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Heck if I ever have to do ANYTHING I wish it would be in the US

Unfortunately, many of the "kids" getting married do it mostly for the "freedom" it provides them to move out and away from their overprotective parents' control (being able to have sex more freely is another major factor). The parents think they are guiding their kids in the right direction, the kids get what they want right now ... and in the short term it all seems to work great. But in the longer terms ............

We would agree if you leave "to deal with" out of that sentence. Otherwise, we disagree.

Well, maybe not yours per se but we'll probably agree that there still are a large number of girls/women who have been brought up their entire lives having that specific "dream" contantly drilled in their heads.

Yes ... now things are far more dynamic. Both men and women move around with the opportunities, they have lofty career and personal goals, and getting married, forming a family, "settling down", and raising kids is no longer the primary driving force in many people's lives. This is also a major contributing factor to the ever increasing divorce rate (not to mention the decreasing number of people willing to consider marriage). Now I fully realize that in the "Glendale/Burbank" microcosm things are still very last century in many respects. But I am referring to the larger picture in the more "forward moving" metropolitan/suburban populations in the US.

I don't know about all the other stuff but the most disturbing thing to me about all this is that there are still girls out there whose "life long dream" is just that ... for a guy to get on one knee and beg for this supposedly amazing gift of saying "yes". Frankly, if that's the "life long dream" of the girl I'm with, all I have to say is thanks but no thanks.

That is sooooooooooo last century.

Very well said.

It's about time all these religious people join their creator and leave the earth to the rest of us "damned".

ah, thanks.

What's CL?

I ain't petting no homo nothing

http://www.seapahn.us/seapahn/gal/paris/images/DCP_0168.jpg This was on display at the Louvre when I was there a few years ago. I don't know much about it other than I like it.

The only ones that really need an exorcism are the priests themselves that are doing this ... as a smart guy (i.e. me) once said, religion is the tool of the devil.

Yah what he said.

Haha

Hey let's chip in and make him tatoo "HYEFORUM" on his leg!!!!!! I'm in

Yah to some, it's downright personal.

The trip is its own reward Yup ... By the way, I checked some of my older GPS maps of the routes I have taken and I was a bit off ... the nice drive on CR-S2 is actually between Scissors Crossing and going south to Ocotillo... not to be confused with Ocotillo Wells which is like 80 miles away. Funny story about that is one time a group of us were waiting at Ocotillo for someone to show up (yup she was the only other Armenian to join the group and yup she was 17 and yup she was driving her brand spanking new lifted truck and yup she didn't have a map ) ... and after a couple of hours of being late she called me all crying and lost ... turns out she was going towards Ocotillo Wells and worst of all, she was just about out of gas and panicing ... the rest is a long story but we finally found her.

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By the way, next time you want to go somewhere like this, go check out Anza Borrego. It's good to take an SUV (definitely not a brand new jetta ) but a lot of places you can go with just 2 wheel drive (no 4x4 needed). It's about 150 miles from Glendale ... Heck just the drive there would be great fun and there are a lot of places to just stop and enjoy the scenery of the desert. ... ... you take the 15 down to Temecula, take CA 79 South towards INDIO, then take the CR-S2 to Scissors Crossing. This are all paved roads but you will first love the drive on CA 79 ... but then REALLY love CR-S2. The desert there is VERY beautiful. At Scissors Crossings, you can take the 78 back through Julian and Ramona back to Ocean Side, again, a VERY nice drive. Heck you can even do all this in the Jetta! But beware that there's not much around on CR-S2 so don't start it with an empty gas tank and take all the necessary safety precautions if going alone.

That's what you say now but you have been bitten by the bug. I give it a month before you get the cravings to go get away from people at least for a few hours again ... and who knows ... maybe you'll even be doing this. Just kidding ... the key is not to go alone (as in one vehicle) ... I know gas is not very conducive to driving now but all you need is one other vehicle in case you break down to just get away from it all and maybe even spend the night watching those stars and just listening to nothing (love that part until you actually hear something in the dark ).

The other thing you can do is click on the "show translit" link right below where you are replying and it will allow you to type armenian in english letters. It'll be something like this: Տհե ոտհեր տհինգ յոու ցան դո իս ցլիցկ ոն տհե "շու տրանսլիտ" լինկ րիղտ բելու ւհերե յոու արե րեպլյինգ անդ իտ ւիլլ ալլու յոու տո տյպե արմենիան ին ենգլիշ լետտերս.

Well ... maybe a complimentary stop at the buffet on the way home? After everyone is safe and sound that is

I am not done with the warranty yet but I didn't have to deal with Asus directly. I sent it back to the place I bought it from (mwave.com) and they have been good with this kinds of things in the past. But for now, I paid for a new one because I needed it right away ... they said they would refund my money once they got the old one. So I'll have to wait and see till tomorrow if they actually do refund.