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This year, I'd like to encourage everyone on the forum to seriously think about the best way you can show love this St Valentine's Day. For many of us Valentine's Day will see a few hundred disappear down the drain on alcohol, over-sized teddy bears, chocolate, and items that are unmentionable during prime time, so why not give the money to some people who really need it. There are plenty out there, I've picked the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal and I'll be sending a flower and donation card to a few close friends.

Whatever you decide to do, let NSG know, because in a creepy way, we're closer than your family now

Great idea! I pledge that, for every dollar I spend on Valentine's Day stuff, I'll donate matching funds to charity. As always, that'll be $0.00, but it's the thought that counts, right?

Great idea! I pledge that, for every dollar I spend on Valentine's Day stuff, I'll donate matching funds to charity. As always, that'll be $0.00, but it's the thought that counts, right?

Only when it comes to crime, I'm afraid

I will be doing my homework on Valentine's Day, so I can have my first date on the 15th with no thoughts of unfinished homework over my head.

to you all: Freddy smacks a bitch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDckgX3oU_w)


Happy Valentines Day :tongue:

my valentine is several big shops, im gonna send them all lots of money, im also gonna make single people want to kill themselves by shoving happy couples in there faces all day long......

i love sarcasm, im also single, so to hell with your "day"

:fluffle::fluffle:I got BigJimP something he will like, its not romantical, its Jim style looove lol

Also I am making his favorite dinner, Chicken Marsala and well the rest is our business:D

Chicken Tikka Masala is always the makings of a good night

I haven't decided what I'm doing yet. But the little girl next door (she's five and sort of a surrogate granddaughter) gave me a tootsie roll - I can't bring myself to tell her that I can't eat them.

I'm finishing up a blanket to give to a preemie at the hospital - maybe that's my act of love this year.

I haven't decided what I'm doing yet. But the little girl next door (she's five and sort of a surrogate granddaughter) gave me a tootsie roll - I can't bring myself to tell her that I can't eat them.

I'm finishing up a blanket to give to a preemie at the hospital - maybe that's my act of love this year.

What are you, running for Jesus? Seriously though, that's really nice

What are you, running for Jesus? Seriously though, that's really nice

I'm not qualified to run for the Virgin Mary, and my gender is wrong for Jesus. Is Mother Theresa's slot open?

Seriously, though, I'm a kind of bitchy sort. It's better if I give things to kids than if I actually interact with them.

I'm not qualified to run for the Virgin Mary, and my gender is wrong for Jesus. Is Mother Theresa's slot open?

Seriously, though, I'm a kind of bitchy sort. It's better if I give things to kids than if I actually interact with them.

Haha

I tend to be very "absent" when I react with people, so I like to make people happy

I'll be undergoing several medical tests on St. Valentine's Day. No love or fancy dinner for me.

I'll be expressing my love to a company during a job interview.

I won't do anything for V-Day. Screw the "holiday".

we'll be going to a Lamb of God gig on Valentine's day, so its fancy dinner and cuddles tonight instead. this year's V-day gifts probably total £20, which is a major step back from the last couple of years' £300+... so this is a good year to match my spending with charity :p i do almost that a month to the British Red Cross anyway, so i'll let myself off the hook, heh

Well I donate money to British Red Cross monthly so my charity is done. Actual Valentine's Day I'll hopefully working, failing that hanging out with my friends or in a drunken haze waking up tomorrow morning with a stranger in my bed...

Don't do charity. Royal British Legion the exception, I think I'm a more worthy cause.

Tomorrow, however, I shall be watching the Six Nations, with Guiness consumption determined by how good Wales are, then taking 'er indoors to an Argentinian steakhouse.

For Valentine's Day, my boyfriend and I are giving each other very special gifts. I'm not doing any schoolwork. He's promised me a quiet day.

Hey, it sounds lousy, but it's a recession-proof Valentine's Day, and we agreed to it. :)

I do the Give-A-Tree thing via the Arbor Day Foundation. It's like giving flowers, except the "flowers" are way bigger and not dying.

