The ***OFFICIAL*** Weekend Singles' Thread -- New Year's Weekend (December 29th-31st)

December 29, 2006 | ilovew, darkangel82

[ilovew]

On Tuesday, former president Gerald R. Ford, Jr. died at the age of 93. He led a full life beginning on July 14, 1913 in Omaha, Nebraska.

The future president was a star athlete and the captain of the Grand Rapids South High School football team. He was offered contracts with the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers but declined so that he could attend Yale Law School. Shortly after his graduation, an outside event changed his plans. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Gerald Ford enlisted in the Navy.



Shortly after returning from the war, Ford decided to run for a seat in the House of Representatives. His 24-year tenure included his rise to the House Minority Leader. After Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned, President Nixon chose Ford to beceome the new vice president. When Nixon himself later resigned, Gerald Ford became the first (and only) person to ever rise to the presidency without ever being elected as president or vice president.


His presidency was notable for not only his pardon of Nixon but, according to many, his restoration of trust in the presidency. President Ford worked hard to ensure that his tenure in the office was open and honest. Later in life, Gerald and Betty Ford moved to their Rancho Mirage home in California. It was there that President Bush visited the couple in April of this year.



On December 26, 2006, Gerald Ford died at his home in Rancho Mirage. Ford will have services in Washington, DC and will be buried at his Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

[darkangel82]

Good way to start a serious(series?) fire.

[rzeznikj at stout]

...and a HUGH explosion

[Kate of Spice Island]

Two lithiums plus two water = two lithium hydroxide plus H₂

[darkangel82]

and a big kaboom as well.

[rzeznikj at stout]

equation balances...

or, put more accurately, two moles of lithium reacted with two moles of water will (theoretically) yield two moles of lithium hydroxide plus one mole of hydrogen gas.

[Kate of Spice Island]

Ummm...

For how much bubblie I have had in celebration of the death of the wicked witch of Iraq, it is a miracle I did as much as I could.

Ya want technical vocabulary, wait til I recover from a Death to Saddam/New Year's weekend...

Hehehe

[WFTR]

For whatever it's worth, I'm 43, but I'm not sure what difference being that age would have over my choice of the ideal date for New Year's Eve.

Of the names on the list, I'm not sure that I would recognize any of them if they passed me on the street. I know who Jessica Alba is. I see why guys find her attractive, but she's just never appealed to me. The same is true of Scarlett Johannsen. Halle Berry has a pretty face and shapely figure. I like her overall look when her hair isn't too short. I don't know anything about her on a personal level, so I don't know whether I could stand trying to talk to her for even ten minutes.

Among prominent conservatives, I agree that Peggy Noonan is an attractive and intelligent lady, but she's enough older that she wouldn't be an ideal date for me. Like most guys on FR, I've panted over Ann Coulter, but she really wouldn't be right for me. She's clearly someone who likes big cities and the whole city scene. I'd rather die than live in that environment. Her latest book, Godless, was either a blatant pander to religious conservatives or shows that she's become a religious conservative. The book was disappointing on several levels, and I'm much less interested in her than I was in the past. Most other prominent conservative women are married.

I think Jessica Simpson is very pretty, and I think the whole tuna/chicken thing was staged. She may not be as stupid as her public image seems to be. She seems to be a nice person in many ways, and I'd value "nice" over "brilliant" anyway. However, I have a hard time wishing that Jessica Simpson would be my New Year's Eve date.

One celebrity who always seemed perfect was Sara Evans, but I really can't tell who's lying in her whole divorce mess. Even if she's completely innocent and completely truthful, her having kids makes her not ideal for me. However, if she didn't have kids, had never been married, and weren't under this whole cloud, she would seem perfect.

I shouldn't have started this post. I'm coming to the depressing realization that not only will I not have a New Year's Eve date, there's no one who I really wish were my New Year's Eve date.

Bill

[WFTR]

Nothing wrong with being single. I seem to have a talent for it.

You're too young and too attractive to have a talent for it.

Bill

[ken5050]

Be of good cheer. And rest assured that "she" is out there, somewhere..it's liek mining diamonds, you have to dig through a lot of dirt to find a gem..And it's a dirty, messy job, but the reward is worthwhile..

[RandallFlagg]

Figures. The one chance and not only am I late, but the thread bit it and keeled over.

[rzeznikj at stout]

you might be able to beat me with the chem vocab, but can you beat me when it comes to *nix...8^)

running two versions of Linux on my system, plus Unix V7 and Minix via emulator...

[ilovew]

That's nice of you to say but what makes you think I'm attractive?

[RandallFlagg]

Nothing wrong with being single. I seem to have a talent for it.

I thought I'd never have to face it again. I completely forgot everything I knew about, "Dating."

[Kate of Spice Island]

OK, you win there...

But I have a teacher certification that indicates that my academic specialization is science, so, yes, I beat you in chemistry/biology. ;D

[Old_Mil]

On Saturday, 12/30/2006, Rollie passed away suddenly at the age of 8.5 years. A corgi-terrier mix, Rollie was a great dog by any standard.

I and Maggie (his sister) will miss him a great deal and 2007 will be a worse year without him.

[ilovew]

Awww...you'll figure it out again.

[ilovew]

Oh, I'm so sorry. I'll pray for you.

[WFTR]

That's nice of you to say but what makes you think I'm attractive?

On the physical side, I was trusting what rzeznikj has been saying over the past few weeks. On the non-physical side, I was going by what I've seen of you on this thread over the past six or ten months. You seem to be a neat lady, and I'm impressed that you're so involved in important questions that our country faces.

Bill

PS. Don't worry. I know I'm too old for you. Besides, I can admire someone getting involved in this part of public service while realizing that I wouldn't be a good partner for her.

[ilovew]

I'm not so sure he believes that. But anyway, thank you :) I wasn't worried about you lol.

[WFTR]

I wasn't worried about you lol.

LOL Thanks!