This is just ridiculous. Silly ass aliens...
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This is just ridiculous. Silly ass aliens...
And now underage pot smoking... Wonderful... I hate movies... And drugs... Mostly drugs though...
What I hate most about drugs is the whole "it's no big deal. Everyone does it" attitude....
Well... Looks like I'm gonna have this page all to myself.
Well... Might as well see if I can fill er up!
Yes... My new signature is from the beginning of the movie I'm watching... But it's still very true...
DAMN IT, WOMAN! QUIT WALKING AROUND THE HOUSE ALONE!
And why is your crazy ass husband outside alone in the dark!? What the hell is wrong with these people?!
So... I think it's time to get serious about losing the extra weight... The juice thing got me thinking about it. Gonna start working hard on it.
JM, you should get a time machine and go back in time and try weed.
Why the time machine? Because it's not as easy to tell an adult, "Hey, you should try this drug." As an adult, we have shit to do and can't just take time off to go experimenting with things. Even though with weed it is like a 2 hour high and not 8 hours like acid. For the record, I've never tried acid, so I only "hear" that the trip lasts that long.
Ya know, Irving... I heard some things about you tod... Well, yesterday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Hmmm, I hope they weren't negative. I wish I could have been there. For the record, I feel the way you do about all drugs, about coke. Never done it, not sure I've ever seen it. Even though I know it's common, since my exposure has been limited, I don't get on board with the "everyone is doing it."
Only good things, Sir... Only good things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
I've always been very very against drugs... They're no good at all...
Ya know... Ever since I said we were going to "Blow this thread up" and that other member made that other comment... The amount of guests watching this thread has climbed...
I really want to buy this Lee decapping die... But I gotta get money in the bank first....
I didn't actually see that part. Nice to see you back by the way. I seriously have been waiting months to ask how the contacts have been treating you.
I was really pulling for the kid in this movie to get some... Poor guy got sucked up by the aliens though.
I really don't wear them... Like, ever... Which is silly because I need them. It's just such a pain in the ass to put them in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Exactly, thats the point of being a post whore. I no longer contribute much to this site other than filling this thread lolQuote:
Originally Posted by TheGrey
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Originally Posted by TheBelly
I'm an astronomer. I operate and take science on a 2.5m telescope, reducing the data as we go along and doing various quality control checks as well. Tonight, there is a huge storm system that has been lingering. We are just now getting some rain that is enough to wet the ground so thats nice. Will probably get to call it an early night since there is no hope of opening again. Oh well, 3 more nights to go.Quote:
Originally Posted by spyder
Sounds like my fiancee. Just today, she was searching for some step stool thing for a workout dvd that she hasn't done in a while (her weight lifting class was cancelled - laugh, but she's 1mo into a 3mo series for bikini competitions. The trainer she is with trains Ms New Mexico and they also just won some national event...anyways...), while she was searching for that step thingy, she moved some hanging clothes, that bumped into a shoe holder shelf thingy that fell over on her and she was cursing and saying various things, then moved straight to the "no, i dont' need help anymore but thanks". It immediately brought out the defensive nature in me, saying "if you wanted help, ask for help instead of beating around the bush". I'll train her yet! [LOL]Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBelly
I'm not married, 98 days to go though until the wedding. Been with her for 2.5yrs and got engaged right at 13mo. I knew she was the one from the first date. Call it whatever you will, she was the one. Just took me that long to save enough money to buy the ring, (long story short, rent was too expensive for me). She still tells me how beautiful the ring is.Quote:
Originally Posted by JM Ver. 2.0
And yes, I asked her father. Long story... well, nevermind. We were looking at houses to buy because I was being kicked out by my landlord (he was about to sell the house), we finally found one that was perfect. Literally right down the street from her parents (in a really good neighborhood, all that jazz) and had everything we wanted. We were going to pitch an offer on it, so the day before we did, I ran to Zales to pay off the ring I had on layaway (great idea for you if you can't come up with all of the money right now because it forces you to pay it off in 10mo or less if inclined), then before I went to pick her up before going out to dinner, I cornered her dad, talked up his daughter and how much she means to me and how she would always come first before me in everything, and then I asked for his blessing.
He was blown away that I asked him and gave me his blessing right there and said he would be happy to have me as a son-in-law. Little did he know, I was going to propose in a matter of hours.
^^ And again, I win the award for longest post in the post whore thread
Oh yea, almost forgot the moral of my engagement story. It doesn't matter where you come from, asking the father for his blessing/permission/whateveryoucallit to marry his daughter will win you a lot of points/respect with him.
It's not so much an old school tradition in that you actually NEED his blessing to marry her (like in the old days when you'd give a certain number of livestock in exchange for her hand in marriage), but more like a request to join his family and start it off showing him respect.
Nothing wrong with some long posts.Quote:
Originally Posted by BuffCyclist
Thank you, actually... It was a good read.
No problem. It was very scary.
We just went out of town to see a good friend who is home on R&R from deployment and plans to propose (actually did on the 4th, she said yes). My fiancee made the joke to him to make sure she doens't keep repeating herself.
I recreated our first date. We went out to dinner, then to a local coffee shop for dessert and then on our way home, drove up to the space museum. They have this big outside museum where you can walk between and right up to rockets and other jet nozzles etc. It was cold out, so we were both kind of shivering and as I was telling her all the things I loved about her, she kept interrupting me, so being cold, I started over my speech until finally she realized what was going on and shut up.
