24 Feb
1999
24 Feb
'99
12:31 p.m.
On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Mike Ford wrote:
I can relate to your problem, as can most others. Its
a fine line between
preserve, hoard, and a rubber tongue depressor and electric shocks until
collecting junk is less appealing (the latter what I think my wife has in
mind for me). I don't see what her gripe is, I move stuff off the washing
machine if she really needs to use it.
There's the key. Offer to _do the laundry_. The washing and drying
part anyway, folding is a concept I've never mastered. The laundry
process requires little interaction. It lets me hack at the other
side of the basement for hours at a time with no other demands by La
Esposa -- I just have to cross the room every half hour or so (and I
need to change positions once in a while anyway) to spend a minute
dealing with a state change. Hey, volunteering to do the laundry
builds relationship karma points that no amount of time being drafted
into dealing with dishes and catboxes approaches. It's worked for me
for many years.
--
Ward Griffiths
"the timid die just like the daring; and if you don't take the plunge then
you'll just take the fall" Michael Longcor