Don't do charity. Royal British Legion the exception, I think I'm a more worthy cause.

Tomorrow, however, I shall be watching the Six Nations, with Guiness consumption determined by how good Wales are, then taking 'er indoors to an Argentinian steakhouse.

who are playing this weekend? not sure if i can watch any... should really be nice to my g/f and not make her watch it again :( :p
last weekend Wales were excellent. haven't seen the england-italy match yet, but its on iplayer

The children and I are trying to raise money for children in Kenya who are dying and apparently the medicine to save them costs $2US a dose.......so like........for $2 you can save a kids life. It's like amazingly sad. We've raised about $1000....just telling people that for $2 you can save a life.

Anyway, if you spend money today on a soda and a candy bar, just remember people are dying while you're getting fat. [/guilt]

No one, unless someone volunteers.

I haven't thought of anything yet, but it's a rather busy time of the year for me. I'll probably have to make it up later.

Oh, and obligatory: I HATE THIS STUPID HOLIDAY BECAUSE I DONT HAVE A GIRLFRIEND, MOAN BITCH WHINE, BLAH BLAH COMMERCIALISM BLAH BLAH BLAH SOULLESS CORPORATE BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH DRUNK BLAH.

who are playing this weekend? not sure if i can watch any... should really be nice to my g/f and not make her watch it again :( :p
last weekend Wales were excellent. haven't seen the england-italy match yet, but its on iplayer

Wales will be playing England. In Wales.

My only hope is that it snows so heavily that the English players are disguised and the welsh can't tackle them...

The children and I are trying to raise money for children in Kenya who are dying and apparently the medicine to save them costs $2US a dose.......so like........for $2 you can save a kids life. It's like amazingly sad. We've raised about $1000....just telling people that for $2 you can save a life.

Anyway, if you spend money today on a soda and a candy bar, just remember people are dying while you're getting fat. [/guilt]

Boring.

Wales will be playing England. In Wales.

My only hope is that it snows so heavily that the English players are disguised and the welsh can't tackle them...

that sounds epic (ok it happens every year, but its the most interesting match for me, being half-english, half-welsh).... i'm gonna have to see that one, one way or another

My wallet is not getting any lighter this year. :) / :(

I will be donating my money to a woman who work the streets. *nod*

I will be donating my money to a woman who work the streets. *nod*

just...don't kill this one this time ok?

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CUPID, n. The so-called god of love. This bastard creation of a barbarous fancy was no doubt inflicted upon mythology for the sins of its deities. Of all unbeautiful and inappropriate conceptions this is the most reasonless and offensive. The notion of symbolizing sexual love by a semisexless babe, and comparing the pains of passion to the wounds of an arrow — of introducing this pudgy homunculus into art grossly to materialize the subtle spirit and suggestion of the work — this is eminently worthy of the age that, giving it birth, laid it on the doorstep of prosperity.

(An un-published definition, but still by the author who penned the above): Darling. n. The bore of the opposite sex in an early stage of attraction.

I'll be undergoing several medical tests on St. Valentine's Day. No love or fancy dinner for me.

Awww, I still love you Nanatsu.

Best of luck

Awww, I still love you Nanatsu.

Best of luck

Thankz youz, Rot.:)

I'll be at a friend, be on NSG and play WoW and other games.

My girlfriend and I are going hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains for Valentine's Day.

My gift to her is the sandwiches I will be buying for lunch.

I placed runner-up in my studio's cake-off competition for my piece entitled "Curse of the Gummi's Tomb" or "The Gluten Commandments". In return for the love I was shown in this regard, I will be asking the girl who won out on a date where I will subsequently drug her and cover her in caramel in the mall washroom.

just...don't kill this one this time ok?

But mooooooom

Relax, you got me off last time, you'll get me off this time.

Relax, you got me off last time, you'll get me off this time.

ummm....

awkward

ummm....

awkward

Apparently what happens in Vegas, does not stay there.

