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isnt that the name of wolfs sister-in-law?
Ummm…. no.
The Wolf
he never said that you said that he said that it did.
Heh. I *was* going to post that, but then thought better of it. 🙂
The Wolf
Bread crumbs
sandwiches
french toast
The Wolf
So, being that you Lain, doesnt make you a good Jew.
I never said that it did.
Let’s back this up a bit before this turns into a train-wreck.
Blueprints asked a question and asked people who read secular books on Shabbos not to post.
Strictly as a joke (and to be a troublemaker 🙂 ) I posted anyway.
BP then implied (from my understanding of the post) that I was eligilbe since I lain.
My counter to that (although not stated clearly) is that if that’s the case, then no one’s ineligible because no one has a policy of reading ONLY secular books on Shabbos.
Now that that’s settled, let’s get back to the OP’s question…
(Boy, one wisecracking throw-away joke and it turns into a whole rigamarole… 🙂 )
The Wolf
Thank you OP (and/or mods) for the title edit.
The Wolf
She said “hello.”
My formal request for her to marry me later on was just a formality at that point.
The Wolf
Or do what I do when I go to shul on Friday nights*… just don’t sit.
The Wolf
* I’m not a member of the shul I daven in on Friday nights. However, I have found a spot that is not a seat where I can usually stand in peace and daven.
The Wolf
Also, if I may offer a suggestion… next time please choose a thread title that is more informative of the thread contents. 🙂
The Wolf
Wolfishmusings don’t underestimate yourself apparently you do the leyning Friday nights no?
I’m not sure what this has to do with anything. It’s entirely possible for one to learn Torah AND read secular books on Shabbos.
I don’t think anyone maintains that one must read *exclusively* secular books on Shabbos.
The Wolf
Posting anyway just to be a troublemaker. 🙂
Carry on…
The Wolf
More accurately (if I’m correct), you could have written “My zivug came through Him”.
I suppose you’re probably correct.
The Wolf
I’ll address Joseph:
Bravo! Well said (much better than I could have put it).
The Wolf
Wolf, didnt she use to? I remember that screename from somewhere.
I’ve been mentioning her on my blog for the past five years, and she does occasionally comment there.
The Wolf
but Wolf is the last one I would expect to do something so childish as to have 2 screen names.
Thank you for the kind words.
The Wolf
All Shidduchim came through G-d.
You know what I meant….
The Wolf
Maybe *kapusta* is Eeees?
(humor)
Possible… but highly improbable.
The Wolf
most likley Wolf and Eees considering they are married.
Eeees, to the best of my knowledge, does not browse or post in the CR.
The Wolf
I don’t know why people don’t take the “Chashash Kidushin” more seriously. Would you play with a light switch on Shabbos? Of course not. Kiddushin is 1,000,000 times more serious. If you are proposing, stay away from the ring or anything that remotely looks like you are making a real kidushin. Please, don’t mess up, the ramifications could be for generations.
Please address my question above. If both parties know and understand that the ring is not for kiddushin, why would you think there is a possibility that it’s a valid kiddushin.
I gave my niece a birthday present last year. Do you think I’m married to her because I didn’t explicitly say “this isn’t for kiddushin?” After all, we both knew that it wasn’t for kiddushin, even though we didn’t say it.
The Wolf
Well, I have a nose and Eeees has a nose…
The Wolf
maybe they can explain it, its been bothering me for a while
What’s to explain? I’ve been posting on message boards for over 10 years and in all that time, I’ve been signing with my name. I do the same thing on my blog.
The Wolf
We’re not the same person… sorry.
The Wolf
For me, the answer is God. My shidduch came through Him.
The Wolf
Wolf – when are those 3 cups drunk?
Whenever I *really* need a caffine burst. Usually one or two of them are imbibed Shavuous night.
The Wolf
FWIW, I drink about three cups of coffee a year, so, for me, the answer is no.
The Wolf
They are not giving money to the collector. The collector is merely an agent for the Torah, and not the beneficiary.
Do you really believe that?
If you were collecting for [insert favorite cause here] and someone gave you a donation for that cause, you wouldn’t say “thank you?” even if you aren’t a beneficiary of the cause?
The Wolf
They don’t have to accept/reject your post on an all-or-nothing basis… they can edit it too.
The Wolf
Just to elaborate one more point on my last post:
You may or may not consider your background situation to be “baggage,” but, for the sake of argument, let’s say that it is.
Fine, so you have some minor baggage.
Those people that are going to reject you out of hand for your “baggage” without even looking at the type of person that you are has baggage of a far worse sort — closemindedness. I’d take someone with your “baggage” over that any day of the week. At least your “baggage” isn’t internal to you and in your power to change. They, however, are *choosing* to be closeminded and elitist.
Again, as I said, it may not seem this way to you know, but take my word — you’re far better off without that baggage.
The Wolf
“Iomega Prestige 320 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive”
Iomega = brand/manufacturer
Prestige = model name
320 GB = storage capacity
USB 2.0 = the protocol by which it communicates and connects to your computer
Portable External Hard Drive = description.
This drive is probably a drive with spinning platters, just like the one in your computer (only smaller).
The Wolf
FWIW, IMHO, if someone is rejecting you for things that are out of your control, you’re probably better off without them anyway.
My parents are divorced. While I did not go the “traditional” shidduch dating route, my sister did. She ended up marrying a very nice guy from a well-known family and they are still happily married now. Were there some guys who looked down on her because her parents weren’t married (and worse, her father wasn’t frum)? Perhaps there were – but she was far better off without those people.
My rule is this: something that is beyond your control should not be used as the sole reason to say no (or yes, for that matter).
I know it may not seem like it now, but trust me — if someone says no to you solely because your parents are divorced, without even bothering to consider what type of person you are — then you’ve managed to avoid a bullet.
