Happy New Year!! Everyone. I hope you are all going to have a wonderful year. This is our very first Edition of 2002 and it's bigger and better than ever. I knew we had a talented bunch of members here and we are beginning to see just how talented you all are!
We saw with deep regret the passing of our dear friend Owlie (Ted) aka Nightowl [Host]. He will be sorely missed in the forum. A loss of one of life's gentlemen. Owlie passed on to that big Cyber Forum as he would have wanted to go, still Hosting in Casual Chat! So the next time your being a tad naughty and hear a "Now then lass", you will know that Owlie is still watching over us. <S>
On a lighter note, Congratulations to Tracey on joining the staff, she is a welcome eedjit...err...addition! Even if we all still have to wear sunglasses to hide from the glare shining off that brand new badge. I know Tracey appreciated becoming a Trainee Host in time for Owlie to wish her well.
Here are some of the comments received from the last issue......
"Lynda,
Just had to send a note to tell you how much I do enjoy the
newspaper.
I also just had to say that it is real easy to get them choccies
out of the
foil wrappings hanging on a christmas tree, and even easier to
put them back
into there shape and hang them back up...and I am not speaking
out of any
kind of experience.LOL."
"Wonderful paper Lynda its definitly on the
ball so those others
can keep on chuckling and making fun ----this will be a success!"
"I love Cousin Clem and Bessie, hoping to read more from them!"
"God Created Man........but without a Woman.....there would never have been another man.........We Women have a lot to answer for LOL"
"Ya know, I really hope there is going to be
a modern woman III when she
turns into wife, and then modern woman IV the mom.
that is the most hysterical column i have ever read. Everyone did
a
great job, And it wouldnt be possible without a great editor.
Once
again, You've done a very excellent job Lynda. I think this is
the
greatest idea ever. Everybody gets to be involved. And gives us
some
great insight too each other as well.
(Still laughing at the modern woman)"
"How about an article on so called Blonde
Irish Lasses. I enjoyed the
newsletter---helps us become more of a family. Your work is
appreciated. Must
go---heard of a patch of corn not "harvested"." (Watch
this space.... you never know!)
"Lynda -- Mz. Editor, your paper does well, no complaints but would love to see more section/types together --- Kings article was wonderful and Cappys made me smile ---- you do well as do those that contributed!"
Well, Folks if accolades like that don't get you all writing......nothing will!!!
On the home front, the spogs and I had a nice family Christmas. My kids know me so well, they bought me an internet cell phone for Christmas that I have had great fun with. Even if it did take about a week for me to learn how to work it! Marie Ange was most impressed when I replied to her Email from the loo. Well....... I *think* she was impressed. The huge turkey and ham we had last three whole days. I think thats a record for the sprogs. Probably helped when they breakfasted on chocolate goodies on Christmas morning....and Boxing Day.......and the day after. The highlight though, I think, was when I won the Forum Naffest Christmas present competition with my dalmatian slippers! (thanks Mum!). Marie Ange's pet daughter was a close second with the errr......beautiful candle stick she received from her Aunt. (Both items are on view in the "Humour" Files Section.)
Any comments. articles, tips etc, please mail to LyndaAtCasual@Compuserve.com
Lynda [Editor]
P.S...... I also received this lovely verse about our wonderful Forum!
Casual Chat...What it means to me!!!
Sometimes I feel I've been here for ever
You know what I mean, I'm not being clever
But here in this place, I have to say
Sometimes I just feel....I've had my day
Just saying those words, makes me stop & think
Times spent here have flown past in a 'blink'
Because in this place I've made some real friends
If I named all their names...then I'd never end
But thats the part that makes it special to me
Friends don't need names....they were meant to be
Anonymous
Editorial.........................................................................Lynda
The Winter Olympics.....................................................Becca
Wrenched Thoughts.......................................................Wrenchofco
Hollywood "Gossip" Column.........................................Happi
So, you want to be a Bus Driver?.....................................Tracey
Reflections of Yesteryear.................................................Lewis_Angel
Pets Corner.....................................................................Lillyrose
Ms Not-So-Modern Woman's Reply................................Ms Anonymous
The Modern Woman - Part III .........................................Anon
With the Winter Olympics coming next month in Salt Lake City,
Utah, USA - I thought it would be interesting to discover how
they actually began.
