[Rhodes22-list] Gifts.

[Steve]

Hey Slim
That what Marilyn got me for Christmas this year; an
Air Compressor.  I like it; and she even threw in a
complete professional Air Painter set.  
Steve


--- Steve Alm <salm@mn.rr.com> wrote:
> The tradition in our family is to give gifts that
> you, yourself would want.
> Like, here, honey, I just got you a nice five gallon
> air compressor --
> technically not a household appliance.  And in
> return, she should give you,
> for instance, a couple tickets to Cancun, and then
> be gracious enough to
> invite her along.
> 
> Slim
> 
> On 4/4/03 8:26 AM, "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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