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Don’t remember the GMTAN getting too religiony that I remember, so forgive me (pun intended). Just one of those things I need to chat about and it seems easier here than anywhere IRL.

My daughter is celebrating her First Communion tomorrow. It will be a bittersweet experience for me. I grew up in the church and have mostly great memories of everything. I was married in the church 10 years ago. I was a late bloomer it seems compared to most in the FFA community with regards to being a skeptic/atheist. Anyways I guess I started doubting the church or "becoming" an atheist 5 or 6 years ago. Well long story short I told my wife I dont believe in God about 2 months ago. Its made for some tough conversations but she has been really good about it overall. She is very much full steam ahead as a Catholic for her and for our 2 girls. My FIL is a deacon in the Catholic church.

I don’t know why Im sharing all this. It just seems like you guys in here tend to be above such types of issues so maybe it would be helpful if anyone can relate on some level. Anyone in here had to tell their religious family they don’t buy it anymore? I dont know who I will wind up telling over the years to come. At this point my wife knows and a few buddies I guess..

Sorry for the serious-ish post, esp on a Friday. Advice, stories of similar experiences, and shtick replies all very sincerely appreciated.

 
'Buck Bradcanon said:
Don’t remember the GMTAN getting too religiony that I remember, so forgive me (pun intended). Just one of those things I need to chat about and it seems easier here than anywhere IRL.My daughter is celebrating her First Communion tomorrow. It will be a bittersweet experience for me. I grew up in the church and have mostly great memories of everything. I was married in the church 10 years ago. I was a late bloomer it seems compared to most in the FFA community with regards to being a skeptic/atheist. Anyways I guess I started doubting the church or "becoming" an atheist 5 or 6 years ago. Well long story short I told my wife I dont believe in God about 2 months ago. Its made for some tough conversations but she has been really good about it overall. She is very much full steam ahead as a Catholic for her and for our 2 girls. My FIL is a deacon in the Catholic church. I don’t know why Im sharing all this. It just seems like you guys in here tend to be above such types of issues so maybe it would be helpful if anyone can relate on some level. Anyone in here had to tell their religious family they don’t buy it anymore? I dont know who I will wind up telling over the years to come. At this point my wife knows and a few buddies I guess..Sorry for the serious-ish post, esp on a Friday. Advice, stories of similar experiences, and shtick replies all very sincerely appreciated.
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Grew up in a very devote Roman Catholic house, I am agnostic more than anything and loathe the church. I stopped going to church as soon as it was up to me, and I simply cannot have a religious conversation with parents at all, any and all conversations wind up with them (esp my Mom) essentially sticking their fingers in their ears while saying lalalalalalala not listening. It's very frustrating especially with my Dad since he is very logical and very anti scifi but he's on this train no questions asked. I think it's great you can have these conversations with your wife about this.
 
'Buck Bradcanon said:
Don’t remember the GMTAN getting too religiony that I remember, so forgive me (pun intended). Just one of those things I need to chat about and it seems easier here than anywhere IRL.My daughter is celebrating her First Communion tomorrow. It will be a bittersweet experience for me. I grew up in the church and have mostly great memories of everything. I was married in the church 10 years ago. I was a late bloomer it seems compared to most in the FFA community with regards to being a skeptic/atheist. Anyways I guess I started doubting the church or "becoming" an atheist 5 or 6 years ago. Well long story short I told my wife I dont believe in God about 2 months ago. Its made for some tough conversations but she has been really good about it overall. She is very much full steam ahead as a Catholic for her and for our 2 girls. My FIL is a deacon in the Catholic church. I don’t know why Im sharing all this. It just seems like you guys in here tend to be above such types of issues so maybe it would be helpful if anyone can relate on some level. Anyone in here had to tell their religious family they don’t buy it anymore? I dont know who I will wind up telling over the years to come. At this point my wife knows and a few buddies I guess..Sorry for the serious-ish post, esp on a Friday. Advice, stories of similar experiences, and shtick replies all very sincerely appreciated.
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Congrats and welcome to the club. :thumbup:
 