The actual move for a winter version of the Olympic games began
in 1908 when figure skating made it’s first appearance at
the Summer Games in London, England. Ulrich Salchow of Sweden,
who at the time was the ten-time world champion, was the first
male single champion. He was well known for his backwards one
revolution jump that still bears his name to this day. Madge
Syers of Britain was the female single champion, while Anna
Hubler and Heinrich Berger of Germany won the pairs competition.
During the 1916 Summer Games in Berlin it was planned that a
"Skiing Olympia" would be planned for the first time.
The organizers were planning on featuring Nordic events in the
Black Forest of Germany, but with the outbreak of World War I in
1914, the Games were cancelled.
When the Games finally resumed in 1920 the host city was Antwerp,
Belgium. Both figure skating and ice hockey were added as medal
events. Sweden had a sweep of the figure skating medals with
Gillis Grafstrom and Mada Julin taking the individual medals,
while Ludovika and Walter Jakobsson took the pairs. Canada won
the gold medal for Hockey, while the United States took second
and Czechoslovakia taking third.
In 1924 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) finally
sanctioned an "International Winter Sports Week" at
Chamonix, France. There were many objections to this new winter
event by the founder of the Modern Olympic Games, Baron Pierre de
Coubertin along with several Scandinavian countries. These
countries had already established their own Nordic championships
which had been held every four or five years from 1901-1926 in
Sweden. They were of the opinion that since they already were
hosting a Nordic style event that there wasn’t any need for
anything else. But the IOC overruled their objections and
continued with the planned event. The "week" was held
over an 11 day period and included the following sporting events:
Nordic skiing, speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and
bobsledding. This event was so successful that it was eventually
declared the first Olympic Winter Games.
For over seventy years we have enjoyed the experience of the
modern day Winter and Summer Games in the same calendar year.
This was changed in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway when it was
decided to alternate every two years. Giving us the Olympic
experience every two years instead of four.
This will be the XIX Olympic Winter games and will be held from
February 8th through the 24th. The Salt Lake 2002 sport program
will be the largest in Olympic Winter Games history with a total
of 78 events. In the 1998 Nagano Japan games we were witness to a
total of 68 events, 72 nations attending, 2,302 athletes
participating and a total of 206 medals being awarded, the Salt
Lake games will be an even bigger and more exciting spectacle for
our viewing enjoyment. And speaking of viewing enjoyment, the IOC
has determined that there will be over 900 hours of television
coverage going to over 160 countries. NBC, the official Olympic
channel for the USA coverage will be showing over 370 hours.
While the Canadians will enjoy over 250 and the Ukers will only
see 100 hours.
So while you are enjoying and rooting for your country and their
athletes, just remember one thing, you will be viewing it with
over 3 Billion other couch potatoes!
Did you know?
The Olympic flag was Pierre de Coubertin’s idea. He thought
of the idea of using a flag with five colored interlocking rings
on a solid white background. This flag has been used in every
Olympic games for almost a century and is still recognized as a
symbol for the Olympics to this day.
The six colors used in the Olympic Flag, white for the background
and the five Olympic Rings; blue, yellow, black, green and red,
can be found on all the flags of the world.
Even though the creator of this everlasting symbol never said nor
wrote that the colors of the rings were linked with the different
continents, it has come to be associated with it. Today it is
felt that the five interlocking rings represent the union of the
five continents and the meeting of the athletes of the world at
the Olympic Games.
Becca
Well, it’s a new year, with it come the hopes of doing
that which we didn’t do in the previous year. I hope I can
provide you with a column worth reading. If you’re wondering
about the name of this column, just pronounce "wrenched"
as you would "wretched" and you might understand even
better than I do. I hope I can make this thing humorous and maybe
a bit philosophical, definitely want to be interesting.
I guess its appropriate that the first thing to write of would be
New Years resolutions, but that subject is beat to the ground
every year so lets try something different. New Years vices. That’s
right, the stuff we do but know we shouldn’t. Take drinking
for instance, we make resolutions to improve our lives while
affirming our wrongs by poisoning our bodies with our chosen
alcoholic beverage. Every year it’s the same thing, we set
lofty goals of improving ourselves, doing more for the betterment
of mankind and climbing Mt. Everest and then we guzzle down
enough booze that we get drunk, fall down, pass out, then wake up
with a hang over and say," Screw It."
