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top o' the mornin'®

#1 Post by earendel » Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:21 am

Now that elwing has definitely decided to take the job in Ketchikan, our weekends will be full of activities trying to get her (and me) ready. One thing she'll be working on is boxing up her yarn into pre-paid shipping boxes. Her plan is to take some of her knitting projects with her and then ask me to send more yarn at intervals. She's numbering the boxes so all she has to do is say, "Send box #6" and I'll know which one to ship.

It should be noted that I went directly from living with my mother to living with elwing, so I've never had a "bachelorhood" on which I can draw for experience and knowledge.
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#2 Post by gsabc » Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:29 am

earendel wrote:It should be noted that I went directly from living with my mother to living with elwing, so I've never had a "bachelorhood" on which I can draw for experience and knowledge.
I was nearly the same, with about two months of just me and the cat before the wedding. I've always claimed that getting married saved me from eating all my meals directly out of bags, boxes and cans.
I just ordered chicken and an egg from Amazon. I'll let you know.

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#3 Post by MarleysGh0st » Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:33 am

gsabc wrote:I've always claimed that getting married saved me from eating all my meals directly out of bags, boxes and cans.
Nonsense!



Restaurants serve their food on plates. :mrgreen:

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#4 Post by ulysses5019 » Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:39 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:
gsabc wrote:I've always claimed that getting married saved me from eating all my meals directly out of bags, boxes and cans.
Nonsense!



Restaurants serve their food on plates. :mrgreen:
Mickey D has plates?
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#5 Post by Rexer25 » Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:47 am

earendel wrote:It should be noted that I went directly from living with my mother to living with elwing, so I've never had a "bachelorhood" on which I can draw for experience and knowledge.
Tip 1. Remember that eating directly over the sink leads to many fewer dirty dishes.
Enough already. It's my fault! Get over it!

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#6 Post by ulysses5019 » Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:50 am

Rexer25 wrote:
earendel wrote:It should be noted that I went directly from living with my mother to living with elwing, so I've never had a "bachelorhood" on which I can draw for experience and knowledge.
Tip 1. Remember that eating directly over the sink leads to many fewer dirty dishes.

But the tv's in the other room.
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#7 Post by tanstaafl2 » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:50 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:
Rexer25 wrote:
earendel wrote:It should be noted that I went directly from living with my mother to living with elwing, so I've never had a "bachelorhood" on which I can draw for experience and knowledge.
Tip 1. Remember that eating directly over the sink leads to many fewer dirty dishes.

But the tv's in the other room.
Not in my house! It is an essential kitchen appliance. Always thought the TV in the fridge idea was a good one...

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#8 Post by sunflower » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:58 pm

earendel wrote:Now that elwing has definitely decided to take the job in Ketchikan, our weekends will be full of activities trying to get her (and me) ready. One thing she'll be working on is boxing up her yarn into pre-paid shipping boxes. Her plan is to take some of her knitting projects with her and then ask me to send more yarn at intervals. She's numbering the boxes so all she has to do is say, "Send box #6" and I'll know which one to ship.

It should be noted that I went directly from living with my mother to living with elwing, so I've never had a "bachelorhood" on which I can draw for experience and knowledge.
I don't know if it matters because yarn is pretty cheap...but USPS priority mail flat rate boxes are a pretty cheap way to go with respect to shipping stuff. I just shipped like 15 pounds of books to myself in Vegas...it got there in 2 days and cost only $11. They have smaller boxes too. But if it's just yarn, it might be so light that regular shipping options will do.

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