Wedding anniversaries

[smreish]

Cut from elsewhere:

Heath.
Should be this week. Trying to fit the MM upgrades in the the production schedule, Santa and other projects (okay - honey do list). :)

[Gerald D]

Today is our wedding anniversary; she got to lie by the pool, I got to painting one wall each in the TV & dining rooms and the kitchen. It's a tough schedule us guys have to keep to . . .

[Gerald D]

. . . .but she is taking me to dinner tonight: http://www.fiveflies.co.za/

[sailfl]

Gerald,

Congratulations! How many years has she been putting up with you?

Pictures in the AM.......

[Gerald D]

28. no time for pics in the morning ;)

[gmessler]

Happy Aniversary Gerald.:)

[YRD]

28. no time for pics in the morning ;)

You are a winner ... I am 5 years ...

But not signed any contract :cool: :eek:

Congratulations

[servant74]

First and more importantly, Congrats Gerald! I've had 25 wonderful years of marriage, and my wife has had something close to that with me ;) ... I wish you many more happy years!

This may be off topic, but if two Z carriers were used, what would be an appropriate way to hook up dust hoses? Over the side of the car around the Y axis frame?

[smreish]

..interesting date Gerald, Today is my and mines 5th Wedding Anniversary. Now the MM really does fit in my marriage!:D Congrats to you as well.

[sailfl]

Congratulation to you also Sean. Enjoy

[hennie]

Geluk ! Die Tannie kyk goed agter die oom.:)

[Gerald D]

Uit die tannie se mond: "Jou m03r!"

Congrats Sean. Being so close after Xmas, there is a risk of forgetting the date. . . . I've done it once . . . . . after the year in which she forgot! :D

Jack, dust hoses for twin Z's are a major headache - they have to fight for space with the y-motor or with the y-cable chain. (They cannot pass outside the y-car. between the gantry tubes without reducing the y-travel)

[Kobus_Joubert]

Congratulations Gerald... I married Elize on 15 December 1984....still going strong.

[Greg J]

CONGRATULATIONS JENNY !!! and Gerald ;)

It's amazing what women will put up with. Just ask Karen. :)

Many more happy years to both of you.

[Doug_Ford]

Congrats Gerald and Sean. What did you order at Five Flies? Did you get the snoek? Kathryn and I have been married 28 years also.

[domino11]

Gelukwensing! Gerald!

Congratulations Sean!

Only been 10 years for me, well Im sure Betty would say its been longer living with me though. :rolleyes:

[MetalHead]

Congrats!!! 21 years for me this year !!

[hennie]

11 years and still counting ,my wife put the knife back in the drawer after the third year:)

[Lex]

Congrats Gerald and Sean!
It is a long and interesting road. Mine was 30 years in April!:p
One of chaps at work told me that a live sentence is a lot shorter than that!:)

[Gerald D]

Lex, het jy geweet dat getroude mans langer lewe as ongetroude mans . . . . . . . maar getrouded mans is meer gewillig om dood te gaan?

(Did you know that married men live longer than unmarried men . . . . . . but married men are more willing to die?)

[Kobus_Joubert]

In my 24 years , I never thought of DIVORCE....but MURDER every now and then...:D

[Marc Shlaes]

Christmas Eve was 21 for me. It happens day by day.:D

[Gerald D]

Here you can see the strain of 28 years: :)

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More of the family:

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flr: Jenny (wife), Sean (son), Amy (son's fiancé), Caren (daughter), Pam (wife's mom)

photo by Caren's fiancé, Daniel

[Alan_c]

Congrats Gerald & Jenny (and all the others listed above), heading for my 17th in January.

Its amazing how grizzly bearded men like us can have such good looking offspring, it must be our wives strong genes coming through :D

[sailfl]

Gerald,

You have nice family. You are a fortunate man.

Thanks for sharing you photos. Looks like you had a wonderful time.

Congratulations again.

[gmessler]

A scenic view like that....A beautiful family like that....a little champagne......

I can see why the man would have a grin on his face.:D

Great photos Gerald

[domino11]

Gerald,
Thank you for sharing your photos. It makes it seem like we have now met. When is that Mechmate convention is SA anyway? :)

[Doug_Ford]

Beautiful family!!! I thought you had a boep. In that picture, you're looking pretty svelte.:)

[Greg J]

Great Pictures Gerald. :)

[normand blais]

Hi Gerald and Jenny I wish you many more years together

[Hugo Carradini]

Hello Gerald.
Feliz ANIVERSARIO and great New Year 2009.:)

[hennie]

This is my other half

[Gerald D]

Angename kennis!

[smreish]

Happy days! Congratulations on another year.

[sailfl]

Happy New Year to all.

