Sleeping On The Couch

An alert reader has often related how, after he rushed out and purchased a thousand-dollar stereo item, found himself sleeping on the couch until he returned it.

This is a sad thing.  Apparently, his devoted wife thinks fixing roof leaks somehow take 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 "we" needed.

Funny how the argument 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 gleefully lifting floorboards.