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Spike's Bitches 39: Cuppa Tea, Cuppa Tea, Almost Got Shagged, Cuppa Tea...  

[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.


Aims - Jan 23, 2008 6:28:54 am PST #3561 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Aimee, would you have any use for an Origins coupon specifically for the Twelve Oaks mall?

I probably wouldn't. I'm never out that way. But thank you, love.


DCJensen - Jan 23, 2008 6:29:27 am PST #3562 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.

Speaking of workplace stress, anoter study saying it can kill you: [link]


lisah - Jan 23, 2008 6:31:40 am PST #3563 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

Anyone here rented a place in the Outer Banks?

It's south of the Outer Banks, closer to Wilmington, NC, but my family and I have stayed in Topsail Island a few times and loved it. I think it's less crowded generally than the Outer Banks up the coast and it really doesn't take that much longer to get to.

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Aims - Jan 23, 2008 6:32:44 am PST #3564 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Topsail Island

BEST PLACE EVER. We stayed in a house in Surf City. Love Topsail Island.


Laura - Jan 23, 2008 6:35:02 am PST #3565 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

Anyone here rented a place in the Outer Banks?

Haven't been recently so I can't say. In the past I would go frequently and just find a spot. (it was a reasonable drive from Norfolk when I lived there a few years) This is my favorite place and my dream retirement location. The outer the better. I might have to compromise for the keys if I want to retire with DH.


Steph L. - Jan 23, 2008 6:37:16 am PST #3566 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Steph - we have one in our guestroom and for the inside liner, we're going to be getting a shower curtain with magnets in it so that it sticks to the tub, and not to us or our guests -

Our shower enclosure (and curtain) is from Vintage Tub & Bath: [link] I think it's a smaller-than-normal ring because we chose the least expensive one. Our curtain does have magnets, but I think part of the problem is that the curtain is extra big, and so it bunches up, and then the part that's bunched up -- like gathers or pleats in a skirt -- is what encroaches on my shower space.

Plus the tub has a slant back instead of a straight back, so the curtain doesn't stick to the slant part very well, and instead continues to stolidly hang straight down, which cuts of accessible moving-around space.


Sparky1 - Jan 23, 2008 6:38:32 am PST #3567 of 10001
Librarian Warlord

BEST PLACE EVER.

Unfortunately, Topsail is too far from the Kitty Hawk hang gliding site for us.


Amy - Jan 23, 2008 6:39:26 am PST #3568 of 10001
Because books.

We've rented in Duck and Corolla, Sparky, and we love it. Traffic can get a little hairy (it's the northern part of the island) because it's a two-lane road, but the beaches are great, and if you go off-season it's still warm and way cheaper.

That tag doesn't close.


hippocampus - Jan 23, 2008 6:42:34 am PST #3569 of 10001
not your mom's socks.

Our curtain does have magnets, but I think part of the problem is that the curtain is extra big,

gotcha - I'll stop posting about magnets everywhere then...


Sparky1 - Jan 23, 2008 6:43:02 am PST #3570 of 10001
Librarian Warlord

the beaches are great, and if you go off-season it's still warm and way cheaper.

And, off-season, our puppy can be on the beach! We've found a couple possibilities (that aren't 8 bedroom monstrosities, that allow the dog) but I just wish I knew the area better so I knew what we could walk to, etc.