27 December 2005 (Tuesday)
turned around
Nothing of substance - I just thought I'd share with you all a little example of my oblliviousness. Julian and I recently bought elfa closet materials from The Container Store, and have been installing the stuff in the closets in our new home, one by one. Our first experiment was the closet in the TV room - great. Last night we did the coat closet, and I graduated to DrillMaster. Look at me drill! Wheeeeeeee! Tonight we tackled the closet the in the spare bedroom, and I resumed my DrillMaster role. The starter holes were fine, but when I moved to the 3/4-inch bit, the going was much harder. At first, we thought that it was because there were two layers of drywall instead of just one...but that wouldn't explain why I was having trouble getting the bit into the wall at the beginning. Julian had a go at it and...sure enough, I had managed to set the drill on reverse. Duh.
My usual experience is that the first hole goes fine but the second hole gives me trouble... due to the battery needing to recharge. But that's getting boring... maybe next time I'll try reverse instead.
A good hammer is much easier than a drill ...
one good swing and you have a hole!
That is exactly the type of thing I would do (assuming I could figure out how to get the thing on in the first place!). Happy closeting!
Aaron: good drilling is always "something boring." That's the whole point of the activity.
