If three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in, singing a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. They may think it's an organization.With just one more person, it'll be an organization. Count me in.Done!
Now where's my anti-massacree Thanksgiving dinner?
I hear you can get anything you want at the particular restaurant.
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So, today is my anniversary, (VERY lucky am I, who found a woman who has put up with me for 24 years so far!) ;)
She doesn't want to go out tonight, she wants to wait to get this silly monitor device off first, so we can dress up. (Take-home heart monitor thing, linked to a phone for recording.)
So, we have gone and gotten her 'wedding -cake cupcakes' from the bakery, and I will fix her Mexican food tonight (One of her favorites) we have already looked at the wedding album, and we will probably sit through the weeding video tonight. (I won't make the kids watch it again. They just NOT interested.) ;P
Not too bad for a Monday I guess? :)
Congratulations!
But... er...
You're one of the few people on the boards older than I am, and GothBard and I took 7 years to go from dating to getting married...
...yet we just had our twenty-SEVENTH wedding anniversary back in March.Catch up, you!
Well, to be fair, it was my SECOND marriage. :)
I had just turned 30.My previous fiasco, erm, 'marriage' was when I was about 23.
(FYI- Young and Stupid is a really BAD combo.) :(
So,... YOU catch up? ;P
naw, stay married. :D
(And congrats for 27!) :)
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In the states I personally blame those far too young marriages on the dang puritan approach to sex. teen body overloading with hormones, schools teach abstinence only. So you can either disappoint your religious figure and family or get married to the first person you find that says yes. It's not always how that works but it happens too often.
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In the states I personally blame those far too young marriages on the dang puritan approach to sex. teen body overloading with hormones, schools teach abstinence only. So you can either disappoint your religious figure and family or get married to the first person you find that says yes. It's not always how that works but it happens too often.
Yeah. GothBard and I started dating when I was 20, but there was no pressure so we didn't get married until I was close to 27. There are a LOT of places in the U.S. where you couldn't date for 7 years without BOTH families getting pretty ornery about it.
In the states I personally blame those far too young marriages on the dang puritan approach to sex. teen body overloading with hormones, schools teach abstinence only. So you can either disappoint your religious figure and family or get married to the first person you find that says yes. It's not always how that works but it happens too often.Yeah. GothBard and I started dating when I was 20, but there was no pressure so we didn't get married until I was close to 27. There are a LOT of places in the U.S. where you couldn't date for 7 years without BOTH families getting pretty ornery about it.
Ain't that the truth.
But yeah me and my Fiance have been dating for 5 years now. we are getting married in November. I took my time because my mom married and divorced 7 times. She probably only dated them with the exception of my father for like a month at most first.
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OoOoOOoOoOOoh,
Happy anniversary to Mrs. Ragadolf and also Ragadolf.
Perhaps today they will play a game of golf,
Or, perhaps, since it is 24 years since the day of their weeding,
They will break out the Segways and get caught speeding,
While eating refried beans,
That very closely resemble former governor of Vermont, Howard Dean.
Thankyou.
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I still haven't heard anything about my family, except emails asking to contribute to political campaigns since covid broke out.
I'm assuming they finally froze me out.
Jealous...
Eh I shouldn't say that. I don't really have much family left.
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The General and I dated in high school (despite her living a couple of towns away) and then broke up, were friends through college and then started dating after that and then two years after that got married (giving our families 13 days to plan a wedding before leaving for the west coast).
We've been married for almost 19 years now.
Jealous...
Eh I shouldn't say that. I don't really have much family left.
Funny thing is, I was froze out because I'm not on Facebook and it's too hard apparently to email me at the same email address we've been using for the last 20 years.
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That like one of those sitcom romance stories. Reminds me of the wonder years. I just have you imagine you as Fred savage but with a lot more hair.
Funny thing is, I was froze out because I'm not on Facebook and it's too hard apparently to email me at the same email address we've been using for the last 20 years.Jealous...
