I can handle OT discussions about SUVs, fuel mileage, guns, Leicas, Nikons,
etc. but can we get this romantic mush off the Oly list !
> R. Jackson <jackson.robert.r@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I dunno. April and I always make a big deal out of Valentine's Day.
> I'm
> not all that concerned about how it got started and how it's been
> commercialized. Any holiday that's solely about love isn't such a bad
>
> thing. April took the day off and we're going to see The Dead at the
> Warfield. I was out shopping for gifts last week, I've got flowers
> coming in the A.M. for her and I couldn't settle on one, so I bought
> her three Valentine's Day cards at the Hallmark store, as well as
> some
> romantic fortune cookies. It's a fun holiday, you know? How many
> other
> national holidays are there where the goal of the whole day is to get
>
> lucky? ;-)
>
> This will be our 18th Valentine's Day together. That's less than a
> month of the last twenty years that I've spent doing goofy stuff like
>
> this. If anyone takes a vote I'm all for having another romantic
> holiday in August. St. Smooches' Day or whatever. I'll always double
> down on the sweet stuff. ;-)
>
> -Rob
>
> On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 01:08 PM, Wayne Harridge wrote:
>
> > My wife is well aware of my feelings about valentines day, in fact
> if
> > I acknowledged the day she would wonder what I was up to.
> >
> > Wayne Harridge
>
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