Getting dirty.

**Jocasta** · 06-09-2006, 10:26 AM

Last week, I dug out a little wild-life pond in the back garden with my son and as you'd imagine it's a great way to get really dirty. But is there anything more satisfying than getting really filthy, doing some proper work and then scrubbing away the muck in the shower?

Do any of you guys ever do any actual work... the sort where you get sweaty and dirty?

JenniferNoble · 06-09-2006, 02:19 PM

this topic is kind of...

**Jocasta** · 06-09-2006, 02:20 PM

Simple, don't reply then.

Jeff · 06-09-2006, 03:01 PM

hell ya. I built an addition on my old house, am the "work in the yard" type. Damn... I get dirty all the time and have to shower up...

edawg99 · 06-09-2006, 06:58 PM

I get down and dirty when I do work on my car. This weekend it's a brake job.

06-09-2006, 08:27 PM

Used to work construction during summers building houses - best job I ever had from a personal satisfaction viewpoint. Remodeling my house now - doing the work myself - much more of a feeling of accomplishment at the end of a day of physical labor than than when I just get up from a desk & drive home.

**Shaun** · 06-09-2006, 08:38 PM

Just today my step dad was cutting about 4 feet of the bottom branches off a this giant pine tree in our front yard. I had to drag all the cut branches to the back yard. My arms got quite dirty and I was real sweaty by the end. So I guess I was "getting dirty". It took me like 45 minutes to drag all the branches and they paid me $20 so I was like WOOT

**open32** · 06-09-2006, 08:48 PM

I do some gardening. Not so much anymore, just for my parents which I just redid there whole garden. Probably not a smart thing to do with hurricane season on the way, but I actually like it. I used to have a small garden with tomatoes, strawberries, and corn.

I dont like the getting dirty part, but your right, there is such a felling of accomplishment when a weeks work of hard work is complete.

pravus · 06-09-2006, 09:19 PM

I occasionaly work with my dad -he's in construction- and that gets pretty dirty. I'm generally the manual labor guy.fFr instance, today I helped him cut up and load a driveway into dumpsters... by hand-what fun it was. I'm about to die, but it feels good.

**Plastic Flute** · 06-09-2006, 10:22 PM

Yes every day Kate..I work in receiving freight on a busy dock. Its really dirty, and all the guys swear ..but I was in top mgmnt once b4..and Ill take the dock and the cussin boys any day over the "suits" But I do miss my manicures....

**Jocasta** · 06-10-2006, 03:06 AM

Mechanical work is tops for getting really filthy but like tg-1 said, there's nothing like the satisfaction of working on your house, making your home something special. I spent about 2 weeks stripping the ancient paint off the stair rails and banister rails last year; it was disgusting but now everytime I walk up or down stairs I get pleasure of feeling the smooth wood work and knowing I did a great job.
The dock work sounds tough but also like there's great camaraderie.

Blackmask · 06-10-2006, 11:44 PM

It's always a lot more satisfying to do the work yourself. It can be hard and frustrating but when it's done you have a sense of accomplishment. I had it last weekend when I spent 2 days cleaning all the junk out of the old shed. It's now empty, just got to smash out one more bench, then I can look at making it a useable area rather than just a junk storage.

And there's nothing better after a day of working hard than getting into a spa for an hour or so really feeling like you earned the break.

Wolf · 06-11-2006, 03:09 AM

I don't do much house work, I hardly do any, that includes building things with tools.

Blackmask · 06-12-2006, 12:12 AM

So who does the housework? Or do you live in a total state of dirt and messiness?

06-09-2006, 10:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
Jocasta Love Charlie Babbitt Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Shaftesbury Avenue Posts: 18,617 My Profile	Getting dirty. Last week, I dug out a little wild-life pond in the back garden with my son and as you'd imagine it's a great way to get really dirty. But is there anything more satisfying than getting really filthy, doing some proper work and then scrubbing away the muck in the shower? Do any of you guys ever do any actual work... the sort where you get sweaty and dirty?