Eh I shouldn't say that. I don't really have much family left.
Well sort of the same thing but I have Facebook I just don't respond to anything on it. I Think I have it purely for messenger.
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That like one of those sitcom romance stories. Reminds me of the wonder years. I just have you imagine you as Fred savage but with a lot more hair.
That was one of my favorite shows so I'll accept that.
Especially considering Fred Savage is directing episodes for one of my other favorite shows (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia).
I watched it when I was little I think I watched every episode only bits and pieces are still stuck in my head. I always felt like boy meets world was essentially the same kind of thing.(big crush on Topanga when I was that age.) those coming of age stories. then that 70's show would be the next one.
For the record, That 70s Show nailed what it's like being a teenager in Wisconsin.
The General's parents even look and act almost exactly like Red and Kitty.
That like one of those sitcom romance stories. Reminds me of the wonder years. I just have you imagine you as Fred savage but with a lot more hair.That was one of my favorite shows so I'll accept that.
Especially considering Fred Savage is directing episodes for one of my other favorite shows (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia).
I can't handle "It's to sunny" I know their just actors in a comedy but oooh those character just make me irritate. I wanna just push em down some stairs.
For the record, That 70s Show nailed what it's like being a teenager in Wisconsin.
The General's parents even look and act almost exactly like Red and Kitty.
That's good to know. guy who wrote it must of been from Wisconsin. So were your parents Donna's then? (I hope for your sake no.)
... did her dad ever threaten to put a foot up somewhere?
.......Why are so many comedy writers from Wisconsin?
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For the record, That 70s Show nailed what it's like being a teenager in Wisconsin.
The General's parents even look and act almost exactly like Red and Kitty.
That's good to know. guy who wrote it must of been from Wisconsin. So were your parents Donna's then? (I hope for your sake no.)
... did her dad ever threaten to put a foot up somewhere?
.......Why are so many comedy writers from Wisconsin?
My mom was an investigative reporter and my dad a high school chemistry teacher so no my parents weren't like Donna's, though my parents did have close friends who were.
He never threatened me as I was smart enough to know when to shut up.
We're supposed to hit 90 degrees today with severe storms in the afternoon.
Yup, it's June.
Unfortunately my family was more like Malcom in the middle minus Bryan Cranstons character.
We're supposed to hit 90 degrees today with severe storms in the afternoon.
Yup, it's June.
And to think I read an article trying to tell me 2020 was going to be a repeat of the summer of 1816. HA! although honestly that wouldn't of surprised me clearly not.
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Funny thing is, I was froze out because I'm not on Facebook and it's too hard apparently to email me at the same email address we've been using for the last 20 years.Jealous...
Eh I shouldn't say that. I don't really have much family left.
Same boat. I don't Facebook so I don't exist to my family.
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Funny thing is, I was froze out because I'm not on Facebook and it's too hard apparently to email me at the same email address we've been using for the last 20 years.Jealous...
Eh I shouldn't say that. I don't really have much family left.
Same boat. I don't Facebook so I don't exist to my family.
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I've lived in four different states, my family and friends are scattered all across the country and I'm too damned broke to visit, and FB is *reliable*. Almost everyone is on it. Except for you, and I see you here, and my favorite cousin, with whom I occasionally email.
And I'm overworked and exhausted and only get 5 hours of sleep a night as it is. FB is the easiest, fastest way for me to feel like I still have all those people in my life.Yes, Zuckerberg is probably NE, yes, Russian bot trolls, and screw your judgement.
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So, today is my anniversary, (VERY lucky am I, who found a woman who has put up with me for 24 years so far!) ;)
She doesn't want to go out tonight, she wants to wait to get this silly monitor device off first, so we can dress up. (Take-home heart monitor thing, linked to a phone for recording.)
