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[Krisma]

Cue the girls comments on "Boys and our toys"

We have a deal. He can buy as much woodworking stuff as he wants........because I buy as much vaping gear as I want.

Seems fair. He is in front,
We only give you guys things to fix because it keeps you out of our hair hehe
I think they call it busy work.

 

[redrebel821]

We have a deal. He can buy as much woodworking stuff as he wants........because I buy as much vaping gear as I want.

Seems fair. He is in front,
We only give you guys things to fix because it keeps you out of our hair hehe
I think they call it busy work.

Shhhh, don't tell my hubby that! I have the table saw and air compressor and power tools...he has trouble with a battery-operated screwdriver!

 

[Krisma]

Shhhh, don't tell my hubby that! I have the table saw and air compressor and power tools...he has trouble with a battery-operated screwdriver!

I had to laugh. He makes most of the machines himself but a friend found some old workshop machines while he was cleaning out a shed and offered them to him. After all the excited arranging he also mentioned he had all theses old clamps. Well, you might think I have a tank collecting obsession.......you should see my darlings clamp collection. It is a sight to behold.

 

[Robert Cromwell]

I had to laugh. He makes most of the machines himself but a friend found some old workshop machines while he was cleaning out a shed and offered them to him. After all the excited arranging he also mentioned he had all theses old clamps. Well, you might think I have a tank collecting obsession.......you should see my darlings clamp collection. It is a awsome.

A man can never have too many clamps.
We have to keep things in their place.

 

[cindycated]

We have a deal. He can buy as much woodworking stuff as he wants........because I buy as much vaping gear as I want.

Seems fair. He is in front,
We only give you guys things to fix because it keeps you out of our hair hehe
I think they call it busy work.

My ex couldn't fix anything to save his life!
I think I emasculated him. I can practically build a house. I told him once "it's OK baby, I already know that if we ever lived together I would be the one fixing stuff." Hence the "ex" part.

 

[Fuzzy Thunderbear]

Well, gang, I be back. What? You didn't notice I was gone? Sigh...

Had to go to the V.A. hospital in Sturgis today to pick up my new ears (thanks you Veterans Affairs). Now that I have two brand new hearing aids, I can hear again, but now I realize there were so many things I could not hear in the past several years and... well, I am not sure I want to hear them.

Given that I was already 75 miles from home, I proceeded through town (nasty traffic because their 75th annual Bike Week happens in another week or so - you never saw so many Harleys in one town in your life!) and another 30 miles off down the freeway to Rapid City. I was there the whole day buying our monthly food, cow food, pine shavings for the barn, and that pack of tiny rubber bands at Wally World (someone here said they were $1 but our store charges $2.98) and I saw the ugliest fat woman in spandex (WHY do they do that?) that made me want to barf. The truck was totally full when I got home, unloaded it, had a nibble for dinner, then we did chores and... well, I'm here now, but can't stay too long because I am totally exhausted.

Oh, and Lannie did steal some Butterbeer while I was gone...

 

[USMCotaku]

Well, gang, I be back. What? You didn't notice I was gone? Sigh...

Had to go to the V.A. hospital in Sturgis today to pick up my new ears (thanks you Veterans Affairs). Now that I have two brand new hearing aids, I can hear again, but now I realize there were so many things I could not hear in the past several years and... well, I am not sure I want to hear them.

Given that I was already 75 miles from home, I proceeded through town (nasty traffic because their 75th annual Bike Week happens in another week or so - you never saw so many Harleys in one town in your life!) and another 30 miles off down the freeway to Rapid City. I was there the whole day buying our monthly food, cow food, pine shavings for the barn, and that pack of tiny rubber bands at Wally World (someone here said they were $1 but our store charges $2.98) and I saw the ugliest fat woman in spandex (WHY do they do that?) that made me want to barf. The truck was totally full when I got home, unloaded it, had a nibble for dinner, then we did chores and... well, I'm here now, but can't stay too long because I am totally exhausted.

Oh, and Lannie did steal some Butterbeer while I was gone...

