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"PartyPooper2012" (PartyPooper2012) 07/19/2017 at 09:24 • Filed to: None

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As some of you know, I recently bought a C5 corvette. Few things were broken on it so I’ve been wrenching a bit.

I also have a 1995 Honda Shadow I recently landed on my ankle. It took a few dings and bends.

So I’ve been hobbling around trying to fix motorcycle and corvette.

Wife has voiced her displeasure with my addiction to wrenching. Also that my interests are causing bodily harm to me.

I am not sure where things go from here. Maybe I keep pointing at a garden she started and remind her she also has hobbies.

Just sads...

pip bip - choose Corrour > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 09:26

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get a divorce?

JK!

Honeybunchesofgoats > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 09:29

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I’m not even married and I know that garden thing isn’t going to end well for you.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 09:31

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Garden? You mean a battleground of deeply rooted emotions and turmoil.

I kid. :p

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 09:32

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Maybe you can spend time with her and encourage *her* hobbies by doing all your wrenching in the garden while she does her gardening. Wait...

random001 > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 07/19/2017 at 09:33

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I laughed.

random001 > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 09:36

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Tell her you’re just making sure you never get too old to die young.

crowmolly > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 09:36

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Use your tools to make something for the garden. Like a self watering/irrigation system.

See? I can work on more than just cars with these skills.

Tripper > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 09:51

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I use this formula to keep the balance: A project for my wife, a project for the house, a project for me...repeat.

Right now I’m in the midst of building a gigantic chicken coop and I can’t wait to be done with it. After it’s finished I’m doing power mirrors, a stereo and wood armrests for the Ranger.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 09:55

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When I’m done installing 500 SF of hardwood flooring in our house I get to do the shocks on the mazda and a 2nd coat of wax. Good motivation to get the home projects done because I’d rather be driving a car with not blown out shocks.

MonkeePuzzle > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 09:56

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break her leg with a cucumber!

DipodomysDeserti > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/19/2017 at 09:59

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I’m a nine year veteran if marriage and I muttered “yeah, don’t do that” under my breath as I read that.

DipodomysDeserti > Tripper 07/19/2017 at 10:00

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Reading this I was hoping you were putting power windows and a stereo in the chicken coop.

Tripper > DipodomysDeserti 07/19/2017 at 10:08

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That would have been plausible back when this project started and I still liked the chickens.

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > Tripper 07/19/2017 at 10:10

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Good concept... now just add kids to the mix... you can add a few more steps.

DipodomysDeserti > Tripper 07/19/2017 at 10:10

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I started off not liking my chickens, but now I do. Cool little creatures. They follow my kids around the yard like dogs now.

TheRealBicycleBuck > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 10:14

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Send her on vacation.

My wife took the kids to my in-laws and has been there for almost two weeks. It’s been the most productive two weeks I’ve had in years .

OK, to be fair, she helped me clean out my mom’s house after my mom passed. That was the most productive week we’ve had in many, many years.

Tripper > DipodomysDeserti 07/19/2017 at 10:20

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I don’t actually dislike them, I’m just fed up with the project at this point. We’ve sunk a lot of weekends into this coop, when it could have been a fence, or a shed, or other things that we need to do to the house. The duck (Lawrence) is the leader of the flock. Chickens follow Lawrence, Lawrence follows Miles (boxer) it is pretty funny.

The birds currently reside in an unfinished portion of our basement while we finish the coop, and they stink.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 10:35

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I get the bodily harm thing and potentially being anti-motorcycle...but it’s not the poor Corvette’s fault.

Maybe offer to finish fixing the bike and trade it for a project she’s interested in? For example my wife would love if I ditched my Rally Capri for a Wrangler project.

DipodomysDeserti > Tripper 07/19/2017 at 10:44

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I hear you on that. My two pits were very nervous around my chickens. When I’d let them free range my dogs would side eye the shit out of them.

6691 zapS > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 11:39

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Did you wrench before you were married?

(Why isn’t she icing your ankle instead of playing in mud.?)

How much is an oil change for her vehicle versus paying for one? Show her the receipts from your job versus paying for it.

Or price out how much it would cost to pay someone to fix said vehicles.

If you motorcycled before you got married then what will she change that she did/ not do before the Marriage that you don’t like?

Not sure if hobby is Wrenching or Riding.

Just a General tip. I quite enjoy taking showers with my partner. Things happen when I see my partner naked.

Especially when we soap each other up.

PartyPooper2012 > 6691 zapS 07/19/2017 at 11:43

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I wrenched before I turned adult.

She don’t want to be nice since she always says I will die as soon as I look at motorcycle.

