Wife's gone to visit Dad, Home Alone
10-14-20, 07:53 PM
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Wife's gone to visit Dad, Home Alone
So I brought some bikes into the house from the garage.
Makes the house less empty.
Makes me smile.
Is this an illness?
a sample
Maybe I need the security blanket of it all.
Makes the house less empty.
Makes me smile.
Is this an illness?
a sample
Maybe I need the security blanket of it all.
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10-14-20, 08:19 PM
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So who's company do you prefer?
10-14-20, 08:24 PM
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Buddy of mine drug the engine he was rebuilding into the kitchen when the wife was away. Whilst torquing down the head, she walked in. Which alone would have been a problem, but not wanting to lose his place in the sequence he didn't look up or say hello until he finished.
Soon enough he had as much alone time with his engines as he wanted.
Soon enough he had as much alone time with his engines as he wanted.
10-14-20, 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Bassmanbob
So who's company do you prefer?
Originally Posted by downtube42
Buddy of mine drug the engine he was rebuilding into the kitchen when the wife was away. Whilst torquing down the head, she walked in. Which alone would have been a problem, but not wanting to lose his place in the sequence he didn't look up or say hello until he finished.
Soon enough he had as much alone time with his engines as he wanted.
Soon enough he had as much alone time with his engines as he wanted.
And By The Way - i do not talk to them.
10-15-20, 09:54 AM
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I have done similar things.I have interests in bikes , automotive, scale modeling and gunsmithing . it nice to have favorite items closer to ones self. There is no cure for this illness.
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Doesn't everyone store their bikes in the house? I once had a woman who complained about my bikes being in the house. She woke up to find my Harley parked in the dining room the next day. After that, there was never a mention of my pedal bikes being indoors.
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My living room is full of bikes and tools and repair stands. They're my bona fides, man.
I guess as long as you don't dress the bikes up, and start inventing conversations going on between them, you're OK.
I guess as long as you don't dress the bikes up, and start inventing conversations going on between them, you're OK.
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Originally Posted by 2cam16
It will be an illness when you start sleeping with them in your bed. 
I'm not a Physician or Psychologist (nor have I ever pretended to be either), but I think that would be called a sickness not an illness.
10-19-20, 05:33 PM
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My first fiancé (took a few times to get it right!) once complained that “you love your bikes more than you love me.”
I did pause to reply.
I did pause to reply.
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Originally Posted by Bassmanbob
So who's company do you prefer?
