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#258087 - 13/06/2005 10:16 2-empeg wedding
julf
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Registered: 01/10/2001
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Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Finally got some pics from the wedding - only took a month! Anyway, it was a 2-empeg wedding, as the wedding chamber at the Hotel Grand in Amsterdam (former city hall, still with the old art-deco weding chamber) only had a ghettoblaster for music, so we had an empeg (of course in a MDF dock!) playing the wedding music through a couple of Genelec active monitors and a subwoofer. Unfortunately I don't seem to have any pics of the empeg in the wedding chamber. The second empeg was of course in the escape car, and also had all the wedding music on it, as a backup...


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#258088 - 13/06/2005 11:51 Re: 2-empeg wedding [Re: julf]
robricc
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Awesome! Congratualtions!
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#258089 - 13/06/2005 12:10 Re: 2-empeg wedding [Re: julf]
tonyc
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Registered: 27/06/1999
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Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
Any marriage that begins with two empegs is sure to bring eternal happiness. Congrats!
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#258090 - 13/06/2005 13:01 Re: 2-empeg wedding [Re: julf]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
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Congratulations!
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#258091 - 13/06/2005 13:06 Re: 2-empeg wedding [Re: julf]
jmwking
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Registered: 27/02/2003
Posts: 777
Loc: Washington, DC metro
Congrats!

Cute car. Cuter bride!

-jk

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#258092 - 13/06/2005 13:07 Re: 2-empeg wedding [Re: jmwking]
JBjorgen
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Registered: 19/01/2002
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Loc: Columbus, OH
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Cute car. Cuter bride!


Seems to be a trend among wedding pics posted on the bbs. I guess geeks do win in the end.
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#258093 - 13/06/2005 14:25 Re: 2-empeg wedding [Re: julf]
Robotic
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Registered: 06/04/2005
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Loc: Seattle transplant
Congratulations!

Hope the new bride is as steadfast as the empegs! The Morgan, on the other hand, might be a little temperamental... (j/k!)

Many, many happy years and best wishes to the new couple!
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#258094 - 13/06/2005 14:27 Re: 2-empeg wedding [Re: julf]
boxer
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Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
Congratulations and best wishes from the boxers!
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#258095 - 13/06/2005 14:32 Re: 2-empeg wedding [Re: Robotic]
julf
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Registered: 01/10/2001
Posts: 1307
Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Thanks to everybody! Have to say that out of the triplet of (Morgan, Bride, Empegs) it is actually one of the empegs that has proven most temperamental. Guess I should have another look at the IDE header...

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#258096 - 13/06/2005 14:52 Re: 2-empeg wedding [Re: julf]
mlord
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Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14494
Loc: Canada
Wow! Looks like a fun party weekend (week, month, .. ??)!

Were there many visitors from her side of the ocean, or are they all just waiting for you two to show up in late June / eary July?

cheers

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#258097 - 13/06/2005 16:08 Re: 2-empeg wedding [Re: JBjorgen]
schofiel
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I guess geeks do win in the end.


.... it just takes a bit longer....
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#258098 - 13/06/2005 18:06 Re: 2-empeg wedding [Re: julf]
jimhogan
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Registered: 06/10/1999
Posts: 2591
Loc: Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
What a touching photo.....

Him: (arch, sly) "Hah! I got her!"

Her: (feigned distress and innocence) "Gulp! Him???"

You just may have made my week very cheery prematurely. Very, very nice. Congratulations!
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#258099 - 14/06/2005 06:36 Re: 2-empeg wedding [Re: jimhogan]
julf
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Registered: 01/10/2001
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Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Him: (arch, sly) "Hah! I got her!"

Her: (feigned distress and innocence) "Gulp! Him???"




Actually, we were really lucky in getting a great registrar (the civil servant that performs the ceremony - all weddings here are civil weddings, as that is the only thing that counts; if you want a religious ceremony, you can have one as well, but that doesn't count in any legal way) that managed to combine solemnity and humor. The pic is taken when she was talking about the everyday things in a marriage, and was saying something like "and she might nag at times", so the actual caption is "No, *he* might" "No, *she*"
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You just may have made my week very cheery prematurely. Very, very nice. Congratulations!

Thanks!!

