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[Currahee Chris]

Chris,

I'm with Louis on this one - the law won't help you here. There is an alternative................

Did I mention that I am starting collectors anonymous All you have to do to kick the habit completely, is fly business class to London, we don't want you to be too tired, stay in one of our reasonably priced hotels - ($200-250 per night no breakfast should cover it), and pay a donation to the ' get these other people of the collecting habit so I can buy mine' registered charity in order to attend our course. We run annual courses so that you don't slip back and this also keeps the charity going.

Explain this to the wife, she will understand and endorse your treatment immediately - or let you buy the ship

HA!! Wonderful solution- of course, we could just fly business class and she allow me to go to the London TS show (we both fancy England) and she go off on one of the Jane Austen motorcoach tours.

And in the meantime, I find you, Simon and that globetrotting raggamuffin Harry and we all find a pub, throw a few back and I crack all you guys up with my rendition of the Star Spangled Banner in my best Cockney accent!!

Cheers Mate!!
CC

 

[Capitolron]

Chris

I have an invoice ready for you for in Lobbying Services - pay me and I can buy what you little heart desires. Then you didnt buy Toy Soldiers !!

Ron

 

[Currahee Chris]

Chris

I have an invoice ready for you for in Lobbying Services - pay me and I can buy what you little heart desires. Then you didnt buy Toy Soldiers !!

Ron

Ha!!! I knew I could count on you to help me out!!! You take plastic right????

I did find a pretty shifty angle- THE TRADE!! Oh yes, me and some of my other buddies have executed trades during said toy soldier blackout period- got some dirty looks from the wife but she was cool with it.

It's really a game of one-ups(wo)manship and I think, being the seasoned players at the game that her and I are- she appreciated the cleverness of my ploy and gave me some "you played the game well" respect between two veteran players of the game- much like Patton and Rommell respected each other.

 

[Capitolron]

Anything for a friend Chris ..... Anything for a friend.

 

[sceic2]

Chris, a word of advice from a squid to a ground pounder, I have been reading this thread with a sense of humor; I am positive that was your intention for starting it. But, I do feel some small bit of responsibility in the back of my mind to remind you of something very important and I just have this overwhelming urge to tell you of that responsibility….

Life is about consequences.

 

[Currahee Chris]

I have been reading this thread with a sense of humor; I am positive that was your intention for starting it.

Roger that!! That's a good copy.

 

[Peter Reuss]

Roger that!! That's a good copy.

Wait...you two AGREE?

What's next - will you both have a group hug with an Airman?

 

[DMNamiot]

Wow Chris I leave out of my sight for a few days and whamo you become that Soldier! You know what I mean the 1 guy in the platoon you spend 98% of your time on. So here is my advise:

Ruck Up Little Princess!!! You aint in the Infantry you're AIRBORNE NOW!!!


Or you could just do what I do and practice some slight of hand and buy yourself the gift you want wrap it up and hide it way in the back of the tree or in the treebranches to Daddy from your favorite newborn kid or a pet or even Rudolph you choose because when you open it on the day she cant go too nuts or the kids will catch on...

This works pretty well for a few years especially while the kids are little and it becomes a fun little game you can antogonize your wife with

remember we're your friends here...

All the best my friend

Dave

 

[gk5717]

Chris, are you bigger than she is? I assume so, that should solve the problem!
Just kidding guys!
Gary

 

[Currahee Chris]

Wow Chris I leave out of my sight for a few days and whamo you become that Soldier! You know what I mean the 1 guy in the platoon you spend 98% of your time on. So here is my advise:

Ruck Up Little Princess!!! You aint in the Infantry you're AIRBORNE NOW!!!


Or you could just do what I do and practice some slight of hand and buy yourself the gift you want wrap it up and hide it way in the back of the tree or in the treebranches to Daddy from your favorite newborn kid or a pet or even Rudolph you choose because when you open it on the day she cant go too nuts or the kids will catch on...

