Bowliing and Marriage

[MICHAEL]

Has anyone ever met the LOVE of their life, and got married to someone they MET FOR THE FIRST TIME, at a bowling alley? I doubt it, but thought it might be interesting to know if:

"Love can be found in a bowling alley"? Or do most Strike out in regards to love and bowling? If you have any spare time would be interesting to know if you Scored that Perfect mate!

Did you meet your wife for the FIRST TIME under any Strange circumstances?

[Aslan]

I didn't, because I'm not into fat 50 year olds and not attractive/young enough for the 20 year old cosmic bowling chicks…

…but the anchor on my Thursday league team met his wife at a bowling alley. They've been married for quite some time.

[Sourtower]

I haven't seen any attractive female bowlers at any of the bowling alleys I go to, other than the "she's pretty but probably too young" ones. Now some of those women PBA bowlers are attractive, and of course some of those college level women bowlers look good too.

[MICHAEL]

The part owners of the mom and pop bowling alley we bowled at tonight Met while bowling on a league, and now are part owners of the Plattsburg Bowling Lanes.

NICE couple! They said a couple that bowls together stays together!!! Wonderful people to get to know! Chris, and Georgia!

[Aslan]

I haven't seen any attractive female bowlers at any of the bowling alleys I go to, other than the "she's pretty but probably too young" ones. Now some of those women PBA bowlers are attractive, and of course some of those college level women bowlers look good too.

My dream girl!!

http://www.keilailu.fi/upload/pic140615813459F9F.JPG

Is a 16 year age difference creepy??

How does the calculation go? I think you take the girl's age, subtract 7, and multiply by 2…and thats the oldest she should date.

So for Diana, she is 23. Minus 7 = 16. Multiply by 2 gives you 32. *$^%!

So if I reverse that formula to find the "youngest" girl I can date…thats 39/2 = 19.5 + 7 = 26.5. Dang it.

Although…to be perfectly honest…I'd take a 27 year old in a HEARTBEAT….anything less than 36, never married, with 0-1 kids and a BMI of < 20 is actually like hitting the lottery…so I'd take 26 1/2!!!

[MICHAEL]

(sent to Iceman in a private message, I am just passing this on to you Aslan) Did a copy and paste!

"Dang it Aslan I guess your looking for a bowling type",,, I don't know squat about bowling! So I guess that rules me out?

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/imagine686868/womanforaslan_zpsd0f1732d.jpg (http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/imagine686868/media/womanforaslan_zpsd0f1732d.jpg.html)

" Good luck, high roller,,, hope you find your bowling partner match"

[mike_thomas93]

Funny to mention that. She's currently in a relationship with Dave Wodka. age difference a little wide.

[Aslan]

Funny to mention that. She's currently in a relationship with Dave Wodka. age difference a little wide.

I KNOW!!! Dave Wodka!!??? I could see a Belmonte or a Sean Rash...maybe a Mike Fagan. But Dave Wodka is not only 4 years older than me...he's a terrible bowler!!! I mean, when compared to the rest of the PBA.

But yeah, I guess of Wodka can land a 23 year old at 43...then I should be able to land a 19-year old!

[Shaneshu87]

my wife and i didn't meet at the bowling alley but we both bowl and have bowled together for quite some time. don't be afraid to go for older women ;) i was 20 when we met and she was 27, and hot as a fire cracker in august.

[Jaescrub]

The day after I met my now wife I took her out to bowl for our first date ;) that was 14 years ago wow how time flys only took her 13 years to want to bowl ha ha

[rv driver]

Met my wife in church choir. But it was the balls!

[Blacksox1]

Met my wife in church choir. But it was the balls!

I need a translation for the second sentence.

[Aslan]

my wife and i didn't meet at the bowling alley but we both bowl and have bowled together for quite some time. don't be afraid to go for older women ;) i was 20 when we met and she was 27, and hot as a fire cracker in august.

Thats funny, I met Shane's wife at a bowling alley. : / And I TOTALLY agree about the firecracker thing! :cool: :cool:

[rv driver]

I need a translation for the second sentence.
The $hit
The darb
the cat's meow
sweet

You get the idea. I used "balls" because it fits the motif of bowling.

