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Dear Andy:
My wife has chronic health problems, in January she went into the hospital for liver failure and a collapsed lung for 3 weeks, when I got home last Friday, she was smoking a cigarette. Now when she complains, I tell her to go have a cigarette and think about it. She now gets pissed. Two months ago I was worried about making funeral arrangements and now she is much better. Am I being the bad guy here?
 
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astjp2 said:
Dear Andy:
My wife has chronic health problems, in January she went into the hospital for liver failure and a collapsed lung for 3 weeks, when I got home last Friday, she was smoking a cigarette. Now when she complains, I tell her to go have a cigarette and think about it. She now gets pissed. Two months ago I was worried about making funeral arrangements and now she is much better. Am I being the bad guy here?
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Dear Sir,
Nope. You love her and want her to be around, and you know that she needs to take care of herself.

In her state of health... Smoking is a deadly game. Do everything you can to love her and encourage her to make good choices.. but you can't live a lie and tell her you are okay with something when you're not.

Yours,
Andy
 
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Dear Andy G, dear Andy G
You won't believe this
But my stomach makes noises whenever I kiss
My girlfriend tells me it's all in my head
But my stomach tells me to write you instead
Signed noise-maker
 
LukesfirstJeep said:
Dear Andy G, dear Andy G
You won't believe this
But my stomach makes noises whenever I kiss
My girlfriend tells me it's all in my head
But my stomach tells me to write you instead
Signed noise-maker
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Dear LFJ,
It's shocking the afflictions we seem to be running into on here .

It's sounds like kissing her makes you sick, or it's making her sick.

Cut that out til your over 30. You can't afford a girlfriend and TJ, that's insane .

AndyG
 
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Dear Andy G,

The powder room in my house was painted dark brown with a sand textured finish- a product from the brilliant minds at Ralph Lauren. Due to an accumulation of skin transferred by those who, unfortunately, touched the walls and it being almost Tuesday, my wife wants to refresh the room and make the walls smooth. I'd rather sell the house than deal with removing the vertical surface equivalent of a stubborn popcorn ceiling finish. Wifey isn't on board with selling, yet, so what refinishing method do you recommend- scrape/sand/skim, build up paint layers 'til smooth, new sheetrock, shiplap, or staple random garbage on the wall and call it up-cycling?
 
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Sea Cot said:
Dear Andy G,

The powder room in my house was painted dark brown with a sand textured finish- a product from the brilliant minds at Ralph Lauren. Due to an accumulation of skin transferred by those who, unfortunately, touched the walls and it being almost Tuesday, my wife wants to refresh the room and make the walls smooth. I'd rather sell the house than deal with removing the vertical surface equivalent of a stubborn popcorn ceiling finish. Wifey isn't on board with selling, yet, so what refinishing method do you recommend- scrape/sand/skim, build up paint layers 'til smooth, new sheetrock, shiplap, or staple random garbage on the wall and call it up-cycling?
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Dear Sir,
Raulph Lauren Sand Finish paint is like bedliner , it's going to be a pain . I would pull the trim, hang 3/8 drywall over it , fir out the door jamb, extend the plugs and switches and reinstall trim , then repaint if you want smooth walls...thin ship lap over it is a lot less work , like 3/8 or so , or remarry ....then she gets the house and it's her problem. Keep the TJ in the settlement.

Let me guess one other thing...she's got towels in there you can't use also.

AndyG
 
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AndyG said:
Dear Sir,
Raulph Lauren Sand Finish paint is like bedliner , it's going to be a pain . I would pull the trim, hang 3/8 drywall over it , fir out the door jamb, extend the plugs and switches and reinstall trim , then repaint if you want smooth walls...
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Shit. Thought you'd say that. Crown molding would have to be reworked, too.

. . .

Let me guess one other thing...she's got towels in there you can't use also.

AndyG
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Actually, no. But I'm forbidden from peeing on the rugs.
 
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Dear Andy G,
I always wanted a jeep rubicon but I settled for an X after seeing the crazy prices on the good ol' interwebs that non-beat rubicons go for. It has 31,000 miles on it and some would say "not too shabby". My issue started a while back when I came to a jeep forum. Some punk from Albuquerque named @glwood told me my thread was worthless without pictures. My blood began to boil, my heart rate increased, and I dropped by goddam sandwich on the floor. Just thinking about it is making me upset.

