Shroom Man 777 wrote:Who owns the place, anywhoo?
A moderately scary old lady.
And why tungsten carbide rings?
Because;
1) They're nearly impossible to scratch, much moreso than stainless steel or titanium (gold and platinum scratch easily). I keep clicking mine against stuff and while it picks up smears of other materials, it doesn't scratch.
2) WC is very dense which gives them a nice weight.
3) WC has a darker bluish colour (compared to stainless steel or titanium) which contrasts nicely with the platinum.
It's expensive because you can't cast or forge it, you have to sinter tungsten carbide in the desired shape.
Dartzap wrote:Looks like fun was had by all, at any rate
Yes, everyone seemed to think it went very well. It was a close thing though, there was some serious family drama the night before.
Thanas wrote:salm wrote:Yeah, Germans allways do that. On every single wedding somebody has to do silly games which allways turn out to be both boring and embarassing.
Not on those I have attended so far (granted, they were only four).
The weddings I've been to in Germany have all had silly games, but then those were all relatives of Leena. To be fair, most of them are reasonably amusing.
havokeff wrote:I have to say, I'm a little jealous of the venue you had. Jenn and I just had a Lake Tahoe beach house. (Nothing to scoff at, but not a freakin' CASTLE!)
One of our friends hired an actual castle for their wedding. They had everyone in medieval dress and had sword-bearers making a row of arches for them to walk under. A friend of my parents also had her wedding in a castle and the ring-bearer was a trained snowy owl (which resulted in a funny story). However that generally requires shuttling everyone to another site for the actual reception. We wanted to do everything on one site. It took some searching to find but it does beat a generic hotel. It always amuses me to see those 'we will make your wedding magical' leaflets in places like Holiday Inn - I always think 'and how exactly are you going to do that?'
DEATH wrote:Why are the photos you paid for watermarked?
I took them from the 'chose which photos you want to go into the album' DVD.
Also, was the weather really that grey? (the sky is grey or burned).
Yes. That is common in the UK in autumn. In fact it was raining lightly all morning and stopped just long enough for the ceremony and pictures. Later it stopped just long enough for the fireworks.
Alyrium Denryle wrote:Congrats are in order Starglider! Many happy years of Marital bliss.
Thank you, to all well-wishers. We are doing well so far, although now that the wedding question is out of the way the dreaded 'children' question keeps coming up...
I hope you speak german so you can evesdrop on the inlaws
Sadly, no. I have been learning it at a rate of about ten words a year, but also forgetting it at a rate of about six words a year, so progress is slow and painful...
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- PeZook
