I'm not on the ship. I'm in the ship. I am the ship.

River ,'Objects In Space'


Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes  

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


tommyrot - Jan 11, 2011 11:01:50 am PST #16245 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

How exactly does putting vaseline on your lashes darken them?

Vaseline makes dirt stick to the lashes?


tommyrot - Jan 11, 2011 11:04:41 am PST #16246 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

So, why did so many news organizations report that Gabrielle Giffords had died? I heard somewhere that many of these reports were based on NPR? So, did NPR just jump to conclusions based on her being shot in the head?


megan walker - Jan 11, 2011 11:07:16 am PST #16247 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

ION, there was an alcohol-related accident on the freeway at 9 AM today. Who the hell is that drunk at 9 AM? Or maybe it's "still drunk"?

The hit-and-run drunk driving case I was on the jury for (What about the plaid?) regarded an incident at 10am.


flea - Jan 11, 2011 11:08:12 am PST #16248 of 30001
information libertarian

NPR itself on Giffords' "death": [link] - they had 2 sources, 1 in the Sheriff's office.

I am SO OVER the inability of the South to deal with snow. People mocked me (online, not here) for suggesting we all shovel our sidewalks. Seriously? If anyone but me had tried, we totally could have cleared our street today. Snow day 3 tomorrow.


SailAweigh - Jan 11, 2011 11:10:48 am PST #16249 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

They'd be in deep trouble in Madison. I forget how many hours you have to clear your sidewalk before you get ticketed, starting at $100.


tommyrot - Jan 11, 2011 11:12:06 am PST #16250 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I'm tired of people not shoveling their sidewalks here in Chicago and Evanston. Often the unshoveled snow gets packed down into ice, which can stay for days or weeks.


Fred Pete - Jan 11, 2011 11:13:54 am PST #16251 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.

I forget how many hours you have to clear your sidewalk before you get ticketed, starting at $100.

When I was growing up in Janesville, you had 24 hours after the snow stopped. My father acted as if it were 2.4.

I give the South somewhat of a pass on the inability to deal with snow as long as the North is unable to deal with heat.


lisah - Jan 11, 2011 11:14:54 am PST #16252 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

There is no ticketing here for unshoveled walks (I'm pretty sure) but you will incur the wrath of your neighbors if you are able bodied and don't shovel your walk as soon as possible. Which means I have to get up early tomorrow to get it done. And I've gotten VERY spoiled because snow shoveling has been one of Bob's household tasks and he's in Chicago this week. I mean, I helped during the snowpocalypse but he is our primary shoveler.


tommyrot - Jan 11, 2011 11:15:18 am PST #16253 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

NPR itself on Giffords' "death": [link] - they had 2 sources, 1 in the Sheriff's office.

Thanks. I wish the article had gone into more detail about these two sources.

So, if NPR had erred, what should they have done? Got more sources? Waited for a report from the doctor or hospital?


msbelle - Jan 11, 2011 11:15:32 am PST #16254 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

A floor lamp in the garage is really not what I need, no reading nook there.

Tom, nope, not even the top right pile o'stuff. Other places they are not: anywhere on my desk or table beside desk, the stationary drawer, or my purse.