06-09-2006, 08:48 PM	#8 (permalink)
open32 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: South Florida Posts: 7,821 My Profile	I do some gardening. Not so much anymore, just for my parents which I just redid there whole garden. Probably not a smart thing to do with hurricane season on the way, but I actually like it. I used to have a small garden with tomatoes, strawberries, and corn. I dont like the getting dirty part, but your right, there is such a felling of accomplishment when a weeks work of hard work is complete. Last edited by open32 : 06-09-2006 at 08:49 PM.

06-09-2006, 02:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
JenniferNoble Lovely Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 4,654 My Profile	this topic is kind of...

06-09-2006, 02:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
Jocasta Love Charlie Babbitt Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Shaftesbury Avenue Posts: 18,617 My Profile	Simple, don't reply then.

06-09-2006, 03:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
Jeff The Former Owner - now just a poster! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 3,169 My Profile	hell ya. I built an addition on my old house, am the "work in the yard" type. Damn... I get dirty all the time and have to shower up...

06-09-2006, 06:58 PM	#5 (permalink)
edawg99 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 8,583 My Profile	I get down and dirty when I do work on my car. This weekend it's a brake job.

06-09-2006, 08:27 PM	#6 (permalink)
tg_1 Posts: n/a	Used to work construction during summers building houses - best job I ever had from a personal satisfaction viewpoint. Remodeling my house now - doing the work myself - much more of a feeling of accomplishment at the end of a day of physical labor than than when I just get up from a desk & drive home.

06-09-2006, 08:38 PM	#7 (permalink)
Shaun Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,385 My Profile	Just today my step dad was cutting about 4 feet of the bottom branches off a this giant pine tree in our front yard. I had to drag all the cut branches to the back yard. My arms got quite dirty and I was real sweaty by the end. So I guess I was "getting dirty". It took me like 45 minutes to drag all the branches and they paid me $20 so I was like WOOT

06-09-2006, 09:19 PM	#9 (permalink)
pravus Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 174 My Profile	I occasionaly work with my dad -he's in construction- and that gets pretty dirty. I'm generally the manual labor guy.fFr instance, today I helped him cut up and load a driveway into dumpsters... by hand-what fun it was. I'm about to die, but it feels good.

06-09-2006, 10:22 PM	#10 (permalink)
Plastic Flute ICHiBAN HoOT Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 13,843 My Profile	Yes every day Kate..I work in receiving freight on a busy dock. Its really dirty, and all the guys swear ..but I was in top mgmnt once b4..and Ill take the dock and the cussin boys any day over the "suits" But I do miss my manicures....

06-10-2006, 03:06 AM	#11 (permalink)
Jocasta Love Charlie Babbitt Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Shaftesbury Avenue Posts: 18,617 My Profile	Mechanical work is tops for getting really filthy but like tg-1 said, there's nothing like the satisfaction of working on your house, making your home something special. I spent about 2 weeks stripping the ancient paint off the stair rails and banister rails last year; it was disgusting but now everytime I walk up or down stairs I get pleasure of feeling the smooth wood work and knowing I did a great job. The dock work sounds tough but also like there's great camaraderie.

06-10-2006, 11:44 PM	#12 (permalink)
Blackmask Protector of Inanity Join Date: May 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 6,158 My Profile	It's always a lot more satisfying to do the work yourself. It can be hard and frustrating but when it's done you have a sense of accomplishment. I had it last weekend when I spent 2 days cleaning all the junk out of the old shed. It's now empty, just got to smash out one more bench, then I can look at making it a useable area rather than just a junk storage. And there's nothing better after a day of working hard than getting into a spa for an hour or so really feeling like you earned the break.

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06-11-2006, 03:09 AM	#13 (permalink)
Wolf The Elder Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 4,146 My Profile	I don't do much house work, I hardly do any, that includes building things with tools.

06-12-2006, 12:12 AM	#14 (permalink)
Blackmask Protector of Inanity Join Date: May 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 6,158 My Profile	So who does the housework? Or do you live in a total state of dirt and messiness?