kyounge1956
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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really great list - already own for most items but i will recheck the inventory while he is slaving over a hot piece of paper this week.
the only bad idea i saw on your list was earplugs.
would any smart woman really buy her dh2b a set of EARPLUGS?
at least wait until we're MARRIED.
[sorry, i couldn't resist that wisecrack ].
I'm female (and a spinster to boot) so maybe I'm shouldn't even comment on this thread, as it may reasonably be supposed that I am clueless in the department of "what men like".
With that disclaimer, and acknowledging that you were making a wisecrack about the earplugs, if your dh2b uses power tools a lot, hearing protection is a great idea. IIRC, the high frequencies are the first to go with noise-induced hearing loss, so one of the first things he will lose his ability to hear is you, unless you have a voice like Beatrice Arthur or Phyllis Diller. When I used to wear hearing protection on my job I always liked muffs better than plugs, so that's another possibility.
As an eyeglasses wearer, I think the suggestion of prescription safety glasses is another great idea. When I worked on land survey crew, I always had my lenses made of tempered glass. Prescription safety glasses are vastly (IMO) more comfortable to wear—and hence more likely to be worn consistently—than glasses plus protective goggles. Protective eyewear is useless if it's hanging around your neck or on a hook on the wall instead of on your face! Unfortunately a whole pair of specs with safety glass lenses probably exceed the budget, but for $50 you might be able to get tempered glass lenses put in an existing set of frames. (Does he have a spare pair you can sneak out to the opticians' while he's slaving over his paper?) Or, plastic safety lenses may be less expensive than glass.