Rep Lodge Thread 89: As The Holidays Approach

[REDRocket]

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G'afternoon Loj. Leonid meteor shower tonight! Bring your umbrellas and foil hats.

 

[DisplacedCornellian]

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G'afternoon Loj. Leonid meteor shower tonight! Bring your umbrellas and foil hats.

I prefer hollowed out armadillo shells. They have a bit more heft to them: do a better job blocking the mind control rays and deflecting stray meteors!

 

[ecbrevik]

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Secondly, friends and relatives are already telling me when we should have the wedding. I mean, I've been engaged for one *king week and already people are saying do it here, do it there, do it this weekend, not this weekend, etc. One friend told me to not do it over a weekend that the Twins play cause then he wouldn't be able to come. I've been told by numerous people to not cater to other peoples wants and do what we want for the wedding, but seriously, is this going to last up until the wedding day?

1. Set the date when you want it to be and let whoever you want there know when it is.
2. Make your plans and follow them
3. Ignore anyone you don't want involved in the planning
4. Refuse to stress about it. Emphasis on refuse.

This worked rather well for me.

I told her if we had a kid and we couldn't make it up the hill then we would let it freeze to death and just make another one.

Ugh - just got called "sir" in the Merrimack thread.


If you have the word "ewe" in your name, odds are you are not a "sir"!!!

You expect intellegent thought from the majority of posters?

 

[nmupiccdiva]

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aww, I was excited until I saw your figuratively note.



I'm just going to let her carry a gun around and point it at anyone that tries to chime in.

But seriously, are people really that dense that they think I'm going to plan a wedding around their schedule? My cousin literally said that she's busy in the fall so we should do it in the summer. I'm like, um...planning on doing Ironman 70.3 that summer, so yeah, maybe right after we get off our bikes we'll get hitched.

And as for kids, pretty much everyone knows our stance, so that's one thing we don't have to worry about. And if they still are wondering, I'll just tell them my boys can't swim.

That, actually, would be pretty awesome...

That being said, I'm still thinking "eloping" is gonna be my strategy if I ever head that way again...

 

[Scarlet]

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Wow - that would be great, I was planning on taking the Downeaster up to Durham (the stop is right at the Whit).

No problem. Email me this week with where you are so we can figure out on a place to meet. I'm traveling Tuesday-Thursday and I can't find your email address. I'll have my Blackberry so I can reply. It's such a handy device for stuff like that.

Hi Lodge.

Sparty stinks. (that's my story from Saturday...sat next to a guy with such bad B.O. that that side of the bf's jersey smelled after the game).

jersey has been washed. I'm hoping I washed all the losing out of it and that my team will win a game...or several.

I saw your post in the game thread and immediately thought of that Seinfeld episode when the valet guy's BO stunk up Jerry's car. Just...gross. Hope washing it works!!

1. Set the date when you want it to be and let whoever you want there know when it is.
2. Make your plans and follow them
3. Ignore anyone you don't want involved in the planning
4. Refuse to stress about it. Emphasis on refuse.

Cannot agree more. Just smile and nod at people who try to tell you when to have it. When they complain, tell them it's YOUR day so they should be rearranging their schedules for you. And if they can't make it, they can't make it. The only people you should be worried about being there are you and Quiz. And your parents/immediate families. Finagling the logistics of church availability, function room availability plus music/flowers/photographer/etc is stressful enough without having to worry about random friends/family who have plans.

 

[Sloe Gin]

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That, actually, would be pretty awesome...

it would sure give me a nice break before I go out on a half-marathon run!

I appreciate it, everyone. Because Quiz and I are going to be doing this ourselves, I'm going to take advice from people I want to and tell everyone else thanks while secretly thinking in my head about massive hammerpunchings.

 

[bigmrg74]

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I just do my best to show my mom that there is absolutely no way that I should be allowed to care for a child. I know my mom wants grandkids, but at this point she knows that it would be bad for the world if they came from me.

Me: (sees annoying kids at mall) I hate kids....
Mom: What!!! I'm not going to get grandkids? You don't want to have kids?
Me: Well...not on purpose

Yeah, pretty much the same here for me. Thankfully, Mom hasn't really shown any interests in having grandkids yet. If she wants to get baby cute, she can just go down to the neighbors and hold one of theirs for a while.

Hi Lodge.

Sparty stinks. (that's my story from Saturday...sat next to a guy with such bad B.O. that that side of the bf's jersey smelled after the game).

jersey has been washed. I'm hoping I washed all the losing out of it and that my team will win a game...or several.

Yeah, thats just nasty!!!

I prefer hollowed out armadillo shells. They have a bit more heft to them: do a better job blocking the mind control rays and deflecting stray meteors!

I knew I forgot to pick up something down there in Texas!!!!

