I love my wife and all, but Jesus Hercules Christ...

[bennymac]

I didn't hear the humor in your post. Or maybe I didn't listen for it out of anger/confusion on somebody forgetting to pin the brake pads. Either way of your good with it Im good with it.

All good. My wife was doing the second half of the race (shorter distance) so she was right behind me on the transfer stage when the rear pads went awol and that’s when it dawned on us what had happened. We laughed about it the rest of the day. She’s a better bike mechanic than I am and the price is right so who am I to complain.

[old goat]

Maybe it’s not coming across in my post but I’m telling this story to laugh about it. I’m not actually blaming my wife. Yes thanks Dad - I know it’s my responsibility.

Just like it's your respnsibility to make sure the gun doesn't have live ammo on set.

All good. My wife was doing the second half of the race (shorter distance) so she was right behind me on the transfer stage when the rear pads went awol and that’s when it dawned on us what had happened. We laughed about it the rest of the day. She’s a better bike mechanic than I am and the price is right so who am I to complain.

She's better looking too.

[bennymac]

Just like it's your respnsibility to make sure the gun doesn't have live ammo on set.


She's better looking too.

You couldn’t resist.

But if the tables were turned I probably couldn’t either.

[XXX-er]

i duno about trusting a GF to work on my brakes ?

I have always been selected for my ability TO fix the stuff

and IME they are more likely to wreck my PU truck

[old goat]

You couldn’t resist.

But if the tables were turned I probably couldn’t either.

It's what we in the sarcasm business call a twofer.

[bennymac]

i duno about trusting a GF to work on my brakes ?

I have always been selected for my ability TO fix the stuff

and IME they are more likely to wreck my PU truck

Women can’t be bike mechanics?

[XXX-er]

Women can’t be bike mechanics?

I didnt say that, I just said that was not my experiance

so I have not seen alot of women bike mechanics or a lot of women computer techs for that matter, I do have a female MD and

The last GF did wreck my PU truck and comment she couldn't see why I even bothered to get it fixed ?

but YMMV

[old goat]

that says more about your pickup than about the last GF.

[XXX-er]

that says more about your pickup than about the last GF.

A one owner low milage / not old truck/ in good shape/ good paint/ no defered maintenance so there was absolutely nothing wrong with the PU but it was just the kind of thing " they " say

and you must hear something like it every day when your wife you know the one you love but JHC she doesnt answer her emails. Or her missed calls. Or her voicemails.Or her calendar (paper, not digital) Or the shopping list. Or the instructions that come with anything

[old goat]

Low mileage and not old mean different things to different people. And no fair dragging my wife into it--she's definitely an outlier. As am I.

[XXX-er]

well it was just so easy to cut n pasted you complaining about your wife 3 pages ago probably the low hanging fruit in any case, my condolences

but your takeaway should be there was absolutley nothing wrong with said PU other than it had the audacity to jackknife the trailer that was being towed into the rear fender while backing up

[halliday]

Low mileage and not old mean different things to different people. And no fair dragging my wife into it--she's definitely an outlier. As am I.

My wife is a low mileage vintage model. Perfect. I definitely made out in the deal. Im a high mileage not so vintage model. The kind that get sent to the auction lot.......

[riser4]

My wife is a low mileage vintage model. Perfect. I definitely made out in the deal. Im a high mileage not so vintage model. The kind that get sent to the auction lot.......

Right there with you brother.

[old goat]

well it was just so easy to cut n pasted you complaining about your wife 3 pages ago probably the low hanging fruit in any case, my condolences

but your takeaway should be there was absolutley nothing wrong with said PU other than it had the audacity to jackknife the trailer that was being towed into the rear fender while backing up

I have a confession to make. In our house my wife is the one who backs up trailers. Also the one who goes on ladders (ex college balance beam gymnast). I should probably turn in my man card.