[mike_thomas93]

Lol and those guys are all married already. But yeah, I guess the heart wants what the heart wants.

[Mudpuppy]

No but a racer friend of mine met his wife at the track and got married at the track

[rv driver]

No but a racer friend of mine met his wife at the track and got married at the track
She was his "little deuce coupe."

[Shaneshu87]

Thats funny, I met Shane's wife at a bowling alley. : / And I TOTALLY agree about the firecracker thing! :cool: :cool:

hahaha i have no idea who you are and we have clearly never met but thanks for agreeing about my wife being hot as a fire cracker!

[Shaneshu87]

Thats funny, I met Shane's wife at a bowling alley. : / And I TOTALLY agree about the firecracker thing! :cool: :cool:

is it even legal for you to have fire crackers!? lol i was recently in SD and watched a guy get arrested for lighting black cats

[Aslan]

No but a racer friend of mine met his wife at the track and got married at the track

Are they horses?

I don't think horses can get married. Maybe though. I heard a radio story of someone marrying their dog. But I think at least one person has to be human for it to be valid.

[Mudpuppy]

No a WERA motorcycle racer. They got married on the infield of the track at Grattan.

[Aslan]

No a WERA motorcycle racer. They got married on the infield of the track at Grattan.

I'm 95% sure they were from Downriver...5% chance Hazel Park.

[Mudpuppy]

I'm 95% sure they were from Downriver...5% chance Hazel Park.

Never know could be Taylor tucky or Trenton. Good chance of that as well. Maybe 0.05% chance of Allen Park and about half of that for Brownstown. But yes I'm sure you are onto something with the downriver theory.

What's the chances the wedding supplies were acquired at the local Wally-mart?

[Aslan]

And if it went as I imagine it did...I'm sure some of them came dressed in Tigers jerseys and U of M baseball caps and at some point a "Lets Go Red Wings" chant broke out.

Downriver is nothing if not predictable.

[MICHAEL]

Never know could be Taylor tucky or Trenton. Good chance of that as well. Maybe 0.05% chance of Allen Park and about half of that for Brownstown. But yes I'm sure you are onto something with the downriver theory.

What's the chances the wedding supplies were acquired at the local Wally-mart?

83 percent chance that the wedding supplies were from Wally-World!! LOL

Wally-World owns this country, and the sad part is that 90 percent of its products come from China! I am old enough to remember SAM Walton, and the pride he TOOK using American Made Products in his stores. He use to put small American flags by products make in the USA!

That business model now days, was throw out the fricken window...!

I still say a PART of why bowing is dying, hurting has to do with that STONG MIDDLE CLASS we use to have in the 50's, 60's, 70s,,,, GREED and cheap labor took many GREAT manufacturing jobs to other countries with very cheap labor costs. I think I read the number one suppler of jobs in the USA, now is Wally-World. Not exactly on the high end of sharing the profits with employees. Just above minimum wage! Rich are getting Richer... middle class is dwindling!! HELP....911~~~

[Shaneshu87]

83 percent chance that the wedding supplies were from Wally-World!! LOL

Wally-World owns this country, and the sad part is that 90 percent of its products come from China! I am old enough to remember SAM Walton, and the pride he TOOK using American Made Products in his stores. He use to put small American flags by products make in the USA!

That business model now days, was throw out the fricken window...!

I still say a PART of why bowing is dying, hurting has to do with that STONG MIDDLE CLASS we use to have in the 50's, 60's, 70s,,,, GREED and cheap labor took many GREAT manufacturing jobs to other countries with very cheap labor costs. I think I read the number one suppler of jobs in the USA, now is Wally-World. Not exactly on the high end of sharing the profits with employees. Just above minimum wage! Rich are getting Richer... middle class is dwindling!! HELP....911~~~

true that my wife has worked for walmart for nealry 7 years... makes $2 more than minimum wage and shes in the pharmacy as a technician

[MICHAEL]

started new thread .... where this one once was.... LOL... It was not related to original thread title...(:)

[JohnnyG]

It wasn't my dream wedding..LOL. No walking down a church aisle. No DJ at the reception. No white dress. :)

[Mudpuppy]

