Abject Failure.

@TheHorse (220443)

• Walnut Creek, California

23 Jan

What song was that? I can't remember those lyrics.

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (69157)

• United States

23 Jan

@TheHorse — “Farther On.” Side one, song three, Late for the Sky, 1974. (Not that I ever had the album or anything.) My favorite JB album. And it turns fifty years old this year.

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@TheHorse (220443)

• Walnut Creek, California

23 Jan

@FourWalls ...and still we continued into the night...

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snowy

@snowy22315 (182410)

• United States

23 Jan

More times than I care to remember. Did you ever find out from the pros..why your solution did not work? Did you need to waterproof the boards first or afterwards or something..using Thompson water seal or similar product.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (182410)

• United States

23 Jan

@TheHorse Water sealant probably would have helped though.

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@TheHorse (220443)

• Walnut Creek, California

23 Jan

I just don't think my work was water tight.

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@TheHorse (220443)

• Walnut Creek, California

23 Jan

@snowy22315 Could be. I think better design on my part would have helped more.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (168535)

• Boise, Idaho

23 Jan

No, I let the pros do it the first time around. This after years of watching my mom trying to 'do it all herself' and bungling more than once.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (168535)

• Boise, Idaho

24 Jan

@TheHorse ........Cars are more involved that's for sure.

@TheHorse (220443)

• Walnut Creek, California

23 Jan

I am glad I "took a chance" with woodworking. When it comes to cars, I mostly leave it to the pros.

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Kayla Tsukino

@kaylachan (71967)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

23 Jan

Who hasn't? George is doing a lot of that with the stroke. he's trying at least.

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Kayla Tsukino

@kaylachan (71967)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

24 Jan

@TheHorse I don't see him going backwards at this point.

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@TheHorse (220443)

• Walnut Creek, California

24 Jan

I hope he keeps improving.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (80891)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

23 Jan

I have had my dismal projects that had to be abandoned. One time I did do well when I painted mom's linoleum a bright orange which she loved in her kitchen back in the NYC days. Otherwise, it was looking worn and replacing the whole linoleum would have been problematic,

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (80891)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

25 Jan

@TheHorse yes, it was in the 70s and I was a teenager. But that floor looked great.

@TheHorse (220443)

• Walnut Creek, California

24 Jan

Bright orange? Was it the 1970s?

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (38843)

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24 Jan

If you live your life, you try. Sometimes it is a complete success, and sometimes it just flops no matter how determined we are. How old is that cabin? Cabins are notoriously hard to keep from leaking at times. Wood swells and shrinks, it’s just what wood does. In all of my lifetime, I have yet to know a person who is good at everything. Cut yourself a break, friend.

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@TheHorse (220443)

• Walnut Creek, California

24 Jan

The original cabin was built in the 1940s, I think. The "new" room (the leaky one) was built in 1957.

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (38843)

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24 Jan

@TheHorse It's impressive that the original cabin is 80 some years old and doesn't leak. I wonder if it were a different builder, who possibly used different materials, for the ''new'' room. Hey, if the roof leaks again, try some of that rubber sealant stuff that is so popular. I know I have friends that say it's a great fix...just an idea for you.

Amber

@AmbiePam (94104)

• United States

23 Jan

At least you positively contributed to the livelihood of the pro. I prefer to think you have a generous heart.

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@TheHorse (220443)

• Walnut Creek, California

24 Jan

That was my thought at the time. They needed work.

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16796)

• China

24 Jan

Here we have a saying:Different trades are separated as by mountains.The "pro" was handy with a hammer,but not with a guitar.

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16796)

• China

25 Jan

@TheHorse There is something in what you said.There are commonality and individuality to everything.