This really isn’t such a bad thing as if it didn’t
happen, Mt. Everest would no longer be such a big thing. Lets
face it people, wars are started because some guy failed to do
his duty of getting drunk on New Years eve, and tried to follow
through with their agenda, don’t believe me, look at Usama
bin Laden.
Now there’s a guy that needs a drink. He decided the world
would be a better place if women wore burkas and all forms of
entertainment was banned. I can relate with the latter part as I
once I arrived at a party late and everyone else was already
drunk. After mulling over the idea over a few shots of JD and
chasing said shots with beer, I decided," Screw It".
Once again a world war was prevented.
As far as women wearing burka’s, well it’s an obvious
indication of how his wives might look like and I’m not
going there. The point I’m trying to make is if either
Napoleon, Stalin, or Hitler would’ve just had more fun on
New Years Eve, they might’ve loosened up.
Now I’d like to write of something important. As I write
this, the NFL playoffs are on. Over the next few weeks teams of
really large guys battle over possession of a ball with the
intention of taking it to the far end of a hundred yard field.
The winner goes on to play again, while the loser goes home. All
of this culminates into the "Super Bowl."
This year over a billion people around the world are going to
gather together in homes, sports bars, and but somehow the idea
of so many people being drawn to such an event, maybe someone
smarter than myself can get all these people to chill out. Think
about it, for about 3 hours on Super Bowl Sunday, Individuals who
didn’t get drunk on New Years Eve stop their agenda to watch
a game. That can’t be bad, and who knows, maybe they’ll
decide that since they didn’t get drunk on New Years, that
they can atone for that while watching the game and once again
the world will be safer. I doubt that, but hey it’s nice to
think about.
Well I hope nobody decides to shoot me over this column and I do
hope at least some of you actually like it. Until next time, you
can tear me up in the chat room.
Wrench
Rumors:
I heard from a friend of a friend of a friend who heard it from
his second cousins third wife's sister-in-law's friend that
Charlie
Brownish-Black has been, in fact, actually seeing Loosey Lucille
and All-Beef Patie at the same time while he dabbled a little bit
on the side out of his league with Jessica Rarebit. It would seem
that Dodger and Jessica Rarebit have had some marital problems
and she thought that she could spice up the atmosphere with a
little rendezvous
on the side.
In the meantime Dodger started messin around with Dash Dash Dot Dash from The Graphicsycho's, but realized that she was a little to young for him causing quite a scandle in the animated world!
But if that was not bad enough.. Hugs Hunny has been cited for cross dressing while trying to camoflage himself from his enemies. He borrowed Flab Funnie's clothes without asking and she had him arrested. Not for stealing her clothes mind you but because he put her pink paisley shirt with a green plaid skirt and yellow spiked heels.
One of the twenty elves, Teenycox ran off with Smudgyette and
were
married at the same church in which Dangles and Perk-ita from 201
Dashuands said their vows at. It was quoted to be the wedding of
a year.
Smudgyette looked stunning in her wedding dress of sapphire. The
Feeble Nookie Mon walked her down the isle, and before he handed
her over to Teenycox, caused quite a stir when he snoggzzzzzed
her, and said "last night was wonderful Cayenne!" This
did not bother the groom one bit as he said that the money she
earned was for their honey-moon.
Well thats all for this section of the Casual Community Hollywood
Gossip Zone.
Stayed tuned for more next time,
if I'm not sued first.
Happi
That's what I decided in September 2000. A couple of friends had
mentioned that the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) was hiring
drivers and encouraged me to apply. At first, I thought why would
I do that?? I had spent a couple of years back in school becoming
a paralegal....to end up driving a bus???
Well, I got my resume together, answered an ad in the paper,
faxed my resume in weekly, went down to their offices a few times
and next thing I knew...I was hired!!