I haven't decided what I'm doing yet. But the little girl next door (she's five and sort of a surrogate granddaughter) gave me a tootsie roll - I can't bring myself to tell her that I can't eat them.

I'm finishing up a blanket to give to a preemie at the hospital - maybe that's my act of love this year

I've spent the week watching my folks - they're in their 80's - give each other little valentine gifts each day. And drooling over the candy they can have and I can't. But hey the glow they're giving off makes up for a lot.

And even if you don't like being around them that is an awesome gift of love A-S D.

I've spent the week watching my folks - they're in their 80's - give each other little valentine gifts each day. And drooling over the candy they can have and I can't. But hey the glow they're giving off makes up for a lot.

And even if you don't like being around them that is an awesome gift of love A-S D.

You have way too much optimism, I'll enjoy beating that out of you. :)

The entire holiday is a consumerist sham designed to squeeze money out of hopeless romantics.

The entire holiday is a consumerist sham designed to squeeze money out of hopeless romantics.

wow, anti valentines day emo wankering. How original.

wow, anti valentines day emo wankering. How original.

So the fact that he doesn't want to spend $50 on flowers $30 on candy that on any other day would cost $20 and $10, make him an anti-valentines day emo? He is right, stores do jack up their prices because they think idiots will spend whatever they have to to buy present for their love ones.

I'll be on an aeroplane all day so I will have no opportunity to meaningfully interact with other human beings.

Oh well.

So the fact that he doesn't want to spend $50 on flowers $30 on candy that on any other day would cost $20 and $10, make him an anti-valentines day emo? He is right, stores do jack up their prices because they think idiots will spend whatever they have to to buy present for their love ones.

Well, you could try not buying presents at the last minute. Just sayin'.

So the fact that he doesn't want to spend $50 on flowers $30 on candy that on any other day would cost $20 and $10, make him an anti-valentines day emo?

No, but the constant whining about it does. Look, I've seen my fair share of valentine's days. I've been single, I've been involved, I've been sober, I've been drunk, I've been coked out of my head, I even spent one naked at a part with other naked people, watching a bunch of them have an orgy in the kitchen. I've done just about everything there is to do on valentines day. I've done the "aww, it's so sweet", I've done the "we don't NEED just ONE day for OUR love", and I've done the "it sucks to be alone" valentines day too.

But the whole "PROTEST VALENTINES!" is not clever, it's not smart, it's not unique. It's redundant and it's tired, and it makes you ever bit the conformist tool that you accuse others of. The protest raison d'etre of the Hot Topic crowd. "alternativism" served up with price tags.

No, but the constant whining about it does. Look, I've seen my fair share of valentine's days. I've been single, I've been involved, I've been sober, I've been drunk, I've been coked out of my head, I even spent one naked at a part with other naked people, watching a bunch of them have an orgy in the kitchen. I've done just about everything there is to do on valentines day. I've done the "aww, it's so sweet", I've done the "we don't NEED just ONE day for OUR love", and I've done the "it sucks to be alone" valentines day too.

But the whole "PROTEST VALENTINES!" is not clever, it's not smart, it's not unique. It's redundant and it's tired, and it makes you ever bit the conformist tool that you accuse others of. The protest raison d'etre of the Hot Topic crowd. "alternativism" served up with price tags.

Eh agreed, I just don't celebrate it. I don't make a big deal out of it, say anything about it, I just ignore it.

I'm going to the soccer tonight, a win or a draw & Melbourne's hosting the grand final. Far more important than some commercial, made up celebration.

My wife did make me a very nice breakfast this morning & we're going out for a meal somewhere tomorrow too.

I've already made a donation to the Red Cross bushfire appeal.