@TheHorse (220443)

• Walnut Creek, California

24 Jan

Let me try to be philosophical here. "But water runs down both sides of the mountain, and is the same until it is put to use." I notice that some different professions require similar skills. When my dentist is "building" a crown for me, smoothing the edges isn't entirely unlike what I do with my speakers.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472124)

• Switzerland

24 Jan

I am sure that I have failed more than once. Nothing specific comes to my mind right now, but I know that I failed many times.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472124)

• Switzerland

25 Jan

@TheHorse - I am sure I did may more than I can remember.

@TheHorse (220443)

• Walnut Creek, California

24 Jan

Heh. I can think of many silly things I have done.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (108408)

• Marion, Ohio

23 Jan

Yes I have but I would never try roofing.

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Anindita Sengupta

@aninditasen (16508)

• Raurkela, India

24 Jan

I have never tried house repairing.

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@TheHorse (220443)

• Walnut Creek, California

24 Jan

Stuff like painting can be fun.

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Anindita Sengupta

@aninditasen (16508)

• Raurkela, India

25 Jan

@TheHorse I did try to paint my house shelves once but couldn't do that well.

LindaOH

@LindaOHio (182154)

• United States

24 Jan

There's nothing wrong with failing. I'm sure I've failed many times over my lifetime. Have a good day.

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@TheHorse (220443)

• Walnut Creek, California

24 Jan

You too.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (182154)

• United States

25 Jan

@TheHorse Thank you very much.

Mildred Tabitha

@mildredtabitha (16147)

• Nairobi, Kenya

24 Jan

you sound like a little kid doing an experiment. Sorry the water continued licking even after you repaired it. Glad you hired a pro. I've ever tried cooking a new dish and failed. I don't remember what it was.

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@TheHorse (220443)

• Walnut Creek, California

24 Jan

I have certainly had some culunary failures!

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Toni LoCicero

@BearArtistLady (6036)

• United States

23 Jan

Yes, many times. One doesn't learn without failing. One question, you "stood on the side of your Toyota pick-up and nailed my new boards in." Uhhh, where did you nail them into?

My father had decided to do some roof repairs after a substantial rain fall. The ground was good and soggy where he set up the ladder and climbed up. The next thing my mom and I heard was a yell and a thud. Father had managed to fall from the roof. We gathered him up and hauled him in the house. Mom checked him out and discovered that his right wrist was swelling, so she had him sit down at the table and put his wrist in ice water. Of course, father complained the whole time and demanded that she take him to the E.R.. When had to drive over 75 miles from where we live to the nearest military hospital for them to check him out. We live in San Luis Obispo California and we had to drive to Vandenberg AFB hospital. We were there for over 3 hours while father was x-rayed and put in a cast. He had managed to break his right wrist! Then, again, I took homemaking for the first time when I was in middle school. I had sewing and mom picked out the fabric and pattern, both of which were horrible! Mom, to placate me, told me that if I made the dress, she would buy me the pattern and fabric that I liked. Well, the dress turned out horrible to put it mildly. I mis-sewed seams, cut holes in the fabric and so much more. It, no way in hell, turned out right. It's amazing that with that failure I went on to become a top sewer in my area and design and make teddy bears professionally. My mom was astounded when I started selling them and received orders for them through various stores. The best failures were when I took on cooking for the parents when I was 13. Mom and dad always could tell when they made me angry at them. If I was really pissed at them whatever I made them was served the worst way possible, if it was horrible raw then they got it that way, if it was over cooked then it was served that way. But I did have some bad failures when I was teaching myself to cook. But, as I said, without the failures we don't learn, and there are times that I really welcome the failures. The best thing I did learn was to read, read, read. But I never tried fixing a roof yet...I don't do heights well!!!

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@TheHorse (220443)

• Walnut Creek, California

23 Jan

Yeppers. I actually tell my music students are aren't really mistakes. There are just "interesting new chords and notes that need to be explored."

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@TheHorse (220443)

• Walnut Creek, California

23 Jan

My friend did the same thing recently falling off of a ladder.

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@TheHorse (220443)

• Walnut Creek, California

24 Jan

Good sewing story. If we're open to learning from our mistakes, they can be a good thing.

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