Marriage, much like religion, is just another way to control the masses so the poor don't kill the rich. It's a scam. Outdated institution. Makes zero sense. That's my thoughts on marriage. You can go all hallmark sappy bs on your best friend all that garbage but 2 people were NEVER made to be living together, etc. No marriage is all champagne dreams and smelling like roses all the time. Each year you are celebrating your anniversary because you haven't:

a. Killed each other
b. Split up
c. Got completely fed up and ended it in a nasty drug out expensive divorce where only the courts and lawyers profit

[Shaneshu87]

Marriage, much like religion, is just another way to control the masses so the poor don't kill the rich. It's a scam. Outdated institution. Makes zero sense. That's my thoughts on marriage. You can go all hallmark sappy bs on your best friend all that garbage but 2 people were NEVER made to be living together, etc. No marriage is all champagne dreams and smelling like roses all the time. Each year you are celebrating your anniversary because you haven't:

a. Killed each other
b. Split up
c. Got completely fed up and ended it in a nasty drug out expensive divorce where only the courts and lawyers profit

it sounds to me like you've had some bad experiences with both religion and marriage sir, i celebrate my anniversary every year because God sent me the perfect match. in my previous relationship my ex and i tried to have children and found that we could not, in my wife's previous relationship (a 9 year marriage) she and her ex tried to have children and they were unsuccessful. after dating for 3 months my (then girlfriend) wife and i were pregnant with our first child, we now have two handsome young boys and are pregnant with our 3rd (sex unknown). my point is sir that just because you have had a bad experience doesn't mean it is the end of the road, and even if you've asked "God if your real, you'll do this for me" remember the teacher is always silent during the test. i'm not going to go into a 5 page description of why i'm different from most Christians but ultimately i am a Christian and a Scientist and stand firm behind both. moral of all this is don't give up, when you think your at the end of something remember your only in the middle, the true end is at the end of your life when your old and decrepit. that is when you can finally turn in the test.

[Mudpuppy]

it sounds to me like you've had some bad experiences with both religion and marriage sir, i celebrate my anniversary every year because God sent me the perfect match. in my previous relationship my ex and i tried to have children and found that we could not, in my wife's previous relationship (a 9 year marriage) she and her ex tried to have children and they were unsuccessful. after dating for 3 months my (then girlfriend) wife and i were pregnant with our first child, we now have two handsome young boys and are pregnant with our 3rd (sex unknown). my point is sir that just because you have had a bad experience doesn't mean it is the end of the road, and even if you've asked "God if your real, you'll do this for me" remember the teacher is always silent during the test. i'm not going to go into a 5 page description of why i'm different from most Christians but ultimately i am a Christian and a Scientist and stand firm behind both. moral of all this is don't give up, when you think your at the end of something remember your only in the middle, the true end is at the end of your life when your old and decrepit. that is when you can finally turn in the test.

No disrespect - I'm happy for you if you are happy within your existence and beliefs. My existence is a bit more complex and I understand what most don't. It's not a bad experience that has jaded me. I have 5 wonderful kids and for all intents and purposes am "happily married" as they call it. It's just I have opened my mind and realized that reality, as we know it, is all a product of our programming - it's everywhere - ESPECIALLY RELIGION. TV, politics, money, media, etc. etc. It's all a deceptive facade. I wish I didn't know what I know but I do and therefore I must live with this knowledge. I understand where we, as a plant and population, need to go but what I don't understand is how to get there.

