Oh, I forgot to mention what I came in here to say. Since I've learned of the product watching Discovery Channel covering the war, I've always been amazed of QuikClot product. It used to be a powder you sprinkle into the wound to stop the bleeding . Don't know when they updated, but now they have a gauze version of the product. [link] I think it's the coolest thing! I want to get some, just in case. But hesitant. Because the need is very very low. And I wonder if there is an expiration date.

Your brother is doing a good job, P-C. and I don't see a lot of need for you to answer the phone.

Next week is Clean All The Things week. I took a week off to clean the house. DH might take some time off, Or get some and he wants to go away , but I need most of the week to get things taken care of. This week is get ready for clean all the things week

o_a, feel free to quote that....

I meant to come here and bitch about my dad. P-C's family stories shamed my intention.

However, I might be a little bit envy in people who are actually arguing. With me and my dad (because we're too similar in how we think and do things but not in the content of those things) it's few sentences, then one of us storms off, then the other one, after chilling down, starting to get all nice to the other one without actually discussing where that niceness came from and the reason of the argument.

He's now being nice to me. Over a thing which we pretty much fighting for the past few months. Because we'll never, ever, have more than a 15 minutes of shouting at each other or actually discuss.

Once more with "getting a job and getting the hell out of here" vibe. Because I'm not gonna change him. And I don't think we'll ever agree on this.

Seems like I did bitch, in the end. Huh. And P-C? You have one amazing brother. Give him a hug for me.

No, no, you want to keep the work excuse. Plausible deniability is your friend. Just stick to that because that's a door that doesn't have to open. "I'm sorry my work schedule doesn't allow me to travel then." That's all you need to say. Repeatedly. Or just refer back to it, "As I just explained to you, my work schedule does not allow me to travel then."

I mean, what the fuck, I'm not going to actually ask my boss since I don't intend to go, and I don't want to have any actual truth to be lying about, but, seriously, we are trying to get a drug approved here. It is not out of the realm of possibility that they would want all hands on deck in December so we can finish everything by the end of the year.

Broken record seems to have been effective in the past, so I guess I will just stick with it, then.

THAT MAKES ME TWITCHY AND I AM CHANGING MY PIN ASAP.

Oh hell yeah.

I didn't even understand how she did it, and I also didn't believe I had so many until I realized that, actually, yeah, I probably did have a shitload after the Delta/Northwest merger. When I went to check, I saw that all you needed to log in was my FF number and my PIN; I didn't have a personal password. And, well, my PIN was my birthday, and she must have known that since we set this up when I was a kid. I've changed it now; I didn't think until just now that she had the ability to go and snoop on where I've been flying if she wanted to.

Dude, he needs to get the locks changed, and I am not even kidding. If they pay for the apartment, I can easily imagine them talking the landlord into giving them a spare key.

Oh, fuck yeah. Remember the time my mom tried to break my lease on my behalf? And that was when she wasn't paying for it. And as far as "paying for it," they aren't directly paying for it. My brother pays the rent from an account that my dad drops money into. So as far as the landlord is concerned, my brother is the only person involved.

Well done, brother of P-C!

There's a reason he's my role model. He's like a better version of me.

P.-C., you're planning to someday make a screenplay of your life, right?

let him get a happy ending (a wonderful geeky significant other). THEN make the movie.

No, no, you want to keep the work excuse. Plausible deniability is your friend. Just stick to that because that's a door that doesn't have to open. "I'm sorry my work schedule doesn't allow me to travel then." That's all you need to say. Repeatedly. Or just refer back to it, "As I just explained to you, my work schedule does not allow me to travel then."

What Hec said. Unless you want a blow-up that it sounds like you really don't want. (Of course, if you don't have enough vacation time to take a trip to India, the work excuse is even valid....)

My mom had logged into my Delta account and seen how many frequent flier miles I had, saying it was almost enough for a free ticket to India. A) No, not even close. B) THAT MAKES ME TWITCHY AND I AM CHANGING MY PIN ASAP.

Egad. If you want a PIN that nobody in your family will ever guess, I can offer birthdates of people in my family.

My brother said he couldn't do that. My mom said they were paying for the apartment. He said he couldn't give her a key; he knew how she was.

Dumb question -- would it make sense for brother and girlfriend to move in together and pay for their own apartment, now that your parents know?

"So you're upset that I'm not racist?"

"Yes, I'm upset that you're not racist."

"So you're upset that I'm happy?"

"Yes, I'm upset that you're happy. We told you she has to be Indian."

For what it's worth, I can't remember the last time I watched a sitcom with such good lines.

Thanks Tommyrot! This is what I posted:

Bin Laden wants there to be a religious war between Islam and the West. You're playing right into his hands! There is nothing more violent than someone defending their existence.

If you are against the "Mosque" at "Ground Zero" (quotes because it's neither a Mosque OR at ground zero), remember, we are a country of religious freedoms. ...Don't be a hypocrite.

Bollywood, definitely - there's so much song-and-dance in this story ....