10. You have car parts in every room of the house

9. The 3 car garage you have been working in contains only one car and there is crap everywhere

8. You have had no more than an average of 3.5 hours of sleep per night for the last two weeks.

7. You have had many injuries and maybe even a trip or two to the ER

6. There are dirty dishes in the kitchen from 2 weeks ago.

5. You have been surviving on "quick meals" with little or no regard for quality or health.

4. You know when that certian someone returns home you will be verbally assaulted for not completing the "to do" list that was left for you

3. You have washed the same load of clothes exactly 5 times, because you never found time to put them into the dryer and they smelled like mildew...5 times.

2. People look and say "Jeez, he is still out there working?"

1. Your fiance has lectured you no less than 5 times on the rules of "priorities" as well as how you promised to drywall the ceiling in the basement.

 

Nice John,

Gonna be one of them warm and fuzzy home comings I see..........

Tell her it could be worse, you coulda been out chasing painted ladies......

 

As long as you have not yet lost the fiance, you are still doing ok.

As one guy to another, this would be the perfect time for an act of sincere appreciation to the fiance for her deep understanding of your car addiction.

 

No matter what happens with the fiance, always know you have the support and understanding of this community...

I'm married with kids and still score at least 5 out of the 10!

 

The very fact that you are able to take a step back and see the humor of it all is a good sign indeed.

Lectures from the fiancee only mean that she's getting warmed-up and ready to be your wife. Thereafter, the lectures will increase in frequency, regardless of what you're doing (or not doing). <img border="0" alt="[blabla]" title="" src="graemlins/a_smil17.gif" />

"BASTARD" = the name you like to call your 928 AND the name your fiancee will soon call you. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

Just keep chanting....
Twin Turbo, Twin Turbo, Twin Turbo

 

There's a funny TV commercial currently running where a guy comes out of the garage to find a "Kids Without Dads" volunteer playing with this guy's son in the driveway. Good stuff.

I feel that way when the winter shark projects gang up on me and it's every night till 3am for a couple of months working on projects and procedures.

The good side is that when successful, the winter "hibernation" in the garage leads to a spring and summer of no-maintenance 928 driving!!!

Greg

 

I'm so glad I'm not the only one... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

 

NEVER, NEVER, EVER, mutter, utter, or say the words "Porsche" or "928" when having.......Well, you know.
<img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" />

Anthony Tate
79/928 Silver Metallic

 

You know you work on cars too much, when you move to a new house your 'Priorities' are to move your car parts, tool boxes, tools, and your 928's FIRST before the furniture and bed arrives.

 

Yeah Dozman!!! And then spend your free time working on THEM , rather than the non-functioning central air. <img border="0" alt="[ouch]" title="" src="graemlins/c.gif" />

 

The first step is to admit you have a problem. The second is to check out ebay for you next project. My solution was to buy a house with no garage, just a carport. Great house, great price, and I almost walked because of the huge problem. I'm still out there doing pretty major work, but the bugs, leaves, dogs, cats, and neighbors watching help keep things under control. My wife knows that, even if I am out there all day, once the mosquitos come out I will be in the house.

 

John,
If it were easy, everyone would be doing it! Keep up the faith and good luck......you are doing really well!

Marc
DEVEK

 

You're preaching to the choir my friend. Try married with 3 children under the age of 7 and still trying to pull it off. You have a very interesting project and I am very pleased that you have been sharing with us all on your progress. Don't loose faith and my compliments on a great post!!

 

How about

When you put off your next house payment to pay for parts for the shark.

when you have so many parts off of the shark you have it on jackstands in the middle of the garage and you cant get in the garage from the house, only from the outside garage door.

or so many parts off the shark and on jackstands in the middle of the garage that you trip and fall over the parts on the floor when walking around the shark to get to the other side.

or the easyest way to get to the other side of the shark is to go underneith it.

 

Or when your wife thinks you are having an affair everytime you go out for a ride. I swear my wife just doesn't understand that I really love driving my 928. I do sometimes drive by college capuses just to take in the scenery. But I never get out of the car - unless there happens to be a maiden in distress... (haven't found one yet. Girls these days are so self-sufficient...)