 

[DisplacedCornellian]

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1. Set the date when you want it to be and let whoever you want there know when it is.
2. Make your plans and follow them
3. Ignore anyone you don't want involved in the planning
4. Refuse to stress about it. Emphasis on refuse.

Good advice. No matter what you do, somebody is going to find something to complain about, so just do what is going to make the two of you happy.

Refusing to stress about it is key. I managed to remain most zen-like through the planning stages of my wedding (I used the just-take-three-deep-breaths-smile-and-nod technique). One minor lapse during the rehearsal when I blew up and told my wife's friend to "SIT DOWN AND SHUT THE HELL UP!!!". I'm normally a quiet, soft spoken guy, so after I did that you could hear a pin drop in the chapel. It worked though - she sat down and shut her mouth, and the priest thanked me for setting her straight afterward. Did make the rehearsal dinner a little awkward though...

 

[A Shot and a Goal]

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Ugh - just got called "sir" in the Merrimack thread.


If you have the word "ewe" in your name, odds are you are not a "sir"!!!

Give 'em hell, fella.

 

[gmann]

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Give 'em hell, fella.

So, that's what the old timers are calling it these days.

 

[A Shot and a Goal]

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So, that's what the old timers are calling it these days.

I notice in the current USCHO college hockey rankings that among the top twelve teams are: North Dakota, Denver, Colorado College, Bemidji and Nebraska-Omaha. Looks like the WCHA may have a couple of young punks joining the league who can play some. By the same token the "old hands" will be taking said punks to the woodshed regularly.

 

[gmann]

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By the same token the "old hands" will be taking said punks to the woodshed regularly.

ASaaG is a joker
ASaaG is a smoker
ASaag is a midnight toker

 

[hockeybando]

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I think nmu_27 and I did something wrong. Nobody gave input on our wedding unless asked, and that was all detail stuff because I'm horrible at making up my mind. We had a date picked before we were engaged, and nothing anybody said was going to change that.

That being said, I know we were in the very lucky minority of couples and I thank my stars for that. We didn't find out his parents were paying for anything until after it was all planned (as it was, they paid for the rehearsal dinner and the bar, and my mom paid for the flowers) so there was no issue there.

Good luck though, guys. Like everyone else said, just ignore the people who annoy you and hug the ones who don't

 

[leswp1]

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ASaaG is a joker
ASaaG is a smoker
ASaag is a midnight toker

Oh. Thanks for the earworm

 

[ecbrevik]

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Because Quiz and I are going to be doing this ourselves, I'm going to take advice from people I want to and tell everyone else thanks while secretly thinking in my head about massive hammerpunchings.

Your life will be much smoother if you do that.

One minor lapse during the rehearsal when I blew up and told my wife's friend to "SIT DOWN AND SHUT THE HELL UP!!!". I'm normally a quiet, soft spoken guy, so after I did that you could hear a pin drop in the chapel. It worked though - she sat down and shut her mouth, and the priest thanked me for setting her straight afterward. Did make the rehearsal dinner a little awkward though...

 

[A Shot and a Goal]

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ASaaG is a joker
ASaaG is a smoker
ASaag is a midnight toker

Three of my best, uh, qualities?

 

[Twitch Boy]

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TWITCH SMASH!

So guess who's likely not going to Vegas after all?

The way federal trips for classes work, you get them approved, then book the flight/hotel yourself using your government credit card, then submit a request to the employee learning department so they can register you for the class and pay for it on a separate credit card. Of course, there was a paperwork foul-up in registration, and during the ensuing delay, the class filled

At least I have an excuse to buy that new laptop now. Xanatos Gambit, how I love thee.

 

[ecbrevik]

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TWITCH SMASH!

So guess who's likely not going to Vegas after all?

The way federal trips for classes work, you get them approved, then book the flight/hotel yourself using your government credit card, then submit a request to the employee learning department so they can register you for the class and pay for it on a separate credit card. Of course, there was a paperwork foul-up in registration, and during the ensuing delay, the class filled

At least I have an excuse to buy that new laptop now. Xanatos Gambit, how I love thee.

You gotta love government Shoot, our travel system is much easier, even though I work for the state.

How do you get to book your own flight though? I have friends in the USDA who complain about how they have to use the government-contracted travel agent to book flights, even when they could get them much cheaper if they booked themselves.

 

[Twitch Boy]

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How do you get to book your own flight though? I have friends in the USDA who complain about how they have to use the government-contracted travel agent to book flights, even when they could get them much cheaper if they booked themselves.

Yeah, we have to do that for flights. FedTraveler?

A lot of people book the hotel room on their own, though, which is acceptable.

 

[Scarlet]

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This morning I was at the dermatologist and she removed the rest of the tiny mole on my arm. I have a dressing on it. The numbing agent she gave me finally wore off about 6pm and now it stings.