I have wrapped presents! For values of "wrapping" that include putting things in bags with tissue, but still. Everything that's been shipped here is wrapped, in order to minimize the time required to wrap all the stuff that's going to my parents' house.
Mal: And I never back down from a fight. Inara: Yes, you do! You do all the time!
'Shindig'
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.
Dana - Dec 17, 2013 8:00:05 am PST #14827 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
shrift - Dec 17, 2013 8:18:33 am PST #14828 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I can't wrap until after I arrive at my parents' house since gifts go in my suitcase. Not really sure how I'm going to wrap that 15 lb. extension cord for my bro-in-law...
le nubian - Dec 17, 2013 8:41:07 am PST #14829 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Hil,
I'm glad you are okay. This reminds me of when I was living in a midwestern state that shall remain nameless. They did not have a good history of repairing roads. Apparently although the state does save money by reducing road maintenance, it costs individuals drivers hundreds of dollars to fix damage caused by potholes, etc.
I think something similar is true for lack of salting and snow plowing.
Aims - Dec 17, 2013 8:44:44 am PST #14830 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
camels for EVERYONE!
WHAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS.
tommyrot - Dec 17, 2013 8:48:02 am PST #14831 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think something similar is true for lack of salting and snow plowing.
Although some places salt less for environmental reasons. Generally, they use more sand to make up for it.
le nubian - Dec 17, 2013 8:54:03 am PST #14832 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
right. sand or salt (treating roads in general)
brenda m - Dec 17, 2013 9:00:09 am PST #14833 of 30000
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
Or in Wisconsin, cheese juice! [link]
Trudy Booth - Dec 17, 2013 9:11:25 am PST #14834 of 30000
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
Not really sure how I'm going to wrap that 15 lb. extension cord for my bro-in-law...
Like a garland! Hang sparkly ornaments from the thing! Go nuts with it!
Trudy Booth - Dec 17, 2013 9:16:00 am PST #14835 of 30000
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
Or in Wisconsin, cheese juice! [link]
Danny DIDN'T screw up! They were just in Wisconsin! IN THE FUTURE!!!! [link]
Steph L. - Dec 17, 2013 9:17:10 am PST #14836 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
So, at the doctor today, I found out I've lost some weight (not a lot, maybe 3-7 pounds, depending on what I weighed last time I was there, which I can't remember), but my blood pressure is high. Which is weird, because it's usually supposed to work the other way, right? Lose weight and your BP goes *down*?
When I went to Urgent Care in November for a 3-day migraine, my blood pressure was high, but I wrote that off to the fact that I had been in pain for 3 days, and that's going to spike your BP. But apparently maybe my BP is actually elevated. So I'm going to see my primary-care doctor about it tomorrow (I have no idea how they managed to have an opening tomorrow, but I took it).
Anyway, I was consulting Dr. Google for symptoms/complications of hypertension (uh, I've been having random dizzy spells for a while now, and apparently that's a symptom of hypertension; whoops). And "high blood pressure" keeps getting abbreviated "HBP."
Even though *I* am the one who went looking for information about high blood pressure, I read "HBP" and thought, in this order: "Half-Blood Prince? ...no. Hit by pitch??? ...wait."
Me so smart.