Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass.

Cordelia ,'Dirty Girls'


Spike's Bitches 37: You take the killing for granted.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Stephanie - Sep 24, 2007 10:27:03 am PDT #6766 of 10001
Trust my rage

do you have USAA?

Actually, yes. I can't imagine how hard this would be with some other insurance company. Basically, they have all this great service that just doens't apply here because the laws are so different.

That's so bizarre. It's not like it's the at the ends of the earth.

Many companies will not ship here. I'm not exactly sure why, but I *think* it's because they can't get it included in their bulk rate that they pay to UPS/FedEx/whatever.

I think a lot of my frustration has to do with expectations. If I was living in a foreign country, I wouldn't expect stuff to be the same, but this is a US territory, so it seems to me that it should be like the US.


Vortex - Sep 24, 2007 10:30:44 am PDT #6767 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Actually, yes. I can't imagine how hard this would be with some other insurance company. Basically, they have all this great service that just doens't apply here because the laws are so different.

oh, that's really frustrating. I mean, that's why military people have USAA, so they don't have to deal with this kind of bullshit. I would escalate.


Zenkitty - Sep 24, 2007 10:57:46 am PDT #6768 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Stephanie, there's companies that won't ship to PR? You just can't buy stuff from them? Jeez. That's so un-capitalist.


Volans - Sep 24, 2007 11:21:25 am PDT #6769 of 10001
move out and draw fire

Many companies will not ship here. I'm not exactly sure why, but I *think* it's because they can't get it included in their bulk rate that they pay to UPS/FedEx/whatever.

Well, when I was getting ready to mail you the backpack, I compared UPS and USPS. USPS was $18 for Priority, UPS was $174 for "gets there whenever."

On my neighbor, I wasn't clear - I know he takes the dog to daycare. I guess I'm relieved that he doesn't do the repetition with the dog in the car, but I was wondering if that was part of the disorder.

And he's not annoying (now that R is aware that the beeping isn't our smoke detectors or something), but Mal loves his dog and so we interact a lot, and I don't want to say or do something offensive or upsetting.

I was also wondering if it might be motor-control difficulties - he could get the SUV into the garage, but it would be tight. That, and the lack of stuff in his house, made me think he might be keeping it tidy against clumsiness.


hippocampus - Sep 24, 2007 11:23:13 am PDT #6770 of 10001
not your mom's socks.

hooray - the woman who works with me is on board with the 'keep sox in the loop' plan. t hopeful

Stephanie - if they ship to Alaska and Hawaii, shouldn't they ship to PR?

(I can't believe it's a protectorate vs. state thing)


Daisy Jane - Sep 24, 2007 11:27:23 am PDT #6771 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

This just in: I am kinda awesome.

Substitute "totally" for "kinda" and I concur.

juliana, I'm so sorry about your bike! I have a whole thing about people who don't treat bikes with the same respect and caution they would cars. Not that I know that's what the person who hit you did. It's just knee-jerk on my part.

Lastly, ((((buffistas)))). I skipped and skimmed when I got back from Houston, so I don't know what's going on with who, but you're all in my thoughts.


Glamcookie - Sep 24, 2007 11:30:06 am PDT #6772 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

Avatar question: Where is Uncle? I know the guy that voiced him died, but I'm hoping the character isn't gone, too!


juliana - Sep 24, 2007 11:33:38 am PDT #6773 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

I can't believe it's a protectorate vs. state thing

I can - since it's not a full part of the country, it's easier for the various companies to treat the transaction as an international one.

I have a whole thing about people who don't treat bikes with the same respect and caution they would cars.

OH MY GOD I KNOW. The other night, I flipped my shit on some jackass who was sitting on a Harley (I know the owner, and I knew jackass didn't). ARGH.


Toddson - Sep 24, 2007 11:35:08 am PDT #6774 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Saw an example of how arachniphobia is bad for your health - the other evening I was walking home from the bus. I live on a fairly narrow residential street, although we get a fair amount of traffic, including a bus line that goes down the street. In the middle of the street there's a young woman sitting on a motor scooter (Vespa-type). Guy in a car is coming down the street and he stops. She's freaking out - says there was a spider on the mirror so she had to stop, can't go on, asks the guy - in a scream - to kill the spider for her - she doesn't know where it is now, since it scooted out of sight. He's yelling at her to get out of the @#$#!!!!! street. She won't move the scooter, won't go on, because there's a SPIDER.

Guess he got rid of the spider - not too long after, he zipped down the street and she followed soon after.


brenda m - Sep 24, 2007 11:42:06 am PDT #6775 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I was also wondering if it might be motor-control difficulties - he could get the SUV into the garage, but it would be tight. That, and the lack of stuff in his house, made me think he might be keeping it tidy against clumsiness.

Could also just be lazy. I always park in the driveway.