My wife and I have more or less compromised on the subject.
I've got my computer stuff, which she quite often makes little
comments about getting rid of at least some of, and she has her
sizable collection of Barbie dolls. Not to mention an antique
grandfather clock and a few boxes of silver-age comic books.
Jeff
>On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Tim Harrison wrote:
>
>> but she lost interest immediately upon seeing a 6' rack being trundled
>> into the living room.
>
>Outrageous! And heck, it's only an 11/34! What happens when you want to
>bring in that 11/70 when you see one?
>
>
>Well, you have three choices, as I see it:
>
>1) Dump the girlfriend, she's clearly mis-calibrated;
>
>or
>
>2) Marry her, because then she'll pretty much have to tolerate it, 'cause
> divorce is even messier & costlier.
>
>or
>
>3) Remain single. Quite a few collectors I know are single, and I'm pretty
> sure that's because their houses and garages are full of computer stuff,
> leaving no room for another person (let alone another person's stuff).
>
>
>-Mike C
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Received on Fri Oct 20 2000 - 18:35:53 BST