Back when I was a kid, my parents bought a Toyota. Since my Dad was a tough bargainer, the Salesman turned to my Mom and said: "you really love this car don't you. Isn't it worth what I'm asking". My Mom replied: "Actually I was thinking you are being too stubborn on the price, and that maybe we should go over to the Dotson dealer".
It's my estimation that... every man ever got a statue made of him, was one kind of sumbitch or another.
Mal ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
Typo Boy - Apr 16, 2009 1:25:57 pm PDT #15538 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Lee - Apr 16, 2009 1:30:58 pm PDT #15539 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
When my parents were getting ready to move to AZ, my mother (who had done all the banking for the family for 30+ years) was told by BofA that she couldn't close the account, because only my father's signature was on file. My mother pointed out that the account was first opened in 1962, and the bank paperwork didn't have a space for her signature at the time.
Things did not go smoothly.
Sheryl - Apr 16, 2009 1:41:14 pm PDT #15540 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Happy Birthday ND!
Hil R. - Apr 16, 2009 1:49:12 pm PDT #15541 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Happy Birthday, ND!
sarameg - Apr 16, 2009 1:50:26 pm PDT #15542 of 30000
So I learned something new (or that I just forgot): the big fat check? I write it to me. Huh.
I think I'm not going to pack or do anything useful tonight.
Jesse - Apr 16, 2009 1:51:33 pm PDT #15543 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, when I was in high school or so, I noticed that my mother had a Filene's charge card that said Mrs. [My Father's Name], which is so very not my mother, I don't even know. She told me that was all she could get at the time she opened the account, even though my father was in school and she was supporting both of them! I made her get a new card.
sarameg - Apr 16, 2009 1:56:24 pm PDT #15544 of 30000
Somewhere, somewhen, they wouldn't put my mother on the bank account. So she just signed his name.
Back in the days when we had to deposit the paychecks manually, she always signed his name because he always forgot.
Dad's gotten more involved, but my mom is still the main household accountant.
My mother, the forger.
Scrappy - Apr 16, 2009 1:57:32 pm PDT #15545 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We just bought this: [link] Very excited! We have a fountain our realtor gave us as a house-warming present, but it has never worked right, runs on electricity, and we got tired of buying new pumps for it. This one and is solar and has a much smaller spray, so we are hoping it lasts. It's freaking hot here all summer and it's nice to offer the birdies a bath.
tommyrot - Apr 16, 2009 1:57:43 pm PDT #15546 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
WARNING - a picture of a hairless chimp: [link]
Freaky. It looks like something some Hollywood effects studio came up with.
sarameg - Apr 16, 2009 2:01:38 pm PDT #15547 of 30000
Cool, Scrappy!
My parents have a fountain. Well, ok, it is the overflow drip for the swamp cooler, but they have it strung so that it flows into a birdbath fashioned from a bike rim and a frying pan. But you really can't tell what the components were in their previous lives.