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#258100 - 14/06/2005 07:46 Re: 2-empeg wedding [Re: julf]
andym
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Registered: 17/01/2002
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Loc: Manchester UK
Congrats Julf,

That marriage thing is interesting, has it always been like that? (ie the civil ceremony being the only legally binding one)
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#258101 - 14/06/2005 07:57 Re: 2-empeg wedding [Re: andym]
boxer
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Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
That's the same as in the UK, isn't it?
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#258102 - 14/06/2005 08:02 Re: 2-empeg wedding [Re: boxer]
peter
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Registered: 13/07/2000
Posts: 4180
Loc: Cambridge, England
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That's the same as in the UK, isn't it?

IIRC in the UK priests (in a wide sense of the word) can, and typically do, become Licensed Persons for the recording of marriages, whereupon no other officials are involved (except the ones the priests themselves send the paperwork off to). They do keep changing the rules on this, though: not so long ago, a marriage register was attached to a Licensed Place, not a Licensed Person.

Peter

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#258103 - 14/06/2005 08:42 Re: 2-empeg wedding [Re: peter]
Roger
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Registered: 18/01/2000
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Loc: London, UK
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attached to a Licensed Place, not a Licensed Person.


Currently, as I understand the situation in the UK, the Licensed Person can still only operate in a Licensed Place. The terms for licensing wedding venues include rules such as "no alcohol to be served within N feet within H hours before the ceremony", etc.

There is, however, talk of changing the law further, so that the Place would become at the discretion of the Person.
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#258104 - 14/06/2005 12:37 Re: 2-empeg wedding [Re: julf]
g_attrill
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Registered: 14/04/2002
Posts: 1172
Loc: Hants, UK
Now why the heck wasn't a Land Rover used as the wedding car? What's this thing with lots of chrome and shiny paint???

Anyway, I can't help with wedding photos but I have plenty of photos of cats!

Gareth

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#258105 - 14/06/2005 13:02 Re: 2-empeg wedding [Re: andym]
julf
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Registered: 01/10/2001
Posts: 1307
Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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That marriage thing is interesting, has it always been like that? (ie the civil ceremony being the only legally binding one)

I guess so, the Dutch have always (well, at least in modern times) been very adamant about separation of church and state (basically because of not wanting to pich the "official" one/ones)

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#258106 - 14/06/2005 13:04 Re: 2-empeg wedding [Re: g_attrill]
julf
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Registered: 01/10/2001
Posts: 1307
Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Now why the heck wasn't a Land Rover used as the wedding car?

Well, a number of my friends had offered to drive us in the Pink Panther , but in any case the car was a formality, as most wedding transportation was by water. A DUKW would have been perfect...

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#258107 - 14/06/2005 13:10 Re: 2-empeg wedding [Re: mlord]
julf
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Registered: 01/10/2001
Posts: 1307
Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Wow! Looks like a fun party weekend (week, month, .. ??)!

It got better - this was the wedding band.
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Were there many visitors from her side of the ocean, or are they all just waiting for you two to show up in late June / eary July?


Elaine's immediate family (Dad, 2 sisters and 2 brothers), one aunt and dozen or so friends from the US. Bunch of people from all over from the Tokyo days. But all 35 cousins and rest of the family have to wait for the July 1 party in NJ

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#258108 - 14/06/2005 17:52 Re: 2-empeg wedding [Re: julf]
andym
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Registered: 17/01/2002
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Loc: Manchester UK
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It got better - this was the wedding band.


OMG!
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#258109 - 14/06/2005 18:33 Re: 2-empeg wedding [Re: julf]
Robotic
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Registered: 06/04/2005
Posts: 2026
Loc: Seattle transplant
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It got better - this was the wedding band.



Heh- had to use the smiley.
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#258110 - 14/06/2005 19:10 Re: 2-empeg wedding [Re: jimhogan]
bonzi
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Registered: 13/09/1999
Posts: 2401
Loc: Croatia
My thoughts exactly!

Congratulations!
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#258111 - 14/06/2005 23:12 Re: 2-empeg wedding [Re: julf]
FireFox31
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Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
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the actual caption is "No, *he* might" "No, *she*"

That's hysterical! You two make a great couple. Many congratulations (from her side of town, here in NJ).
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