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Offline Steamer

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17 Yrs and Counting
« on: August 05, 2016, 08:57:14 AM »
We're packing our bags for an anniversary trip   ;D  and I couldn't be happier! She is the best thing that ever happened to me. I can't imagine life without her.


Everything else is going good; wifes career is doing great, son has been sober for about 4 yrs and doing good.
I'm retired now so no complaints from me.
Life ain't nothing but a poker game
And no two hands are quite the same
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Re: 17 Yrs and Counting
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2016, 09:18:52 AM »
We're packing our bags for an anniversary trip   ;D  and I couldn't be happier! She is the best thing that ever happened to me. I can't imagine life without her.


Everything else is going good; wifes career is doing great, son has been sober for about 4 yrs and doing good.
I'm retired now so no complaints from me.

If that's 17 years of marriage, then congrats are in order...

Well done...
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Re: 17 Yrs and Counting
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2016, 09:34:49 AM »
If that's 17 years of marriage, then congrats are in order...

Well done...

Thanks!
Yepper that's 17 married.
We communicated and visited each other for about 2 yrs prior.

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Re: 17 Yrs and Counting
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2016, 10:12:01 AM »
Cheers. Hopefully you will double it with little effort
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Re: 17 Yrs and Counting
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2016, 10:45:39 AM »
Congratulations to you both!

It is  great to see some marriages working out long term.

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Re: 17 Yrs and Counting
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2016, 01:57:05 PM »
Late 90s - an early pioneer!

Congrats to both.  :nod:
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Re: 17 Yrs and Counting
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2016, 02:38:34 PM »
That's a fantastic innings. Here's to the next. Congratulations.

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Re: 17 Yrs and Counting
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2016, 02:47:41 PM »
Congratulations.
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Re: 17 Yrs and Counting
« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2016, 03:04:28 PM »
Congratulations......to both of you!
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Re: 17 Yrs and Counting
« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2016, 05:26:18 AM »
Late 90s - an early pioneer!

Congrats to both.  :nod:

My first trip over was in '97. That's when communication was snail mail and the turnaround on letters was near a month. Trying to improve this I bought my wife a fax machine. Computer? What's that?
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