I tell you I have this theory. It goes where, you're the one who's not my sister. Cuz mom adopted you from a shoe box full of baby howler monkeys, and never told you cuz it could hurt your delicate baby feelings.

Dawn ,'Selfless'


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.


-t - Mar 22, 2011 11:35:42 am PDT #29625 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

My one grandmother had a pretty good set up where she lived for the last 15 or so years of her life. She had her own house with a garden and a garage, but it was on the grounds of the assisted living community and if she had needed it she would have been moved to an environment with round-the-clock care in the same community. She didn't end up making use of that, but I always thought the progressive care aspect was well thought out. She could afford that on her own, though, and chose it for herself, which makes a big difference.

My other grandmother lived with my parents for the last year of her life, which was actually a really good experience for my dad as he had not been able to spend a lot of time with her prior to that because of issues with her second husband. But all her problems were physical and those were not especially care intensive.


Sue - Mar 22, 2011 11:59:10 am PDT #29626 of 30001
hip deep in pie

I rather live with Buffistas in my dotage than my siblings. But I'm not giving up my healthcare to do it!

So I ordered a dress from ASOS last week. [link] It was supposed to be free shipping, but I spent the last 10 days living in dread of having to pay additional taxes, duties and probably some kind of ransom fee (they call it an administrative charge) from a courier. But it arrived today via regular mail! Excuse me, via Royal Mail. But no duties or having to go to the boonies to get it out of courier hock! I'm very excited. I just wish the dress was more flattering to the chest.


Kathy A - Mar 22, 2011 12:06:25 pm PDT #29627 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I've just spent the last 10 minutes looking for a pair of basic black pants, no spandex or tummy control, just simple twill or cotton pants, preferably with some elastic in the waist. I was looking at a specific store's website, because that's the one I have a coupon, discount card, and gift cards for, but that's the one that has nothing like what I'm looking for in the size I need! Grrr. I guess I'll head over to the actual store tonight and see if they have anything in stock.


Trudy Booth - Mar 22, 2011 12:07:10 pm PDT #29628 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

My great uncle Jim and aunt Margaret were in a community like t's grandmother. The place is like its own town. When Margaret needed more care than Jim could give her anymore he stayed in the apartment and she moved to the care section about 200 yards away. He was able to spend most of every day with her until she passed. He was in the apartment until he died this past year. It was as perfect as such a thing can be.

Of course, they had decent pensions. That's why they could do it. Remember decent pensions? SUCH a good idea that was...


DavidS - Mar 22, 2011 12:17:34 pm PDT #29629 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Remember decent pensions? SUCH a good idea that was...

EM's father was a lifeline member of the printer's union. Which has a retirement community for its members in Colorado - everything taken care of. Yeah, socialism!


le nubian - Mar 22, 2011 12:48:34 pm PDT #29630 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I don't mind instructional videos if it has accompanying text. What drives me batshit are the videos like "here's a video of this guy's favorite 3 iphone apps."

Okay, look here fucker, you could actually list the iphone apps in the text so I don't have to watch a video to learn what they are.


Ginger - Mar 22, 2011 1:04:45 pm PDT #29631 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Radiation from stuff you breathe or eat, radiation inside you, had greater effect that external exposure.

If you think in terms of cumulative exposure, that's true. In this case, though, the comparison, albeit crude, is looking at the spinach that someone might eat in the next few weeks at most, since contaminated spinach and the like is easy to detect with simple radiation monitoring equipment. Therefore, it's reasonable to say that people would only be exposed to dangerous amounts of radiation from the contaminated food currently found in the markets if they ate hundreds of pounds of spinach in a short period of time.

Over the long term, if they kept eating contaminated food, a lot of the radioactive elements would leave the body, but some would be taken into the body and continue to emit small amounts of radiation. Epidemiological studies from Chernobyl and atom bomb workers have not shown much effect on mortality this type of low-level internal radiation.


Kathy A - Mar 22, 2011 1:19:49 pm PDT #29632 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I've gotta go see this. A Chicago theatre is bringing back the original R-rated version of Grease. The show opens on May 2nd.

Before there was "Grease," the 1972 Broadway hit, or "Grease," the 1978 movie, there was the musical first performed in 1971 in the former Kingston Mines Theatre on Lincoln Avenue. That R-rated "Grease" was much rougher and tougher than the popular versions that followed, for example with the sultry song “Kiss It” in place of “Hopelessly Devoted to You” and “Foster Beach” instead of the Hollywood confection “Summer Nights.”


brenda m - Mar 22, 2011 1:28:10 pm PDT #29633 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Oh yeah, I've got tickets for that sometime that week. Should be fun.


Sheryl - Mar 22, 2011 1:34:20 pm PDT #29634 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

I mentioned a couple weeks ago about this thing my dentist recommended for my gums. It involved taking molds of my upper and lower teeth. I get a call last week saying that the trays haven't come in, so my appointment to pick them up was cancelled. Turns out the company that makes the trays has no record of receiving the molds. So I had to go in this morning to get molds taken again. Ugh.