Now the process really wasn't that simple. First, they call you
and ask you to attend a "Preliminary Operator's Session"
at their offices. Off I went in January 2001, excited at the
prospect of the possibly having a new career once again. They
gathered approximately 60 to 70 folks in the lunchroom, for 3-1/2
hours, and tell you what you can expect if they do hire you. We
get an opportunity to ask questions, intereact with other folks,
and listen to their sales pitch. At the end of the session, they
assign you some "homework". We have to go out and
interview operators, on our own time, and ask them anything we
want to know about joining the TTC. We must ride on different
routes throughout the city, at least 12, and 2 MUST rides are the
all night Yonge Street bus (known as the "Vomit Comet")
and the all night Queen Streetcar. We are then told that we are
to call a certain phone number on a certain date, at a certain
time to see if they are going to interview us. Off we go...armed
with our "homework" and wondering just what have we
gotten ourselves into??
I choose a weekend to do this assignment. I purchase a Day Pass (good
until 5:00 a.m. the next morning), leave my place about 2:30 p.m.
and get on the subway to start my interviews. I ride the system
and don't get home until 5:30 a.m. the next morning!! But, I've
done the all night routes they asked us to do, and many others as
well. I still don't have enough interviews done, and on Sunday, I
repeat the process, except for the al night routes. All in all,
I've got 12 interviews completed by Sunday night. Now I have to
wait 10 days to find out if I'm even going to be interviewed!!
I do get an interview, which takes 1 hour. It's a set of
questions they use for all operators, with 2 "test"
questions at the end. Depending on how you answer those "test"
questions will depend on your going forward. Your interview could
go extremely well, but if you mess up those 2 questions, forget
it!! At the end of the interview, I am told that they are
interested in pursuing me, am sending me off for a medical and
once that is complete they will check my references. The medical
is about 1-1/2 hours long..they check everything out. I knew that
I had passed my medical, when one of my references told me that
they had called.
Next, I received a phone call asking me to attend their offices
at a specific time, on a specific date and to bring with me my
driver's license, my social insurance card (the equivalent of the
American social security card), and a void cheque (for payroll
purposes). At that time, they took my picture for my employee ID,
sent me off to be measured for my uniform and to wait for a call
when training would begin.
Two days later, they called and told me that my training would
begin on March 26, 2001 at 8:00 a.m. at their offices.
Next month, I'll talk about training and what it's like to
actually be out there on your own!!
Tracey.
Only a memory of a child, with the age of the child you need to
keep in mind that as children things seem so much worse than they
are, to adults that is.
Things at my house were not fun, but I did have some good times,
my two brothers and I fought like cats and dogs. I know they have
the scars to prove it. I used to chase them with a stick that I
would get at the park, self defence ye know, some thing to do
with the fact they said I would always follow them that was true,
guilty as charged <laffin> .
I used to love to go to the park, it was a quiet place for me to
just think about what to do some times. It was never like that at
home there were always too many people there, and too much
drinking going on.
My Mom and Dad separated when I was ten, I think by then I had a
wee sister and thought the world of her, and took care of her too
but then it was my turn to be followed around.
That kid was always threatening me, she used to tell me if I did
not give her a cigarette she was telling my mother that I smoked.
Well I thought she is not telling right, wrong! she did!
jeeeeeeeeeeees, that’s okay. She told, my Mom said she was
wrong I would not do that, well she was drunk at the time, so I
thought great that’s all over, wrong the next day my wee
sister told her again, this time she was sober, so she gave me a
cigarette , told me to smoke it. I must have thought I was all
big and bad because I did and when she saw that i was enjoying it
she made me smoke the whole pack. As if that was not bad enough,
when she saw I enjoyed that, she battered me all over the dang
house. I never thought about my wee sister that day if I had I
would have wanted to kick her butt. I was to busy thinking about
my own at the time though. <smile>.
There were times that we did not know if we were going to eat
that day or if the lights would be on, or if we had moved once
again, but it never seemed out of place to us that was normal. I
used to love to climb the dykes too and would fall down the
middle. LMAO at it now but at the time it sent me to the hospital
as I was cross eyed. It never stopped me though I would just get
back up there and do it again. I found that I could go to places
and find peace of mind and a love of things that others never
bothered with, like a flower or just to swing as high as I could.
I thought that would make me closer to God and I could stay with
him and I would feel safe. Silly angel but for that short period
of time I did feel safe and I did feel close to him.
