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onefoolishline_

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Feb 09, 2005 17:03

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leahstarr February 9 2005, 17:23:31 UTC

do the savings account thing.

onefoolishline_ February 9 2005, 18:20:42 UTC

i thought about doing all three...but i'm a student; i have thismuch time to set up all three.

kalapule February 9 2005, 17:47:38 UTC

i guess in normal circumstances that would be weird. but with the situation that you and jack have, i would think that it is acceptable.

onefoolishline_ February 9 2005, 18:20:08 UTC

see, that is what i think. it's not being rude, it's saving people the trouble...

marialuminous February 9 2005, 19:19:05 UTC

I don't think that the savings account is a bad idea at all. Your situation is hardly typical, as we all know.

onefoolishline_ February 9 2005, 20:38:50 UTC

and, as usual?

marialuminous February 10 2005, 08:13:39 UTC

BE UNIQUELY AMERICAN AND DO ALL THREE....

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1st things 1st anonymous February 10 2005, 12:59:05 UTC

Hey Boo, I don't think it is considered in poor taste to ask for monetary contributions in lieu (? did I spell that right) of gifts. I was recently invited to a wedding where the couple had lived together for 12 years, had a son together who is 9 and owned a home and had everything they could possibly fit in the house. They requested people to donate $$ to their honeymoon they wanted to go on since they already had all the normal things people would normally give. I thought that was pretty tacky since they are both in the professional community and can well afford their own honeymoon. BUT some people will do almost anything for the "party" gifts. I got the feeling that they wanted to go on this fabulous cruise so they decided to get married and ask people to donate. WRONG. I think people given options may opt for the donation. I'm going to purchase things on line, on a UK hosted web site to avoid the extra costs. Most people do understand the exchange rate. That way you avoid the "higher" cost of shipping. But hey I might donate to ( ... )

Re: 1st things 1st onefoolishline_ February 10 2005, 14:51:37 UTC

my major point about that is having three jobs is in no way uniquely american. and i could go on and on and on about the lacking social services in this country: i'm not talking welfare, i'm talking education, public health, etc. i dislike gw and his administration for several reasons, his (their collective) stance on gay marriage, yes, but abortion, stem cell research, prescription drugs, and nuclear proliferation (us not them) etc, being only a few. NOT to mention his relentless bible beating which proves to have a detrimental, not to mention annoying, influence on several policies. no i'm not waving a clinton flag, but i am waving a 'plant a bush--and all that came with him--back in texas' flag ( ... )

UPDATE LAST COMMENT anonymous February 10 2005, 13:01:38 UTC

I didn't finish, I think it is a good idea to give people options of gift giving and giving $$ in this instances.

MOM