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04 May 11 - 01:24 AM (#3147487) Subject: BS: Momentous Dates From: Ebbie Twenty-three years ago on May 4th, 1988, I landed in Juneau, Alaska. I had driven to Prince Rupert, British Columbia from my long-time home in Oregon, my small car packed to the gunnels, a gorgeus trip. I was agog at the beauty; had it been in the US I would have stopped and looked for work, no question. The way the mountains reared out of flat ground was a constant bemusement to me. It was kind of how I reacted to the red bluffs around Laramie, Wyoming when I drove through there years ago, somehow both were equally ageless. I knew no one in Alaska and never had been here. That first summer I worked in a wilderness lodge and when I returned to Juneau that fall I stayed around for "just awhile" (I thought I was on my way to Fairbanks) and fell in love with Juneau- its beauty, its air and water, its people, its music. There was no reason to leave. That winter I took a fiddle class and by spring I knew at least 50 people. I've never looked back. So, I like May 4th. |
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04 May 11 - 04:49 AM (#3147549) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: gnu Lovely! |
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04 May 11 - 06:12 AM (#3147571) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: Arthur_itus On May 6th 1986 I got married to my wife in a little village called Wittem in the Netherlands, which was close to the German and Belgian borders. We only invited our parents and didn't tell anybody else. I picked my parents up at Schipol and we travelled down to Wiitem. On the night, I told my parents that we were getting married the next day (LOL). Panick mode struck as they hadn't bought their best bib and tuckers. We found a lovely castle with a moat around it and black swans swimming in the moat,close to Wittem which was a hotel with a top class restuarant and we had one of the most lovely dinners after our wedding. What is a shame, is that the moat does not seem to be there anymore and they no longer have the top class restaurant. It was taken over by new management. http://www.kasteelwittem.nl/uk/index.html What was funny, is that my wife's parents, didn't speak English and my parents didn't speak Dutch. However, that didn't stop the two dad's drinking too much and then talking the biggest load of cobblers on this earth to each other. They didn't understand a word each other was saying. :-) That was a momentous date and we are still together. :-) |
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04 May 11 - 06:29 AM (#3147576) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: Janie Ebbie, reading your post first thing in the morning makes for a wonderful start to my day. Congratulations A! |
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04 May 11 - 11:48 AM (#3147780) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: Ebbie Arthur_itis, what a wonderful memory! Thanks for the laugh. Janie, thanks. What about some memorable date(s)in your life? |
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04 May 11 - 01:41 PM (#3147865) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: frogprince Will have to admit that I can't pin down the exact calender date of the day I'm thinking of now, but the memory is burned in real good. In July of '82, on vacation from my job in the Chicago area, I spent a couple of days visiting an old school roommate in Michigan. He was booked up one evening, so, almost over my dead body, he set me up with a blind date for that evening. By the time I parted from the young lady that night, I knew I was really interested in her. For the next few months I managed to keep in touch via mail and phone. It was just after New Years in '83 when we had a chance to get together again. We got to spend a couple of days together that time. As things happened, that ended with me putting her on a train to take her home. It's that point of parting at the train station that I'm primarily "on about" just now. A hug and a smack, and she stepped unto the train. Within moments, I was standing there very nearly in physical shock from the separation. I came very close to jumping on the train and trying to track her down for a little more contact before it pulled out. As it was, I stood there stuck in place until the train pulled out, intensely aware that I might very well be at a major junture point in life. We next got together on Memorial Day weekend. I came with a diamond in my pocket and my fingers very tightly crossed. Married her the following December. I think I'll keep her. Dean |
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04 May 11 - 01:53 PM (#3147876) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: Arthur_itus You certainly jumped in there Frogprince :-) Nice one. The same to Ebbie. Nice memory. |
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05 May 11 - 10:53 AM (#3148533) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: Donuel Do you still play fiddle ? |
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05 May 11 - 11:02 AM (#3148541) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: frogprince I never did. Oh, you meant.... never mind... |
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05 May 11 - 12:24 PM (#3148592) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: Ebbie If that auestion is directed at me, the answer, sadly, is No. My left hand is prudy good but my bowing arm hasn't a clue. |
