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JOCCO

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Well Mrs. Jocco has said that if I get (or even think) about a VW bus. Well its over, done, kapute. She had many rides in them as a young girl and called them a "threshing machine" and they fit in to the category of: Never see one again would be to soon. So guys how will I handle this?? Looks like the end may be near!!! Thanks all
 
Take a sheet of paper, mark off two columns. Then write down the pro's and con's of each. Then add up the sum of each column and there's your answer.
 
1. Could you buy a threshing machine instead, since that machine was mentioned?


2. Back in the day a vw bus had a bit of a reputation as a hippy, peace, free love machine..... Now I want to be careful not implying too much here as we are discussing your wife, but if she had a lot of rides in one and felt like a thrashing machine......

You may have some questions of your own?

Best of luck? ;)

Paul
 
I'm not sure someone with that much negativity is someone you want to spend a lot of time with anyway. I've been with my current wife for 18 years as of this month, but I've made it known from the beginning that it was only a temporary deal and I'll be moving on as soon as I find someone better or she gets too much negativity.
 
Just a thought, but if MY wife started carrying on about all the times she spent in the back of a VW bus as a girl I would be asking her just exactly WHAT she was doing all those times. Ya see...I drove a GMC.
 
I have been looking at some of these reply's. You guys better hope Mrs. JOCCO doesn't see them you she may start threshing YT'rs..... WINK WINK
 
So you're telling me I've been doing it all wrong all these years by buying tractors?

Where are these VW buses and are they still available?.......LOL

Larry
 
Explain that it will consume one of the engines in the back row of tractors. Thus no net gain in stuff. also provides watercooled heat for comfort. Also add a special "zone" inside for her favorite stuff. Guaranteed. Jim
 
(quoted from post at 13:58:29 02/02/17) 1. Could you buy a threshing machine instead, since that machine was mentioned?


2. Back in the day a vw bus had a bit of a reputation as a hippy, peace, free love machine..... Now I want to be careful not implying too much here as we are discussing your wife, but if she had a lot of rides in one and felt like a thrashing machine......

You may have some questions of your own?

Best of luck? ;)

Paul
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Paul,Paul,Paul :oops:
 
Listen, I've had dozens of air cooled VWs in my life. I have four right now - two show cars and two others. That fetish started before we met, so she was stuck there.

Here's how you start:

Find pictures of a 30 thousand dollar cherry looking beetle. Show her several. Find the one that she reacts to the best. Then substitute in a micro bus of the same color (I know it's a bus, but I really like this color). Slowly throw in others. Tada-convert! That's how I've gotten the ok for a Corvair. I'll deal with the fact that what I bring home looks completely different at some other time. Keep in mind that a decent bus is $20k now. The days of a sweet bus for $900 died with Reagan.

Or you buy her a threshing machine to park up in the yard. Your divorce chances are probably equal. My response every time I get comments about my clobbered up body is,"go ahead, find someone that wants a whiny, high mileage old farm wife." It usually ends with us talking about what we want to have for dinner...
 
. I also never was in a VW bus , But I spent many a night in the back seat of a 40 Hudson. Most always got home in time to milk in the morning. The old Hudson didn't know it's own way home so with a hurting head I always got up and drove it home. Made it most times. Got in the ditch a few times but there always was a good farmer to pull me out. Oh but to go back to those days. That was before the DUI laws. Oh yes and gas was 20 cents a gal. Now I haven't had a drink of ant thing alcohol since 1959 but I have bought a lot of gas for far more than 20 cents a gal.
 
Do you think it would help any if you also bought a brand new minivan for her to play with?
 

I had one of those Volksie busses. A 67 - last of the split front window.
It had the Wolfsburg camper unit in it. Fold down bed, closets, ice box, pop top, etc.
Had a lot of fun in it.
Never heard a girl call it threshing though.
But I guess the word is appropriate as you do remove the outer layers to enjoy the good parts underneath.
 
You could do like my wife does, buy one and hide it behind the barn or something, then when she sees it down the road sometime you can say "oh, I've had that a long time". That way she can't be mad. Works for my wife anyway.
 
(quoted from post at 12:45:13 02/02/17) Well Mrs. Jocco has said that if I get (or even think) about a VW bus. Well its over, done, kapute. She had many rides in them as a young girl and called them a "threshing machine" and they fit in to the category of: Never see one again would be to soon. So guys how will I handle this?? Looks like the end may be near!!! Thanks all
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I've been married 31 years. Good times. But if the wife ever threatened me like that, I'd be tempted to buy one just to fxxxk with her.
 
If you have to negotiate with your wife over stuff like that maybe you've got other problems.
I collect old iron--my wife makes quilts. I stay out of her sewing room, she stays out of my shop. I support her hobby, she supports mine. As long as the bills get paid no one questions the other and everyone is happy. Life is great!
 
