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

[yeahman]

Toaster ovens always seemed kinda redundant to me. I already have an oven, and I have better uses for the counter space than a mini oven.

[neufox47]

Toaster ovens always seemed kinda redundant to me. I already have an oven, and I have better uses for the counter space than a mini oven.

Cooling on hot days makes it worth it by itself. Heating up to 450 in 5 minutes instead of 25 is another win. A good convection / air fry setting is a plus. And drawing 1.2kw instead of 4kw is the icing.

[m2711c]

i like icing.

[xyz]

Toaster ovens always seemed kinda redundant to me. I already have an oven, and I have better uses for the counter space than a mini oven.

This oven is more than a toaster oven. I got it to replace a microwave. It’s a steam convection oven. So it steams, bake steams, broils, bakes and toasts. Reheats food with a warm option but it’s slower than a microwave. I find myself using it a lot. She will only use it to toast bread. Won’t go near it for anything else.

[plugboots]

I may have won an argument tonight.

[m2711c]

sure...

[subtle plague]

I may have won an argument tonight.

.....

[ironhippy]

So you’re complaining because your wife drove two hours to pick you up from an event you did for fun and you’re complaining?


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Maybe if it was that simple, but it'd be more be that I drove 2 hours there, I rode my bike while she was at the spa or played golf and then I drove home. I'm simply complaining because I drive everywhere, all the time, no matter what and usually it's her, her mom and her aunt in the car. The other weekend I drove 10 hours to a family event and then 10 hours home 48 hours later while she napped and looked at her phone the whole time.

I also thought the entire point of this thread was to complain

[m2711c]

and yer doin’ a stellar job of it there bub!




fact.

[MontuckyFried]

FTR, my wife's never done this but it still made me lol since she's been on a major purging bender lately (still annoyed about her tossing all my martini glasses)...

[Buzzworthy]

Buy more. Then you won’t be mad.
Several pint glasses have bit the dust lately by my wife. So I’m getting some new ones. I only buy pint glasses from places I visit so I’m excited now to travel a bit more.

[Flyoverland Captive]

Buy more. Then you won’t be mad.
Several pint glasses have bit the dust lately by my wife. So I’m getting some new ones. I only buy pint glasses from places I visit so I’m excited now to travel a bit more.

My wife is a kleptomaniac, but only for glassware. Very specific. I haven’t paid for a pint glass in 30 years (except the Silipint unbreakable ones). If she likes the beer/bar on the glass, it comes home with her.

[Buzzworthy]

I’ve certainly never done that too. But I’m looking for half a dozen at this point.

[nickwm21]

I have 100sf of lawn. Literally 10x10 for the dog.

I cut it with a manual push mower. Buzz the perimeter with my Makita string trimmer. Less than 3min job. Lawncare nirvana.

Wife tells me she wants an edger - wants to clean up the border.

Next time I’m at Home Depot I buy an edger - a manual / shovel type.

She gave this edger approximately 4 seconds of effort and made a decision that she wants an electric one.

….For our 40LF of lawn edge….

She asks what brand power tools I have - Makita.

Today I come home not to a new Makita 18v edger - but a Rigid string trimmer.


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[Core Shot]

Uggh. Nice listening skills. Not to mention all the pro landscapers edge beds with the old school half moon spade.
Power edgers were the shit for sidewalks back before string trimmers were invented. Today they are a waste.

[waxman]

So trying to sell my triathlon bike (Felt). Wife says coworker wants to buy it. Cool. Headed out this morning, and she says front tire is low, dude is coming in the afternoon, how does she fill it up. Look at my watch and say I’ll take care of it. Response is “ I know how to fill up a fucking bike tire”. Cool, it’s a Schraeder valve, make sure you loosen the top before. My phone starts blowing up around 4pm, she breaks the stem, tire completely flat. Did you open the valve stem, I ask? “You didn’t tell me to do that”. Bike is still for sale, FYI. JFC

In your wife's defense that's presta valve on your tri bike.

[MontuckyFried]

Mandatory with my ‘67 VW van. I carried a scissors jack and enough tools to pull the engine, though once you got it out a screwdriver, a 13 mm wrench and a 10 mm socket were often enough…but not all the time.

