But the prodigal son returned, sheepishly, because he spent all he had.
eta sorry for the xpost.
Old trusty soda machine. I push you for root beer, you give me Coke.
Willow ,'End of Days'
Natter 62: The 62nd Natter
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.
Kat - Dec 01, 2008 6:27:35 am PST #3792 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
§ ita § - Dec 01, 2008 6:45:34 am PST #3793 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The whole prodigal thing had me confused for a while.
There's a strange man on my balcony. They're painting the exterior of the building, but we're given no advance warning as to when they'll climb up the outside wall onto our balcony or just a moment before they'll paint the floor outside your apartment so you're hemmed in until it dries.
A note would have been nice.
tommyrot - Dec 01, 2008 7:07:29 am PST #3794 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Did I mention that we had a note posted in my building that they had gotten rid of the washers and dryers (with no advance warning), and that they'd be replaced (after some work was done in the laundry room) at some unspecified point in the future?
And it's been almost a month, with no laundry facilities, and no info on when we can expect laundry facilities. Some people wrote angry notes on the posted notices, which were then taken down and fresh ones put up.
A month is really too long for this to be going on, huh?
§ ita § - Dec 01, 2008 7:26:54 am PST #3795 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That's infuriating. I'm not sure what I'd do in the face of it.
Jesse - Dec 01, 2008 7:41:02 am PST #3796 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oy -- reminds me of my old apartment where we lost cooking gas plus the laundromat downstairs for MONTHS. What a nightmare.
msbelle - Dec 01, 2008 7:48:19 am PST #3797 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Does your lease mention laundry access on the premises? If so, then you might have a cse for withholding some rent.
brenda m - Dec 01, 2008 7:49:45 am PST #3798 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I'd suggest writing a letter or email and state that if the facilities are not operative in 24 or 48 hours you'll be sending your laundry out and deducting the expense from the rent. And then do so.
DavidS - Dec 01, 2008 7:56:44 am PST #3799 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
NYTimes had a piece about Dark Matter that lead me to Wikipedia which lead me to their article on Unsolved Problems in Physics which is interesting.
Here is your unsolved problem in physics of the day:
Entropy (arrow of time)
Why did the universe have such low entropy in the past, resulting in the distinction between past and future and the second law of thermodynamics?
I didn't realize low entropy resulted in the distinction between past and future! I don't even know what that means, really.
Though there does seem to be some implication that we wouldn't have to go to work today if Lee were more entropic yesterday.
Burrell - Dec 01, 2008 8:04:21 am PST #3800 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
good morning, glories!
Today might be Monday, but the sky is quite a pretty blue. For LA that's a win.
DavidS - Dec 01, 2008 8:05:32 am PST #3801 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Today might be Monday, but the sky is quite a pretty blue. For LA that's a win.
It's greyer than Gandalf's boxer briefs in SF.