fandomhigh | Shop, Period 5, Week 6

"Does everybody know what time it is?"

Oh, my. That was simply worng. Heidi the Tool Time announcer and tool-getter looked different. Taller, stockier, beardier, flannelier.

Tim bounded into the shop with the Tool Time intro playing. "All right, today we're going to learn about framing," he said, holding up a picture frame. "No, not this type of framing, this type," he said, whirling the frame off-~~stage~~set. Something broke. Tim walked the other way.

The workstations were set up with a collection of dimensional lumber cut to length, hammers, nails, tape measures, and most anything else one would need to put together a wall. "Now, for this project, you want to make sure the wood is sixteen inches on center to make a good solid wall that's even and easy to locate the studs, because you always want to find easy studs," he said with a chuckle and a laugh and a--he's hearing crickets again. And Al-In-A-Flannel-Bikini was holding up the Tool Time mailing address off in the corner.

"Today's project? Hang four walls, basic framing. For extra credit, frame in a door and a few windows." He showed how to frame in a door. Safely. And up to (most) codes.

"That's it for today! Have fun."

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"I'm human," Luke said, "I'm just not from this galaxy."

"Oh. Well, that explains why your head is normal. What's it like in space? Are there space ships? Do they race 'em?" ~~Taggert~~ Tim asked, thinking about hot rod spaceship drag races. augh augh augh!

"In my part of space, yeah," Luke said carefully. "I'm a pilot back home. But it's mostly space combat--not recreation."

"So you don't have contests, like, see who can tow this moon the farthest, or who can make it through an asteroid field first?"

"...no," Luke said, looking at Tim like he was out of his mind. "Well, Beggar's Canyon back home, but that wasn't out in space."

"Huh," he said, his vision of intersteller tractor pulls winging away. "So you just have regular wheeled vehicles, like here, then. Hey, do you still have the Chevy big block in space?" His face went all hopeful.

"No, not at all," Luke said. "They're all hovercrafts. Or speeder bikes. Wheels get too much sand stuck in them."

"Hovercrafts, the big boat things with the rubber skirts? That's pretty nifty. I'd like to see one of them in person." He'd probably break part of it.

Luke stared. "No," he said slowly. "They're like cars, but without wheels. Everyone has them at home."

"That's good. I'd hate to see people without cars," he said, dreaming of the muscle cars he'd had.

Luke gave up trying to explain. "Right," he said with a vague smile.

"That's great! If they let you bring one on campus, bring it by. I'd love to see what's under the hood," he said, thinking of wheelless muscle cars.

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