On 12/28/2011 7:07 PM, Just Wondering wrote:
On 12/25/2011 9:17 AM, Greg Guarino wrote:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdguari...8405/lightbox/

A gift from my wife and daughter, appropriately decorated.

So just how were your wife and daughter decorated?

I have a funny story about that.

This was the second such clamp that they have given me as a gift. I've
been getting back to more home-handyman work in the past year, after a
health-related hiatus. My liberal use of clamps has become a frequent
humor motif in our household. I think it was this job...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdguari...9670/lightbox/

.... (putting the end panel on a pantry cabinet with construction
adhesive) that gave them the idea for the Father's Day Clamp. And yes,
the number of clamps was probably overkill, but it entertained my family
and made the seam nice and tight in the front.

Anyway, they happened to go to HD on the way back from my daughter's
dress rehearsal for a dance recital. The dance school makes quite an
elaborate production of the show, which extends to the costumes, hair
and makeup. When they asked a salesperson for "the largest clamp in the
store" my daughter was still in her full regalia : a glossy multi-hued
costume, hair piled high and garish makeup intended to be seen in the
dark at a great distance.

She still reminds me of the heroism she displayed while picking out the
gift.