I'm so sorry, Consuela. What a lot of crap you have to deal with.
Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.
'Shindig'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Dec 05, 2012 10:38:50 am PST #3272 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Sparky1 - Dec 05, 2012 10:57:27 am PST #3273 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
Consuela, I'm sorry.
In other craptastic news, my boss is retiring in June. Not unexpected, at all, and he's put it off for a while now so we'd have his voice during all the changes so not undeserved, either.
I just wish he'd been able to stay for another year (while we figure out the new Dean).
§ ita § - Dec 05, 2012 10:59:11 am PST #3274 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just blithely placed an order for a $6 pair of hose, and didn't realise it defaulted to UPS Next Day Air for shipping. Thankfully I used Google Wallet and it was sitting there telling me I had 15 minutes to cancel my order. GOOD LORD. $6 hose means if they arrive too late for the wedding, I won't cry. It does not mean I'm going to pay $62 to get them tomorrow.
Speaking of the wedding, I have a construction question--I'm going to use a piece of ribbon as an ad hoc choker. Is there a simpler way to tidily fasten the back than attaching a snap fastener, but with the end rolled over and stitched down so you can't see it?
Hil R. - Dec 05, 2012 11:20:43 am PST #3275 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Hil, if you're still on the lookout for a menorah, Apartment Therapy has a nice roundup:
Thanks. I think I'm going to wait until I can go to an actual store, though -- I've had a few too many experiences of buying Judaica stuff on the internet where the object delivered looked really different from the photo.
Jesse - Dec 05, 2012 11:22:16 am PST #3276 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, speaking of hose! I had a stroke of genius at Target. I'm always looking at the tights for sale, and know that the M/T size probably won't quite fit me (I am definitely NOT medium), but it didn't occur to me until now to just go up a size! I am so happy in the 1X/2X size right now, I don't even know. Do other people have this feeling all the time? That your tights are big enough? It's amazing.
flea - Dec 05, 2012 11:26:45 am PST #3277 of 30001
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No, I almost never have that feeling that my tights are big enough. Signed, they mostly do not make tall sizes and going up a size does not help.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 05, 2012 11:27:30 am PST #3278 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Mostly I feel that the 1x/2x size it too tall! I have to fold it on my thighs!
Jesse - Dec 05, 2012 11:28:21 am PST #3279 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I swear, this is magic. Mine are always too short (although not as much too short as yours, I'm sure....), and going up a size fixed it! I guess we'll see what happens when I wash them, but I may have found the promised land.
le nubian - Dec 05, 2012 11:51:52 am PST #3280 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
not too many tights can get over these hips.
Jesse - Dec 05, 2012 12:10:13 pm PST #3281 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So maybe I am the only person that has a pair of tights that fit right now??
Is there a simpler way to tidily fasten the back than attaching a snap fastener, but with the end rolled over and stitched down so you can't see it?
Sophia must know the answer to this, but I'm going to say glue, assuming you won't want to use the ribbon again.