You have way too much optimism, I'll enjoy beating that out of you

:eek:

Wilgrove, you should have taken my parents age catagory as a clue, you raise a hand to me and I'll scream elder abuse louder than is good for your hearing. Then kick you in the shin with my brace - the darn thing weighs a ton and will probably cripple you for life ( it has me :p )


But hey, Happy Valentines! :)

:eek:

Wilgrove, you should have taken my parents age catagory as a clue, you raise a hand to me and I'll scream elder abuse louder than is good for your hearing. Then kick you in the shin with my brace - the darn thing weighs a ton and will probably cripple you for life ( it has me :p )


But hey, Happy Valentines! :)

Well seeing as I am 25, and already have a hearing aid, I doubt you can do that much more damage to my hearing, if there's a category for legally deaf, I am it. Also, given that you are an elder, and you wear heavy braces, tells me that your reaction time will be slower than mine. So, who do you think would honestly win this fight grasshoppa? ;) :)

I just found out that my son's girlfriend, the one he was sure he was going to marry, broke up with him today. Happy Valentine's Day.

so why not give the money to some people who really need it. There are plenty out there,

your right I really need money. Everyone please donate to greed and death is hungry.

I just found out that my son's girlfriend, the one he was sure he was going to marry, broke up with him today. Happy Valentine's Day.

Ouch! You know, there's a website that offer to mail someone shit in a box. I kid you not!

http://www.mailpoop.com/

let NSG know, because in a creepy way, we're closer than your family now
That is, indeed, epically creepy.

Also, NSG is like my 3rd cousins twice removed. Fun, but kinda weird, and I'm not sure how to deal with most of you guys . . . Still I come and visit every year or two and see if we won't bond again.

I'm not qualified to run for the Virgin Mary, and my gender is wrong for Jesus. Is Mother Theresa's slot open?

Seriously, though, I'm a kind of bitchy sort. It's better if I give things to kids than if I actually interact with them.

Man my Roman Catholic upbringing is really discouraging me from commenting on just how "open" Mother Theresa's "slot" is, which is a shame, because the potential there is. . . well, mind-blowing.

The children and I are trying to raise money for children in Kenya who are dying and apparently the medicine to save them costs $2US a dose.......so like........for $2 you can save a kids life. It's like amazingly sad. We've raised about $1000....just telling people that for $2 you can save a life.

Anyway, if you spend money today on a soda and a candy bar, just remember people are dying while you're getting fat. [/guilt]

Text me info on this, plz (makes an affordable, if late, bday gift for Padre! And, ya know, everyone I know)

The entire holiday is a consumerist sham designed to squeeze money out of hopeless romantics.

As a hopeless romantic, I object. A true hopeless romantic would see it for the consumerist sham that it is and celebrate it not more than they do EVERY day.

Man, if I were talking to a certain Polar Bear, I'd add a caveat, but I think my innuendo is already giving you guys the wrong impression.

wow, anti valentines day emo wankering. How original.

Are USians allowed to say things like "wankering?" I thought that was reserved for Brits. . . ?

But the whole "PROTEST VALENTINES!" is not clever, it's not smart, it's not unique. It's redundant and it's tired, and it makes you ever bit the conformist tool that you accuse others of. The protest raison d'etre of the Hot Topic crowd. "alternativism" served up with price tags.

Seriously. At least I ADMIT I'm doing the bitter, single, lonely girl VDay rant. (Though I thought it was bullshit when I had a bf, too, *Shrug*)

Also, you are simultaneously no fun for pointing out the obvious tripe (is that the right word?) and lots of fun, for your low bullshit tolerance.

I just found out that my son's girlfriend, the one he was sure he was going to marry, broke up with him today. Happy Valentine's Day.
Life Sucks :(

I just found out that my son's girlfriend, the one he was sure he was going to marry, broke up with him today. Happy Valentine's Day.

i never understood why people wait until the day before or the day of Valentine's day to break up with someone. break up a week or two before atleast, or sit with them through the holiday and return any expensive gifts they might have bought you.

i never understood why people wait until the day before or the day of Valentine's day to break up with someone. break up a week or two before atleast, or sit with them through the holiday and return any expensive gifts they might have bought you.

On her birthday, my Ex-Best-Friend's Ex-Boyfriend told her that he regretted everything they'd done together.

