Just How Much Scrap Lumber Does a Man Need?

by Janet Martin

Book Overview

Just How Much Scrap Lumber Does a Man Need to Save? This book is dedicated to the men in our families who, by saving Scrap Lumber , gave us good material for writing this MANual. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1886627088
• ISBN13: 9781886627086
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Martin House Publications (MN)
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.6" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Scrap Lumber

This MANual is the result of an informal survey conducted among our female friends in the summer of 1999. The survey question was: "Just how much Scrap Lumber does a man need to save?" Ninety-nine percent of the females responded, "None of it!" We though it only fair to ask the men the same question: "Just how much Scrap Lumber does a man need to save?" So we did. Ninety-nine percent of the males responded: "All of it!" We weren't trying to start the battle of the sexes, but after responses we received, we knew we were onto something big. Using our usual research methods of coffee, computers, coffee and more coffee, we dug and explored in depth the complex issue of "Why do men save Scrap Lumber?" We're happy to report that this MANual sheds some light on this age-old problem, which was never discussed at Augsburg College in our history, economics, psychology or religion classes. By reading this MANual you will realize that as long as there are men, trees and lumber yards on this earth, there will be Scrap Lumber heaps. No, they will not become nostalgic things like cream separators or threshing machines that are oddly, but neatly, parked in our yards and fields as endearing monuments to times past. Scrap Lumber piles are a species onto their own. Scrap Lumber heaps are like dandelions that sprout up all over, no matter how hard you try to get rid of them, they grow, flourish, spread and take over everything. Nothing kills them. They are like wisdom teeth or an appendix, i.e., things that aren't particularly useful and generally cause trouble. -- from book's introduction