Tell 'er you need the big Oneway. I can't believe how many guys in the club have one.
Ain't it great? Our (collective) club has to be some of the most talented woodworkers in the country. I can't wait 'til Showcase.
Jon E
Yeah. What did she get you for Valentine's Day? Tell her to consider it her gift to you that she won't give you any crap about the purchases, and then make it up to her over time by actually building something.
I have thousands of dollars invested in my shop, and over the next year I'll be putting a few thousand more into the shop. What does my wife get out of the deal? A new timberframe house. I tell her that for every dollar I spend on woodworking stuff, I could be spending it instead on smokes, beer, junk food, or something else she *really* hates. It's also either that or I sit my ass in front of the TV and watch something really stupid like NASCAR or football.
Jon E
Whoa! Not so fast! During football season the portable TV's Sunday home is out in the shop with me.
-- Mark
I am now.
you just had to go and say that didn't you? that was a fact I've been trying to deny for some time now. I wanted tools so i started earning money with them so i could buy more tools.....good news is I've acquired quite a shop and my wife can't complain cause I've paid for all the tools and then some. Bad news is it's become a second job and now I've been forced to depreciate tools against earnings for the IRS so i'm locked in to doing this for a minimum of 7 years.....
I used to keep meticulous records of how much was in my checking and savings accounts but for the last 8 plus years haven't written a single entry into the check register. The only time I open my bank statement is at the end of the year to see how much interest I earned to claim it on my tax returns. I go to the bank every two weeks to deposit most of my paycheck and I look at the receipt to see that I have "X" amount to play with minus the $100.00 minimum to avoid a monthly charge. I know, I know. That's just not the way I am supposed to be doing that, I could be 'taken', etc, etc. but that's my way, for right now.
Comments?
Yep. You likely have a more predictable income than I ... when you're self employed, keeping a vigilant watch on cash flow and financial issues is the key to making it work ... with all due thanks to computers and software, at least since 1978.
Not hardly 'pure and simple'.
I could state that a husband who insists on only joint accounts has control issues and believes he must have a hand in every aspect of his wives life because he feels she isn't to be trusted. Pure and simple.
Look at goldwings...lot less money than a harley of not-quite-as-well-equipped, and a lot more comfortable to boot.
John
And vice versa.....
Lots of reasons for different arrangements. SWMBO and I have had a joint account since we married, and I've been the breadwinner for that time (15 years plus).
She just got back into the workforce after raising two kids and set up her own account for her payroll deposit. She wants to feel that she has her own money after a decade and a half of not having much of it.
djb
"Dave Balderstone"
She should also have a credit card in her own name also. Can be handy "just in case"
Now I'll bet you just look down right silly in that dress....
ROFL!
Try building a dog house. Make sure it's big enough so you can sleep in it for a few weeks.
She does, has had for the whole marriage and before.
djb
Which is the reason for doing it. When my W quit her job, I started paying her a salary out of mine, direct deposited into her account. Believe me, they like it better that way.
Then again, you always have to deal with the stupid woman's thinking that what's mine is mine and what's yours is mine.
On Sat 21 Feb 2004 02:46:06p, "mel" wrote in news:isPZb.23452$ snipped-for-privacy@newssvr24.news.prodigy.com:
Hey, knock it off you two! I'm sitting here thinking I'm getting ready for a nice little second income after I retire and you guys are letting all the air out of my parade.
Dan
woodworking
I'm looking forward to Showcase also. I'm also hoping to finish a small chest of drawers in time for Showcase... handcut dovetail case and drawer construction and handcut daddos for the drawer frames. I'm running out of time! My kids have been doing so much "work" in my shop that I'm way behind on my own project plans. It's been a lot of fun teaching them how to make things though so I don't really mind.
John
Fri, Feb 20, 2004, 11:25pm (EST+5) snipped-for-privacy@earthlink.net (jo4hn) says: To Wife of NoName: When you boot this bozo out of the house, drop me a line. I'll give you a hundred bucks cash for his stuff and I'll even pay the shipping.
Somehow the other day I tuned in to the Riki Lake show. They were featuring guys who collected things, and their families thought they were nuts, so I watched. They had appraisors there too.
One poor SOB had been collecting sports cards since he was about 5 YO. His wife decided she wanted the space in the garage for her stuff. So she sold his cards. Without asking him. Guy showed up the morning after she put the ad in and took the lot - for $200. The first the husband knew about it, he went to the garage, to do his montly value check. He somehow salvaged 17. They were re-pops of 60s cards, not originals. Even so, the expert said they were worth from $25-$50 each, for a total value of $800. So, with 100,000 cards, that could figure out to a potential $2.5 million, or even more. Even at one cent per card, it still would have come to $1,000. Her only comment was she was happy they were gone, and she was going to try and get rid of the remaining 17 too. He said he loved her and would stay with her. He never did say what he thought the value was. Hell, even women in the audience were saying he should dump her. I figure, at the least, he should have dumped her, and asked for spousal support, justified by the fact that she's apparently doing so well, she can afford to get rid of a potential fortune, for only $200, so she could surely afford spousal support. I don't think I could stay with someone that stupid.
JOAT Georges Clemenceau supposedly said, "War is too important a matter to be left to the military". If this is so, it is then obvious that peace is too precious to be left to politicians.
Life just ain't life without good music. - JOAT Web Page Update 28 Feb 2004. Some tunes I like.
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