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Offline Guzzidad

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Out of my element
« on: March 23, 2019, 06:42:50 PM »
   Today was a beautiful day, mid 70s, sun shining, not a cloud in the sky. Took my wife out to a buffet lunch, and then she talked me into accompaning her on a trip to a local, giant, shopping mall. Now, normally I can ride my bike all day long, but one hour in a mall wiped me out. Now I need a nap. :angry:

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Re: Out of my element
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2019, 07:17:19 PM »
Whenever I hear those words, I sag visibly, like an animal taking a bullet and instantly feel ALL of my 66 years...yet I can stay up half the night working on the bike... :evil: :laugh:

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Re: Out of my element
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2019, 07:19:40 PM »
I haven't been in one of those forsaken places in ten years. life's too short! naps are a good thing.
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Re: Out of my element
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2019, 07:30:59 PM »
 Huh ?

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Re: Out of my element
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2019, 06:32:44 AM »
   Today was a beautiful day, mid 70s, sun shining, not a cloud in the sky. Took my wife out to a buffet lunch, and then she talked me into accompaning her on a trip to a local, giant, shopping mall. Now, normally I can ride my bike all day long, but one hour in a mall wiped me out. Now I need a nap. :angry:

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Re: Out of my element
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2019, 07:42:04 AM »
Guzzidad,
You are the toughest man on this board if you can take your wife to the mall.

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Re: Out of my element
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2019, 08:07:47 AM »
My tolerance for time at any "shopping mall" is about 1-1.5 hours MAX.  :rolleyes: :shocked: :huh:

Anything after that, I am ready to take my life... :laugh: :grin: :wink:
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Re: Out of my element
« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2019, 09:14:52 AM »
Sometimes I have to walk through a shopping mall to go to the movies.  I try not to go to that theater.
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Re: Out of my element
« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2019, 09:49:51 AM »
Don't they have an outside entrance to the theater?
The mall closes before the theater so they have outside entrances. At least they do here.
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Re: Out of my element
« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2019, 10:07:14 AM »
Wife stopped asking me to go with her to IKEA  -  she fears my behaviour will get us in trouble, or at the least get unwanted attention.
Somehow I can't take being in such places, feel a desire to see if furniture and stuff is solid by tearing and shaking, etc.
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Re: Out of my element
« Reply #10 on: March 24, 2019, 11:34:11 AM »
Wimmens are hard wired to like "shopping." Dorcia can happily shop all day, looking at this and looking at that, especially clothes. "Oh, isn't that cute?"  Not buying anything. Fortunately.  :smiley:
Here's the difference. Women will shop all day, and buy something they don't need because it's "ON SALE" for 50%off.
Men will go buy something they need, even though they might find it cheaper somewhere else, and be gone.  :grin:
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Re: Out of my element
« Reply #11 on: March 24, 2019, 03:09:07 PM »
My wife hates to shop!  Yep, she is a keeper.  When she shops locally it is at Tractor Supply, or Lowes.
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Re: Out of my element
« Reply #12 on: March 24, 2019, 07:25:49 PM »
   Good news! I've completely recovered from the trip to the mall. Woke up this morning and got out of the house before the wife woke up. Met a couple of friends of mine and we went for a lunch ride in perfect weather. Got 200 miles of therapy today and a good lunch to boot.

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Re: Out of my element
« Reply #13 on: March 24, 2019, 07:28:22 PM »
"NOPE!    We're going home first, then you go, honey, have a ball, I'm riding!"

THIS.  For God sake, man up man!
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Re: Out of my element
« Reply #14 on: March 24, 2019, 07:47:50 PM »
I taught my wife to shop online a decade ago..............

Also I don't go to malls much anyway, out west people get shot / robbed there..........
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Re: Out of my element
« Reply #15 on: March 25, 2019, 07:48:18 AM »
My wife hates to shop!  Yep, she is a keeper.  When she shops locally it is at Tractor Supply, or Lowes.



She got any sisters? :evil:
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Re: Out of my element
« Reply #16 on: March 25, 2019, 07:54:31 AM »
Women shop.
Men buy stuff.
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Re: Out of my element
« Reply #17 on: March 25, 2019, 08:38:16 AM »
THIS.  For God sake, man up man!

Most of the time if I go shopping with my wife it makes her happy. So when we get home it's "man up" and she makes me happy. Win/win!
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