[Rhodes22-list] Gifts.
Steve
rhodes2282@yahoo.com
Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:47:08 -0800 (PST)
Slim
I'm not big on buying Marilyn fresh flower. I perfer
to buy her plants that she can plant in of the MANY
flower beds she made me make for her. I keep roses in
4 of them and keep them clean but all the rest she is
suppose to keep up and cleaned out.
Steve
--- Steve Alm <salm@mn.rr.com> wrote:
> Yeah Steve. In my opinion, a 30 foot sailboat
> should be good for Xmas,
> birthday AND Mother's day for several years. But if
> she counters and gives
> you, say, a car, you're both in trouble.
>
> My wife, sister and mom like nothing better than a
> nice, fresh bouquet of
> flowers and a mushy card. Not too original but
> seems to work for any
> occasion. :-) It's never the wrong thing to do.
> And if you really want to
> score some big points, send the flowers to her where
> she works. All her
> colleagues will help to convince her how wonderful
> you are. :-)
>
> Slim
>
> On 4/4/03 4:21 PM, "Steve" <rhodes2282@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 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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