I was working on an addition to our house yesterday when a heavy
rainstorm came upon us. Rain was in the forecast but I wanted to get
as much work done because the project is still in its infancy (
subfloor down, log walls scored for letting new walls in, not much
else)
So the rain starts and as I rushed to cover power tools, lumber and the
subfloor I saw my wife rushing to get her laundry off the line. I
could not understand why she was not helping me cover my tools. When I
asked her after I was done why she felt the laundry was more important
she told me it was almost dry and she did not want them to get wet
again.
I'm somewhat annoyed; clothes are subjected to repeated wet and dry
cycles, power tools and ( some) building materials are not. True, I
did not ask her to help me first but I would have appreciated her
concern for the more expensive and more labile articles instead of the
laundry.
Am I being too hard on her and expecting too much?
Sorry to make this off topic post, but maybe it is tangently connected.
( By the way, this is one of the more difficult parts of the project-
letting the new stick framed wall into the existing log wall. I'd
really have a difficult time if I was adding a new log wall)
Marc

On 29 May 2005 04:44:45 -0700, the inscrutable "marc rosen"
spake:

I was working on an addition to our house yesterday when a heavy
rainstorm came upon us. Rain was in the forecast but I wanted to get
as much work done because the project is still in its infancy (
subfloor down, log walls scored for letting new walls in, not much
else)
So the rain starts and as I rushed to cover power tools, lumber and the
subfloor I saw my wife rushing to get her laundry off the line. I
could not understand why she was not helping me cover my tools. When I
asked her after I was done why she felt the laundry was more important
she told me it was almost dry and she did not want them to get wet
again.
I'm somewhat annoyed; clothes are subjected to repeated wet and dry
cycles, power tools and ( some) building materials are not. True, I
did not ask her to help me first but I would have appreciated her
concern for the more expensive and more labile articles instead of the
laundry.
Am I being too hard on her and expecting too much?

Men are from Mars while Women are from Venus, but married couples are
from Uranus. You both did what your instincts told you. Let it go.

Then again, you could ask her nicely to help you the next time.

P.S: How do I know this? I'm single & watch it happen -everywhere-.



--
If you turn the United States on its side,
everything loose will fall to California.
--Frank Lloyd Wright

"marc rosen" wrote in message
ups.com...
I was working on an addition to our house yesterday when a heavy
rainstorm came upon us. Rain was in the forecast but I wanted to get
as much work done because the project is still in its infancy (
subfloor down, log walls scored for letting new walls in, not much
else)
So the rain starts and as I rushed to cover power tools, lumber and the
subfloor I saw my wife rushing to get her laundry off the line. I
could not understand why she was not helping me cover my tools. When I
asked her after I was done why she felt the laundry was more important
she told me it was almost dry and she did not want them to get wet
again.

Repeat the two-word prescription for a lasting marriage - "yes dear." Next
time rain is threatening, have some covers at the ready, if not in use. You
can always count on yourself to do what you want done.

"marc rosen" wrote in message
ups.com...
I was working on an addition to our house yesterday when a heavy
rainstorm came upon us. Rain was in the forecast but I wanted to get
as much work done because the project is still in its infancy (
subfloor down, log walls scored for letting new walls in, not much
else)
So the rain starts and as I rushed to cover power tools, lumber and the
subfloor I saw my wife rushing to get her laundry off the line. I
could not understand why she was not helping me cover my tools. When I
asked her after I was done why she felt the laundry was more important
she told me it was almost dry and she did not want them to get wet
again.
I'm somewhat annoyed; clothes are subjected to repeated wet and dry
cycles, power tools and ( some) building materials are not. True, I
did not ask her to help me first but I would have appreciated her
concern for the more expensive and more labile articles instead of the
laundry.
Am I being too hard on her and expecting too much?
Sorry to make this off topic post, but maybe it is tangently connected.
( By the way, this is one of the more difficult parts of the project-
letting the new stick framed wall into the existing log wall. I'd
really have a difficult time if I was adding a new log wall)
Marc

Well Mark don't this the wrong way but, RAIN WAS IN THE FORECAST, she
probably wondered why you had all your tools out to begin with since RAIN
WAS IN THE FORECAST. And she was probably thinking why is he not helping me
get the clothes before they get all wet again. Learn to cover your own butt
and not expect others to sacrifice their projects for you projects. You
have not been married very long have you? ;~)

"marc rosen" wrote in message
I'm somewhat annoyed; clothes are subjected to repeated wet and dry
cycles, power tools and ( some) building materials are not. True, I
did not ask her to help me first but I would have appreciated her
concern for the more expensive and more labile articles instead of the
laundry.
Am I being too hard on her and expecting too much?

