Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
wrote:
On Monday, 2 January 2017 14:44:02 UTC, ARW wrote:
You know that women might read this newsgroup

... before shaking their heads in bewilderment and skipping away to the
relative safety of mummysnet for the big decisions of teddybears or
bunnyrabbits for the wallpaper (probably choosing bunnyrabbits in the
hope little Joshua will grow up to be a vet)

More likely is they'd come here hoping to read about DIY topics. ;-)


Another failure for hope over experience!

In message , Peter Andrews
writes
On 31/12/2016 11:44, Huge wrote:

Some years ago, my wife expressed a desire for a dog. I conducted a
long, very subtle and ultimately successful campaign to induce her to
talk herself out of it.

I simply said NO.

Took my wife ten years to convince me we needed a dog. That was nearly
seven years ago now, and no regrets. Dog is walked twice a day, every
day and, particularly since retiring, means I get a decent walk every
day too, whatever the weather. Would be too easy to look at the rain
and decide not to bother, were it not for the dog.
--
Graeme

On Wednesday, 4 January 2017 13:56:33 UTC, Graeme wrote:
In message , Peter Andrews
writes
On 31/12/2016 11:44, Huge wrote:

Some years ago, my wife expressed a desire for a dog. I conducted a
long, very subtle and ultimately successful campaign to induce her to
talk herself out of it.

I simply said NO.

Took my wife ten years to convince me we needed a dog. That was nearly
seven years ago now, and no regrets. Dog is walked twice a day, every
day and, particularly since retiring, means I get a decent walk every
day too, whatever the weather. Would be too easy to look at the rain
and decide not to bother, were it not for the dog.

Cats & dogs are normally a good thing. But the last dog was a lunatic.


NT