[ham] Re: [Rhodes22-list] Gifts.

[Steve Alm]

My wife knows which side of the bed is hers when we're home--her side is
next to the chair.  But if we check into a hotel room, she has to ask.
Slim

On 4/4/03 4:45 PM, "Michael Meltzer" <mjm@michaelmeltzer.com> wrote:

> forgive me, I have this vision in my head of two people on their side of the
> bed in a tug-of-war over a blanket, in full
> "Saturday-night-live" mood. "It mine, no it mine, no i brought it, no I use it
> more offen, no the color looks better on me, bo it
> fitts over me better, no......................."
> 
> MJM
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve" <rhodes2282@yahoo.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 5:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [ham] Re: [Rhodes22-list] Gifts.
> 
> 
>> That the beauty of it, Michael; I take it back and use
>> it when I'm on the couch:-)
>> Steve
>> 
>> --- Michael Meltzer <mjm@michaelmeltzer.com> wrote:
>>> I guess I more self centered, I am the cold one :-)
>>> 
>>> MJM
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Steve" <rhodes2282@yahoo.com>
>>> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
>>> <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 5:24 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [ham] Re: [Rhodes22-list] Gifts.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> I can fix that, Michael;  I brought Marilyn 3
>>> years
>>>> ago an electric blanket:-)  It come in quite handy
>>>> when I'm sleeping on the couch:-)
>>>> Steve
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --- Michael Meltzer <mjm@michaelmeltzer.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>> Thank You for the support, it good for the soul,
>>> but
>>>>> I do have a dilemma, it get awful cold at night
>>>>> around me..... :-)
>>>>> 
>>>>> MJM
>>>>> ----- 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 10:29 AM
>>>>> Subject: [ham] 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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