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Offline tooscoops

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3100 on: September 29, 2014, 12:09:58 pm »
34 next month...
first date april 2007...
moved in jan. 2008...
proposed, then married in june 2009...
son may 2012...
daughter nov 2014...

pretty close solstice!

oh and topic.. umm.. i moved the morgan so i could fit something in the garage... started up nice and easy considering it hasn't been out for months.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3101 on: September 29, 2014, 01:29:22 pm »
Thanks guys :)
I didn't intend to wait that long, we both knew it was going to happen years ago. Truth is though, we met in highschool and wanted to have our lives together before getting married...Did university, got decent jobs, etc. Then we plunged into the whole first house thing, and that's kinda occupied that last 2 years (searching, moving, renovating, etc). So yes, 8 years is a long time, but it flew by and I feel like we're definitely beyond "ready".
She was extremely happy for me to finally have done it, so that's what really matters to me.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3102 on: September 29, 2014, 01:58:42 pm »
Quote from: tooscoops on September 29, 2014, 11:26:58 am
yeah.. didn't even notice the 8 years part... i met my wife under that long ago... we are having our second kid in November and have been married over 5 years.

everyone is different!

Yes, but I think the biggest difference is WHEN you meet your future spouse.   Note that Firm mentioned they met in high school, so I'm guessing he's only now in his mid to late 20s.   

Different story if you meet your future wife when you're already 25.  (As was the case with me)



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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3103 on: September 29, 2014, 03:10:45 pm »
I asked my current wife after 3 months of dating. That upset my X who I was with for over 4 years and never asked her  :P   
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3104 on: September 29, 2014, 06:14:40 pm »
Cheers to you and the future Mrs. Firm!   :cheers:
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3105 on: September 29, 2014, 07:14:58 pm »
Congrats and I love the giant head in the engagement photo.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3106 on: September 29, 2014, 07:52:03 pm »
Congrats Firm.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3107 on: September 29, 2014, 09:22:52 pm »
Thanks all  :D

We're both 25 now, so yeah, we met young and that does factor into why it took so long to get to this point.

That head in the photo is annoying, camera obviously focused on the head too! There's a bunch of better photos on my buddies camera, and even a video from a hidden camera, I am just waiting for him to process them.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3108 on: September 29, 2014, 09:53:37 pm »
Quote from: Snowman on September 29, 2014, 03:10:45 pm
I asked my current wife after 3 months of dating. That upset my X who I was with for over 4 years and never asked her  :P

I hear you, I was 5-6 years with my ex, broke up in the Spring.  Went to Spain for a couple of month in the summer, met my wife in the Fall.  Proposed within a year, we had discussed it, within the first 6 months.  But her mother and I don't always see eye to eye.  So we just waited a bit....
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3109 on: September 29, 2014, 10:06:29 pm »
So around 1 month ago I installed the double din Alpine deck in the Odyssey, so I can have Bluetooth, USB, IPOD, and the CD Player (yes I still use those, as does my wife (from the library), and the stupid songs my daughter likes).  Well the CD player on the Odyssey was broken.  So it has been working well. 

Today I cut 2 lawns, and the kids were sleeping, so I had a bit of time to kill.  House chores could wait.  I installed the two (polk audio) speakers in the front.  Went relatively well.  The panel came off easy, the new speaker fit in the plastic housing bracket of the old ones, and then I screwed the plastic housing bracket into the door.  Happy with the sound, when the bass is at 3+, there is an annoying vibration, so I may need to add something in there. 

In a couple of weeks I will get to the back.  Already pulled them out.  But there is no plastic housing bracket for the rears.  And the three holes of that are in the metal, don't line up with the 4 holes of the Polk Audio.  FACK! 
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3110 on: September 30, 2014, 02:34:20 pm »
Last night and today I filled all four cars from pretty much empty to full.  200L of fuel.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3111 on: September 30, 2014, 03:41:13 pm »
Quote from: johngenx on September 30, 2014, 02:34:20 pm
Last night and today I filled all four cars from pretty much empty to full.  200L of fuel.

I hate those days. Actually, the Canadian Tire Gas bar near me doesn't allow more than 1 "pay at the pump" transaction on the same credit card per day. So I either have to go inside to pay or use a different card....very annoying.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3112 on: September 30, 2014, 03:45:43 pm »
go inside anyway! make sure to clip out the 10x CT money coupon out of the flyer and bam.. worth the extra steps!

took my wrangler to a drive in this weekend... roof off, backed in and had some pillows in the back... nice date night! got my nice clean jeep muddy going through the lot though...
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3113 on: September 30, 2014, 03:50:32 pm »
If you pay with the CT Options Mastercard you get the 10x (or w/e it is that week) reward on your card automatically.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3114 on: September 30, 2014, 04:07:46 pm »
i was thinking that as i typed it... i have a cash back card, so i double up with the coupon.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3115 on: September 30, 2014, 04:17:48 pm »
Wow that's a dumb policy.  I fill up multiple times at the same pumps very often on the same day... unfortunately...
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3116 on: September 30, 2014, 04:21:13 pm »
Drove the TR-RS in the rain  :o  ;D
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3117 on: September 30, 2014, 04:25:07 pm »
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3118 on: September 30, 2014, 04:55:31 pm »
Quote from: wing on September 30, 2014, 04:17:48 pm
Wow that's a dumb policy.  I fill up multiple times at the same pumps very often on the same day... unfortunately...

Yeah, me too  :(
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #3119 on: September 30, 2014, 07:25:57 pm »
Quote from: Snowman on September 30, 2014, 04:21:13 pm
Drove the TR-RS in the rain  :o  ;D

Did the wipers work? Or did they seize up from lack of use. ;)
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