The garage is supposed to be mine!

[OnAnySunday]

My little woman is another such garba......er.....miscelleneous item collector.
Although i won a small battle -w- her the other day about it.
I had finished repairing the dish washer and sat down for a moment to rest before putting away my tools.
She comes home (from one of her 2 hour errand runs) and gets all over me about the tools on the counter, and why doent i ever help clean the house?
"most of this junk is YOURS!"- she says.
(i do the livingroom, and kitchen every weekend, but dont tell HER that!) :mad:
So i shoot back: "o.k. miss smartypants ill pick up all my stuff and whatevers left, we'll toss out. Scince it's NOT yours."
So i picked up my stuff and put it away in the shed.
(took all of 5 minuites.)
"ALRIGHTY THEN! lets toss the rest!!!"
You never saw a woman look so panic stricken when she realized that 98% of that "junk" was indeed HERS........:p
Sorta tickes em off a bit when the man is proven right.
She wouldnt talk to me for days.........but then thats what motorcycles are for........................right???:confused:

 

[Mully]

Cartoon in the paper this week made me think, with the way this post is going, that this might be a good place to post it.

Cartoon is called "non sequitur"
Basically a he heard/she said cartoon that went

He Heard: "Your right to independent thought and ability to form an opinion has been revoked".

She Said: "I do" :eek:

Mully

 

[Jeff Gilbert]

Divorce worked for me:p

 

[BadgerMan]

I have found the answer to the "woman in the garage" problem and it's really a rather simple and cheap solution. SPIDERS! It's best to leave them be and even encourage their growth and propagation. Don't ever spray them with chemicals or sweep their webs away. They serve a very valuable purpose.

Also, I replaced the 100watt bulbs in my garage with 40watters. The darker and dingier the better.

Then, all you have to do is get the little woman to watch "Aracnophobia" once or twice and she'll never go near your sanctuary again.

 

[biglou]

One good reason to be a bachelor!

I have a 2-car garage. One side houses the pickup, the other houses the bike, friends' bikes, Rollaway, mountain bikes, golf clubs, etc. Plus, I can wash my air filter in the kitchen sink with no complaints (No-Toil), Clean things in the tub, etc.! The basement which is finished but empty, has all of Thunder's newly polished YZF parts neatly displayed along with all the plastic and graphics for the upcoming resto job sorted out and on display. ;)

Now, if I may brag on a friend's garage for a moment: My buddy Chris (RedXR), just had his house built last summer about three blocks from mine. Had it built around the FIVE CAR GARAGE! That's right, three on the front side, two on the back side. Nine foot ceiling, eight foot doors in the front, deep sink, work bench. It's like a warehouse in there. It is a thing of beauty. Enough to make a grown man weep with joy! Smart thinkin', Chris!

 

[Sawblade]

Originally posted by zio
Ladies- chill out. We're venting. We love you, respect you, and really don't mean it. It all stems from our own insecurities & homophobias. You're good.

Ahh, the little lady say this thread! Of course I can hear my wife, "If you didn't mean it, why did you say it"? :eek: I like others, I have the same problem. If she doesn't want it in the house any longer its always lets put it in the garage. This always lead to panic on the male part, and the ensuing heated discussion. Kind of hard to do with two bikes, two work benchs, shelving units, air compressor, shop vac, will you get the idea. All this in a one car garage! Everyone once in a while see hints at being able to park HER SUV in the garage. Man, I can't wait to get into a house with a two car garage!

Lutz,
Brother you are starting to wake up and smell the roses, I mean two smoke oil! Once that ring goes on her finger and you say "I do", you have no domain! She just lets you have the garage out of pity, or a place to send you when you are bad. ;) Yeah right, like thats punishment! :cool:

 

[Shaw520]

Just to ad to the whining fest, this is, at the moment, a very sore subject. I have worked my whole life to achieve a two car garage with all the wonderful features of a working moto shop, and I'll be beaten and dragged before Mrs520 stores her junk there. I wouldnt think of storing any of my junk in her formal living room, or formal dining room, or her 'must have country kitchen'.
Oh man, dont get me started:mad:

 

[biglou]

Shaw-Just out of curiousity...

...what kind of flatware would you put out with a 520 in the formal dining room?!!! And of course, I am assuming fine Austrian china is a must!:p

 

[70 marlin]

this only works once!

Originally posted by zilla
Garbage Sale! Why Elk I thought I was the only victem of that ploy.. My lady actually expects me to help with the thing.. And get this.. It'd be cheaper to haul the stuff to the dump. I usually get in mucho trouble here also cause she starts lookin fer all that junk I hauled off on the sly.. Yes she saves what doesn't sell.. Go figure.