Which pissed me off, as I'd made her her favorite breakfast, given her a cowboy hat full of candy, and generally worked my ass of to make it an awesome day for her. And all she could focus on was his bullshit.

I should've realized than that boys mattered more to her than I did. . .

i never understood why people wait until the day before or the day of Valentine's day to break up with someone. break up a week or two before atleast, or sit with them through the holiday and return any expensive gifts they might have bought you.

That's why, because they don't want their partner to spend the money on expensive gifts if they already plan on breaking up with them. Also, people are idiots and dicks, my usual retort for why people act like well....idiots and dicks...

That's why, because they don't want their partner to spend the money on expensive gifts if they already plan on breaking up with them. Also, people are idiots and dicks, my usual retort for why people act like well....idiots and dicks...

odds say the day before or day of they have already bought the gifts. So they are going to have to return it to the store.
If they have bought the gifts and have to return it to the store you can at least have the humility and to return the gift to them.

On her birthday, my Ex-Best-Friend's Ex-Boyfriend told her that he regretted everything they'd done together.

Which pissed me off, as I'd made her her favorite breakfast, given her a cowboy hat full of candy, and generally worked my ass of to make it an awesome day for her. And all she could focus on was his bullshit.

I should've realized than that boys mattered more to her than I did. . .

Yeah I've seen some douche bag BFs say that to my female friends. Half the time they aren't even breaking up with them they are just trying to ensure they are the center of attention.

Yeah I've seen some douche bag BFs say that to my female friends. Half the time they aren't even breaking up with them they are just trying to ensure they are the center of attention.

Gotta love the douche bag BF, the women hate them, and yet they stay with them....

Yeah I've seen some douche bag BFs say that to my female friends. Half the time they aren't even breaking up with them they are just trying to ensure they are the center of attention.

They'd already split, making it fucking irrelevant. Ugh, he was a jackass. I wish I knew if she really changed because of him, or if the girl I loved like my sister existed mostly in my mind, and it just took me a while to see her true character. (The context was he was a very devout Southern Baptist who believed being intimate with someone was absolutely wrong outside of marriage. Not that they'd had sex, or anything. Just, ya know, made out, maybe made it to 2nd or 3rd base. She, meanwhile, was [is?] a very devout Roman Catholic who is [was?] also saving herself for marriage [I'll believe it when it happens /bitter ex-best-friend].) Not that it should matter. CURRENT best friend does all kinds of awesome, sweet things, should EASILY trump EX boyfriend ignorant ass bullshit comment.

Except I think she always valued boys over girl-friends.

Gotta love the douche bag BF, the women hate them, and yet they stay with them....

All men are assholes, all men will hurt you. Just gotta figure out which assholes are worth the pain.

(OMG THERE IS A GROSS GENERALIZATION! To even the odds, though, all women are also assholes/crazy bitches. And for those attracted to women, it's merely a matter of deciding who is worth putting up with the bullshit.)

All men are assholes, all men will hurt you. Just gotta figure out which assholes are worth the pain.

(OMG THERE IS A GROSS GENERALIZATION! To even the odds, though, all women are also assholes/crazy bitches. And for those attracted to women, it's merely a matter of deciding who is worth putting up with the bullshit.)

The best Generalization is all men are assholes and all women are crazy.

They'd already split, making it fucking irrelevant. Ugh, he was a jackass. I wish I knew if she really changed because of him, or if the girl I loved like my sister existed mostly in my mind, and it just took me a while to see her true character. (The context was he was a very devout Southern Baptist who believed being intimate with someone was absolutely wrong outside of marriage. Not that they'd had sex, or anything. Just, ya know, made out, maybe made it to 2nd or 3rd base. She, meanwhile, was [is?] a very devout Roman Catholic who is [was?] also saving herself for marriage [I'll believe it when it happens /bitter ex-best-friend].) Not that it should matter. CURRENT best friend does all kinds of awesome, sweet things, should EASILY trump EX boyfriend ignorant ass bullshit comment.

