On Mon, 25 Oct 2010 07:55:36 -0400, John H
wrote:

Pilots and co-pilots have this little ritual of doing a preflight
checklist of important things before takeoff. Maybe Mrs H would be
willing to take ownership of something like that since wives seem to
always take interest in "honey do" lists.

See, and here I'm thinking she owns too much already! Trust me, without my
saying a word, I'll be asked every time we go out, "Is the battery all charged
up, sweetie?" (Underneath will be a tone that says, "You dumb ****!"
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I understand perfectly. It's possible however that if you made it an
"official" process, some of the attitude might go away.