What nobody has apparently explained to you yet, Josh, is that even if it were "your" house, it would be "her" house if she lived there, and you'd still have to live by her rules. Just ask us married guys ;) Andy At 09:29 PM 11/25/02 -0600, you wrote: >Well, my girlfriend does get a bit annoyed at times. We live in >different cities for 8 months of the year, so for the most part I have >free reign. Thing is, the 4 months we're together, we're at her house, >so she rules. Generally it works out as I have a large workshop to do >with as I wish at work. So I do my building during the day. When I move >there full time, we're going to need a large house...in addition to all >my electronics and computer and the usual, she has numerous sewing >machines, a quilting machine setup (which I will one day build a PIC >add-on to), stores of fabric, toys, puzzles, and many many clothes. > >She is fairly tolerant of what I do. Most of the time she is somewhat >interested in my projects, especially when she stands to benefit from >them. I help her out with her stuff, and she helps me out with mine on >occasion. We will need a huge house one day though...because we are both >gatherers :) > >Josh >-- >A common mistake that people make when trying to design something >completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete >fools. > -Douglas Adams > >William Chops Westfield wrote: >> How well does your partner put up with you using the house as a workshop, >> bits of electronic components getting trodden round the building > >> Of course, this requires a large house... Can't wait for the kids to >> move out! > >-- >http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different >ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- Race Boats - andy@RC-Hydros.com http://www.RC-Hydros.com Airplanes - andy@FlyingHobbies.com http://www.FlyingHobbies.com Electronics - andy@MontanaDesign.com http://www.MontanaDesign.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body