I'm a single undead gal trying to make it in the big city. I have to start somewhere and they're evil here. They don't judge. They've got necro-tempered glass. No burning up. A great medical plan, and who needs dental more than us?

Harmony ,'Conviction (1)'


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.


Ginger - Sep 03, 2007 3:38:22 pm PDT #8277 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

That's going to be a gorgeous floor.

My sheets reflect the vagaries of inheritance. My father was the only child in his mother's family, so we got a hodgepodge of household goods like sheets and dishes. Then we've wrapped antiques in sheets to transport them, and the sheets have gone back and forth between here and Nashville. The result is that I have way too many sheets, mostly top sheets. I'm in the process of trying to sort some into sets to give to a group that works with homeless families. That means that there will be sheets strewn about my living room for the next couple of months. My favorite sheets, because they're the softest, have blue machine embroidery that my mother did and have "Clark" written on them in indelible ink. That puts them at at least 30 years old, because that's my great-aunt.


sarameg - Sep 03, 2007 3:43:42 pm PDT #8278 of 10001

Come to think of it, I probably still have my extra-long dorm sheets. I kept the top sheet in the back of the car for impromtu picnics or whatever. The only use it has seen was as a privacy curtain for a pee-in-a-cup emergency (poor kid had to go so bad she was sobbing) in a parking garage where we were trapped due to traffic.


Sue - Sep 03, 2007 3:46:21 pm PDT #8279 of 10001
hip deep in pie

My dorm sheets were given to my by this old lady who my mom used to visit. She also gave me her trunk form when she was a nurse in WW II. From the floral and ribbon design on those sheets, I wouldn't be surprised if they were from the same era.


Tom Scola - Sep 03, 2007 3:48:34 pm PDT #8280 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Ridiculous question: I'm watching a movie from TV, and I just realized it's letterboxed, even though I have the new wide TV. Do I have to be watching HD channels (or DVDs?) to get the full-screen action?

Do you have a HD box from TW? I can press the "#" button on the remote to change the picture size.


Theodosia - Sep 03, 2007 3:50:32 pm PDT #8281 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 have 3 cotton and one flannel set of sheets -- enough for me and the Castro couch downstairs if someone is visiting.

According to housekeeping experts you should have three sets, one to have on the bed, one to live on the linen closet shelf, and one to be in the wash so that you're never caught out short for emergencies like unexpected body fluids or the stray iron left on the bed all day....


Jesse - Sep 03, 2007 3:53:13 pm PDT #8282 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Do you have a HD box from TW? I can press the "#" button on the remote to change the picture size.

Not yet, which would do it -- I'm watching the old-style TV on the new-fangled screen. The idea of paying even more for cable makes me sad.


Tom Scola - Sep 03, 2007 3:55:38 pm PDT #8283 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Not yet, which would do it -- I'm watching the old-style TV on the new-fangled screen. The idea of paying even more for cable makes me sad.

They don't charge any extra for HD service.


Jesse - Sep 03, 2007 3:58:15 pm PDT #8284 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Really? I thought it was like $8/mo more. In that case, I'll go to the cable store next week!


Tom Scola - Sep 03, 2007 4:01:08 pm PDT #8285 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

They have a $8.95 "HD extra" package, for 4 or 5 channels that are HD only. But if there's an HD version of a cable channel that you're already paying for, then it doesn't cost any more.


Jesse - Sep 03, 2007 4:01:32 pm PDT #8286 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Right ON, man!