Marrage Vs Table Saw

[minis4meau]

My vote goes for Stinkette.........
9 years of waiting (whether patiently or not) deserves more than two Jet tablesaws and a dust extractor......
What a stingy bunch of fellas you Woodworkers are!!!!

How about you give HER the two Jet tablesaws and the dust extractor, I'm sure she could find a suitable use for them!!!
Figure it out for yourself!

Congratulations and best wishes to both of you.

Barbara

[Iain]

Crock Pot: Great for hide glue.
Mixmaster: Blending any two part adhesive.
Fan forced oven. Drying kiln.
Bamix: Paint stirrer.
Breadmaker: Still working on that one.
Fridge: Definitely not for the kitchen.

My wife and daughters also think that the horse float is for transporting horses, fools, one day they will learn.

And on a final note, why does the Bride wear white?
To match all the other kitchen appliances.

Coming dear, yes dear

[minis4meau]

Iain,
Mmmmmm, been married 30 years and just found out myself this morning that horse floats are used for carting pianos away. They get a bit stroppy though being pushed up the ramp!
Barbara

[bigAl]

Congats SS,

I was planning to buy a Jet Dust Extractor before Christmas but skipped it in preferance of some black pearls (not for me).

No kidding, the live-in has since taken to cleaning the workshop with a frequency and verve that must be the next best thing.

Give a little, get a little.

[gatiep]

Iain

The fridge is for storing superglue ( in another jar) to stop it going off once the seal has been broken.

Handy in the workshop to store a few dozen 'coldies' which can be consumed after a woodworking session to assist with the planning of the next steps

Cya
Joe

[Kev Y.]

dont forget the scroll saw.. just what SHE needs for making those fancy shapes in the biscuit dough.......

[Eastie]

Originally posted by hovo
I also got the impression that you were older and wiser than most of us.:confused:

That's the funniest thing I've read in ages

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[Termite]

To the esteemed Sir Stinkalot,
Regardless of our jousting in the past, I do believe that the Stinkette is the wisest choice. A woman of such tolerance is hard to come by, just make sure she knows how to open wine bottles.
Kind regards and Best Wishes to you both,
Termite

[Wongo]

Congratulations,

Not qualified to give advice but can tell you what I did. I was still a poor uni student with not much money. The one I could afford was $250 (don’t laugh!!). Hey we still love each other very much after 7.5 years. If I had the $$ I would probably go for the $2,000 to 3,000 range.

It is up to you my friend.

Scott

[Rocker]

Sir S,
In your nine long years of undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and post-doctoral studies of Feminology, I wonder if you have come across the Pachydermatous Theory of Womanhood? It is referred to by some scholars as The W. C. Fields Conjecture. Succinctly put, it states "A woman is like an elephant - I like to look at 'em, but I wouldn't want to own one". Since you live in Victoria, a notoriously PC state, you may not be aware of this theory, since I understand that all references to it have been ruthlessly destroyed, so as to prevent the minds of Victorian men being polluted by such a thought.

On a more serious note, I think you did the right thing in buying that ring.

By the way, I wish I had noticed your ad for AutoCad Lt before it was sold on e-Bay for a paltry $51 bucks. I would have given $100 for it, and you could have bought another bottle of Bollinger for the wedding. Tell the Stinkette that, if, God forbid, you should ever be run over by a Melbourne tram, there is a buyer here ready and willing to fork out $200 for your AutoCad.

[Darth Debra]

True...a wife will buy you a new tool but will you get to use said tool as often?:eek:

[Iain]

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[Ratmick]

Congrats to you both.

I've been married to Ros 16 years last January. We've had three kids, aged 11, 9, and 8. I wouldn't trade then in on anything, although I do contemplate eBAY, and power tools, when they are tired and crabby.

It's been mostly smooth sailing. As she thinks I have no major vices (apart from the 4" Engineers in the shed) and don't smoke, don't drink (much), don't bet, don't consort with other women, and I return home to the family home more-or-less the same time every day in a sober and reliable fashion, she sees fit to indulge in my various hobbies. She knows I don't like buying crappy tools, so I don't, and she's quite happy letting me maintain my motorcycle in the manner to which it has become accustomed.

It's not all beer and skittles, but my life seems to be richer than the people I know older than ourselves that have each other, and work, and that's all. She has very minor and occasionally annoying quirks that sometimes drive me nuts, but I'm sure that I display traits which have the same effect on her. The hard part, which seems to cause people problems, is that you have to realise that people are different, and the do have their own way of doing things and seeing the world. You have to accept and respect this, if you don't, then the relationship isn't going to last.

A lot of marriage is give and take, although many years ago I found that my wife, it's better to give, and then take when she'd not looking! It's certainly not worth arguing with her, the female side of her family shows a remarkable amount of independence and stubbornness (traits passed to my daughter).

Anyway good luck!

Mick

[Sir Stinkalot]

Well ..... its all been done ..... I am now fully committed.

After popping the question December 5th 2003 I picked up the ring on Tuesday. I know it seems like a long stretch from December 5th 2003 to February 17th 2004, but in my defence .... we didn't start looking until December 24th ..... then the jeweller was on holiday and it wouldn't be ready until 1st February 2004 .... and then it took me a lazy 3 weeks to get into the city to pick it up.

Oh well the Stinkette seems very happy with the ring and is looking forward to showing everybody, including the neighbours cat ..... and me ..... well I just keep telling myself that I really don’t have the room for the new Jet table saw .... I guess I will need to design and build a bigger house now.

Thanks for the encouragement everybody (and some of the negatives, I guess it was a good thing that I missed Iain's post
:confused:.)

Mr and Mrs Stinkalot

[Wood Borer]

Stinky,

Will you be sending the invitations by Personal Message or EMAIL or do you want our addresses?

I reckon if you invite enough of us, we could all chip in and buy you that saw as a wedding gift.

Good to hear you made the right decision.


- Wood Borer