Rare Book Librarian showed up with a nice cart of books. AMAZINGLY (at least to me) these were all books that dated from 1740-1790 and they let any schmoo who is willing to fork over her ID to handle them.
That's incredibly cool.
Inara: Mal, this isn't the ancient sea. You don't have to go down with your ship. Mal: She ain't going down. She ain't going anywhere.
'Out Of Gas'
The Crying of Natter 49
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.
Jesse - Jan 25, 2007 11:07:27 am PST #5859 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Theodosia - Jan 25, 2007 11:09:48 am PST #5860 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
::waves the flag for OTC saline nasal spray, which in addition to helping prevent nosebleeds and warding off colds, will probably cure global warming AND balance the budget::
§ ita § - Jan 25, 2007 11:11:16 am PST #5861 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Man, sometimes you feel something on your face that's moving too fast to be caught in air currents.
Then you kill it, because that's how insects learn about personal space.
Wait...
But if she punches him in the arm, will he punch her back in the arm?
Depends on if she's on drugs or not.
Fred Pete - Jan 25, 2007 11:12:13 am PST #5862 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I have the same problem, Kalshane. Sometimes more than a little bit. I'm told it may have something to do with a nick inside the nose . Cauterization has been suggested.
(whitefonted for the same reason)
§ ita § - Jan 25, 2007 11:14:06 am PST #5863 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Fred, whatever you do, don't listen to anyone named B who says to self-cauterise with vinegar. Later, he'll backtrack and say he meant pickle juice, and that he told you to wait until some time after the nosebleed, but IT DOESN'T MATTER.
DON'T DO IT.
Fred Pete - Jan 25, 2007 11:15:16 am PST #5864 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
ita, I just tend to deal. Unfortunately, the winter vacation somewhere warm isn't happening this year, so I can't rely on that.
shrift - Jan 25, 2007 11:17:23 am PST #5865 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
When it gets really dry here in the winter -- and by dry I mean that you can hear the air make a slurping noise the moment you walk outside, sucking out your fluids like a water reclamation suit and turning you into a wizened, crackly-haired husk -- I will get nosebleeds, and my skin gets so papery thin and chalky that it will split if you look at it wrong.
Time I think to guzzle another liter of water!
tommyrot - Jan 25, 2007 11:18:06 am PST #5866 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Do we have any Buffistas near Fairfield, CT? How much of a pain is it to get there from, say, NYC?
sarameg - Jan 25, 2007 11:19:05 am PST #5867 of 10001
I don't think there is any chance in hell I'd let vinegar go up my nose.
Mom had to have her nose cauterized once. It was reportedly quite unpleasant. Not to mention messy because they used silver nitrate (something like that. It stains the skin.)
Supposedly 1-2 inches of more snow is due this evening. As long as it waits until I get home. Bleh.
Theodosia - Jan 25, 2007 11:19:17 am PST #5868 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I think I'd be afraid to try hot pepper sinus spray. I suppose it could double as smelling salts, because it would have to be able to practically raise the dead.