I spent a lot of time in and out of foster homes until I was
fifteen then I was taken out altogether. I was working two jobs
by then one was at a shop selling ladies items and the other was
at a fish and chip shop. I had to give that up then because of
moving once again, and went to work in a die stamping business,
but moved once again. I changed work places again to an optical
works, I enjoyed that too but was moved again. This time, I had
decided that I wanted to take care of children, as that was what
I knew how to do best. I became a nanny, I loved the children
they were always so sweet the parents were not too bad either and
I had a lot of time to myself.
I moved once again as I missed my Grandfather, who was still
alive at the time and I think he needed me to help take care of
him and my younger brother who had moved in with him. My brother
thought I was his glorified maid the poor wee trash heap
<laffin> I really did love him.
Edinburgh was a great place to see and to live in, but all I had
known were the small places and at the time I thought that was
big at myself now. This is when I moved to Dunoon and met my
husband. He was in the navy and we met at a shore patrol club. My
husband and I got married in Dunoon and I had my first child a
boy there, well, across the water in Greenock. He was so small
and I had a hard time having him, but he was so sweet. I was
grateful to be able to take that small child and to just think he
was mine, to teach and take care of and to love and to give love
back too. My husband had to leave five days after I had my son to
come home to America and I had never met his parents, or been on
an aeroplane and had to wait for my son to be six weeks old to go
over. It was a hard wait and I was so worried that I would get
left behind. Knowing my husband as I do now, I can't believe I
even thought about it.
It was hard at first to get used to this place and could not
understand every one, still don’t, and here every thing is
so big the land no one is near each other.
This thing is to dang long I will tell you all some more later.
The next child, a girl, was born in America thanks to both of my
parents who are now dead for giving me the chance of life and to
grow up in such a wonderful country with it’s hills and
heather and terrible weather <laffin>
The pictures will have to go in the next issue too as I have to
get the kid to help me do it. Thanks to my friends in fab 40s for
giving me this chance to talk about myself and my family and
about a land that is like no other I have ever known or will ever
know.
That is all for now folks from Lewis_ Angel
(By Lillyrose)
Well Christmas is over and the tree is down, the ornaments all
put away.
Christmas lights are all put away (( sure like mine outside )) ah
maybe some good fairy will take them in for me soon <S>
Christmas box's are gone and the plants that were given are now
in the ground ( I hope ) Oksss Mine are getting there <S>
So now it's time to get out all those Records
you have on your Pet's their Shots, their booster shots and don't
forget their Meds that they might need to take, this is the most
important for our Pet's...
A pet that has their Shot's are the ones that are protected the
most, it also offers them the reassurance of not getting sick, Oh
I know you think that well they had their shots and they are
inside cats and dogs so this will not happen... Oh Yes it does !!
Don't forget you can bring in disease with your shoes, as you
walk across the grass or on the cement the Virus' will come in on
the shoes when you enter the house, I know that has happen with
me, no matter how much you think you have protected yourself and
your pet, this still happens, don't think that just because the
animals are in the house all the time this cannot happen, it can
and it will..
There are lots of animals that are not under lock and key all the
time, and run loose, some are strays some are neighborhood dogs
and cats, most think that cats should run wild outside "it's
their nature", well it's also a death sentence for most they
are not protected against the wild dogs or from fighting with
other cats so this can result in a visit to the Vet's office,
this is another reason people should be more responsible with
their pets .
I for one, take my shoes off when entering the house, but still
there is that one cat or dog that seems to want to make sure of
where or what mom and dad and kids have been up to, so they smell
all things that come in to the house, My cat Missy is the one
that is good for this, she is called first alert, she will know
every inch of the house and who's in it and who has been there..<S>
so you too could have a Cat or dog like our Missy who don't miss
any thing that comes in the house. Also don't forget the puppies,
they love to smell everything, and chew everything like a good
shoe or rubber gloves or what ever they can get into <LOL>
So just to warn you, that is where the all those Virus's get to
the Pets..
Their natural instinct is to smell all of ones territory for
violators,or for some good smelling part of the world you might
have been <S> and they have not <S>
So right now at the First of the Year is the Perfect Time to find
their records, if you have not done .. remember they are like
kids and we don't have schools out there to tell us that there
shots and booster shoots are due.. some Vets will notify you but
we seem to forget about it and say, will do it next week,
sometimes next week, just seem's to be another and another, so I
always check them at the First of the year !