Yes. Reverse roles for a minute. You do laundry 50 or 100 times a year for
many years. It is a normal reaction to take it in when rain comes. How
often does she work with tools and building material? Her mind was not on
tools.

Did cover some of the materials earlier knowing rain was coming to come? Or
have tarps ready.

Go to the store and buy her some flowers or plants for the garden.

I smell a rat.. NO ONE still hangs out laundry to dry.

"marc rosen" wrote in message
ups.com...
I was working on an addition to our house yesterday when a heavy
rainstorm came upon us. Rain was in the forecast but I wanted to get
as much work done because the project is still in its infancy (
subfloor down, log walls scored for letting new walls in, not much
else)
So the rain starts and as I rushed to cover power tools, lumber and the
subfloor I saw my wife rushing to get her laundry off the line. I
could not understand why she was not helping me cover my tools. When I
asked her after I was done why she felt the laundry was more important
she told me it was almost dry and she did not want them to get wet
again.
I'm somewhat annoyed; clothes are subjected to repeated wet and dry
cycles, power tools and ( some) building materials are not. True, I
did not ask her to help me first but I would have appreciated her
concern for the more expensive and more labile articles instead of the
laundry.
Am I being too hard on her and expecting too much?
Sorry to make this off topic post, but maybe it is tangently connected.
( By the way, this is one of the more difficult parts of the project-
letting the new stick framed wall into the existing log wall. I'd
really have a difficult time if I was adding a new log wall)
Marc

The rain thing happened to me last evening... unlike your wife, my wife,
unasked, dropped what she was doing and ran out to help me tarp the two big
pallets of siding and trim. I got the tools under cover while she came out
of the house. If you're nearby perhaps my wife can go over and explain
things to your wife? ;-)

John

"John Grossbohlin" wrote in message
of the house. If you're nearby perhaps my wife can go over and explain
things to your wife? ;-)

You really want to risk it? Maybe *his* wife will convince your wife that
laundry is more important.

John Grossbohlin wrote:
.....
The rain thing happened to me last evening... unlike your wife, my wife,
unasked, dropped what she was doing and ran out to help me tarp the two big
pallets of siding and trim. I got the tools under cover while she came out
of the house. If you're nearby perhaps my wife can go over and explain
things to your wife? ;-)

Did your wife have laundry hanging on the line? Or was she foresighted
enough to have already brought it in while you were still working
watching the clouds build?

My 8 year old left his toy (but not inexpensive) laptop outside during a
rainstorm and it got soaked.

Probably no big deal; as soon as it dries out, it ought to be as good as
new. My wife couldn't wait and decided to turn it on to see if it was
damaged...

Not a wife story, but close to it with a girlfriend story.

Had a cat that naturally like to claw at the toilet paper roll in the
bathroom. Girlfriend was over to spend the night. As usual after cleaning up
and getting ready for bed, I closed the bathroom door to stop the cat from
shredding the paper roll.

3 am in the morning I wake up to a crash and a whole litany of cursing and
swearing. Girlfriend running into the bathroom in the dark ran full till
into the closed bathroom door. Had a bump on her head the size of a
baseball. Do you know how difficult it is to show sympathy for someone while
trying not to laugh your head off?

Mike in Arkansas wrote: I smell a rat.. NO ONE still hangs out
laundry to dry.
I beg to differ. Just last evening here in Tucson, the rains
came. I looked out from the shop, saw the laundry on the line, and
despite all that mesquite lying out on the pallets, made brownie points
with her. Today, I'll get that mesquite squared away. And it probably
won't rain again for another month... Tom

"Mike in Arkansas" wrote in message
oups.com...
I smell a rat.. NO ONE still hangs out laundry to dry.


Hung out two loads this morning between planting shallots and potatoes.

Hang your sheets out in the breeze and smell what they have become at the
end of the day. Most powerful aphrodisiac known.

Bets off if you live dirty and urban. Then your "springtime fresh" has to
come out of a bottle.

"Upscale" wrote:

Not a wife story, but close to it with a girlfriend story.

