>   There are other things in life besides (insert your hobby here). Yeah,
 > some would consider that blasphemous and heresy. 

 >   I tell folks that [insert hobby here] should NEVER take priority over
 > such things as church, family, health, job, or especially "honey-do's".
 > In the case of amateur radio, that new radio you have your eye on for
 > Christmas or your birthday, is going back to "the candy store". 

Yup. A man needs to take care of his responsibilities first (including family)
then he can be free to enjoy his hobby/obsession.

I say the same for thosd who like to drink: fulfill your obligations first, &
use your own earned money to by that liquor, then you certainly deserve to
enjoy that cold one out in the yard you paid for & continue to maintain.  No
good wife would say otherwise.

My wifew will pour me a glass of our home-made fruit wine & give it to me to
enjoy as I watch a bit of TV at the end of the week.

 >   Or, it's like the meme (I think I've noted this before, but it bears
 > repeating), where the wife is looking out the bedroom window, glaring at
 > her husband in the backyard. He's out there in his nightclothes, with a
 > pillow, standing in front of a desk, with a bunch of office equipment
 > on it (computer, printer, adding machine, etc.). Behind the desk is the
 > doghouse...and in a swivel chair, is a dog, wearing spectacles.

 >   The dog asks "Good evening, sir!! Will be our guest for one night
 > only, or will this be your usual extended stay??" 

Yup, seem that one (not from yuo, just in general)

My wife & I agreed, before marriage that neither gets to kick the other outto
the couch or doghouse -- if one cannot stand to cooperate to a friendly
resolution, & cannot abide sleeping next to the other, THEY can feel free to
sleep on the couch. (seems fair to me); married 14 years, thanks to God.

You've heard of the couple maeried for 98 years, who went for a divorce?

The judge was shocked & asked why now.  The old gent answered, "We had to wait
for all the kids to die first."

Your friend,

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Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM
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