" A Protected pet is a safe pet and a well Pet <S>
"
I truly hope this will help all with what they need to do for are
Silent friends they truly are a gift from GOD !! Lillyrose
I would like to leave you all with a Quote and a Prayer !!
The soul is the same in all living creatures,
although the body of each is different.
Hippocrates (460?-370? BC)
I'm Here
I stood by your bed last night, I came to have a peep.
I could see that you were crying, You found it hard to sleep.
I whined to you softly as you brushed away a tear,
"It's me, I haven't left you, I'm well, I'm fine, I'm here."
I was close to you at breakfast, I watched you pour the tea,
You were thinking of the many times, your hands reached down to
me.
I was with you at the shops today, Your arms were getting sore.
I longed to take your parcels, I wish I could do more.
I was with you at my grave today, You tend it with such care.
I want to reassure you, that I'm not lying there.
I walked with you towards the house, as you fumbled for your key.
I gently put my paw on you, I smiled and said "it's me."
You looked so very tired, and sank into a chair.
I tried so hard to let you know, that I was standing there.
It's possible for me, to be so near you everyday.
To say to you with certainty, "I never went away."
You sat there very quietly, then smiled, I think you knew ... in
the stillness of that evening, I was very close to you.
The day is over... I smile and watch you yawning
and say "goodnight, God bless, I'll see you in the morning."
And when the time is right for you to cross the brief divide,
I'll rush across to greet you and we'll stand, side by side.
I have so many things to show you, there is so much for you to
see.
Be patient, live your journey out ... then come home to be with
me.
Author unknown
(( In Memory of Duke ))
Are Australian Shepherd that shared his life and Memories with us
for 17 years ...
Lillyrose
Hi Mom..I just wanted to say :
I headed toward's the hallway, which would lead me to her Room.
I must not make a single sound, for silence now must loom.
I went into her room so slow, as little by little I crept,
Toward's the place in which she lay, the room in which she Slept.
I gently placed my head by her's and still I made no sound.
I knew I'd not disturbed her, for she did not turn around.
But as I lay there, Oh so still, with emotion's building high.
I knew I had to touch her, at least I had to try.
So I gently gave a little nudge, in hope's that she would stir.
And was then she slowly raised her hand, and I began to purr.
For where else can a house cat, sleep with peace of mind.
As there's no one else upon this earth, who's nicer than Mankind.
Love you Mom ...Odie ( The Cat )
By: Gerald Peltier
Dear Editor in Charge:
I would like to say a thing or two about the Modern Woman I &
2 articles. I being a not-so modern woman and all find that
article to be hilarious and witty. Mr. Anonymous must have a good
sense of humor about him. I think this man might be behind the
times of today's society because the article is bogus!
Does he not think that the Modern Woman should be behind a
Computer Screen with talks of sweet nothings given to her? Does
he not think that the Modern Man is sitting there glancing at the
football/soccer game playing on tv, scratching himself, burping
as loud as he can, and letting one rip, in between typing his
"heartfelt feelings" to a woman he hasn't met yet in
hopes to get "cyberlucky" on the first chat?
After all, the Modern Man can sit comfortably in his undies
looking at a screen and feel like he is the hottest man in town
because the "Modern Woman" is also smart enough to
vision Mel Gibson or Harrison Ford in her mind while chatting it
with him. Men, we do this so that way we can be very completely
honest with you when we say "You look very good to me!"
The problem , Mr. Anonymous with your article you see, is The
"Modern Woman" has turned the tables on you. We don't
want pictures to ruin the images of Mel or Harrison. We don't
want phone calls to know that you sound nothing like them. We
still want Fantasy and Romance and you must admit, us "Modern
Women" have found a way to do so without spending
money on paperback novels.
And just to set the records straight...Its the "Modern Man"
of the PC who says "I would really like to meet you"after
the second PC. And wants to marry her by the 4th!
I must scoot now, because my modern man has just PC'd me, and ya
know what? He told me he has started to build an extra shelf in
the bathroom!
<ggls>
Ms.Anonymous
Ahh,,,yes,,Part III,,,,,now this is where you really do have to
make that "MAJOR" decision,,,
Is she the one for you??,,Can you do a little work on her and
modify her new ways, just a little,,,,OR
Is it time to "trade her in"???.....
