Hey, I'm not saying you have to have matching flatware to be an adult, but it's part of how I define adulthood for me. My DH was appalled that I was in my 30s and the only sound system I had was a beat-up boombox when we met. What trappings define adulthood for you guys?
Jimmy Olsen jokes're pretty much gonna be lost on you, huh?
Xander ,'The Killer In Me'
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.
Scrappy - Nov 14, 2006 9:32:58 am PST #156 of 10007
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
sarameg - Nov 14, 2006 9:33:00 am PST #157 of 10007
I think everyone in Natter should mail a spoon to Jesse, for Christmas/Hanukkah/Festivus/Solstice/New Year/winter-holiday-of-choice.
I think Tom needs forks more.
A wee measuring scoop.
Another thing to wash! I mean, with my spoon I measure the coffee, stir in the sugar and then make pretty galaxies with the cream. It's useful!
Ailleann - Nov 14, 2006 9:34:01 am PST #158 of 10007
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I think everyone in Natter should mail a spoon to Jesse
Ha! We could send souvenir spoons from wherever we live!
Topic!Cindy - Nov 14, 2006 9:34:55 am PST #159 of 10007
What is even happening?
And there could be periodic quizzes.
Steph L. - Nov 14, 2006 9:34:56 am PST #160 of 10007
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
OK, here's my question, all you spoon-avoidants: how do you get the ground coffee into the filtery thing in the first place?
Measuring scoop, which goes back into the bag o' beans, thus avoiding the whole "washing" problem.
SailAweigh - Nov 14, 2006 9:35:22 am PST #161 of 10007
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
set my grandparents got in sweden for my parents, an inexpensive everyday set. But the tines are thinner and longer than usual, and the balance on the knives is perfect
I received a really wonderful set of silverware as a wedding present from a local store that specializes in Scandinavian wares. I looked online to see if they had a catalog, but no luck.
Allyson - Nov 14, 2006 9:36:16 am PST #162 of 10007
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Would everyone pitch in and mail me my nephew? I totally need a hug.
Work is killing me today.
Amy - Nov 14, 2006 9:37:05 am PST #163 of 10007
Because books.
We lose knives more often than spoons or forks. Pizza and Entenmann's danish box syndrome.
The people across the street from us are having a baby grand piano delivered right now. Which is only weird because they were having a yard sale a month ago, and selling a sofa and matching chair that the woman said was "too big" for their small living room.
I'm thinking they might have gone with a spinet, but whatever floats your boat, I guess.
What trappings define adulthood for you guys?
A car we bought -- as in did not inherit from family -- was a big milestone for us. We're still waiting on some of my others, namely owning a home.
juliana - Nov 14, 2006 9:37:08 am PST #164 of 10007
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Another thing to wash!
Maybe once every five weeks or s, when I run out of coffee and wash the storage jar, but the scoop is coffee-dedicated and lives in the jar with the coffee.
Jessica - Nov 14, 2006 9:37:24 am PST #165 of 10007
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
What trappings define adulthood for you guys?
This week, I'd have to say the baby and the apartment.
Matching dishes and flatware, I've had forever -- when I moved out of the dorms, one of the first things I did was go to Target and get one of those "kitchen in a box" deals that has dishes, flatware and serving stuff. And then there were all the wedding presents.
But the prospect of OWNING PROPERTY has me pretty freaked out, because no way am I grown-up enough to OWN PROPERTY.