[Rhodes22-list] Gifts.

Steve rhodes2282@yahoo.com
Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:21:17 -0800 (PST)


You're a blessed man, Rummy.  But I'm working to train
mine to be that good:-)  I'm thinking that one of
these days I can get away with say getting her a 30
foot sailboat for Xmas:-)
Steve

--- John Tonjes <johntonjes@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Todd,
> Never fear, there are women out there that
> appreciate appliances. Last year
> I got my wife a new Troy Built chipper shredder for
> her birthday and she
> couldn't have been happier. It all depends on the
> women. Mine never wears
> perfume and doesn't know which end of a vacuum
> cleaner to use.
> 
> Rummy
> 
> 
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Todd Tavares <sprocket80@mail.com>
> > To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> > Date: 4/4/2003 1:28:38 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Gifts.
> >
> > Gals,
> >
> >     If you buy us weed whackers and power tools
> for our birthdays, then
> why can't we buy you one too?  A vacuum or a George
> Foreman grill is a tool
> to help you do your job with effort.......right? 
> ;-D
> >
> >
> > Todd (ducking for cover)
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Thena Carville"
> <thenacarville@worldnet.att.net>
> > Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 09:57:55 -0600
> > To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
> <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Gifts.
> >
> > > Guys,
> > > Appliances are suitable "containers" for holding
> jewelry or something
> like
> > > that....just make sure we know to take the
> "pretty" out before engaging
> the
> > > motor on the food processor...
> > > Thena
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Steve" <rhodes2282@yahoo.com>
> > > To: <johntonjes@earthlink.net>; "The Rhodes 22
> mail list"
> > > <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> > > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 9:29 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Gifts.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > And there you have it, Michael.  I'm with
> Rummy; you
> > > > have our support!!!
> > > > Steve
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- John Tonjes <johntonjes@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> > > > > Michael,
> > > > > I'm with you on this one. An appliance is a
> great
> > > > > way to tell your wife
> > > > > that you love her very much and are trying
> to make
> > > > > her life easier. Long
> > > > > after the perfume has been used up and the
> scarf has
> > > > > been discarded, the
> > > > > vacuum cleaner will still be making her life
> much
> > > > > easier. I hope you got
> > > > > her a self propelled model.
> > > > >
> > > > > Rummy
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > [Original Message]
> > > > > > From: Thena Carville
> > > > > <thenacarville@worldnet.att.net>
> > > > > > To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> > > > > <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> > > > > > Date: 4/4/2003 9:13:23 AM
> > > > > > Subject: Re: [ham] Re: [Rhodes22-list]
> what
> > > > > happened to the french?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Michael,
> > > > > > I am amazed you are still "intact" after
> this
> > > > > blunder...under no
> > > > > > circumstances is a  household appliance a
> > > > > "gift"...even the most expensive
> > > > > > appliance with all the doo-dahs in the
> world is
> > > > > never a "gift"...I have
> > > > > > never understood what it is about the y
> chromosome
> > > > > that seems to cause
> > > > > this
> > > > > > mistake to happen over and over again (to
> > > > > different males, and then only
> > > > > > once if they are smart)...if you do get
> the vacuum
> > > > > (and the French maid
> > > > > > outfit) please keep in mind that if they
> count as
> > > > > presents, they are YOUR
> > > > > > presents...a present for a woman
> (especially one
> > > > > that has had to go
> > > > > through
> > > > > > the trauma of realizing you weren't smart
> enough
> > > > > to figure out that a
> > > > > vacuum
> > > > > > was NOT a "gift" suitable for the woman
> who bore
> > > > > your children and keeps
> > > > > the
> > > > > > kitchen knives sharp) should be something
> to
> > > > > beautiful, something for her
> > > > > > personal use only...something "intimate"
> like a
> > > > > perfume she would not buy
> > > > > > for herself because it is "too
> expensive"...or a
> > > > > piece of jewelry because
> > > > > > the stones are her favorite color...or a
> scarf
> > > > > because it matches her
> > > > > > eyes..or a bottle of wine that you both
> stop
> > > > > whatever else you are doing
> > > > > and
> > > > > > enjoy together (as uninterrupted as
> possible)....a
> > > > > woman doesn't want her
> > > > > > husband to remember what she looks like
> vacuuming
> > > > > (even with the finest
> > > > > > vacuum in the world), she wants to be
> remembered
> > > > > as a goddess of love and
> > > > > > understanding...wearing something
> > > > > sexy...especially when she hasn't had
> > > > > the
> > > > > > time to "wear something sexy" for a
> > > > > while...sigh...I think I am going to
> > > > > go
> > > > > > kick my vacuum cleaner...
> > > > > > Thena
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > From: "Michael Meltzer"
> <mjm@michaelmeltzer.com>
> > > > > > To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
> > > > > <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> > > > > > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 12:27 AM
> > > > > > Subject: Re: [ham] Re: [Rhodes22-list]
> what
> > > > > happened to the french?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > You know something buddy, you should
> watch the
> > > > > advice you give, my wife
> > > > > is
> > > > > > German and been upset too. So I read the
> list
> > > > > mail.
> > > > > > > Sitting down and think, I talk to her
> about
> > > > > getting her a new vacuum,
> > > > > > figure it was both a gift and a vacuum,
> Sound
> > > > > great to me,
> > > > > > > might even cover motherday, after
> talking to her
> > > > > about it, well that is
> > > > > a
> > > > > > little off, I said three sentence then she
> talk
> > > > > for 15
> > > > > > > mintues without stop and it ended "do
> not even
> > > > > think of coming to bed",
> > > > > so
> > > > > > it looks like I am spend my night with the
> > > > > computer.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > And you know, she was somewhat ok with
> this, it
> > > > > seems nothing makes a
> > > > > > german happier than picking on the french
> :-)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > MJM
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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