Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken- Did you use the Skinnerian method of conditioning, or will an electric collar work just as well!? I have to tell my wife it's something I got to sell on E**Y! :o) Dan - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Wilcox" <kwilcox@mail.davison.k12.mi.us> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 11:43 AM Subject: [Leica] Re: I need help from Mom (was 35 Summicrons (was Re: Voigtlander Ultra-Wide) > You folks are doing this the hard way. When I want a new lens I TELL my > wife. "I wish I had a Noctilux (or 100 macro or whatever) Then SHE buys it > for me. > > Ken Wilcox > > > At 9:07 AM -0400 9/27/0, Tina Manley wrote: > >At 05:10 AM 9/27/00 -0700, you wrote: > >>Tina "Mom" Manley wrote: > >> > >> > Husbands shop for cameras, cars, cigars and conceal them from the > >> > wives. > >> > >>Dear Mom, > >> > >>I need help. I've only been married 3 years, so I'm not yet wise in > >>the ways of concealing. My wife never digs through my camera bag, so > >>that's not a problem. My quandary is our garage. She's no longer > >>buying that I cleaned up all the junk and put it under a tarp. When > >>the new license plates came in the mail, she started getting > >>suspicious. She's noticed that sometimes when I go off to work, our > >>car is still in the garage, but the heap of junk under the tarp is > >>gone. > > > > > >You can do what my husband did. I left on a trip to Central America and he > >bought a Mazda Miata convertible. He showed up in it at the airport and > >claimed it was a gift for me! After sitting in a canoe for 10 days, I had > >to sit on my camera bag and luggage all the way home from the > >airport. Somehow it has turned out that he has been driving the Miata to > >work - just to check it out for me. I'm not sure my R8 will fit in the > >trunk anyway! > > > > > >>What do I do? More to the point, how many dresses do I need to buy > >>her, and should I let her pick out the shoes? Last Christmas, I > >>already used the trick of cutting the tags out of her dress and > >>replacing them with ones that indicated the dress is a full size > >>smaller than what she normally wears. I'm running out of ideas! > > > > > >NO! Now she is supposed to buy the dresses for herself and conceal them > >from you. When you admire a new dress, she will say, "This old > >thing! I've had this for ages." > > > >My husband can't tell the difference between an M6 and an M3 so it's no > >problem when I buy new cameras or lenses unless I get something > >dramatically different like the N**** 990 that I just bought. Then I can > >bring up the Miata that he bought without asking me! > > > >Mom > >Tina Manley, ASMP > >http://www.tinamanley.com > > > DO NOT use the reply fuction! Address any response to wilcox@tir.com > > ---- > Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits > > > preferred---> <wilcox@tir.com> > <kwilcox@gfn.org> > > >