OT: Domestic Relations
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OT: Domestic Relations
Or ... how to make your wife think you are smart
About 10 days or so ago I went to heat up something in the big old micro wave. Pushed the button, it started then just quit. Boom, dead. Nothing. Wifie came home and I told her the micro wave died she just stood there looking at me like her world just ended. Then she said something about reheating something for a late snack. Being the smart aleck I am I said: "Well I guess you'll have to do it the old fashioned way on the stove."
THAT did not go over well at all.
Then I told her that by the way it quit it was most likely a fuse. A couple days later we pulled it off the shelf, took the outer cover off and found the fuse. According to my Fluke meter the fuse was blown. I said "told ya". With the caveat that it still could be dead cos something had to blow that fuse. Could have been a voltage surge or something gone bad, no idea.
Then I took the fuse out and told her we'd go to Radio Shack and get a new one. She kept saying we should go to an appliance shop. I kept saying Radio Shack is cheaper, we don't wanna spend too much if the oven is kaput.
Well, she put the fuse in her purse and never bothered to stop anywhere to get a new one. BUT she did find a cute little micro wave in a yard sale for $5.00. Works too.
Today we went to Radio Shack and bought a package of 4 fuses for $3.00. Came home amid tornado sirens thunder and a furious rain storm and put a new fuse in the micro. Plugged it in and walaaaa it came right on. I heated up a snack for us and then put it back together. Now I hope the fuse don't blow again.
So now wifie thinks I'm pretty smart ...... I implore you guys not to tell her otherwise, I need all the atta boys I can get.
Oh, Radio Shack no longer sells speakers. Home audio only. Almost no blank tapes I could see and I couldn't even find any blank CDs.
Pretty sad really. Looks like they have mostly fancy telephones and others gadgets for the yuppie crowd.
Joe
About 10 days or so ago I went to heat up something in the big old micro wave. Pushed the button, it started then just quit. Boom, dead. Nothing. Wifie came home and I told her the micro wave died she just stood there looking at me like her world just ended. Then she said something about reheating something for a late snack. Being the smart aleck I am I said: "Well I guess you'll have to do it the old fashioned way on the stove."
THAT did not go over well at all.
Then I told her that by the way it quit it was most likely a fuse. A couple days later we pulled it off the shelf, took the outer cover off and found the fuse. According to my Fluke meter the fuse was blown. I said "told ya". With the caveat that it still could be dead cos something had to blow that fuse. Could have been a voltage surge or something gone bad, no idea.
Then I took the fuse out and told her we'd go to Radio Shack and get a new one. She kept saying we should go to an appliance shop. I kept saying Radio Shack is cheaper, we don't wanna spend too much if the oven is kaput.
Well, she put the fuse in her purse and never bothered to stop anywhere to get a new one. BUT she did find a cute little micro wave in a yard sale for $5.00. Works too.
Today we went to Radio Shack and bought a package of 4 fuses for $3.00. Came home amid tornado sirens thunder and a furious rain storm and put a new fuse in the micro. Plugged it in and walaaaa it came right on. I heated up a snack for us and then put it back together. Now I hope the fuse don't blow again.
So now wifie thinks I'm pretty smart ...... I implore you guys not to tell her otherwise, I need all the atta boys I can get.
Oh, Radio Shack no longer sells speakers. Home audio only. Almost no blank tapes I could see and I couldn't even find any blank CDs.
Pretty sad really. Looks like they have mostly fancy telephones and others gadgets for the yuppie crowd.
Joe
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Re: OT: Domestic Relations
Yeah,
Try and find a radio antenae for your truck.
Try and find a radio antenae for your truck.
Re: OT: Domestic Relations
Every once in awhile I manage to make my wife think I'm smart, but I usually change her mind by the end of the day.
I remember once she instructed me on something really simple, to which I replied: "What? You think I'm a complete idiot?"
And her response was: "No, I don't think you're a "complete" idiot.
Ed
I remember once she instructed me on something really simple, to which I replied: "What? You think I'm a complete idiot?"
And her response was: "No, I don't think you're a "complete" idiot.
Ed
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Good work Joe!
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Right there with you...Kansas Ed wrote:Every once in awhile I manage to make my wife think I'm smart, but I usually change her mind by the end of the day.
Ed
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You fellas should be more assertive...women actually appreciate being told what to do in a forceful manner, even though they don't seem to like it at the moment. Tasers are good, too, but wimmin are a little soft and can't do any cooking or cleaning for about an hour afterward.
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BlaineG wrote:You fellas should be more assertive...women actually appreciate being told what to do in a forceful manner, even though they don't seem to like it at the moment. Tasers are good, too, but wimmin are a little soft and can't do any cooking or cleaning for about an hour afterward.
Joe, I hope they were high fiber snacks
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Wifie is the one with all the great ideas around here... LOL All I have to do is execute them!.. One time I got her to try a really simple job she wanted me to do...put some 1x4s in a kitchen closet in the for shelving..No miter cuts.. just butt one length against the other to make an L shaped shelf using 4 screw bracket hangers...after spending the weekend putting 4 boards = 2 shelves one above the other... she sorta started having a different approach to the simple projects she envisioned...
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Way to go Ben,
Nothing like a little hands on to break the " all you have to do" syndrome.
Nothing like a little hands on to break the " all you have to do" syndrome.
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Yep.. She started appreciating Muphy's Laws..Like, "Nothing is as easy as it looks"
"IT IS MY OPINION, AND I AM CORRECT SO DON'T ARGUE, THE 99 SAVAGE IS THE FINEST RIFLE EVER MADE IN AMERICA."
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I learned a long time ago that my wife was management - and I am labor...
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Kansas Ed wrote: : "No, I don't think you're a "complete" idiot.
Ed
does your wife have a sister?.
careful what you wish for, you might just get it.
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I think most marriages are that way.Ysabel Kid wrote:I learned a long time ago that my wife was management - and I am labor...
YK, careful, we start getting into management/labor discussion Hobie will toss this into the political section.
Joe
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Your wife and mine must be related. I find myself in that same situation. Well, gotta go. I've got some stuff to do.Ysabel Kid wrote:I learned a long time ago that my wife was management - and I am labor...
Old Law Dawg
Re: OT: Domestic Relations
Yep. Wife bought a house to rent, as an investment. I do it all, EXCEPT handle the money.Ysabel Kid wrote:I learned a long time ago that my wife was management - and I am labor...
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Re: OT: Domestic Relations
I solved that problem:::::: no wife!
Re: OT: Domestic Relations
Yup......finally, peace and quiet.mescalero1 wrote:I solved that problem:::::: no wife!
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Re: OT: Domestic Relations
Can't put a value on it
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Re: OT: Domestic Relations
Hobie: Her money is her money, MY money is her money OUR money is her money, Only took me 6 months to realize this/thatHobie wrote:Yep. Wife bought a house to rent, as an investment. I do it all, EXCEPT handle the money.Ysabel Kid wrote:I learned a long time ago that my wife was management - and I am labor...
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OH, I can......lots of guns and motorcycles without a ration of advicemescalero1 wrote:Can't put a value on it
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Re: OT: Domestic Relations
U know how all the Marriage gurus talk about communication being the key to a great marriage?My wife of 49 years figured it out 48.5 years ago--she tells me what to do and I go do it.Simple.Lol.bj