Some economist argued that the best marriages are between cheap people and spendthrifts, so they can balance each other out. This is absolutely true with my folks. My mom's an expert penny-pincher, especially when it comes to clothes, and then my dad will surprise us all with reservations at a restaurant or fancy dresses. Goddamn that man is good at shopping for women -- better than I've ever been.
My brother is awesome, but I know I've said that in this thread already. He's also handsome and funny, is getting his degree in something useful (unlike his sister), and is learning how to cook and how to dance.
On the downside, he (like my parents) is not interested remotely in politics or activism, and he has a sad tendency to like crappy music.
Celandine, my dad dresses himself beautifully and can't shop for me or my mother to save his life. I'm pretty jealous here.
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i'm pretty sure my grandma may have killed a few germans during the war. she always talks about how she had two german rifles, a luger, and a couple hand grenades under the floorboard of her house and how she suddenly decided one day to leave occupied france for sicily after the americans had liberated the island. before i just accepted that, yeah, okay, she was heavily armed because her country was occupied. but now i wonder how she got all that hardware in the first place. also she hates eating bread and potatoes because that's all she had to eat during the war.
My brother is awesome, but I know I've said that in this thread already. He's also handsome and funny, is getting his degree in something useful (unlike his sister), and is learning how to cook and how to dance.
On the downside, he (like my parents) is not interested remotely in politics or activism, and he has a sad tendency to like crappy music.
Celandine, my dad dresses himself beautifully and can't shop for me or my mother to save his life. I'm pretty jealous here.
Yeah, we're kind of lucky. I think he got it from being a ladies' man in his youth.
I get irritated at my sister because she doesn't read the newspaper. I get it, not everybody has strong political views, but you're not going to read the goddamn news? I asked her "So what do you talk about with your friends?" She just laughed and said that not everybody is a nerd like me.
i'm pretty sure my grandma may have killed a few germans during the war. she always talks about how she had two german rifles, a luger, and a couple hand grenades under the floorboard of her house and how she suddenly decided one day to leave occupied france for sicily after the americans had liberated the island. before i just accepted that, yeah, okay, she was heavily armed because her country was occupied. but now i wonder how she got all that hardware in the first place. also she hates eating bread and potatoes because that's all she had to eat during the war.
Wow, that's awesome.
My grandfather died before I was born, but he was in the Resistance and blew up quite a few Nazis.
My family lived outside of Munich and when Hitler showed up they had some rich NY relatives who could vouch for them bring them over before shit got bad. My Italian side left Sicily after WWI.
Added: My grandfather met my grandmother because he was the block air raid warden. He was doing a drill and my grandmom opened a window and told him to shut up because my great-great-grandmother was trying to sleep. And then my grandpa asked her out and then they got married and had my dad.
i'm pretty sure my grandma may have killed a few germans during the war. she always talks about how she had two german rifles, a luger, and a couple hand grenades under the floorboard of her house and how she suddenly decided one day to leave occupied france for sicily after the americans had liberated the island. before i just accepted that, yeah, okay, she was heavily armed because her country was occupied. but now i wonder how she got all that hardware in the first place. also she hates eating bread and potatoes because that's all she had to eat during the war.
Wow, that's awesome.
My grandfather died before I was born, but he was in the Resistance and blew up quite a few Nazis.
my grandfather, her husband, was a road builder in tunisia when the germans took the country and spent the entire war in hiding trying to come up with a plan to escape. when him and his friend put the plan into action they found a british soldier just strolling down the street who told them that the germans had been pushed out of africa months ago.
that was before they were married, though. after that he went home to sicily and i guess met my grandma, who was working for the graves registration department of the US Army
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You guys just reminded me of a story of a couple separated after war for many years and then reunited. There are lots of stories like that but they get me every time.
My family lived outside of Munich and when Hitler showed up they had some rich NY relatives who could vouch for them bring them over before shit got bad. My Italian side left Sicily after WWI.
Added: My grandfather met my grandmother because he was the block air raid warden. He was doing a drill and my grandmom opened a window and told him to shut up because my great-great-grandmother was trying to sleep. And then my grandpa asked her out and then they got married and had my dad.
