AcadieAnne

Sorry, didn’t check the rest of the posts, but these 3 are my most favorite country songs of all time that never made it to #1.

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the boyfriend is sitting on the couch watching Netflix without a care in the world.

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Oh hell no. I hope he's gone by now. If he isn't, I do not normally advocate pulling the grandkids card, but I think it is time to play it. Tell your parents it's him or their grandbabies. If he's visiting from out of town, give him $50 and direct him to the nearest Motel 6. That pos has no business being around kids.

Someone who was baptized as a baby, probably went through confirmation as an adolescent, and might go to mass on Christmas and Easter, but otherwise doesn't step foot into the building outside of weddings or funerals.

Kinda like how Jewish people that have no religious connection still have bar/ bat mitzvahs.

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My ring is a sapphire

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Another sapphire engagement ring lady! :cheers:

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Unless a gemologist is using specialized equipment or the stone has laser inscription and they check the cert, it’s not possible to look at a diamond and tell if it’s lab grown or mined.

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Oh yes they can tell. A competent jeweler can absolutely tell if there are no inclusions in a diamond, which is suspicious af if it's large and the person bringing it in isn't an OT baller.

It can be, if that is the route one chooses to go with it. But on the decorative lantern I mentioned above, I combined 2 different builds from 2 different makers to get what I wanted, which took some math as they were different sizes. I also took a build for a stained glass lamp shade and turned it from 4 sides to 5. There are a lot of modifications that can be done if one wants to do it. Or one could just print out whatever the build is. Depends on what OP and his son are looking to do with it.

I have a Bambu Lab Carbon X1, and I looooove it! I can make so much stuff with it. Practical stuff like pull-out spice racks and decorative stuff like lanterns that you can swap out the sides of for different holidays. Also lots of stuff for guys; my husband has made a ton of man things (soldering clamps, working airplane engine, etc).

They have some really good stuff you can make for free on their website. Some of my favorites are the 3D wall hanging lights. They have nice ones shaped like the state for the Saints and LA Tech (haven’t found a good LSU one yet, sadly).

It takes a little tinkering with to get things right sometimes and decent math skills if you want to modify the templates. Everything is changeable, so it’s a lot of fun if you like math and are creative.

You didn’t mention how old your son is, but if he’s old enough that he got decent grades in HS geometry, I would think it would be a good one for your family.

I think a little tiny diamond nose piercing looks pretty on some dot Indian women. Everything else (including little tiny nose diamonds on non-dot Indian women) is stupid.

As to why the vast majority of facial piercings happen, I'd imagine it's for attention and a lack of a father figure. I had a cousin that was a bit of a rebel and wanted an earring in the 80's. His dad said it was for figs and he'd beat the shite out of him if he ever got one. He never got one.

Absolutely. I'd get a female and teach her to walk backwards next to me. Then everyone I encountered would have to deal with 2 coonass bitches.

So… absolutely no one cares. At all. But the Jeep Wrangler was the only one that hit me in the heart like a kid at VBS. I ran the numbers (I crunch numbers and analyze statistics for a living, so trust I took depreciation, gas mileage, and average annual repair into account). I am happy with this decision from an emotional and financial standpoint.

Thank all y’all for your insights. It helped me to factor in what to look for in trade offs.

Edit: My only complaint after 2 weeks of driving it is why is the key fob so fricking massive? Got dang, key fob technology has been around for decades. Do better, Jeep.

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No skin off my nose, either way.

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Of course it isn't. You don't have to share a bathroom or locker room with this man or other men like him. Eabod, Hank.