We actually had a long hair neighbor's son who painted his van with flowers in oil colors. We had another neighbor whose son went into the Marines and Viet Nam. Came home with all his back pay and a Boss 302. The street was black from him racing up and down the street. He eventually blew it up in front of our house. His friends pushed it back to his parents where it remained until I joined up.
 
(quoted from post at 14:13:13 02/02/17) I'm not sure someone with that much negativity is someone you want to spend a lot of time with anyway. I've been with my current wife for 18 years as of this month, but I've made it known from the beginning that it was only a temporary deal and I'll be moving on as soon as I find someone better or she gets too much negativity.
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Far- out! :roll:
 
I thought I was getting divorced when bought motorcycle, guess I might have to try buying a plane, maybe that will do it.
 
It was only a temporary deal and I'll be moving on as soon as I find someone better or she gets too much negativity. I think the VW bus would go over much better than this sentence with MRS Jocco!!!
 
My take on an ultimatum is that you remove the first half and you will have their true intentions left.
 
Can you afford to get rid of the wife and buy a bus too?? Sometimes it costs a lot to get rid of a wife, probably a lot more than buying a bus, even a $20,000 bus. You might end up living in the bus.
 
For the last 6 months you have posted off topic questions about (social behavior) " What would you do if".
I at first wondered it you were doing some research project, and recording all the responses from here, but after this post I think you are just a Wacko.
You have some real mental problems and need help.
My best advise to your wife is to pack and leave as quickly as possible.
You are a weird dude.
Loren
 
Toss out examples like refrigerators, vacuums, radios, TVs and down the line and point out that with time, many innovations, enhancements, and improvements have happened. Very few things are much like they were when she was a little girl. Things are not like they were six months ago.

"Relax Dear, Volkswagens are nothing like you remember them being. As a matter of fact they've just overtaken Toyota as the number one selling vehicle worldwide. Dear, you're going to love my Volkswagen microvan...I promise".

Mark
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Yes a weird dude: but was a joke taken off my post of VW buses. NOW GO SET SOME MAPLE TAPS AND CHILL OUT SAPS RISING!!! (AND BUY A JOHN DEERE TOO)!!!
 
This is the Mrs. I think Jocco spent too much time in the back of one of these inhaling too much carbon monoxide and maybe a little too much MJ (LOL) Just kidding. No I don't like these, but would not divorce him either. My grandparents lived in the mid west and had one or two of these at one point. I didn't see them often because of distance. I've read all the responses. Jocco is lucky to have a wife with a good sense of humor.

Mrs. Jocco
 
Well, you know why divorce is so expensive??????












Because it's worth it!!

(runs and hides from Mrs. K's rolling pin)


Glad to hear Mrs. JOCCO has a good sense of humor, it helps being married to most of us.
 
Thank you mam for clarifying that.

I had a '62 for a spell. One 200 mile trip to her parents house with 4 little kids, and an old (CCC or WPA) concrete highway with expansion joints alive and well (chig a chig a chig a........up and down) caused by 1 of 4 cylinders not working correctly (started just after we got going) limiting top speed to 45 mph was enough for me. After we got there I tried to buy a new '64 Ford mid sized 4 door sedan and the local after market dealer (not Ford authorized) wouldn't trade with me because I was from out of town.....that wasn't the reason (grin). He didn't want the thing.
 
Never had a VW bus , did have a Threshing machine once , sold it and bought the wife a new washing machine with the money. Round here , they call me "Mr Smooth " ! Did I mention that I had traded a week old Jersey bull calf to get the Thresher ? As for the VW , I'd sit down , and let the urge pass.
 
I'm glad to see that Mrs. Jocco is a good sport.

The closest we (wife and I) ever came to a divorce was wallpapering a tiny bathroom together.

I wish I had a picture of her with all that wheat paste in her hair, HA!

Think that VW bus idea over for awhile - I've fooled with one of them, and I wouldn't want another.
 
I think I'm good, I never listed my address on this site.......

This fall I wen to an auction, bought a combine. 2 days later wife said she is going to visit her mom 60 miles away, that happened to be where
the auction was. I said can I ride along and get the combine?

Combine, she asks?............

Paul
 
My Dad used to carpool to work way before it was fashionable. The guy he and 3 or 4 others rode with bought a VW bus. Wasn't long and that guy was going to work by himself. It rode terrible and they guys froze in the winter.
 
So, a week old jersey bull calf was worth, what, 5 bucks? .....sold it to buy the thresher.....sold that to buy a washing machine....yeah, they got you named right! Ben
 
I had a camper model for a few months. I bought a cruise control for it. A red brick I kept on the floor. Hit a good stretch of road and put the brick on the gas pedal. Want to stop kick it off. Worked for me.
 
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