[dan_pdx]

I have a confession to make. In our house my wife is the one who backs up trailers. Also the one who goes on ladders (ex college balance beam gymnast). I should probably turn in my man card.

Nothing manlier than getting your wife to do chores

[XXX-er]

I don't know what to comment other than

who is putting up with whom?

edit: but really we are all better at something than the other so why not let the better person at the job do it ?

That last truck wrecker er i mean GF would give me shit for things i wasnt good at but there was a whole bunch of things she wasn't good at eitehr and backing a truck would be one of them

In any case all that shit I used to do for her now she can do it all herself

[Self Jupiter]

I have a confession to make. In our house my wife is the one who backs up trailers. Also the one who goes on ladders (ex college balance beam gymnast). I should probably turn in my man card.

More of a man than most guys just to say it. You’ve also seen more consequences than most guys in the OR.

[Boissal]

I have a confession to make. In our house my wife is the one who backs up trailers.

Same in the Boissal household. I have never tried and have 0 reasons to learn at this point, Ms Boissal is just too good at it. Our neighbor made fun of me a few years back for it. Dude's as nosy as they get, always spying on everyone and offering his invaluable opinions freely. He saw me get out of the truck and walk into the house as Ms B was backing a load of compost through a gate that isn't much wider than the trailer. He ran over and starting directing her, she told him to get lost (she hates an audience). He came to find me huffing and puffing about it being a man's job. He was scandalized that I would let her do it and even more that she dared to refuse his help. I was assured she'd destroy the fence and most likely the house (more than 100' away). He was in the middle of telling me I wasn't a real man when Ms Boissal came over asking if he needed anything, perfectly parked trailer visible behind her. He looked at her like she was an alien and scampered away.

[nickwm21]

Me three. Well, I can do a shitty job backing up a trailer. But the wife grew up on the boat ramp. I did not. Easy decision.


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[Diamond Joe]

I feel like we argued about trailer backing and man cards about a hundred pages ago

[Danno]

My ex-wife and current GF aren't better at backing trailers than me; we all suck really bad at it.

But I hate when every schmo wants to "help". Fuck you dude, this is hard enough as it is, I don't need some rando who may or may not have a clue telling me what I am doing wrong. I don't think I am alone in this sentiment (just like Mrs. Boissal who doesn't want an audience), but every schmo thinks I will finally be the person who wants them to help.

[halliday]

Right there with you brother.

Its nice, isn't it?

[riser4]

Mrs Riser4 grew up on a farm. She can back a whole hay wagon train, with the baler still attached, with an ancient tractor that has a janky clutch. I can't back up things that articulate. Straight body truck of max length? I can slot it in all day. Trailer or wagon? Nope, I'm not your guy. She's a bunch of decades removed and she's still a feisty farm girl.

[Diamond Joe]

But I hate when every schmo wants to "help". Fuck you dude, this is hard enough as it is, I don't need some rando who may or may not have a clue telling me what I am doing wrong. I don't think I am alone in this sentiment (just like Mrs. Boissal who doesn't want an audience), but every schmo thinks I will finally be the person who wants them to help.

Man I WISH I could offer to help people at the boat ramp, I just want you to get your damn boat in the water, no matter how it happens, so I don't have to sit there watching you mangle if for 20 minutes while I wait to put mine in. That sucks for both of us. I have no choice but to wait for you to clear the ramp so you WILL have an audience, which I know people hate, so which is worse, me watching and judging you as you fuck it up over and over, or me helping you get it done quickly?

All that being said, I don't offer to help because I realize people feel like Danno, so I just sit there silently cursing my ramp arrival timing and praying the person will luck into a decent launch and get the fuck out of the way.

[dan_pdx]

I've heard some ladder horror stories, including meeting a guy with a full leg cast who said he only fell about six feet, but landed on concrete and broke multiple bones. If ladder stuff gets even a little squirrelly, I hire someone, Mrs. PDX isn't a ladder fan either