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24 May 11 - 11:50 AM (#3159775) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: catspaw49 Yesterday Karen and I along with our two sons went to dinner at a local Italian restaurant. Our timing was good as we dined at the exact hour that Karen and I met at another Italian joint in Atlanta 25 years ago. Anyone who knows me around here is well aware that Karen is the finest and greatest thing to ever happen in my life. She's my best friend, my buddy, my pal, my lover.....She is strong, intelligent, empathic, and everyone who knows her thinks she's great as well. Most of them also wonder what the hell she's doing with me! I was 36 when I met her and had long since quit thinking of marriage or any long term relationship and yet within 20 minutes I knew I would marry her if she'd have me. James Dickey once wrote about one of his characters meeting his wife and it was almost exactly what it was like for me. I saw somewhere deep in Karen a flame, small but intense and I knew immediately it was that flame I had always wanted to see and never had. When I saw it, I married it. I don't know what that flame is, but I still see it now, brighter and more intense than ever these 25 years later. I would wish the same for all of you. Spaw |
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24 May 11 - 12:19 PM (#3159791) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: GUEST,number 6 Right on Spaw .... I know exactly and feel exactly what your saying .... Ann and I just celebrated our 40th this past April .... 40 very special years at that ... and yes, I'm sure most people question what why is she hooked up to that clutz. anyway .... my apologies for the thread drift. biLL |
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24 May 11 - 03:32 PM (#3159899) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: Richard Bridge Momentous dates? The first one I got my end away on, and the most recent one I got my end away on. No they aren't the same. |
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24 May 11 - 03:42 PM (#3159905) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: gnu froggy... awwww... thanks for sharing... and Spawwwwww too... and sIX Heart warming indedeed. |
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24 May 11 - 11:11 PM (#3160096) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: Rapparee Let's see: Natalie, Shelly, Susan, Mary, Marilyn, Mary, Kathy, Linda...oh, I see what you mean. Never mind. |
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24 May 11 - 11:42 PM (#3160100) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: Ebbie Number 6/biLL, that isn't thread drift! Richard B, "The first one I got my end away on, and the most recent one I got my end away on"? Translation? Rap, that list would have been more fun had you listed: Natalie, Shelly, George, Greg, Susan, Mary, Marilyn, Leland, Mary, Kathy, Linda... :) Spaw, you say you met Karen at an Italian restaurant all those years ago. Care to share how that came about? I'd love to hear. |
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25 May 11 - 12:31 AM (#3160108) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: MGM·Lion 19 February 2010 ~~ the date my darling Emma first telephoned me out of the blue to discuss a showreel she was working on, on the recommendation of a mutual acquaintance now living in Birmingham, who used to live here in Cambridge and knew me as a theatre critic, & had told Emma I might be able to make some suggestions. We chatted away on the phone about this'n'that as well as the theatre in which she was making her way, & had several more most affable calls before we actually met face-to-face; & then, when she eventually came over to visit on 18 March 2010, this instant telephonic clicking continued in ♠♠♠; we partnered, spent some time in one another's homes; & eventually married on 12 June 2010, so are just coming up to 1st anniversary: & please believe if I say that not a cross word has been exchanged between us in that time; and the interests we share, despite age difference, I being in my 80th year now & she - er - not, from Eugene O'Neill to soccer on tv... But for this rescue from the despond I had fallen into, my momentous date would have had to be the easy-to-remember 09 08 07, the death of my adored Valerie, my wife of the previous ½-century: & I couldn't have contributed it to this thread as would have had no wish to piss on this most agreeable parade. But my darling Emma has brought be back to a life worth endeavouring to maintain as long as may be, which you will appreciate was not the case before. How many at my time of life can have had this sort of wonderful fortune! Luv ~Michael~ Ebbie ~~ Getting one's end away = sexual intercourse. |
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25 May 11 - 12:47 AM (#3160111) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: Ebbie Michael, that's a lovely story. My father at 89 remarried four years after my mother's death and he and his bride had four good years together before his own death at 93. I am just so glad they found each other. And oh. |
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25 May 11 - 12:56 AM (#3160115) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: MGM·Lion Thank you for that, dear Ebbie. Another thing I would mention is that, of course, when we married and came to live here, I thought I would put away all my pictures and mementoes of Valerie as Emma would not want them around; but she would not hear of it, saying that she loved the thought of all the happiness Valerie had brought me over all those years, and didn't want to alter a thing. Such is the wonderful person I have been privileged... ~M~ |