Had a cat that naturally like to claw at the toilet paper roll in the
bathroom. Girlfriend was over to spend the night. As usual after cleaning up
and getting ready for bed, I closed the bathroom door to stop the cat from
shredding the paper roll.

3 am in the morning I wake up to a crash and a whole litany of cursing and
swearing. Girlfriend running into the bathroom in the dark ran full till
into the closed bathroom door. Had a bump on her head the size of a
baseball. Do you know how difficult it is to show sympathy for someone while
trying not to laugh your head off?

One thing that persuaded me to end my bachelor habits was a
particularly funny episode where a slightly tipsy girlfriend went to
the toilet in middle of the night without turning the light on. In
the twilight she maybe saw no lid and so flops down expecting to find
a nice comfy seat (me being sort of house trained to usually put the
seat down)...... but instead finds herself halfway down the pan and
well and truly stuck. I laughed so much I pulled a muscle in my chest
which was agony for days.


--

"Upscale" wrote in message
...
"John Grossbohlin" wrote in message
of the house. If you're nearby perhaps my wife can go over and explain
things to your wife? ;-)

You really want to risk it? Maybe *his* wife will convince your wife that
laundry is more important.


My wife laughed like crazy when I showed her my reply last night... and she
just helped me tarp the materials again when a front rolled in fast and it
started raining hard. I think I'd be safe. ;-)

"No Spam" wrote in message
...

One thing that persuaded me to end my bachelor habits was a
particularly funny episode where a slightly tipsy girlfriend went to
the toilet in middle of the night without turning the light on. In
the twilight she maybe saw no lid and so flops down expecting to find
a nice comfy seat (me being sort of house trained to usually put the
seat down)...... but instead finds herself halfway down the pan and
well and truly stuck. I laughed so much I pulled a muscle in my chest
which was agony for days.


--
What persuaded me was staying at one of the best hotels in Havana, the old
Hilton, renamed to the Havana Libre.

Both the Soviets and their clients the Cubans were suffering a severe
shortage of toilet seats, and our room was one of those suffering. As we
went to dinner I mentioned it to the Soviet crew, and they didn't seem
surprised, as they had none in their rooms (4 of 5) and knew there was a
shortage "back home." I am fairly broad in the beam, but no way could I
span an unguarded bowl, and it sure was cold. My wife thought it was a good
lesson for me.

marc rosen wrote:
[snip]
Am I being too hard on her and expecting too much?


Uhhhhh..yeah... Why didn't you grab the sheets off the line and use
THOSE to cover your tools?

On 29 May 2005 04:44:45 -0700, "marc rosen" wrote:

I was working on an addition to our house yesterday when a heavy
rainstorm came upon us. Rain was in the forecast but I wanted to get
as much work done because the project is still in its infancy (
subfloor down, log walls scored for letting new walls in, not much
else)
So the rain starts and as I rushed to cover power tools, lumber and the
subfloor I saw my wife rushing to get her laundry off the line. I
could not understand why she was not helping me cover my tools. When I
asked her after I was done why she felt the laundry was more important
she told me it was almost dry and she did not want them to get wet
again.
I'm somewhat annoyed; clothes are subjected to repeated wet and dry
cycles, power tools and ( some) building materials are not. True, I
did not ask her to help me first but I would have appreciated her
concern for the more expensive and more labile articles instead of the
laundry.
Am I being too hard on her and expecting too much?
Sorry to make this off topic post, but maybe it is tangently connected.
( By the way, this is one of the more difficult parts of the project-
letting the new stick framed wall into the existing log wall. I'd
really have a difficult time if I was adding a new log wall)
Marc

Your wife's nesting instinct was focused on the laundry. Don't expect
her to reason about wet expensive tools. Sorry Marc, but it's your
fault for not asking her to help cover the tools. Also, since rain
was in the forcast you should have been prepared with nearby tarps,
plastic bags, and waterproof totes. Next time offer to do the
laundry, but don't ask her to help you.

"George" george@least wrote in :

Both the Soviets and their clients the Cubans were suffering a severe
shortage of toilet seats, and our room was one of those suffering. As
we went to dinner I mentioned it to the Soviet crew, and they didn't
seem surprised, as they had none in their rooms (4 of 5) and knew
there was a shortage "back home." I am fairly broad in the beam, but
no way could I span an unguarded bowl, and it sure was cold. My wife
thought it was a good lesson for me.

