Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.

Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'


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.


Jessica - Dec 05, 2007 2:50:46 pm PST #5854 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

JILLI! YAAAAAAAAAAAAY!


Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 05, 2007 2:53:17 pm PST #5855 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Not without a buzz saw. It's basically a solid wood daybed frame and back with rattan sides, nailed and glued together. Ultra-sturdy, so it'd have to be cut apart and then rebuilt rather than just reassembled, and I lack the carpentry skills to do it without ending up with firewood and cushions.

On the bright side, a co-worker is interested in it for her basement game room. So I can be sure it goes to a nice home and will feel much better about giving her a bargain basement price than some stranger.


Cass - Dec 05, 2007 2:57:15 pm PST #5856 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

I need ita. How long do I ice and then how long off before I re-ice?

I like that couch, Matt.


sarameg - Dec 05, 2007 3:16:00 pm PST #5857 of 10001

Sometimes I think my life is fodder for one of those point-and-laugh tragic-comic sitcoms.

Then I realize it's way too boring for that...

I only got an ipod last xmas! Also from the parents.


Hil R. - Dec 05, 2007 3:27:19 pm PST #5858 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Sigh. Some people, rather than using the kind of menorah that uses candles, are a bit more authentic and use a kind with little bowls for oil. This, of course, is sometimes kind of messy, to pour the oil into the little cups each night. So there are a few companies that make pre-filled little cups, that you just place into the cups of the menorah and remove the cover.

There was a new brand last year. Made of PLASTIC. So, yeah. You light the oil inside, and soon, the plastic melts. Depending on the design of your menorah, this could send flaming oil dripping onto your table or carpet. These were, of course, recalled.

Seems they're back again this year. New label, but obviously same product.


Jesse - Dec 05, 2007 3:29:39 pm PST #5859 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

OK, seriously? That's so wack!

I am having SUCH a "what is WRONG with people?!?!" day.


sarameg - Dec 05, 2007 3:30:15 pm PST #5860 of 10001

Hil, that's awful.

So I just turned on the tv and there's this guy yelling "Root! Root! Gotta get the root!" and you know what I thought. Except he was yelling "roof."


Hil R. - Dec 05, 2007 3:33:24 pm PST #5861 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Yeah. The safe ones, the cups are made of glass. Apparently, the new packaging actually labels these ones as glass, but if you pick them up, you can tell that they're too light to actually be glass.


Kat - Dec 05, 2007 3:38:23 pm PST #5862 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

YAY JILLI!

I have no Wii. But I also have little desire, space, or cash for one.

Cass, ice 15-30 minutes, then off for 24 hours according to docs I've heard. Though you could do 15 minutes ice, 12 off.


brenda m - Dec 05, 2007 3:41:05 pm PST #5863 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

Matt, I think they have that same couch at Cost Plus World Market, and IIRC for less money. ETA: [link]

Not much less money, but depending on what's near you it might be better. Or worse. I'm done here now.