But? There's always a but. When this is over, can we have a big 'but' moratorium?

Fred ,'Smile Time'


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.


Jesse - May 11, 2009 7:30:55 am PDT #19000 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Upstate is everything that's not NYC or Westchester (i.e., White Plains is not upstate). It was a revelation when I realized that upstate basically wasn't upstate, but, rather, most of the state.

I've been mocked by a non-NYC type for calling Poughkeepsie upstate, so really I think it depends on perspective. Sophia, where do you think upstate starts?


megan walker - May 11, 2009 7:31:33 am PDT #19001 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

What's the difference between the cheaper Roombas and the crazy expensive ones?

Now that I don't have my amazing cleaners, I need to get something for my carpets. I have 1 Qashqa'i and 2 Moroccan with almost no pile, so I'm wondering if I can get away with a carpet sweeper. My main problem is I don't really have the space to store a bigger vaccuum.


Amy - May 11, 2009 7:34:34 am PDT #19002 of 30000
Because books.

Beany was fun. I loved those books.

I've been mocked by a non-NYC type for calling Poughkeepsie upstate, so really I think it depends on perspective. Sophia, where do you think upstate starts?

Up here (Syracuse environs) it's never referred to as upstate, but as Central New York. *I* consider it upstate, though. Hell, it's practically in Canada.


amych - May 11, 2009 7:42:02 am PDT #19003 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Syracuse can call itself whatever it likes, but we all know it's Hoth.


Amy - May 11, 2009 7:45:05 am PDT #19004 of 30000
Because books.

I ... don't know what that means!

Syracuse also calls itself "the 'cuse" which I find incredibly annoying and stupid.

I have not taken very well to my adopted nearest city, in case you can't tell.


Barb - May 11, 2009 7:46:16 am PDT #19005 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”

Hoth = the Ice Planet at the beginning of Empire Strikes Back


Jesse - May 11, 2009 7:47:42 am PDT #19006 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Up here (Syracuse environs) it's never referred to as upstate, but as Central New York. *I* consider it upstate, though. Hell, it's practically in Canada.

I guess even saying "upstate" means you're thinking from the perspective of NYC, eh? Up from where??

Syracuse also calls itself "the 'cuse" which I find incredibly annoying and stupid.

I am having a flashback of someone I went to high school with saying she was going to college at "Cusey, yo!" Which, seriously?


Amy - May 11, 2009 7:51:04 am PDT #19007 of 30000
Because books.

Hoth = the Ice Planet at the beginning of Empire Strikes Back

Ah. Well, that's the truth then. ::shudders::


sarameg - May 11, 2009 7:54:10 am PDT #19008 of 30000

Everything is now go for a 2:02 pm shuttle launch. Eep.


Sophia Brooks - May 11, 2009 7:59:28 am PDT #19009 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Sophia, where do you think upstate starts?

When I was growing up, I would have said it started around Albany and went west to Buffalo, but we are now "Western NY". This is weird, but I am pretty sure this area used to be referred to as upstate, not just from my memory, but because Travis McCoy, from Gym Class Heroes, who is from Geneva (between Rochester and Buffalo) has "Upstate New York" tattooed on his chest