Omg! Are all men like that? That sounds exactly like my husband, he's set up his Rasberry Pis (four of them as well !!!) which is just sitting there not doing anything . He'll definitely spend ages to resolve something if its computer related, though I'm not sure if he would fix the tape measure coz its not computer related. Men!!!!!
I know, right? Silly men. Yeah, and in computer world, things take way longer than we estimate them. "oh that sounds easy, 1 hour tops!" 10 hours later....