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Date:         Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:19:08 -0500
Reply-To:     David Milo <dellaone@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Milo <dellaone@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: wives and vanagons...rant... LOL
Comments: To: BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <ccafde091002231656p6428a83ep2d59aa5652a33d66@mail.gmail.com>
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Geez, what do I do if my wife doesn't like Louis Vuitton?

Dave

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:56 PM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I'm not married and it's still this way with me - and I'm not > complaining. > > Sometimes, like in my case, it makes sense - she's smarter than me and > > really knows how to budget and see the big picture. If it weren't for her > > I'd have a fleet of buses - none of them would run and I'd be deciding > every > > night which one I was going to be sleeping in. > > > > I don't make any money decisions without running it by her first - that > is > > the way it is and I like it. > > > > Jeff, > > If we let only smart people make the decisions for us, we may not own > any Vanagons. Sometimes, it makes sense to bribe them to look the other > way. > > Not Vanagon related but here's an example. Bought a 72 Opel GT ans stashed > in at my second home. Waited a couple months and took the GF to Vegas. > Went to Louis Vuitton and got her a nice purse for about 150% of cost of > car. > Then I broke the news. "Honey, I bought this Opel GT." To which she > replied, > "You mean that cute yellow car parked around the corner from your other > house? > Thanks for the purse honey. I like the car too." > > Plug Vanagon in place of Opel and you got the correct scenario. > > > > > -- > BenT >


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