Spouses and new gadgets

[john smith]

When I got home from AirVenture, I described the GPS 496 and its
capabilities to my wife. Her first comment in reply, "Sounds expensive."

[Thomas Borchert]

John,

> When I got home from AirVenture, I described the GPS 496 and its
> capabilities to my wife. Her first comment in reply, "Sounds expensive."
>

And it does ;-)

In a similar thread here someone suggested getting a new spouse. That
sounds even more expensive to me.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

[Grumman-581[_1_]]

On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 20:33:47 +0200, Thomas Borchert
> wrote:
> In a similar thread here someone suggested getting a new spouse. That
> sounds even more expensive to me.

A wise man once said that the most expensive hobby is not aircraft nor
is it boating -- it's collecting ex-wives...

[Kyle Boatright]

"john smith" > wrote in message
...
> When I got home from AirVenture, I described the GPS 496 and its
> capabilities to my wife. Her first comment in reply, "Sounds expensive."

My wife was at Airventure with me both this year and last year. Both years,
she's said "Why not buy one of the weather/GPS units?"...

My answer: $3k up front plus $400/yr is a LOT for something that will only
come in handy a few times a year.

I'd prefer a GPS slaved wing leveler for $2k. It would be helpful on every
cross country and doesn't come with the burden of annual fees.

KB

[Bob Moore]

Grumman-581 wrote
> A wise man once said that the most expensive hobby is not aircraft nor
> is it boating -- it's collecting ex-wives...

A hobby engaged in by a lot of airline pilots.

Bob Moore

[Ron Natalie]

Thomas Borchert wrote:
> John,
>
>> When I got home from AirVenture, I described the GPS 496 and its
>> capabilities to my wife. Her first comment in reply, "Sounds expensive."
>>
>
> And it does ;-)
>
> In a similar thread here someone suggested getting a new spouse. That
> sounds even more expensive to me.
>
Or get a wife into flying. Margy and I have the problem is that
we don't check each other. The only drawback of this is she wants
to fly half the legs.

[John Doe[_2_]]

"Kyle Boatright" > wrote in message
. ..
>

> My answer: $3k up front plus $400/yr is a LOT for something that will
> only come in handy a few times a year.
>

Depends on what kind of flying you do.

There's already been more times this year that I have said, wow, I really
wish I had a 396 (for both weather and terrain).

I would have gladly cut a check on the spot during any of those times.

[Cub Driver]

On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 18:00:19 GMT, john smith > wrote:

>When I got home from AirVenture, I described the GPS 496 and its
>capabilities to my wife. Her first comment in reply, "Sounds expensive."

And she was right, of course. Too expensive for me!

My wife and I have an unspoken agreement. I don't ask what she spends
at Tabot's (Chico's, LLBean, etc etc) and she doesn't ask me what I
spend on flying.


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