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Originally posted by Hot Pepsi View PostFor those who got married outside, what was your plan B in case of rain?
My wife absolutely wanted to get married on the beach. I absolutely wanted to have a big party including all friends and colleagues and extended family. My family is based largely around Den Haag, which is close to the beach. So a wedding at a Scheveningen beach club was a way to give both of us what we wanted.
The beach club has a tent that they can put up in case of bad weather. So the programme could have continued, but inside. In case of sun, we could of course get married with the North Sea as backdrop, which would be better. But plan B would have been not so hard to set up.
In the end, we got crazy lucky with the weather. The day before the wedding was cold and grey. The day after the wedding, we were hit by a nasty heat wave (35+ degrees). But on the day itself, it was 25 degrees centigrade and sunny. Absolutely perfect.
We had an open bar all day (from 2PM until 1:30AM), and 150 guests. The bar tab was around 3800 euros. But we had budgeted* this beforehand, saved up a load of money, and splashed it all on what ended up being the perfect day. I have no regrets. All guests were having a ball. And I can coast on those memories whenever I have a bad day.
*we had also made a plan on how much we would spend on outfits. I stuck almost precisely to the budget. My wife bought a dress that was about twice the price we had planned. But there are moments where any form of frugality would be completely misplaced, and this was clearly one of them.
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Originally posted by Gangster Octopus View PostThen if you meet a Canadian over here, and say "my cousin lives in Canada, do you know her?", they look at you all funny...
On a 'no fkn idea about anyplace else vein, when we still lived in Scotland, my Gran was coming to Australia to visit my Aunt and her family in Sydney. A frien geve here a cake to drop off at her friend in Perth's place. They're about 4,000 km apart.
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Originally posted by Hot Pepsi View PostFor those who got married outside, what was your plan B in case of rain?
I couldn't handle the stress of hosting an event with such a major uncontrollable variable.
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- Mar 2008
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- Revelling In The Hole
- England, Chelsea and Tooting and Mitcham. And Surrey CCC. And Wimbledon Dons Speedway (RIP)
- Nairn's Cheese Oatcake
Dodgy TV knocks out entire village's broadband connection: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54239180
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- Mar 2008
- 20964
- The House with the Golden Windows
- Fast falling out of love for football.
- WasPlain Hobnobs
Deputy head of Richmond School killed by cows while walking dog.
It seems Troy McClure was right in that Simpsons film about meat:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-...shire-54261829
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Being pregnant for my wedding was great. It meant that no-one could ask any stupid questions about if I was going to go on a diet. I was only 5.5 months pregnant but as I am so short, I look like a weeble by that point (albeit a weeble in a very pretty dress).
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Originally posted by ad hoc View PostWe were 4 at my wedding. Well 4 1/2 as the bride was 8 months pregnant.Last edited by Nefertiti2; 24-09-2020, 12:04.
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- Jul 2016
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- Dublin
- Bohemian FC Manchester United Mansfield town Torino Berwick rangers
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Originally posted by Nocturnal Submission View PostLiquorice-lovers beware: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-54269144
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We did get married because of the impending birth, but not in the usual shotgun stylee. We just wanted to make sure the soon-to-be-human could have a British passport, in those far off days when a British passport seemed of more value than a Romanian one. *reminisces*
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- Mar 2008
- 19022
- Revelling In The Hole
- England, Chelsea and Tooting and Mitcham. And Surrey CCC. And Wimbledon Dons Speedway (RIP)
- Nairn's Cheese Oatcake
Originally posted by elguapo4 View Post
He had a poor diet and dropped of cardiac arrest in a fast food joint. I personally hate licorice but I think it's being framed here.
The link between glycyrrhizic acid and hypokalemia seems key here, but you could be right.
Mind you, glycyrrhizic acid sounds like something that one of Putin's cronies would lace your morning cuppa with if he didn't like the cut of your jib. It certainly doesn't sound like something you'd want to consume voluntarily.
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Originally posted by ad hoc View PostWe did get married because of the impending birth, but not in the usual shotgun stylee. We just wanted to make sure the soon-to-be-human could have a British passport, in those far off days when a British passport seemed of more value than a Romanian one. *reminisces*
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Originally posted by Guy Profumo View PostDeputy head of Richmond School killed by cows while walking dog.
It seems Troy McClure was right in that Simpsons film about meat:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-...shire-54261829
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- Mar 2008
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- The House with the Golden Windows
- Fast falling out of love for football.
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The Black Death?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...-massachusetts
Man dies after eating too much liquorice
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-what-it-seems
Some have railed against the mandatory use of face masks, attacking them as a muzzle on their civil liberties. Others have civically adopted them without so much as a whimper. And then there are those who have seen the opportunities they present amid the crisis.
Valencia may have lost its bid to become the European Capital of Innovation 2020 – the Belgian city of Leuven claimed the honour – but a councillor from the city in eastern Spain did his hometown proud with a minute-long speech in stunningly fluent English and without the slightest trace of a Spanish accent.
“Valencia and its people are very committed to European innovation and we are at your disposal,” an assured Carlos Galiana told the European commission at the end of his address on Thursday.
The only problem was that, despite the movements of his mouth beneath his mask, the voice was not his and Galiana was being dubbed by a native English speaker.
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