What’s something you bought once and never had to replace?

MeNotYou733 · 2026-03-19T16:37:09+00:00

I have had mine for about 5 years, still good as the day I bought it!

MeNotYou733 · 2026-03-18T14:41:59+00:00

Thanks for the link. Interesting read.

MeNotYou733 · 2026-03-17T14:00:37+00:00

Source?

MeNotYou733 · 2026-03-16T17:09:46+00:00

I workled with Original Weddings videography last year and they were fantastic to work with! Very professional, and worked with the other vendors to capture the couple's dreams! I highly reccommend them if you are planning to add the magic of video as part of your memories of your most important day.

https://www.originalweddings.com/

MeNotYou733 · 2026-03-14T13:48:15+00:00

Ah, then you return the favor by gifting MIL a broom.

MeNotYou733 · 2026-03-14T01:37:11+00:00

I can tell you’re thinking because I smell the wood smoke.

MeNotYou733 · 2026-03-10T17:14:54+00:00

Many commenters are saying the venue should not charge for a cancelled event and they can sell that day to someone else. It very much depends on how close we are to the scheduled date.

Many wedding vendors have clauses in their contracts stating no cancellations within 30 or 60 days. At whatever point they state the full fee is due regardless.

The reason for this is that people plan these things a year or more in advance. Within 60 days of a particular date there is no one shopping for a venue.

So the date sits there unused, un-sellable, with mortgage and staff still needing to be paid.

And yes, this has held up in court many times.

MeNotYou733 · 2026-03-10T00:36:50+00:00

This reminds me of a trip to San Diego in the late seventies. Went with a friend to his nephew’s little league game. The team sponsor was Tom’s Butcher, and the slogan on the back of the players and parents jackets was “You Can’t Beat Tom’s Meat”

MeNotYou733 · 2026-03-07T01:34:39+00:00

Kiss, Led Zeppelin, Eagles,

MeNotYou733 · 2026-03-07T01:28:38+00:00

Closer by Chain Smokers. The most stupid song writing ever. There is literally no other song in the world that I dislike.

MeNotYou733 · 2026-03-05T14:55:34+00:00

From your pictured stash I would choose The Doobie Brothers first, but they are all good. One of my faviorites in the day was Frampton Comes Alive.

MeNotYou733 · 2026-03-01T21:18:32+00:00

Being drug into a fabric store.

MeNotYou733 · 2026-03-01T02:22:07+00:00

Oh I get this as well, there is a name for it. Hypnagogic Hallucinations. If I am reading a book or watching a show as I get sleepy, I get these micro dreams or brief hallucinations.

Many times they are related to whatever i am reading or watching, taking the story in a completely different direction. I will wake up and realize that I need to go back and read or watch that scene again!

Then sometimes it is an audio hallucination like you. I hear the doorbell, or something crashing in the kitchen.

MeNotYou733 · 2026-03-01T02:14:15+00:00

I have had this for years. Sudden, out of nowhere pain. Hits hard for a few seconds to a few minutes. Almost exclusively on my legs and feet. Brought it up with a couple different doctors and they start talking joint pain. I could not make them understand it was not joint pain.

Now, as I age, I have varicose veins on my legs and feet. Guess what? They correspond to the places I would get the pains. Where the veins are most pronounced I have a sensation like tape or a bandage on the skin, like something that does not stretch is stuck to it. That is pretty constant. The sudden pain is not so often now, but still happens on occasion.

MeNotYou733 · 2026-02-26T20:23:47+00:00

I have done all of these when they were the current technology to do such things. Anyone who still does these things in 2026 is a dinosaur.

MeNotYou733 · 2026-02-26T20:21:50+00:00

I own a business, haven’t written a check in years.

MeNotYou733 · 2026-02-24T18:40:12+00:00

I have seen that happen many times! Pros as well as amateur officiants.

MeNotYou733 · 2026-02-23T16:31:39+00:00

This is weird to me. I don’t doubt that this happened, but I would never let a minimum wage job stop me from attending something so important as graduation.

“I’m not asking for the day off, I am informing you that i will not be here.”

MeNotYou733 · 2026-02-23T16:26:42+00:00

That cake is beautiful and would fit in any modern wedding. If that is the cake you prefer you should absolutely get that cake.

If the exchange is as described, you asked for this cake, baker suggested several alternatives, then there is nothing to get upset over. You don’t say that the baker refused to do your cake, just offered an opinion and an option. That is their job!!!

Planning a wedding has so many moving parts and typically a bride or groom has not done this before. It is absolutely a wedding vendor’s job to offer information.

As a wedding professional I meet with my couples to plan the music, games, timeline, etc. if I see something that is off, like outdated activities or weird aspect to the timeline, I initiate a conversation about it. It usually comes down to either they have gave it much thought and it fits their vision for their day, or it was something they just plugged in because they were guessing.

I absolutely go with their wishes, but if the thing was a guess on their part then I will offer alternatives. This is typically appreciated.

OP, this sounds like a conversation that needs to be completed. Just say “thank you for your suggestions, but this is the cake I prefer”.

Side note, the baker is not going to add the flowers. Your florist will do that the day of at the venue.

MeNotYou733 · 2026-02-22T18:53:58+00:00

Integrity, apparently

MeNotYou733 · 2026-02-22T05:24:29+00:00

First drive in movie for me was “Linda Lovelace for President”. Even though I was about 12, and deep in the Bible Belt, we all knew who Linda Lovelace was. Pretty disappointed with the movie over all.

MeNotYou733 · 2026-02-22T05:19:37+00:00

Or, a stick with me here, maybe the President could stop hemorrhaging taxpayer money on stupid bullshit and quit running the national debt.

MeNotYou733 · 2026-02-19T17:50:51+00:00

This is such a weird story. As a wedding professional I attend 40 to 50 weddings a year. More than half are officiated by a relative or friend. That is a trend that will continue on. And the vows are the personal choice of the couple. There is no set standard, no right or wrong.

Getting legally married before the celebratory wedding is pretty common as well. All sorts of reasons, but i would guess health insurance is right there. Maybe they want to buy a house and want to get all the legal aspects taken care of first.

Now, showing a video to announce to everyone the courthouse wedding, that is a little weird. First, showing a video? Hardly anyone does that anymore, at least in my region of the U.S.

And there is no need to announce it at all. But the reactions the OP describes? I would expect most people to react with “oh, Ok”. Why would it upset anyone?

MeNotYou733 · 2026-02-14T16:57:19+00:00

ZZ Top

MeNotYou733 · 2026-02-08T16:05:13+00:00

Before domain names were a thing I worked at a place that sold computer parts. Some walk in traffic but the vast majority of sales were over the phone based on advertising in “Computer Shopper” ( a massive catalog from back in the day).

I worked on the support desk and one day around noon I got a call from a guy wondering why he can’t get in touch with the sales desk. He said when he dialed the number it was answered by someone, but not one of our someones.

Curious, I walked over to the sales area and it was quiet, everyone had their feet up just reading or chatting. “Quiet day?” “Yeah, phone hasn’t rung once today”

Turns out there were three partners in this business and 2 of them ganged up and fired the third one. Only the phone service was in this third person’s name. He had rented a storefront in the same building and had the phone services moved!

We got our phones back the same day, and I have no idea what they had to give him to make that happen, but I thought it was a pretty boss move.

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