Kevin's Watch

I recently got married to my GF of 3 years... it was quite impulsive, we rushed to buy the rings... Guess what...

White gold.

Although she has the diamond encrusted bridal set, I have the plain white gold band. And a scraggly beard to go with it.

If I lose two fingers and start seeing an old beggar hanging around our place I'm going to be very concerned.

*hiding grin*

Congrats, exnihilo!

Thank you Mennolly! Although I have to confess...

She is a Seminole! :O

Are you going to get one of those half and half "a house divided" license plates?

...btw...I was a 'nole myself (Music Education major with voice as my instrument)...I converted about two and a half years after I went to work for UAA...

When I got married, my ring was white gold, but hers was regular gold, in case A) the marriage didn't work out, and B) we found ourselves in the Land.

Hey Floridians... didn't want to spam the Watch with a whole thread dedicated to this little idea, so I thought I'd just derail you here for a second...

My FiL and his new wife have purchased a house near the beach in Pensacola, and will be retiring and moving down there as soon as they can find a buyer for their house in Indianapolis.
So... at some point this year, I expect to get a trip down to the area. I know Florida is a big state, but if I let you know in advance, maybe some of us can meet and have dinner somewhere and geek out on our shared SRD-ness? Just an idea.

Who knows, if we get enough interested people, maybe we could convince danlo to kidnap the man himself and bring him over?

dw

Menolly wrote:

Are you going to get one of those half and half "a house divided" license plates?

...btw...I was a 'nole myself (Music Education major with voice as my instrument)...I converted about two and a half years after I went to work for UAA...

That is too funny... not a bad idea either. That's awesome that you converted! It gives me hope. I lived in Tally for a year as a kid, but never was really a 'Nole, at least not in a way that seems real in comparison to my 'Gator-ness'. When we moved to Hogtown about a year and a half later, everything changed. People just don't understand: there is NOTHING like being a Gator!

She is adamant about not converting though. Maybe I can get her to a game or something... You have to start somewhere.

DukkhaWaynhim wrote:Hey Floridians... didn't want to spam the Watch with a whole thread dedicated to this little idea, so I thought I'd just derail you here for a second...

My FiL and his new wife have purchased a house near the beach in Pensacola, and will be retiring and moving down there as soon as they can find a buyer for their house in Indianapolis.
So... at some point this year, I expect to get a trip down to the area. I know Florida is a big state, but if I let you know in advance, maybe some of us can meet and have dinner somewhere and geek out on our shared SRD-ness? Just an idea.

Who knows, if we get enough interested people, maybe we could convince danlo to kidnap the man himself and bring him over?

dw

That's awesome Dukkha! I'm right there in Pensacola, although Mennolly is far, far away in Gainesville... That would be cool to have dinner sometime, PM me when you get settled. -ex

Heh. I grew up in Pensacola and attended the University of West Florida. I believe my advisor is now running a theatre company in town.

my wedding band is white gold. i wear two others though instead...

I too have a white gold wedding band.

dw

exnihilo wrote:

DukkhaWaynhim wrote:Hey Floridians... didn't want to spam the Watch with a whole thread dedicated to this little idea, so I thought I'd just derail you here for a second...

My FiL and his new wife have purchased a house near the beach in Pensacola, and will be retiring and moving down there as soon as they can find a buyer for their house in Indianapolis.
So... at some point this year, I expect to get a trip down to the area. I know Florida is a big state, but if I let you know in advance, maybe some of us can meet and have dinner somewhere and geek out on our shared SRD-ness? Just an idea.

Who knows, if we get enough interested people, maybe we could convince danlo to kidnap the man himself and bring him over?

dw

That's awesome Dukkha! I'm right there in Pensacola, although Mennolly is far, far away in Gainesville... That would be cool to have dinner sometime, PM me when you get settled. -ex

Pensacola is a haul from Gator Town, and even further for the Tampa and Daytona Beach contigent. But if there is a way to make it into an overnight instead of just dinner or some such, perhaps something could be arranged.

Now...if everyone wanted to proclaim Gator Town the "mid-way point," (although I know it's not) and come here, I'll be happy to try and arrange accomodations and what knot here...

...mayhaps we could even convince a certain washed out orange Tennessee Vol to join us...

exnihilo wrote:

Menolly wrote:

Are you going to get one of those half and half "a house divided" license plates?

...btw...I was a 'nole myself (Music Education major with voice as my instrument)...I converted about two and a half years after I went to work for UAA...

