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MAZAK Lathe, $6700, Coalhurst, AB

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Me: “ sweetie, it was a stray, it just needed a good home. It followed me back home, what was I to do?”

Her: “ it followed you home on the trailer. Behind your truck. ”
 
BaitMaster said:
Me: “ sweetie, it was a stray, it just needed a good home. It followed me back home, what was I to do?”

Her: “ it followed you home on the trailer. Behind your truck. ”
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Just bring it home when she's getting groceries and act like you always had it...
 
JustaDB said:
True story. I brought the mill home & set it up, the wife came back from holidays, walked right past it in the shop & never noticed the fresh addition. I was slightly insulted I had to bring her back out & show it to her...
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I've had shit for years and one day she'll come out...when did you get that thingy? .....4 years ago?:confused:
 
My bride has a blind spot for machinery too. But she watches the bank account like a hawk.
 
Susquatch said:
My bride has a blind spot for machinery too. But she watches the bank account like a hawk.
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I have a buddy whose wife is very understanding when it comes to his equipment purchases. The only thing he tells her is, "When I'm gone, please don't sell this stuff for what I told you I paid for it!"
 
JustaDB said:
I have a buddy whose wife is very understanding when it comes to his equipment purchases. The only thing he tells her is, "When I'm gone, please don't sell this stuff for what I told you I paid for it!"
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That's what I tell the kids and my buddies, not SWMBO.
 
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