Juice's thread of randomness

[FreeCandy44]

Watching Grindhouse on blu ray. So so good and jiggletastic. "Its go go...not cry cry".

[blackjack68]

Old school, stove top popcorn while watching the Dark Knight Trilogy on BluRay with my son. A nice blend of the old and new.

Jiffy Pop?

No way. 3 quart pot, 3 tablespoons of oil, tablespoon of butter and just about 1/2 cup of kernels. Keep shaking and then salt. Mmmmm.

[the wicked child]

That sounds too much like work.

[blackjack68]

4 minutes and it's delicious.

[ulf]

twss

[viva la ben]

The pa turnpike between Pittsburgh and Philly has 99% 3G coverage on AT&T.

[JS©]

so I guess twitter is down

[FreeCandy44]

#RealLifeSucks

[ulf]

#MACtion broke it

[FreeCandy44]

#EklundDidIt

[mac5155]

Either this is the hangover from hell or I'm getting a fever.

[DudeMan2766]

Makes resolution to lose some weight...

Eats turkey bacon wrap and fries for lunch, now pizza for dinner and a few beers

( I didnt go too hard last night, no hangover today)

[FreeCandy44]

ITS REX MANNING DAY!

[bhaw]

I don't understand the sending of "save the date"s. Why not just send the invitation?

I never got it either. Especially for people who aren't vital to the wedding (family, very close friends, or parts of the wedding parties). I've never seen someone get one and be like "Wow, I need to make sure I clear my calendar that weekend!" I think it's more of a wedding announcement than any practical use. Plus invitation makers get an extra couple hundred bucks out of you.

Somehow we got into a discussion about marriage last night. My buddy just got divorced from his wife of about 7 years. We were talking about how damn much weddings cost and he chimed in "I'm divorced and I'm still paying off my wedding" Maybe he was exaggerating to get his point across, i dunno, but holy hell that would make anyone rethink a wedding

There are some people that go out and spend ridiculous money on it. When my wife and I first got engaged, we started looking around at venues and it starts to add up quickly. Venue just to book it, food, linens (yeah, these rarely come with the venue), entertainment, hotel to stay there for the day/night, transportation, photographer, etc etc etc.

We opted to go to Vegas and do a package wedding at Planet Hollywood. Figured since so many people had to come in from out of town, might as well make it somewhere a) they can have fun and b) we didn't have to babysit everyone. Cost was pretty nominal for a wedding, we had everyone we wanted, it was perfect for us.

The other thing that tends to happen is people invite everyone they know, everyone their parents know, and everyone they think they should know. We had 30 people total. A few people didn't make it, so we probably invited 50, but we weren't going to invite people just to invite them. Not saying what's wrong or right, but I can't fathom those 250 + people monster weddings people have. I would struggle to find that many people to invite unless it was literally everyone I know.

We paid mostly in cash and the rest on a card that was paid off within 6 months. It wasn't much at all. We preferred to save the money than spend it on the wedding.

[DudeMan2766]

That makes the most sense I think. I've definately been invited to weddings I dont think I really had any business being at, but then again I havent been invited to some because they were doing smaller things, and I wasn't THAT good of friends with the couple, or even one of them to include, and I completely understood.

[IrishEyes]

ITS REX MANNING DAY!

But we mustn't dwell. No, not today. We can't. Not on Rex Manning day.

[mac5155]

If i only invited aunts uncles and first cousins on my mom's side we'd have 54 people at our wedding.

[JS©]

[FreeCandy44]

ITS REX MANNING DAY!

But we mustn't dwell. No, not today. We can't. Not on Rex Manning day.

I tried to kill myself with a lady bic.....

[JeffDFD]

I think the point of save the dates is because they picked a date but dont have the details yet (location, times, food choice, etc) done yet. I think invitations are supposed to go out 6-8 weeks before wedding? You would want people to know before then.

But yes, wedding business is a racket.

[mac5155]

For us, we're sending them so people can book hotel rooms.

[DudeMan2766]

For us, we're sending them so people can book hotel rooms.

Cheaper just to send us all PMs dude

[IrishEyes]

ITS REX MANNING DAY!

But we mustn't dwell. No, not today. We can't. Not on Rex Manning day.

I tried to kill myself with a lady bic.....

A pink plastic razor with daisies on it and a moisturizing strip.

Empire records, open 'til midnight, this is Mark........... midnight!

[FreeCandy44]

;) god what a movie...

[IrishEyes]

;) god what a movie...

One of my absolute favorites.

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