Well, nuts. The TARDIS shed didn’t win.
I say we go back in time and rig the election. Or maybe the Supreme Court will overturn the will of the people. I’ve heard that can happen.
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Still and all, there is a great spot in my side yard for a blue box. And Mrs. BA is very handy with power tools. We may get to work on this…
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July 11th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
I showed my husband that link when it was first posted. At first he thought that I was crazy thinking that we needed a new shed but once he saw what it was he whole heartedly agreed. Ah, geek love…
And yes, I’d be the one using the power tools as well.
July 11th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Ceiling Cat bless every man who recognizes and appreciates a woman’s handiness with power tools and things mechanical!
I spent 10 years biting my tongue when my much-less-handy ex tried to be the handyman around the house “because that’s what men are supposed to do.” Over those 10 years I witnessed quite a few minor disasters, like the time he stuck his knee through the ceiling while adding insulation to our attic….. I thought I was going to turn blue keeping myself from ROFLingMAO, but he was so absolutely furious with himself that I just couldn’t add insult to injury, poor guy. I got pretty good at waiting until he wasn’t around, then doing the Ms. Fixit Thang.
The situation was a whole lot better with my more recent Significant Other, who by his own admission recognized a hammer and saw maybe two out of three times and just stood back in amazement as if I’d done something miraculous. When we split up after 15 years, I got custody of everything in the toolshed.
My friends ROFL when they see my collection of power tools (plus hand tools and various other gadgets), but hey, doesn’t every woman need her own circular saw?
July 11th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Women who can use power tools, or hand tools, and/or know karate are hot. (Karate let’s them break boards). (Insert Tim Allen chimp sounds here).
July 11th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
I would love to build a TARDIS shed, but then I would be sad when I opened the door and it wasn’t bigger on the inside.
July 11th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Wow, the shed that won is a pub!
July 11th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
I think the winner is really more of a gazebo than a shed. So, no fair.
July 11th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
My Enquiring Mind wants to know: Is the pub bigger on the inside? Let’s cross a pub with a TARDIS and find out…….. and while we’re at it, let’s see if it makes the kegs and bottles bigger on the inside too.
July 12th, 2008 at 1:27 am
Could you rent Mrs BA out to come and build a Tardis for me please?
July 12th, 2008 at 2:48 am
I am one of those lucky guys with a tool savy wife. We have done all our house renos side by side. The only thing she refuses to tackle is torch soldering and electrical wiring. Then again I hate drywalling and painting so I think it evens out. It was her idea once to give a young daughter of a friends of ours a set of tools as a house warming gift when she moved out on her own. After the laughter subsided, I was amazed at how many of her girlfriends came up to us and told us how cool that was. I think the young generation of women are to be greatly admired for their willingness to take on the world, both accademic and physical. Good on all of you.
July 12th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Man.. I never knew there was a crazy subculture obsessed with sheds. People are so odd! Anyway, gotta go and clean my eyepieces, there’s variable stars to measure tonight!
July 12th, 2008 at 9:14 am
Maybe you could combine shed and observatory by giving the tardished a rotating roof with a slot to point a telescope out of? Or, to create the ‘bigger on the inside’ effect, you could build three panels of the tardis around the conventional entrance to your house, like a porch, so it looks like the tardis is standing up against a wall but it leads into your house when you enter.
July 12th, 2008 at 11:25 am
@ Gazz
I already have plans to incorporate my telescope into the Tardis shed (if only I can find a “handy” man to help build it.) But I truly LOVE your porch idea!
July 12th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
@madge
Wow, thanks, great minds think alike! A Tardis observatory would also be a real crowd-puller, an enterprising astronomy group could even build a portable Tardis observatory to take around schools on the back of a trailer, the kids would totally love it! I wish I had the time, money, skills etc… A police box would be relatively easy to mass-produce as flat-packed (possibly fibreglass?) panels, roof sections with a top light which are assembled by the buyer. Available as either the 3-panel porch model or a free-standing option with all 4 panels. Sigh, wish I was practical! If you do get someone to make your observatory, maybe you could make a you tube video about it?