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OT gloat =) possibly my lifetime gloat????
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1992 dodge caravan 260,000 miles breaking in nearly every way. friday the transmission started going solution: mother in-law comes to visit. how many glaots start this way????? tells my wife "we talked about it and we want to buy you a new car, do you know what you want?".........and here we go......2004 silverado extended cab 4x4 Z71 with towing and power package as well as the load of other stuff...... i am soooo happy i can't beleive it!!!! oh and the other great part my wife said to me "that is your new car its too showy for me".......someone please wake me up...on second thought dont!! i guess really it is only slightly OT gloat beacuse you can haul lumber and tools right? so we are off to buy it tonight =) |
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OT gloat =) possibly my lifetime gloat????
Sounds great, but they have your balls in a vice for the REST OF YOUR LIFE!
Can you hear it now? wife: "Lets go on vacation with my mom and dad" you: "I don't think thats a good idea" wife: "its the least we can do, they DID buy you a new truck!" No thanks, I like to buy my own vehicles and keep my balls in tact. "crk133" wrote in message om... situation: 1992 dodge caravan 260,000 miles breaking in nearly every way. friday the transmission started going solution: mother in-law comes to visit. how many glaots start this way????? tells my wife "we talked about it and we want to buy you a new car, do you know what you want?".........and here we go......2004 silverado extended cab 4x4 Z71 with towing and power package as well as the load of other stuff...... i am soooo happy i can't beleive it!!!! oh and the other great part my wife said to me "that is your new car its too showy for me".......someone please wake me up...on second thought dont!! i guess really it is only slightly OT gloat beacuse you can haul lumber and tools right? so we are off to buy it tonight =) |
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Have you no shame. This sounds nice but I know I would not want this
hanging for my head.... crk133 wrote: situation: 1992 dodge caravan 260,000 miles breaking in nearly every way. friday the transmission started going solution: mother in-law comes to visit. how many glaots start this way????? tells my wife "we talked about it and we want to buy you a new car, do you know what you want?".........and here we go......2004 silverado extended cab 4x4 Z71 with towing and power package as well as the load of other stuff...... i am soooo happy i can't beleive it!!!! oh and the other great part my wife said to me "that is your new car its too showy for me".......someone please wake me up...on second thought dont!! i guess really it is only slightly OT gloat beacuse you can haul lumber and tools right? so we are off to buy it tonight =) |
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Sounds great, but they have your balls in a vice for the REST OF YOUR LIFE! Can you hear it now? wife: "Lets go on vacation with my mom and dad" you: "I don't think thats a good idea" wife: "its the least we can do, they DID buy you a new truck!" No thanks, I like to buy my own vehicles and keep my balls in tact. This all depends on the attitude of the giver. And the receiver. (Since we know how the receiver feels about it g I'll just talk about the giver side.) I know of *large* gifts (like new cars) that came with *absolutely* *no* strings attached. On the flip side, I know of small gifts that were positively dripping with obligation. The size of the gift really doesn't matter. Look at the situation from the parents-in-law point of view. Suppose their daughter and her husband are important to them. Suppose they don't want to go to a funeral because these important people were driving a worn-out POS. Suppose they're well enough off that writing the check doesn't affect their retirement. On the cynical side, suppose they are reducing the inheritance taxes by gifting away money now while they're alive. Why not write the check if everyone's cool about it? When I was in high school I was going to the state basketball tourney about 350 miles away. My wheels (owned by dad) were on a marginal Pinto. When I got home there was a new bottom-of-the-line Mercury Comet in the drive. He didn't want me driving a marginal car 700+ miles, and he had the $ to make the change. To me this is a similar situation. Major gloat IMO. ;-) -- Mark |
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Mark Jerde wrote:
When I was in high school I was going to the state basketball tourney about 350 miles away. My wheels (owned by dad) were on a marginal Pinto. When I got home there was a new bottom-of-the-line Mercury Comet in the drive. He didn't want me driving a marginal car 700+ miles, and he had the $ to make the change. BTW, this bothered the h*ll out of me at the time. None of my friends families were able to do that. Everyone else was carpooling down in their semi-POS's. And the Comet was no more cool than the Pinto. It took me years to learn to give and receive graciously. America is the, "I Did It Myyyyyy Waaaaaaay!" culture. In other cultures large gifts from one generation to the next are more common. -- Mark |
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OT gloat =) possibly my lifetime gloat????
