You Can't Coach That

My Back Yard Shed

I have always wanted a back yard shed. There is something inherently masculine about the shed. A place of refuge from the fast pace of everyday life. Somewhere to go to cut things up and put holes in things. A place to build something. A place to hang shiny tools on pegboard with tool outline shapes to show where things go. A place to shed blood and sweat in the quest for the perfect dovetail joint. A place to strip a motor and then forget where all the pieces go. Of course with my lack of skills it could also be a place to lose a finger or two in an attempt to master the drop saw but we won’t dwell on that.

My shed would be an out of bounds area. The fact that I don’t know how to build things or cut straight lines with a hand saw would be hidden from the world. Half finished projects would be safe from prying and judgmental eyes. There would be no other secrets here but these.

In the Utopian parallel universe where money concerns do not exist the shed is quite large. There is room for a large screen TV, a comfortable chair or two and a bar fridge. When you visit the shed dear reader you come empty handed. There is always a full beer fridge.

There is also space for the motorcycles. Did I mention there will be motorcycles? Probably three or four. A couple of road bikes and a couple of dirt bikes. These will be ridden on days when there is no football to watch in the shed and I feel no need to tinker with power tools. This assumes of course that I have not removed the appendages required to ride motorcycles with said power tools.

The shed will be the place where potential suitors for my daughters will be interviewed prior to being sent on their first date. There will need to be various items of terror contained within the walls of the shed to ensure the safe return of my princesses. Perhaps a vicious dog or two, shotguns are of course illegal in Australian sheds.

Will I ever have the backyard shed? Probably not. Other things have priority now and other things will come along to take their place. That’s OK, it’s nice to dream.

“You can’t coach that”

I really enjoyed this post Coach.  You sound just like my husband.  He can’t fix things very well either.  I never say anything when he tries, because he’s the manly man, but when he is done it usually costs twice as much to repair.  Bless his heart. 

Thanks for my first laugh of the day.  Oh, I hear you about the shed being used for potential boyfriend interviews.  Have a great day!

The Other Half also dreams of his own shed. I think it’s a great Australian dream and quite unique to this broad brown land we call home.

I am glad I found you through the Australian Bloggers community.

You should come over to the USofA with me and visit my mate Dave in Minnesota. He has everything you dream of except for a couple of boats instead of motorcycles and his wood work is spot on.

hey Comedy+ - glad you liked it. We men are all the same, we just live in different houses.

Pleased to meet you Snoskred.

bazza - too cold in Minnesota

lol…

As CP said, this is a great post.  Here’s a couple of things...I live in Michigan & it’s too cold here too!  However, the shed dream is not unique to The Land Down Under...here in the US men dream of a shed to call home with the same fervency.

I just recently moved into a new home & I now have a garage, which I didn’t have at my first home.  I love it so much & am out there constantly...my wife always wonders what I’m doing out there...I’m going to have here read your post...then she’ll understand!

Thanks coach.

Hey Coach

Made me think of this video (Beer Ad)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9xbK3Vfflx8

Matthew - always glad to help, perhaps I’ll add marriage counsellor to my about page

Meg - thanks for that link - part 2 to the backyard shed coming up

haha. My girlfriends dad has his shed, and spends all his saturday and sunday afternoons in it, doing whatever shed men do.

We are drawing up plans to add ‘my shed’ to the backyard very soon. It’s very Australian!

This article made me chuckle so thanks for that. My Grandfather has a second home - his shed. He has a massive tv which when there is a football match on he escapes down the garden and enters his kingdom.

haha, a shed is masculine, but when it has a damn building look to it and a rope to get to the top, then it is just oozing testosterone haha . That’s what I had growing up in a Jock family but now I’m more of a gamer nerd chilling at this mmorpg community site. Definitely go with 2 stories, one for storage, rest for use.

very interesting…

It`s interesting article!

thanks!