When we landed here you said you needed a few days to get space worthy again and is there somethin' wrong with your bunk?

Mal ,'Out Of Gas'


Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial  

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.


amych - Nov 14, 2006 8:28:26 am PST #102 of 10007
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Flatware, though, I can't bring myself to shell out money just to have flatware that matches.

OTOH, I bought myself a 12-piece set of good solid (stainless) stuff as soon as I was out of school and into my "I'm not getting married any time soon, so I'm'a outfit my own damned kitchen" phase. I couldn't be arsed to get matching dishes for many years after that, but I just hate using the cheap forks that feel all light and flimsy in my hands.

eta:

I love Robin's fiestaware though.

Fiesta rawks!


Kathy A - Nov 14, 2006 8:29:07 am PST #103 of 10007
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

My "china" and flatware are the sets my dad bought when he and Mom separated nearly 30 years ago. He had put them in storage when he remarried a few years later, and my sister had them for a few years when she graduated from college. When she moved west about 15 years ago (God, has it been that long?!?), she left them in Mom's basement, and I ended up with them when I got my first apartment on my own. I donated the cups and saucers to Goodwill last year (never did use them), so I just have the plates and the flatware. I keep meaning to replace them with good quality ones whose pattern I actually like, but that's waaay down on my list of Things to Spend Money On.


kat perez - Nov 14, 2006 8:31:55 am PST #104 of 10007
"We have trust issues." Mylar

"8 November Must-Haves."

Apparently, it's the season of the must lists. I blame Ugly Betty.


juliana - Nov 14, 2006 8:33:08 am PST #105 of 10007
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

Flatware I have. Oneida. Wedding present.

Me too! My dishes are a discontinued Pfaltzgraff set that I found at Kohl's for $150. Nice heavy stoneware that's lived through many moves, with only the occasional pilot error to account for breakage. Plus, black.

I don't want china. Too easily broken.


Jesse - Nov 14, 2006 8:33:13 am PST #106 of 10007
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I've finally decided that I can spend the $20 to replace the flatware my grandmother gave me when I graduated from college, which I really don't like, but which is perfectly fine. Now I just need to find some that I do like, because replacing something that's just OK with something else that's just OK is RIDIC.


Ailleann - Nov 14, 2006 8:35:53 am PST #107 of 10007
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

Right hand tremor action.

Never underestimate the power of "leaning on the elbow funny".


askye - Nov 14, 2006 8:36:05 am PST #108 of 10007
Thrive to spite them

I have really pretty flat ware that Mom bought me from Publix (grocery store) and also a set dishes, that is the exact same kind as we had when we were kids (I don't have the originals because she lent them to my aunt who promptly gave them away).

No matching luggage. Well I do have a set of vintage brown luggage -- 2 suitcases and a traincase but I use them for storage/decoration.


Cashmere - Nov 14, 2006 8:38:05 am PST #109 of 10007
Now tagless for your comfort.

The Uglydolls, homespun monster toys with stubby limbs, missing eyes and names such as Ice Bat, are showing up in the company of A-list celebrities.

Olivia sleeps with Babo and Ox.

I have two cheap but matching pieces of luggage--a roller case and a small, carry on. We don't travel enough to need more than that.


aurelia - Nov 14, 2006 8:39:10 am PST #110 of 10007
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I'll bet you can't make the Journey quotage last the whole thread!

The Marie Claire list is a little different than the one I use to have in a tag: Every woman should have a screwdriver set, a cordless drill, and a black lace bra.


Aims - Nov 14, 2006 8:40:30 am PST #111 of 10007
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Pitt told Esquire magazine for its October edition that he doesn't intend to marry Jolie until legal restrictions are lifted in the U.S. and "everyone else in the country who wants to be married is legally able."

Pat Robertson was quoted as saying, "OHMYGAWDS! Change that law! Change it, change it! Those nice kids deserve to be married and if we have to let all them homos do it, too, then ok! As long as Brangelina are married and togetha foreva !!!1! Won't someone think of those children???"

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Seriously, I get and appreciate the gesture, but dies it read to anyone else as bullshit excuse for not wanting to get married again?