Pulaski

Yes, and in fact she has admitted as much.

Being 6'5" helped as my accent probably wouldn't have sealed the deal if I was only 5'6". ..... She also told me that now, she no longer notices that I have an accent!

SultanOfSwing

Now she just keeps you around to do the gardening

Pulaski

And the plumbing, ..... and changing light bulbs without having to fetch a ladder.

livinginnyc

Hopefully vehicle maintenance and other general handyman skills too (carpentry?)

SultanOfSwing

As long as she keeps you well supplied with sandwiches, eh?

Pulaski

Vehicles, not so much, but anything from electrical work and plumbing, to painting, carpentry, framing, door hanging, tiling, closet shelving, window blinds, and hardwood flooring**, not to mention drainage systems, roofing, siding, and felling trees*, then, yup, I have those things covered.

* I finally got around to measuring the pine I felled a few weeks ago (it had hung up on the way down, so I had to fell it by cutting it into pieces from the bottom up ), and it came in at 85ft.

** Nail-down hardwood flooring is a special joy of mine, and I have received compliments from a professional flooring installer for my work - he asked who I had had install it, I guess he was thinking he had competition for work.

Pulaski

I mostly leave her to take care of stuff in the kitchen, though I have been known to prepare a killer fish pie with a puff pastry crust, .... which I must do again now it is getting cooler.

But she doesn't appreciate my curries made with whatever random meat I find in the freezer. I have also been cooking breakfast on Saturdays and Sundays quite a lot recently.

SultanOfSwing

There are too many bloody picky eaters in our house for me to waste my time trying to cook anything, so I just leave that all alone.

livinginnyc

Prob better than mine. My vehicle expertise extends to:

If it starts - all good.
If it doesn't start - not good.
If it starts, goes somewhere and stops - Panic.

I've managed to convert my in-laws into enjoying curries by cooking a mean Japanese Katsu curry, and doing a Korma. It's still a work in progress, but they will happily enjoy mango with diced onion and poppadoms from initial prodding and raised eyebrows.

zargof

Yeah, so errm... I'll be calling the police right about now...

Pulaski

Can I interest you in a Rumbley's pie?

zargof

So that's the sort of thing you were talking about when you said random meat.

Nutmegger

Which reminds me of this surprisingly sweet dead squirrel story:

Look: Mom shares saga of boy's dead squirrel misadventure at school - UPI.com

livinginnyc

*sigh*, changes have been made to the original post to clarify.

Pulaski

I would have expected it to be more "gamey" than "sweet".

Brunswick stew.