The woman vs man —- my wife......

[_Sheffjs_]

So we are driving the car and she asks how much gas we have and I answer 5/8s of a tank and I get scolded, “no one says it that way” she says.  What? The gas guage is exactly 5/8s of a tank! What should I say dear?  Between 1/2 and 3/4.   I give up.   

[The emperor has no clothes]

  next time tell her 11/16th's

[Chrisj CMA]

“A little over half” would be the normal response 

[f6gal]

next time tell her 11/16th's

Check your math.   

[The emperor has no clothes]

next time tell her 11/16th's

Check your math.   

I was just being a smartass 

[Jess from VA]

Pull my finger and we'll see. 

[Bighead]

Yep

[Gavin_Sons]

My wife does not get the concept of quarter or eighths. It is always one fourth or three fourths with her. We have had this same argument. What the hell is 5 eights. Well dear that would be the invisible line only I can see between what you call half and three fourths 

[DirtyDan]

(Pipefitter talking)

Fractions ?

Oh that’s where MONEY comes from

Dan

[3W-lonerider]

I can't play the math game with my wife. She is alot smarter than me in the book smarts department. But 37 years ago when we first got married. I did send her to napa for muffler bearings and a halogen light repair kit. She wasn't very amused when she came back. 

[ridingron]

 So we are driving the car and she asks how much gas we have and I answer 5/8s of a tank and I get scolded, “no one says it that way” she says.  What? The gas guage is exactly 5/8s of a tank! What should I say dear?  Between 1/2 and 3/4.   I give up.  Undecided  Roll Eyes  

Been there and done that! Her answer was the same. There is not a marker line for 5/8. I tried to explain how it is all relative since the gage isn't linear. 200 miles the first half and better be finding gas 100 miles later. She was a math teacher that defied logic.

[Alpha Dog]

Maybe she would be more receptive to 62.5 percent

[old2soon]

            Simple concept here BUT afore ya take my word on Anything recollect I iz twice divorced.  If Mama ain't happy NOBODY iz happy.  First ex wife went out to get me some stubby screwdrivers I needed for a project. 1 common and 1 phillips. Simple Right? Wrong. I was installing that metal strip in a doorway tween carpeting and vinyl flooring. Had evern predrilled the holes for the screws. Went to torque the screws down and the phillips screwdriver broke diagonally from the point.  W T F over? Asked where did she get these tools? The hardware store which was about 2 blocks from where we lived. Where in the store i persisted. The bargain bucket on the counter. Sooo we walked back to the hardware store and i went towards the back where the Real Tools resided. Grabbed the 2 stubbies i originally wanted and the were made in America by Stanly. Even in the early 70s i shelled out near on 8 bucks. Both wives no longer with me but i still have those stubby screwdrivers. Make of that whatever you will. RIDE SAFE.

[Jess from VA]

When stationed over in the Middle East, my wise old Col advised I always keep my car sitting topped up.

We probably won't lose a war to the Russians or Iranians, and the Turks mostly like us but they do get very pissed off at us from time to time, so always be prepared to run for the border.

It was sound advice (even if it smacked of desertion  ), and I still follow it. 

Even in VA (right next to Sodom on the Potomac).