# Life is good, or: the Long Wait is over. :) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 9, 2004, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-good-or-the-long-wait-is-over/259003 "2004-08-09T09:44:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-good-or-the-long-wait-is-over/259003/61 "2004-08-12T22:09:35Z")
How’d I miss this? Note to self: read the SDMB now and then. Congratulations, you two! Wishing you much happiness, and may **Heloise** be free of pain very shortly! ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-good-or-the-long-wait-is-over/259003/62 "2004-08-12T22:21:54Z")
Yay! I’m glad you two are finally going to be cohabitating. ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-good-or-the-long-wait-is-over/259003/63 "2004-08-12T23:02:08Z")
It’s about time! Hope all goes well with the move and Heloise’s medical treatment. I’m just gonna miss you by a few days - I arrive in A’dam on the 18th and leave on the 25th. Please arrange for no rainstorms during that time. Mostly sunny and in the 70s would be perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-good-or-the-long-wait-is-over/259003/64 "2004-08-16T08:26:59Z")
First of all, I love Mary Kay. Second, **Coldfire** , I can’t possibly imagine you “speaking ghetto” irl, so when you type it, you baffle me. 🙂 Third, **beckwall** , you may want sunny days, but I’m in Phoenix right now and will take all the rain I can get when I get there! Now, it took me a bit of time to respond to this, but please, someone, take mercy and don’t let me be the threadkiller! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-good-or-the-long-wait-is-over/259003/65 "2004-08-16T11:09:07Z")
> [@Heloise](#): > > Now, it took me a bit of time to respond to this, but please, someone, take mercy and don’t let me be the threadkiller! 😃 Always glad to help out. Don’t worry about lack of rain. We had too much of it the last few days. There are lot’s of nice places here in the Netherlands to pick up all those little doo-dads and thingies that just scream: “I’m married, and my wife does all the decorating. I even had to move my PlayStation to the attic, that’s how whipped I am”. My wife also shares the penchant for zebra (and panther) patterns. just make sure not to overdo it, because the big windows (and no drapes) prevalent here, means all your neighbours can look and laugh at you. So **Coldfire** , when are you taking Heloise to Volendam to take the obligatory picture of the two of you in traditional Dutch garb? There are some nice examples [here.](http://www.fotoshopvolendam.nl/index_en.html) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-good-or-the-long-wait-is-over/259003/66 "2004-08-16T11:13:35Z")
I’m fluent in ghetto! Well, OK, maybe not so much in American ghetto. 🙂 And Mycroft, we already visited Volendam last year. Personally, I hate that inbred little unmannered eal valhalla, but it sure makes for nice snapshots (I actually typed “snapshits” first, believe it or not). 🙂 BTW, I’m keeping her the hell away from stores like whatsitcalled, the lifestyle & gadget one where you can buy all those silly reed baskets and potpourri containers and such? I forget the name… there’s one in the PC Hooftstraat, for example. ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-good-or-the-long-wait-is-over/259003/67 "2004-08-16T12:00:56Z")
> [@Coldfire](#): > > BTW, I’m keeping her the hell away from stores like whatsitcalled, the lifestyle & gadget one where you can buy all those silly reed baskets and potpourri containers and such? I forget the name… there’s one in the PC Hooftstraat, for example. Oh, you mean the HEMA right? 😃 Sorry, that’s probably too much of an inside joke to those not familiar with Holland. HEMA is like the Dutch version of what Woolworth’s used to be in the States. Actually, [HEMA](http://www.hema.nl/Hema/default.asp?noredirect=true) (along with [Albert Heijn](http://www.ah.nl/) and [Blokker](http://www.blokker.nl/)) would be a real example of what it means to be Dutch, much more than Volendam or [Kinderdijk](http://www.kinderdijk.nl/) ever will be. You’re right about Volendam by the way, but for some reason all my Brazilian relatives seem to think it is the very epitome of Dutchness, so I have to go there at least once a year. I much prefer Harderwijk for my paling and haring needs. 😃 This seems like a good opportunity to use my sig by the way. ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-good-or-the-long-wait-is-over/259003/68 "2004-08-16T12:02:02Z")
