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The Warden has been very direct about her opposition to any gas & oil objects placed about the house. She lets me have whatever I want in my office, but the rest of the house is off limits! Generally I respect her wishes, but she has seemed to soften up a bit over the years, so I thought I'd try sneaking in a piece now and then? Its going to have to be VERY slowly, so as not to get shut down right away, so this is my first attempt at it. We will see how it goes, and get her reaction when she finally spots it! Hopefully she doesn't see it for several days and my argument will be that it can't be too obvious if she hadn't seen it for the last week or so!! Hope I'm not dreaming here??? LOL

Take a picture with a date stamp so you can prove it's been there awhile.
..better to ask for forgiveness,then to ask for permission.

Oh yah, it's so inconspicuous!! NOT!!
Good luck with that Kevin!! Somehow I'm not so sure I see this ending well for you.
But then again, it kinda blends with the other vintage stuff up there.

shes going to grab that 2 handed sickle to move it and smash the globe, Then she'll know its there

Good luck !

Tried that same tactic some years back with a gas pump. Nothing was said for about four days and then out of the blue, she says real quiet" You know that can't stay there". I asked why not and her reply was" Nevermind I'll just move it myself" I took about five minutes to relocate to my shop.

Well, this globe is up in the air about 9 feet and she has walked past it several times already without seeing it, so we are on a roll so far. She will have to sit on my side of the breakfast bar, and look up to see it! It does kind of blend in with the white horse behind it, so maybe, just maybe we will get away with this for a week or so? If I do, then I have an argument as to why it should stay! I hope that isn't backward thinking?? LOL

It is sculptural....

Dang Kevin,you say you won that?

Hahaha, good luck Kevin!!

Good luck with that, hope it works out.
Just hope stitches are not involved .

Gene

Don't worry Kevin, she'll never see that little yellow can of hand soap you snuck in there. Just hope she doesn't get on the computer and see this posting. Oh........what globe? Ed.

I did the same thing with an 18" neon sign on top of a kitchen cabinet. She noticed it pretty much right away even before I turned it on. I gave her the sales pitch about how great it looks lit up, but she said, "No way." But she didn't insist on it coming down immediately, just "Don't light it up."

A couple weeks later she hosted her regular card party with her girlfriends. I left the house for the evening. When I came home around 10 pm, I could see the neon glow coming out of the kitchen windows as I parked my truck. Turns out she turned on the sign for her friends and they all liked it. Case closed. It stayed.

Guys, there are more women that like this stuff than you realize. I have some turn to their husband and say "why don't you do something like this?", when they are touring. Last week I had a group of bicyclists stop by and the women were taking pictures.

WOW, I guess the Women own or direct all the homes that MARRIED or living together couples live in.