So, we have gone and gotten her 'wedding -cake cupcakes' from the bakery, and I will fix her Mexican food tonight (One of her favorites) we have already looked at the wedding album, and we will probably sit through the weeding video tonight. (I won't make the kids watch it again. They just NOT interested.) ;P
Not too bad for a Monday I guess? :)
Congratulations!
But... er...
You're one of the few people on the boards older than I am
I didn't know Ragadolf turned to lichdom. How unfortunate.
In the states I personally blame those far too young marriages on the dang puritan approach to sex. teen body overloading with hormones, schools teach abstinence only. So you can either disappoint your religious figure and family or get married to the first person you find that says yes. It's not always how that works but it happens too often.Yeah. GothBard and I started dating when I was 20, but there was no pressure so we didn't get married until I was close to 27. There are a LOT of places in the U.S. where you couldn't date for 7 years without BOTH families getting pretty ornery about it.
Ain't that the truth.
But yeah me and my Fiance have been dating for 5 years now. we are getting married in November. I took my time because my mom married and divorced 7 times. She probably only dated them with the exception of my father for like a month at most first.
is your mom a religious woman?
That like one of those sitcom romance stories. Reminds me of the wonder years. I just have you imagine you as Fred savage but with a lot more hair.
I liked the show when it discussed anything but sex. The sexual views were...yeesh.
For the record, That 70s Show nailed what it's like being a teenager in Wisconsin.
The General's parents even look and act almost exactly like Red and Kitty.
okay, am I crashing through your wall like the kool aid man or am I crashing through your in laws walls like the kool aid man. It seems a lot more fun to do the latter.
For the record, That 70s Show nailed what it's like being a teenager in Wisconsin.
The General's parents even look and act almost exactly like Red and Kitty.
That's good to know. guy who wrote it must of been from Wisconsin. So were your parents Donna's then? (I hope for your sake no.)
... did her dad ever threaten to put a foot up somewhere?
.......Why are so many comedy writers from Wisconsin?
My mom was an investigative reporter and my dad a high school chemistry teacher so no my parents weren't like Donna's, though my parents did have close friends who were.
He never threatened me as I was smart enough to know when to shut up.
I keep thinking your mom is wonder woman.
We're supposed to hit 90 degrees today with severe storms in the afternoon.
Yup, it's June.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Unfortunately my family was more like Malcom in the middle minus Bryan Cranstons character.
I'm sorry.
Funny thing is, I was froze out because I'm not on Facebook and it's too hard apparently to email me at the same email address we've been using for the last 20 years.Jealous...
Eh I shouldn't say that. I don't really have much family left.
Same boat. I don't Facebook so I don't exist to my family.
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I've lived in four different states, my family and friends are scattered all across the country and I'm too damned broke to visit, and FB is *reliable*. Almost everyone is on it. Except for you, and I see you here, and my favorite cousin, with whom I occasionally email.
And I'm overworked and exhausted and only get 5 hours of sleep a night as it is. FB is the easiest, fastest way for me to feel like I still have all those people in my life.Yes, Zuckerberg is probably NE, yes, Russian bot trolls, and screw your judgement.
I will add a quiet room to the abscondi-cave immediately. King size bed, buckwheat pillows, and eeeeeeeeasy listening.
Facebook allows me to remain in a some degree of touch (however superficial) and get acquaintanced with approximately a degree and a half of magnitude more people than I would be otherwise - keeping in touch is a skill that I never really developed and a contacts with a lot of people I met in the past disintegrated over time.
Not to mention getting some opportunities for work that I could not dream of otherwise.
Viable alternative would be nice - but it would be viable only if enough of my acquaintances and friends would use it as well.
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In the states I personally blame those far too young marriages on the dang puritan approach to sex. teen body overloading with hormones, schools teach abstinence only. So you can either disappoint your religious figure and family or get married to the first person you find that says yes. It's not always how that works but it happens too often.
Anakin Skywalker married Padme while being 19 and how well it had ended? Not only for them but also for over a half of the Galaxy?
