I overestimated how much food I could prepare tonight with the amount of breaks I wanted to take. oh well. I have all day tomorrow.
now bed.
This girl at school? She told me that gelatin is made from ground-up cow's feet and that every time you eat Jell-O there's some cow out there limping around without any feet. But I told her that I'm sure the cow is dead before they cut its feet off, right?
Dawn ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
msbelle - Nov 26, 2013 6:11:30 pm PST #12983 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
billytea - Nov 26, 2013 6:23:10 pm PST #12984 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
And all are Jesss! (I am anti excess apostrophe)
They are the Jessi.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 26, 2013 6:54:08 pm PST #12985 of 30000
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.
Ugh, having to feed cats medicine is the worst. Now Molly is acting all afraid of me (she did get both her pain med and antibiotic though) and hiding as opposed to the lovey-doveyness earlier. Oh well, the plan was to keep her in my room for several days, but Jackson is easier to corral and maybe won't keep me awake with the mewing if I'm right there in the room with him.
Burrell - Nov 26, 2013 6:57:07 pm PST #12986 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Pluraling Jess is almost as much fun as pluraling buffista!
Sue - Nov 27, 2013 1:47:05 am PST #12987 of 30000
hip deep in pie
The folks in the big house on the other side of the parking lot get to leave early. Us tech support peons in the bunkhouse, though, keep to business as usual. And yes, we have a shift in place on Thanksgiving, to cover the non-USians in our clientele. Though I would think Canada would say "Oh, yeah, big holiday down there, they're probably closed."
To be fair, I know people who`ve worked in call centres here that have had to work our Thanksgiving to service US customers.
flea - Nov 27, 2013 2:35:31 am PST #12988 of 30000
information libertarian
While I am not a big fan of Walmart having Black Friday Trample-Fests at 5pm on Thanksgiving, there have always been LOTS of people who have to work on Thanksgiving: restaurant employees, gas station employees, supermarket employees, cops and firefighters, doctors and nurses, professional football players, show dogs...
One thing I have found interesting is the creep in schools being out and travel times. I saw a lot of people traveling yesterday (Tuesday), and a bunch of schools have the whole week off. I am pretty sure when I was in college we had class on Wednesday - and the Amtrak up the east coast that night was jam-packed, since there was no reservation service - it was all college students sitting on suitcases in the aisles. (It was actually kind of fun.)
Theodosia - Nov 27, 2013 2:43:10 am PST #12989 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Typically I'd be in that Amtrak crush, too. Felt safer than the bus!
Jesse - Nov 27, 2013 2:50:30 am PST #12990 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
One of those times sitting on my suitcase in the aisle, I realized it was a smoking car, and lit up. People near me were PISSED. But I was following the rules! Sorry they got in the wrong car.
And then I learned that USAir had student fares.
flea - Nov 27, 2013 2:58:59 am PST #12991 of 30000
information libertarian
Amtrak had a station in Wallingford, CT, where I lived! Flying to CT is such a giant pain in the ass, unless you live in Windsor Locks, which, who does?
Come to think of it, Jesse and I might have been on the same train at some point!
Kat - Nov 27, 2013 3:03:09 am PST #12992 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I remember taking the Amtrak, and I wasn't even going to my house for Thanksgiving! Always packed.
Yes, schools have the Thanksgiving Break creep. In our district, we had been furloughed for the three days before Thanksgiving for a few years and it's hard for the District to take those days back now. I love having the time off, but lots of parents get pissed because school is their day care and it screws up their schedules.