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'The Killer In Me'


Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Vortex - May 05, 2010 5:26:30 am PDT #27398 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

That being said, I have a 22 year old who is trying to tell me that our age gap shouldn't be a reason not to get together. Ummm....I have a daughter almost his age. And he fails the "half my age plus 5" cougar test. (Isn't that the calc?) Shoot, he is barely over the "half my age" part.

I do not even understand the issue here. You should hook up for the story if nothing else. And my rule is half plus seven. Unless he's hot. Or it's after 2AM.


JZ - May 05, 2010 5:35:58 am PDT #27399 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Eep, bonny. Tons of ~ma to you and B-boy and the other residents.


Sue - May 05, 2010 5:44:35 am PDT #27400 of 30001
hip deep in pie

Yikes, Bonny! I hope everyone is all right.


Steph L. - May 05, 2010 5:48:43 am PDT #27401 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

"the Parks Department warned humans that the green space was "open for wolves only," at which point a giant furry ran out and started doing yoga." I really wish I had seen that.

The pictures of the wolf made me laugh and laugh.


Gudanov - May 05, 2010 5:50:36 am PDT #27402 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

I was going to say something about while it's great the authorities caught the would-be NYC bomber so quickly, how did he managed to board a plane while on the no-fly list. However, CNN answered my questions. Good job, CNN.

I was in the grocery store last night and the family in front of me did a two part purchase, WIC and cash. Then in the parking lot they get into a newish Volvo. Even for a far lefty like me, that looks bad. Now it could have been a single mother and boyfriend, or maybe a family that fell on hard times post new Volvo. There are some perfectly reasonable scenarios, but it still looks bad.


Jessica - May 05, 2010 5:52:22 am PDT #27403 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Or maybe they'd borrowed the car from a friend to go grocery shopping.


Gudanov - May 05, 2010 5:53:35 am PDT #27404 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

Another perfectly reasonable scenario.


Aims - May 05, 2010 5:55:42 am PDT #27405 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

And IIRC, there's a much higher income threshold on WIC requirements because it stops when the youngest child turns 5 and only covers certain food items.

That being said, it sometimes pings me, too Gud.


Theodosia - May 05, 2010 5:57:51 am PDT #27406 of 30001
'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"

Gudanov -- or a borrowed Volvo, given how hard it is to make a large grocery run if you don't have your own car. But still, it's not what you expect to see.

(Which reminds me of the time I asked the driver of an airport stretch limo to stop at an all-night Target on the way to the Breakers hotel in Palm Beach. The airline had misplaced my luggage, so I bought pajamas & et cetera. Since it was all on the company's dime, he didn't mind.)


Sophia Brooks - May 05, 2010 6:01:25 am PDT #27407 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Should the people have to worry about how it looks when they go grocery shopping? Or just how it is? Because it could have been a brother taking his sister grocery shopping or any one of a hundred things, and I am not sure someone should have to think through how it "looks bad" before they accept a ride.

Also, I think almost no one would be on WIC to "beat" the system, because WIC is an enormous PAIN IN THE ASS that nets you milk, formula, cereal, cheese, juice, beans, peanut butter, eggs and fruit. With enormous restrictions on the size and type you can buy.