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stooper101 · Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:15 pm Post subject: So, how do you do it?

For all of you that have wives/husbands/sig. others/opinionated llamas, how do you convince them to allow you to keep shrubbing?

I'm using the family pc and I think my wive is just holding her tongue to let me keep it on shrubbing all this time. I keep telling her it's my new hobby and it's still cheaper than a lot of other hobbies I could be doing. But I'm in the process of planning on building a new system and therefore would have two systems running in the house. I can see the argument for the electric bill coming. Rolling Eyes

So, how do you guys do it? Is there any Jedi mind tricks out there???

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JerWA · Prince Joined: 01 Jan 2007 Posts: 1497 Location: WA, USA

What is this allow you speak of? My g/f has her own computer, which is my previous one, and looks forward to me building another so she can upgrade and I can finally put a file server up for her movies and TV. Razz

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Sir Papa Smurph · Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:39 pm Post subject:

I just fired the Whole lot of them. My way or the Highway so to speak...

Besides, I fix them and keep them running... If you don't want to be Borged then take it to Best Buy for repair Very Happy

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KWSN imcrazynow · Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 6:41 pm Post subject:

There's always the sheno money (she know nothin' about it) you can use. You just have to be creative in how and when you use it. #evil

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KWSN imcrazynow · Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:52 pm Post subject:

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KWSN imcrazynow · Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:56 pm Post subject:

Adam Alexander · Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:12 pm Post subject:

JerWA · Prince Joined: 01 Jan 2007 Posts: 1497 Location: WA, USA

LOL, here's some salt for your wounds... I told my g/f what I was going to say in my reply before I typed it.

But I did help her get her first new car ever just 2 months ago, so I've got lots of points on the plus side still. Wink

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John Galt 007 · Prince Joined: 31 Dec 2007 Posts: 1206 Location: Wisconsin

I had posted this at SETI a while back...seems appropriate now...

It is actually really easy...

Step 1.
Own a business that she doesn't work at.

Step 2.
Have all of the parts delivered to the business.

Step 3.
Go home for lunch every day (easy for me, I live 3 miles away, about 7 minutes).

Step 4.
Build in 20 minute bursts of energy on your lunchtime. It helps if you always buy the same case, MB, etc., then it becomes really familiar to you.

Step 5.
Stash it on the rack in the basement with the other ones. Once the rack is full, it is easy to 'upgrade' a case with a new CPU. The # of cases stays the same, but the output is greater.

Step 6.
Hide the electric bill when it comes.

Step 7.
Most important...make sure that you pay the bills and always get the mail. If this doesn't work, save some 'mad' money and pay cash. However, all of my builds have been when I had the spare money. Now that the electric bills are over $300 a month with the AC on, I only have 1 PC running at home. When it cools off, I will restart some of the quaddies to heat the basement.

See, they are all the same....yeah, right...
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Grawlfang · Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:37 am Post subject: Re: So, how do you do it?

KWSN - Sir Brian C....... · Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 7:34 am Post subject:

easy....

live on your own......

cheaper all round, and you can offset the hardware costs / electricity bills / time against the running costs of said other half....

(now there are some "fringe benefits" that you miss out on, but when you're married, those are few and far between anyway, so it those become less applicable)....

Twisted Evil

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jbyram2 · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 4:39 pm Post subject:

I let her complain, and then keep shrubbing.
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Killerrabbit · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:59 pm Post subject:

Sir Stopper let us know how it goes when you lay down your manly law. I shall pray she will let you live.

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stooper101 · Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:16 am Post subject:

Well, don't say anything but I just ordered the rest of a new system that should be up and running in a week or so.

She knows that I ordered, just not what. Twisted Evil

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Grawlfang · Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 3:09 am Post subject:

Killerrabbit · Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:30 am Post subject:

Shall I start courting the soon to be widowed Lady Stooper?

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Killerrabbit · Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:28 am Post subject:

I have no clue, I mean wouldn't she have to be to be married to Sir Stooper? Razz

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