Well if all these other little testy decisions have made you stop
and think,,,,,,,THIS ONE SURE AS HELL WILL HAVE YOU WONDERING!!!!..
You've got used to having her around,,she isn't really that
difficult to live with, maybe,,just maybe its time to "suggest"
something a little more permanent!. (OMG am i really thinking
these thoughts??)
Time to get together with a few mates for a weekend bash, you
know like the good old days!, Lots of booze, watch a game of some
sort,,chuck up later in the evening and then wake up with a
blinding hangover! <SS>. You can count on your mates for
wise council!. They'll help you make that choice, after all it
seems most of them have "been there done that" now!.
So you make a few calls,,,,"Oh sorry ,,can't do that
weekend,,,,promised to decorate the living room,,," "Err,,,should
be OK but let me check with the wife first!"
Eventually you settle on an evening out (not a weekend because
they can't get a *pass*), at some salubrious hostelry and proceed
to get hammered as you know this will make their wise words seem
better!!. Once the liquid has been flowing for a while you begin
to hear that it's not all that bad really,in fact they actually
make it sound reasonably good,,,and they are surviving after all!!!.
Well eventually you decide to tell your mates that you've decided
to "Pop The Question" (BIG MISTAKE!). You know you can
trust them not to say a word to anyone (except, of course their *other
halves* will get the truth from them!)
OK so you book a nice restaurant etc etc,,but she seems a little
frosty for some reason. "Nothing's wrong,,why should there
be anything wrong?" she snaps when you ask if she's ok!. The
meal goes well (ish) and when you finally lean across the table
and ask her " will you M,,,,,,," (sorry folks can't
bring myself to type that bit lol) she looks you striaght in the
eye,,
"Aha so you have finally decided to ask me then!!! Don't you
think you should have asked me first????!!!!!. Am I always going
to be the last one to know?? blah blah blah!!!"
mmmm something tells you that maybe she has heard a wisper!!,,,,Of
course she was going to find out,,,,your mates other halves have
got the gossip and spread it all over town haven't they!!. Turns
out that 3 people have already congratulated her . OOPS!!!
" So will you m,,,, or not?"
" Of course I will,, I just wish all our friends hadn't
known first ,, thats all!!!!!"
Now then,,here comes the curve ball that you hadn't even thought
about!!!
"WHEN"???? eekkkk why didn't you think about that too (sucker!!!)
Easy way out of this one for you,,," You choose my love!!"
(good move!! <SS>)
"Well there is so much to think about,,so much to
organise,,,", ( hhummmm ,,,don't you just go to church say I
do and then go away for a coupe of weeks ??) What a fool!!! It'll
take major planning and several *discussions* before this is a
done deal!.
Well let her have her way,, we all know women are best at
organising all this trivial stuff!. Don't interfere, don't
suggest just let her get on with it!. In other words,,,,,*PRESENT
PLASTIC ON REQUEST*
In amongst the great list of things that need to be done,, there
is one that stands out . above all others!!!.
THE DRESS
Why is it that a simple task of buying a new dress takes up weeks
and weeks,,,the purchase of dozens of magazines,,,,fittings and
worst of all,,,,,a ridiculous amount of money for something shes
only going to wear for a few hours!! (At this point I must tell
you,,I no longer live in the same country, same house or have the
same phone number for anyone who might know me!. In fact you'll
find it harder to find me that Bin Laden, ladies of the forum!!)
Time passes and I'm not going to dwell on the trivia, exceot to
say that we've all learned to our great cost,,NEVER NEVER make a
single comment that could be taken as negative about anything to
do with the forthcomming event!
Standard female responses include:-
Tears " well if you want our wedding to look cheap then
forget the whole thing. I'll get over it EVENTUALLY" tears
OR,,
" Well so and so had that and don't you want our wedding to
be as nice as theirs,,?"
OR (and this is the real low blow!!)
" Mum says,,"
End of discussion ,when she throws in the prospective mother in
law,,,,give up and pay up!!!!.
So there we are,,,,,,,,,all set for the fateful day,,,,,,,,
Bye for this month!!.
Anon
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