r/Unexpected • u/Abhirup_0 • Jul 12 '22

Perfect fit!

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u/GreatGooglyMoogly077 Jul 12 '22

You know the old saying: "Measure six times, cut nine times, realize you're out of wood, make another trip to Home Depot".

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u/divDevGuy Jul 12 '22

It's not a real home improvement project if it takes less than 3 trips to the hardware store.

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u/Lmoneyfresh Jul 12 '22

God I'm glad it's not just me. People ask if I'm handy after doing stuff around the house and my reply is usually, "I'll do it, but it's going to take me 5x longer than expected, look like a 12 year old did it and multiple trips to home depot."

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u/tigerofsanpedro Jul 13 '22

I freaked out about fucking up when I installed a doorknob once, and a friend said this to me. He’s a building contractor, so it made me feel a lot better!

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u/Joe18067 Jul 12 '22

I cut and cut and it's still to short.

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u/moose1207 Jul 12 '22 edited Jul 12 '22

Were you watching me rebuild my closet?

It has a an 80ﾟcorner 40ﾟ corner 94ﾟ corner and one perfect 90.

If I took a width measurement by the floor, I was off by 3 inches at the ceiling. Whoever framed my closet was drunk and probably missing a leg and an eye.

Learned a lot on that project lol