In terms of religion I respect everyone's beliefs. It's all fine and good if you are a christian or atheist or satanist or whatever. I don't care - it is none of my business. I have my own personal beliefs and part of that is we, as mere mortals, do not have 0.0000000000000000000000000001% of the brain capacity to understand God and anyone who thinks they do is sadly mistaken. My problem with religion is the very foundation - God created the universe right? Yes. So then why on earth or anything else in the universe does God need me to defile Him by going to a brick and mortar building and give Him money? What does God need 10% of my income? Does he owe a bookie? I could talk all year about how money is bs but I don't really think it would matter. Religion, itself, is very flawed in all of it's concepts. I have studied EVERY religion ever known to man for over 12 years and they are all bs in my opinion and yes I am entitled to my opinion, period. God loves everyone and everyone should be treated as one would treat and love themselves but GOD FORBID YOU TALK NEGATIVELY ABOUT RELIGION because you are going to rot in a dark nasty place and burn in a lake of fire. Religion is the most corrupt manipulative criminal organization EVER known to man. The crusades is a bright shining example of how bad religion is for us. Oh look the muslims, christians and jews are getting along - let's send in the church's mercenaries with pre-absolution to rape, pillage, murder and completely destroy their entire existence now and forever. Good plan. Yes I want to support an organization that endorses such acts. And they still do it today. Don't fool yourself. All their touchy feely garbage is just a front. I'm not asking you to forsake your beliefs just get all the facts and then make an educated decision. History is a pretty painted picture by the victorious armies - if you did deceitful acts in the name of war and then won the war would you talk negatively about yourself? Absolutely not. Hitler was financially backed by the Rothchilds - who remain to this day a highly respected family with authority over much of the world. They hedged their bet by backing him and they profited no matter who won. They financially and conscientiously backed genocide. Things really aren't what they seem. Call me crazy. Call me delusional. Go back and let them feed off your fear of the unknown. That's all they do. Doubt and fear. It's their steady diet. They have no idea what happens when you die or what lays beyond and they know you don't either.

[Shaneshu87]

i would honestly love to meet you in person hahaha you have no idea the extent of our conversations it would be alot of fun for both parties, i don't wanna flood this thread and take it way off topic. i will not judge you or condemn you to some dark scary place based on your belief, instead i would love to pick your brain ;)

[Aslan]

in my previous relationship my ex and i tried to have children and found that we could not, in my wife's previous relationship (a 9 year marriage) she and her ex tried to have children and they were unsuccessful. after dating for 3 months my (then girlfriend) wife and i were pregnant with our first child, we now have two handsome young boys and are pregnant with our 3rd (sex unknown).
Okay…see…Aslan's dating style is designed to NOT have children. I think we're measuring success by different measuring systems.


when you think your at the end of something remember your only in the middle, the true end is at the end of your life when your old and decrepit. that is when you can finally turn in the test.
Ooo…thats kinda deep.


I have 5 wonderful kids
A) Thats like, at least 2 too many.
B) Any parent that reads that is thinking, " Yeah right…Five bucks says maybe 3-4 of them are wonderful and one is kinda a ***head." Nobody hits the jackpot 5 times in a row.


and for all intents and purposes am "happily married" as they call it.
Worst Hallmark message inside an Anniversary card EVER! And side note, isn't it "intensive purposes"? Interesting…nearly 40 years on this planet and I thought the saying was "intensive purposes".


My problem with religion is the very foundation - God created the universe right? Yes. So then why on earth or anything else in the universe does God need me to defile Him by going to a brick and mortar building and give Him money? What does God need 10% of my income? Does he owe a bookie?
Unlikely. Since he's God, he'd either know the outcomes of the games or fix them. But…think about it on a deeper level…does a bookie need your money? Of course not…he's got plenty of money. So why does he insist you give him your's??? Answer: It's not about "need".


Oh look the muslims, christians and jews are getting along - let's send in the church's mercenaries with pre-absolution to rape, pillage, murder and completely destroy their entire existence now and forever. Good plan. Yes I want to support an organization that endorses such acts. And they still do it today. Don't fool yourself. All their touchy feely garbage is just a front.
Damn…I need to start going to church again. It sounds way cooler the way Mudpuppy describes it!!


Things really aren't what they seem. Call me crazy. Call me delusional. Go back and let them feed off your fear of the unknown. That's all they do. Doubt and fear. It's their steady diet. They have no idea what happens when you die or what lays beyond and they know you don't either.
Cliff Notes: Mudpuppy "might" be on acid trip.


i will not judge you or condemn you to some dark scary place based on your belief, instead i would love to pick your brain ;)
Technically, according to the Bible…which tends to be the authority on such matters…Shaneshu can't "technically" condemn you (Mudpuppy) even if he wanted to. God tends have a monopoly on judgement. And Shane…don't get too excited about picking Mudpuppy's brain…it's probably 78% full of knowledge of small engines, 20% religious history, and the other 2% a hodge podge of nonsense. If you REALLY want fun…pick ICEMAN's brain!! I bet that place is like a cross between Candyland and Chutes and Ladders…or some kind of alien circus…just imagining it makes me wanna go there.

