I think he was referring to Butte's Berkeley Pit [link] which luckily I had heard of, and the (unrelated) fact that he might have to go to Butte for a case, which I knew.
Still weird though.
Maybe I've always been here.
Early ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 45: Smooth as Billy Dee Williams.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Lee - Jul 19, 2006 12:12:27 pm PDT #7546 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
erikaj - Jul 19, 2006 12:16:41 pm PDT #7547 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Why the Inner Harbor makes me think of shootings: Because of an incredibly(some might say manipulatively, including me) heartrending H:LOTS where a kid stops somewhere to look at some dinosaur stuff and gets shot while the shooter is aiming at some other teenager his gf is cheating with. The kid dies(but unusually for Homicide, not right away) he's on life-support so we all watch Marcia Gay Harden Cope With Grief and fight with her probably equally notorious and award- baity husband. It's not especially dangerous there(unless tourists give you hives) it's just the first time I ever heard of it so it stuck.
brenda m - Jul 19, 2006 12:17:34 pm PDT #7548 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Say I mailed something from the US to Canada, and the address indicates province, postal code, etc., but does not actually say Canada. Any reason to think it won't go through?
tommyrot - Jul 19, 2006 12:21:24 pm PDT #7549 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
brenda, insent.
Sean K - Jul 19, 2006 12:45:04 pm PDT #7550 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Another strange thing to do with your money.
Hey, 680 is only $192. What a bargain!
Vortex - Jul 19, 2006 1:12:05 pm PDT #7551 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Any reason to think it won't go through?
The incredible slackness of the post office? Seriously, I'd be worried. I mean, if you get an on the ball worker who realizes that Ontario is in Canada, you might be okay.
§ ita § - Jul 19, 2006 1:13:40 pm PDT #7552 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Problem with Ontario is that it's also in California.
I have no idea how they perform mail sorting, but I'd imagine postal workers get familiar with all sorts of postal/zip/etc codes--moreso than us. Some strange illegible stuff gets to where the sender meant it to go.
Vortex - Jul 19, 2006 1:23:37 pm PDT #7553 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Oddly, a postal worker told me that illegible is better than wrong. If, for example, you put the wrong zipcode on something, they are obligated to send it to that zip code, even though they know damn well that Beverly Hills is 90210, if you put 92010, it goes to Carlsbad. If there is no zip code, just Beverly Hills, CA, then they look it up and send it to the right place.
Vortex - Jul 19, 2006 1:26:21 pm PDT #7554 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
grr, the internet is all broken. TWO of my favorite sites are down.
Lee - Jul 19, 2006 1:29:04 pm PDT #7555 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
That sucks, Vortex.
So does the fact that it's only 3:30.