Houston area (along with DB's not from Houston) BS thread

yeah, i was looking at some of their stuff, buti had a big space to fill, and for a coffee table that size, we were talking the cost of two brand new 35s. almost a locker

Alexis is getting one of those shiny rock things soon, so i don't want to buy anything too supstantial (home decor wise) without her input, since 10 months from now she'll have to live in a house with it

so for now, it was repurposing a small kitchen table. i got some new table legs, cut them down to the proper length, attached them, fixed the slider rails for the center leaf, and fixed a briken piece on the end that folds down for smaller areas. then paint.

 

Congrats man!
Do you plan on buying a home in Houston?

 

morning

 

Thanks

no house in houston. i'm only here temporarily for work. i'm moving to maryland in september, when construction starts on the job we're working on right now. she's in Florida still for work, and will join me in MD when i get there.

 

Damn lol out of all places to relocate you they put there.
My sister and brother in law are relocating from Florida to Houston next year lol

 

congrats colin. any idea on how your gonna do it?

 

I'm sure it will involve him driving down a mountain then hopping in a chariot piloted by white horses playing a guitar solo getting a piggy bag ride from Sharon Osborne.

 

that would be beautiful

 

yeah, the california of the east coast

there are some plusses though.
- both of our families are in VA, about an hour and a half away from the site. so probably only an hour from where we'll live.
- the place is right on the chesapeak, and i grew up boating right in that area, so i can get a boat when we get there
- the 30% raise and a weekly stipend doesn't hurt the deal

Not. a. clue.

default option is to weld the ring into a steel box, hand her a grinder and say surprise

 

The shiny rock mod is expensive. It's also the next mod, so I hear what you're saying. Good man for taking her into consideration when she's 1000 miles away

 

combine those 2 and

 

no kidding, i got a couple of quotes back last week for a custom made ring. tikes

 

FIFY

 

Ya that's not so bad lol to bad all the fish up there are Yankee gay fish, nothing to impressive but hell buy your self a mirage manufacturing boat out of Florida. The owner ken makes so badass boats. I boated a trawler of his back to Florida from the Bahamas



That would be awesome she couldn't be anything more than impressed

 

and now i have orange juice all over my desk thanks lol

 

Two budgets: one for diamond and one for the ring itself.

You start getting into serious customization - or even mild with exotic metals - and you're looking at hefty sum, and that's just for the ring itself.

The Lady doesn't care too much about that; she'd rather see that money go towards a house or an amazing honeymoon. However, I'm old school when it comes to these sorts of things and I want her to have a badass ring so I'm trying to find that happy medium.

 

Walmart sells engagement rings.

 

the different "cuts" of rings are crazy too.

not sure if serious...

 

haven't decided on what kind of boat to get yet. if i can get a place on the water with a dock, or at least a good deal on a rental slip, i'll be pickin up a sailboat for sure. a powerboat wouldn't really depend on my relativity to the water since i can just trailer it. my parents also have a hobie cat and a wakeboard boat on trailers at their place, so it won't be hard to "borrow" those
ideally, i think a sub 30' raceing sailboat and then a pair of jetskis would be the perfect combo to start out with

supposedly her parents have a diamond from here grandmother that i can use, but i haven't seen it in person yet, so i have no idea if it will be up to my/her standards. i'll probably see it next week when i'm back in va for turkey day though.

i'm probably not doing anything too exotic as far as the material goes, but i want to get the design perfect, and have the ring and diamond work together well. you could have a beautiful one-off setting and flawless diamond, and still have them look like shit when you mount them up.

I sure as hell hope i doesn't get up this high, but i'm mentally preparing (so i don't have a hert attack), for a 10k pricetag.

i'd like to keep it at about half that, but i know it's going to be just like the truck .....i'll see the icon vehicle dynamics of diamonds and won't be able to leave without it.....i'm screwed

 

they do indeed