Re: TC -or- the WIFE ! H E L P !

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Original poster: "colin.heath4" <colin.heath4-at-ntlworld-dot-com> 

hi there,
             i must agree with these statements in part. i was spending all
my spare time in the garage to begin with, which was of course(and rightly
so) upsetting the wife. but now i have calmed down a bit and spend a bit
more time in the house my wife is fine with it. the only thing to cure the
fear of the coil is getting people used to it! my wife was scared stiff of
the 2' arcs i was making at first fearing me burning down my whole town. now
she looks upon my 5' arcs and says come you can get bigger than that. i now
tell her of the planned 10' arcs form the magnifier and shes not scared now
but just thinks im mad for having such a strange hobby.
so my advice is get your wife to read the list a bit. perhaps even ask the
questions for herself. the other thing is to let her see pics of huge arcs
so yours will seem smaller. and last but not least try to get her to
understand.
cheers
colin heath
sparking in the uk
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 > Original poster: "S.Gaeta" <sgtporky-at-prodigy-dot-net>
 >
 > It's so ironic that guys are always complaining that girlfriends and wives
 > don't understand this stuff, and/or can't stand it, yet when a woman comes
 > along that enjoys it, she is either ignored, branded a nut case, or a
 > lesbian. The thought is that girls shouldn't do stuff. I may be a little
bit
 > of a 'Psycho-tech' (I like that better than "Mad Scientist" since being
 > around high voltage makes me insanely happy, not mad), but one thing I for
 > sure is that I am not a lesbian. Not that it's anybody's business, but I
put
 > that forth to qualify my next statement; that no man is worth giving up
this
 > wonderful hobby for. Anyone who would want me to do that is a jerk anyway.
 >
 > There are many of you here that I am good friends with, and there are also
 > some of you out there that have no problem with women who dream of PDTs,
and
 > 15 foot arcs. This post isn't intended for you guys, but to the rest of
 > you - make up your mind! How do expect women to like this stuff if you
don't
 > encourage them to like this stuff!
 >
 > *Psychotech steps off the soapbox*
 >
 > To keep this post to the original subject matter, I would recommend
keeping
 > the coil. No woman is worth giving up this wonderful hobby for! You might
 > think that you can do without it for a while, maybe even a few years, but
 > one day that desire to create lightning bolts will only come back to haunt
 > you again. The only way to satisfy that hunger is to close that big
switch!
 >
 > Good luck Dan, I hope she decides to accept you and the toys.
 >
 > Sue (Psychotechnician, and proud of it!)
 >
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 8:45 PM
 > Subject: Re: TC -or- the WIFE ! H E L P !
 >
 >
 >  > Original poster: "kayaker" <kayaker-at-sbcglobal-dot-net>
 >  >
 >  > Hello Dan:-)
 >  >
 >  > I couldn't agree more with Chris. I've been married for about
twenty-five
 >  > years out here in California.
 >  > One other piece of advice. Do not wait for everything to hit the fan.
Do
 >  > seek a marriage consular.
 >  > I was lucky I had a male marriage consultant. Marriage has never been
 > easy.
 >  > The human psyche, if it were as simple as being a clam. We'd have it
made.
 >  > Marriage will take more patience than you thought you ever possessed.
Take
 >  > it on good advice from someone who has already traveled on that path of
 >  > roses. Happy coiling.
 >  >
 >  > Doug Allen-Hollister, CA
 >  > ----- Original Message -----
 >  > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 11:54 AM
 >  > Subject: TC -or- the WIFE ! H E L P !
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >  > Original poster: Dan <toodamtall1-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >  >  >
 >  >  > I need help, or a good divorce lawyer. Anyone work in
 >  >  > marital litigation??
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Well, I was telling the wife about a component I found
 >  >  > for my TC (my first BIG mistake I know) and she lost
 >  >  > it.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > She thinks the TC is going to kill the little kid next
 >  >  > door -or- ours.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > What do I do. I know number ONE is don't EVER mention
 >  >  > the TC again. But I think she's getting something
 >  >  > (that time of the month) which only aggravates it. But
 >  >  > she has expressed seVere dislike for the TC in the
 >  >  > past. God why did I do this to myself? I mean get
 >  >  > married????? DOH! YOu single guys out there;
 >  >  >
 >  >  > DON'T DO IT ! ! ! ! !
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Help!
 >  >  > Dan-Ft. Lauderdale
 >  >  >
 >  >  > _
 >  >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >
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