She knew what she was getting into when we were dating, and has been
terribly nice about it.

My own rule helps, though, anything I leave outside my room is fair game
for the kids and wife.  Sometimes I leave work related computers and
equipment around (I had taken up nearly 1/3 of the living room with
computers, cables, boxes and receipt printers over the last week), but I
always clear it with her, and move them if she so desires it.

It also helps that I'm burning the candle at both ends by working full
time and attending 8-10 hours of school at the university of michigan.
 I haven't done anything with electronics or PICs since I made my full
duplex bike intercom.  I've even received a free motorola 8-bit
evaluation board I've been carrying around in my pack hoping for a few
free minutes to hook it up and play with it.

As far as the actual workspace, we finished our basement (finished being
a relative term - no carpet or trim) last year an purposefully built a
workroom for my stuff.  It's small at 11' x 10', but it's set up well
enough that I can use it.

Curiosity may lead you to view the mess:
http://www.ubasics.com/adam/office/

BTW, I'm about to throw out some 80c196 boards, so if anyone wants them,
ask.

-Adam

Dominic Stratten 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, asking
>her/him to RRF in the middle of the night because they are taking up too
>much space in bed ;-)
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>All those late nights spend debugging code instead of sitting down with your
>hot chocolate and watching a good film, coming to bed muttering about
>interrupts, stack overflows and "whose stupid idea was it to use page
>banking".
>
>My ex-wife was terrible, she had no patience with my tinkering. Stuff would
>get mysteriously tidied away never to be seen again. Chips would look like
>they'd been trodden on, tools would be used to open cans etc.
>
>Current girlfriend is wonderful. She pays for my hobbies (I stay at home and
>look after a child with ADHD), rarely complains, totally ignores me when I
>start talking about electronic stuff and its only when she steps on
>something sharp that I really get it in the neck.
>
>How do your partners cope ? ;-)
>
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>Dom
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