That is too funny... not a bad idea either. That's awesome that you converted! It gives me hope. I lived in Tally for a year as a kid, but never was really a 'Nole, at least not in a way that seems real in comparison to my 'Gator-ness'. When we moved to Hogtown about a year and a half later, everything changed. People just don't understand: there is NOTHING like being a Gator!

She is adamant about not converting though. Maybe I can get her to a game or something... You have to start somewhere.

*shaking head*

It won't be easy.

Keep in mind I had already lived in Gator Town for a year before I got the job at UAA. We were living in married student housing since Hyperception was a full time student. I got a job with UAA (the athletic association) in the Administrative Offices on the same hallway as the Football Offices (this was during Coach Spurrier's final two years) inside the Swamp. As an employee, a fringe benefit was season tickets on the north end 10 yard line for all home games, and a pair of tickets to the FL/GA game in Jacksonville, and it still took two and a half years for me to convert.

What did it was the FSU player caught shop lifting at Dillards, and the non-punishment he received. While that went on, I saw first hand how hard the UF Compliance department was really attempting to quash any underhandedness that may have been going on on UF's part. I admit, the Gators are not pristine in that matter, but I saw the difference between the attittude of the two head football coaches, and the schools themselves.

So, athleticism aside. I converted.

Congrats, ex!

Well done. Congratulations.

I saw this post and at first thought it was going to be about oil.

*glaring*

That's because you haven't read TCTC, Montressor...

On the Watch, White Gold will only ever mean one thing...

hmmph



...well...unless it's brought into one of the Gravin Threndor games somehow...then it could mean anything...

DukkhaWaynhim wrote:Hey Floridians... didn't want to spam the Watch with a whole thread dedicated to this little idea, so I thought I'd just derail you here for a second...

My FiL and his new wife have purchased a house near the beach in Pensacola, and will be retiring and moving down there as soon as they can find a buyer for their house in Indianapolis.
So... at some point this year, I expect to get a trip down to the area. I know Florida is a big state, but if I let you know in advance, maybe some of us can meet and have dinner somewhere and geek out on our shared SRD-ness? Just an idea.

Who knows, if we get enough interested people, maybe we could convince danlo to kidnap the man himself and bring him over?

dw

Pensacola is almost as far away from me in Florida as anyone could be - the only way I could be farther away would be if I moved to the Keys.

It was a nice thought, though.

And Menolly - Tampa and Daytona contingent? Did you forget about little ole me?

believe there was another thread where people said they also had a White Gold ring.

I myself have a College Ring made from that material.
It was after I read LFB that I bought my class ring.
It's 14K White Gold. My birthstone is a Ruby
(which is a faceted simulated gem)
So I have a white gold ring with an earthblood stone set into..

I wield both the Wild Magic and the Earthpower.

There are 5 composites(Altas group) for a White Gold Ring.

18 K has 3:

Soft White..... 75%-Gold 25%-Palladium
Hard White.... 75%-Gold 3.7%-Copper 16.3-Nickel 5%-Zinc
Alt. White...... 75%-Gold 10% Palladium 10%-Nickel 5%-Zinc

14K is ...........58.5%-Gold 22.5%-Copper 12%-Nickel 5%-Zinc

10K is ...........41.7%-Gold 33%-Copper 17%-Nickel 8.3%-Zinc

This is just one set of standards. There are more variats around the world.

MsMary wrote:
Pensacola is almost as far away from me in Florida as anyone could be - the only way I could be farther away would be if I moved to the Keys.

It was a nice thought, though.

And Menolly - Tampa and Daytona contingent? Did you forget about little ole me?

MsMary, how could I ever forget you? We need to get together again next time I'm in Fort Lauderdale. I'm getting a hankering for Rascal House...

But as you yourself say above, where you're at is just so far I couldn't picture you making the drive to Pensacola.

dANdeLION wrote:When I got married, my ring was white gold, but hers was regular gold, in case A) the marriage didn't work out, and B) we found ourselves in the Land.

Wouldn't that make her Kasreyn of the Gyre, dAN?

I don't think I'd want to go quite as white as white gold, maybe off-white gold or pale gold if such things exist.

Everyone, thanks again for the congratulations.

I'm not sure which alloy I got, although it was 18k. The interesting thing was that at first my bride wanted platinum or yellow gold, not white, but the sales lady talked her out of platinum and there weren't any yellow bridal sets that we liked. I saw her looking at a white gold bridal set and I knew it was the one. So of course I had to match it with my ring. Funny how that worked out.