Ha! Bike week and the weeks preceding it are great.... Unless you need to drive somewhere

 

[Fuzzy Thunderbear]

Bike week and the weeks preceding it are great

Yeah. The bikers start coming through here in June (usually the Gold Wingers who don't want to be here at the same time as the guys who wear "colors") and they don't stop rumbling past our house until the end of September. You can buy a Sturgis Bike Week t-shirt all year, so who's to say they didn't attend the real event?

 

[tj99959]

I had to laugh. He makes most of the machines himself but a friend found some old workshop machines while he was cleaning out a shed and offered them to him. After all the excited arranging he also mentioned he had all theses old clamps. Well, you might think I have a tank collecting obsession.......you should see my darlings clamp collection. It is a awsome.

 

[AndriaD]

My ex couldn't fix anything to save his life!
I think I emasculated him. I can practically build a house. I told him once "it's OK baby, I already know that if we ever lived together I would be the one fixing stuff." Hence the "ex" part.

ROFL... my ex thought there was something miraculous in the fact that I put up all the hardware and hung all the drapes, without his assistance -- all it required was a few simple tools and a chair to stand on!

Andria

 

[Krisma]

I like to think every relationship is based on diverse skill sets that combine beautifully. I am the logical, facts, figures, research how to and his is the creative production. We have been married quite a while (eons) and cannot share a task, we think too differently so we split everything and each do our bit. I need a plan and he just kinda wings it.

Arrrrrrrrrg I can't cope, then my head explodes.

 

[chopdoc]

Well, gang, I be back. What? You didn't notice I was gone? Sigh...

Had to go to the V.A. hospital in Sturgis today to pick up my new ears (thanks you Veterans Affairs). Now that I have two brand new hearing aids, I can hear again, but now I realize there were so many things I could not hear in the past several years and... well, I am not sure I want to hear them.

Given that I was already 75 miles from home, I proceeded through town (nasty traffic because their 75th annual Bike Week happens in another week or so - you never saw so many Harleys in one town in your life!) and another 30 miles off down the freeway to Rapid City. I was there the whole day buying our monthly food, cow food, pine shavings for the barn, and that pack of tiny rubber bands at Wally World (someone here said they were $1 but our store charges $2.98) and I saw the ugliest fat woman in spandex (WHY do they do that?) that made me want to barf. The truck was totally full when I got home, unloaded it, had a nibble for dinner, then we did chores and... well, I'm here now, but can't stay too long because I am totally exhausted.

Oh, and Lannie did steal some Butterbeer while I was gone...

I was gonna post a pic of a big woman in spandex at wally world but it crashed my browser. It was that bad!!!!!!!!!!!!

Losing some of your hearing can be a blessing. After 28 years around turbine helicopters there is a range of sound that is hard for me to hear and the missus's normal voice falls in that range. If anyone offered me a hearing aid to fix that "problem" I would probably have to slap the hell out of them... just sayin

 

[Fuzzy Thunderbear]

I have always wondered why, on birthdays or Xmas (or any other occasion where you choose to gift each other), that the "average" couple... well, it always seems to be OK when the woman buys the man a tool as a gift, but if you get her a tool (e.g., a new blender, vacuum cleaner), there is a hissy fit? This might not apply to those ladies who use the traditional shop tools, but why will the average man be happy with a new lawn mower, but the woman demands jewelry? Are not her tools (whatever they might be) equal to his tools? I mean, if she wants something that she "wants but doesn't need," shouldn't the man's gift have the same status? Buy him a new box mod (which he does not need - see, I managed to get this back on tootle puffing topic ) instead of a box of drill bits. Lannie, on the other hand, wants a 'Cuda with a 440 six pack... or something else MoPar.

 

[chopdoc]

Lannie, on the other hand, wants a 'Cuda with a 440 six pack... or something else MoPar.

