I grew up in a construction family. I didn't have this problem. I was given a real hammer and real nails and scrap wood to nail together. It was a shite hammer but real. It was probably only a light 8oz hammer, but I was at the real worksite with my pretend project. I'm sure some OSHA rules were broken, but it was weekends only and most of the crew was off, but it was real enough to kid me then.

But yeah, if someone gave me a red and blue smiley face toy tool, I'd be like WTF is this? Then again, my dad would have said the same thing without the cutesy internet acronyms.

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peterleiser 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Lol, right on! I grew up on a farm in an area where the economy centers around Ag. There used to be an annual fundraiser dinner in a nearby town (population 309) with various games for kids. One of the more popular games was to see who could hammer a nail into a board first. Good times.

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goopypoop 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I hear Shite Hammer are playing Bloodstock this year

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mindslight 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Scrap wood to nail together? Luxury. Try, "take the nails out of these boards and straighten them, so we can reuse both"

	▲	rascul 30 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Depending on things, manufacturing your own cut nails in your backyard from free scrap metal may be more efficient and significantly easier than pulling nails. It doesn't help much if you want to reuse the lumber, though.
	▲	dylan604 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		oh, i had my share of that project too. way back then, i found busy work fun. i think it is the true source of my absolute frustration with busy work now. thanks doc, i think we just made a break through!