Since no one else said it yet........ YOU TRULY DO SUCK!!!!!!!!!! G
Yeh, nice gloat. Congrats. Mark crk133 wrote: situation: 1992 dodge caravan 260,000 miles breaking in nearly every way. friday the transmission started going solution: mother in-law comes to visit. how many glaots start this way????? tells my wife "we talked about it and we want to buy you a new car, do you know what you want?".........and here we go......2004 silverado extended cab 4x4 Z71 with towing and power package as well as the load of other stuff...... i am soooo happy i can't beleive it!!!! oh and the other great part my wife said to me "that is your new car its too showy for me".......someone please wake me up...on second thought dont!! i guess really it is only slightly OT gloat beacuse you can haul lumber and tools right? so we are off to buy it tonight =) |
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OT gloat =) possibly my lifetime gloat????
Nice!
Since you wont be needing that old car anymore, why not donate it to charity? http://www.donateacar.com/ "crk133" wrote in message om... situation: 1992 dodge caravan 260,000 miles breaking in nearly every way. friday the transmission started going solution: mother in-law comes to visit. how many glaots start this way????? tells my wife "we talked about it and we want to buy you a new car, do you know what you want?".........and here we go......2004 silverado extended cab 4x4 Z71 with towing and power package as well as the load of other stuff...... i am soooo happy i can't beleive it!!!! oh and the other great part my wife said to me "that is your new car its too showy for me".......someone please wake me up...on second thought dont!! i guess really it is only slightly OT gloat beacuse you can haul lumber and tools right? so we are off to buy it tonight =) |
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Does your wife have a sister?
Dave Miller "crk133" wrote in message om... situation: 1992 dodge caravan 260,000 miles breaking in nearly every way. friday the transmission started going solution: mother in-law comes to visit. how many glaots start this way????? tells my wife "we talked about it and we want to buy you a new car, do you know what you want?".........and here we go......2004 silverado extended cab 4x4 Z71 with towing and power package as well as the load of other stuff...... i am soooo happy i can't beleive it!!!! oh and the other great part my wife said to me "that is your new car its too showy for me".......someone please wake me up...on second thought dont!! i guess really it is only slightly OT gloat beacuse you can haul lumber and tools right? so we are off to buy it tonight =) |
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Sounds great, but they have your balls in a vice for the REST OF YOUR LIFE! Can you hear it now? wife: "Lets go on vacation with my mom and dad" you: "I don't think thats a good idea" wife: "its the least we can do, they DID buy you a new truck!" No thanks, I like to buy my own vehicles and keep my balls in tact. snippage about the in-law's buying a dude a car Minor correction...they MIGHT have his balls in a vice forever. If they do, chances are that they are the type of people that already HAVE his balls there. If, on the other hand, the in-law's are like mine, the gift would have been absolutely string free. (And yes, that would be a drive-by)(no pun intended) If it had been my ex-in-law's, well, let's just say that I would not have taken the truck since I like my balls right where they are. And it's possible that they may just be spreading the estate before probate can get its greedy hands on it, too. Mike |
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OT gloat =) possibly my lifetime gloat????
i am a bit disappointed, you guys are generaly being a bit too
pessimistic. but i wont let that get me down as i will be rididng in a nice and shiny pick- up for years to come Look at the situation from the parents-in-law point of view. Suppose their daughter and her husband are important to them. Suppose they don't want to go to a funeral because these important people were driving a worn-out POS. Suppose they're well enough off that writing the check doesn't affect their retirement. that was their reasoning and that their parents did it for them. they are generous and very nice people, they just wanted to help us out. BTW, this bothered the h*ll out of me at the time. None of my friends families were able to do that. Everyone else was carpooling down in their semi-POS's. that is why i will be driving it. my wife is still in school and most of her friends drive cars that make our woody van look nice........ Have you no shame. This sounds nice but I know I would not want this hanging for my head.... we did refuse most persistantly but they won after several days. Since you wont be needing that old car anymore, why not donate it to charity? http://www.donateacar.com/ i will look into it. we actually put off signing the papers until tonight so the dealer can detail it. Since no one else said it yet........ YOU TRULY DO SUCK!!!!!!!!!! G Yeh, nice gloat. Congrats. thank you..that is all i wanted to hear Does your wife have a sister? yep, still in college though |
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