[Mudpuppy]

**BUSTED** - you are right. The 2nd kid is kind of a PITA. She is giving me issues right now - but even so she is an A student and doesn't get into trouble. Just has a bad why should I work I want to lay around all day attitude, etc. Very entitled. I don't know how you have several other kids with zero entitlement issues raised in the same environment / mindset and 1 just kind of strays from the herd and gets different ideas. I blame the public school system. She is very impressionable and I think some of the teachers (well I know they do) try to push their opinions / beliefs onto the kids. i.e. she came home after Sandy Hook and tried to tell me that gun control is the absolute answer to stop these kind of crimes from going on. That was a very bad day for her. Wrong answer and if you come half cocked into a debate with me on a subject you know nothing about then be prepared to be decimated. I'll napalm the village and rebuild it just to napalm it again just for principalities smokey.

Shane it would be my pleasure to enjoy a cold beverage of choice and discuss anything and everything with you. I spent 9 hours on a plane from Rome, Italy to Detroit sitting next to a young priest - can you imagine that conversation?

[Shaneshu87]

hahaha love it! i have a friend who has similar views as you do we usualy meet up at a local bdubs and talk for hours about physics, space, origins of life, religious flaws, yadda yadda, i view the bible as a metaphor, go sit through one sermon and the pastor throws metaphor after metaphor straight from the bible itself, that is why i don't believe in "Creation" as the bible sees it, and i believe that there is a God, maybe not in the way Christians picture him/her, but whoever God is he is a scientist, earth is an experiment, this also explains why there must be other life out there since no scientist only has one variable in any experiment lol but if God presented himself to humans 6,000 years ago and tried explaining quantum physics and relativity to humans who barely knew how to write and speak in a common language, they probably would have exploded.

[Mudpuppy]

Big time show stopper I like to throw out there - did it this past year with great success at a local church. They were talking God is everywhere. He is everywhere. I said I disagree. **GASP** The whole place went dead silent. I let the stagnant odor of my blatant blasphemy and total disregard of all that is sacred lay like mustard gas in WWII for several anxious moments until I laid down the hammer - God is not everywhere. God is EVERYTHING. He is the universe.

This ties into my theory of how the small human mind in comparison to the vast universe cannot possibly comprehend God or what He is or isn't or how the universe was created, etc. etc. We simply don't have the ability. Think of an ant and what their existence might be like compared to us. Then magnify that infinity x infinity and that is our existence in the universe. We have all kinds of theories, etc. but none of them ultimately would be able to be proven 100% accurate. You picking up what I'm laying down? We can't even predict the weather. That's millions of steps below even a Type I civilization. I would feel better if people would just admit we have no idea why we are here, how the universe was created and that we couldn't possibly comprehend what God is or isn't.

In the end my theory is two fold:
1. If you are positive then positive surrounds you and good things happen. A bad attitude and negatively adversely affects your existence. If you have a good attitude I am not saying bad things won't happen to you but how you deal with them makes a big difference. So the guy cut you off on the freeway - so what. It happened. Now do you a. Cut him off, pull out a pipe and smash his head in? or b. Just say whatever and go on about your day focusing on more important things? In this case it would determine the next major portion of your life - would you spend 6 years in jail for assault and battery or would you spend it as a free person.
2. Don't treat people how you want to be treated. What MP? Throw garbage on people, call them names and put them down for laughs and giggles? NO. Treat people how they want to be treated. This shows a genuine interest in a person - you took the time to figure out how they want to be treated based on what is important to them not what is important to yourself. The platinum rule. And this ties into #1 - so that guy that you just decimated his face with an iron pipe - he was on his way to the hospital because he received a phone call that a loved one was in the emergency room in critical condition - doh! Now you just gave him a bed right next to them - great job.

[Blacksox1]

This thread has become a better read. Thanks to those involved.

