The subtle art of spouse negotiation!

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Flossie	Post subject: The subtle art of spouse negotiation! Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:40 pm
Joined: Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:17 pm Posts: 611 Location: Over the hill!	Heellpp!!!! I'm getting desperate for a new frame. EP, Prince, Casati, Cyfac etc. Only one thing sands in the way.... Mrs Flossie!! Could you fellow weenies advise me on the fine art of justifieing £2000 for a new frame to a non cycling wife?!?! Floss. _________________ Arms of a sprinter, legs of a climber, lungs of a smoker! I cycle, therefore I am. http://www.dukinfieldcc.org/ http://photobucket.com/albums/b32/clpowellbikes/
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lite pete	Post subject: Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:47 pm
Joined: Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:56 pm Posts: 385	show her two pictures one of the said frame and the other a open door, let her choose it worked for me i got the frame and now a cleaner....
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Flossie	Post subject: Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:49 pm
Joined: Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:17 pm Posts: 611 Location: Over the hill!	Subtle Pete !!!! _________________ Arms of a sprinter, legs of a climber, lungs of a smoker! I cycle, therefore I am. http://www.dukinfieldcc.org/ http://photobucket.com/albums/b32/clpowellbikes/
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jjmstang	Post subject: Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:03 pm
Joined: Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:03 am Posts: 772 Location: MD	Do what I did.................buy her a road bike. Now my wife is having me do upgrades to her bike and doesn't complain anymore about what I do to my bikes _________________ NCVC 2nd place is just the 1st loser Friends don't let friends ride clinchers
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Flossie	Post subject: Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:08 pm
Joined: Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:17 pm Posts: 611 Location: Over the hill!	Nahh... If she became at all knowlagable about bikes she'd notice all my secret upgrades! _________________ Arms of a sprinter, legs of a climber, lungs of a smoker! I cycle, therefore I am. http://www.dukinfieldcc.org/ http://photobucket.com/albums/b32/clpowellbikes/
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jjmstang	Post subject: Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:40 pm
Joined: Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:03 am Posts: 772 Location: MD	LMAO _________________ NCVC 2nd place is just the 1st loser Friends don't let friends ride clinchers
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DC41	Post subject: Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:57 am
Joined: Fri Apr 28, 2006 11:36 pm Posts: 909	Buy it... hide it... when she finally notices it after several weeks, you can say, "That old thing? I've had it a while now." _________________ Self-Proclaimed Resident Master Fattie - Vicious DC Slither
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CharlesM	Post subject: Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:47 am
Formerly known as PezTech Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 12:37 am Posts: 5569 Location: Phoenix Arizona	Start calling your current bike by your old girlfreinds name... _________________ charles@pezcyclingnews.com
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swinter	Post subject: two suggestions Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:05 am
Joined: Sun Feb 12, 2006 2:27 am Posts: 1213 Location: Grosse Pointe, MI	(1) get a separate credit card or bank account, have the new bike delivered to your office, swap out the old bike before you take it home; or (2) offer to give up your girlfriend if she okays the expense. _________________ "I can't understand why people are frightened by new ideas. I'm frightened of old ones." -- John Cage http://weightweenies.starbike.com/phpBB ... 928#126928
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Hyde	Post subject: Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 5:18 am
Joined: Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:39 am Posts: 1688 Location: Los Angeles=Hills, Smog	Your gonna have to let her spend the same amount on something.
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drjones96	Post subject: Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 5:23 am
Joined: Thu Nov 04, 2004 10:56 pm Posts: 3735 Location: Wichita, KS	Hyde wrote: Your gonna have to let her spend the same amount on something. This is why I'll never afford a carbon frame _________________ This board and the world in general would be a much nicer place if everyone could just take themselves a little less seriously.
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Hyde	Post subject: Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 5:32 am
Joined: Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:39 am Posts: 1688 Location: Los Angeles=Hills, Smog	Got that right!
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audiojan	Post subject: Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:01 am
Joined: Fri Jan 27, 2006 1:38 pm Posts: 446 Location: Greater Pittsburgh	You all got it wrong!!! Marry a cyclist and she wouldn't be happier if all the money went to bikes, cycling vacations, watching cycling on TV, etc. etc. Money for food? Cut that in half! It just slows me down in the hills anyway! _________________ "Suddenly the thought struck me; my floor is someone elses ceiling" - Nils Ferlin
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Hyde	Post subject: Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:03 am
Joined: Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:39 am Posts: 1688 Location: Los Angeles=Hills, Smog	I found me a great girl, unfortunately she isn't & don't wanna be no Cyclist
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evenfasterson	Post subject: Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:40 am
Joined: Mon May 22, 2006 9:03 pm Posts: 1724	TELL HER ITS SAFER!!!!!
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