Smuggling in new toys....

[Mark Smith]

OK so we're all overgrown kids here .. how do you guys smuggle your latest toy into the house ?  And what excuse do you use if discovered ?

:-)

I'll start with my tip for upgrading the computer:

Buy an identical looking one and transfer over all data and profiles so the other half can't tell :-)
I swapped my G4 Mac Mini for an Intel Core 2 Duo Mac Mini, then lovely OSX imported the old computer to the new .. no difference at all except performance .. hehehehehehehe

Mark

[Golan Klinger]

I just tell her that she should be happy I'm not a golfer or a photographer because those hobbies can get expensive really quickly.

[Mangelore]

Have a "toy" storage area that's always really messy so an extra box goes unnoticed...

[Guest]

I have the new toy sent to my son's home. When the boss is out shopping with her sister, I go pick it up.

Dan...

[Guest]

Have a "toy" storage area that's always really messy so an extra box goes unnoticed...

Yeah, I do this too.  Things get "lost in the shuffle" so to speak.

[airship]

Guys, just be thankful you've got someone there to complain. My wife died four years ago at the age of 52 from a lifelong heart condition. Now I'm free to have all the toys I want, but I'd trade them all if I could just have her back.

[bacon]

So sorry to hear that airship. All the fun toys in the world couldn't replace a loved one.

[airship]

She was actually pretty good about the toys, anyway. Especially once I found a way to earn a living with them.

[Mathias Roslund]

Well, I have a dedicated room in the house for my toys (mainly Commodore and Amiga computers of all kinds) which I can fill with anything I want. And my better half doesn't care what I do with my money any more than I care what she does with hers (like buying books).

[Mark Smith]

:-)  I use the "lost in the clutter" approach at times as well

AmiDog : You the same guy who did/does that mpeg player for the Amiga ?  Hello again if you are, I sent you a test DVD ooooh way back in time when I was living in the UK... that project still on the go ?  Going to do an C128 port ? ;-)

[Mathias Roslund]

AmiDog : You the same guy who did/does that mpeg player for the Amiga ?  Hello again if you are, I sent you a test DVD ooooh way back in time when I was living in the UK... that project still on the go ?  Going to do an C128 port ? ;-)

That would be me, yes Not done any work on it for a few years though. A C128 "port" would be an interesting project...

[BigDumbDinosaur]

It's never a problem around here.  I already have so much computer crap my wife can't tell the difference.  She's happy as long as I do my chores and let her have all the hot water in the morning.