The Wolf
so when this iomega 320 is called a “usb drive” that is not really consistent with the generally accepted usage of “usb drive”
it should better be called an “external drive”
It’s an external drive that connects to your computer through USB.
Technically speaking, a thumb (or flash) drive is the same thing, except that in most cases, they are differentiated in two ways:
1. They are smaller and plug directly into the computer (as opposed to being connected through a cable)
2. They are solid state and generally have smaller capacities.
The Wolf
Rav Shach said you don’t even have to say Shkoiyach because you are giving him more than he gave you!
I find it hard to believe that Rav Shach would say that you don’t have to say “thank you” to someone when they give you money. Furthermore, I find it hard to believe that Rav Shach would allow someone learning in Kollel to develop an entitlement attitude as in “it’s due to me.”
The Wolf (who says “thank you” to people even when they are being paid to do their job.)
I know plenty of people who are yeshivish/chassidish — some have good manners and some have atrocious manners. The same applies to some “modern” people as well. And it even applies in the non-Jewish world too.
In other words, I don’t think it’s a “yeshivish” thing to have bad manners. Your friend may just have the bad luck of having a bad sample.
The Wolf
Photoshop and Google are well on their way there.
The Wolf
1. A few CR readers (who may or may not be posters as well — I don’t know) know who I am IRL. I only know one poster IRL — and he posts here under his real name anyway.
2. full time (L – other). Part time (G – student). On the side (K – writer).
The Wolf
This is a very old problem. I complained about this back in June 2009.
I’m very happy to see that it’s being seriously addressed now. Thank you mods.
The Wolf
We’ve tried to mark each known Joseph for your convenience. How have a look at this recent thread, and see for yourself what has been going on
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/chilul-hashem-from-the-pulpit
I find the thread title disingenuous. Even if smoking is not considered “bummy,” that hardly means that there is “nothing wrong” with it.
The Wolf
What do you say to “homeless people living in Shuls”?
Do you know someplace where this is happening? And if so, where?
The Wolf
really?
Well, to be fair, it’s not a matter of real homelessness, as in the permanent sense, but more along the lines of travels who are in town for Shabbos and have nowhere else to go (i.e. the temporary homeless).
I agree that you shouldn’t have people living in a shul full-time. Except in emergency situations, a shul should not be a homeless shelter.
OP, do you know of a place where this is occurring?
The Wolf
Why do you think we say kiddush in shul on Friday night?
The Wolf
Isnt giving a ring direct, a problem of kesef kidushin?
In my case, the matter is now academic.
In any event, can it be said that it is kesef kiddushin when both parties know and understand that it’s not and that there will be an actual kiddushin later on?
In other words, if both parties agree that the ring is NOT for kiddushin, then how could you possibly say that it is?
The Wolf
While I’m a *big* believer in romantic guestures and all that, for Eees and I, it was very simple.
We were celebrating the anniversary of the day that we met (a day we still celebrate in addition to our wedding anniversary date). I brought over a bottle of champagne and we were going to have a small low-key celebration. Instead, I brought over the champagne and a ring*. We sat on the couch, I told her that I was so happy that she had come into my life, and that I couldn’t imagine life without her and that I was hoping she’d choose to spend the rest of it with me.
That was it.
The Wolf
* Actually, I didn’t have an engagement ring ready then — but I didn’t want to let the occasion pass. So, I bought a candy ring. Eeees is probably the only person I know who ate her engagement ring. 🙂 Yes, we got a real engagement ring later on.
Ah, I guess you’re not familiar with Shel Silverstein.
The Meehoo with an Exactlywatt
by Shel Silverstein
Knock knock!
Who’s there?
Me!
Me who?
That’s right!
What’s right?
Meehoo!
That’s what I want to know!
What’s what you want to know?
Me, WHO?
Yes, exactly!
Exactly what?
Yes, I have an Exactlywatt on a chain!
Exactly what on a chain?
Yes!
Yes what?
No, Exactlywatt!
That’s what I want to know!
I told you – Exactlywatt!
Exactly WHAT?
Yes!
Yes what?
Yes, it’s with me!
What’s with you?
Exactlywatt – that’s what’s with me.
Me who?
Yes!
GO AWAY!
Knock knock…
mewho,
Just out of curiosity, would you pick up an exactlywhat on a chain while hitchhiking? 🙂
The Wolf
yes, i mean the question, not that the decision is out of the chossen and kallah’s hand just that the actual question and/or cutesy proposal is eliminated
Thanks for the confirmation.
That being said, I’m not sure what, exactly, your problem with a proposal is (your OP was terribly unclear on the matter). Can you please articulate what, exactly, is so bad about a proposal that you propose banning it for all?
The Wolf
Wolfish, I think she’s proposing eliminating the actual question between the two parties.
Perhaps… but I’d like confirmation from the OP.
The Wolf
The best quality time in my life is at home… not hundreds of miles from home.
The same applies to me as well. Nonetheless, it’s nice to get away and have a change of scenery once in a while.
The Wolf
I’m confused. Are you saying merely that the shadchan should act as an intermediary in the actual question, or are you saying that the decision should be taken out of the chosson/kallah’s hands entirely and left to the shadchan and parents?
The Wolf
From what I gather of your other posts, you’re in your mid-30s, and have a pretty controlable, predictable scedule. Getting in shape should be a piece of cake (pun intended).
you’re in your mid-30s
Close, but not quite correct.
have a pretty controlable, predictable scedule.
BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!
Nonetheless, I did actually start to diet again last week — for the first time in about six or seven years. It’ll take me longer than 11-12 weeks to get to “normal” weight — but I know I can do it as I did it in the past.
The Wolf