#265467 - 20/09/2005 12:46
So I'm going to get married...
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Registered: 14/07/2002
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Hopefully, anyway. I've decided I'm going to ask her to marry me. I'm going to Portland, Oregon on a business trip October 5th-8th and I'm taking her with me. I'll be at a convention for two days but I'll have most of the day on Wednesday free (our plane arrives @ 11:30 am) and Thursday and Friday we'll have some time in the afternoon, probably after 4:00pm. I'm going to take her to the Heceta Lighthouse to propose on Wednesday. Has anyone been there before? What kind of restaurants are in the area for dinner? If not, does anyone have any better suggestions for a romantic proposal idea? Also, with the free time we have in Portland, any suggestions on what to do/see while we are there? Saturday is out because I'm taking her to Mount St. Helens for the day. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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#265468 - 20/09/2005 12:54
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Congratulations! Good luck! 
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#265469 - 20/09/2005 12:57
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Never been in Portland or in the surroundings, but this sounds like a great plan, and I just wanted to give you my congratulations!
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#265470 - 20/09/2005 14:27
Re: So I'm going to get married...
[Re: russmeister]
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Congrats! I hope she doesn't look at this board.  -jk
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#265473 - 20/09/2005 14:39
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Congratulations! Excellent use of the trophy! 
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#265475 - 20/09/2005 14:52
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[Re: russmeister]
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Congrats! That sounds like a lovely idea. You'll definitely have to get back to us with the answer I've been trying to think of how I'd do it. It's probably getting to that point now, so I'm going to have to start thinking. I heard there's some sort of "rule" for buying the ring. Some women were telling me there's a basic equation to figure out how much to spend that scared me to death
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#265476 - 20/09/2005 15:28
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I heard there's some sort of "rule" for buying the ring. Some women were telling me there's a basic equation to figure out how much to spend that scared me to death
Yup. Two months' salary. It's a DeBeers marketing ploy. Remind me, if I ever start a company, to hire DeBeers' marketroids.
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#265477 - 20/09/2005 15:53
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I think he spent more than that...she's getting a pretty nice ring. (I work with Russ.)
Congrats man.
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#265478 - 20/09/2005 18:30
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I heard there's some sort of "rule" for buying the ring. Some women were telling me there's a basic equation to figure out how much to spend that scared me to death
Yup. Two months' salary. It's a DeBeers marketing ploy. Remind me, if I ever start a company, to hire DeBeers' marketroids.
Would that be the price you actually pay for the ring or the valuation they put on the gem card?
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#265479 - 20/09/2005 19:00
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I think he spent more than that...she's getting a pretty nice ring. (I work with Russ.)
Expensive ring != nice ring. Or, at least, it doesn't have to. I've seen some pretty fugly rings that are supposedly "nice", because they're "expensive", and some really gorgeous rings that aren't nearly as expensive as they look.
Regardless of the cost of the ring, congrats to Russ.
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#265480 - 20/09/2005 19:13
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Since the valuation is bullshit (just try reselling a diamond), I'm guessing that it's the price paid.
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#265481 - 20/09/2005 19:14
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[Re: wfaulk]
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Oh yeah. I should cut out my anti-diamond-industry rant and just say congratulations! I hope her personality is as nice as her appearance.
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#265482 - 20/09/2005 19:22
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[Re: wfaulk]
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Loc: South Carolina
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Oh yeah. I should cut out my anti-diamond-industry rant and just say congratulations! I hope her personality is as nice as her appearance.
Thanks. I appreciate that. I think her personalitiy is one of the most attractive things about her. I'm certainly looking forward to the future.
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#265483 - 20/09/2005 19:25
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[Re: wfaulk]
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Since the valuation is bullshit (just try reselling a diamond), I'm guessing that it's the price paid.
This is very true. The only thing the valuation is good for is an insurance claim. I've heard a lot of people try to tell me that this is an investment for the future but it's actually far from that. There is no investment for a diamond. Period. You won't get what you pay for it unless you're an authorized dealer.
