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> There are benefits to not being married sometimes, Or how I decorate my living room
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post Jun 20 2011, 11:13 PM
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So I started restoring a 914 -6 10 weeks ago. . I'm retired so i can spend 8 hours a day no sweat, I finished the body and lower portion is painted. . . start exterior paint tomorrow. . .

in the meantime I've been redoing all the components and, as a true Porsche guy, don't want them laying around getting dirty so what better place than all over my living room floor. .
My ex would have never allowed this. . too bad. .


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post Jun 20 2011, 11:19 PM
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Most excellent use of the living room. Keep us posted on your progress - and my wife does let me bring in a few parts during the winter but not the entire suspension. Very nice work.
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post Jun 20 2011, 11:25 PM
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i rebuild stuff on my kitchen counter all the time [lots of counter space!]
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post Jun 21 2011, 01:54 AM
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My wife is great she let me have a bigger garage, maybe to stop me bringing parts into the lounge (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Jun 21 2011, 05:14 AM
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Ha ha ha, see you that and raise you one... I've got a BMW R1100RS in mine. It lost one cylinder but has spark on that side. This is Houston so it's way too hot/humid and the mosquitoes way too large and athletic for me to work outside.
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post Jun 21 2011, 06:21 AM
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Wow! Nice work. I'm also not married and bring my parts into the house all the time. What better place to keep them safe from harm after they've been rebuilt!
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post Jun 21 2011, 06:25 AM
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Nice decor! That looks like it will be a super nice /6.

Post some pictures of the rest of your restoration.

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post Jun 21 2011, 06:27 AM
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I am married and still have a Ducati in the LR
You just need to get the right wife.

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post Jun 21 2011, 08:11 AM
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I am married and still have a Ducati in the LR
You just need to get the right wife.

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She IS a keeper for sure. But seriously there; It's not like you have any room left in your shop with the other 15+ bikes, cars and other manly offerings. . . You can't let that just sit outside can ya?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Jun 21 2011, 08:16 AM
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Nice work on the six; I am jealous. Given that we never use the living room, that would seem (to me) to be a most excellent use of space. Unfortunately my wife is a little less liberal when it comes to car parts in the house.
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post Jun 21 2011, 09:50 AM
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Looks like an excellent -6 resto from what you've posted. I hope to see it at some of the PCA SDR & other Zone 8 events once done.

My wife has all of HER hobby crapola in our LR & DR - painting, quilting, vintage dishes, etc. - so I get a corner with the latest item being worked on or last shipment from the usual sources! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

Gotta rework the garage & outdoor storage for more work space out there! Fortunately SoCal isn't like Houston's B-29 sized mosquitos! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Jun 21 2011, 10:03 AM
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This was our dining room in my first place... AFTER becoming single again back in 93-94. I thought it looked quite nice/homey.

The niegbors were not as pleased....


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post Jun 21 2011, 10:06 AM
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here is the new house living room, right after we moved in in 2008. This was my now wifes idea - although I cant actually play it up there (she is no dummy....)


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post Jun 21 2011, 10:12 AM
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back in the 80's, A dear friend of mine, Had a four car garage full of projects, so he added sliding glass doors to his living room and parked his Ferrari 308GTB there. Looked great!
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post Jun 21 2011, 01:18 PM
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As others have stated.. It is all in WHO you marry...
Something to be said about having similar interests..
My wife was at my Mechanics Shop with me all the time when we were growing up.

Her daily drivers over the years have ranged from a
1970 Targa to a Sunbeam Tiger to a 1990 ZR1 Corvette..
Currently an 86 911 and a 99 A4 Quattro.
She learned to drive a standard on my 6 when she was about 16

Then again, I had the luxury of knowing her from when she was preschool.
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post Jun 21 2011, 01:55 PM
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QUOTE(gandalf_025 @ Jun 21 2011, 12:18 PM) *

As others have stated.. It is all in WHO you marry...
Something to be said about having similar interests..

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Truer words have never been spoken. I am teaching my son that concept at the present...
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post Jun 21 2011, 02:05 PM
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my wife has agreed to never ask about what is in the barn....and nothing comes in the house except books and greasy people....

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post Jun 21 2011, 02:20 PM
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I both agree and disagree. I think it is a simple matter of respect - I respect what she likes and she does the same with me - to a point - Ha!

I actually would become annoyed with having somone where we shadowed each other all the time. I love my wife and kiddos more than anything, but it is nice to have a quiet moment ot two down in the shop or behind a kit once in a while to shake off the day. Cars and drums are my thing. Triathlons are her thing. Everything else from skiing to traveling to working on the house - and obviously family - are "our" thing. It's great, I feel very very lucky. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)
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post Jun 21 2011, 03:04 PM
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Something to be said about having similar interests..


That's one aspect, but another aspect is respecting each others interests, even if you don't share them.

Generally speaking, she might not care about cars, but she should recognize the fact that working on them makes him happy. He might not care about clothes and shoes, but he should recognize the fact that she loves them.

My uncle is an original owner of a TR-3. She doesn't care about cars one single bit and has only ridden in it a couple times in the 40+ years they have been together. But she doesn't tell him it's either "her or the car". It's part of who he is and what makes him happy.
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post Jun 21 2011, 03:12 PM
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