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Offline Kazan

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Re: Finally selected my wedding ring
lol grug doesn't know me very well

head to the pub? lol
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Re: Finally selected my wedding ring
and yes - i will rule them all :D

Most men seem to go into marriage believing that. It generally takes a few years to realise the terrible depth of that mistake :p

HAHAHAHA.......

Thats funny because it is true.  I have been married for only 2 years and I just learned who is boss.    :(
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lol grug doesn't know me very well

head to the pub? lol

That could be taken a few ways...

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Offline Kazan

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take it in the kazan-doesn't-drink way
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Offline Grug

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Fair 'nuff. :p
I'll go to the pub on your behalf then. ;)

 

Offline aldo_14

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Fair 'nuff. :p
I'll go to the pub on your behalf then. ;)

Yeah, cos you really need an excuse to......

 

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Fair 'nuff. :p
I'll go to the pub on your behalf then. ;)

Yeah, cos you really need an excuse to......

Quiet you. :p
Who doesn't!?

 

Offline Wild Fragaria

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Re: Finally selected my wedding ring
You have pick a nice place for the wedding.  So what are you going to do if that's the only check you'll get?  Make up the rest from your own pocket or cut the guest list?

 

Offline Kazan

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make up the rest out of pocket - cutting the guest list wouldn't make it cheaper
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Offline Gortef

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Good loking ring Kazan. Nice choise. Also the place looks fantastic aswell :)
Habeeb it...

 

Offline BlackDove

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Re: Finally selected my wedding ring
Tacky.

what are you refering to as tacky? my ring of Ferret's post?

Your ring.

I've been pretty lucky to sit in on this conversation with a friend of my family a few years back who was a sixth generation goldsmith/jewler, owned his own shop, etc. etc.

Basically it comes down to detail, or lack of it, defining the features and quality. There is nothing wrong with the kind of a ring you chose, if the ring and its ingredients cost in the upper range of about a million dollars (figurative price, just to paint the value system behind precious stones) and beyond and the detail is matched with quality, but even just looking at the image of that ring, I can see it definitely isn't one with high-value jewels and gold, but more it's trying to look as if it is.

The key to selecting a ring is your price range, and then taking the value and making it seamless. The ring you chose, to me, just screams "tacky" as it has quite a bit of detail, and it clearly states that you wanted a ring which displays a lot of features.

Only the poor man needs something to brag about. Much like the uneducated being the ones who demand respect the most. So, hand in hand, goes property and what it displays. Your ring displays a lot.

But that's just my opinion, and my opinion isn't fact. We all see what we see. If you want an example of my point of view from popular culture, it would sort of be the "Lord of the Rings", actual ring, being just an ordinary gold ring with that much power behind it, or more accurately, the "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" with the whole Holy Grail topic in the end. The Grail of kings wasn't the one with the jewlery and sparkly **** on it, it was the cup of a carpenter that gave "eternal life".

On another note though, I very much like the choice of your wedding location. Very good choice. :yes:
« Last Edit: May 04, 2006, 08:15:04 pm by BlackDove »

 

Offline Kazan

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Re: Finally selected my wedding ring
wow.. that was pulled out of someone's ass

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There is nothing wrong with the kind of a ring you chose, if the ring and its ingredients cost in the upper range of about a million dollars (figurative price, just to paint the value system behind precious stones)

how the ****ing hell do you figure that? it's just two tone gold - no stones, the white gold has a yellow gold electroplate with a brushed finish and it's etched

furthermore - if i had purchased one with stones i would get lab grown stones since they're chemically more pure, you have finer control over the colors, they don't have flaws and they're cheaper.  MY fiancee even intends to get lab stones for hers.

seriously, where did you get this load of **** from.
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wow.. that was pulled out of someone's ass

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There is nothing wrong with the kind of a ring you chose, if the ring and its ingredients cost in the upper range of about a million dollars (figurative price, just to paint the value system behind precious stones)

how the ****ing hell do you figure that? it's just two tone gold - no stones, the white gold has a yellow gold electroplate with a brushed finish and it's etched

furthermore - if i had purchased one with stones i would get lab grown stones since they're chemically more pure, you have finer control over the colors, they don't have flaws and they're cheaper.  MY fiancee even intends to get lab stones for hers.

seriously, where did you get this load of **** from.

Kaz, it only really matters what you (well, and the wife-to-be) think of it anyways, so i wouldn't let it annoy you.

 BD ovbviously prefers something plain & simple, although a more polite phrasing of that would be nice, IMO, and in any case I'd imagine the ring looks different than in the photo simply due to light and contrast differences in 'real' light anyways (for example, the reflectance on the cross-hatching potentially makes it look a bit like faux-diamonds).

 

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wow.. that was pulled out of someone's ass

how the ****ing hell do you figure that?

seriously, where did you get this load of **** from.

See, that's just the thing I was talking about.

 

Offline aldo_14

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Alright, just break it up........

 

Offline Ulala

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The location looks great, it'll be a beautiful wedding indeed. Congrats Kazan, good luck to you and your gal!  :nod:
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Offline Kazan

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thank you ulala


BD i'm still waiting for an explaination of why you think a few pennyweight of gold should cost $1 million
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Offline aldo_14

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thank you ulala


BD i'm still waiting for an explaination of why you think a few pennyweight of gold should cost $1 million

He thought the silver bits were diamonds (or diamond-esque jewels).

 

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Re: Finally selected my wedding ring
No he didn't.


BD i'm still waiting for an explaination of why you think a few pennyweight of gold should cost $1 million

I already explained everything. :)

 

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