Went back home to get a cable. There were 10,000 full trash bags with our ceilings in them on our front sidewalk. . Ok not that many but almost. Looks like the 'simple fix' wasn't possible. Otoh? I wasn't there when whatever went Down went down. So I'm only about half as freaked as I would have been. Probably.
No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.
Early ,'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.
hippocampus - Feb 17, 2011 7:06:55 am PST #23408 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
Vortex - Feb 17, 2011 7:07:49 am PST #23409 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I invited him to come in and check and he just said that I could've turned it off before I answered the door.
It's been my experience that when someone is playing music so loudly that I can hear it in my house, I can hear it from outside of the door.
§ ita § - Feb 17, 2011 7:09:33 am PST #23410 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Because every time I go to IO9 now I feel constrained and frustrated and end up yelling, "Fuck you, IO9!"
That's because you're a skimmer and don't go to [link] So you deserve the anguish.
Ginger - Feb 17, 2011 7:09:46 am PST #23411 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I totally agree, the earth will still be around.
One generation passes away, and another generation comes;
But the earth abides forever.
DavidS - Feb 17, 2011 7:20:02 am PST #23412 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That's because you're a skimmer and don't go to [link]. So you deserve the anguish.
Ahhh, so much better.
But now I'm yelling, "Fuck you, David Kelly!"
Maybe I'm just irascible.
Amy - Feb 17, 2011 7:20:39 am PST #23413 of 30001
Because books.
Seriously? A fourteen-year-old isn't capable enough to care for his own three-year-old sibling for a half hour? And the kids' mother lost her job because of the caution she received.
Kathy A - Feb 17, 2011 7:28:01 am PST #23414 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
From that article:
England's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children actually states no one under the age of 16 should be allowed to babysit!
I was babysitting at 12, and a busy babysitter, at that. I know that from what I've heard from coworkers and friends, most teen girls are done babysitting by the time they go to high school at 14.
Amy - Feb 17, 2011 7:31:12 am PST #23415 of 30001
Because books.
I was babysitting at twelve, too! Sometimes for infants!
meara - Feb 17, 2011 7:31:29 am PST #23416 of 30001
I, too, was babysitting by 12 and done by around 15. After that I had other plans on weekends, and I generally couldn't on weeknights. My sister did more than I did--she was an au pair for several summers...high school summers. 14-16 or so.
Gudanov - Feb 17, 2011 7:31:40 am PST #23417 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Crazy, there are totally 12 year olds I'd trust to babysit a toddler... and 20 year olds I wouldn't.