So, Nyad made it!
Early: Where'd she go? Simon: I can't keep track of her when she's not incorporeally possessing a space ship. Don't look at me.
'Objects In Space'
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.
quester - Sep 02, 2013 9:16:13 am PDT #4125 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Connie Neil - Sep 02, 2013 9:21:00 am PDT #4126 of 30000
brillig
She's tried this a couple of times, right?
msbelle - Sep 02, 2013 10:01:46 am PDT #4127 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Jesse, any reason not to inform your Dad's family?
lisah - Sep 02, 2013 10:15:00 am PDT #4128 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
This was her 5th attempt!
Scrappy - Sep 02, 2013 10:16:27 am PDT #4129 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
She's 6-fucking-4! Yay, Diana!
Zenkitty - Sep 02, 2013 10:19:56 am PDT #4130 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
(my mother is totally willing to hire someone, but I just feel like I can do unskilled labor myself!)
There's no such thing as unskilled labor... the pros know tricks. My experience with stripping wallpaper has been like everyone else's: sometimes it's totally easy, and sometimes half the wall comes down on your head.
aurelia - Sep 02, 2013 10:42:05 am PDT #4131 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
ION, has anyone stripped wallpaper? How long does it take?
My experience is... longer than you think.
sarameg - Sep 02, 2013 11:04:44 am PDT #4132 of 30000
Only time I stripped wallpaper was probably 30 years ago, and it was a party, so I'm pretty sure the adults were tipsy. It took 2 days to do a whole huge house.
So I got my swim in (not open water 110 miles with sharks, and only 40 laps circle swim uhg before the pool closed rather than my usual 54+6, but not bad for 10 days off) and went and picked up stuff at Target and TJs. I was nursing a wicked headache, so came home and ate half a salad before promptly barfing it up with little drama and crashing for 2 hours. I don't think I'm doing the return-from-vacation right.
Trying some pretzel chips and hummus. Not sure what happened there. Maybe from not eating enough yesterday? Dehydrated? (I thought I was ok.)
Kinda sapped the rest of the day. I might still go wash the car. Waiting to see if my stomach behaves.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 02, 2013 11:08:48 am PDT #4133 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Tonight is my parents' 52nd anniversary, so I'm taking them out for dinner at a restaurant of their choice. (Please don't be Dixie Cafe!) Had hoped to get some pool time in before that this afternoon, but the friendly acquaintances I was wrangling an invite from are an hour late getting back to me and we're not close enough for me to just show up uninvited at their door in swimtrunks.
Jesse - Sep 02, 2013 11:14:34 am PDT #4134 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jesse, any reason not to inform your Dad's family?
Basically, she doesn't want them to worry about stuff (because they get really worried and are really far away), so she waits until it's resolved, ideally. I'm not saying this is how I would act, but it's not my call. I realize this is the classic family shit that makes people crazy. "Everything's OK, but...."
There's no such thing as unskilled labor... the pros know tricks.
I know that's true, for sure. Maybe I'll wait and see how the estimate for the kitchen comes out before I really press it.