'Buck Bradcanon said:
Don’t remember the GMTAN getting too religiony that I remember, so forgive me (pun intended). Just one of those things I need to chat about and it seems easier here than anywhere IRL.My daughter is celebrating her First Communion tomorrow. It will be a bittersweet experience for me. I grew up in the church and have mostly great memories of everything. I was married in the church 10 years ago. I was a late bloomer it seems compared to most in the FFA community with regards to being a skeptic/atheist. Anyways I guess I started doubting the church or "becoming" an atheist 5 or 6 years ago. Well long story short I told my wife I dont believe in God about 2 months ago. Its made for some tough conversations but she has been really good about it overall. She is very much full steam ahead as a Catholic for her and for our 2 girls. My FIL is a deacon in the Catholic church. I don’t know why Im sharing all this. It just seems like you guys in here tend to be above such types of issues so maybe it would be helpful if anyone can relate on some level. Anyone in here had to tell their religious family they don’t buy it anymore? I dont know who I will wind up telling over the years to come. At this point my wife knows and a few buddies I guess..Sorry for the serious-ish post, esp on a Friday. Advice, stories of similar experiences, and shtick replies all very sincerely appreciated.
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Be prepared to have people pray for you
 
:lmao: Can't play it with the sound right now but it looks awesome.ETA: Where would one be able to purchase a kitty keyboard like that? Hypothetically, of course.

 
One of the properties that my company owns is a self storage facility. They are having an auction at 2:30 and I have to go to it to learn how it goes. Tennessee version of Storage Wars. Can't wait.

 
'YSR said:
One of the properties that my company owns is a self storage facility. They are having an auction at 2:30 and I have to go to it to learn how it goes. Tennessee version of Storage Wars. Can't wait.
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86% chance that you will find a Billy Bass.
 
'Samuel L Bronkowitz said:
'krista4 said:
'Samuel L Bronkowitz said:
God help me if my wife or future children find this thread

PS My wife felt movement down there today :excited:
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Congrats! :excited: eTA: oh, you were probably talking about her stomach. That's good, too.
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According to the interwebs that she's reading that means actual movement at her stage. Thanks! We've got the ultrasound this coming Wednesday so we're pretty excited about that...except that she doesn't want to know the sex. When we go out to dinner I can barely decide what I want to eat before the waitress comes back a 3rd time and now I have to pick 2 baby names? :bag:
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When my wife was pregnant with my daughter we didn't know the sex either. I picked out names, all boy names as I was sure it would be a boy.She didn't have a name until about 3-4 hours after being born because I had to go back to the book.

:bag:

 
In a week and a day I will be participating in Case Day an aptly titled excuse to drink a case of beer over the course of one Saturday. Preliminary plans have me starting around noon and then maintaining a 2 beer an hour pace to hopefully finish by midnight.

Beer of choice is likely to be Coors Light or Keystone Light.

Any advice?? :banned:

 
Lol, no. I like money too much.I had a brief dalliance with maybe doing some commercial voice-overs, but I was 20 and didn't follow through with it.

 
'eaganwildcats said:
In a week and a day I will be participating in Case Day an aptly titled excuse to drink a case of beer over the course of one Saturday. Preliminary plans have me starting around noon and then maintaining a 2 beer an hour pace to hopefully finish by midnight.

Beer of choice is likely to be Coors Light or Keystone Light.

Any advice?? :banned:
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In before "Drink better beer"How much can you drink on a normal night out? Are there festivities afterwards?

2 beers/hour seems slow. In my prime I could do a case race in < 6 hours

 
Apparently you have to be a woman and be invited to some super double secret "consigment board" that's somehow setup through Facebook. At least that's what my wife tells me. She got it for $2 from some woman. I've been listening to electronic meowing for 3+ hours a day now for the past week. I understand why the woman sold it for $2. I'd be willing to pay 10 times that to be able to give it away without my wife and daughter having meltdowns.
 