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Funny thing is, I was froze out because I'm not on Facebook and it's too hard apparently to email me at the same email address we've been using for the last 20 years.Jealous...
Eh I shouldn't say that. I don't really have much family left.
Same boat. I don't Facebook so I don't exist to my family.
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I've lived in four different states, my family and friends are scattered all across the country and I'm too damned broke to visit, and FB is *reliable*. Almost everyone is on it. Except for you, and I see you here, and my favorite cousin, with whom I occasionally email.
And I'm overworked and exhausted and only get 5 hours of sleep a night as it is. FB is the easiest, fastest way for me to feel like I still have all those people in my life.Yes, Zuckerberg is probably NE, yes, Russian bot trolls, and screw your judgement.
LM and NH are both correct, in my view. What Cap and NH, and to a lesser degree myself, have experienced with family communication from not being on FB is not good on the whole (insert exceptions list). Your family and friends getting exposed to blatant misinformation and propoganda campaigns and rigging elections is also horrible.
However.
For the last 15-20 years people have grown accustomed to being able to stay in touch with friends and family easier than ever before. Society is not going to give that one up. For anything. If Facebook dies a thousand other platforms will scramble into place, all trying to gobble up the pieces. People will be fractured again, and they will, in groups, come to decide which platform is the best for their needs...and the biggest one will rise to the same position as Facebook and eventually everyone will end up on it, including the awful people and organizations. Whoever's running it may or may not be a sociopath like Zuck, and they might even put forth a convincing best effort to curtail the worst aspects, but I don't believe they'll ultimately be all that successful. I also don't believe they won't be a sociopath anyway.
And we'll be right back to the same place. And it will likely only take about...eh...3-5 years.
My family is not on facebook, thankfully. It would be terribly irritating if they were.
is your mom a religious woman?In the states I personally blame those far too young marriages on the dang puritan approach to sex. teen body overloading with hormones, schools teach abstinence only. So you can either disappoint your religious figure and family or get married to the first person you find that says yes. It's not always how that works but it happens too often.Yeah. GothBard and I started dating when I was 20, but there was no pressure so we didn't get married until I was close to 27. There are a LOT of places in the U.S. where you couldn't date for 7 years without BOTH families getting pretty ornery about it.
Ain't that the truth.
But yeah me and my Fiance have been dating for 5 years now. we are getting married in November. I took my time because my mom married and divorced 7 times. She probably only dated them with the exception of my father for like a month at most first.
emphatically yes. Like is their a stronger word for yes?
That like one of those sitcom romance stories. Reminds me of the wonder years. I just have you imagine you as Fred savage but with a lot more hair.I liked the show when it discussed anything but sex. The sexual views were...yeesh.
I can't even remember but I imagine it was a thing of it's time.
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I delayed posting this, because I don't want any of you (whose opinion of me matters to me) to think I'm making light of the current situation.
BUT. I also know that, with my current level of anxiety/depression about life, the universe, and everything, I desperately need to find humor where I can, and I like to share.
SO.
Last night, a friend of mine whose property borders on the Oakland Zoo (which is at the far outskirts of town, a good half an hour's drive from Downtown Oakland) received a report that vandals had broken into the zoo and damaged enclosures, and at least one of the four tigers was at large in the area.She has goats.
So she brought them in to her kitchen for the night, where they climbed up on the kitchen counter, ate all the fruit in the fruit bowl, peed all over the floor, and generally goated up her kitchen.This morning, she found out it was a false report.
Then, a mutual friend of ours who is, in fact, a zookeeper at the Oakland Zoo, said, "Yeah, our tigers are so spoiled and lazy, they wouldn't know what to do with a live goat. A squirrel... maaaaaybe."
The lions here regularly try and substitute their diet with seagulls, much to the dismay of the zookeepers, because gulls are full of garbage (literally and figuratively) and lion who have the runs are not fun...
