Me, myself and getting sober

[StuckinLA]

Me, myself and getting sober

Wow, I like "On Marriage" a lot. Oh, and I know DMV lines can be long but hopefully you're not still standing there. Hopefully you're DRIVING HOME, Windy!

:l:l:l

[spacebebe01]

Me, myself and getting sober

I like On Love best, but On Marriage is shorter so I think I will go with that, thanks for all the suggestions, you have saved my day Windy and Stuck form me having to scroll through lots on here

I am getting excited now, I have just told my daughter that so long as they both make it there on time then nothing else matters, the rest of the day will sort itself out. For me the worst bit is the photos, I hate that, when Im hungry and hanging around for them. and I am so unphotogenic so never know what to do with myself.

[spacebebe01]

Me, myself and getting sober

But I also like Prayer for Marriage hmmmm maybe that one, i dont know if they will like On Marriage

[ifulovelife2]

Me, myself and getting sober

I just dropped by to see how you're all doing. I thought it would be a pleasant little meander through my favourite threads but no, you lot just had to go and piss me off, didn't you?

Stuck wrote: The Brits are fun when it comes to the language. Well, I guess it's technically "theirs,'"considering it's named for them and all.I really feel I need to point out, even though it shouldn't be necessary, that “the language” wasn't named after the British. There are many languages and a huge number of dialects spoken on this island (and even more within the United Kingdom). English is the name of the official language of (surprise surprise), England, not Britain. If you were referring to British English that is a term used to differentiate the version of official English spoken in The United Kingdom, from those variants employed by the 'colonials'. 'American English' is a term which offends the sensibilities of many from the Motherland because it is often so far removed from the original, that it makes them squirm. And not in a nice way as one might find oneself fidgeting and wishing to adjust one's trousers when chatting to a lusty Latino serving wench, but rather 'squirm' as one might when one's mother talks about great sex.

Personally, I enjoy hearing AE, as I often find it very pleasing on the ear. Its written form can also lead to amusement when compared to BE.

Stuck, your observations regarding inverted commas, quotation marks and where to place the punctuation marks (inside or out), were very amusing and I did enjoy the way you deliberately scrambled all three in the above quote. Well done!

Now, onto something dear to my heart...and liver:

playland;1369206 wrote: even Sun sometimes speaks things that I don't understand, such as the word "lager?", is that beer? she lives in the United States, why doesn't she say beer?

StuckinLA;1369224 wrote:

I do remember seeing Space define this elsewhere, though, and I guess the lagers she's talking about are cans, about a pint, and wildly popular in the UK. I Think they're maybe a tad stronger than American beers, so maybe 6 or 7% ABV... but I could be just making that up. But it would sort of be the equivalent of picking up a couple of tallboys here in the US.

spacebebe01;1369445 wrote: Lager is beer and we get it in cans, around 3/4 pint or pint cans and its not that strong usually Stuck its about 4.5 or 5%. It is very popular here, but paper bags arent, we have plastic carrier bags, Ive never heard of a tallboy. We also have draught lager in pubs, along with bitter and mild in older pubs, mostly old men drink those tho.

Beer is a general term used to describe any liquor (I'm using the BE version of the word 'liquor' here, not the AE) made from yeast fermented malted cereal and flavoured with hops. As Stuck says (but my quotation omits), the fermentation process is different for the various types, due to the kind of yeast used. Lager is generally lighter in colour than bitter or ale. 'Lager' would be how Brits would describe the usual American beers. 'Bitter' is, as the name would suggest, more bitter in flavour than a lager. Ale is heavier, generally higher in alcohol and what most Brits would call 'beer'.

In the US, people carry drinks in paper bags in order to circumvent laws requiring they not be openly displayed. In the UK we have no such laws, although there can be local laws (usually in town centres) preventing one from drinking in public places. There, it wouldn't matter if the container was enclosed in a bag or not.

I hope that has helped to clear up any confusion. Oh, and by the way. 'lite' beer is disgusting piss. Just sayin'.:H

Back to the thread: Space, good luck with the wedding and I hope you're ignoring the future Son in Law's mum. Do your own thing, girl. I know you will.:l

[playland]

Me, myself and getting sober

Happy Saturday

Thinking of you Space, I'm sure it will be the best day, I want to see "the Photogenic Space" just be yourself, I know you are beautiful.

See you Soon,
Love,
Play:h

[wu1969]

Me, myself and getting sober

Love it space! I should have gotten my eyelashes and brows done too before i left europe! Hows it going with my skincare regimen? are you all glowy? I bet you are absolutely gorgeous right now! did you enjoy my post with the lady that chased me around? she eventually stalked me on facebook. no joke. really.

sorry for my lack of proper sentence structure, not caring about capitalization, punctuation, or anything at all in that area. i cant think straight at the moment as i have severe jetlag... one might think I am on bac! lmao!

