Most of my parents mail gets there a week late. One of the city politicians sent mail from City Hall to his home, around the corner.
It took 2 weeks.
There've been threats to turn the sorting operation over to a city 45 miles south.
Good luck. Try not to kill people. Hands! Hands!
Willow ,'Storyteller'
Natter 59: Dominate Your Face!
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 - Jul 02, 2008 11:11:54 am PDT #6102 of 10003
tommyrot - Jul 02, 2008 11:13:28 am PDT #6103 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Recently I got a postcard from my dentist in Evanston about an upcoming appointment. It took six weeks to get to me. (Evanston boarders Chicago.)
bon bon - Jul 02, 2008 11:19:26 am PDT #6104 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Jesse, did you see they have a whole article about Pat Kiernan and Today's Papers: [link] !!!1!!
Jesse - Jul 02, 2008 11:32:22 am PDT #6105 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Pat showed it to me this morning! In the paper! But then I forgot to read it, so thanks. Although doesn't it read like all he does is the papers? Weird.
Fred Pete - Jul 02, 2008 11:33:54 am PDT #6106 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
tommyrot, I've got a DC-area story that belongs with that one.
I once lived in the Vienna-Reston area. Someone sent me a letter from Springfield, another suburb maybe -- maybe -- 15 miles away. It didn't take six weeks to get to me. But it was postmarked in Oklahoma City.
bon bon - Jul 02, 2008 11:35:57 am PDT #6107 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I also saw it this morning but forgot about it until now. I always wondered what happened during the pre-taped segments and when he got sleep. NOW I KNOW! We love you Pat Kiernan!
DawnK - Jul 02, 2008 11:37:59 am PDT #6108 of 10003
giraffe mode
Who is the Buffista who lives on a boat.
Yup that's us. tommy, it's really not less expensive to live on a boat (at least in Marina del Rey) when you take into account bottom cleaning, pump out, slip fees, engine maintenance and fuel. It is really nice to not have to pack anything if we decide to head to Catalina or Malibu. Drunken idiots boating over the summer is the downside.
We don't worry about theft very much because it's a huge pain in the ass to try and climb over the gates and you need a key in and out of them. Plus there are always people on the docks.
The only time we've experienced it being really cold was in January of this year when, due to construction, our dock power was cut off for 24 hours. We rely on space heaters for the most part and even when the dock was frozen, we weren't that cold. Even in our 50 ft. boat, it warms up pretty fast once the heaters kick in.
Nutty, my husband once had an octopus climb up between the boat and the dock while he was filling the water tank. Just might be the octopus army advanced guards.
tommyrot - Jul 02, 2008 11:41:29 am PDT #6109 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
How many people do you have in your boat? Is it power or sail?
sumi - Jul 02, 2008 11:44:52 am PDT #6110 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Last night on the news they reported a couple of cities where they are switching their civil servants to the 4-day work week (not just for summer) to money. I searched on google news and found a bunch of stories of different communities doing the same thing.
Kat - Jul 02, 2008 11:45:44 am PDT #6111 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Dawn, we had the baby and were paddling in MDR and I kept thinking of you!