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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
 
As of 4:00 this afternoon, I am engaged to be married! Go me!
 

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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
 
You're buying the car without driving it, aren't you?
 

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Posted by HopefulNebula (Member # 1933) on :
 
So long as it's not free milk. Or whatever that analogy is. (What? I'm female. They don't teach us that stuff.)

(Come to think of it, they don't teach most guys that stuff anymore either.)

Anyway, congratulations!
 

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Posted by Peregrinus (Member # 504) on :
 
"Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free." That what you're going for, Liz?

--Jonah
 

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Posted by Ventriloquists Got Shot (Member # 239) on :
 
APRIL FOOL'S
 

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Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
 
NOES HE IS GETTING MARRIED FOR REAL OMEGA HAS NO SENSE OF HUMOR
 

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Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
 
April Fools is when he discovers she's a Democrat and N.O.W. fundraiser in her spare time.
 

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Posted by Mikey T (Member # 144) on :
 
Or discover she's a man...
 

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
 
She's a very pretty woman, neither of us is affiliated with any political party, and I do have a sense of humor.
 

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Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
 
So...she's playing the April Fool's gag on you prahaps?
I forsee a major dumping in your near future...
 

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Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
 
WHOOT!

(save the kinky stuff for a t leat six months into it... just trust me here.)
 

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :
 
I'm still not married, or engaged. I feel old.

But hey, congrats anyway.....
 

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Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
 
Pics or it didn't happen.

Also, grats.
 

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Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
 
You have no idea what you're getting into, do you?

(Says the man rapidly approaching his 10th anniversary. Good grief, has it been that long?)
 

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Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
 
Oh, and who did the asking? If it was you, was it actually your idea, or was it hers because she's been bugging you about when you're going to ask her? (No, no experience there. Nope. None whatsoever. And you can't prove anything!)
 

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
 
*LOL* I did the asking, very much my idea. After a day, no dumping in sight, so I think we're good.

I'll try to arrange some pictures.
 

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
 


Yes, I know, I'm evil. Omega, his fiance, and some kid. I think it's her brother.
 

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Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
 
So that answers the Galaxy Quest issue of the Omega-13.....
 

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
 
Nephew, actually.
 

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Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
 
Okay, the aircraft geek part of me keyed in on that plane behind you, and I've been trying to figure out what it is. My best guess so far is an F-86 Sabre?
 

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
 
That sounds vaguely right, but to be honest, I wasn't paying attention. It's Centennial Park in Nashville, if you'd like to dig around for more info. I can't find any offhand.
 

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Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
 
I didn't think it was a sabre, the tail seemed to sweep back too far and the tailplane's aren't angled upwards enough.

But then I found another photo HERE
funny how angles can throw you off. Can we start debating apparent sizes of starships now?
 

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Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
 
WOO! I rule! At first, I thought it might be an S-3 Viking, but there's no way the ANG would have one of those.
 

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Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
 
Damn Omega- she's a cutie!
Congrats!!

er...what's with those ears on you though?
Just shy of wings there, dumbo.
 

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Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
 
My question on Fabrux's caption, was he going left to right or right to left?
 

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
 
Given that just about everything we say, read or do is left to right, I'll let you ponder that.

This board ain't in Arabic, you know!
 

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
 
I'm working on my Robert Patrick impression. There's another picture in that set that someone once commented looked like I was a Terminator with Sarah and John Connor.
 

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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
 
Yes, if perhaps your eyes have been completely fucked up by the fumes from 78 consecutive hours of suckling the glass pipe.

Postpone all forms of marriage until neither of you looks like you're 12.
 

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Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
 
Double score!
You know, this is only a couple of hours from where *I* live.
 

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
 
Huntsville, right? I worked there one summer. Nice place. Where are you working in town, again?

And I have a beard now, so I look much older.
 

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Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
 
Yup, Huntsville. I work for Boeing, and they have several buildings and sites all around the city, but I'm currently in a building fairly close to the airport.
 

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Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
 

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Originally posted by B.J.:
Double score!
You know, this is only a couple of hours from where *I* live.

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Cool!
Looking up my address is problematic- it keeps centering directly in the New River- my apartment is just south of that.

Hmmm....we really should paint the rooftop if nosy googlers will be looking in....
Maybe a giant hand flipping the bird will work...

Y'know, I wonder when that shot was taken exactly- my car is not in my parking spot, but someone else's is!
 

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
 
Yeah, Google Maps is a little off... I put in my address and it points to the middle of the street.

Also, the imagery for Whitecourt is at least 4 years old. The Wal-Mart here in town is 3 years old and the Google Maps imagery only shows an empty field where it is.
 

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Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
 
Aww, our little boy's all grown up. I shall be sure to step outside and glance upwards on their wedding night as, overhead, without any fuss, the stars go out.

I though "Sabre" from that tailplane too. Did anyone figure it out yet?

It's amazing how things change. Five years ago I joked that Omega's main squeeze was actually a man (without ever intending to suggest the young lady in question was really anything but totally feminine), and got death threats as a result. . .
 

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
 
For which I profusely apologize. I was very much in the wrong to take that as anything but funny, and even moreso to imply that your saying that in my presence would have resulted in my harming you.

And I'm pretty sure our ceremony won't involve reciting the nine billion names of God.
 

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Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
 
Maybe you can download it and play it at high-speed when you want the guests to leave.

..or you could hire someone4 to recite them reallu slow, like Rev. Lovejoy from The Simpsons- that's clear the house too.


So- you going for a (cough "memeorable" ceremony?
Something Betazoid or Klingon, maybe?
Maybe ultra-liberal with simultaneous flag/bra burnings?
Or you could make CNN by webcasting the ceremony- something for their goofy morning show (though Robin Meade is a hottie).

Oh! You can invite whatever major presidential candate is shilling in your town that week- bill it as a "family values" thing and tell the press that there'll be a speach on abortion and on a plan to nuke Iraq if they dont learn english as an official language...
 

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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
 
I have precious little time left to get married, for I wish to be officiated over by Abe Vigoda.
 

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Posted by Mikey T (Member # 144) on :
 
Ok, you guys are talking about planes while one of our own is getting married? The hell...

Congrats btw... let me know when the event will be and I'll send you The Showgirls VIP Edition Box Set as a present.
 

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Posted by Da_bang80 (Member # 528) on :
 
Obviously we care more about aircraft from the Korean War than weddings and all that stuff.
 

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
 

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let me know when the event will be and I'll send you The Showgirls VIP Edition Box Set as a present.

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