> [@Mycroft Holmes](#): > > This seems like a good opportunity to use my sig by the way. Which I of course forgot to do. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-good-or-the-long-wait-is-over/259003/69 "2004-08-16T12:03:15Z")
> [@Mycroft Holmes](#): > > Which I of course forgot to do. :smack: AGAIN!!! :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-good-or-the-long-wait-is-over/259003/70 "2004-08-16T12:50:25Z")
Ha ha, malloot. 🙂 The store I’m referring to is basically an expensive Blokker. Somewhere in the back of my head, the name _Lifestyle_ is presenting itself. Yes, really. What kind of a name is that? What, my lifestyle is supposed to be defined by little cilinders that make your crapper smell like the moors, and a reed basket with dried fruit and hay? F off! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-good-or-the-long-wait-is-over/259003/71 "2004-08-16T12:56:12Z")
> [@Heloise](#): > > Now, it took me a bit of time to respond to this, but please, someone, take mercy and don’t let me be the threadkiller! 😃 Well, so far you’re more of a thread resurrector, aren’t you? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-good-or-the-long-wait-is-over/259003/72 "2004-08-16T13:24:41Z")
**Coldfire,** the happiness of you two (and everybody congratulating) just radiates from this tread. Congrats! Oh, and wasn’t that store “Dille and Kamille”? Stay away from it, I tell you! ::rearranges cute oldfashioned three-piece wicker eggbeater-set:: ---
**Author:** ![ThatDuckIsEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@ThatDuckIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThatDuckIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-good-or-the-long-wait-is-over/259003/73 "2004-08-16T18:18:57Z")
**Coldfire** , I love all your smilies in this thread. Usually when I see your username, I think: “[Jules from Pulp Fiction/] Bad Mutha\*\*cka[/JFPF]” But your posts here are warm and snuggly. I wish you and your ever-loving **Heloise** all the happiness and good times Fate can bring. Cheers! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-good-or-the-long-wait-is-over/259003/74 "2004-08-26T09:57:18Z")
OK, the hour is nigh! 🙂 My sweet bride is currently sleeping like a baby. Either that, or wide awake and totally stressing out, whichever comes first. 🙂 But in about 6 hours, she’ll be on a plane bound for Newark, and in about 21, she will be in my arms. Wooo! 🙂 [sub]ThatDuckIsEvil, I’m still a bad mothaf\*ckah, rest assured. No, really![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-good-or-the-long-wait-is-over/259003/75 "2004-08-26T23:20:23Z")
OK, at the risk of nauseating all of you, here’s the latest. My sweetheart took off from Newark some 15 minutes ago, bound for Amsterdam. She lands in 7 hours from now. :):)🙂 Time to catch some sleep, wake up, get all purty, and pick her up. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-good-or-the-long-wait-is-over/259003/76 "2004-08-27T02:54:25Z")
> [@auntie em](#): > > Copycats! Copycats, I say! The whole Interracial Couple Getting Married In Vegas thing was OUR idea! We thought of it first, and are working on the patent! 😉 Hey. Wait. You and **SkipMagic** are an interracial couple? He _assured_ me he was black the other day! Congrats, **Coldie** and **Heloise**! I’m very happy for you! ---
**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-good-or-the-long-wait-is-over/259003/77 "2004-08-27T06:02:45Z")
I’m happy for you **Coldie**. I’m about to launch into the international marriage thing myself and it is good to know there are others around who have made it work. I guess we won’t be seeing you on the boards for a few days. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-good-or-the-long-wait-is-over/259003/78 "2004-08-27T06:24:28Z")
Congratulations, **Coldfire**. Best of wishes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-good-or-the-long-wait-is-over/259003/79 "2004-08-27T12:03:05Z")
> [@](#): > > I guess we won’t be seeing you on the boards for a few days. 😉 “Mommy! Coldfire’s getting _pointy!_” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-good-or-the-long-wait-is-over/259003/80 "2004-08-27T13:04:56Z")
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