Re Sparky's clueless person - I've always thought it was kind of mean to tell people with medical situations horror stories. Why get someone all scared and agitated for what might turn out to be nothing. So if a situation comes up that I've gone through, I'll try to reassure people that it doesn't have to be so bad (mamograms, tooth extractions, etc.)
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Spike's Bitches 43: Who am I kidding? I love to brag.
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Toddson - Dec 16, 2008 9:09:21 am PST #4710 of 10000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
WindSparrow - Dec 16, 2008 9:14:19 am PST #4711 of 10000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
That, Toddson, is because you are a sensitive, intelligent person. Which, obviously, are qualities that Mme. Clueless has yet to acquire.
Fred Pete - Dec 16, 2008 9:15:17 am PST #4712 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
The problem I've had with the "it feels colder in the South because of the humidity" argument is that Southerners can't get their minds around how low Northern temperatures can fall. Nothing -- and I mean nothing -- prepares you for days when the high is 10 below, and the low is 25 below. When you wear a scarf over your face because it's so cold that (white font for TMI) the moisture inside your nose freezes each time you take a breath . You don't see that kind of weather regularly, but I did see it every few winters growing up. And southern Wisconsin isn't the worst part of the U.S. for cold winters.
To be fair, Northerners are just as weak about hot weather. 90 degrees doesn't mean it's too hot to go outside, unless it's so humid that a thunderstorm will probably drive you inside within the hour anyway.
Vortex - Dec 16, 2008 9:32:30 am PST #4713 of 10000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Pictures from the new Muppet Christmas special [link]
Laura - Dec 16, 2008 9:34:36 am PST #4714 of 10000
Our wings are not tired.
I remember cold quite well from upstate NY. The boys get mocked soundly by both of us when they complain of the cold. Silly kids.
Which reminds me, must have my son bring a jacket when he goes to Jax on Thursday. A parent of one of his friends is taking 3 boys up for the football game. I told him he could go as long as he arranged to reschedule a semester final he has that day. No doubt he is groveling right now.
Shir - Dec 16, 2008 9:38:34 am PST #4715 of 10000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
What's White Death, besides snow in literature?
I'm hoping to be hitting the post office in the next day or so, depending on weather (sorry, I'm not walking on icy walks more than I have to).
Did I already say how much I love you, just for moving from the "crazy thought" to "well, it's doable" phase?
sj - Dec 16, 2008 9:48:42 am PST #4716 of 10000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Shir, I think I probably lost the heat and electricity because of the clean up from the ice storm last week. My part of the city was hit very hard. I'm at Mom's now where there is heat, electricity, and food. So, all is good.
Steph L. - Dec 16, 2008 10:06:18 am PST #4717 of 10000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
What's White Death, besides snow in literature?
"White Death" is a sarcastic term to refer to a small-ish amount of snowfall that people react to as if it were a 3-day blizzard. Because people panic, the highways become gridlocked even if no accidents have happened. People also mob the grocery stores to buy bread and milk.
Why bread and milk? Probably they're the items that people most think they'll run out of if they're trapped in their homes for days by the snow. (If it were me, I'd get beer and cookies.)
BTW, very few snowfalls in my lifetime have been heavy enough to keep people in their homes for more than 24 hours.
omnis_audis - Dec 16, 2008 10:06:50 am PST #4718 of 10000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
White Death = snow.
Omnis, when I lived in a winter wonderland I would get the car warming up, then turn on the defrost. First I'd scrape the side windows, by then the rear window defogger would be starting to work and I'd have some purchase to scrape the ice off the rear window. I'd do the windshield last as the defroster would start to work and I could get my scraper up under there and often push big pieces of ice up and off. I also think it's a good idea to invest in a heavy-duty long-handled scraper.That's pretty much what I did, except I didn't start on the side windows. I started on the back, and realized how thick it was, then said "fuck good MPG" and started the car. The rear defroster works FAST. It helped break up the ice in good time. Then went around to the front. Since my car has a good swoop to the front, I scraped ice from the headlights too! By the time I got to the windshield, the ice on it was softended on the bottom section, and the top kinda slid off in blocks. it wasn't too bad once I started the car, but still. Arm isn't used to it. And miracle of miracles, being the pack rat I am, I still had the long handled scrapper from when I lived in the nor'east.
SuziQ - Dec 16, 2008 10:15:35 am PST #4719 of 10000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
We have discovered here that 45 mph is the magic speed where, if you do not scrape the snow off your car hood, it will come flying at you with a fury.