'Samuel L Bronkowitz said:
'eaganwildcats said:
In a week and a day I will be participating in Case Day an aptly titled excuse to drink a case of beer over the course of one Saturday. Preliminary plans have me starting around noon and then maintaining a 2 beer an hour pace to hopefully finish by midnight.

Beer of choice is likely to be Coors Light or Keystone Light.

Any advice?? :banned:
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In before "Drink better beer"How much can you drink on a normal night out? Are there festivities afterwards?

2 beers/hour seems slow. In my prime I could do a case race in < 6 hours
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Most nights are about 5-6 beers then slamming some shots or mixed drinks before heading to the bar - so it is hard to gauge exactly. I really don't foresee any issues with finishing - what beer would be recommended?

*Full disclosure I am 6'6" around 235 right now so I should be able to pack it away.

 
'eaganwildcats said:
In a week and a day I will be participating in Case Day an aptly titled excuse to drink a case of beer over the course of one Saturday. Preliminary plans have me starting around noon and then maintaining a 2 beer an hour pace to hopefully finish by midnight.

Beer of choice is likely to be Coors Light or Keystone Light.

Any advice?? :banned:
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Advice: stay active. Even at that pace just sitting in one spot would have me loaded about 7 hours in. I was also going to say to mix in a few glasses of water now and then, but it looks like with your beer choice you've got that covered.

 
'shuke said:
'eaganwildcats said:
In a week and a day I will be participating in Case Day an aptly titled excuse to drink a case of beer over the course of one Saturday. Preliminary plans have me starting around noon and then maintaining a 2 beer an hour pace to hopefully finish by midnight.

Beer of choice is likely to be Coors Light or Keystone Light.

Any advice?? :banned:
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Advice: stay active. Even at that pace just sitting in one spot would have me loaded about 7 hours in. I was also going to say to mix in a few glasses of water now and then, but it looks like with your beer choice you've got that covered.
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Beer change: new front runner is Grain Belt Premium. http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/417/10364
 
Cheat and drink Lucky Lager. 11 ounce bottles. That means if you drink 24 of them you're really only drinking like 15 beers.

 
'eaganwildcats said:
'shuke said:
'eaganwildcats said:
In a week and a day I will be participating in Case Day an aptly titled excuse to drink a case of beer over the course of one Saturday. Preliminary plans have me starting around noon and then maintaining a 2 beer an hour pace to hopefully finish by midnight.

Beer of choice is likely to be Coors Light or Keystone Light.

Any advice?? :banned:
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Advice: stay active. Even at that pace just sitting in one spot would have me loaded about 7 hours in. I was also going to say to mix in a few glasses of water now and then, but it looks like with your beer choice you've got that covered.
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Beer change: new front runner is Grain Belt Premium. http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/417/10364
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Perfect. If you're going to do something as manly as drinking a case of beer, do it with a real man's beer.
 
