I've really got to learn to just do the damage and get out of town. It's the 'stay and gloat' that gets me every time.

Ethan Rayne ,'Potential'


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.


sarameg - Dec 13, 2013 8:50:05 am PST #14521 of 30000

How about never having anything intervene and just getting progressively slower over the course of a year, no matter what you tried? Yeah, that'd be me. I've mostly let it go and just roll with it, but the frustration still surfaces on occasion.

Guess who has a functional sewage line and it only was $75*? Yep! WOOHOO!

They said it was really hard getting through, but it wasn't a lot of roots. Just buildup. Which given they had to saw the cap off, who knows when it was last cleaned out? Certainly not in the past 5 years.

* and the annual cost of the home warranty. But even if I add that for just this year, it would have still cost more without, based on friends' experiences. Especially with the added stuck cap.


Consuela - Dec 13, 2013 9:09:03 am PST #14522 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

How about never having anything intervene and just getting progressively slower over the course of a year, no matter what you tried?

Argh. We're all crawling uphill, aren't we? And the hill just keeps getting steeper...

If I were better about my diet I might improve, I suspect. But I love my home-baked cookies and my wine.


le nubian - Dec 13, 2013 9:22:14 am PST #14523 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

shrift,

not for nothing, but labs have been known to make mistakes. I wonder if you could get your lab work done again.


shrift - Dec 13, 2013 9:23:27 am PST #14524 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I don't think you can get more low-fat diet water than La Croix, which is what I drink.

I wish I liked oatmeal. I keep trying it in different combinations, but it's just not something I want to eat voluntarily.

I guess I'll just have to cut out all the things I shouldn't be eating. That's gonna make Christmas with my family this year super hilarious.


shrift - Dec 13, 2013 9:24:32 am PST #14525 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I wonder if you could get your lab work done again.

I'm supposed to try to lose some weight and come back in a couple of months to run my numbers again, so I guess we'll see.


Tom Scola - Dec 13, 2013 9:27:24 am PST #14526 of 30000
They pay me in WOIMS

I wish I liked oatmeal.

I guess you get to miss out on this, then.

ION, The Onion's final print edition: [link]


Calli - Dec 13, 2013 9:56:32 am PST #14527 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Good point, Burrell. Leifur was making a noise that didn't sound like a barking cough. It actually sounded like he was saying, "woof." He hasn't displayed any other signs of asthma, but I'll keep an ear out for it.

Re: artisinal porridge. My steel cut oatmeal with cranberries, walnuts, and brown sugar seems so mundane now. Yummy, but mundane. On the upside, it didn't cost $7/bowl.


shrift - Dec 13, 2013 9:58:17 am PST #14528 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I do have a bag of Bob's Red Mill Oatmeal to use up, so I guess I can keep experimenting using some of those hipster recipes.


Dana - Dec 13, 2013 10:01:17 am PST #14529 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

I flavor oatmeal with Torani sugar-free syrups.


SuziQ - Dec 13, 2013 10:19:05 am PST #14530 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Active shooter at a local highschool. Two victims but no news on injuries. NOT CJ's school. But his school is on lockdown.