[MICHAEL]

Bowling is the main reason I get up in the morning! Next to my wife its my everything!! hummmm

[Mudpuppy]

Great minds think alike Mr. Iceman. Organized religion exists simply to:

1. Keep the poor from killing the rich because the poor wouldn't be distracted and figure out hey we are 6.5 billion and they are only a small fraction of that we could kill them all and take their stuff

2. Profit off of the fear of the unknown

I could talk about any of this for many years on end. This is beyond an obsession with me.

There are many highlights in the history of organized religion:
The Crusades - as I mentioned
Inquisition
Rampant (going on right now) child abuse

If you care you can read on: http://www.vexen.co.uk/religion/time_to_move_on.html

I highly recommend checking out www.thezeitgeistmovement.com and watching their movies:


http://youtu.be/pTbIu8Zeqp0

Part II:
http://youtu.be/HbvCxMfcKv4

Part III:
http://youtu.be/Ex8U_4rJn4s

And of course the Godfather of all things that make sense: http://www.thevenusproject.com/

Look on that site for how much his book is and then go to Amazon and see how much it is on there - it's laughable. They definitely DO NOT want you to ready Jacque's book and think about things. Thinkers are not welcome in this world.

[Mudpuppy]

Sorry revised - Amazon finally stopped trying to sell his book for $600. Now it's $150 unless you want used or Kindle edition.

[Shaneshu87]

You mention god and the universe,,, There are MANY,,, MANY universes we have fond in the last 50 years... infinite number... and each having billions of stars within each UNIVERSE... LOTS OF CREATION,,,, FOR WHAT?? (:) Anyway,,, I am sure we could talk for days on the subject!!

more like trillions and trillions upon trillions, the milkyway alone has over a billion counted thus far.

and your right on the head, MP and ICE both, i guess the reason i chose Christianity to represent what i think of God is because there is no church of the MudPuppy yet lol i looked into scientology but it's all science and no God. i firmly believe in evolution, i do not believe in creation, but i believe that there is a God, and he is to big for us to comprehend (love the ant reference i have used it in the past). when you think about how the Earth was made, by shear randomness, a few rocks started clumping together about 15bil years ago, eventually it reached the size of venus, to small to retain significant amounts of water to support life, then it collides with a planet about the same size as Mars and somehow it hit at just the right entry angle (see what i did there) to not destroy the would be earth and instead combine with it bringing its mass to roughly what it is today, the excess that blew off formed the moon, which also slowed down the rotation of the planet for the perfect balance of sunlight for plants and life to thrive. after that this planet was molten rock for a million years HOT LAVA where did the water come from? where did the first strings of DNA come from? some magical random asteroid that crashed in the planet? yes i believe all this happened and that the first life forms rode to earth on an asteroid, but it is simply just to random for it all to be an accident, even our best studies have shown nature to have many variations of life but there is no randomness to it, every adaptation that has evolved on any life form, did so for a purpose. in the end of it all i do believe there is something for us after death, call it heaven, call it hell, it makes no difference to me.

[MICHAEL]

Question everything, take nothing for granted! Use Common sense, Logic, and a fortune teller to answer all of life's puzzles!!

[MICHAEL]

People need to bowl more! Real truths can be found while bowling! Bowling has its way of humbling a conceited, arrogant man/woman!

[MICHAEL]

I am only sending this to those I believe have the mental capacity to comprehend the meaning of these statements. It requires the real deep thinker to grasp these most important facts.

8 Points to Ponder

Number 8 - Death is the number 1 killer in the world.

Number 7 - Life is sexually transmitted.

Number 6 - Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

Number 5 - Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the internet and they won't bother you for weeks, months, maybe years.

Number 4 - Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospital, dying of nothing.

Number 3 - All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.

Number 2 - In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird, and people take Prozac to make it normal.

Number 1 - Life is like a jar of jalapeno peppers. What you do today might burn your tail tomorrow.

...and as someone recently said to me: Don't worry about old age; it doesn't last that long.

[Blacksox1]

I am only sending this to those I believe have the mental capacity to comprehend the meaning of these statements. It requires the real deep thinker to grasp these most important facts.

8 Points to Ponder

Number 8 - Death is the number 1 killer in the world.

Number 7 - Life is sexually transmitted.

Number 6 - Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

Number 5 - Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the internet and they won't bother you for weeks, months, maybe years.

Number 4 - Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospital, dying of nothing.

