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

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Original poster: "Daniel Kline" <daniel_kline-at-med.unc.edu> 



 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
 > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 1:43 PM
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 > Subject: Re: TC -or- the WIFE ! H E L P !
 >
 >
 > 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!)

Wow, Sue. That's awesome :)
It's way nice to get validation from the other side once in a while.
Dan Kline