WHO THE HELL DOES HE THINK HE IS???? WORTHLESS... WORTHLESS!?!?!

Andy. Should I just take my $60,000 in snapon tools and move along?

From,
Pete
 
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Alex01 said:
Dear Andy G,
I always wanted a jeep rubicon but I settled for an X after seeing the crazy prices on the good ol' interwebs that non-beat rubicons go for. It has 31,000 miles on it and some would say "not too shabby". My issue started a while back when I came to a jeep forum. Some punk from Albuquerque named @glwood told me my thread was worthless without pictures. My blood began to boil, my heart rate increased, and I dropped by goddam sandwich on the floor. Just thinking about it is making me upset.

WHO THE HELL DOES HE THINK HE IS???? WORTHLESS... WORTHLESS!?!?!

Andy. Should I just take my $60,000 in snapon tools and move along?

From,
Pete
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Dear Angry Grilled Sandwich,
He's just mad because he sold his Rubicon..a nice X beats a Rubicon you don't have any day in TJ poker. The next time he posts, say.."this post is worthless without a TJ" then hit send real hard.

AndyG
 
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Dear Andy G.

I just got back from a short test drive to check for any issues with a track bar bushing and Heim replacement.
All is good again. After parking it in the shop, I go back in the house and report to my Wife the good news.
Now within 5 minutes of said good news, she says, ok back to the honey-do-list.
My question is, should I think up another reason to go back into the shop to work on the Jeep, or just suck-it-up?

As always, Buttercup.
 
alittleoff said:
Dear Andy G.

I just got back from a short test drive to check for any issues with a track bar bushing and Heim replacement.
All is good again. After parking it in the shop, I go back in the house and report to my Wife the good news.
Now within 5 minutes of said good news, she says, ok back to the honey-do-list.
My question is, should I think up another reason to go back into the shop to work on the Jeep, or just suck-it-up?

As always, Buttercup.
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Dear a lot off,
The first mistake was going back in the house . Read the thread "Circa 1978 over landing ". That is a test drive . You want to get home about October.
You need to add a greasing everything and checking your bumpstops to the list , and get to it.

Let us know how she likes it ,
Andy G
 
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Dear Andy, would it be prudent to begin a Hall of Fame thread, a centralized repository of brilliance for posterity, where we could recognize invaluable contributions to the forum from towering figures such as Pete & Zedd?

I’d suggest that posts 88-93 above argue in favor of the need.
 
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Dear AndyG,

What precautions should I take so that my TJ does not become infected with the Coronavirus? How should i prepare if a two-week quarantine is imposed?

Thanks in advance for your wisdom and guidance. I'm sure these questions are on everyone's minds.

I'd Rather The Beer,
Eastern, PA
 
Hey Andy, why is it when I put new batteries in my scale, I gained 10#, should I put the old ones back so I feel like I had a diet?
Dr. Tim
 
astjp2 said:
Hey Andy, why is it when I put new batteries in my scale, I gained 10#, should I put the old ones back so I feel like I had a diet?
Dr. Tim
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Dear Tim,
Yes , apparently the old ones are lithium ion .

Andy G

Note - this guy's wife said she wanted something that could go 0-200 in under 10 seconds ..he got her a bathroom scale.
 
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Dear AndyG,

I don't know how to live with myself...I sent poor broken comma key Pete packing 17 months ago when I insulted him for refusing to post photos of his brand-new-to-him X (which he settled for, even though he really wanted a Rubicon ((maybe that's why he wouldn't let us see it)) and he was probably pissed that I, with a shiny Rubicon at the time, was mocking him for having an X). Now I live in perpetual anxiety for having added a smiley to my post, that probably caused poor Pete to sell his X, and buy an S-10 2wd pickup. How can I go on?

ps. I now am very reluctant to post, as I've been notified that I could very well be bombarded with responses saying my posts are useless without a TJ...
 
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glwood said:
Dear AndyG,

I don't know how to live with myself...I sent poor broken comma key Pete packing 17 months ago when I insulted him for refusing to post photos of his brand-new-to-him X (which he settled for, even though he really wanted a Rubicon ((maybe that's why he wouldn't let us see it)) and he was probably pissed that I, with a shiny Rubicon at the time, was mocking him for having an X). Now I live in perpetual anxiety for having added a smiley to my post, that probably caused poor Pete to sell his X, and buy an S-10 2wd pickup. How can I go on?
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Very easily, he now owns a chebby
 
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