Number 3 - All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.

Number 2 - In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird, and people take Prozac to make it normal.

Number 1 - Life is like a jar of jalapeno peppers. What you do today might burn your tail tomorrow.

...and as someone recently said to me: Don't worry about old age; it doesn't last that long.

This is one of your better posts Iceman. Keep up the good work.

[Konvict1982]

I didn't meet my wife at the bowling alley and she isn't as big of a fan of bowling as I am but with that said she does have her own ball and enjoys bowling with me and the kids as a family on occasion. As for how I met my wife, I switched schools my junior year of high school and was dating a girl at the new school before I got there. Well apparently she was seeing another guy at that school and things got bad. Anyways my wife was my ex's best friend and though we didn't date in high school she was there for me when things were tough starting a new school. I traveled around after graduating but ended up back home 2 years later and that's when we reconnected and just knew we were meant to be together. Ten years later with 2 kids I am happy and can't imagine not having her in my life.

[Amyers]

I am only sending this to those I believe have the mental capacity to comprehend the meaning of these statements. It requires the real deep thinker to grasp these most important facts.

8 Points to Ponder

Number 8 - Death is the number 1 killer in the world.

Number 7 - Life is sexually transmitted.

Number 6 - Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

Number 5 - Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the internet and they won't bother you for weeks, months, maybe years.

Number 4 - Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospital, dying of nothing.

Number 3 - All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.

Number 2 - In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird, and people take Prozac to make it normal.

Number 1 - Life is like a jar of jalapeno peppers. What you do today might burn your tail tomorrow.

...and as someone recently said to me: Don't worry about old age; it doesn't last that long.

Words to live by my friend I can only make two additions of my own:

#9 why did you do that? It was the point of the thing.
#10 life sucks and then you die.

Best of luck guys.

[Mudpuppy]

A lot of people worry all about what other people are going to do when they die. They have all these elaborate plans, etc. Who cares? I'm dead. I won't care. Throw me in a dumpster and close the lid. Done. It is very strange to think when you die that your existence just stops - just feel like there has to be something more? Overtime of sorts. Like a playoff hockey game. Traveling through wormholes of the universe? They just found billions of inhabitable planets - do we bounce from one to another? Or could we be born again in a past or future time? Maybe existence is circular - like from 1 BC until 10,000 AD? There has been many instances where someone is born that 99.999% chance had a link to a past person, etc.

Another thing people say - I want to die doing something I love, i.e. bowl, with your significant other, riding a motorcycle, driving a race car, etc. I say NO! I want to die doing something I hate so I can get out of it. Better plan. If I am doing something I love I obviously want to live.

Death is certain, life is not.

[Aslan]

It is very strange to think when you die that your existence just stops - just feel like there has to be something more? Overtime of sorts.

Ummm....probably not. You're probably just dead.

Who'd want to live longer anyways? I think heaven would be depressing. Can you imagine making the cut and then watching your kids do a bunch of dumb %&$ and then they die and go to the "hot basement"...and there's nothing you can do about it? If we're going to get to go to heaven and watch down on people we care about...we should at least have the ability to come back down is some cool angel or something like in "It's a Wonderful Life" and tell them what a %*$^their being and they need to snap out of it. Otherwise, whats the point?

Reincarnation makes the most sense. If you're cool in one life, you get to be Tom Cruise in the next life. But if you're a *-hole...you get to be a snail. It's just nice to think when things go right, that I must be getting rewarded for being cool in a past life...and when things go crappy...I can think, "Well...at least I know I had some fun in the past life!" It also helps me not feel bad for people...like this one scary looking girl in the league I sub in...because when I see her I think, "Well....she was probably like Elle McPherson beautiful in her past life....so, thats how it goes." And why be jealous of Oprah...in her past life she was probably like some kind of dung beetle or something?