Oil change is regular amount for her car, but it’s a mini and its a pain in the ass.

All the wrenching I done did saved about a bajillion dollars so far.

Her issue is that I pay more attention to wrenching than to her... allegedly.

I don’t want to know much more about your showering habits. Sorry.

PartyPooper2012 > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 07/19/2017 at 11:44

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she wants to drag me to the beach and watch her take pics of rocks and clouds. Yaaaayawn

PartyPooper2012 > TheRealBicycleBuck 07/19/2017 at 11:45

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she went on a long weekend to see her brother. I did a bit more than usual amount of wrenching while she was away. Somehow, I am still in the dog house.

PartyPooper2012 > MonkeePuzzle 07/19/2017 at 11:46

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it would have to be a really soft leg or a really hard cucumber.

6691 zapS > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 11:47

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Well I think it would address the not paying attention part. I think we are all adults or I wouldn’t have shared the showering part. Mainly it gives you a reminder of why your together because you love each other..

PartyPooper2012 > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 07/19/2017 at 11:48

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I come live with you. ok? ok!

I have flooring hammer and 30 gallon air compressor. That 500 sf flooring job will take no more than couple of hours. Shocks will also take about 2 hours. Fun will be had forever.

PartyPooper2012 > 6691 zapS 07/19/2017 at 11:50

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I just busting your chops a bit. I get where you were going with it... but in our olden days of marriage, things don’t happen as often.

6691 zapS > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 11:52

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Did you have a bike before Marriage?

PartyPooper2012 > DipodomysDeserti 07/19/2017 at 11:53

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yeah....

There is no winning move here, is there?

PartyPooper2012 > 6691 zapS 07/19/2017 at 11:54

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I had motorcycle license before marriage. I wanted a bike before marriage. Marriage happened. I nagged her enough to finally get a bike but promised I wont ride it in town we lived in. Now we live in a less populated town where riding could be done for amateurs without dying right away. So I tried and I failed and now I am the president/prime minister/CEO of the dog house industries.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 11:54

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You first have to remove dog urine stained carpet stapled to 1/4 inch particle board with carpet staple strips along the perimeter. I estimate two dump runs for demo and many swear words.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 11:55

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Oh I mean find something automotive/mechanical she’d be into.

My wife thinks cars are boring and stupid. Put a Jeep in front of her and it all changes.

TheRealBicycleBuck > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 11:55

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I’m sure that I’m going to get an ear full about things she thought I should have accomplished but didn’t. It shall be tempered by her last posting to Facebook - A nice picture of her feet in the water at the beach - just before she dropped her brand new phone into the surf.

PartyPooper2012 > crowmolly 07/19/2017 at 11:56

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lol. We built the garden together. we have a chipmunk problem so it needed to be done right or else good bye crops.

At this point, the veggies are HUGE in there. I am not messing in there risking stepping on a plant or something. NOPE. I’ll wait till next spring to do that.

PartyPooper2012 > TheRealBicycleBuck 07/19/2017 at 11:57

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You will definitely hear about things.

I heard about things. My ears have wilted I heard so much.

TheRealBicycleBuck > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 11:58

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Get her a dog. I can’t get mine to leave me alone. She’s always underfoot.

PartyPooper2012 > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 07/19/2017 at 11:58

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sigh. she things everything is stupid unless it involves saving puppies or going to the beach for eternity.

We already have two big ass dogs. Skin cancer runs in my family so I avoid the beach. She’s out of ideas. I have wrenching... it’s like a spousal standoff.

PartyPooper2012 > TheRealBicycleBuck 07/19/2017 at 12:00

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We already have two. It’s nearly impossible to go away on vacation. Kennels and our dogs don’t mix well. One finds creative ways to escape. She climbed a 12 foot fence and walked on top of it. Kennel staff saw it. Freaked and gave her back to us saying we no longer want to care for her.

6691 zapS > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 12:00

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I met zapS.sM, Had to go away for 5 months. Came back for 90 days then went away for 16 months. I was 35-37 at the time. If you step into shower with her things will happen, Or maybe I’m a Horndog.

Maybe get something to drive to said beach?

Jeep, Dune Buggy? Small pickup 4X4? But she has to help you with some aspect of it.

Shopping, refurbishing to you’re taste. Painting.

(Since she likes to take photo’s , Has she photographed your projects for an oppo article?)

But I always can be grateful to have My partner.

Fucin Camels were too fast....

PartyPooper2012 > 6691 zapS 07/19/2017 at 12:02

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Yeah. Not everyone is the same way. so that aint an option.

