paeon

Paeon to SWMBO

Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 
From: Tom Price
To:   OldTools
Subject: Long Suffering SWMBO's

... Picture this from a SWMBO's perspective: your SO spends significant
amounts of time in front of a computer muttering to himself and
occasionally chuckling. He gets up to read obscure facts from reference
books and returns to the computer to type in these arcane bits of
trivia. He spends large amounts of his spare time cleaning up rusty
objects and soaking other rusty chunks of metal in something called an
electrolysis bath. He is besotted with shapely 'totes' which is what he
calls the handles on those planes he brings home from flea markets. He
seems to know the location of every antique store and flea market within
a 50 mile radius. He spends a long time on any given project because he
spends an inordinate amount of time sharpening pieces of steel. His shop
is littered with pieces of sandpaper which he uses to sharpen said
pieces of steel. He speaks in evangelistic terms to his normal
(non-Galoot) woodworking friends about something that sounds like
'scarysharp'. He speaks of the 'other Galoots' as if he knew them
personally. He seems to cut himself more often. He has no hair on the
backs of his hands and forearms. He wears his Galoot cap around the
house. He has lately become obsessed with flywheels. He is of no use on
the first Monday of the month. He is happy in his madness.
**************************** 
Tom Price 
Brakes For Rust


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