Can you call it shopping if it involves concrete ?

[T. Slothrop]

I am building an addition on to the back of the house to change Castle Slothrop from a two bedroom/one bath fixer-upper into a three bedroom/two bath fixer-upper. I am doing it myself (legally, with a building permit) with the help of the wife and kids and a friend who just likes building stuff. I buy a lot of building materials like lumber and concrete and shingles and bring them home in the truck. My question is this: isn't there a more manly word for purchasing and bringing home building materials ? I don't think shopping is the correct word for it.

[Miss Purl McKnittington]

My dad usually says things like "lumber run" or "quest for the holy barn door hinge." Okay, maybe not the last one. I'd spring for "macho shopping", but I'm pretty damn girly, so you might not want to trust my judgment in this one.

Sarah

[Speaker for the Dead]

Restocking. :)

[Manduck]

I guess you could call it hunting.

[Zenster]

Sure, it's just the 'bags' that are a little different!

[kanicbird]

suppy run

[justwannano]

I "check out whats on sale".

Interesting question.Shopping also doesn't fit pricing guns or fishing tackle.

Hey how about "lookin fer."
as in
"Hey buddy,I'm lookin fer concrete edging tools"

[SmackFu]

Men just "go" to the store. There is no need to discuss what you'll be doing there.

[Geoduck]

When I know I will be away from my desk beyond my typical lunch hour, I tell my office pals that I have to "procure materiel."

[slice]

Originally posted by T. Slothrop
I buy a lot of <snip> I think you just answered it right there. You are buying stuff. Or, if you're just going to browse, you could say you're thinking about buying something. Or you want to look about buying something.

[elfje]

purchasing

acquiring

obtaining

buying (wholesale industrial buyer)

there's a few :)

[betenoir]

A real man would hew down his own trees andpound boulders into dust to make concrete.

You're letting someone else do it for you...so you're shooppppping :D

[herman_and_bill]

Gonna go get some stuff.

[flight]

slice and elfje are right. Shopping is a whishy washy word that is an end in itself. You can go out shopping all day and never purchase anything. Real men never go shopping. Real men go out and buy things. Women can go out shopping with nothing in particular in mind. Men go out to buy _____. We know what we want, we buy it, done.

Sorry for any sexism, I myself have been converted to the wonders of outlet shopping by a previous GF.

[Cheesesteak]

pick up

I'm going to Home Depot to pick up some concrete, plywood, and 2x4's, see ya in about 4 hours.... damn those lines!

[Rocketeer]

I have to agree with Cheesesteak[b/]. Definitely "pick up". In our model car club, it's a constant chorus of "I [b]picked this up the other day..."

[Rocketeer]

Yarrgh. Blasted bold coding. Preview is your friend.

[Missy2U]

I called Mr2U (who happens to be in the self employed fire & water restoration/home construction & remodeling field) to ask him this important question - and he is in full agreement with Cheesesteak.

Pick Up is the correct term.

It can also be used interchangeably with Gotta Get, as in "I'm going to Home Depot - I gotta get (insert what you gotta get here). Past tense, it would be "went and got".

[Shade]

Of course it's shopping.

Shade-ess: Do you want to go shopping?
Shade: Do I ever! Concrete or computer equipment?

[Kalhoun]

If you want to sound really macho, tell them you "gotta go get me some fuckin' ________." Generally, parts are more masculine if they're "fuckin'" parts.

[Dogface]

Shopping means that one is looking around but not with the predisposition or previous intent to buy.

[elfje]

no, that's called window shopping.

shopping in my book is going to the shop to buy what you need.
I'm not a very typical woman in that regard, I absolutely hate shopping. For everything.
I never window shop, jaysus what a waste of time.
I never have the time, anyway. Shops here are closed at 18.00 on weekdays (apart from thursdays, when it';s late shopping night, and everyone is in town), and during the weekends i'm on the dropzone.

naah, no shopping for me

:)

[sugaree]

Men hunt- they used to go directly to the water hole with the intention of finding their prey, kill it, and drag it back to the cave. Now, they have something specific like concrete in mind, they go directly to the store, directly to the aisle, rack or display, bag their prey, pay for it, and go home. They do not purchase anything they did not plan to purchase when they left home.

Women gather- they used to methodically pick through the forest, checking underneath each bush and rock because nobody knows where a tasty grub or nutritious rock may be found. Now, they methodically pick their way through the stores, checking each rack and display because nobody knows where a great bargain may be found.

I forget who said that originally, but I like it. I love shopping. Even shopping for groceries is fun. My husband "picks up" or "goes to get" stuff, except for clothes. He refers to purchasing clothes as shopping, usually in the sentence, "God, I hate shopping for clothes."

[gex gex]

I'm a guy and I love shopping. My theory is that the best way to check out a new city is to go shopping. Spending a day checking out all the stores (and stopping for lunch, of course) is the best way to get aquainted with a new place.

And to the OP: make sure you mention shit in there. You're not buying 'stuff' or 'things,' you gotta go get some shit.

[Green Bean]

Originally posted by sugaree
Men hunt- they used to go directly to the water hole with the intention of finding their prey, kill it, and drag it back to the cave. Now, they have something specific like concrete in mind, they go directly to the store, directly to the aisle, rack or display, bag their prey, pay for it, and go home. They do not purchase anything they did not plan to purchase when they left home.

I take it you've never been to the Home Depot? Hundreds of men wandering around looking at PVC pipe fittings they'll never need.

They're shopping.

[Manduck]

Originally posted by Green Bean
They're shopping.

No! NOOO! You take that back! [fingers in ears] LALALALA ICANTHEARYOU LALALALA

[flight]

No, they are still hunting, they just spotted bigger game. It is perfectly alright to go out hunting for rabbit and come back with a Tyranosaur, just so long as you didn't say, well I need some meat so I will see what I can find. Big difference.

[T. Slothrop]

And to the OP: make sure you mention shit in there. You're not buying 'stuff' or 'things,' you gotta go get some shit.

and

tell them you "gotta go get me some fuckin' ________." Generally, parts are more masculine if they're "fuckin'" parts.

Nah, that's not gonna work. My daughter's official job title around the house is "Word Cop". She is authorized to slap the wrist of the offender.

and to Betenoir and Green Bean:
...so you're shooppppping
and
They're shopping.

I find that I have to agree with Manduck:

No! NOOO! You take that back! [fingers in ears] LALALALA ICANTHEARYOU LALALALA

[NurseCarmen]

Originally posted by sugaree
nutritious rock

Damn, that's what takes her so damn long. The ever continuing quest for a nutritious damn rock.

[Scarlett67]

Another vote for "lumber run." We make lumber runs to Fleet Farm and Menards all the time. Lumber may or may not be on the list, but the term encompasses any excursion in search of home-improvement equipment and supplies.