That's so rad. One of the reasons I really wanted a classic VW bug a couple years back to have as a local daily. Thought it'd be great to teach the kiddos how to wrench and then pass it on to them for high school.

[Danno]

In your wife's defense that's presta valve on your tri bike.

that part confused me too

[Meadow Skipper]

That's so rad. One of the reasons I really wanted a classic VW bug a couple years back to have as a local daily. Thought it'd be great to teach the kiddos how to wrench and then pass it on to them for high school.

A bug would be good for that. Taught me a lot. Not that anyone in the near future is going to need to know how to adjust valves, adjust points and timing, or even check the oil.

[mcski]

A bug would be good for that. Taught me a lot. Not that anyone in the near future is going to need to know how to adjust valves, adjust points and timing, or even check the oil.

They could convert it to an eBug. Conversion kits readily available

[Meadow Skipper]

They could convert it to an eBug. Conversion kits readily available

There’s a skill with a future.

[XXX-er]

In your wife's defense that's presta valve on your tri bike.

I thot that would be obvious right ?

if you got a cheap toaster oven like the black n decker it can be used to make toast also melts I use mine every day to melt cheese on bacon & bread

[TBS]

My most recent source of argument. Driving. She never wants to, but good god...it is absolutely a constant stream of warnings about what is coming up or what I've not done well. It's amazing I was not in a daily accident prior to her sitting in that passenger seat. I really try to either smile and ignore, ask for clarification, or agree and apologize. My most recent episode I adopted the latter. Apparently, I need acting classes as it was not sincere, and condescending. . Perhaps I should have just said...when I am in an empty parking lot, coming out of my parking spot, not immediately on 100% the right side of the space out of the parking area...when a car comes into the lot from the road, is about 300 feet from the exit...I do NOT need a warning to WATCH OUT and do NOT think her bracing for impact is helpful...No need to scare the person controlling the vehicle for no reason...!

If you’d like, I could say something to her next time you’re at Bachy…

Ms TBS will randomly gasp, stomp the imaginary brake on her side and brace for impact for zero objective reason. I’m left trying to assess the threat and determine evasive maneuvers for a non-existent problem. And when I ask “what’s the problem”, the best I get is,”well, I thought…”

And she’s bent probably 10x the sheet metal per mile driven than I.

A bug would be good for that. Taught me a lot. Not that anyone in the near future is going to need to know how to adjust valves, adjust points and timing, or even check the oil.

Ms TBS had your basic Humboldt County Hippy Chick Beetle when we met. Complete with crystal hanging from RV mirror.

One day I was doing maintenance on my car and made the mistake of checking the oil in her beetle.

It had the consistency and color of road tar.
“When was the last time you changed the oil in this” I asked.
“Uhhh” she replied

So I decided to change it. Got the engine hot and opened the plug.
Bloop…bloop…bloop went the old oil.

So I bought five gallons of cheap oil, went thru cycles of filling it up, running a while and draining, then fill with clean oil.
After about five cycles the oil drained out clean.
Wouldn’t hold decent compression after that though.

Yeah, automobiles are not her strong suit.

[gaijin]

They could convert it to an eBug. Conversion kits readily available

This is what I'm thinking for my kids. We have a family tradition in my family where children build their first cars. And I'm not overly excited about teaching my kids how to build a V8 when I could have them install a Mustang Mach-E in something fun... like 2-door Wrangler. I'm still researching options... wanna keep the project under 10K. First kid gets her license in 3 years. Kind of perfect time to begin this or next year.

Anyone have experience or recommendations? Yes, 10K is quite a limiting budget. And that's kind of the point.

[dan_pdx]

This is what I'm thinking for my kids. We have a family tradition in my family where children build their first cars. And I'm not overly excited about teaching my kids how to build a V8 when I could have them install a Mustang Mach-E in something fun... like 2-door Wrangler. I'm still researching options... wanna keep the project under 10K. First kid gets her license in 3 years. Kind of perfect time to begin this or next year.

Anyone have experience or recommendations? Yes, 10K is quite a limiting budget. And that's kind of the point.

Aren't you in Japan? How do they handle inspections and all that rigamarole for a home project like that?