'Underneath'
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
I hope it gets fixed ASAP and the electric company people (not the equipment) get frostbit and lose their noses.
That's a lovely sentiment for linemen working 18 hours a day.
(Okay, I worked in the electric utility industry for 15 years. I'm a little touchy on subject.)
That's a lovely sentiment for linemen working 18 hours a day.
You're right, Ginger. I'm sure those poor sods are regretting the ice storm as much as the people without power. I was thinking more in the line of the bigwigs who probably won't pay for overtime, or to buy power from somewhere else to supplement what they don't have themselves right now.
Cars I have had:
1977 Toyota Celica (used, sold it to my brother in 1985 and he drove it up into the high 190ks.
1986 Plymouth Horizon (new, only ever new car, totalled in 1994)
1989 Toyota Celica (used, sold it with about 150k on it, one of my coworkers still drives it)
2000 Olds Alero (used, still driving it)
Bailey? I'd be thinking more Ashton myself. Dogs not so big with the subtle, in my experience.
I didn't think he was hiding things. I thought maybe he was eating things.
Oh dear, there is no way I can list my cars. I bought my first one in 1972. It was a Volvo sports coupe, they didn't make them for long I don't think. Quite snazzy. There have been quite a number in the last 30some years. From my 1964 Chevy that I bought for $75 to a couple lovely mid-80's Jaguars. Drive a Jetta and a Ford van now.
Went to Bed Bath & Beyond and spent the gift card we get for charging too much money on our credit card (we basically use it for everything for the points). We got: 1 fancy schmancy towel (just one, for now, to see if it's as functional as it is beeeeeautiful!), 2 bamboo cutting boards, 1 set of 4 silicone flexible cutting boards (they have pictures on them so you know what to use for what- meat, chicken, fish, vegetable), silver cleaner, and a candy thermometer. And of course, my replacement travel mug.
Shopping without the guilt! Fun. Also went to Home Depot and looked at bamboo flooring and quartz countertops. (just for fun). Tried to buy a charlie bar for our sliding door, but our door was an inch too narrow for it. Made Thai chicken soup, and fruitcake, and dinner (roasted butternut squash, sweet potato, and sausage). Drank some homebrew.
Called: my mother, Tom's mother, and my grandma.
In addition to yesterday's making homebrew and Christmas shopping for a bunch of folks, it's feeling like a very productive weekend!
Ooh! Also lots of laundry and food shopping.
And, {{Anne}}. God, I'm so sorry about the shitty weather and the shitty weekend and the cold and the not knowing and the, UGH. I'm really, really sorry. That sucks. I'd have had at least one meltdown already myself. At *least* one. I hope power comes back soon and that things normalize, like, toot freaking sweet.
They have to pay overtime, and every minute the power is out, they're running power plants but not bringing in any money. They have 2,000+ linemen from other utilities working, and they have to pay those workers' companies for them and their equipment. An outage like this is multi-million dollar loss.
The bigwigs probably could be blamed for things like poor planning, not prestaging enough crews and for having poor telephone response to customers.
About the babysitting/child discussion. I can't even get into it, but I feel like it's all I've been thinking about lately. I've been questioning my choices and decisions regarding not having kids, and it feels like I"m questioning the very essence of who I am. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I'm actually really kind of... not sleeping at night because of it.
OMG - DH just paid for some Chinese food that we didn't order. WTF. Luckily he ran back out and caught the delivery person and figured out that they had the wrong address.
My car history:
1980 AMC Spirit (bought in 1988 with 130K, I called that chocolate brown hatchback "The Beast")
1989 Nissan Sentra
1994 Saturn SL-1 (which lasted over 120K)
2004 Saturn Ion
My first car was an 89 Honda Accord that was my mother's. She gave it to me and bought herself a new car. My second car is a 1998 Honda Accord, that I bought new at the end of the model year. I am hoping it still has a few more good years in it.
{{Nora}} Why are you questioning yourself?