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« on: October 31, 2005, 12:15:10 AM »
Most importantly:

Make Gravy! No one can do this anymore and we're worse off for it.

Less critical but still important:

Remove grass stains.
Pluck eyebrows.
Tat Lace.

(Oh, come on..you saw this coming, didn't you?)

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« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2005, 12:53:59 AM »
(And Grampster, I'm kind of busy the next couple days and may not be able to check in, but I expect a properly-sarcastic response here. Smiley )

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« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2005, 01:15:46 AM »
Barb, when someone "tats lace" what the hell are they doing?  

I'll vote for gravy any day, are there biscuits with that?

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« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2005, 02:42:03 AM »
My wife can make gravy.  I can make biscuits.  We're a team effort.


Workin' to keep the old skills alive...
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« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2005, 04:34:32 AM »
Basic roadside auto repair. Everyone should at least know how to change a tire.
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« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2005, 04:55:38 AM »
Stickjockey! Amen to that!  When my wife and I were dating we came downstairs once to a flat tire on her car, she was going to go upstairs and call AAA.  I had it changed in about 20 minutes, 10 of which was in figuring out where the (expletive deleted) engineers hid the (double expletive deleted) jack in the trunk of her (ten-minutes worth of expletives deleted) car.

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« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2005, 05:26:43 AM »
One my way to work today, I had stopped at a red light at the bottom of the ramp. I looked in my mirror behind to see if anyone was behind and there was a attractive woman in a white car. So I just looked a little longer and she pulled out a tweezer and started to pluck her eyebrows. This is the first time I have seen this in a car, seen lots of makeup put one, but first time for tweezing.

+2 for changing a tire, everyone should now that.

Plus all women should know how to fry an egg, sunnyside, over easy and scrambled.

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« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2005, 05:41:25 AM »
Double tap COM
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« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2005, 06:07:36 AM »
Cough, ahem, so....Barbara.  Where do I start.  Ahhhhh, ummmmm, hmphff let's see, there are so many.....hmmmmm

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« Reply #9 on: October 31, 2005, 06:46:30 AM »
Is it bad if a guy knows how to make gravy? (...and lump-free, at that!)

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« Reply #10 on: October 31, 2005, 07:13:46 AM »
Quote from: Brad Johnson
Is it bad if a guy knows how to make gravy? (...and lump-free, at that!)

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Not in my opinion.  

I can make gravy too.  

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« Reply #11 on: October 31, 2005, 07:18:03 AM »
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Remove grass stains.
Okay, so what's the answer ?

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« Reply #12 on: October 31, 2005, 07:32:24 AM »
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Remove grass stains.
Okay, so what's the answer ?
Wear green clothes?

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« Reply #13 on: October 31, 2005, 07:45:53 AM »
Lets see.

Bait her own hook, gut her own fish, etc, etc, etc.
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« Reply #14 on: October 31, 2005, 08:43:40 AM »
All good gravy starts with a roux.
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« Reply #15 on: October 31, 2005, 10:27:42 AM »
Quote from: Mike Irwin
All good gravy starts with a roux.
No a chicken!
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« Reply #16 on: October 31, 2005, 10:37:04 AM »
The only thing I can cook better than my wife is minute rice, and we're tied on coffee.  rolleyes

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« Reply #17 on: October 31, 2005, 11:31:30 AM »
"No a chicken!"

A blond roux is even more important in chicken gravy...
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« Reply #18 on: October 31, 2005, 11:46:22 AM »
Kind of what came first chicken grease or the flour/milk regarding gravy?
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« Reply #19 on: October 31, 2005, 01:17:21 PM »
I still don't know all of these, but I'm working on it

A woman should know how to...
Check and top off routine fluids on the car
Change a tire (or know how to use fix a flat)
Jump start a car
Repair a hem with nothing but office supplies
Polish dress shoes
Examine and safely clear a rifle, shotgun, or handgun
Use some form of self defense to get away from an attacker
When it is and isn't appropriate to use the "girlish charms" to get something done
When it is and isn't appropriate to use the "-itchy side" to get something done
(Be able to use both at once if necessary!)
Use a fire extinguisher
Basic first aid and CPR
Experiment with a chemist!

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« Reply #20 on: October 31, 2005, 01:53:45 PM »
Where the Water and gas shut-off valves are and how to turn off.  

Main power switch, how to check fuses, replace if applicable, and how to reset a circuit breaker.

Plunge a toilet, sink, bathtub.


Fine art of open-faced  toasted cheese sandwich, and soup.

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« Reply #21 on: October 31, 2005, 02:20:28 PM »
How the hell am I supposed to know? I can't tat lace. Smiley

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« Reply #22 on: October 31, 2005, 02:58:21 PM »
LMAO...

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« Reply #23 on: October 31, 2005, 03:17:11 PM »
How to make her man content...he'll take care of all the rest.  Modern or ancient, it's the best way to cope(most times).
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« Reply #24 on: October 31, 2005, 03:18:54 PM »
Barbara,

SWMBO says she knows about "tatting lace" but she doesn't know how to do it.  Sort of like crocheting, so says she that knows all, sees all.    (Let me try:  I think it is where you have a bunch of lace and you make little circular stitches around the threads between the holes, so the lace is then attached to a dress or something else you want lace on.)   She also knows where the knives go, the spoons and the forks too.  I think they have something to do with a drawer somewhere in the kitchen, but I am not sure.

The most important thing a woman should know is how to gain the undying confidence of her husband because she is able to handle whatever comes her way, and bearing up under the long suffering knowledge that her man is incapable of ever finding anything, especially in the refrigerator.
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