"B A R R Y" wrote in message
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I'm almost done with a Mission sideboard for my dining room. I made a
sample door panel to practice inlaying and show my wife inlays made of
QSWO (like the door), cherry. and maple, and give her the final
choice. The practice inlays came out GREAT! I sanded the panel,
spray bombed it with shellac & lacquer to get a better finished
effect, let it dry, and brought it to her.

Her: "What are those?"
Me: "Inlays, just like the Stickley sideboard you like"
Her: "I really like the door better without them"

So, I'll have three chamfered panels, and no inlay... G

I feel your pain.

I find SWMBO doesn't visualise well, so despite describing in detail what is
to be done, unless I can do a drawing Rembrant would have been happy with,
she can't see it, until I've made it and then she decides she doesn't like
it that way, and "Wouldn't it be easier if I left those bits off?"

E.G. SWMBO's mother recently had a stroke, now without getting too far into
the debate of what I can do for my dog that I can't do for her, her life is
pretty damned dismal. She will never, walk, sit or even eat again.

She can't see her TV in two of the three positions she spends each and every
hour in, so I say "I'll build her a trolley that the staff can wheel around
to match her position." So far so good.

I propose an H shaped arrangement with a double bar in the middle between
which is the DVD player. The TV fits into the space above the top bar and
corkboard covered doors close in front so pix of friends and relatives can
be positioned at her eye height.

SWMBO sees the H frame drawing and determines (magically without any
reference to scale or doimensions) that it will be too tall. I try to point
out that, it will be as tall as she wants it but no taller. She remains
firm. So until I present her with a drawing which shows the TV without the
doors or sides projecting either side of the TV, she is adamant that the
unit is too tall.

I give up and concede defeat.

I then say, "How high from the ground do you want the top of the TV?" That
was a mistake.

I get a very long story, with references to the mattress, bed, rails and
padding. None of which answers my question. I repeat the question and get
the same story, this time with the details in a different order

As Mr Smith of the TV show Lost in Space was fond of saying "The pain... the
pain."-

At least I havn't bought the corkboard in anticipation.

Mekon