I watched from Jury Duty our 44th President get sworn in and I am a very proud American. I hope he has a influence for change for our country and the world.

Hennie, you are a fortunate man. She is a lovely woman. You are a nice looking couple.

[YRD]

Nils,
The world expects better times with Obama. Congratulations.

Hernie,
Nils is completely correct.

[Lex]

Baie geluk Hennie en Caroline! Ten minste raak dit beter elke jaar aan die vrou se kant!:D Die man bly maar net 'confused'.

[jhiggins7]

I want to add my congratulations to all those celebrating wedding anniversaries. And especially to Hennie, "Thanks for sharing a photo of you and your wife." This forum is already very special and sharing YOUR personal family with the Forum Family just makes it even more special.

Now to add to the fun. Each time I see some Afrikaans language on the Forum that I can't figure out by looking at the context, I try AGAIN to find a translator. I'm afraid I'm limited to a SINGLE language.

So, I found a "FREE" translator and translated Johan's congratulations to Hennie. Here's what I got.

very luck hennie and caroline! at least get/touch it better every years at the womans side ! the man stay/glad but just 'confused'. ...:confused:

Now, I know "free" translators are notoriously literal and not sensitive to the context. So, given the context, my augmented translation of Johan's message is this:

Good luck Hennie and Caroline! At least it gets better with the years at the woman's side. The man is happy, but also "confused".:D

Am I anywhere close? Can you suggest a GOOD "free" Afrikaans to English and English to Afrikaans translator?

Regards,
John

[hennie]

I still need to put up my hand if I want to say something.:D

[jhiggins7]

The colloquialism around here for that is, "I can't get a word in edge-wise."

[Lex]

John,
Your translation program is not to far out. The 'happy' in the man's sentence doesn't exist. :D I will make a point from now on to put the English in brackets. It is a lot easier than any translation program.
Hennie, verskooning aan die vrou, ek het haar naam verkeerd. My vrou is Caroline. (Apology to your wife. I had her name wrong. My wife's name is Caroline)

[Gerald D]

The "bly" could have been "happy" (but not in that context)

Ek is bly - I am happy.

[hennie]

Johan, sometimes Maraai is good as well.:D

[Alan_c]

Celebrating 16 years as of yesterday.

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Family pic taken on the first day of school, liam starting at grade 1 and Stephanie starting High School.

[Gerald D]

Congrats Alan & family.

The first thing that struck me when opening your post was the brand new schoolboy in front :)

[sailfl]

Alan,

You have a lovely family. Those boys look well behaved but I bet they are a handfull.

[Gerald D]

Nils, you should learn the difference between boy shoes and girl shoes. Or even between boy names and girl names. ;)

[hennie]

Conratulations on 16 years.

[Alan_c]

I got a good laugh, but SHE is not amused...:mad:

[sailfl]

Alan C

My apologize for my bad manners. I am sorry for my error. Please forgive me.

Thanks Gerald. I make mistakes.

[domino11]

Alan,
Congratulations! You must be proud of that family! :)

[smreish]

Nils,
Maybe you just had some left over blue paint in your eyes that was causing a challenge :)

[Lex]

Baie geluk Alan!

[Kobus_Joubert]

Congratulations Alan and family.

[Gerald D]

This time yesterday:

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Son, Sean married Amy.

[sailfl]

Sean and Amy

Congratulations!!! Amy looks beautiful.

That is an interesting cake. Looks like separate little cakes. Very nice idea.

[gmessler]

Congratulations Gerald!!

Best wishes to your son and new daughter in law.:)

[Alan_c]

Congratulations Sean & Amy on your special day and to Gerald & Jenny on the new addition to the family, hopefully it wont be too long before we can call you Oupa & Ouma???:D ......no pressure guys

For all those not yet fully converse with Afrikaans, thats Grandad & Grandma

[domino11]

Sean and Amy, CONGRATULATIONS!
Hope you are going somewhere nice for the honeymoon.

Congatulations to Gerald and Jenny as well.

[kaartman]

Congratulations Sean and Amy, We wish the two of you many years of happiness, health and prosperity,

[Kobus_Joubert]

Sean and Amy, CONGRATULATIONS! Nice couple Gerald must be a happy man.

Heath they cannot go for too long on the Honeymoon...his MECHMATE's are waiting back home :D

[Lex]

Congratulations Sean And Amy.

[javeria]

Sean and Amy - congrats - our best to you

Irfan - Javer

[Doug_Ford]

CONGRATULATIONS Sean and Amy!!!!!!!

[kanankeban]

Congratulations to you Amy & Sean, And special congratulations to you Jenny & Gerald for so wonderfull acheivment...I bet that your hearts are full right now! ;)