You guys just reminded me of a story of a couple separated after war for many years and then reunited. There are lots of stories like that but they get me every time.
oh my goodness
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So I'm being forced to take three vacation days over Christmas (and I only get 10 a year anyhow) so thinking I may go back to the UK then
I'd miss my first wedding anniversary and my first Christmas as a married person but then again if I don't go now I won't have enough vacation accrued to visit for a whole other year
Downside is that to get a cheap flight (i.e. half the cost of most flights) I'd have to arrive on Christmas Day and return on New Year's Day but oh well guess that's what I get for being 6,000 miles apart from family
e-mailing my dad and hoping he'll split the cost with me
Dude, 10 days is pretty low, even by American standards. You should ask about that!
It is a start-up; many of the managers haven't even taken their vacation at all since they started working
So I'm being forced to take three vacation days over Christmas (and I only get 10 a year anyhow) so thinking I may go back to the UK then
I'd miss my first wedding anniversary and my first Christmas as a married person but then again if I don't go now I won't have enough vacation accrued to visit for a whole other year
Downside is that to get a cheap flight (i.e. half the cost of most flights) I'd have to arrive on Christmas Day and return on New Year's Day but oh well guess that's what I get for being 6,000 miles apart from family
e-mailing my dad and hoping he'll split the cost with me
Dude, 10 days is pretty low, even by American standards. You should ask about that!
It is a start-up; many of the managers haven't even taken their vacation at all since they started working
and I'm bottom-rung
I'd say go, and make it up to husband when you get back :winky:
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edited November 2009
Well Janson, theoretically you will have another three days saved up by say april (and you can always take an extra day off) and the money you will save by not travelling in peak would be a lot.
Well Janson, theoretically you will have another three days saved up by say april (and you can always take an extra day off) and the money you will save by not travelling in peak would be a lot.
Maybe the days don't roll over. Our aunt loses her time off if she doesn't take it that year.
Well Janson, theoretically you will have another three days saved up by say april (and you can always take an extra day off) and the money you will save by not travelling in peak would be a lot.
Maybe the days don't roll over. Our aunt loses her time off if she doesn't take it that year.
That would really suck, and I'm not sure how that would work... at least where I work PTO represents money the company owes you, so you just can't lose it.
Though I should note we only get PTO, so there's no separate sick days, sabbaticals, etc.
Well Janson, theoretically you will have another three days saved up by say april (and you can always take an extra day off) and the money you will save by not travelling in peak would be a lot.
You're correct in that I would have another three days saved up by April, but only three days; however in December I have the 24th, 25th and 31st off anyway. So I can visit my family for eight days instead of just five (assuming three days + weekend).
And if I travel on the 24th and the 1st the ticket is about the same as I usually pay off-peak anyway, hurrah for unpopular travel days.
Plus, Christmas is a great time to visit because all my family is in one place. If I visit at another time of the year I won't get to see half my siblings.
So it looks like I am going! I'm having to work very hard, though, to assure Mori's parents that yes, I still like them, and no, I have not grown tired of California. His mother actually said 'we thought maybe you've begun to hate us'. She's far too paranoid!
As some of you know (and have been really supportive, by the way), my dad is going through some shit. Long story short, he's under house arrest and will get sentenced by the courts in early 2010. Obviously that means him and my mom can't leave for Thanksgiving. Not a big deal because me and my sisters are going down to hang out with them for the long weekend.
Enter my bitch of a cousin. We always spend Thanksgiving together and given that its a shitty situation this year, we just assumed that everyone would come down to my parent's place (they live 2 hours away from each other). Well my cousin (who is nearing 30) is like "I don't want to have to put my dog in a kennel, plus I want to cook in my own kitchen for Thanksgiving, etc." (Basically she was just using weak excuses to not come over). I called her and calmly stated that none of the adults really care about turkey or thanskgiving dinner, and neither do the kids (kids being me, my sisters, and my two cousins, all of which are between ages 24 and 30). I also stressed that no one knows what is going to happen with my dad in the next 12 months, and that sadly, he might not even be around next year. She started making more bullshit excuses. Finally I told her to knock that shit off and that if she doesn't want to come down, then she doesn't have to, just don't make bullshit excuses and don't do us any favors. She called me back the next day, apologized, and said that they'd come down because the family is important and that I made some good points about that.
Now I found out that she invited some random family friends over for Thanksgiving (first time this has ever been done in this family) and now her excuse for not coming is that she has to cook for these people who are coming over.
