Wishing the best of outcomes for Bartleby.
Fred: It's the pictures in my mind that are getting me. It's like being stuck in a really bad movie with those Clockwork Orange clampy things on my eyeballs. Wesley: Why imagine? Reality's disturbing enough.
'Shells'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
sumi - Oct 25, 2011 6:09:24 pm PDT #1693 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Ginger - Oct 25, 2011 6:46:37 pm PDT #1694 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Wishing the best for Bartleby and his person.
Mr Peabody thinks that I am No Fun today.
askye - Oct 25, 2011 7:06:48 pm PDT #1695 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
Best wished towards Bartleby.
So I just checked the forecast and it's changed. The high Thursday is going to be 39 with Rain/Snow showers. I'm only a little freaked out about that. Mostly about the snow part. Friday it's supposed to be 45 for a high and I know it's probably not going to be a lot of snow but I haven't had a chance to get snow tires yet.
I don't even know where to get tires in the Burlington area and I need to get my fluids checked.
Tomorrow I'm going over to Ace Hardware and spending money on things to insulate the apartment. So far my list is: plastic for the windows, plug & light switch insulation, and weather stripping for the doors. Also I'm going to get an ice scraper if they have one. Then I also need a thick blanket to put up at the foot of the stairs (right behind where I keep the litter box).
Shir - Oct 25, 2011 9:35:15 pm PDT #1696 of 30001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Best ~ma to Bartleby. My thoughts are with you, bonny.
I hate that. I'd love for it to be more economical to repair things. But the system is set up for disposability.
This.
Cass - Oct 25, 2011 10:16:22 pm PDT #1697 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
My thoughts and best hopes are with Bartleby.
I should clarify that I think someone who can repair or replace the lining in a coat is both skilled and deserves to be fairly compensated for said skills. But the world is set up for disposability with cheaper and less durable goods and that makes it hard to weigh repair against replace.
Also, sewing is magic. To me.
Calli - Oct 26, 2011 2:30:56 am PDT #1698 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
askye, maybe you could ask someone in Ace for a recommendation for a good auto place? I'm sure there are dozens of places in Burlington that will swap out tires and check fluids, but it would be nice to have a lead on a place that does good auto work in general so you can start building up a relationship with them before anything major breaks.
I have a leather jacket with a corner tear that I'll probably get repaired. But I got it for the hard-to-beat price of free (it use to be Mom's), so any repairs that cost less than a brand new jacket would make sense for me. It does suck that decent pay for skilled labor gets undercut by super-low priced new goods. Especially when the price is kept low by things like prison labor.
Hil R. - Oct 26, 2011 2:51:57 am PDT #1699 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I only woke up ONCE in the middle of the night coughing! And I took some more codeine, watched an episode of Fresh Prince, and fell back asleep! I don't know whether it's the prednisone or the codeine or both to thank for this, but either way, drugs are good.
Sparky1 - Oct 26, 2011 3:50:07 am PDT #1700 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
Surgery & calm ~ma for you and B'boy, bonny.
ChiKat - Oct 26, 2011 5:40:39 am PDT #1701 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
All kinds of ~ma to you and Bartleby today, bonny.
Vortex - Oct 26, 2011 6:33:09 am PDT #1702 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I only woke up ONCE in the middle of the night coughing! And I took some more codeine, watched an episode of Fresh Prince, and fell back asleep! I don't know whether it's the prednisone or the codeine or both to thank for this, but either way, drugs are good.
Or just the magic of Will Smith.