R3v halp

[wworm]

Surprised more folks didnt vote for paint considering this is a goddamn car forum...yall are a buncha softies

[decay]

Im guessing anal, but WTF is soaking?

insert. then don't thrust. that's soaking.

it's basically the new generation discovering tantric sex.

[2mAn]

to add to this...in my experience they are all into "soaking", "ncmo", and butt sex so they can be virgins on wedding day. god bless 'em....eh....I guess

How in the heck did you discover those terms? I had to look them up. But in reality, a town in PA is just that, no matter the hole.

No, flyboyx, before you ask, the ear canals, nose, and navel do not count.

Im afraid to look those up, can you give me a PG-13 version of what those are? Im guessing anal, but WTF is soaking?

[roguetoaster]

to add to this...in my experience they are all into "soaking", "ncmo", and butt sex so they can be virgins on wedding day. god bless 'em....eh....I guess

How in the heck did you discover those terms? I had to look them up. But in reality, a town in PA is just that, no matter the hole.

No, flyboyx, before you ask, the ear canals, nose, and navel do not count.

[flyboyx]

Well not as good as mormon girls, but whatever.

to add to this...in my experience they are all into "soaking", "ncmo", and butt sex so they can be virgins on wedding day. god bless 'em....eh....I guess

[roguetoaster]

Well not as good as mormon girls, but whatever.

I don't think that was part of the Beach Boys song.

[flyboyx]

Cue that shitty Train song...

"hey soul sister"?

I was going to tell my ex boss's "butthole licking" story but it seems all the problems have been solved and everything is right with the r3v world. my advice isn't timely but the ring is probably the right choice. I am going to file this thread in my memory bank and come back to it in a few years to see. best of luck with this man.

[george graves]

but you never know midwesterners can surprise ya sometimes

Midwestern girls are awesome. Well not as good as mormon girls, but whatever.

[Ryan...]

That might fit into my budget and still allow me to purchase a rifle..


** Edit, I mean the butt plug attached to my hand. That blue sapphire is probably WAY outside my budget.

[mrsleeve]

^

I dont think his girl will be amused with a butt plug attached to a fist..... but you never know midwesterners can surprise ya sometimes

[MrBurgundy]

[CMBusch]

I also at one point purchased a BMW as a solution to a long term relationship ending... we are soul sisters.

Cue that shitty Train song...

Buying a project car was both the best/worst decision I ever made, but I would do it all over again. Now I can't even justify the effort needed to maintain a relationship.

That black cat of yours is fantastic. I have a cat who looks perpetually alarmed and it's endlessly amusing. Congrats on finding someone who supports you and your interests!

[Ryan...]

Ryan, get the ring it's your girl and your cash, do with it as you see fit..

Definitely going to get the ring, now begins the research phase..

I'd say get the ring...

But then again, what do I know? I'm a 22 year old single college student who bought an E30 as a replacement money pit after a long-term relationship.

I also at one point purchased a BMW as a solution to a long term relationship ending... we are soul sisters.

[CMBusch]

I'd say get the ring...

But then again, what do I know? I'm a 22 year old single college student who bought an E30 as a replacement money pit after a long-term relationship.

[mrsleeve]

The ring my ex-wife got from a mall jewelry store chain ended up being much more durable than the one that one of the "specialty" stores of the first one. They replaced it 3 times because the stones kept falling out and finally gave us our money back + $150 for a dinner.

Was the setting metal and method similar... a lower karat count in the gold makes it much less malleable there by snagging a prong, or just not holding a complex stone well is less common in 10k gold vs 18 or 24k. Also prong design and layout vs height of setting and so on can can make some settings more prone to issues.

And buying stones as an "investment" is stupid anyway, unless you can somehow get below wholesale pricing.

Go buy that $10,000 ring and then see what you can get for it. If you could get 33% of retail you'd being do well.

Your not wrong.... stones are a reasonable investment if you can get them for the right prices, know what your looking at, and have a reliable way to liquidate them when needed. The genuine alexaderites my mother skimped and saved to buy in the late 70s are extremely valuable now, but they are the exception not the rule, and mom knew that then. When you are dealing with
Stones you have to know what your buying and know the circumstances of the markets. Like all the fad tanzanite it comes from a hand full of mostly interconnected mines in Tanzania that all flooded about 7 or 8 years ago, very few new stones are coming out of the ground so supply is shrinking and demand is still there as it is still popular. A true pigeon blood Burmese ruby is rare as most mines in Myanmar are mined out and since the name change few stones make it to the open market so what is out there is our there, and again supply and demand. A true flawless emerald is very rare, as natural emeralds have lots of inclusions are are graded on the amount and type of them.

Again your not wrong for most people it's not a good way to invest your money you have to have a lot of specific knowledge and even then it's not very cost effective for the casual person.

Hence my original post about moissanite, as it allows the same effect, and you put the bulk of your money into the metal weight which will hold its value... an oz. Of gold is worth going market value in ring, bracelet, coin, bar, or nugget based on purity.. same for silver, or platinum... So if your going to put 3k in the ring put the bulk of the money where the value will be recoverable if necessary the metal not the DeBeers rocks.

Lose it or have it stolen and have your insurance company replace it based on it's appraisal, specs, pictures. People get really pissed off when they find out insurance can replace their $6,000 ring for $3,500 through an even more high quality jeweler.

Again not wrong you can get better coverage for such things just like agreed value classic car coverage.
But your going to have to pay more for that coverage, andl like auto coverage wreck your new car, and total it you only going to get a little better than average pay off for it.

when the apocalypse comes, no one is going to trade you food, water, ammunition, etc, for a fancy ring.

In other words, spending real money on jewelry is just dumb.

Like we have talked about in the past, metals have intrinsic value, always will so yes you will be able to trade gold or silver settings for useful items... Back in the old days people put money into such things as a way to keep their wealth on them and be able to carry it easily if in the event they had to leave homes and flee..

While I do hold your general sentiment that it's not the best use of funds, it no different to those that enjoy it than it is to those of us that buy cars and pour 1000s in mods into them. Which seems dumb to those that like shiny sparkling bits and bobs

Rant over.

Ryan, get the ring it's your girl and your cash, do with it as you see fit..