There IS a Goddess of Women!

[Blackbird]

My wife Jennie is currently in the UK, hammering the plastic with her sister. I have just discovered that there is a Goddess of Women and She has just pointed out to me that men are utterly useless on their own. Last weekend, I rode 200 km up to Coromandel in pouring rain to finish painting the bathroom so that Jennie would have nothing to complain about when she gets home. The moment I got there, the sun came out and the weather has of course been fantastic ever since. Despite offers to go fishing with neighbours, I diligently stayed indoors focused on the task at hand (as guys do) all weekend then rode home again on Monday afternoon. It was a lovely ride home and I was of charitable disposition.

I had been somewhat negligent about the clothes washing schedule and was fast running out of work shirts so went into the laundry and bunged a full load in the washing machine. This included some smalls of Jennie's which I imagine she expected me to wash the day she departed for the UK. (fat chance, hehe). Having set all that up, I strolled into the dining room to find a dismembered duck which had presumably been caught down at the local creek by one of the cats (Jennie's, I'll warrant). Cleaned the mess up and went back to the laundry to find that the sodding washing machine had jammed up part the way through the cycle. Here it was, absolutely chokka and I didn't have a clue. Blood pressure rising. Damn, will call the repair man in the morning. Wander into a spare bedroom and find yet another partially demolished duck - Jennie's cat staying well out of the way - it probably detected the bad vibes from that part of the house. Wise cat. Clean up the mess and then notice that the cat doesn't actually like duck very much - there is cat sick with feathers all over the spare bed duvet. Now almost out of control - washing machine kaput and no automated means of getting sick off duvet.

Go into other spare bedroom to check on weekend's crop of emails. Drag and drop emails for Jennie into her folder. Not looking what I'm doing due to extreme anger and delete her folder - I DON'T BLOODY BELIEVE WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME. Give up on everything and go and cook tea. Sulk for the rest of the evening and feel sorry for myself. Send email to Jennie apologising for the deleting episode - best done at long range methinks.

Next morning, call the appliance repair man - at least he comes promptly. Spends 5 minutes in the bowels of the washing machine (at least I'd hauled out the soggy clothes for him) and he produces a steel wire from one of Jennie's bras I'd washed - it had jammed the pump impellor! So now I'm expecting a monstrous bill for a 5 minute job which I could have done myself if I'd known where to look. The duvet with cat sick on it came up rather nicely though.

Then there is the problem I have with Xtra broadband playing up, and my post about an apparent browser glitch or hijack.


I don't like bachelorhood :crybaby:

Jennie is back on November 5th. Knowing my luck, she will be jet-lagged and the only fireworks I’ll get will be of the purchased kind.

Thank you for listening to my rant, I feel somewhat better now!

[Sniper]

Bad luck mate.

Go for a ride, you know you want to....

[MSTRS]

I thought it was women who got TheCurse.

[pyrocam]

shit mate. I can imagine the feeling. peace

[crashe]

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

see you men are totally hopeless....

oh and women can multi-task as well.

[emaN]

that 'pub meal/couple of beers' option at Okoroire pub is sounding pretty good right about now... Still keen?

[Blackbird]

that 'pub meal/couple of beers' option at Okoroire pub is sounding pretty good right about now... Still keen?

Sounds superb! How about one evening next week if the weather is nice? Unfortunately shopping tonight in readiness for heading off to Coromandel tomorrow night. Can ring you early next week and see how we're both placed?

Cheers

Geoff

[emaN]

yep... Mon or Weds is best. if Weds, i could likely get my bro-in-law along too...(he's an 'almost' biker, i'm still working on him!) Talk later...

[Warr]

What are you doing at work there Geoff, should get ount on the bird now for a fang !!
BTW - had the VFR on the road over the w/end. Goes very nice. Sure makes you wonder whats up when you get back on the XJ !!

[ManDownUnder]

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

see you men are totally hopeless....

oh and women can multi-task as well.

So you can generalise AND do other things at the same time - cool...

[ManDownUnder]

Blackbird - don't give up on it mate. There is a serenity that can only be found alone in your own home.

Sounds like that last try went kinda bad... no worries - we've all been there. No you appreciate what's being done around the place (and not by you)... now you value your "significant other" in a new way - that's all good too.

Do what I did - miss her like hell - enjoy the time alone, and do those things you normally couldn't get permission for...

[Blackbird]

Blackbird - don't give up on it mate. There is a serenity that can only be found alone in your own home.

Sounds like that last try went kinda bad... no worries - we've all been there. No you appreciate what's being done around the place (and not by you)... now you value your "significant other" in a new way - that's all good too.

Do what I did - miss her like hell - enjoy the time alone, and do those things you normally couldn't get permission for...


Yep, all of those things! I do miss her badly, I do appreciate her (and hope she brings me some goodies back for basically being a good boy). Time alone is filled up with tasks from Management, presumably because she thinks that I'd get bored otherwise. As for getting up to things, the Boys Blackbird Weekend (plus VFR) a couple of weekends ago in Coromandel was pretty darned fine, although I did have Management permission.

Geoff

[emaN]

multi-task...piece o' weasel! i can change down, blip the throttle, brake,....panic, slide, correct it, slide some more, "ride" into a ditch AND decide whether to jump ship or not....
re the missus - "you don't know what you got 'till it's gone" (who sung that?) i guess...Mine did a 3wk trip last year, was great 'cos i got to be messy/smelly/make rude noises and laugh about it, but sure was glad to have her company again when she got back!

[Blackbird]

"you don't know what you got 'till it's gone" (who sung that?)