See, that way of thinking helps explain away the inequities of life. If there is no reincarnation...and it's a one shot deal...then anyone that gets born in like, the Sudan....thats just a **** poor piece of bad luck there. I mean, thats why I believe in a progressive tax system and a more populist style of government...because no matter what a butt-tard George W is; he got born into the Bush family and has always had money, privaledge, nannies, butlers, etc... How can he say he deserves to keep more of "his money" than a guy that has a job at the car wash....never made much of himself...but has the excuse that he got born into a single-mom family...his dad was in jail, and his mom had poor judgement and a boyfriend heavy into meth?? If we're going to have a flat tax...then everyone from birth gets the same stuff...and those that screw it up...gutter. Those that make something of themselves...bonus. Instead, people always want to point to that "one guy" that was born in a public restroom and went on to run a fortune 500 company...while dismissing the 7,000 other kids born in public restrooms that had the average life expectancy of a fruit fly and a 42% incarceration rate.

[MICHAEL]

Bowling has been known to keep marriages together,,,,,, ,, in a time when so many can't seem to SPARE the time for one another. Strike it rich with your wife,,,, be all you can be,,, Join a Fall League! Make your WIFE Proud of you.... go for that 220, and watch the love grow!!!

[rv driver]

Ummm....probably not. You're probably just dead.

Who'd want to live longer anyways? I think heaven would be depressing. Can you imagine making the cut and then watching your kids do a bunch of dumb %&$ and then they die and go to the "hot basement"...and there's nothing you can do about it? If we're going to get to go to heaven and watch down on people we care about...we should at least have the ability to come back down is some cool angel or something like in "It's a Wonderful Life" and tell them what a %*$^their being and they need to snap out of it. Otherwise, whats the point?

Reincarnation makes the most sense. If you're cool in one life, you get to be Tom Cruise in the next life. But if you're a *-hole...you get to be a snail. It's just nice to think when things go right, that I must be getting rewarded for being cool in a past life...and when things go crappy...I can think, "Well...at least I know I had some fun in the past life!" It also helps me not feel bad for people...like this one scary looking girl in the league I sub in...because when I see her I think, "Well....she was probably like Elle McPherson beautiful in her past life....so, thats how it goes." And why be jealous of Oprah...in her past life she was probably like some kind of dung beetle or something?

See, that way of thinking helps explain away the inequities of life. If there is no reincarnation...and it's a one shot deal...then anyone that gets born in like, the Sudan....thats just a **** poor piece of bad luck there. I mean, thats why I believe in a progressive tax system and a more populist style of government...because no matter what a butt-tard George W is; he got born into the Bush family and has always had money, privaledge, nannies, butlers, etc... How can he say he deserves to keep more of "his money" than a guy that has a job at the car wash....never made much of himself...but has the excuse that he got born into a single-mom family...his dad was in jail, and his mom had poor judgement and a boyfriend heavy into meth?? If we're going to have a flat tax...then everyone from birth gets the same stuff...and those that screw it up...gutter. Those that make something of themselves...bonus. Instead, people always want to point to that "one guy" that was born in a public restroom and went on to run a fortune 500 company...while dismissing the 7,000 other kids born in public restrooms that had the average life expectancy of a fruit fly and a 42% incarceration rate.
Don't get me started on religion. you really do not want to go there with me.



Really.

[MICHAEL]

Religion and Politics seem to be HOT buttons for many! Where did it COME FROM.... this thread was about LOVE,,, Marriage,,, did you meet your wife at a bowing alley.... where any of your kids born at the local alley??? Religion and Politics should be a whole new thread.... but if one is created,,,, get ready for a lot of argumentative thoughts and hard feelings! I can't think of any better way to get in a verbal fight, then to get going on either one of those topics! FEELING ARE ALWAYS STRONG, and very diverse!!! Oucccch!!!!! I deleted all of mine... after deep contemplation!

I thought it BEST for PEACE, and harmony!!

[Blacksox1]

Wise move Iceman. Or is it now Wiseman. You know there are at least two more. LOL

[MICHAEL]

Wise move Iceman. Or is it now Wiseman. You know there are at least two more. LOL

In the 1930's, they would call me a "Wise Guy"!! GET IT!!! are you Hip, to what I am trying to say? LOL

[Mike White]

Just ran across this today.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/08/05/california-husband-and-wife-die-4-hours-apart-after-62-years-marriage/

[rv driver]

Just ran across this today.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/08/05/california-husband-and-wife-die-4-hours-apart-after-62-years-marriage/
It's touching -- but not all that surprising.