PartyPooper2012 > random001 07/19/2017 at 12:03

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I don’t think even I understand what that means. She will take is as I am planning on dying soon and freak out.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 12:03

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It’s ok to have different things. I have my cars and Rally racing. My wife goes to craft nights with her friends.

That’s completely normal and healthy.

PartyPooper2012 > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 07/19/2017 at 12:06

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I think that’s where the fertilizer and my dignity are buried.

TheRealBicycleBuck > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 12:14

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We have one small dog, one big. We used to kennel the small one and leave the big one in the back yard with one of the neighbor kids feeding her through the fence. Then she started escaping.

Her escapes don’t involve climbing. They are a creative combination of digging under and chewing through the fence.

Now we have to kennel both of them. Every kennel we have used refuses to put the two of them together in a single run since one is big and the other is small. We end up paying full price for separate runs. The last long weekend cost me an additional $250 just to kennel the dogs.

PartyPooper2012 > TheRealBicycleBuck 07/19/2017 at 12:24

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I’d pay double just so I can go on vacation.

My dogs are about same size. but they are bullies and they have perfected the art.

They find a dog. One goes to the front of the victim, other goes behind.

Dog behind starts barking and biting ankles of the victim.

Victim turns head and stops looking at the dog in front.

Dog in front goes for the neck. Game over.

Luckily they don’t hurt the victim. they are just trying to play, but victim dog doesnt know this. Owners usually freak out. Before you know it, there is a ball of dogs and people and dust everyone is screaming and barking and panicking.

Not everyone is like that tho. Some owners realize dogs play and they establish alpha. That’s how they do it.

Again, my dogs never hurt any person or dog where blood was drawn. They are just assholes.

6691 zapS > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 12:26

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(Since she likes to take photo’s , Has she photographed your projects for an oppo article?)

PartyPooper2012 > 6691 zapS 07/19/2017 at 12:29

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no :(

I wish. But also I think photos don’t really capture the amount of curse words flowing smoothly out of my mouth as stubborn fasteners live up to their descriptions.

TheRealBicycleBuck > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 12:36

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We’ve had to kennel the dogs for several weeks this year. I think I need to start my own series: “What it Costs to Own a $30 Dog.”

6691 zapS > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 12:44

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Well she could be spending time with you doing what she likes.

Seems like your supposed to spend time with her doing what she wants but she won’t spend time with you doing what you want.

(Now I don’t know the lady in question but I have been with my partner for 15 yrs.) 

My partner has also had to change.

I have to accept certain things and not really get upset about it.

But if I’m not having the same rules to live under as her I call BULLSHIT.

When does she spend time with you doing your hobby?

Go one for one. Go to beach once then it’s her turn.

She could be on internet or phone hunting down parts. No dirt or grease.

She could be helping you with interior colors in vette. I’m assuming that she would be able to use her Eye for taking good pictures to judge colors.

Take the vette to the beach. Or other places for the weekend to take photos.

Maybe do some event and you can plan to take some photo along with the Driving.

random001 > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 12:48

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Not so much planning as ensuring....

DipodomysDeserti > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 12:50

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My wife gets on me about the same thing when I have lots of project vehicles. You gotta tailor it back a bit and work on it little by little. I started working on my bike while working on the yard or working out. Mow the lawn, tinker a bit, rake the trimmings, tinker some more...etc.

Honeybunchesofgoats > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 13:24

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No.

PartyPooper2012 > DipodomysDeserti 07/19/2017 at 13:25

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that’s how you forget where that one bolt went and now you can’t put the damn thing back together until you find the mystery bolt

PartyPooper2012 > TheRealBicycleBuck 07/19/2017 at 13:39

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I know people who bought a dog for several thousands. I cringe and wonder why.

TheRealBicycleBuck > PartyPooper2012 07/19/2017 at 13:53

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My cousin’s father-in-law has money to burn, so he spent several thousand on a puppy with intentions of it becoming his new duck dog. His truck is all decked out for duck hunting with permanent kennels, a gun box, etc.

After a few weeks of training, he took the dog out for its first exposure to gunfire. On the first shot, the dog bolted for the truck, missed the leap into the back, and slammed head-first into the open tailgate. It killed the dog instantly. I’ve never seen someone so angry about losing his dog.

Although our big dog is a rescue mutt (golden retriever mix), our little dog is a purebred King Charles Cavalier Spaniel. My wife, the kids, and my mom went to see the little dog, fell in love, and then all of them ganged up on me to get him. Although it was only six bills, it was a hell of a lot more money than I ever wanted to spend on a dog. That being said, he’s been a great dog. Our big dog is more than a little neurotic.