Except I think she always valued boys over girl-friends.

My best female friend let a guy treat her like shit to the point where i flipped out on her and told her to get over him he is an ass. Then 1 year later something similar happens to me. well more then break up no i want you back no i don't want you for like a year.

Gotta love the douche bag BF, the women hate them, and yet they stay with them....

men are just as bad. we just have the double standard to make it acceptable to be doing it "just for the sex"

This year, I'd like to encourage everyone on the forum to seriously think about the best way you can show love this St Valentine's Day.

I have this brief comment

Bah Humbug; in my opinion, Valentines Day should be permanently wiped off the calendar, and have salt sown on it.

Are USians allowed to say things like "wankering?" I thought that was reserved for Brits. . . ?

Nope, Aussies say wanker all the time too. One of my favourite insults in fact.

I have this brief comment

Bah Humbug; in my opinion, Valentines Day should be permanently wiped off the calendar, and have salt sown on it.

I've been surprised at how many people the issue seems to be the idea of celebrating human happiness, and not the empty commercialism. After all, some of the most magical Valentine's days are the ones done on a shoestring, but from the heart

I've been surprised at how many people the issue seems to be the idea of celebrating human happiness, and not the empty commercialism. After all, some of the most magical Valentine's days are the ones done on a shoestring, but from the heart

Happiness? It is based on the following premise

Hot guys get hot chicks and vice versa. How about the rest of us?

I got a Valentine Card. It read:

"Dearest, This card is to tell you that you are loved and very precious to Jesus! ... [quote from Ephesians] ... Lots of love, ???"

I was disappointed to say the least.

I got a Valentine Card. It read:

"Dearest, This card is to tell you that you are loved and very precious to Jesus! ... [quote from Ephesians] ... Lots of love, ???"

I was disappointed to say the least.

You should be very flattered, Jesus has got the hots for you! :tongue:

Take note that when you are waiting in the nude for your wife to get home so you can open the door in the buff for her, check to see who it is before you open the door. Fortunately, I have a pretty good relationship with my mailman. ;)

Well seeing as I am 25, and already have a hearing aid, I doubt you can do that much more damage to my hearing, if there's a category for legally deaf, I am it. Also, given that you are an elder, and you wear heavy braces, tells me that your reaction time will be slower than mine. So, who do you think would honestly win this fight grasshoppa

Well little caterpillar just spinning their cocoon... I'll give you the hearing protection as coming naturally, but...

My over all running speed is definitely not up to anything resembling par, but!

Reaction time and running speed are not the same... Gives you a thoroughly evil grin.

I have but one brace, and I'm darned fast in my wheelchair. The mall cops hate me - it's an unpowered (save by me) old fashioned wheel chair, not some three wheel scooter or powerchair. I can out gun their security Segways -theirs are some kind of monster hybrid on steroids- but I still out roll them.

And besides, who says I'd fight fair?

And besides, who says I'd fight fair?

Touche, which is why I have a handgun and a CCW.

Touche, which is why I have a handgun and a CCW.

Now I want to know what model it is. Wierd, I know.

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bah humbug!

Now I want to know what model it is. Wierd, I know.

Glock 9mm, I'm trying to work my way up to a .50 Desert Eagle.

Glock 9mm, I'm trying to work my way up to a .50 Desert Eagle.

G. Gordon Liddy prefers a .357 Magnum.

You should be very flattered, Jesus has got the hots for you! :tongue:

you mean the Mexican guy who mows my lawn ???

I worked on St Valentines day, had a few beers at the office. Before taking the bus home,felt in the mood so started talking to some chick got her number and everything, then fond out she was to young, and that was the end of that. A few mates went down to a bar strip and while we spent time with a few female friends the place really was a sausage fest.

I have an online date. We're watching the same movie in two different time zones. The joy of long distance relationships... so far the present is costing postage and that's it.

Glock 9mm, I'm trying to work my way up to a .50 Desert Eagle.

There are a number of reasons that a .50 AE chambered weapon is impractical and in some ways unsuitable as a carry piece.

9mm with quality jacketed hollow points have adequate stopping power, and if you wanted something ballistically more potent, the .40 SW, .357 SIG, .45 ACP, .45 GAP, etc, are more pragmatic choices.

9mm with quality jacketed hollow points have adequate stopping power,

Are not "dum-dums" illegal?

http://www.meish.org/vd/card/images/unimaginative.pnghttp://www.meish.org/vd/card/images/wee.png

bah humbug!

bah, it happens to be our anniversary, too... so we have an excuse for valentine's day :P

well planned, that one. a very easy date to remember for me :D

There are a number of reasons that a .50 AE chambered weapon is impractical and in some ways unsuitable as a carry piece.

9mm with quality jacketed hollow points have adequate stopping power, and if you wanted something ballistically more potent, the .40 SW, .357 SIG, .45 ACP, .45 GAP, etc, are more pragmatic choices.

I mainly want the DE for the intimidation factor. Let's say I'm at an ATM one night, and some dude decide that he wants my money. I'll have my .50 DE in my coat, I reach in, pull it out and fire. The fact that the .50 DE is a big gun, and is commonly referred to as the "hand cannon" kinda deters other punks from trying to mess with me.

No, but the constant whining about it does. Look, I've seen my fair share of valentine's days. I've been single, I've been involved, I've been sober, I've been drunk, I've been coked out of my head, I even spent one naked at a part with other naked people, watching a bunch of them have an orgy in the kitchen. I've done just about everything there is to do on valentines day. I've done the "aww, it's so sweet", I've done the "we don't NEED just ONE day for OUR love", and I've done the "it sucks to be alone" valentines day too.

I love that one! That's the one I'm doing today!

...and have been all my life.

I hate all of you.

Twice.

I have an online date. We're watching the same movie in two different time zones. The joy of long distance relationships... so far the present is costing postage and that's it.

I love doing this! We torrent a film and then watch it while we're on the phone with one another:)

I'm not at all interested in Valentine's Day as a concept. Long distance 'dates' are sweet regardless of what day they're on.

I love doing this! We torrent a film and then watch it while we're on the phone with one another:)

I'm not at all interested in Valentine's Day as a concept. Long distance 'dates' are sweet regardless of what day they're on.

and take alot of trust. Because why would someone that is across on the other side of the country be faithful to you, when the hot woman at the grocery line hit on him/her and is right there for him/her?

One of the many reasons I don't do cyber "relationships" anymore.

Glock 9mm, I'm trying to work my way up to a .50 Desert Eagle.
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I mainly want the DE for the intimidation factor. Let's say I'm at an ATM one night, and some dude decide that he wants my money. I'll have my .50 DE in my coat, I reach in, pull it out and fire. The fact that the .50 DE is a big gun, and is commonly referred to as the "hand cannon" kinda deters other punks from trying to mess with me.

Darn it Wilgrove, don't make me lose all respect for ya.

While I seriously love DE's they are pretty much hand canons above and beyond what is needed even for intimidation, unless you really are a dislocated Aussie of course and need to wave a US version of a big frikin knife about...

And Glock...whimpers...oh you poor deluded young man... there's a reason Glocks are dish washer proof -so they do well as fishing line weights.

The movie may have stunk but the line of "Most people respect the badge. Everyone respects the gun." is so very true. Any gun looks monsterous when you are stareing down the muzzel of it. And gun control - shot placement, every time, shot placement. Better to have a smaller gun you absolutely know you can control for that second shot, than to have to depend solely on a first shot. Take it from one who's been there.

and take alot of trust. Because why would someone that is across on the other side of the country be faithful to you, when the hot woman at the grocery line hit on him/her and is right there for him/her?

One of the many reasons I don't do cyber "relationships" anymore.

Oh good God, even I'm not that cynical. Congratulations, Wilgrove. You beat the angst right out of me.

and take alot of trust. Because why would someone that is across on the other side of the country be faithful to you, when the hot woman at the grocery line hit on him/her and is right there for him/her?


Because - and I know this is a really crazy, out-there idea - you actually care about the person you're dating? It's a novel concept in relationships, I know, but sometimes, couples actually like each other!

and take alot of trust. Because why would someone that is across on the other side of the country be faithful to you, when the hot woman at the grocery line hit on him/her and is right there for him/her?

One of the many reasons I don't do cyber "relationships" anymore.

Please try to read before you reply. I said long distance 'dates' are sweet...as in setting up an online or over the phone 'date' with your long distance partner, say to watch a movie etc. I'm not interested in debating long distance relationships in general, though I'll point out that if you require fidelity, that's your problem.

Oh good God, even I'm not that cynical. Congratulations, Wilgrove. You beat the angst right out of me.

Yes! I am the master! All hail your new Misanthropic king! :D

Because - and I know this is a really crazy, out-there idea - you actually care about the person you're dating? It's a novel concept in relationships, I know, but sometimes, couples actually like each other!

But girls are icky and full of cooties! Seriously though, one of the major drawbacks of online "relationships" is that it's easier to lie, easier to cheat, and easier to deceit. There's a reason face to face, or "real time" relationships have a greater chance of success than online ones. Whether you like it or not, physical contact is important in a relationship.

Please try to read before you reply. I said long distance 'dates' are sweet...as in setting up an online or over the phone 'date' with your long distance partner, say to watch a movie etc. I'm not interested in debating long distance relationships in general, though I'll point out that if you require fidelity, that's your problem.

Oh my God, I actually want whoever I'm with to be faithful, wow, how old fashion of me. *roll eyes*

Are not "dum-dums" illegal?

Expanding rounds are illegal in warfare, but for personal carry in most US locals, they are legal and in fact preferred.

I mainly want the DE for the intimidation factor.

Using a weapon for "intimidation" makes me wonder what the CCW training protocols are in your area.


Let's say I'm at an ATM one night, and some dude decide that he wants my money. I'll have my .50 DE in my coat, I reach in, pull it out and fire.

Having owned and practiced with a Desert Eagle chambered in .50 AE, I can tell you that not only is its weight and dimensions impractical for real carry, but its associated ballistic characteristics are undesirable. Its comparative length will slow your draw, its capacity is less than more realistic carry weapons, and the incremental gain in stopping power is overshadowed by the effects its recoil will have on follow up shots and other factors.


The fact that the .50 DE is a big gun, and is commonly referred to as the "hand cannon" kinda deters other punks from trying to mess with me.

By that reasoning, you should be working towards the .500 SW. If you seriously think that "punks" will be deterred any differently by somebody carrying a "hand cannon" than they would by somebody carrying a more suitable carry weapon like a .45, .40, .357, etc then I honestly question what kind of training is prerequisite for carry permits in your area.

Proclivity for raw ballistics is a tell-tale sign of little time spent at the range. For the cost of a Desert Eagle and 100 rounds of .50 AE, someone else could get a 9mm, and enough ammo and range time to become far more proficient, and thus far more capable of defending themselves.

Oh my God, I actually want whoever I'm with to be faithful, wow, how old fashion of me. *roll eyes*

I notice you were unable to admit you didn't actually read the quote in question.

Go feel persecuted elsewhere.

in a creepy way, we're closer than your family now
You took my last clean pair of underwear.

...oh well, i have faith you'll use it right.

Since I figure there are probably classmates of mine on this forum somewhere, I won't outline what I actually did; suffice to say it made me very happy.

Odd ... i watched Finding Nemo before heading out on the VDay date, and then i read this ...:
http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jan/053
Coincidence?

I mainly want the DE for the intimidation factor. Let's say I'm at an ATM one night, and some dude decide that he wants my money. I'll have my .50 DE in my coat, I reach in, pull it out and fire. The fact that the .50 DE is a big gun, and is commonly referred to as the "hand cannon" kinda deters other punks from trying to mess with me.

And is basically a miniature gas-powered rifle.