That fridge oughta be worth sumpin really nice.:p

zilla

I ask the wife once when I still had a bank account. during a garbage sale she was throwning what she thaught all of this fine stuff was worth? she said something like $1000? I said I'd give her $500 for all of it! she took the deal. I backed the truck up to the sale, and took every thing to the dump! she about droppeed a kidney stone right there :p
as for the fridge. would'nt that be nice out in your kingdom to store the beer pops in ?

 

[bbbom]

Okay, after wading through all the tears, I have to admit that even though I AM female, I do actually feel sorry for you guys.

But then I have to share my space with 4 other people too so I do know what it's like to be all crowded & stuff.:p

40 x 48 x 10' high unfinished daylight basement for snow clothes, storage and kid playland.

20 x 20 old cabin for kids playhouse and storage of big toys

36 x 24 barn for storing building materials and a dog

24 x 32 finished, fully insulated shop for bike storage and repair depot, wood stove, 8' rollup door, womandoor, bench, air compressor, most nec tools (thanks to Karl & dad for the gifts), 6KW generator (just in case power goes out), stereo, microwave and the beautiful 1950's pink Frigidaire stocked with refreshments (unless my dad and uncle have been up to work on something).

And finally, the 36 x 48 x 14' new shop with a 12 x 48 leanto on each side, nice big windows in the main shop above the leanto roofs, 12' rollup door, 8' rollup door, 2 4' womandoors and one 4' womandoor in the back of the snowmobile leanto to provide easy ride in ride out access. Plenty of storage for the camp trailer and snowmobile trailers, gator parking, miscellaneous camping storage and room for all 3 vehicles to stay out of the weather.

Of course Karl has his own house with attached garage and 24 x 36 shop but thats where we keep all the stuff that we need down there - popup camper, jetskis, water gear.......

Just had to stir the flames a bit to see if the tears will dry up!!!:p ;)

 

[Ol'89r]

DDD.

There ya go bbbom. Just rub it in why don't ya.:confused:

Elkster. Now I really feel sorry for you. I didn't know your wife suffered from the dreaded DDD. 'Decorator Defecit Disorder' I know a lot of ladies, including my own wife and daughter that suffer from this. (Can't have too many decorator items.)

The way to tell if your wife suffers from this is, go around your house and see if there is a room where you are denyed access. Could be a spare bedroom, an attic or basement. Chances are, the room is so full of decorator items that nothing else will fit in there.:scream:

I have come home to find the whole decor is different that when I left. I have found that, if I don't say anything about it, sometimes, things will change back to the way they were. If I do say that I noticed it, then, it will stay and sometimes she will even add to it.

When I built my house, I built a second story above the garage. Figured this would be a good place for storing neccessary items like, frames, wheels, tires, etc. Well, this area has become the storrage area for the decorator items. You can't even walk thru there sideways.:mad:

If anyone knows how to treat this disorder, please let me know.

 

[a454elk]

Oh no, she's going back to the closet again with more plastic garbage bags! I see more of my stuff flying out as I am writing this. I gotta go, I'll post more later, if this computer is still here. And to let you know, we've been married 6 years. I need help out here in Anaheim, calling all brothers!!

Elk in need of help!

 

[Shaw520]

Whenever I give her crap about all the stuff she is storing, she agrees that we need to have a garage sale,........yet, she cant drive by another garage sale without slaming on the brakes!!!.....Am I missing something here?

Big Lou, If it were Austrian,...would it still be called China? ;)

 

[Tantrum]

Man, some of you guys have got it BAD! I feel lucky that she knows that the garage is my domain. As for the intercom.....yeah....no stikin way. Besides, with the stereo blaring, I wouldn't be able to hear it anyways.

What I have found works when I get fed up with the piles of "garbage sale, Good Will pile, "I'm going to refinish this pile" and whatever other crap that has been sittin in the same damn place for a couple months, is to give it an ulitimatum. You say, "Honey, you have XXX amount of time to get rid of that stuff or on XXX date, I am taking it to the dumps." Why I say XXX for dates? Well, it depends on the size of the pile and how much work it'll take for her to rid my domain of it. Then the weekend it is slated for destruction, I remind her of the doom of her crap and either it is taken care of or its to the dumps I go.;)

P.S. Maybe the seperate key for my unattached garage has something to do with it.:think :confused:

Pity on those that have lost their manhood. I truely weep for you. :(

B.

 

[a454elk]

Hey pal, I haven't lost my manhood. Don't go there. She still lets me have it, so far!:):)

Well I'm still here. I survived the closet re-organizing. I tried an experiment on her about the shoe boxes. I picked some at random and she told me where and when she bought it and what was in the box!! Give me a break! How does she do that? I've also lost ground in the closet, don't know how that happened, I didn't leave the room!!

We've also been having these fires going on ove the next hill. Not real pleasant but she blames ME for the ashes in the garage!