'krista4 said:
'General Malaise said:
'krista4 said:
Zack is getting the axe as I type, so I am definitely in for the GMTAN drinkfest tonight.Perhaps at least he can take solace that he is not losing his job by being shot three times in the face.
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:(What was the story with that, if you don't mind sharing. If you do, I'll understand. Cannot imagine what that is like. (the shooting, not the firing, though feel free to elaborate on both after some Cockburns Spritzers).
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As best I can piece together from friends who witnessed it, friends who knew the victim, and the security guys in my building:Killer dude (husband of murder victim) was charged in 2010 with kidnapping and attempted rape. Per his statement to police, abducted a 15-year-old girl, took her to his (their) detached garage, tied her up, taped her mouth and blindfolded her in order to "see if it would get her aroused", then attempted to rape her and, when that didn't work, pleasured himself in front of her. Allowed her to leave on promise that she not tell anyone. He was a real peach, eh?His wife (my coworker, Laura) did not immediately leave him but did after a few months. They were separated but not yet divorced. Had started to get her life together and move on, including getting a permanent job with us in November, after temping with us for about a year. She worked in the accounts receivable department of one of our business units. He was 51 and she was 43. Husband didn't take well to the idea that she was moving on and had made threats, but Laura didn't seek a restraining order. She did express concerns to coworkers. The morning of the murder Laura showed up at the office just after 7. Memphis seems to be a very early-morning place, and we have 1500 employees just in this particular location in Memphis, so a lot of other people were around at this time. Murderer called their son just before this and told him he was going to do something bad. Knew when Laura would show up at work and waited for her in the parking lot by the door where she would enter. For a while, waved a gun around and engaged in a shouting confrontation. At this point many other people were in the area and ran for cover and started making 911 calls. Laura tried to get away from him but couldn't. He shot her five times, including three times in the head. Other shots were also fired, but it's unclear if he was trying to shoot anyone else or just firing aimlessly. But he did continue to shoot after she was quite clearly dead. Then, he laid down on top of her and shot himself in the head.We're told for investigative reasons the police were not even allowed to cover the bodies until the investigation was complete. As a result, the bodies remained in plain sight in the bright sun for over three hours. As I mentioned, this was directly outside the window of one of my friends. He's a very calm guy but expressed how gruesome the scene was. The police secured the immediate area, but didn't clear out the building or even that side of it, so it was just a bizarre scene.We continue to have a large number of grief counselors on the premises and I understand they've been heavily utilized. I can't even imagine the situation of those who were in apparent immediate danger themselves, those who witnessed this or saw the aftermath, and those who were her friends. It's been a bit traumatic for me and I don't even have those connections. Example: we had a fire alarm go off yesterday around 6 p.m., and it freaked me out a little when normally it would be nothing. Security in our building is much more evident, which seems a little after-the-fact. I was told by one of our security guys it's because of concerns over copycats. I've never heard of a copycat murder-suicide but ok, I'm not complaining.I also feel for the people who were trying to reach their loved ones that day. The news got out quickly, but it was several hours before names were released, so you have thousands of people desperately trying to ensure it was not their family and friends.Lots of people talking about the fragility of life. This was a perfectly beautiful, seemingly normal, spring day, and then everything completely changed for a lot of people and families.
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:mellow: I can't even imagine that. Well, I can now thanks to your superb writing skills, but damn.....
 
You ever have those moments when you're know you just fell in love? I did. And I'm not ashamed to admit that I have fallen head over heals in love with St. Louis Bob. He sent his payment for my HomeRun Pool (still waiting on some of you btw) and in the package he sent there was also coupons for OutBack Steak House and a concert T-Shirt from an Elton John and Billy Joel concert. 22 YO was over when I got the package last night and when I saw the return address I knew it was from SLB and I figured I'd wait an open it alone as I was slighly nervous about what kind of shticky items might be in it. But 22 YO was curious so I opened it in front of her and we were both cracking up. She started to ask why he would send all of that stuff, but then she stopped and said "never mind, I really don't think I want to know the answer". God bless you Dilfer!!!

 
Conversation I just heard outside my office:

Paralegal #1: "There's only 50 states in the United States? Is that right?"

Paralegal #2: "Huh?"

Paralegal #1: "States in the United States. There's only 50?

Paralegal #2: "Um, yeah."

Must be a graduate of Tanner's school.