This works pretty well for a few years especially while the kids are little and it becomes a fun little game you can antogonize your wife with

remember we're your friends here...

All the best my friend

Dave

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! Good to hear from you sir!!! Yeah, I WAS AND WILL ALWAYS BE- THAT SOLDIER- Should have seen the face on my 1SGT when I was 3 hours late and slightly hung over when I reported to arms room guard detail one Sunday morning on the Z- yeah, it didn't go so well for me.

Sir- my wife, she is AMAZING!! Finely tuned senses, calibrated and tempered through the tumultous period of my toy soldier collecting career. I am telling you now- she can smell a fresh box of KC soldiers at about 2 klicks!!! She can hear even the quietest, slowest removal of the rubber band while at work- AT HER DAYCARE- IN THE INFANT ROOM!!! No sir, even I know when tempting fate is a bad idea- there are just WAY too many variables for me to overcome here. Plus, I think she has every mailman, fedex guy and UPS guy-in a 3 county area- on the payroll and lookout for deliveries to the house-

I'm telling you- this goes WAY deeper than just a subtle agreement. I have a feeling, this agreement will set a trend-once you give in, they just keep asking for more

You fellas would be wise to learn from my misery!!

Yes, I am SIGNIFICANTLY larger than my wife ( there is another Pandora's box with only one correct answer- the one I gave). She is sweet as sugar but so help me, cross her and you are taking your life in your own hands!!

 

[maloyalo]

so I signed a contract with her stipulating that if I bought any toy soldiers between now and Feb 16, 2008, I would donate $350 to our United Methodist Church. QUOTE]

I definately can relate to this. It is very strange, in that I can often win a battle, but I always seem to loose the war. I had come to the conclusion that one of the best methods of dealing with it, was in fact bribes. There is a built-in factor against us, in that they can just point to all the stuff and do the math. While what they spend on is not so obvious, generally consumed or intangible (I generalize...thats just what I experience).

But then you have to figure in the bribe with the cost, so it about doubles the cost of things. But in reality there is a fairness in that. Or you can think of it as one for the Master, one for the Dame, and one for the little boy that collects toy soldiers.

I suggest to try to stick to the contract this time, but never commit to such a long period again! You can get the shakes and see imaginary armies, trying to go cold turkey that long.

 

[Currahee Chris]

Christmas update-

Well, my wife wanted me to get her wedding ring resized, which I did. My son was passing out the presents from under the tree and he hands her a box- I saw it from a distance and it looked like one of the "Solo" KC figure boxes. I saw the look of excitement as she thought "this might be that ring!!" but, the next words were:

"Oh Good God, if I see KING AND COUNTRY again I'll scream!!"- and she tossed the partially unwrapped trooper over to me. I unleashed him from his cardboard prison and he fell into the rank and file troopers who are on a forced march to stem the American airborne advance.

6 weeks to go..................

 

[jazzeum]

Chris,

We must make sure that the spouses don't read this forum for if they did, they'd gang up together and our collective gooses would be cooked.

 

[Currahee Chris]

WAAHHOOO!!!

Midnight tonight EST the agreement is SUNK!!

Granted, I purchased the Roman War Galley but that has been it these past 90 days!! It has been tough but was worth it in the end as it gave me the money to get the War Galley. Christmas was a reprieve as well as I got some troops then too.

Well, just got to hold out a few more hours............. fortunately all the Gettysburg shops are closed now.

 

[sceic2]

............. fortunately all the Gettysburg shops are closed now.

Oh really? They will never be open again? You foolish man. She will have another plan. Just wait and see. Beware my friend. And the stores will be open tomorrow so you can find salvation.

 

[Gideon]

It might not be a valid contract but...

It is not uncommon for a persons collection to wind up strewn about and thrown all over a room causing irreparable damage.

In your case, I would cough up that $350 bucks and do as she says you said you were gonna do.