Apologies for the years old necro, I was looking up stuff about the episode I was in and came across this guy claiming to be my relative and that we did the show twice. I'm 9 years late but I'm still gonna call you out on your shit lmao
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My brother is awesome, but I know I've said that in this thread already. He's also handsome and funny, is getting his degree in something useful (unlike his sister), and is learning how to cook and how to dance.
On the downside, he (like my parents) is not interested remotely in politics or activism, and he has a sad tendency to like crappy music.
Celandine, my dad dresses himself beautifully and can't shop for me or my mother to save his life. I'm pretty jealous here.
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Yeah, we're kind of lucky. I think he got it from being a ladies' man in his youth.
I get irritated at my sister because she doesn't read the newspaper. I get it, not everybody has strong political views, but you're not going to read the goddamn news? I asked her "So what do you talk about with your friends?" She just laughed and said that not everybody is a nerd like me.
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Wow, that's awesome.
My grandfather died before I was born, but he was in the Resistance and blew up quite a few Nazis.
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I am sad that I never got to meet him
Added: My grandfather met my grandmother because he was the block air raid warden. He was doing a drill and my grandmom opened a window and told him to shut up because my great-great-grandmother was trying to sleep. And then my grandpa asked her out and then they got married and had my dad.
my grandfather, her husband, was a road builder in tunisia when the germans took the country and spent the entire war in hiding trying to come up with a plan to escape. when him and his friend put the plan into action they found a british soldier just strolling down the street who told them that the germans had been pushed out of africa months ago.
things were simpler then
oh my goodness
Well there is only a ten day turn-around, so it's pretty fast
It is a start-up; many of the managers haven't even taken their vacation at all since they started working
and I'm bottom-rung
I'd say go, and make it up to husband when you get back :winky:
But if someone has I don't really care
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Maybe the days don't roll over. Our aunt loses her time off if she doesn't take it that year.
That would really suck, and I'm not sure how that would work... at least where I work PTO represents money the company owes you, so you just can't lose it.
Though I should note we only get PTO, so there's no separate sick days, sabbaticals, etc.
You're correct in that I would have another three days saved up by April, but only three days; however in December I have the 24th, 25th and 31st off anyway. So I can visit my family for eight days instead of just five (assuming three days + weekend).
And if I travel on the 24th and the 1st the ticket is about the same as I usually pay off-peak anyway, hurrah for unpopular travel days.
Plus, Christmas is a great time to visit because all my family is in one place. If I visit at another time of the year I won't get to see half my siblings.
So it looks like I am going! I'm having to work very hard, though, to assure Mori's parents that yes, I still like them, and no, I have not grown tired of California. His mother actually said 'we thought maybe you've begun to hate us'. She's far too paranoid!
I love my mother but she is way more paranoid than me, which is saying something
I think this is true for everyone. At least, it's true for me.
Have fun, Janson!
As some of you know (and have been really supportive, by the way), my dad is going through some shit. Long story short, he's under house arrest and will get sentenced by the courts in early 2010. Obviously that means him and my mom can't leave for Thanksgiving. Not a big deal because me and my sisters are going down to hang out with them for the long weekend.
Enter my bitch of a cousin. We always spend Thanksgiving together and given that its a shitty situation this year, we just assumed that everyone would come down to my parent's place (they live 2 hours away from each other). Well my cousin (who is nearing 30) is like "I don't want to have to put my dog in a kennel, plus I want to cook in my own kitchen for Thanksgiving, etc." (Basically she was just using weak excuses to not come over). I called her and calmly stated that none of the adults really care about turkey or thanskgiving dinner, and neither do the kids (kids being me, my sisters, and my two cousins, all of which are between ages 24 and 30). I also stressed that no one knows what is going to happen with my dad in the next 12 months, and that sadly, he might not even be around next year. She started making more bullshit excuses. Finally I told her to knock that shit off and that if she doesn't want to come down, then she doesn't have to, just don't make bullshit excuses and don't do us any favors. She called me back the next day, apologized, and said that they'd come down because the family is important and that I made some good points about that.
Now I found out that she invited some random family friends over for Thanksgiving (first time this has ever been done in this family) and now her excuse for not coming is that she has to cook for these people who are coming over.
tl;dr: My cousin is a cunt
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Apologies for the years old necro, I was looking up stuff about the episode I was in and came across this guy claiming to be my relative and that we did the show twice. I'm 9 years late but I'm still gonna call you out on your shit lmao
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