RE: [CR]For the most part - You guys don't get it...

<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 10:26 AM Subject: RE: [CR]For the most part - You guys don't get it...

> My wife doesn't even recognize a new bike!
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> David Toppin
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> [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Bianca
> Pratorius
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 8:50 AM
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> Subject: [CR]For the most part - You guys don't get it...
>
> I am always hearing about collector men whose wives are opposed to them
> obtaining more fine bikes. This is the obvious view of the situation, but
> take a look at the real enegetic, the undercurrent energetic. The husband
> has a bunch of nice bikes and knows that another will not bring him the same
> joy as his second or third or fourth did. He communicates this concern to
> his wife who understands the unspoken, almost subconscious desire of the
> husband to reel in his limitless desire. She thinks that his hobby is
> harmless. She knows it is not outrageously expensive relative to their other
> expenses and relative to the family across the street in which the husband
> has just spent $20,000 for a home theatre and the wife has just undergone
> about $15,000 for facial surgery. The dutiful wife, understanding this
> unspoken dynamic, decides to act out the role of German bureaucrat ....
> "Nein, Nein, You may not have evennn vone morrr biceecle uhntil you zell
> vone of ze ozers.
> Verstehen?"
>
> Actually the family is now operating in harmony. The husband gets what he
> wants and expenses and the limits of collection space are given sensible
> boundaries. The husband's child like acquisitive nature gets to have limits
> placed on it, the wife gets to act out the roll which is a combination of
> Marlene Detrich and the female Nazi officer in Wertmuller's Seven Beauties,
> and everyone is happy both during the day, when the bike collection is
> played with, and during the night when zee lights are low. In fact, almost
> no one's bike collection exceeds the cost of a single low end Mercedes nor
> takes up as much room. This is a good economical hobby.
>
> Garth Libre in Miami Fl. Ok after tropical storm Ernesto