Fred: It's the pictures in my mind that are getting me. It's like being stuck in a really bad movie with those Clockwork Orange clampy things on my eyeballs. Wesley: Why imagine? Reality's disturbing enough.

'Shells'


Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter  

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.


Sophia Brooks - Nov 28, 2007 8:41:37 am PST #4229 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I had a nice lunch, even though it was just a roast beef sandwich and a salad from the hospital cafeteria.

I am in need of the hive-mind's google-fu... I need a real cite that it is either illegal or prohibited by Visa/Mastercard to charge people a fee to use their credit card. Big! Boss wants to do this because we are now being charged by the university (the uni used to absorb the costs), but I am fairly certain that you can't do that. All I can find is random people saying that you can't do it, but authoritative source.


megan walker - Nov 28, 2007 8:43:04 am PST #4230 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I would love some chicken tikki masala.

Sadly, I'm recovering from a bout of food poisoning, so it's rice with broth for me.


sarameg - Nov 28, 2007 8:43:15 am PST #4231 of 10001

lisah, it's Advanced Veterinary Complex out on Main St in Reisterstown [link] . It may not be convenient for you (it's 25 minutes up Reisterstown Road from my home, but you can also take 795). They are open later hours and charge only a little more than Mt. Washington. I've also boarded him at a place on York Road in Towson, but I really got no impression of the place one way or another & it was a while ago.


amych - Nov 28, 2007 8:47:36 am PST #4232 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Sophia, New York General Business Law --- note sec. 518, Credit Card Surcharge Prohibited [link]


Allyson - Nov 28, 2007 8:48:14 am PST #4233 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

I'm trying to figure out if New England Aquarium tix are a good gift for my dad and nephew. On the one hand, seals and penguins are fun. On the other, sharks are scary.

I know I want to get my dad something that he can enjoy with my nephew, because he still thanks me for the amusement park tix I sent him for father's day everytime I talk to him.

Hmmmmm.

I think the Children's Museum would also be fun. We went last year, but he's almost three now and might enjoy it more.


amych - Nov 28, 2007 8:48:58 am PST #4234 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Sharks behind glass are the kind of scary that's fun to look at. (Sharks not behind glass would be a different matter.)


lisah - Nov 28, 2007 8:54:19 am PST #4235 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

thanks, sarameg, I've marked just in case.

Aquarium tix are a great idea!!!!

I have no good ideas for presents this year! Except for things I want...


Sophia Brooks - Nov 28, 2007 8:55:39 am PST #4236 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Thank you amych! That is great.


Allyson - Nov 28, 2007 8:56:26 am PST #4237 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

There's this: [link]

Which I think will be nice, but am unsure if it will be lost on him.


juliana - Nov 28, 2007 8:56:39 am PST #4238 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

I have no good ideas for presents this year! Except for things I want...

Same here. My mom thinks we can do all of the shopping AND cookie decorating in Eugene between the 22nd and the 24th. facepalm (We're having a family Christmas in Eugene this year, which is where my grandparents & an uncle & aunt live.)