You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns  

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.


sarameg - Jul 25, 2007 10:35:36 am PDT #146 of 10001

"pick me up! I'm cute and alert and not crying. You know you want to snuggle me and hold me." But as soon as you do, he wails because it's too much stimulation.

The human vision of the feline hand trap! Execpt with fewer bloody scratches.

Y'all I'm so going to end up working when I'm on vacation in a couple weeks. So wrong.

Liese, is the route to town bikeable? Cause that'd be my first alternative.


Miracleman - Jul 25, 2007 10:38:23 am PDT #147 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020

I once told a boss that "if everything is #1 priority, then I will do these in a random order and you'll just have to deal with it."

Then he sat down and laid out what he'd like to see done first.


tommyrot - Jul 25, 2007 10:45:34 am PDT #148 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 once told a boss that "if everything is #1 priority, then I will do these in a random order and you'll just have to deal with it."

Good one.

See, if they say "everything is #1 priority," they're just in denial that not everything they want done is gonna get done when they want it. Somehow, you have to find a way to get them to face reality. Assuming you care, that is....


Liese S. - Jul 25, 2007 10:51:00 am PDT #149 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Well, it's probably bikable for SO (in fact, our visitors are bringing him a mountain bike) but possibly not for me. It's about seven miles to the heart of town, and it includes some pretty significant hills.

I suppose the answer is for me to get in better shape. My answer is to buy the weird tiny little vespacartruck dealio (like this one, but white: [link] and use that. Parking at the airport is free, so we'd be able to leave a vehicle there and still bus in.


bon bon - Jul 25, 2007 10:53:22 am PDT #150 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

What did you mean when you said, "feel my skills, donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey?"


Sophia Brooks - Jul 25, 2007 10:59:14 am PDT #151 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Leise- That is the cutest vespacartruck dealie I have ever seen. I am currently carless and I am want to buy a scooter to go get groceries. I am not sure how drivable they are in the winter, though, and we have a lot of winter.


beth b - Jul 25, 2007 11:04:28 am PDT #152 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

If everything is number one - which things don't have to be perfect? In my world ( library) public appearance /relations matter more than anything else...some of the backroom stuff slides


sarameg - Jul 25, 2007 11:06:58 am PDT #153 of 10001

I always hated hills on bike. I've done my dad's commute (10 miles throught the city traffic) in a little over half an hour but that's pretty flat. When I was on a trail in WVa, I wanted to kill someone.


Theodosia - Jul 25, 2007 11:11:12 am PDT #154 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"

Oooh, that's a nice Vespacar, though I'd want to know if they're actually street-legal in the US, which can get sniffy about nice little cars.


Liese S. - Jul 25, 2007 11:31:02 am PDT #155 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Yeah, I have no idea. It's just sitting in the Mexican restaurant's parking lot, for sale. I don't even know how much they want for it, I just know it's cute! I love the idea of it because I could theoretically even haul gear and building materials in it. But come to think of it, I have no idea how it would handle our wintry roads.