I am so glad thats things seemingly are working out for this wedding. The wedding i went to recently had its issues, such as it was supposed to be outdoors. In the end, the wind was gusting, and the bride didnt have her grand entrance as her delicate veil and dress was all over the place due to 80 mile an hour winds... ( all of it was tulle) then there were broken glasses all over during the apero.. the before dinner drinks due to same wind... then it started to rain right before dinner so they moved the tables inside well the heat moved in as well. it stopped raining before we were served appetizers. and we were all going outside anyway to escape the heat in the 4 star resort. the food was all cold, and tasted so-so. all of the older crowd was complaining about how the food was bad and the service was horrible, which it was, but the service personnel tried and put their heart into it. The younger people dont care about the food that much, and are only waiting for the party anyway... the rest we just have to get through and are formalities. once the formalites of eating are over and the older and younger people are softened by the flow of alcohol everything changes. the point to my story is that it was a wonderful wedding. once the music started, we moved the party back outside and it was pure magic.
Your daughters wedding i am sure will have plenty of faux paus but in the end will be wonderful one. Once again, once people begin to drink a little they will have fun... for people like us it can be a nightmare to be in a situation like it. i was popping lgluts and kudzus the whole day, and praying my topa would do its job, which it did. my hubby didnt believe i was drinking water.. he even tasted it. lol! i was one of the relatively sober ones, which i am sure you will be.

ok, i guess i am just talking on and on. hugs sweetie.. hope you are having a wonderful day!

[Ne/Neva Eva]

Me, myself and getting sober

Thinking of you Space! I hope the day was full of laughter!
:l

[windycitylady]

Me, myself and getting sober

Space!
Hope you are having/will have/did have a great time! (Not sure how the time zones work.)

With these types of events the build up is so much stress and planning, and when it actually happens, it's such a release!

I'm sure you look beautiful. And I hope the biggest problem you run into is sore feet from too much dancing!

Hugs and love!!

[StuckinLA]

Me, myself and getting sober

ifulovelife2: Yes, I do also love life, and thank you for setting the record straighter!

Space: OMG it was yesterday/last night or somesuch with the time zones and everything? How did it go, girl!? Danced the night away, I hope.

Love and hugs and hugs and love!

[ifulovelife2]

Me, myself and getting sober

Why do Americans have such problems working out time differences?:H

It's 8:30 pm in England. They will have finished the wedding breakfast. Space will have given an awesome speech. And at this very moment Space will be at the evening reception, so relaxed and happy, she will be tripping the light fantastic, looking great and causing bulges in the trousers of half the assembly. PHWOARRRR!!!!

[spacebebe01]

Me, myself and getting sober

Hi all, thanks you all soooo much for the wonderful thoughts, its 2am and II just got home, the wedding was fantastic, there where a few blips like it took the guy 10 mins to start the wedding car and I was paniking in case we had to get a taxi with my daughter i her wedding dress, but it did start.

My duaghter looked stunning, beautiful, it was like a fairy tale when I saw her ready. The service was lovely, it was held in a huge old amazing building, if you are interested you can google St Georges Hall, Liverpool, and see what a fantastic place. I read
Prayer for a Marriage by Steve Scafidi | The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor (thanks Stuck) and people started crying. Her now husband held himself together, (with the hepl of a valium I gave him) a did a great job, the food was great and the party was cool, yes I did dance and now my legs are aching but I had a fantastic time and it couldnt of gone better

I have had about half a glass of wine all day and am glad about that, I wanted to be totally at.

Oh and the bridesmaids looked lovely in there dresses

xx:l:h:lxx

[playland]

Me, myself and getting sober

Oh, Right On Space, Way To Go,
So, happy the wedding was a hit and you loved it and remember every minute of it, isn't it so much better that way, yes, absolutely, I'm so proud of you. And proud of the groom also, he did a great job for your daughter, congratulations to him, please tell him that I said so next time you see him:goodjob:. I'm happy your feet hurt after dancing, what a wonderful day for you:h:h:h.

Ok, I will close for now, just can't tell you enough how happy I am that things went so well, nothing can be better than such a happy memory for you and your daughter.

All the love in the world and Hugs Too!
Play

[taw]

Me, myself and getting sober

Space!!

I am so happy it went so well and you had such a good time and everyone behaved!!! Hope you got some good rest last night, you deserve it!!!

Have a relaxing day today!!!

[StuckinLA]

Me, myself and getting sober

So so so beyond thrilled, Space! That's gotta be one of the heartwarmingest stories I've read on here in a long time. And you earned every little bit of it.

Congratulations to your daughter and her husband. And congratulations to you! You worked so hard, and it's great to see all that pay off so splendidly. Hope you got a great night's sleep, Space dear. And I hope it's a lovely Sunday. (It's Sunday, right? Time zones... )

And Play, thank you for popping in on my thread. It meant a lot. There's more I'd like to say but at the moment, Space! You rock! :l:l:l

[spacebebe01]

Me, myself and getting sober

I am here but just too tired to post much, but I am reading. Thanks :l