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25 May 11 - 01:18 AM (#3160120) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: Ebbie Rare one- bless 'er. |
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25 May 11 - 09:42 AM (#3160307) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: Rapparee Well, I did propose in a very romantic way. I said, "If you want to get married, let me know." She promptly agreed and phoned my mother with the news. My mother shouted to my sister, "Hey, Martha! Pat's pregnant!" My family are just suckers for romance. |
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25 May 11 - 10:21 AM (#3160329) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: catspaw49 Wonderful Michael.........although I do find it incredulous that an asshole such as yourself found two wonderful women! LOL......seriously, you have been truly blessed. Ebbie.......I was 36 and happy to go along with short term relationships (read: one-nighters). I had some great female "buddies" but I had long ago given up on the idea of any real relationship. I had one cardinal rule though......no blind date set-ups. People seem to have a need to fix up those who are happy being single and I was very happy being a bachelor! I was doing some sales training for a friend with a new business and one of his people was a woman about my age named Charlene. I was in my office one day and feeling awful just recovering from the flu. Charlene comes in and obviously sensing weakness asks, "Would you like to meet a really nice girl?" I always feared that phrase as it could mean anything but in most cases "really nice" meant something was horrifically wrong with them. I said no but tried to be nice about it. Charlene continued that this was her husband's daughter bringing up another red flag and I ask how old she was. Charlene realized I was backing away but told me she was 27 (her husband was 50 so I felt better about the 27 year old daughter). Charlene then proceeded to ramble on about this "Karen" for 15 minutes and all I could think was, "How do I get her the hell outta' here?" Finally I agreed to meet them at an Italian place where we often had a few after the business day was over. What I really figured also was that I could probably get out of this one before the day came along. I had done a good job training Charlene and she kept following up on her sale. I had taught Charlene how to use a sword and now I was getting stabbed with it! I asked another friend to come along so we could leave, setting up a fake appointment which we had to be to at 6. So at 4:30 we all get together in the bar at Joe Rigatoni's. Twenty minutes later I was absolutely positive that this was the girl I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. Now the problem was ditching the chaperones who showed no interest in leaving even after I kept telling Everette to go to the "appointment" without me. They finally left and we went on til the wee hours just talking. We went to a Braves game two nights later the agrees to meet to watch some old movies (a mutual interest) a few nights later. On that night I said I didn't want to watch movies and I wanted to talk about marriage. Without a word she smiled and gave me an unexpected kiss. Late that night after seeing friends and telling them of our plans we wound up at a Denny's at 3 AM. She reminded me I hadn't technically proposed so over an English Muffin I asked and she accepted never realizing what a dumbass mistake she was making. Spaw |
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25 May 11 - 10:39 AM (#3160334) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: MGM·Lion I find it pretty incredible myself, Spaw ~~ but there it is: blessed is the word! Glad you finally found your ❤'s desire likewise! ~Michael~ |
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25 May 11 - 10:59 AM (#3160337) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: frogprince "Glad you finally found your ❤'s desire likewise!" But why is that hole square ???? (I know, I know, but I couldn't help it; good stuff, gentlemen and Ebbie; you too, Spaw) |
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25 May 11 - 12:00 PM (#3160359) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: Ebbie sniff |
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25 May 11 - 04:34 PM (#3160506) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: gnu Yeah.... snifffff indeed. Great stuff. |
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25 May 11 - 04:40 PM (#3160511) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: Rapparee Well, there was also the time, back when we wuz a-courtin', when we were parked out on a lonely, dark country road at 2 a.m. Suddenly a sheriff's deputy pulled in behind us. What he found were two obvious adults, heads on opposite sides of the car, who were talking, drinking Coke, and eating doughnuts. This was not at all what he expected and he had a bit of a time readjusting his mind from "YOU KIDS STOP THAT AND GET HOME!" |
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25 May 11 - 11:23 PM (#3160641) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: MGM·Lion frogprince ~~ do you prefer ♥ to ❤, then? And isn't it time that Princess happened along to X you? What can be keeping her? ~M~ |
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25 May 11 - 11:58 PM (#3160644) Subject: RE: BS: Momentous Dates From: frogprince I got, and appreciated, what ya said either way, MtheGM; just hadn't seen it done that way, and couldn't restrain my smart-arsedness. : ) Do you know the American country song with the chorus line, "She signs her letters with Xs and Os"? Cute song, but the Xs and Os sure are more fun in person. |