The Dude wrote:I think i know of one couple where the bride's parents paid for the wedding, and that's b/c the dad is rich as hell and a control freak. Our parents were able to split up the costs pretty easily

I think if you're smart enough to marry wealthy, you're smart enough to leave the wedding planning to the bride and her family.

Traditionally, some costs are to be borne by the bride's family, while other costs are for the groom to pick up.

Mrs. Vulture and I paid for almost all of our wedding ourselves, despite having no real money of our own. We saved for a year, did a lot of stuff on the cheap, and it helped that my wife had worked for a caterer, who gave us a great deal.

Nothing like fixing the flat tire on your wife's car (in 128% humidity) and finding out that the donut is missing half its air to start off a Monday

Woody, the national weather service humidty scale only goes up to 100%.

TenuredVulture wrote:

The Dude wrote:I think i know of one couple where the bride's parents paid for the wedding, and that's b/c the dad is rich as hell and a control freak. Our parents were able to split up the costs pretty easily

I think if you're smart enough to marry wealthy, you're smart enough to leave the wedding planning to the bride and her family.

I meant "control freak" as in doing stuff and picking everything out without the bride's input. It's ridiculous

let's just say my swamp ass disagrees

mpmcgraw wrote:

td11 wrote:my friend has no problem being someone's booty call but it makes me feel icky. maybe cuz the guy is 5 yrs older or something? idk. i'm probably the weird one.

if she has no problem being someones booty call make her your booty call.

this would work except we're really, really good friends and she sucks at making out and stuff. especially the "stuff."

I was driving over the Walt Whitman bridge yesterday and noticing it really needs a new coat of paint. I was also wondering why bridges always seem to painted that ugly shade of green (or some ugly shade of grayish-blue)

Warszawa wrote:I was driving over the Walt Whitman bridge yesterday and noticing it really needs a new coat of paint. I was also wondering why bridges always seem to painted that ugly shade of green (or some ugly shade of grayish-blue)

Get ready for a three year painting/traffic project!

I swear they've been painting the Commodore Barry since last March and aren't even a quarter of the way done.

I'd guess the color has something to do with heat and reflection, but what do I know?

My co-worker has been gone for 3 weeks. We're turning his office into a bathroom. Leaving soon to go to Home Depot to buy a toilet.

Didn't I? wrote:My co-worker has been gone for 3 weeks. We're turning his office into a bathroom. Leaving soon to go to Home Depot to buy a toilet.

That is amazing. Paint it pink

Didn't I? wrote:My co-worker has been gone for 3 weeks. We're turning his office into a bathroom. Leaving soon to go to Home Depot to buy a toilet.

this is one of the best things i have ever read.

I'll take pics/video. He comes back Wednesday and we just thought of this. But we'll get it done; I haven't seen people this motivated and excited around here in awhile.

You should consider drywalling over the door so that the bathroom is just an extra suprise after he smashes his way back into the office.

This memo is boring. I don't know what I'm going to say about it.

Actually, the memo is fine. The 27 page appendix is the problem.

VoxOrion wrote:

Warszawa wrote:I was driving over the Walt Whitman bridge yesterday and noticing it really needs a new coat of paint. I was also wondering why bridges always seem to painted that ugly shade of green (or some ugly shade of grayish-blue)

Get ready for a three year painting/traffic project!

I swear they've been painting the Commodore Barry since last March and aren't even a quarter of the way done.

I'd guess the color has something to do with heat and reflection, but what do I know?

Well I figure if all it takes to make the Golden Gate Bridge famous is to paint it orange (unless there is something else I'm missing) lets try something different. Maybe paint it the city colors -yellow and light blue. They can also change the name of the bridge to something more Philly-relevent.

As far as the Commodor Barry goes they were painting it last year, now they are doing some other safety crap to it - its supposed to last the rest of the year (no matter which was I'm crossing I always get stuck with one lane only). After that I think they are putting a new off-ramp associated with the Chester riverfront/soccer stadium.

I just had my doctor's appointment cancelled for later this week. Which means the one thing that was keeping me from leaving earlier on my trip is now gone. So I want to leave RIGHT NOW!

It's gonna be a long four days.

where ya goin', mrs. vox?

HEADING TO THE GAME NOW. WILL PUNCH METS FAN. AND RETURN VICTOR (I HOPE).