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So, today is my anniversary, (VERY lucky am I, who found a woman who has put up with me for 24 years so far!) ;)
She doesn't want to go out tonight, she wants to wait to get this silly monitor device off first, so we can dress up. (Take-home heart monitor thing, linked to a phone for recording.)
So, we have gone and gotten her 'wedding -cake cupcakes' from the bakery, and I will fix her Mexican food tonight (One of her favorites) we have already looked at the wedding album, and we will probably sit through the weeding video tonight. (I won't make the kids watch it again. They just NOT interested.) ;P
Not too bad for a Monday I guess? :)
You can never go wrong with favorite food and cupcakes :D
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If three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in, singing a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. They may think it's an organization.With just one more person, it'll be an organization. Count me in.Done!
Now where's my anti-massacree Thanksgiving dinner?
Im in! Lets see if I can dig up some old resistance pamphelts about how to DIY items of resistance.
emphatically yes. Like is their a stronger word for yes?is your mom a religious woman?In the states I personally blame those far too young marriages on the dang puritan approach to sex. teen body overloading with hormones, schools teach abstinence only. So you can either disappoint your religious figure and family or get married to the first person you find that says yes. It's not always how that works but it happens too often.Yeah. GothBard and I started dating when I was 20, but there was no pressure so we didn't get married until I was close to 27. There are a LOT of places in the U.S. where you couldn't date for 7 years without BOTH families getting pretty ornery about it.
Ain't that the truth.
But yeah me and my Fiance have been dating for 5 years now. we are getting married in November. I took my time because my mom married and divorced 7 times. She probably only dated them with the exception of my father for like a month at most first.
your mom sounds like my mom.
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emphatically yes. Like is their a stronger word for yes?Yes! YES! ?
And there goes the scene from When Harry Met Sally galloping through my head.
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In the states I personally blame those far too young marriages on the dang puritan approach to sex. teen body overloading with hormones, schools teach abstinence only. So you can either disappoint your religious figure and family or get married to the first person you find that says yes. It's not always how that works but it happens too often.Yeah. GothBard and I started dating when I was 20, but there was no pressure so we didn't get married until I was close to 27. There are a LOT of places in the U.S. where you couldn't date for 7 years without BOTH families getting pretty ornery about it.
Yep, guilty. The fact that Scint and I are sharing a residence - even if we are on completely different floors and nowhere near one another's personal quarters, AND that we're both asexual - without being married is a massive stick in my parents' craw. To the point they're basically saying "you have a while to get your stuff in order and get married, or we're cutting all contact with you for sinful living".
Meanwhile we're still waiting for the fhtagnging PLAGUE to end before we risk going to a courthouse for any length of time. For obvious reasons.
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To the point they're basically saying "you have a while to get your stuff in order and get married, or we're cutting all contact with you for sinful living".
I will add a quiet room to the abscondi-cave immediately. King size bed, buckwheat pillows, and eeeeeeeeasy listening.Funny thing is, I was froze out because I'm not on Facebook and it's too hard apparently to email me at the same email address we've been using for the last 20 years.Jealous...
Eh I shouldn't say that. I don't really have much family left.
Same boat. I don't Facebook so I don't exist to my family.
** spoiler omitted **
I've lived in four different states, my family and friends are scattered all across the country and I'm too damned broke to visit, and FB is *reliable*. Almost everyone is on it. Except for you, and I see you here, and my favorite cousin, with whom I occasionally email.
And I'm overworked and exhausted and only get 5 hours of sleep a night as it is. FB is the easiest, fastest way for me to feel like I still have all those people in my life.Yes, Zuckerberg is probably NE, yes, Russian bot trolls, and screw your judgement.
I've been meaning to do that too, but I keep forgetting.
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And there goes the scene from When Harry Met Sally galloping through my head.emphatically yes. Like is their a stronger word for yes?Yes! YES! ?
I eat there with celestial healer regularly. We got their table once.