The Iron Heart 20th Anniversary Party

[mclaincausey]

sploosh will the SHF be available online @Giles ? My odds of being able to make it don't look great ATM.

[Giles]

It will, yes….....

[henry_david]

@mclaincausey:

sploosh will the SHF be available online @Giles ? My odds of being able to make it don't look great ATM.

For you and me both…

[Alex]

That’s two people I’d have loved to see missing out. Fingers crossed things change for you guys

[Alex]

@Matt:

Can we all that flannel the Stupid Heavy Flannel?  SHF.

Sounds like a stupidly sensible idea..

[Matt]

I’m frequently one of those things.  Seldom the other.

[Tago Mago]

@Matt:

I caution you though, her eyes will likely roll back into her ass.

Can we all that flannel the Stupid Heavy Flannel?  SHF.

I know that look :D. And I may have to follow your lead over the next few months in preparing my wife for a shirt purchase.

[Matt]

Dude I’ve got it all laid out.  The shirt is a bday present.  The pants if they happen will be Xmas.  A GAH ring is a gift from her that I convinced her she should give me to celebrate her getting a raise next year and if a tee happens that will be my souvenir.  And I should be able to sneak a cap into the bag when she isn’t looking.

And if I can find someone to tat me up I’m getting an IH tat.

It’s like Oceans 11 around here right now.  The machine does not stop working.

[steelworker]

@Kasi:

You afraid of your wife 

I've never met his wife and I'm afraid of her. 

[Matt]

She’s no joke.

[steelworker]

wives rarely are.
mine wasn't.

[Matt]

I wouldn’t trade her for anything.  She has all our money.

[Tago Mago]

@Matt:

Dude I’ve got it all laid out.  The shirt is a bday present.  The pants if they happen will be Xmas.  A GAH ring is a gift from her that I convinced her she should give me to celebrate her getting a raise next year and if a tee happens that will be my souvenir.  And I should be able to sneak a cap into the bag when she isn’t looking.

And if I can find someone to tat me up I’m getting an IH tat.

It’s like Oceans 11 around here right now.  The machine does not stop working.

Sneaking a new pair of denim into the rotation isn't a problem really, after all it's a blue pair of trousers to most people… Shirts on the other hand are a tad more tricky. Plus, her initial response right now is "we're buying a house, we have to save everything", which applies to shirts, denim and vinyl/cds but weirdly enough not to rum or gin (not that I'm complaining, mind you). Having said that maybe I just need to up my scheming game

[endo]

you could trade gin and rum here for denim and shirts

[Signal11]

@Matt:

I’ve already started weaving the necessary web of half truths and subterfuge that will be necessary to pull all this off with my wife standing right next to me, with her dumb condescending face.

Dark Arts.

So you will be bringing the family as well?

[Tago Mago]

@endo:

you could trade gin and rum here for denim and shirts

I have a sneaking suspicion these exceptions to the rule exist because she lilkes gin and rum, so absence of just one bottle will be noticed

[Matt]

Just my wife and I.  Her dad is flying out from MD to stay with the kids.  Needless to say, I’m very excited.

[mclaincausey]

@Alex:

That’s two people I’d have loved to see missing out. Fingers crossed things change for you guys

Same–I really want to meet y'all and other members of the community in person and there's no better opportunity than such a momentous occasion. The trouble is a looming client event that is finally going in-person again.

[Matt]

Is it the Catalina Wine Mixer?

[steelworker]

@Matt:

Just my wife and I.  Her dad is flying out from MD to stay with the kids.  Needless to say, I’m very excited.

Maybe she'll  see all these impeccably attired people and think, "Maybe Matt has the right idea." 
And maybe the moon will fall out of the sky.