Darren Addy wrote:

> 
> Fellow Iron-mongers,
(snip)
> 
> Roger's Rules For Collecting Old Iron (and Living with Your Spouse)
> 
(snip)
>
> RULE #2 Similarly, never line up your tractors, ever. Nothing distresses
> a  difficult spouse more than seeing twelve old tractors lined up,
> looking  for all the world like a burning pile of hundred dollar bills.
> Scatter  the tractors around- a couple behind the shed, one or two in
> the shed,  another beside the garage- so that it is not possible for
> anyone, if you  know who I mean, to see more than two or three from any
> one perspective.  Your hobby will be less "irritating" that way, if you
> know what I mean.
> 
He's right! Never do this.  I mean _never_ gather up all (or a substantial 
number) of your planes and line them up on shelves with all of their little
totes poking bass-ackwards at you in one location so your SWMBO can ask all
sorts of sticky questions like "How much on the average would you say you
paid for each of those, Dear?" (this is a bad one...drop a chisel on your 
toe, fake a cut, reach over and turn on the d*st c*ll*cto*r before she utters
the last word but don't answer it!...they can count!) or the dreaded
"Don't you think you have enough planes now?"  The man is right.  Putting 
all or a substantial number of your tractors er, planes in one location is 
trouble. Trouble Right Here In River City.  Much better to leave them 
scattered in twos and threes about the shop or house. There you go.
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Tom Price (TomPrice@a...)
Just say I am building a toolbox where some of them will reside so's to 
lessen the visual impact, don't you know.