Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.

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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.


sarameg - Apr 04, 2008 2:58:58 pm PDT #9618 of 10001

My UPS guy waits to do deliveries to my complex until after 6. Maybe your is of a similar bent?

I finally figured out why the tendons in my thumb/hand joint hurt when I flex: I was having a hell of a time opening a bottle of juice the other day, and I likely bruised/pulled something in the process. It was kind of freaking me out until I remembered that. I'm not falling apart! I'm just injuring myself!


Pix - Apr 04, 2008 3:00:21 pm PDT #9619 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

That backless bra would be SO fantastic if it's true!


Atropa - Apr 04, 2008 3:04:02 pm PDT #9620 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Hmm. I can't see how that wouldn't end up putting a lot of stress on the backs of the shoulders, ending up slumped over by the end of the day. Also, I can see how it could look good when you're standing still, but there's really nothing there to prevent bounce when actually moving.

Yep. I am deeply sceptical about that backless bra. But then, I'm having one of my periodic bouts of thinking I should just give up on bras completely, and wear overbust corsets instead.


meara - Apr 04, 2008 3:11:23 pm PDT #9621 of 10001

According to the FAQ they can deliver any time between 9AM and 7PM.

But it's a FRIDAY NIGHT. GET YOUR ASS HERE ALREADY.

You know if I had left this morning and ran an errand until 9:15, they would've showed up then.


Cass - Apr 04, 2008 3:22:50 pm PDT #9622 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.

It was kind of freaking me out until I remembered that. I'm not falling apart! I'm just injuring myself!
That's always a relief. I can deal with injuring myself. I don't like when bits of me fall apart.

And, everyone can hush. I know, I am a clutz and bruise easy and have been known to stab my thumbs with shrimp. Twice. I know.


sarameg - Apr 04, 2008 3:40:02 pm PDT #9623 of 10001

It's sad how much of a relief it can be. I woke up with a pulled butt muscle and was all hypochodriatic and then I remembered slipping while cleaning the tub. It was like yay! I'm just a clutz!


Ginger - Apr 04, 2008 3:44:14 pm PDT #9624 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

This week I've been kind of worried by the giant bruise on my calf that I couldn't explain. Then this morning I got up from a machine at the Y and whacked my other calf in that same spot. Mystery solved.


Cass - Apr 04, 2008 3:59:42 pm PDT #9625 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've got one of those bruises right now. No clue how it happened.

But I did discover where my laptop can dig into my thigh which explains those bruises. I've reevaluated setting the computer off to the side and presto no bruises there!

I am just way too easily marked to try and figure them all out.


hippocampus - Apr 04, 2008 4:07:21 pm PDT #9626 of 10001
not your mom's socks.

thanks for speaking up there aimee. We've enjoyed being able to meet up with our kid free friends at various places, many of those friends being restaurant owners made living through the stares of diners who looked at us like we'd spit in their appetizers much less soul shriveling. Granted if she or we were disturbing other diners that's one thing and we'd leave. But being ostracized because we have chosen to do something other than hole up in the suburbs is a tough call. I don't know how Europe has survived as long as it has actually.

Though what do I know. She's miserable with the flu or something and I'm likely just venting in between rocking her back to sleep.


Jessica - Apr 04, 2008 4:16:19 pm PDT #9627 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

A popular bar in Park Slope caused a bit of a local uproar recently when they put up "NO STROLLERS" signs on the door. It wasn't so much that they minded the babies, but the strollers were getting in the way of the non-baby-having patrons.

Little did they realize that a "NO STROLLERS" sign in Park Slope...well, it may as well have been a swastika for the reaction they got. The parents around here can be a wee bit aggressive about maintaining the family-friendliness of the neighborhood.