breakages ....

Jim GM4DHJ ... used his keyboard to write :

Yep, I thought they all did?

Harry Bloomfield <?.?@NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk.invalid> posted

They do it deliberately so that they can get a new one.

I don't think its confined to partners, its just how some people are. I once sold a portable tv to my cleaner. It had been working for some years, but of no use to me with failing sight. She had it three weeks when the power on off button broke. I gut it repaired but I heard later that she had somehow managed to break off the door that covers the preset controls and superglued it back on, then she broke the aerial connector. Its interesting since she went through three vacuum cleaners while she was my cleaner, eternally patching them up with duct tape.

I also had a friend who continuously managed too break thermometers, the liquid filled kind, and also bits of his car like the controls on the steering column. Some people are just naturally clumsy. Brian

It happens that Brian Gaff (Sofa) formulated :

ARW seems to attract them :-)

"Harry Bloomfield"; "Esq." snipped-for-privacy@NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:rb7naq$hgt$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me...

And is one himself with the vans he drives and drives into.

Jake56 formulated on Wednesday :

Of course.

Usually because they think that 'we need a new xxxx'

Don't let her do any dusting around your ham radio stuff

Maybe he makes them nervous? Brian

I guess his van, then could be described as a nervous wreck? grin Brian

Just repair the old one.

I've just fixed the broken switch on my kettle with Araldite: the flimsy stirrup shaped lever broke. I don't know how long it'll last.

I have gone through my share of water pipes, electric cables, garage doors etc.

I even once broke into the wrong shop.