I think we're off topic now, but here's my story. My parents took mysister
and me camping in Italy, in a wonderfull village on Lake Garda. The
camping's toilets were porcelain, but a bit strange. It was like a 3x3'
box in the floor, about 3" deep, with raised portions for your feet. When
you went into a squat, you could aim right into the drain hole. I think it
even flushed, but I don't quite remember - I was 14 or so, about 46 years
ago ... The next year the toilets were more like we had them at home in
Holland, i.e. sort of the same as they are now here in Jersey, and most
everywhere I've been recently.

--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid

Han wrote:

[snip]
The next year the toilets were more like we had them at home in
Holland,


Een schijthuis? Een doortrekker met een ketting? Tell me about it.

G

"Robatoy" wrote in news:1117411111.299203.247960
@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:



Han wrote:

[snip]
The next year the toilets were more like we had them at home in
Holland,


Een schijthuis? Een doortrekker met een ketting? Tell me about it.

G

You seem to know all about it, no need to explain a WC to a Canadian, I
hope? grin from me!
--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid

No Spam wrote:
"Upscale" wrote:


Not a wife story, but close to it with a girlfriend story.

Had a cat that naturally like to claw at the toilet paper roll in the
bathroom. Girlfriend was over to spend the night. As usual after cleaning up
and getting ready for bed, I closed the bathroom door to stop the cat from
shredding the paper roll.

3 am in the morning I wake up to a crash and a whole litany of cursing and
swearing. Girlfriend running into the bathroom in the dark ran full till
into the closed bathroom door. Had a bump on her head the size of a
baseball. Do you know how difficult it is to show sympathy for someone while
trying not to laugh your head off?


One thing that persuaded me to end my bachelor habits was a
particularly funny episode where a slightly tipsy girlfriend went to
the toilet in middle of the night without turning the light on. In
the twilight she maybe saw no lid and so flops down expecting to find
a nice comfy seat (me being sort of house trained to usually put the
seat down)...... but instead finds herself halfway down the pan and
well and truly stuck. I laughed so much I pulled a muscle in my chest
which was agony for days.




You do mean *_ex-girlfriend_* -- do you not?


--
Will
Occasional Techno-geek

In article ,
"toller" wrote:

My 8 year old left his toy (but not inexpensive) laptop outside during a
rainstorm and it got soaked.

Probably no big deal; as soon as it dries out, it ought to be as good as
new. My wife couldn't wait and decided to turn it on to see if it was
damaged...

Holy cow!! Could've been electrocuted! There's at least 15mA of
life-eating power there!

toller says...

My 8 year old left his toy (but not inexpensive) laptop outside during a
rainstorm and it got soaked.

Probably no big deal; as soon as it dries out, it ought to be as good as
new. My wife couldn't wait and decided to turn it on to see if it was
damaged...

I guess you'll just have to tell him mommy broke it.

In article ,
lid says...
You seem to know all about it, no need to explain a WC to a Canadian, I
hope? grin from me!

Back in the '60s, I worked with a computer programmer who had grown up
in rural Poland. He and his father went to Warsaw when he was 16.
Neither had ever seen a flush toilet before - they had to ask someone
how to work it :-).

--
BNSF = Build Now, Seep Forever

In article . com,
marc rosen wrote:
I was working on an addition to our house yesterday when a heavy
rainstorm came upon us. Rain was in the forecast but I wanted to get
as much work done because the project is still in its infancy (
subfloor down, log walls scored for letting new walls in, not much
else)
So the rain starts and as I rushed to cover power tools, lumber and the
subfloor I saw my wife rushing to get her laundry off the line. I
could not understand why she was not helping me cover my tools. When I
asked her after I was done why she felt the laundry was more important
she told me it was almost dry and she did not want them to get wet
again.
I'm somewhat annoyed; clothes are subjected to repeated wet and dry
cycles, power tools and ( some) building materials are not. True, I
did not ask her to help me first but I would have appreciated her
concern for the more expensive and more labile articles instead of the
laundry.
Am I being too hard on her and expecting too much?
Sorry to make this off topic post, but maybe it is tangently connected.
( By the way, this is one of the more difficult parts of the project-
letting the new stick framed wall into the existing log wall. I'd
really have a difficult time if I was adding a new log wall)
Marc


Man, you must have a GREAT marriage if this is the worsti thing you
can find to resent.



--

Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland