In a message dated 18-Jun-99 15:39:58 Eastern Daylight Time,
DPaige@ci.santa-rosa.ca.us writes:
> Joe Curry wrote:
> Rule number 1 is, "Never buy clothes for a woman!" It's a no-win
> proposition. You go in with the best of intentions and end up getting
> slapped around. If the From triumphs-owner@autox.team.net Sun Jun 20
>05:58:22 1999
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Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 08:12:32 -0400
From: Fred Thomas <vafred@erols.com>
To: ArthurK101@aol.com
CC: spitlist@gte.net, triumphs@autox.team.net, spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: SQUAT
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She is always telling me to get out of her way in the kitchen, stay out when I'm
cooking, so for "her" anniversary I bought "her" a stay out of the way and stay
in the garage 2 1/2 ton floor jack, try it it could work for you also (the knot
on the head leaves in 2 days)
ArthurK101@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 19-Jun-99 16:10:37 Eastern Daylight Time, spitlist@gte.net
> writes:
>
> > I was trying to be "Kind". But of course, you are absolutely correct.
> > What's a man to do? I explained to my wife one year that because I can
> > never please her with anything I get her, I would get her nothing that
> > year. Needless to say that went over like a lead balloon!!!
> >
> > Oh Well!
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > P.S. And never.... no never... buy kitchen appliances as gifts for a
> > woman. While men really appreciate shop tools, women don't equate work
> > with gifts at all!!!
>
> Hear. Hear. I LOVE IT. We are not alone.
>
> I said to her recently (on a three week trip where I spent most of my time
> with her, and the daughter, daughter-in law, and 2 grand daughters "Oh for
> the company of men!"
>
> I know I'll hear about that in the future -- probably some time when I appear
> to be winning an argument (or ordering a part for the TR). She'll reach into
> the kit bag that they all have and pull that scroll out, unroll it and say
> "Oh. and that comment about 'Mens company' was -----. Cheers.
>
> Art Kelly
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