 
'General Malaise said:
'krista4 said:
'General Malaise said:
'krista4 said:
Zack is getting the axe as I type, so I am definitely in for the GMTAN drinkfest tonight.Perhaps at least he can take solace that he is not losing his job by being shot three times in the face.
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:(What was the story with that, if you don't mind sharing. If you do, I'll understand. Cannot imagine what that is like. (the shooting, not the firing, though feel free to elaborate on both after some Cockburns Spritzers).
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As best I can piece together from friends who witnessed it, friends who knew the victim, and the security guys in my building:Killer dude (husband of murder victim) was charged in 2010 with kidnapping and attempted rape. Per his statement to police, abducted a 15-year-old girl, took her to his (their) detached garage, tied her up, taped her mouth and blindfolded her in order to "see if it would get her aroused", then attempted to rape her and, when that didn't work, pleasured himself in front of her. Allowed her to leave on promise that she not tell anyone. He was a real peach, eh?His wife (my coworker, Laura) did not immediately leave him but did after a few months. They were separated but not yet divorced. Had started to get her life together and move on, including getting a permanent job with us in November, after temping with us for about a year. She worked in the accounts receivable department of one of our business units. He was 51 and she was 43. Husband didn't take well to the idea that she was moving on and had made threats, but Laura didn't seek a restraining order. She did express concerns to coworkers. The morning of the murder Laura showed up at the office just after 7. Memphis seems to be a very early-morning place, and we have 1500 employees just in this particular location in Memphis, so a lot of other people were around at this time. Murderer called their son just before this and told him he was going to do something bad. Knew when Laura would show up at work and waited for her in the parking lot by the door where she would enter. For a while, waved a gun around and engaged in a shouting confrontation. At this point many other people were in the area and ran for cover and started making 911 calls. Laura tried to get away from him but couldn't. He shot her five times, including three times in the head. Other shots were also fired, but it's unclear if he was trying to shoot anyone else or just firing aimlessly. But he did continue to shoot after she was quite clearly dead. Then, he laid down on top of her and shot himself in the head.We're told for investigative reasons the police were not even allowed to cover the bodies until the investigation was complete. As a result, the bodies remained in plain sight in the bright sun for over three hours. As I mentioned, this was directly outside the window of one of my friends. He's a very calm guy but expressed how gruesome the scene was. The police secured the immediate area, but didn't clear out the building or even that side of it, so it was just a bizarre scene.We continue to have a large number of grief counselors on the premises and I understand they've been heavily utilized. I can't even imagine the situation of those who were in apparent immediate danger themselves, those who witnessed this or saw the aftermath, and those who were her friends. It's been a bit traumatic for me and I don't even have those connections. Example: we had a fire alarm go off yesterday around 6 p.m., and it freaked me out a little when normally it would be nothing. Security in our building is much more evident, which seems a little after-the-fact. I was told by one of our security guys it's because of concerns over copycats. I've never heard of a copycat murder-suicide but ok, I'm not complaining.I also feel for the people who were trying to reach their loved ones that day. The news got out quickly, but it was several hours before names were released, so you have thousands of people desperately trying to ensure it was not their family and friends.Lots of people talking about the fragility of life. This was a perfectly beautiful, seemingly normal, spring day, and then everything completely changed for a lot of people and families.
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:mellow: I can't even imagine that. Well, I can now thanks to your superb writing skills, but damn.....
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Today we received an announcement that the families are having a joint viewing and funeral on Monday. I don't understand the "joint" and sure as hell hope "viewing" is really meant to say "visitation" or the like.
 
'Buck Bradcanon said:
Don’t remember the GMTAN getting too religiony that I remember, so forgive me (pun intended). Just one of those things I need to chat about and it seems easier here than anywhere IRL.My daughter is celebrating her First Communion tomorrow. It will be a bittersweet experience for me. I grew up in the church and have mostly great memories of everything. I was married in the church 10 years ago. I was a late bloomer it seems compared to most in the FFA community with regards to being a skeptic/atheist. Anyways I guess I started doubting the church or "becoming" an atheist 5 or 6 years ago. Well long story short I told my wife I dont believe in God about 2 months ago. Its made for some tough conversations but she has been really good about it overall. She is very much full steam ahead as a Catholic for her and for our 2 girls. My FIL is a deacon in the Catholic church. I don’t know why Im sharing all this. It just seems like you guys in here tend to be above such types of issues so maybe it would be helpful if anyone can relate on some level. Anyone in here had to tell their religious family they don’t buy it anymore? I dont know who I will wind up telling over the years to come. At this point my wife knows and a few buddies I guess..Sorry for the serious-ish post, esp on a Friday. Advice, stories of similar experiences, and shtick replies all very sincerely appreciated.
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:blackdot: to reply later.
 
gotta be more than 50 when you count all the directional Dakotas, Carolinas, and Virginias plus old and new versions of York, Jersey, Hampshire, and Mexico.

 
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