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Well, we're glad to hear about your sensitivities - I was beginning to think you'd had a sensitivity bypass.

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Actually, I am the Evil Tyrant Type, always giving orders and never satisfied. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
That's odd, the only Danboline I've ever used was gloss white - pretty certain I've still got half a tin in the garage in fact. Wouldn't recommend using it whilst wearing a thong though - gets everywhere and requires vigorous rubbing to get off! (Fnarr Fnarr)
 
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my comeback is - why should she paint the lockers?

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Ok, next time I hear, “But, you’re a girl!” I’ll reply with, “Why should she paint the lockers?” I think that comeback might just shut them up. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Shouldn’t be too long before I get to try it.

This is a difficult question to answer without knowing anything about your wife. Maybe she is handicapped and unable help you, maybe you are henpecked to death and your boat is your escape from her. I’ll answer your question using the assumption that you two are average, good people who enjoy life.

Starting with choosing the paint, it is easy and fun to learn things on this forum. She might even make some new friends, or read other posts and learn more about boats. And people. And bad jokes.

If she doesn’t know anything about painting, the inside of a locker is a good place to start learning because no one can see her mistakes. If she doesn’t like her paint job, 1) she can’t be mad at you, and 2) she knows that she has the ability to change it.

More than likely the lockers are against the hull, and working in the lockers will give her an appreciation for the complexity of boat construction, the materials necessary to tolerate salty, wet environments, and the difficulties of working on a boat.

It gives you two an opportunity to hang out and work on the boat together. She can teach you what she learned about paint and brushes, and you can teach her how to clean the strainer on the bilge pump.

Because she CAN. Many hours could be spent drinking beer discussing why so few women work on boats and why so many men harass the women who do work on boats. Even though there are more women than black people in my marina, you know that no one has ever said, “But you’re BLACK.” Why is it acceptable to say, “But you’re a GIRL”? I think -isms are uncivil, and the best way to reduce sexism in the boating world is for more women to get involved.

But then again, I’ve heard that women are smarter than men ... so if most women avoid working on boats ... maybe that means ... Oh, nevermind. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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