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#265484 - 20/09/2005 21:01
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I'm not all that fond of diamonds either and would be happy with a piece of string on my finger but then I'm not what would be considered normal for a girl.
Congrats Russ, I hope the two of you will be very happy
Edited by Laura (20/09/2005 21:02)
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#265485 - 21/09/2005 01:02
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[Re: russmeister]
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Registered: 19/09/2002
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Go for it!
I don't have many proposal suggestions other than some killer stories I've heard from my friends. Together they suggest a pattern: women love to be proposed to infront of huge crowds of total strangers. It takes a man to propose to a woman, but it takes QUITE a man to propose surrounded by a sea of unfamiliar faces.
And the tag line. She'll never forget it, so pick a good one.
Congratulations, and best wishes.
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#265486 - 21/09/2005 01:21
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[Re: russmeister]
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Good luck!
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#265487 - 21/09/2005 07:03
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Dude, congratulations. I had no idea. Go give John a noogy for not keeping me updated on things.
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#265488 - 21/09/2005 10:20
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We just got engaged this past July. I spent about 2 and a half weeks salary on her and it's a much nicer ring then either of us have seen on anybody's finger. The two month salary thing would have bought us a nice bike and we both felt the same way about that. It was a total surprise to her though and she thought I was just goofing around with her. She tapped the ring and jokingly said "is it real?" I looked her in the eyes and said yup! Took her a few moments to grasp what had just happened and she almost colappsed. It was a good thing, and we're both very happy. She loves her ring and she could care less about how much it costs. It's hers, and I gave it to her. That's what matters to us. Incidentially the (Canadian, nice!) diamond was appraised (according to the card that came with it) at almost double what the ring was bought for. Imagine that!
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#265489 - 21/09/2005 10:44
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I heard there's some sort of "rule" for buying the ring. Some women were telling me there's a basic equation to figure out how much to spend that scared me to death
Yup. Two months' salary. It's a DeBeers marketing ploy. Remind me, if I ever start a company, to hire DeBeers' marketroids.
Holy sh*t, before or after income tax?
Congrats Russ.
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#265490 - 21/09/2005 12:16
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Before, it would seem, unless you know your after-tax yearly salary.
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#265491 - 21/09/2005 20:00
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Before, it would seem
Not wishing to sound like I'm blowing my own trumpet, but that is a lot of money. I'd much rather buy her a car or a really nice holiday.
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#265492 - 21/09/2005 20:05
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Not wishing to sound like I'm blowing my own trumpet...
Heh I just pictured Pede in American Pie 2 in that trumpet scene, funny...
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#265493 - 21/09/2005 20:08
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I've never been sure where that phrase comes from, maybe someone here knows?
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#265495 - 21/09/2005 21:24
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[Re: wfaulk]
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Registered: 14/04/2002
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I heard there's some sort of "rule" for buying the ring. Some women were telling me there's a basic equation to figure out how much to spend that scared me to death
Yup. Two months' salary. It's a DeBeers marketing ploy. Remind me, if I ever start a company, to hire DeBeers' marketroids.
Wow, I find that pretty awful. I imagine most people would want to buy a ring that looks nice and is affordable. Nice of them to give a figure that is probably calculated to be just a bit more than most people could afford, but not quite beyond their actual ability to pay!
I do recall somebody here bought one of those new artifical diamonds, I think it was a yellow diamond and cost about 1/3rd of the price of a mined yellow diamond.
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#265496 - 21/09/2005 21:31
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According to the Dictionary of Cliches, which I just happened to have on my bookshelf: Blow Your Own Horn (Trumpet). Boast; extol what one sees as one's own merits. As early as 1576, Abraham Fleming, in A Panoplie of Epistles, wrote: "I will...sound the trumpet of mine own merits." Shakespeare, in Much Ado About Nothing, has Benedick say: "Therefore is it most expedient for the wise...to be the trumpet of his own virtues, as I am to myself". Two early usages, but hardly the origin. 
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