Sleeping on the Couch

An alert reader has often related how, after he rushed out and purchased an expensive, but essential stereo item, found himself sleeping on the couch until he returned it.

This is a bad thing.  Apparently, his devoted wife thought fixing roof leaks somehow took precedent over, say, a CD recorder. Just a sad situation for the music buffs among us.

I do the same thing - I come racing home with a programmable turntable or some such, and get the same treatment from my Sainted wife.  The difference here is that I merely point out what she spent on mulch (see recent article) or some new boxwoods (she is endlessly having "people" install these things).

Funny how the argument immediately resolves itself.  And boy, do I have some nifty stereo gear. She can boxwood and mulch the entire town for all I care, as long as that $900 subwoofer is safely lifting floorboards.