[R-390] Wives and Boatanchors

[Barry Hauser]

Jerry wrote:
> She sticks her head in the shack door about once a week or so, points at
> something, and asks "is that new?".

Well, with boatanchors, the answer is always truthfully "No .. it's at least
XX years old.  I finally dug it out and I'm working on it. Very valuable
now."

> Of course, I shuffle the gear around occasionally just to keep her
guessing. She doesn't know one big box with a
> lot of knobs from another, and doesn't want to learn, but certainly is
capable of retaining a visual pattern of what's been there a while, so I
> gotta be careful. She's getting smarter, though, and takes a closer look
right after I've been to a hamfest.

Ah yesss!!  The ol' boatanchor shell game or variant of Three-Card Monty.
Just be careful the "mark" doesn't try to mark the cards, uh radios.

Another trick, conjured up from some of the other posts -- Next time you
come back from a hamfest, leave a Jack Daniels carton in plain view.  When
she asks you about it, fearful that you're taking up some serious drinkin',
there will be just be some humble radio parts inside and you say ... "Yup ..
pickin's were awfully slim at that hamfest, but I did pick a box of ol'
parts for a few bucks."  She'll be so relieved at the harmlessness of the
contents, she won't notice the Clyde-Bide-Bedeiter 300A that followed you
home.

Of course, if you get nailed, there's always "Yeah, but you shoulda' seen
what I SOLD off!"   or ... "Oh this little thing, I got it in trade for that
big ugly one that needed a paint job -- remember that one?"

Of course, around here, SWMBO has more shoes than Imelda Marcos and that's
supposed to be OK.

I make do with two pairs of shoes at a time -- due to the need for multiple
radios.

Barry


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> Jerry W5KP
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> -----Original Message-----
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> As to spending time outside the house, in the shack - she agrees it's much
> closer than the closest pub... (and much more convenient for her to summon
> me from there for "honeydo's").
> Marital harmony reigns!
>
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