sex, lies and computer collecting was Re: The New Apple II User's Guide

In Texas they cleverly tried to solve your issue. At the belton hamexpo I recall there being a dog obstacle course competition in the way back area. -----Original Message----- From: "Rick Bensene" <rickb at bensene.com> Sender: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.orgDate: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:41:04 To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts<cctalk at classiccmp.org> Reply-To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: RE: sex, lies and computer collecting was Re: The New Apple II User's Guide years. I've been married to my (only) wife for 25 years. We've been together for 34 years. We have many shared "loves" -- dogs, the outdoors, musclecars, and too many other things to count. I have had my calculator collection since the mid-1980's...she always put up with it, even when machines invaded our first home together, and other homes until we were able to put up a separate building to house it all. She doesn't really understand my fascination, but that doesn't matter -- she knows that my time spent with this stuff is happy time for me, and she's all about that. She does a lot of competitions with our dogs...where she travels all around the country competing. I miss her and the dogs when they are gone, but it's just not my thing to sit around in a livestock arena and watch dogs run through obstacle courses for days on end. But -- it makes her happy, so I'm all for it. She respects that I have my calculators (and some old computers too), and I respect that she does her dog competition, and it never has caused any conflict. We do our own things when we can, and we have our shared things that we do together. Like Terry wrote -- it just works. It's all about give and take. Without that ... any relationship is destined for rough seas. Kudos to you, Terry! Congratulations on over 20 years of happy marriage. Rick Bensene