Joni Mitchell - "Big Yellow Taxi". That dates you :whistle:

[Karma]

Joni Mitchell - "Big Yellow Taxi". That dates you :whistle:


Or it could have been the Janet Jackson one she did a few years back...

or even the... Ronan Keeting version knocked out a year or two ago.


The original is still the best :niceone:

[emaN]

remembered...it was good ol' "Cinderella"! won't catch me humming along to anything Ronan keating-ish while i'm out ridin'!

[PZR]

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

see you men are totally hopeless....

oh and women can multi-task as well.


It seems to me that the alleged womans "ability to multitask" is in fact an excuse to start 10 different things, finish maybe one of them and leave the rest in a mess all over the house. Sheesh!!!
When my wife and kids go away, which is approx 10-12 weeks a year, the place does not get in the same mess in the first place. I used to hate being alone but these days I love the peace and quiet (and having all the bed to myself)
And I can go riding when ever I want:niceone:

[Blackbird]

It seems to me that the alleged womans "ability to multitask" is in fact an excuse to start 10 different things, finish maybe one of them and leave the rest in a mess all over the house. Sheesh!!!:

Geez - you're brave. I take it your wife doesn't have access to this thread then? :whistle:

[Biff]

oh and women can multi-task as well.

Personaly I'd rather do one job well, than several jobs badly. (-:

Chin up Geoff. Fart, swear, watch porn, eat pizza, drink beer and get your mates around to talk bollox in the evenings. That's what batchelorhood is all about. Alledgedly.

And don't forget to send your good lady a text message while she's on the airplane, simply saying, "Brace yourself".

[Leong]

When my wife and kids go away, which is approx 10-12 weeks a year, the place does not get in the same mess in the first place. I used to hate being alone but these days I love the peace and quiet (and having all the bed to myself)
And I can go riding when ever I want:niceone:

Man you're lucky, my wife goes off, admittedly for only about 10 days, but leaves the kids with me!! So there's no peace and quiet, and I have to clean up after the kids etc, and go to work!!

Actually, not that bad really, it's fun taking the kids out by myself, and I can spoil them too!! All down to attitude really...

[Blackbird]

It is nice to have the place to yourself for a while but it's always fantastic to see your partner again. Without trying to sound like a sensitive new age biker (ugh...), we've been married for 33 years, still very much in love, best mates and do heaps together. The kids are scattered across the Globe and it's bloody fantastic doing things that just suit the 2 of us.

One of the greatest pleasures is to get back home from doing stuff together to find a voice mail message from one of our kids demanding to know where we are. Boot's on the other foot now! :done:

[Lou Girardin]

, simply saying, "Brace yourself".

That's foreplay isn't it?

[Blackbird]

That's foreplay isn't it?


Nope, that's "You awake hon?"

[sels1]

see you men are totally hopeless....

oh and women can multi-task as well.

So look around you...the computer you use...the house, plumbing, electricity, cars,bikes, roads, bulidings, planes pretty much Everything is invented and maintained by MEN. Remember that.
Multi tasking? - To invent and create you need to be focused.

[Karma]

So look around you...the computer you use...the house, plumbing, electricity, cars,bikes, roads, bulidings, planes pretty much Everything is invented and maintained by MEN. Remember that.
Multi tasking? - To invente and create you need to be focused.


And lets not forget the biblical implecations.

God created MAN in his own imagine... therefore God must be a man

Also...

Adam came first. :done:

[Goddess of Goof]

So look around you...the computer you use...the house, plumbing, electricity, cars,bikes, roads, bulidings, planes pretty much Everything is invented and maintained by MEN. Remember that.
Multi tasking? - To invent and create you need to be focused.

Knife and fork.
Bread and butter.
Cup and saucer.
Bacon and eggs.

Women and men.

Obvious really. They need each other for the totally different qualities each possess. Viva la difference !

Personally, I would hate to live in a world without the opposite sex in it.

Imagine, all those lovely big fast motorcycles and no men in black leathers to ride them.................


:cry:

[Karma]

Brings back a quote from a very wise person in 3rd Rock from the Sun

Harry Solomon: Women. You can't live with 'em, and yet they're everywhere.

[SPORK]

Brings back a quote from a very wise person in 3rd Rock from the Sun

Harry Solomon: Women. You can't live with 'em, and yet they're everywhere.
Women, can't live without them, and can't legally deport them to a Siberian salt mine when they're asleep.

[Biff]

That's foreplay isn't it?

So I was taught.
These days though foreplay consists of me rolling over, snoring, and my good lady saying, "oh, I guess you've finished".

[Blackbird]

:whistle: At least you probably haven't fallen asleep in the middle of ummm ... y'know.

It was many years ago in the UK when I had been working 16 hour shifts on a consultancy project and my wife was pleased to see me home for a weekend. Some use I was :argh:

[mstriumph]

So look around you...the computer you use...the house, plumbing, electricity, cars,bikes, roads, bulidings, planes pretty much Everything is invented and maintained by MEN. Remember that.
Multi tasking? - To invent and create you need to be focused.

Bras ..... u missed out bras :mellow:

[sels1]

Knife and fork.
Bread and butter.
Cup and saucer.
Bacon and eggs.
Women and men.
Obvious really. They need each other for the totally different qualities each possess. Viva la difference !
Personally, I would hate to live in a world without the opposite sex in it.


Totally agree. I was (over?)reacting to a bit of percieved male bashing which was probably meant in good spirit.

[sels1]

Bras ..... u missed out bras :mellow:

Damn....I always miss the important bits...