Today i won....
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Burning Brakes
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From: Atlanta Ga
Today i won....
Last year when i purchased my MIG welder the other side of this relationship noted...."You really need that dont you.." Of course I didnt let that stop me. I also get to hear about it every other time I buy a larger tool... "Where you going to put that?.....O yea...beside the welder you use so much" gurrrrrrr
Today I get home and she has out by the door her expensive office chair....300 bucks. She ALWAYS talks about how comfortable it is.
I ask her what happened and she replys she flipped it over this morning leaning back to far while on the phone and that it broke couple of the seat mounting brackets from the frame. The seat just hangs there. She replies she headed to office store to get another after dinner....
I disappear out to the shop and grind back little paint....remove seat...fire up the MIG and weld the brackets back on, as well as welding the other 2 that arent broke. they were only welded from the top, now they are double welded.
so now im faced with situation.....
#1 should i repair it, and put it in MY office...since its better then mine
#2 Leave it in the shop and have it as a extra
#3 give it back to her with a note that it was repaired with the MIG that I have so little use for
Today I get home and she has out by the door her expensive office chair....300 bucks. She ALWAYS talks about how comfortable it is.
I ask her what happened and she replys she flipped it over this morning leaning back to far while on the phone and that it broke couple of the seat mounting brackets from the frame. The seat just hangs there. She replies she headed to office store to get another after dinner....
I disappear out to the shop and grind back little paint....remove seat...fire up the MIG and weld the brackets back on, as well as welding the other 2 that arent broke. they were only welded from the top, now they are double welded.
so now im faced with situation.....
#1 should i repair it, and put it in MY office...since its better then mine
#2 Leave it in the shop and have it as a extra
#3 give it back to her with a note that it was repaired with the MIG that I have so little use for
Drifting
Joined: Jul 2000
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From: Allen, TX, USA
Either:
Take out the new one she bought from her car and put in the old one;
take new one back...
or
Leave it somewhere where she'll find it and see that its fixed.
No notes, no expectation or anything. Let her see figure it out.
Enjoy...
Take out the new one she bought from her car and put in the old one;
take new one back...
or
Leave it somewhere where she'll find it and see that its fixed.
No notes, no expectation or anything. Let her see figure it out.
Enjoy...
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Safety Car
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From: Southeast, Tennessee
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keep it and use it yourself since it apparently no longer is acceptable to her (she never inquired about repairing it, or did i miss something, lol)???
reminds me of what happened years ago when my wife and i were in the office supply store just about the time that fax machines were becoming a "household" type item, and i decided to buy one. of course i got the same response as you did, "what do we need that for??" nver one to be deterred, of course i bought it and brought it home and set it up that evening.
it wasn't up and running (so to speak) for more than an hour or so when my wife comes into the office where the fax is now installed and says she has to send a fax to someone and would i show her how it worked, LMAO!!!! trust me she is reminded of that event everytime she starts to say "what do we need that for??" lol
reminds me of what happened years ago when my wife and i were in the office supply store just about the time that fax machines were becoming a "household" type item, and i decided to buy one. of course i got the same response as you did, "what do we need that for??" nver one to be deterred, of course i bought it and brought it home and set it up that evening.
it wasn't up and running (so to speak) for more than an hour or so when my wife comes into the office where the fax is now installed and says she has to send a fax to someone and would i show her how it worked, LMAO!!!! trust me she is reminded of that event everytime she starts to say "what do we need that for??" lol
Pro
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From: Lewes, Delaware
Originally Posted by moosie982
#3 Definately,,,,but dont rub it in too much ,,,,,,,women never forget, beleive me. Peace,,,Moosie 
Le Mans Master
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From: I can walk to MA
She should definitely be aware that you fixed it with the welder.
At least she won't be able to poke that at you any more.
However, I speak from experience here ....
My wife HATES the fact that I can fix or make ANYTHING.
Sometimes she just wants a new "one" immediately, rather than waiting for me to fix or fabricate "it".
Good luck
At least she won't be able to poke that at you any more.
However, I speak from experience here ....
My wife HATES the fact that I can fix or make ANYTHING.
Sometimes she just wants a new "one" immediately, rather than waiting for me to fix or fabricate "it".
Good luck
Safety Car
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From: FL
Originally Posted by JustForFun
#3 give it back to her with a note that it was repaired with the MIG that I have so little use for
Or you can simply fix it, put it back in the house for her, mention it is fixed and say no more.