Random Thoughts 15: Crystal Clear 2021 Edition

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Those styrofoam boxes trap steam and just make everything soggy. I see people order a burger and fries at the bar then sit there for an hour drinking before they go home. Never understood that, just eat it there instead of getting home with a cold burger and cold soggy fries.
One guy whose father was unable to get out of the house would do the same thing.
Order and then sit there for a couple of hours and then bring it to his dad.
those boxes make the food soggy pretty quick. One problem is that I will order at home and pick it up. When I get there, I don't always know how long the food has been in those boxes.
 
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Because you're short? *ducks*


But you're missing all the best parts!


I do like that you went with the honesty route, my parents got married in a catholic church (dad's not catholic) and they went with the "lie to the priest" route

I'm not sure what we would have done if they said we couldn't get married in the church unless I convert. I didn't and still don't have any intention to officially convert as I've been baptized, confirmed and all that already, just as a Lutheran. My wife really wanted to get married in the church but understands and supports my stance on converting.
 
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I'm not sure what we would have done if they said we couldn't get married in the church unless I convert. I didn't and still don't have any intention to officially convert as I've been baptized, confirmed and all that already, just as a Lutheran. My wife really wanted to get married in the church but understands and supports my stance on converting.
25 years ago, a good friend went through all of the hoops because her fiance was the only son of a deacon, and his family wanted a full mass wedding (forgive me if that's not the right terminology). I'm not sure what that really accomplished for the church, as the son hadn't been practicing since leaving home, and neither of them have attended since then. I guess it helped with her relations with her in-laws though, so that's a mark on the plus side. :)
 
Is "now" the appropriate time to point out that when you duck, you are putting yourself in range?

Side note...that WAS pretty clever. And original. :D
I'm nothing if not original

I'm not sure what we would have done if they said we couldn't get married in the church unless I convert. I didn't and still don't have any intention to officially convert as I've been baptized, confirmed and all that already, just as a Lutheran. My wife really wanted to get married in the church but understands and supports my stance on converting.
Yeah, at that point lying is the best bet. I don't know if my parents wouldn't have been able to get married in the church or if it would have just been a hassle they didn't want to go through
 
Well, since I opened this whole can of religious worms, I just wanted to say I feel pretty good about all of you. I'm not concerned with the denomination, we're all basically talking about the same God. How you deal with Him is your own business.

Thus endeth the sermon for today. :)
Thank you, sir, may I have another?

Oops. thought this was a defend CSP thread.
 
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Told Lew about this little segue...
He says you should be jumping, not ducking.
So here was my thought: you are some distance from me and so will be throwing something. Therefore, it makes more sense for me to duck to avoid it. Jumping is a lot funnier though and I should have thought of that
 
I'm not sure what we would have done if they said we couldn't get married in the church unless I convert. I didn't and still don't have any intention to officially convert as I've been baptized, confirmed and all that already, just as a Lutheran. My wife really wanted to get married in the church but understands and supports my stance on converting.
Yeah, I told Mrs. Velo that I wasn't going to convert so go into the relationship knowing that. Part of it was having a child from another marriage in the Catholic church so there was the whole annulment issue and in my mind annulment made her a bastard. Well as we started having kids I looked into it more and it cleared up a bunch of my trepidation. I liked the idea of the kids seeing from their father an example of full participation and I was going to the Catholic Mass every Sunday anyway.

By the way, if you have been baptized that leaves 'an indelible mark' so you are considered baptized by the Church even if not in the Catholic Church. Heck, you don't even have to be baptized by someone who is ordained.

I had like 6-8 months of classes but it was cool to learn a little bit more about the religion I was jumping into. It also helped me with a few of the sticking points I had with Catholicism.

I respect anyone's decision on it. It only took me like 20 years but eventually I felt it was what was best for me and my family.
 
Remember my best grade school buddy being in tears after the nuns told him I was going to hell. Nuns left a nice mess for his mom to try and resolve without get crosswise with the church. My city was partially socially segregated by religion. The next door kid and I were only friends because he lived next door. He knew none of my public school friends and I knew none of his parochial school buddies. The only co-mingling of kids was maybe Little League baseball. It was more like separate social cliques that mostly broke up in HS when everyone was in the same school for the first time. Than it was just the usual HS cliques. Was economic for some adults though, until the oil crisis and fuel shortages into the 1970's there were a number of farmers who would not buy from my dad because he wasn't Catholic.
I had no idea there was a Catholic school in Mantown. I just googled it and it is still going. I guess it wouldn't have been on my radar since I wasn't and no one in my family was Catholic. I do remember the "us" and "them" cemeteries on either side of North Franklin.
 
Maybe a couple of people left a couple bags of money on Jamie's front stoop. Then rang the bell and ran off into the night, giggling all the way.
I did smile when I read the language in the property and facilities committee #3 in the executive summary for the bridge project:
The project budget of $10,000,000 would be funded by through the generous support of Private Giving.
I almost wanted to ask if Private Giving had a first name.
 
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