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Topic: Well, I finally broke the news to my bride. |
Rick Garrett
From:
Tyler, Texas
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Posted 22 May 2005 4:00 pm |
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I've been hinting around about the possibility of my buying another steel for a couple of weeks. I highly recomend that method for softening up the wife. 
Then tonight, right before we arrived at a church jam session, I mentioned to her that I sure am excited about my 66 Emmons bolt on getting here this week. By the time she had reached the boiling point we were safely pulling into the parking lot at the church. No time to blow up now and by the time the jam sessing was over she had time to cool down and was ever so slightly impressed with my picking and she had warmed up to the idea. So my advice to you guys is break it to her gently at first and then WHAM!!! let her have it with both barrels right as you'r pulling into the church parking lot. Worked for me.
Rick
P.S. Emmons, come to poppa!! |
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Henry Nagle
From:
Santa Rosa, California
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Posted 22 May 2005 4:48 pm
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My wife would know something was amiss the moment I told her we were going to a church.
Congratulations on your guitar. |
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Paul Norman
From:
Washington, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 22 May 2005 4:52 pm
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Rick
It aint over yet. |
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Terry Hickey
From:
Arroyo Grande, California, USA
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Posted 22 May 2005 4:53 pm
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Rick,
Nothing short of genius! I would of have had missing body parts....I have a new Zum due next month and I am going to wait until I'm in Church to remind her of what I started a year ago. Congrats on the new guitar.
Terry [This message was edited by Terry Hickey on 23 May 2005 at 06:12 AM.] |
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Farris Currie
From:
Ona, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 22 May 2005 4:55 pm
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| Hey Rick,thats what i call COOL THINKING,now hope she don't take it out on the other steels!!hahahaha farris |
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Al Carmichael
From:
Sylvan Lake, Michigan, USA
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Posted 22 May 2005 5:39 pm
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Rick--You'll be shaking in your boots when she casually mentions how she can't wait for her new Mercedes to be delivered! Maybe you'll get lucky and she'll only want a 7 day Caribbean cruise!
I just tell my wife that I'll be content to have one wife forever, but I'll have to have a new guitar every so often in place of other women! |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 22 May 2005 9:56 pm
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Why do I have this picture
of a dozen or so wives tag teaming ragging on some poor guy
in church for this one...
With the reverends blessing!
Maybe you just got lucky! |
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Bob Carlucci
From:
Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 23 May 2005 4:27 am
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| Rick.. I TOLD you you were a coniving weasel!!.. Works great right?? .. I have a house full of junk using that very same technique... As a matter of fact, most of the time, I am SO good at it, she starts to think it was HER idea that I get some new gear!!! The only problem is, someday I'll have to explain this technique to the Lord, and HE won't be the pushover my wife is!!! bob |
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Ron !
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Posted 23 May 2005 4:37 am
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Dick Wood
From:
Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 23 May 2005 6:12 am
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Don't they have funerals at church too?
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Cops aren't paid much so I steel at night. |
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Marty Pollard
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Posted 23 May 2005 7:44 am
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| Maybe you'll get lucky and she'll only want a 7 day Caribbean cruise! |
Ooo, BRILLIANT!
Send her on a cruise and you can have a whole week w/your new steel!
Al, you're a genius! |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 23 May 2005 12:03 pm
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"Know what to kiss, and when..." (Desiderata, National Lampoon, sometime in mid '70's).
(They also said "Fall not in love, lest it stick to your face...".)[This message was edited by Ray Minich on 23 May 2005 at 01:04 PM.] |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 23 May 2005 12:31 pm
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If your wife has internet access you might be a dead man.
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Bob
intonation help
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Michael Aspinwall
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 23 May 2005 12:50 pm
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| Gee, I'm surprised you guys have issues like this....why, just the other day my wife said, "Honey, it's been almost a week since the last time you bought a guitar. Why don't you go look on Ebay while I'm at my second job tonight?" |
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Marco Schouten
From:
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Posted 23 May 2005 1:41 pm
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Revenge is waiting around the corner.
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Steelin' Greetings
Marco Schouten
Sho-Bud LLG; Guyatone 6 string lap steel; John Pearse bar; Emmons bar; Evans SE200 amp
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Mark van Allen
From:
Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 23 May 2005 2:49 pm
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You guys make me feel like there's something wrong with my wife... never complains about anything I buy or need for my steel rig or the studio. In fact, I have to be careful about what she sees me looking at in magazines or the store, because she'll go buy it! She's gotten me a Peterson V-Sam, three Blue Latvian mics for the studio, the TC-electronic M-300 in my steel rack, a New Hilton pedal, two or three Gary Swallows Bars, and a PT Crusier to haul it in. Should I take her in for repair or something?
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Stop by the Steel Store at: www.markvanallen.com
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Rick Garrett
From:
Tyler, Texas
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Posted 23 May 2005 3:48 pm
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Well I gave her a few hundred bucks today as a little added insurance.
you guys crack me up. It does make me feel a little better knowing that we all face the same obstacles in aquiring the steel of our dreams.
Rick |
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Marty Pollard
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Posted 23 May 2005 5:04 pm
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No but perhaps you should let her catch you looking at the models in Vogue. |
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Mark van Allen
From:
Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 23 May 2005 8:19 pm
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Dave Grafe
From:
Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 23 May 2005 8:33 pm
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| Mrs. Lee has to have her new furniture before the new steel arrives. It's the only way it works at our house. |
I'm thinkin' it's gonna be a new washer and dryer, maybe a new bathroom....[This message was edited by Dave Grafe on 23 May 2005 at 09:36 PM.] |
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Jody Sanders
From:
Magnolia,Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 23 May 2005 9:38 pm
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| Hi Rick, You ought to be 'shamed of yourself. Treating that beautiful Nina that way. You sure remind me of someone I used to know. I may come to the steel guitar jam in Tyler in June. Hopefully we can get together. Love ya'll, Jody. |
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Rick Garrett
From:
Tyler, Texas
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Posted 24 May 2005 2:07 am
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Hey Jody, hope yall can come up for the jam. It'll be great seeing you.
Man I ain't nearly as rough on her as she is on me. Love yall too Jody. God bless
Rick |
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Mike Hoover
From:
Franklin, TN, USA
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Posted 25 May 2005 5:50 pm
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Rick,
the fact that none of the wives are reading this is a mystery. I am still waiting for the other shoe to drop, laptop computer is still being mentioned.
Mike
ps I will email ou about something. |
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Rick Garrett
From:
Tyler, Texas
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Posted 26 May 2005 2:11 am
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Hey yall, I'm home free! Got away with it clean as a hounds tooth.
She finally got a chance to hear the Emmons the other night when she came home and she fell in love with the sound of it.
So this is what it feels like to get away with something! Yeah, I like it but I don't think I'll push my luck and try it again anytime soon.
Rick |
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