York is over but the game has begun.

 I don't know about the term "games"?

I saw her holding a shotgun last time. I wouldn't push her too far!

Maybe an accomplice could help while you take her out to dinner?

Scott, I'll be glad to store them for you for up to 6 months (next York), so you can smuggle them into your house gradually.  And I promise to give them enough exercise that the wheels don't rust.

 

A suggestion for the future:  give your wife an all-expense prepaid trip to last until a few days after York.  Mine returns today.  In all honesty, I must give her credit; she said I should get whatever I wanted.)

I know the feeling, this time I took the wife with me and purchased her a Tinplate stream liner she was pining for, then went and bought a Southern Berkshire in Crescent green.  You need to share the welt.

You have to get Joshua to run interference for you! 

 

--Greg

Maybe you should hide your trains at the VTM or at a friends until your wife is out shopping.  The cab of 1218 should hold a lot of trains.

 

NH Joe

He is Kidding for those who have not been around long .

My wife told me, if I buy one more train she will divorce me. BOY do I miss her.

So now who cleans the train room?

First mistake....you already put your confession in writing.

 

rat

I understand he is but I forgot to post this time I will accept all York buys then mail to you to have fixed or what ever and you can mail an empty box back if necessary so wife doesn't get suspicious 

Yes another fine mess you got yourself into.  Wait until the guilt trip hits and you are washing dishes, scrubbing floors and and upgrading  her walk in closet!

yea, my wife is the same way, Honey, I'm driving over to the river boat, in Metropolis,Il

ya think she might know what we will be doing,  Scots wife knows he going to York,

and she knows what is in the trunk,  but it is a funny thread for the morning.!!!!!!!!!!!

You know, you could have solved the problem by taking your wife to York.  She could drop you off each day just before opening and pick nyou up right after closing.  In between, she could hot the antique malls.  Then both would go home happy, especially if you have a large SUV.

 My mom and Dad don't care anymore how much stuff I have accumulated over the years.

Scott,

Doesn't your better half read the forum? Oh dear your so busted...she's cleaning her AR as we speak. 

Well it was nice knowing you. I would make a run for it while you can. 

 

Nick

When packages are delivered to my house ... and before my wife sees the package ... I quickly remove the shipping label that shows it came from the train store, and I replace it with a label that indicates it came from East Coast Plumbing Supply or Whirlpool Appliance Parts Warehouse or someplace.

 

 

 

Wow, that sounds like too much work. I just tell her what's in the package. Yesterday I received a Downtown Deco building I won off of the Bay. She just said a package came for you as it was place on the kitchen table for all to see. I told her what it was and said come on down you can help me build the kit... she just looked at me with with a blank stare and said " No that's OK, you have fun."

Wham off the hook.

Now when I bringing home my VLBB that I am paying off, that will be a different story... I knew that walk out basement was a must have!

 

"who is a stay at home mom"....scott,it sounds like its time for her to get some kind of job so she can spend her own money,instead of worrying where you spend yours.- Jim

I remember in the olden days MB Kleins got a surplus of MARS grocery store plastic bags and used them whenever their yellow printed bags ran out. They used to joke that everyone liked them better than the yellow bags since if the wife found a bag she just figured it was from grocery shopping and didn't suspect a train purchase.

 

Jerry

When it comes to trains, the rule is that in your marriage, you must establish strict rules about your hobbies. Be strict!! 

I'm the one that has to tell my wife... "NO I don't want to buy that" so trains are not an issue with her. In fact she is my "spokes person" for The O Scale Hauler (if you haven't seen the newest video on my YouTube channel), and will attend all train show related events with me. She gets more excited to open new trains than I do.  

Me I just tell her hey I just bought this on ebay and show her she goes okay unless I start getting out of hand which I'm know to do and then she will remind me nicely that aren't you buying a lot lately and I slow down I let her get purses and she lets me get trains it works 

 

Thanks. Someone always takes these threads seriously and ruins the "one-upsmanship" of these classic "fishing stories."

 

I have to figure out how I'm going to sneak some stuff in that's shipping in December.

 

John:

 

That tinplate train's called a "Get out of the Doghouse Free" card. I think I'm going to have to buy the wife a new laptop as a preemptive move.