Let me add this to the flame. Does your other halves buiy new dishes or glasses or silverware, and NOT LET YOU USE THEM!!!?? We had a box of new pans in the closet for over a year. I asked if I could use one and she attacked me. I've got a drawer of silverware, not the expensive type, that I can only look at! I feel like putting plexiglass over it like a model home!!!

This is fun guys, she still hasen't seen this post! WOOOOOHOOOOO!

Elk

 

[Ol'89r]

Originally posted by a454elk and NOT LET YOU USE THEM!!!??
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Elkster. We have a whole room that you can't use!:scream: What's up with that anyway???

Tantrum. I really resent that statement. I still have my manhood, just not sure where my wife keeps it.:confused:

 

[Patman]

Riddle me this. Why do you have a dishwasher when you can'y put the dishes IN it? "Oh no don't put that in there I have to wash it by hand." So the only dishwaser stuff is the crappy plastic cups you get and "family" resturants for the kids. Heck I'd rather just throw them out then let it melt into something that spills when you try to drink out of it. Or what about the dishes that didn't make it into the dishwasher that need washed? All of a sudden the "I" turns into "we/me"! Sure I ate off of them but if I had known I was going to have to wash them I would have used a paper plate!

Give me my garage, my paper plates, my grill, and my bikes or give me death!

 

[NVR FNSH]

Elk,
Last night I showed our wife your original post and our posts about her - she was busting up. When she gets down there on Friday show her the rest - I'm sure she'll have a good laugh......

Brian

 

[Leapin Lisa]

Wow. I don't know if I'm blessed or stupid. I am such a poor decorator that we have to have motorcycles in the house (yes, IN THE HOUSE) as decorations. We have one on our headboard, one in my sewing room on a special heavy-duty shelf that my husband made, and one (Ducati 350 Single) in front of the fireplace that will eventually, hopefully be restored for us to ride.
In our computer room we have two huge posters, one of Ben Bostrom and another of Anthony Gobert that we got signed at the Superbike races in Brainerd, Minnesota.

 

[a454elk]

The dishwasher, great, that starts another one. "Don't put that in there, it's dirty. You have to wash it first!" WHAT! ARE YOU FROM ANOTHER PLANET? The hand washing things really get me boiled. My reasoning is, I put them IN the washer with my hand, hence, it's hand washed! How about the problem with what side of the sponge to use. GET OUT! "Don't use THAT side to wash my cup, you have to use the soft side." I use the green scrubby on everything from the daintiest dish, my kids dirty face and the bottom of my skid plate, end of conversation!

I hear ya Patman, "I" definately turns in "ME". Give me paper plates or give me death. :)

Brian, I do believe we have the same wife, I know mine is omnipresent. She is friggin everywhere!

One last thing about the bbq, (that's code for, well, you know guys). Anyway, is there any other way to cook a steak other than well done? I let it burn until it matches the coals. Unrecognizable, I say. Throw some A-1 on that bad boy and I've got a piece of Heaven. Let's just say that she makes her own stupid Suzanne Sommers meal when I cook steak!
Elk

 

[Miltonyz]

One last thing about the bbq, (that's code for, well, you know guys). Anyway, is there any other way to cook a steak other than well done? I let it burn until it matches the coals. Unrecognizable, I say. Throw some A-1 on that bad boy and I've got a piece of Heaven.

I have to disagree. You get it well done and you dry out the meat then you put A-1 on it and you don't even really taste the steak. You might as well have hamburger I like it medium to medium rare. It is moist and all you taste is steak. No A-1 for me the steak taste is good enough in itself.

 

[Patman]

Rare meat kissed by flame from wood good, sauce not necessary. Me gota' go now cow just walked past window and me want steak.

 

[a454elk]

:):):) LMAO!

 

[dix]

Originally posted by TexKDX .

Then, our front porch began meowing. Under it goes Mrs Tex and out comes her with 4 kittens. A live trap catches White Momma, and in a few hours I have 5 cats in my workshop.... :mad:
[/B]

Sounds like someone needs to accidentally leave out a saucer of Prestone! Problem solved!!

 

[Kawierider]

oh man

alright gusy i love this post. im having a prob with the garage. my whole family is putting crap in the one space im trying to save for working on my bike we have a one car garage and ever time i go in ther my brothers biek is in the way or the lawn furniture, or the ladders, or some jusnk is in my way....i clean my part of the garage once every like two weeks and the rest at least once every two months during the summer. ANd i do it on my own, no parental input required, then they say my parts are in the way when im in the middel of a rebuild or something!!!!!! im about to explode.
by the way your freakin me out....im keeping my contact with the female population to a minimum..bare necessities only...girlfirend, gone. not really, but hey yo ugotta do what you gotta do.
Tim:eek: