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Topic: Proposal
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Kellxr7
Gearhead Posts: 679
From: Canada
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 08-27-2005 07:37 PM
   
I am heavily thinking of biting the bullit & asking my awesome girlfriend to marry me, but I want to be creative with it & I cant think of anything, Ive heard her say that the baseball game proposal is tacky & we dont go to ballgames much anyway, I wouldnt mind doing something with cars, like @ the dragstrip, But I really want to make it about HER, I am the big car nut, she doesnt mind cars, but I want it to be more about her, Also she gets embarassed quite easily,(shy gal) so I know she would enjoy it more if it was something private, not in a big crowd of people, where she could feel free to cry, scream, or head for the bushes... any ideas?
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SteveLaRiviere
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posted 08-27-2005 07:48 PM
Forget the car aspect, you want it to be about her. How about a sunset picnic at the beach and as the sun goes down you say something like "As the light of the sun leaves us, will you promise not to let the light of your love leave me and be my wife?" Women are suckers for that corny BS. ------------------
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adragon8u
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From: Oceano, Ca. member# 2895
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 08-27-2005 07:57 PM
I think it'd be cool to be watching a movie on your dvd player and have it break at the right moment with a video of you asking her to marry you. It's private and I'm assuming you watch movies together?------------------
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trashline
Gearhead Posts: 1812
From: Levittown, Pa
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted 08-27-2005 09:20 PM
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Originally posted by SteveLaRiviere:
Forget the car aspect, you want it to be about her. How about a sunset picnic at the beach and as the sun goes down you say something like "As the light of the sun leaves us, will you promise not to let the light of your love leave me and be my wife?" Women are suckers for that corny BS.
YES YES YES I will.... j/k
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capri man
Gearhead Posts: 7249
From: doerun, ga.
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 08-27-2005 10:03 PM
just do like i did. just say, hey biotch wanna get lucky and marry me???  ------------------
mike r
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everything else is just a game.
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Dave Gibson
Moderator Posts: 9873
From: Norfolk, Virginia, USA M&M#166 MCA#47921
Registered: Aug 99
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posted 08-27-2005 11:22 PM
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Originally posted by capri man:
just do like i did. just say, hey biotch wanna get lucky and marry me???
And how many times have you been married Mike????  LOL Must be a Georgia thing. LOL
Do something nice and mellow for your special woman. Get creative, but don't make it corny either.
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SkinnyMan
Gearhead Posts: 392
From: Tupelo, MS - USA
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 08-28-2005 12:09 AM
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Originally posted by Kellxr7:
I am heavily thinking of biting the bullit & asking my awesome girlfriend to marry me, but I want to be creative with it & I cant think of anything, Ive heard her say that the baseball game proposal is tacky & we dont go to ballgames much anyway, I wouldnt mind doing something with cars, like @ the dragstrip, But I really want to make it about HER, I am the big car nut, she doesnt mind cars, but I want it to be more about her, Also she gets embarassed quite easily,(shy gal) so I know she would enjoy it more if it was something private, not in a big crowd of people, where she could feel free to cry, scream, or head for the bushes... any ideas?
You can always use the romantic Irish proposal (yes, my family is Irish) which is "How would you like to be buried with my family?Alsways gets them!! ------------------
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I65Stang
Gearhead Posts: 6508
From: Folsom, CA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 08-28-2005 02:26 AM
Involve your car somehow (drive it, do it in there, etc). That way she will have sentimental feelings for the car and never want you to get rid of it . If she does then just say "but honey, the car was there when I proposed" .
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mustangs68
Moderator Posts: 24577
From: Buckroe Beach Va MCA#39406 M&M #12 Member Mustang Club of Tidewater
Registered: May 99
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posted 08-28-2005 07:11 AM
DEAD MAN WALKING
LOL..but seriously,just do what come natural,all that planning can get messed up in a second,when the time is right you'll know.
Sam
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kwazykat
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Registered: Jun 99
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posted 08-28-2005 09:57 AM
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Originally posted by I65Stang:
[B]Involve your car somehow.....[B]
good idea, especially if you think you will ever need a 'reason' to keep your car in the picture forever!! hey..... are you guys lucky enough to have a drive-in theatre in your neck of the woods? that would be a cool place to keep the car involved ...... and then there are always the cliche gigs .... the ring placed in a surprise location like on the side of her dessert dish at supper or in a glass of champagne all that hollywood stuff .... etc etc ... but you know her the best.... and it sounds like you are nicely aware of her bashfullness ..... so you are on the right track keeping it kinda low key ..... but tim is right.... keep the car in the picture!!! best of wishes! kk
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GTRocks
Gearhead Posts: 4081
From: Lusby, MD
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 08-28-2005 10:03 AM
I read a story one time about a guy that traveled a lot. He was taking a red eye home, and had his g/f meet him at the airport. He gave 24 red roses out to passengers on the plane along with a pic of his g/f. As they got off the plane they one by one handed her the rose and said, "Josh loves you". Then Josh got off and proposed with the rock on one knee. I always thought that was kinda cool. Mushy, but cool.  Don't know if you travel?
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wrksnfx
Gearhead Posts: 356
From: Warren,MI,Macomb
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 08-29-2005 04:29 AM
This just might be the answer to all your problems get a big cardboard box and have your family help you wrap it up like a giant Christmas present w/ a big a$$ bow on top make sure to make a top lid for it and two sides that when the top lid is removed that the sides fall down to the side of it and there you sit on a chair inside of the box have one of your family members that you can trust not to muck it up and have them bring a video camera so that they can say that they will record it for you to see later to see how happy she was when she opened it up and bring you fianc? to where you are hiding in the box w/ your car there (this would work best at your house in the driveway) as well and have them give her a letter hand written by you of course telling her in the letter that you wished that you could be there w/ her but something urgent came up at the worst possible moment that you must take care of today like driving a friends car home after he got it fixed after it broke down on him or the like and that he came and picked you up in a borrowed car so that he could go get his and he needed someone to drive the borrowed car back for him and that she is to choose either the car or what's in the box i.e.(Monty Halls Lets Make a Deal) choice #1 your car or choice #2 what's in the box w/ you and the engagement ring in it "only have them tell her that it's worth far more than the car and if the choice was theirs that they would choose #2".After this all I can say is good luck and don't screw it up. J/K
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ccode67
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From: douglasville,ga,usa
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 08-29-2005 07:35 AM
Wait a minute, we were supposed to ask them? I just woke up one day and thought, HOW THE HE!! DID THIS HAPPEN.  Really though, think up something mushy and she'll be yours.
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Twirly Bird
Gearhead Posts: 222
From: Central PA
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted 08-29-2005 08:46 AM
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Originally posted by I65Stang:
Involve your car somehow (drive it, do it in there, etc). That way she will have sentimental feelings for the car and never want you to get rid of it . If she does then just say "but honey, the car was there when I proposed" .
LOL - great advice! If you want to be different and memorable, how about a "once in a lifetime" event? I met a guy who proposed to his (now) wife on a hot-air ballon ride over a real pretty area.
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I65Stang
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From: Folsom, CA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 08-29-2005 03:06 PM
I decided to stay away from the old cliche proposals (the restaurant thing, etc) when I proposed to my wife. She had this thing for Sweettart candies so I took the ring and tied it to a roll of them with a little bow. I then left it on her seat as I went into the airport to pick her up (I was a wreck because I envisioned the '65 getting stolen along with the ring lol). As she got in the car I pretended something was wrong with the car so I was looking under it (the whole one knee thing). She then put the candy on the floor lol. I asked her if she wanted a sweettart and she said "no" and then I asked her if I could have one. As she was starting to unwrap it she realized what was on it lol. Btw, no I didnt use the car for the reason that I suggested, it was the car we took on our first date and what she used to hit on me ("Is that your Mustang?" lol). ------------------
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Fastymz
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From: Reno Nv USA M&M#1240
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 08-29-2005 04:16 PM
I'll give you the same advice my dad gave me, and what I'll tell my own son."Son why buy the cow when your already getting the milk for free"  ccode67 "Wait a minute, we were supposed to ask them? I just woke up one day and thought, HOW THE HE!! DID THIS HAPPEN."
Same thing happen to me! ------------------
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mustangs68
Moderator Posts: 24577
From: Buckroe Beach Va MCA#39406 M&M #12 Member Mustang Club of Tidewater
Registered: May 99
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posted 08-29-2005 04:35 PM
"Is that your Mustang?"
yeah that damn line works everytime,we're like sitting ducks with that one.Heck the question I had was "who's kids are they and why do they keep asking for food?"
Then she told me we had been married for many years.
When that happen???
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Kellxr7
Gearhead Posts: 679
From: Canada
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 08-29-2005 10:43 PM
Thanks for all the awesome, creative ideas, I am looking forward it, her birthday is coming up in mid october, so I am going to shoot for sometime around then.. I'll let you know I do it & how badly I screw it up....
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Ci8UUP
Gearhead Posts: 198
From: Renton, Washington
Registered: May 2005
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posted 08-30-2005 07:31 PM
I always thought a great idea would be to get her into a public place, along with family members, maybe like a picnic at a park. Then rent a mideaval suit of armor and a horse dressed in battle gear, then ride up while Carmina Burano's "O Fortuna" is playing in the background, dismount, kneel down and have someone dressed in a servant costume hand you the ring on a white pillow to present to her...But hey, I'm a simple minded guy without an imagination.
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GTRocks
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From: Lusby, MD
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 08-30-2005 07:48 PM
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Originally posted by Kellxr7:
Thanks for all the awesome, creative ideas, I am looking forward it, her birthday is coming up in mid october, so I am going to shoot for sometime around then.. I'll let you know I do it & how badly I screw it up....
Don't give her the ring for her birthday...you'll hear about that the rest of your life!!!
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kwazykat
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posted 08-30-2005 08:21 PM
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Originally posted by GTRocks:
....Don't give her the ring for her birthday...you'll hear about that the rest of your life!!!
good point!!
make it an event that stands alone....
she will adore you for it! oh .... and by all means ..... do not incorporate the phrase "hallowed-weenie" into your october proposal!!!
kk
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67stang
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From: Panama City, FL
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 08-30-2005 09:10 PM
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Originally posted by Ci8UUP:
[B] a mideaval suit of armor and a horse dressed in battle gear[B]
Do you realize how hard it is to ride in a full suit of armor? Let alone learn how to do it correctly so not to make a horse's rear out of oneself as they fall off the horse? Gresat idea if you can pull it off though.
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mustangs68
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From: Buckroe Beach Va MCA#39406 M&M #12 Member Mustang Club of Tidewater
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posted 08-31-2005 04:58 PM
Oct,,
Halloween,,nice trick of treat item would be a diamond ting sam Damn thought process is slow...LOL
Do you have a Haunted House sponsored by a local group? Have friends take her,you can't go.See if the Organization will let you dress up as part of the "show" the pop out to scare her,then pop the question ..now that orginal..patting myself on the back [This message has been edited by mustangs68 (edited 08-31-2005).]
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Kellxr7
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From: Canada
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 10-17-2005 06:18 PM
Just an update here. We broke up. JK!
Her birthday is thursday & I have a big party lined up & am taking friday off work (she doesnt know this yet) & I am going to propose to her friday morning, While listening to the radio driving in my cougar, I was wondering if this might be doable, Do you think a radio station would help me out for free? If I asked them to just say something like, Kristin if your out there, riding around in that Cougar, your boyfriend Kel has made a special request.. for you to take his hand in marrige & (blah blah, I do have it written out better) & ask them to play a sappy song that she likes (@ which time when she is freaking out I would give her the ring) ....I know radio stations have a schedule to stick to & they dont much for free, & Ive tried to call the station I always listen to, but I can never get thru, so maybe someone here will know?
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14yearolds,stang
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From: Tx
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 10-17-2005 06:38 PM
Ya but then again you could get caught up in the emtion of all that crap get in a car Reck AND DIE !@!@!@!@!!@!@!@ ya that would suck..... lol
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Ked
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posted 10-17-2005 07:49 PM
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Originally posted by kwazykat:
do not incorporate the phrase "hallowed-weenie" into your october proposal!!!
kk
 that's danged sp ky!! Good luck. Let us know how it goes.
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Ci8UUP
Gearhead Posts: 198
From: Renton, Washington
Registered: May 2005
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posted 10-17-2005 08:40 PM
Here's another one... swallow the ring, then start complaining of bad stomach pains, have her go to the hospital with you, once the doctor performs the Xray and puts it up on the viewer and clicks on the light at that very moment propose. Now how she gets the ring you'll have to figure that one out.
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Fastymz
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posted 10-17-2005 08:43 PM
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Originally posted by Ci8UUP:
Here's another one... swallow the ring, then start complaining of bad stomach pains, have her go to the hospital with you, once the doctor performs the Xray and puts it up on the viewer and clicks on the light at that very moment propose. Now how she gets the ring you'll have to figure that one out.
Just hope she doesn't try to stick the ring on her finger real fast ------------------
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Kellxr7
Gearhead Posts: 679
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posted 10-22-2005 03:09 PM
Can finally put this thread to rest. I Gone & done it. Were engaged & I couldn't be happier.
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Ci8UUP
Gearhead Posts: 198
From: Renton, Washington
Registered: May 2005
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posted 10-22-2005 03:27 PM
And you're not going to elaborate on which way you did it? I'm betting it was the doctor and the Xray!
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Ked
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posted 10-22-2005 03:28 PM
yes, we all want to know. exactly how did you decide to propose????
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Fastymz
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posted 10-22-2005 03:36 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Kellxr7:
Can finally put this thread to rest. I Gone & done it. Were engaged & I couldn't be happier.
Welcome to the DARK SIDE ------------------
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SUBMARINER MUSTANGER
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posted 10-22-2005 03:52 PM
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Originally posted by Kellxr7:
Can finally put this thread to rest. I Gone & done it. Were engaged & I couldn't be happier.
There goes the neighborhood! Congrats!
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Kellxr7
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From: Canada
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posted 10-22-2005 08:24 PM
thx guys,
...We went for a drive in my cougar while I gathered the guts to ask her, drove over to the river, walked down the path to a little lookout for weir, She was reading an information plaque about the area & turned around, I was on one knee (....mainly because I was shaking so bad that I couldnt stand anymore), She was bewildered, but grinned a mile wide & said yes.. She later told me she thought I was playing a joke on her again, because I always teased her by everytime I was tying my shoe or reaching for something in my pocket I would pretend to propose... you can only cry wolf so many times I guess. But luckily she consented.
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Dave Gibson
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posted 10-22-2005 09:11 PM
Congrads to you two! Enjoy life together and the cougar. Dave & Terri ------------------
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Fastymz
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From: Reno Nv USA M&M#1240
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posted 10-22-2005 09:18 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Kellxr7:
thx guys,
...We went for a drive in my cougar while I gathered the guts to ask her, drove over to the river, walked down the path to a little lookout for weir, She was reading an information plaque about the area & turned around, I was on one knee (....mainly because I was shaking so bad that I couldnt stand anymore), She was bewildered, but grinned a mile wide & said yes.. She later told me she thought I was playing a joke on her again, because I always teased her by everytime I was tying my shoe or reaching for something in my pocket I would pretend to propose... you can only cry wolf so many times I guess. But luckily she consented.
Now that sounds more like real life. 
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SteveLaRiviere
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posted 10-22-2005 09:25 PM
Congratulations! Now it's all over except for the screaming. ------------------
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capri man
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posted 10-22-2005 09:45 PM
poor poor guy!! LOL
serously, congrats buddy!! ------------------
mike r
racing is real
everything else is just a game.
81 capri-302-7.25 @93mph 1/8
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cracing
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posted 10-22-2005 10:16 PM
Hope it all works out for you two, hard times these days on relationships. I would have suggested the line of BS I used to propose, but hell, that was 41 years ago & I cant remember! Musta been OK tho, she still here, riding the same broom and cackling, waiting for "her" special day, Halloween. Bob ------------------
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