|
26005. rdbrewer - 6/6/2010 8:09:53 AM Hey, you guys! Wish I could turn back time. If I could, I'd make sure and spend more time here. 26006. arkymalarky - 6/7/2010 1:59:16 AM Hey rdb! 26007. alistairConnor - 6/8/2010 10:09:19 PM Thanks vK, but you'll have to find something else to congratulate me for... late period, early miscarriage, whatever. One less thing to worry about.
On the other hand... we have been propositioning each other with marriage, off and on, for a couple of years. It seems that we are never both serious about it at the same time. In the end we decided on a PACS : this is a formalised non-marriage arrangement, a legislative exercise designed as an excuse for not allowing gays to marry, but widely favoured by hetero couples with ideological objections to marriage but a desire for the tax advantages, etc.
So, we are gathering the necessary documents. As she is a foreigner, she requires a certificate of custom. This is a document that certifies that the person is, according to the laws of their country, allowed to be married (or in this case, PACSed.)
So she phoned me this afternoon to tell me she had made an appointment with her consulate to get one. And asked me to pick up the necessary documents from the town hall.
It's the courthouse for a PACS.
Yeah, she said. My country doesn't do certificates of custom for a PACS; only for marriage.
A short silence.
Is that a proposal, I ask?
I suppose it is, she giggles.
Yes, says I, with a chuckle. 26008. thoughtful - 6/8/2010 10:38:40 PM Hey congrats!
Best wishes to the happy couple! 26009. vonKreedon - 6/9/2010 3:59:41 PM Indeed, congrats to AC and Fiancee! 26010. arkymalarky - 6/9/2010 6:43:50 PM Congratulations! 26011. wabbit - 6/10/2010 2:21:23 PM Nice to see you again, rdbrewer!
And congrats to AC and la femme! 26012. judithathome - 6/10/2010 6:47:20 PM Congratulations to you, AC, and to your lady...I can only hope for you both a long and happy union as good as the one I'm in! 26013. wabbit - 6/11/2010 11:40:53 PM AC, I got an email from Sigi, cc'd you on my reply, but not sure if I have a current email address for you. Need to hear from you asap.
viwabbit @ yahoo.com
merci! 26014. bhelpuri - 6/21/2010 7:32:42 AM Congratulations, Connor! 26015. alistairConnor - 6/21/2010 9:06:05 AM oh god if you only knew.
It's more complicated than that. There are two theories at present : we wait until Madame's French nationality comes through; or I convert to Islam.
I wish Concerned were here. He would be so proud of me. 26016. bhelpuri - 6/22/2010 4:13:26 AM But what's the rush anyway, Connor? The fullness of time is a wondrous problem-solver. 26017. alistairConnor - 6/22/2010 9:45:16 AM Yes indeed, in the long term we are all dead.
To quote the late, greatly regretted Keynes (or perhaps he never existed? You'd think so, judging by the mindset of the headless chickens who govern us!) 26018. thoughtful - 6/22/2010 1:41:55 PM I think, these days, if i were to convert to any religion it'd be buddhism.... 26019. wabbit - 6/22/2010 2:58:22 PM I'm with t'ful on Buddhism.
I have some very serious Christians in my extended family who, subtly or not, try to drag me away from atheism. When they get too strident, I tell them that FSM suits me fine. 26020. arkymalarky - 6/22/2010 6:57:38 PM well, I'm tethered to a Dell mini10 that I bought a year or so ago, and it's not bad. Faster than regular dialup. This could work out here. I loaded several room escape games that would have taken ages on dialup, tho it's way slower than broadband. I'm sorta excited! 26021. arkymalarky - 6/22/2010 7:00:02 PM Okay, all y'all come talk to me now! ;-> 26022. Ms. No - 6/24/2010 3:19:27 AM Wheee! Room escape! I suck at them, but I enjoy them for awhile until I get frustrated.
I'm currently just beside my geeky self with OneNote (cover your eyes AC)which I found totally by accident on my PC.
I have no idea when it showed up and I can't remember now exactly what I was looking for when it popped up, but so far I'm loving the dang thing and hoping they'll load it on my school laptop so that I don't have to drag my own back and forth. 26023. Ms. No - 6/24/2010 3:21:06 AM Arky & Judith,
I'm heading to Dallas for the first two weeks of July --- or, rather I'll be in Dallas at the beginning of the first week and the end of the second week with a road trip to Knoxville for six days in the middle.
I'd love to hook up with you guys if you're available! 26024. vonKreedon - 6/24/2010 3:49:49 PM Cos - I so love OneNote, I use it not only for taking notes, but I'm using it's shared notebook feature to do tech reviews of my content and it's email feature to send out minutes of meetings as soon as the meeting is done. Oh, and within a meeting when I get an action item I immediately create an Outlook task and set a due date/reminder right from the OneNote text. Love OneNote!
|
