They never tell us the office is closed for the day, but they have very rarely sent everyone home early (last I remember was about 10 years ago). Today is manager's discretion as to when to send employees home. With all the people who now work from home or from the office on Peterson and Pulaski to cut down on their commute, we probably won't have too many cases of complete closing of the office anymore.
If every vampire who said he was at the crucifixion was actually there, it would have been like Woodstock.
Spike ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.
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.
Kathy A - Feb 13, 2007 10:57:39 am PST #567 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
tommyrot - Feb 13, 2007 10:58:31 am PST #568 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.
I thought that was when "Under God" was put into the pledge. Wasn't "In God We Trust" added to coinage in the 1860s?
Yeah, I thought both were changed in the 1950s. But now I'm not sure. (The pledge definitely was changed then.)
eta: Here it is: [link]
1956, bay-bee
eta²: OK, it's more complicated than that. Usage did start during the Civil War.
Jessica - Feb 13, 2007 11:03:57 am PST #569 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
According to the treasury's In God We Trust FAQ, it's been in and out of use since 1864. Coins have had it permanently since 1938, bills since 1964-6.
Liese S. - Feb 13, 2007 11:10:12 am PST #570 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Okay, we're making the call. Snow day! They're closing the local schools early, they're cancelling a game that's supposed to be played down on the reservation tonight, and our partner's wife says she's driving through a blizzard. From our window, the snow has totally picked up, and it's supposed to be snow and rain and ice until it's all snow overnight, both up here and down on the reservation, through tomorrow.
So we're calling it. Trying to get hold of our partner now.
I took a bath scented with rose salts and I've already stacked the wood, so we're going to tuck in tonight. The Biscuit came in all wet from the snow in the run, and got the house all wet running frantically back and forth trying to find me while I was in the tub. Hee.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 13, 2007 11:19:12 am PST #571 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And by "not that much snow" I guess I should clarify and say we'll probably end up with less than a foot.
No, that's fair. It's just after experiencing a couple of years with 36" accruals during big storms (and hearing about the 100+" in New York), a foot is reasonable given how little we've gotten so far this year.
Sheryl - Feb 13, 2007 11:32:45 am PST #572 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Congrats Jessica and DH!
They closed the gov't agencies at 2 here because of the "wintry mix".(This Connecticut-born-and-raised person thinks "Wusses!", but I'm not going to argue about it)
(Note: "Lonely Boy" is a really whiny song. Man, I hate my tendancy to notice the lyrics sometimes.)
Theodosia - Feb 13, 2007 11:32:54 am PST #573 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"
:: kisses and hugs her off-street parking space::
Aims - Feb 13, 2007 11:33:46 am PST #574 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
My friend in UnionTown, Ohio got sent home from work forcause of the snow.
Jesse - Feb 13, 2007 11:38:59 am PST #575 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If the US really wants to switch over to dollar coins then they need to stop making dollar bills to force the switch.
Seriously. I realize we've moved on, but I cannot express how much I agree with this. "Why oh why don't people want to pick the new thing??" @@
I'm annoyed at the promised wintry mix here already, and it hasn't even started yet. I hate wintry mix!!
tommyrot - Feb 13, 2007 11:41:20 am PST #576 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.
I'm annoyed at the promised wintry mix here already, and it hasn't even started yet. I hate wintry mix!!
When I see the phrase "wintry mix" I can't help but wonder if it's similar to Chex mix.