She is a keeper. Dont ever let that one get away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Fuzzy Thunderbear]

there is a range of sound that is hard for me to hear and the missus's normal voice falls in that range

That happened to me back in the service too... I started failing a bazillion years ago due to weapons fire (no hearing protection) and F100 Lead Sleds blowing in afterburners not far from my tent, etc. The hearing has only been getting worse since (using planers and dozens of other shop tools, big chain saws, etc.) without hearing protection can do that to you. And, yes, the wife's voice very often falls in your dead zone. But not getting the hearing aids only means she's going to have to raise her voice on a regular basis...

 

[AndriaD]

I have always wondered why, on birthdays or Xmas (or any other occasion where you choose to gift each other), that the "average" couple... well, it always seems to be OK when the woman buys the man a tool as a gift, but if you get her a tool (e.g., a new blender, vacuum cleaner), there is a hissy fit? This might not apply to those ladies who use the traditional shop tools, but why will the average man be happy with a new lawn mower, but the woman demands jewelry? Are not her tools (whatever they might be) equal to his tools? I mean, if she wants something that she "wants but doesn't need," shouldn't the man's gift have the same status? Buy him a new box mod (which he does not need - see, I managed to get this back on tootle puffing topic ) instead of a box of drill bits. Lannie, on the other hand, wants a 'Cuda with a 440 six pack... or something else MoPar.

I'm usually happy with some sort of tool that applies to my general activities... such as anything vaping-related, or computer-related. For mother's valentines day, he bought me some new computer speakers which I DESPERATELY needed; when we got our state income tax refund in march, he bought me a new computer and called it my b-day present (which isn't till May, but it was $600, so I waddn complainin )(for mother's day he bought me a portable USB CD/DVD player for my new laptap)

But we learned a LOOOOOOOOONG time ago that the best way to insure that we each get the things we want/need, is that we go shopping together, and whoever is NOT getting something at that store says "happy _______" whatever the occasion is. This always confused the hell out of our son at xmas, because we'd be buyng all this stuff, and he'd want something too, only to be told "it's almost xmas, be patient."

The only time I have REQUIRED jewelry was for our 20th anniversary; I got a diamond anniversary band, because I bloody well EARNED it.

But this year (so far!), I've bought 4 new mods. He doesn't mind a bit, because he's bought quite a few coins, and his wife doesn't smell like an ashtray.

Andria

 

[cindycated]

I have always wondered why, on birthdays or Xmas (or any other occasion where you choose to gift each other), that the "average" couple... well, it always seems to be OK when the woman buys the man a tool as a gift, but if you get her a tool (e.g., a new blender, vacuum cleaner), there is a hissy fit? This might not apply to those ladies who use the traditional shop tools, but why will the average man be happy with a new lawn mower, but the woman demands jewelry? Are not her tools (whatever they might be) equal to his tools? I mean, if she wants something that she "wants but doesn't need," shouldn't the man's gift have the same status? Buy him a new box mod (which he does not need - see, I managed to get this back on tootle puffing topic ) instead of a box of drill bits. Lannie, on the other hand, wants a 'Cuda with a 440 six pack... or something else MoPar.

We don't all want jewelry, but we also don't want anything that says "here honey, something to make it easier for you to cook and clean for me." You should both be using house stuff (blenders, vacuum cleaners, ...), so no fair putting a bow on house stuff and calling it a gift! And don't you guys usually buy your own stuff (shop tools, lawn mowers, new mods) then frantically hide the credit card bill?

Just messing with you, Rich!

 

[Woofer]

"here honey, something to make it easier for you to cook and clean for me."

hmmm so no maid for you!

 

[Krisma]

In an effort to get hubby involved more in the vaping gig I keep buying him new things but he's not interested. You can bet your bottom dollar that the one time I only buy one of something just for me he will decide he likes it.

We have everything we need, presents become Ho hum, so we do joke that anything biggish gets the hapoy birthday or Christmas but it's not serious. We worked hard to get what we have so we are sensible when it comes to spending. (Except on vape gear) because that's still like a kid in a candy shop. So much to see, hehe

 

[cindycated]

hmmm so no maid for you!

That would be "someONE." Preferably one of these: