Alarming new development......

Anonymous Poster · May 29, 2003

Franz...on the stump deal....yes I see your point...however as a wide eyed guilt ridden kid I was always terribly concerned with the part that was left at the end of the limb. Is that not a stump? If not, then I was duped. I still have these vivid visions of being beaten with the gory end of my own arm/leg. Why though, I'll never know, mom couldn't rip velcro strips apart on a good day.

As far as the 'sure' theory I am quite sure that you are very right.

As to the tire situation, guilty as charged. The last time I had a flat Jake (thank the good Lord) was with me and he was only about ten at the time. He changed that flat in under eight minutes and would not let me lift a finger. It was a major mother/son moment. I bragged on him all over town that afternoon, everywhere we went, to total strangers, I didn't care. When he does remember how to do something, he remembers it well. (I did whip into a station though and have them zip the lugnuts down with the pneumatic thingie just to be on the safe side)

Anonymous Poster · May 29, 2003

When I posed the following question to my beloved and her sisters, "If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is around to hear it, is the man still wrong?"

They answered loudly and in unison, "Yes."

I think that sums it up.

SnowRidge -- still wrong after all these years . . . .

Gary_in_Indiana · May 30, 2003

Oh, no, no, no. I never once intimated that men are stupid... Prideful yes. Very very prideful, and of course this is where this particular issue comes into play. 

It was the following remarks to which I responded earlier;

 No offense guys, but what is it about you folks that makes asking for help so hard? You know who you are. Asking for directions? Forget it. How about not admitting when you don't know what you're doing? 

I just hate to see anyone generalize like that...even with a 'disclaimer.'

sendero · May 30, 2003

Well, I never take offense to "man" jokes, because if the shoe fits I wear it and if not I laugh /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

That testosterone has some benefits and detriments. Overall I'm happy to have it. I don't mind asking questions, I don't see it as a sign of weakness. Or maybe I do, but don't feel the need to be the alpha dog in every situation. But for sure the testosterone does occassionally get in the way of rationality, just like estrogen or progesterone does. Nature made it that way on purpose, and that is good enough for me.

Come on guys, I know man bashing when I see it, that wasn't it - that was "trying to understand what's happening to my teenage son" /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Anonymous Poster · May 30, 2003

Okay, my bad, no more general...generali....what you said. You're right. I don't like being cate...categ.....lumped in with a bunch of other people either. I can fix this.

Anonymous Poster · May 30, 2003

Well...boogers...it won't let me edit anymore. Sorry bout that. Your response though is welcome. If what I wrote made feel even mildly uncomfortable then I wanna know about it, so thank you. I should have said 'some of you guys'. Thanks for the reminder.

Anonymous Poster · May 30, 2003

.....'just like estrogen or progesterone does'....

Truer words were never spoken. I can try to do something and fail, and end up crying, my husband will end up cussin' and while I give up and accept my weakness, my husband will grit his teeth and get it done.

That the absolutely beautiful wonderful mysterious difference between men and women. Testosterone can be trying at times but it is a wonderful thing. Now I'll prolly hear from the females, but that's okay. I know who I am.

RichZ · May 30, 2003

Cindi, there is a small percentage of us guys who will ask for help when we need it. I'm one. But my wife always says I'm not a REAL MAN! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

I used to get upset when she said that, but she would always say, "No, no, no, that's a compliment!!" She just meant that I wasn't so caught up in being macho that I'd ask for help, and also admit that she's MUCH more mechanical than I am. She often figures out how to use new implements for our tractors, or how to get a stalled tractor going when I can't. But she also admits that I'm much stronger than her, so, she figures out how to fix the thing, and she tells me what to do. And I listen and do it.

Our friends always say that they're amazed by our relationship, and how we work so well together. Of course what they don't see is how much we argue, when neither one of us can get something fixed, even with the advice from an expert. But then, that's why we have a very good farm mechanic!! We argue for a while, and them call him!! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

s1120 · May 30, 2003

"No, no, no, that's a compliment!!" 

OWWWWWW that hurts! I have hurd that myself. Never know how to take it... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

RichZ · May 30, 2003

Hi, Paul!

Well, you know what it is, you and I are two of the rarely found "sensitive guys". /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif To women that's a good thing, but other guys probably make fun of us. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Oh, well. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif