Eisboch,
You're not thinking correctly, you should have done as your wife would
have (most any woman actually), had the situation been reversed. When she
admonished you, you should immediately replied with a hurt look and an
indignant voice: "Well, it was the boat I was willing to give up!!!" You can
keep a straight face can't you? :-) If we as men are going to survive, we
have to learn their tactics.
Paul


"Eisboch" wrote in message
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Oh, man. :-) Mrs.E actually suggested that once in a hypothetical way.
During one of our "conversations" she asked how I would like it if she
said that I had to choose between her and the boat, and I answered, "Well,
I suppose there is some things I can live without". She doesn't always
appreciate my humor and I damn near caught a horseshoe off the back of my
head.

Eisboch