What was funny though, is that when I was on my knee, after I proposed, she started crying and didn't answer. About 3 minutes went by before she actually said yes, she was just crying and looking at the ring. Let me tell you, THOSE were the longest 3 minutes of my life! [LOL]
I already know she'll say yes... She's pretty much told me.Quote:
Originally Posted by BuffCyclist
Oh I knew she'd say yes too, but given the huge life changing event, I was still extremely nervous in the moment and was waiting for her to actually admit it out loud lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by JM Ver. 2.0
(I'm not married but I got engaged last time I was home)Quote:
Originally Posted by JM Ver. 2.0
I did. My girl and I had talked about getting married several times but before I made it official I flew out to CA to ask her dad (One star General in the Army). Since her folks are split, I also took her mom out to lunch and got her go-ahead too. To me it's about respect. Just buckle down and do it.
Be prepared to outline why you want to marry their daughter, why you are good for her and why two are good together. If her family has their shit together (and it sounds like they do) expect some real discussion about the "logistics" (How are you going to provide? Where do you see yourself/family in X number of years and how are you going to get there? Etc.) Approach it like a job interview. That's their baby girl. Have your shit together and present a confident front.
I was confident of a yes from both parties but it was still a bit uncomfortable. I'm not sure what the recourse would have been if either had said no. Re-set and reassess I suppose.
^^ This. Seriously, plan everything you are going to say and know they might ask you questions in return.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick-Boy
It also helped that my future brother-in-law (her sister's husband) had asked me about 3 weeks prior before they moved to the north eat for AF relocation, when I was going to ask her to marry me. He already knew she would say yes, knew her sister loved me and wanted me to propose and knew that their parents were fond of me too.
Very put together family... Father is a nationally recognized stock broker.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick-Boy
Oh yea, one more thing to think about before going into it, how are you going to pay for the wedding? As in, her father might ask you that, though thats getting pretty in-depth for just a marriage blessing.
If you are on their good side, and you ask for their blessing, those are several things that might come into play and they might be more willing to play the traditional role of paying for the wedding.
But I'm no expert, I'm not even married yet. You'd probably have better luck asking the others on here who have been married multiple times, they have more experience... :/
Then again, I could just be overthinking it too much. My future father-in-law was shocked and caught off guard, so he didn't say much other than "i'd be happy to have you as my son-in-law". It was honestly a little awkward lol.
I'm also sick, haven't slept in 2 nights (due to the cold, and neighbors shooting off fireworks all night long on the 4th) and am in a constant mode of grogginess/drunkeness from the dayquil. Needless to say, I've been having a hard time coming up with the correct words to use while talking to my co-observer tonight lol
Then plan on him wanting you to outline the "hows" and "whys". If he's a pragmatic man, expect more emphasis on the how.
Like I said, my girl's pops is a Brigadier General. I didn't approach him like it was a pissing contest. But I didn't come into it with my head bowed and my hand out either. That whole thing about "knowing your audience" was in effect. The man is a respected professional so I was respectful. He's a very successful soldier so I couldn't appear weak (what soldier, in the history of ever, would let his daughter marry someone that he didn't believe was capable of protecting and providing?). In the end I approached it just like I was briefing him on an op. I told him why I was there, outlined why I wanted to marry his daughter and how I was going to make it happen then asked his permission/blessing to go forward. No issues.
With her mom I spent a lot more time talking about the abstract. How I knew she was the right one. Why we're good together. etc. Again, know your audience. Her mom was a lot more interested in the "why" than the "how" if that makes sense.
Not to mention, I'm posting extremely long posts in the post whore thread, so obviously I have too much to say or I am rambling on for too long. There's also a chance that I may not be all that coherent right now and realize that what I'm really trying to say is that I get rolling into segues too easily for my own good.
Speaking of segues and segways. With my knee injury, someone recently suggested that I try to convince my doctor to write a Rx for me to go buy a segway for transportation when I must walk, then to pass the bill along to workers comp. I told them that I didn't think that would go over all that well and I probably would be accused of defrauding the workers comp administration/organization/some-other-kind-of-ation...
Listen to him, he seems to have more coherent advice to give than I can lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick-Boy
I just over think things most of the time. ;)
Well, you looked at it from a military background. My future father-in-law is retired USAF and now works for the German AF, so he's had a huge background of military service. I've never had a single day, the closest I came was taking the ASVAB for USAF OTS, then being offered the job that after taking moved my butt down here to meet his daughter. Never once did I look at the request to marry his daughter as "briefing him on an op" lol
However, I was raised in a very well off family with proper morals, what the meaning of respect is, and taught the true meaning of discipline. Granted, thats probably partly due to the long line of military service in my family too.
Oh yea, and I over think things ALL the time. My fiancee once asked me to tell her all of the things I thought throughout the day (well, mostly the thought processes involved in decision making) and my thought process involved in buying something, can't recall what it was, but it wasn't a life altering purchase, wasn't $1k or more that you'd have buyers remorse with or wished you had bought the other model, and she was blown away at the various aspects of things that I look at.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick-Boy
Jesus Christ you guys, and Lady, blabbed a shit load.
JM, Spyder and Irving chatting it up in the whore thread? Far out.
The Grey is a Lady?.... you don't happen to be a midget do you? lol
You know, there was something about your posting that I wondered about, couldn't put my finger on it. I'm glad you're here as a CO AR-15 member though. :)
BC must be polishing his telescope or something.
I feel a run coming on.
Damn timer. That really is a pita for whoring.