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  1. 11-07-2010, 04:00 PM #1
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    I Give Up

    So, the boss has been bugging me for months to "do something" with the VCR, since it's been acting up... and frankly has been cranky for awhile.

    Finally gave in to the nagging. Shopped around, saw that Best Buy & WallyWorldMart only have VCR/DVD combo units. Found a decent one, went online, found it for less on Amazon -- and then used a $50 gift card that was an '09 Christmas gift, so that I didn't pay more than a couple of bucks, plus tax and shipping.

    Unit arrives Friday. Boss asks what's in the box. I show her. I get a strange look.

    Hook it up Saturday morning. Works like a champ, better than the old one. Still get the strange look, so obviously I've done something wrong.

    "I can't believe you bought a new VCR!"
    "I don't understand; you've been asking me for months to do just that!"
    "Yes, but we need to remodel the kitchen!"

    I do as I'm asked. I spend less than $40. And I'm in trouble because I didn't put that towards a $12,000 kitchen remodel.

    I give up.
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    BAN THE DH!

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    1st mistake.
    Try to find logic in your wife's demands. ( i gave up decades ago)
    2nd mistake, no kitchen is worth 12 K, a new Yaesu FT 5000 is.
    ( I settled for a MFJ 998 1.5 Kw auto tuner...)
    Compromise, compromise...;)
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    That's probably my mistake. I keep applying logic.

    But a Yaesu? No, thanks, but no. Never been a Yaesu fan.

    Besides, for that money, I could buy a fully equipped Orion II -- plus an Omni VII & an Eagle, AND have $$ left over.
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    BAN THE DH!

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    A question for married men (they ALL understand this)
    If a tree falls in the forest, and your wife is not there to hear it fall, are you still wrong?

    You married guys always supply the same answer.

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    MY wife just spent $500 on "crash covers" at the local stamp show this weekend.

    A crash cover is postal mail that survives a plane crash. It's usually burnt. The holy grail is mail from the Hindenburg.

    How weird is that?
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    Quote Originally Posted by suddenseer View Post
    A question for married men (they ALL understand this)
    If a tree falls in the forest, and your wife is not there to hear it fall, are you still wrong?

    You married guys always supply the same answer.
    Depends on the wife, Tim.

    The first two, yes, I would have been wrong.

    Not with the current, and final wife.
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    Quote Originally Posted by suddenseer View Post
    A question for married men (they ALL understand this)
    If a tree falls in the forest, and your wife is not there to hear it fall, are you still wrong?

    You married guys always supply the same answer.
    It's the first question on the first exam you take in the course "being married 101"..... and every married man gets it right first time .....
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    Quote Originally Posted by nx6d View Post
    MY wife just spent $500 on "crash covers" at the local stamp show this weekend.

    A crash cover is postal mail that survives a plane crash. It's usually burnt. The holy grail is mail from the Hindenburg.

    How weird is that?
    Shit. You've finally rendered me speechless, Dave.

    I'm unqualified to render either condolences OR congrats. Let us know how it turns out, willya?
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    Just get a firm grip
    stand up and show her who's in charge
    look her straight in the feet and say
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  10. 11-07-2010, 08:04 PM #10
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    Move the new VCR/DVD to the kitchen.
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