Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Speaking of starting flame wars ...

["Steven Mills" <barycenter@earthlink.net>]

Jeez...my wife thought it was a cute story.
The ladies standing in line and the lady cashier all laughed!

Speaking of Australia. I hear there is a breed of shepherding
dogs that are one the smartest canines in the world.  Perhaps you
could do a trade in while you're there  :))  Ooops...just asterisk
over all that text to censor it out.

A dog will probably fit in a one man sub...'a wife' wouldn't...oops again!

--Steve


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mckellar@earthlink.net>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Speaking of starting flame wars ...


> listen guys - a little self-censorship here eh?  my wife reads these 
> emails.  give me a break please.
> 
> Im sure all of you MUCH prefer your wives/partners to your submarine 
> projects....
> 
> and would MUCH rather buy hair care products rather than a bone for that 
> useless mutt that only saved you from a raging torrent twice, phoned the 
> cops when the place was being burgled and dragged u from the burning 
> building :)
> 
> ouch....a little bruised here.  My wife suggests that maybe australia might 
> make a nice honeymoon location - we do have subs (not many) including a 
> reconstructed wwII japanese mini-sub - destroyed but 1 made out of parts 
> from 2.  u can walk around and in between (it is mounted in 3 parts).  of 
> course, the reef is the thing for ppl into fish and submarine 
> things.  happy to suggest details if this rates as a serious option.
> 
> good luck
> peter
> 
> At 12:10 5/7/03 -0700, you wrote:
> >Since we're on the subject of nuptials I have to relate an expeience
> >I had about a week ago. [ this one on *pre-nuptials*].
> >I was in the checkout line at a local store here. Behind me was
> >a young man [ younger than me]  with one of those bag of chew
> >bones and a chew toy and in the other a hair care product. He
> >juggled the items to count out what money he had, obviously pondering
> >what to buy and what to discard.  I struck up a conversation with him
> >and found out the hair conditioner was for his *fiance*.  This guy was
> >in obvious distress...he kept looking at the items and counting his
> >change. So, I asked him:
> >
> >Q:Who came first the dog or the fiance?
> >A: The dog.
> >
> >Q: Who talks back to you, the dog or fiance?
> >A: The fiance.
> >
> >Q: Who forgives you all the time without question?
> >A: The dog.
> >
> >Q: Who's your best friend and will never leave you?
> >A: The dog.
> >
> >The lad  smiled and discarded the hair care product and I let
> >him in front of me to make his purchase.
> >
> >So...is there a lesson here? Heck...I don't know! Pehaps, if you
> >have a furry and loyal friend, you should take him/her to the pSubs
> >Conference and all the sub exhibits for the honeymoon.
> >[ I don't know about cats or hamsters ]  Jon, do you allow pets at the
> >conference?  :-)
> >
> >--Steve
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Jonathan Wallace <jon@psubs.org>
> >To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
> >Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 7:04 AM
> >Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Speaking of starting flame wars ...
> >
> >
> > > >Yeah, but PSUBS conferences aren't always held the week after the
> > > >wedding.
> > >
> > > So, you just schedule your wedding to coincide with the PSUBS
> > > conference.  Problem solved.  :)
> > >
> > > Jon
> 
>