[R-390] Wives

[Doug Millar]

My wife likes radios. That is one of the reasons I married her.
         However (you knew there would be a "however"),  she is financially 
conservative and I usually have to have a pretty good explanation for 
something relatively expensive. That is a good thing. She also doesn't like 
change around the house, so there are some BA's I don't like particularly 
that she thinks are cute, so they stay.
         Why didn't  amplifier manufacturers make windows on their amps? A 
pair of 3-400Z's casting a warm glow will win over almost anyone.
         One advantage is that we occasionally visit ham friends with 
monster BA collections or huge stations which makes her feel lucky that I 
don't have "that" much stuff.  So get to know someone who is a real pack 
rat. It will make you look good.
         One of my favorite hobby contrasts is Rock Hounds. The guys that 
collect minerals. Usually they have a spectacular collection of rocks in 
cases in the living room that will knock your eyes out. However they 
usually have a garage full of potentials in boxes and piles. Or in the 
entire basement. That's not the problem. Nor is taking the wife and kids to 
Trona, Ca. (North of China Lake East of 395) every weekend for rocks for 
years. Neither is camping out in a small shell camper and cooking over a 
cook stove. Never mind that its 120f in the summer time, 60 miles from a 
store, blows like a wind tunnel, and there is NOTHING to do at all. What is 
the problem is that there is a sulphur mine next to Trona and it smells 
like rotten eggs 24/7. These women build up genuine resentment. As soon as 
Pops hits room temperature, she already knows the guy she is going to call 
with the dumper and all that stuff is going to the dump and she is going to 
Maui. Permanently.


         Nice thread. I have learned some interesting things and enjoyed 
the sometimes bittersweet humor.
                 Doug K6JEY