Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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.


Ginger - Dec 04, 2008 1:10:49 pm PST #4354 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Could I solicit some help from Spanish-reading members of the hive mind?

Please tell me if

Los miembros que recibieron servicio con X en 1987 y 2007 recibirán cheques de reembolso por margen este mes.

says

Members who received service from X (or had service with X) in 1987 and 2007 will receive margin refund checks this month.

Preferably in a way that's not embarrassing.

I can kind of read Spanish. Producing sentences is quite another thing.

That reminds me of a friend who had a nanny from South America and was struggling to call up her high school Spanish. She said, "We communicate mostly in the infinitive."


Sheryl - Dec 04, 2008 1:11:37 pm PST #4355 of 10002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

My normal lunch is rather dull. It's a turkey or chicken breast sandwich. (Occasionally I go to the nearby cafeteria and get a CLT sandwich, which is a cheese sandwich with lettuce and tomato)


shrift - Dec 04, 2008 1:11:45 pm PST #4356 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I just turned on the puppy cam and one of the puppies snorgled the webcam. Giant puppy nose for the win.

What's your default lunch?

Heh. Um.

Used to be, my default lunches were a turkey sandwich, chicken burrito, or pad see eiw.


Jessica - Dec 04, 2008 1:20:28 pm PST #4357 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Dylan is on the kitchen floor in front of me playing with a set of furniture casters (you know, those things you put under the couch to make it not scratch up the floor). He has been kept occupied by this for at least ten minutes. If I'd known it was this easy I'd have bought all his toys at Home Depot.


Theodosia - Dec 04, 2008 1:23:30 pm PST #4358 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

It's not for nothing that the Toy Hall of Fame has officially inducted The Box and The Stick as toys of significance.


Ginger - Dec 04, 2008 1:24:44 pm PST #4359 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I have known several toddlers whose favorite toy was Tupperware.


Lee - Dec 04, 2008 1:26:54 pm PST #4360 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

One of the partners just came into my office to introduce a partner from DC who will be working here for a bit.

I had my ipod on and was watching the puppy cam.

oops.


Barb - Dec 04, 2008 1:38:31 pm PST #4361 of 10002
“Not dead yet!”

Los miembros que recibieron servicio con X en 1987 y 2007 recibirán cheques de reembolso por margen este mes.

You want to change the last part to cheques de reembolso del margen en este mes.

Another word for refund is also devolución, but I think reembolso might be more correct.


Hil R. - Dec 04, 2008 1:43:38 pm PST #4362 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I remember seeing that sort of thing, about cleaning the bowels, in several hygiene books from about 1900-1920.


Hil R. - Dec 04, 2008 1:47:08 pm PST #4363 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

That wasn't just one book: it was part of an entire series.

To support this kind of teaching this series of books on Hygiene has been prepared. A book is provided for each elementary school year from the Fourth to the Eighth inclusive ; in addition there is, for older girls, a hygiene dealing particularly with the care of little children and the health factors of home life, and, for the older elementary children and for vocational and industrial high schools, a Hygiene for the Worker.