Some guys just like watching you squirm, and calling it teaching is a stretch.
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