Two-thirds of our internets were down four hours. They just came back, and now I can see b.org again. Anyone else having problems?
Lydia: But you are a vampire. Spike: If I'm not, I'm gonna be pissed about drinking all that blood.
'Potential'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
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.
tommyrot - Apr 24, 2008 7:18:49 am PDT #3314 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Toddson - Apr 24, 2008 7:33:10 am PDT #3315 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
In re the boobie-groping thing ... maybe we could take up a collection and send some selected Buffistas (ita or Vortex, for example) to selected cons to lay down the law to these guys. Someone who could let them know, in a truly, um, memorable way that it's a Really Bad Idea.
And I'd probably qualify as a cougar ... sigh ... according to that formula, I shouldn't date anyone under 33.
Aims - Apr 24, 2008 7:34:33 am PDT #3316 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Oooh! Oooh! I'm 33! You can date me still!!
Pix - Apr 24, 2008 7:36:35 am PDT #3317 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
We have a (male) friend who is 39ish dating a (female) 19 year old. They live together and actually seem to have a healthy relationship, but is still weirds me out. It's difficult not to judge. I try not to, though.
ETA:
Oooh! Oooh! I'm 33! You can date me still!!Me too!
Glamcookie - Apr 24, 2008 7:38:38 am PDT #3318 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
I have a friend who just turned 50 and his wife just turned 28. Sounds creepy, but they are actually a really good couple. M is a very very young 50...
Toddson - Apr 24, 2008 7:41:23 am PDT #3319 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Aims, can I grope you (in a purely theraputic way)?
beekaytee - Apr 24, 2008 7:43:34 am PDT #3320 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
We have a (male) friend who is 39ish dating a (female) 19 year old. They live together and actually seem to have a healthy relationship, but is still weirds me out. It's difficult not to judge. I try not to, though.
This is a tough one. Now that I'm sliding up on 50, I know what people thought when they saw 19 year old me moving in with my 34 year old (father of 3) soon-to-be husband. I really didn't get it then in the ways that I do now.
We were perfect for each other and our union was exactly what we both needed at that time in our lives.
So, I can see the allure, but when you see May-Decembers where the May isn't so together, or the December never will be, it's easy to judge it as a mistake.
Vortex - Apr 24, 2008 7:46:26 am PDT #3321 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
We have a (male) friend who is 39ish dating a (female) 19 year old. They live together and actually seem to have a healthy relationship, but is still weirds me out. It's difficult not to judge. I try not to, though.
oh, yeah. my brother's 39 year old friend lives with his 22 year old girlfriend. They call her The Child Bride.
lisah - Apr 24, 2008 7:46:42 am PDT #3322 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
It's difficult not to judge. I try not to, though.
I'll judge for you!
My 26-year old cousin is living with a guy who is 20 years older than her (meaning he is older than me which is just disturbing). There were lots of red flags in the beginning including that he lied about his age (also she started seeing him within a couple years of her dad, with whom she'd had a very rocky relationship, committing suicide) but they've been together for a few years now and she seems happy.
tommyrot - Apr 24, 2008 7:51:19 am PDT #3323 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Police: Woman lived with partially mumified body of sister
DETROIT - Detroit police say they've found the partially mummified body of a woman in her 80s on the kitchen floor of a house where her mentally troubled sister was living.
Police say they believe the surviving sister had been living with the body for one to three years. They say the body was partially covered with newspapers and that a cat and dog apparently ate part of it.
The Detroit Free Press says authorities removed the surviving sister Wednesday night and took her to a crisis center. She's also in her 80s and appears to have mental problems.