Good luck, beth! I bet the day goes really well.
Small talk: I can do it. I think I got used to it early on, due to a lot of adults in my life when my mom was sick. It doesn't bother me, and like Hec I think it's simply a kind of social lubrication, but at the same time it does get tiresome.
Elevators are definitely an issue -- we got those little TV screens in ours when I was still working in the city, and ridiculous as it was to stand in this box for all of a minute staring at a screen, it was better than talking (again) about how cold the office was, or who kept leaving old yogurt in the fridge, or whatever.
Go beth!
Ya Nora!
Happy Birthday, Anne!
In my office this morning, we have chocolate covered ginger, choclate covered pretzels, butter toffee, chocolate covered macadamia nuts, dried fruit, fresh fruit....food, food, food galore. Someone gag me.
Felicitations on the Anniversary of Your Natal Day, Anne! Cake to you, with candles and wishes come true, and a fabulous year ahead!
Good first day, beth. You'll do great.
Woohoo Nora, on the pants! Nora and the Downsizing Pants! It could be a new book and movie deal.
No really, it could! Inspirational and all.
I've got a number grammar question; my brothers and I are having a debate.
How do people say $1,250.72 in words? Where does the "and" go?
One thousand, two hundred and fifty two dollars and seventy two cents.
I use 2 "and"s
One thousand, two hundred and fifty two dollars and seventy two cents.
I am Nora. (YAY smaller PANTS for me!!!)
One thousand, two hundred fifty dollars and seventy-two cents.
A looooong time ago, some math teacher I had said that when you say "and" it means there's a decimal point there.
I have no idea if that is true, or if it's one of those little factoid thingies I hold onto for way too long that isn't all that true. Like my mom telling me that if you are in a high rise and a window breaks, you get sucked out from the release of the pressure.
