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MovingUpward (original poster member #14866) posted at 3:39 PM on Monday, May 6th, 2013
Monday just isn't a good follow up to these back to back events. We need to create a holiday today. Who's with me? What should we celebrate?
Tred ( member #34086) posted at 3:40 PM on Monday, May 6th, 2013
Married: 27 years (14 @JFO) D-Day: 11/09/11"Ohhhhh...shut up Tred!" - NOT the official SI motto (DS)
jo2love ( member #31528) posted at 4:03 PM on Monday, May 6th, 2013
We can celebrate that we are 4 days from SPF. 
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Jrazz ( member #31349) posted at 5:39 PM on Monday, May 6th, 2013
Historical Events occurring on May 6th (keeping politics out of the mix...)
1833 - John Deere makes 1st steel plow
1851 - Dr John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine"
1889 - Universal Exposition opens in Paris, Eiffel Tower completed
2004 - The series finale of the sitcom Friends airs
Hmm, slim pickins....
Ah well, happy Tractor/Fridge/Tour Eiffel/Friends day, everyone!
"Don't give up, the beginning is always the hardest." - Deeply Scared's mom
MovingUpward (original poster member #14866) posted at 5:45 PM on Monday, May 6th, 2013
Well we can celebrate with fresh produce (tractor), cold wine (fridge and french), and hanging out with friend in turkey eating pants.
Aubrie ( member #33886) posted at 6:05 PM on Monday, May 6th, 2013
We need to create a holiday today.
How about Sit-on-the-couch-editing-photos-and-watching-star-wars-marathon-in-jammies-order-takeout-for-dinner Day?
Cuz that's about all anyone's getting out of me today. 
"Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway." - J. Wayne
lynnm1947 ( member #15300) posted at 6:31 PM on Monday, May 6th, 2013
Victoria Day on May 20. Come on up.
Age: 64..ummmmmmm, no...............65....no...oh, hell born in 1947. You figure it out!
"I could have missed the pain, but I would have had to miss the dance." Garth Brooks
Clarrissa ( member #21886) posted at 11:02 PM on Monday, May 6th, 2013
We had Star Wars Day on Saturday, Cinco De Mayo yesterday so, according to George Takei, today is Revenge of the Sixth. 
BH Cee64D - 50
FWW (me) - 51
All affairs are variations on a theme. No one has 'Beethoven's 5th' to everyone else's 'Chopsticks'.
jo2love ( member #31528) posted at 11:22 PM on Monday, May 6th, 2013
Revenge of the Sixth
Clarrissa ( member #21886) posted at 12:12 AM on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
I was hoping someone would get that, jo.
BH Cee64D - 50
FWW (me) - 51
All affairs are variations on a theme. No one has 'Beethoven's 5th' to everyone else's 'Chopsticks'.
VeryUncertain ( member #37845) posted at 1:32 AM on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
My anniversary!
Totally similar to Derby Day and Cinco de Mayo. Keep celebrating, folks!!
nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 1:51 AM on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
I'm celebrating "sign your paycheck over to the grocery store" day.
So much fun feeding two teenagers. 
You can call me NIK
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
MovingUpward (original poster member #14866) posted at 1:56 AM on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Let me know when it is sign your paycheck over to Moo day.
nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 2:05 AM on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
You'll be standing in line quite a while for that, Moo.
You can call me NIK
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
Sad in AZ ( member #24239) posted at 10:52 AM on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Where were you guys?? I had a reception for 500 people in celebration of May 6th. It was at the aquarium and we had a Mountie--where were you???
You are important and you matter. Your feelings matter. Your voice matters. Your story matters. Your life matters. Always.
Me: FBS (no longer betrayed nor a spouse)-63
D-day: 2007 (two years before finding SI)
S: 6/2010; D: 3/2011
MovingUpward (original poster member #14866) posted at 2:07 PM on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Where were we? Well I just found out last night after it happened. 
I can't believe that you forgot to invite us all. 
sisoon ( Moderator #31240) posted at 11:09 PM on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
May 4th - Haymarket Square riot in Chicago, and in 1915 the start of the May 4th Movement, which gave us folks like Hu Shih, Lao She, and Mao Tse-tung.
fBH (me) - on d-day: 66, Married 43, together 45, same sex apDDay - 12/22/2010Recover'd and R'edYou don't have to like your boundaries. You just have to set and enforce them.
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