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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 10:38 AM Original message |
How do you feel about diamonds? |
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Trigger Hippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. I think they're too conventional and |
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cssmall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Knowing a family in the diamond industry, I wouldn't buy those overpriced |
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Trigger Hippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Thank you. |
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cssmall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:47 AM Response to Reply #23 |
43. Luckily, my wife agrees with me. |
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Trigger Hippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:48 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. You've got a cool wife.... |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
2. I like them and I want bunches of them. Yes, I wear them. |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. I think they're delicious. |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
48. I hear they're bad for your teeth, though |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
4. Knowing what I know, I would only buy an heirloom diamond. |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. You could be, if you found the right women |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:09 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. This is true. |
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Divameow77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
5. Diamonds are a girls best friend |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
6. no and no, generally speaking |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Demand is kept artificially high by De Beers and blood of |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:13 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Damn right...it makes me sick, personally |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
7. They make great drill bits. |
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trogdor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. The play my old LP's really nice. |
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freestyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
8. Some good industrial uses. I wouldn't buy them for jewelry. |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
12. I don't want one. |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
14. Mrs. XNASA will not wear a diamond, or a fur. |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:16 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. A Gretch or a Rickenbacker.. |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Or that giant amp you have your eye on |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:22 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. That Fender Vibro-King isn't going to buy itself! |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:22 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. It will be great with a giant stack of books on it. |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:25 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. ... |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:28 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. That'll show that barking dog |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:25 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. I was thinkin' maybe a 1940 Martin D-45 |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:26 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Abalone! |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:29 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. For $200,000 it had better be. |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:31 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. My dad has a late 60s/early 70s D-28 |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. And the Mrs. benefits from that how? |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:21 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. She gets to hear me play. |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:50 AM Response to Reply #24 |
47. And that benefits her how? |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:11 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. It keeps me happy. |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:56 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. Yikes! |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 01:10 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Hey! That's an Elvis Costello lyric. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
60. But.....MrG can play me anytime he wants... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
15. Hmmmm slave labor for vanity.... |
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jane_pippin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
18. I think they're pretty but I don't feel the need to buy one, ever. |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
37. I do have my grandmother's diamond wedding ring |
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jane_pippin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:45 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Yep. I don't know that I actually would wear them, but I'd like to have |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
19. No If I could I wouldn't |
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caty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:31 AM Response to Reply #19 |
36. I have a diamond |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
58. You know, it's a personal choice |
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Divameow77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
32. All I have to say is |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:31 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Me either! And I wrote how I wanted bunches of them! |
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Divameow77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:49 AM Response to Reply #34 |
45. No matter how bad I feel wearing them |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:41 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. Don't feel guilty.... |
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MrsMatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
35. pedestrian and over-done |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:39 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. your mother is emerald? how cool! |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
39. I don't really think about them, to be honest |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
40. I have a diamond engagement ring. |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
42. They're not really my thing. |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
46. Apathetic. |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
49. My (ex) engagement ring was an heirloom diamond. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
51. I gave my wife an heirloom diamond |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
52. No, to both questions |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
53. I pawned my engagement ring |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
54. It's just like fur |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
56. I've worn them, but I won't buy them. And I gave the ring back. n/t |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
57. i love them |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
61. i have a pear shaped shaped diamond engagement ring that my |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
63. I wear my diamond wedding ring every day and I love it. |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 01:34 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. You don't think |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 01:44 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Absolutely! but I've already got this amazing ring, so why get |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 02:01 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. I wasn't suggesting |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:08 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Fair enough and thanks for your good wishes, prolesunited. |
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BeTheChange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 01:59 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. Me too... |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
64. I do not wear them. |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
67. I dislike them. Too shiney and tainted by blood. |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
68. Diamonds are necessary for the survival of baseball |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
72. Thumbs down. Just weighing in. |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
73. Cubic zirconia all the way here. Don't have the money. The "blood" thing |
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