h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

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I think it's wonderful hearing how much two people love each other. And even more wonderful that you don't run out of nice things to say about each other. I'm lucky enough to have someone like that in my life, so I know how happy you two must be. And it makes me happy to know that, because two such wonderful people should never run out of that kind of love.

Congratulations to you both!

kea, there isn't a loop to be out of. Z and I aren't a couple, we just hang out together a lot and have sex. It's a one-night stand that never actually made it to a sensible conclusion, really. Though Az let a cat out of the bag, it isn't really a cat, and there isn't really a bag.

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I'm embarrassed enough already . This wonderful, funny, lovely woman saying such nice things about me.

The well wishes are all very welcome. Youre not the only ones hopingwe have many years together.



Noggin

Thanks Ben.

Well, perhaps a bit of thread drift but our Noggin has started teaching English classes recently and he's really enjoying it. He says he especially enjoys that nobody has yet discovered he's not a *real teacher*. But I think he is quite a natural teacher, has lots of patience and of course he knows his subject (English) very well. Though so far he's been working with people who have a high level of English, so he doesn't have to translate much (boy, his Spanish is still sooooo bad! Even worse than mine! )

Today we had a class together with a new group of lower-level (pre-intermediate) students (just above elementary) but we had a great time doing the class together. We've decided that the money we make on this class together will be our 'going out money' to have tapas once a week at one of our favourite places.

So that's what we are about to do now.

Thanks again everyone for all your lovely best wishes.


az

*tiptoes in*

Am a bit late and the topic has begun to drift but many Congrats to you both Az and Noggin

*tiptoes out again*

Jules

better late than never, but lemme say congrats and many more happy anniversaries in the future.

Better late than never is lovely! Jules and rev. paperboy.

I'm still not sure if I should be taking my ring off - either when I sleep or do household chores. Can anyone advise me?

The other day I accidently scraped it across a stone pillar next to the cathedral. Wasn't so much concerned about the wee diamond as they are meant to be one of the hardest substances known to man, but I went - oops! - in case I scratched the white gold bit that goes up ever-so-slightly above the diamond on one side.

I still can't get over this ring - it's just so darned pretty. And I've even stopped chewing my fingernails since getting it (bad habit - nervous nail chewing) because I think the ring deserves a nicely manicured hand.

Anyhoo, I never take off my silver rings (three on my left hand) and so I'm not sure how careful I should be about the new one. Which is the only one on my right hand - european style for 'married' people.


az

speaking of better late than never, Congrats! The ring is lovely, and the annual vows are a really sweet idea.

Signs of wear on a ring are good. The first marks are terrible, and you weep, sometimes. As the years go by, the ring gets old with you, and that's fine.

The scratches and scuffs are a sign of the constancy and change in your lives. The ring is constant - even if you renew it, or replace the diamond, the ring - like 'Garnfather's Hammer' - is the same ring.

The scratches are the signs of change and growth - the arguments, the tears, the hugs and the kisses. The joyful times and the sorrows shared. Treasure the marks it gets, and kiss each time, hug each time, and love again, violently, tenderly, and wonderfully...

Jez - whose ring is 25 years old and very scratched, and still beautiful...

That's Grandfather's Hammer, btw (typos are us).

You know the story? "This is my grandfather's hammer - well, the handle broke fifty years ago, and I replaced it, and the head chipped a while back so I bought a new one... But it is still my grandfather's hammer..."

Jez

Yeah, I think I know what you mean, Jez. And thanks.

I really feel like I never want to take my ring off, that it's now a part of me and my life with Noggin and will just always be there, no matter what I'm doing.

Heck, I have a twenty-year-old silver ring shaped like a moebius strip (it's very cool!) which I have never taken off - and it looks just fine. Well, a bit 'lived in' but really just fine and still beautiful. As I'm sure yours is too.

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az

az and Noggin, I wish you all the best for your future

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this is not sel plug, because some else crated it!

More belated congrats to you both (but I had a good excuse )



I was very taken with your handfasting and vows idea when you first told me about it, and I still think it's a beautiful thing to do.

And your ring is stunningly beautiful

Long life and much happiness to you both

Sorry i'm a bit late,i was away ,as you know,and am just catching up!!
congratulations to both of you,
My wedding ring got too small,as i got too big,but i always said i'd never take it off,so now i wear it on my little finger.Hubby bought me a new one,which i wear on my third finger,but my 38 year old one is still next to it,still bright and shiny,but well worn and well loved.I got the new one for our annivesary,and that was when it went on my finger!!

I have my father's (and grandfather's) ring which fits only on my little finger. It too is worn and scratched (not surpirsing since it's well over a hundred years old) and although I found out that the family *crest* on it was bought, not inherited it remains one of my most precious posessions. My Dad wore it as a wedding ring but I had one made for my wedding (since dissolved- no not the ring). I look forward to handing them both down to my daughter's spouses if they'll have them.

Az, the moebius strip ring sounds marvellous- a literal twist to the *endless loop* idea of a ring joining two people. I trust that the two sides becoming one will be a symbol of you two going on as one infinitely. Once again, all the best!

everyone!

It's nice hearing all these 'old ring' stories.

I may actually have to get mine sized down a bit if my weight loss plans go as, um, planned. But I guess that's easy enough to have done . . . isn't it?


az

Well this is good news. I stopped by the shop to ask about maybe getting the ring sized down a bit in, say, six months time or so (optimistically speaking). And the woman said no problem and not to worry because she'd remember me. Do you think this means that one sizing is included in the cost of the ring? I forgot to ask, I was just so pleased to know it wouldn't be a problem when the time came.

I have a vague recollection of once being told that when rings are sized it somehow 'weakens' them. Anyone know if this is true?


az

That's what I've heard, but only when you have them made larger, cause they sort of 'stretch' the material, they don't add anything to it, so the result is, that it's thinner. No probs if you size it down, though.