The combination of the congestion from this cold (which isn't bad, just there ) and healed-but,yeah-corneal-abrasion+pinkeye-a-week-ago makes staring at a computer screen to get through 200+ emails less than comfortable. Can I go home now?
Looks like civilization finally caught up with us.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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 - Sep 03, 2013 3:37:26 am PDT #4176 of 30000
Theodosia - Sep 03, 2013 3:54:54 am PDT #4177 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"
I've stripped wallpaper from several rooms. The first time was textbook-easy -- we rented a steamer, and large panels of wallpaper practically wilted off the walls.
However, when I bought my house, the one bedroom had Teddy Bear wallpaper that had to go. Little did I know that the bears concealed a second layer of water-impermeable wallpaper from perhaps the 1920s... which had been applied directly to the unsized horsehair plaster... which had never been properly smoothed, because the walls were always intended to be wallpapered.
If I hadn't had the first experience with wallpaper removal, I would have been convinced that it was just my incompetence that was making the whole process so hard. Or maybe I would have given up and paid for professionals to deal with it, which in retrospect seems a better choice.
In conclusion: people who paint or wallpaper over wallpaper are Satan.
askye - Sep 03, 2013 4:24:47 am PDT #4178 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
Mom had ugly wallpaper in the kitchen of her townhouse that would not come off. Previously the town house had been owned by aunt and uncle (dad's brother and sIL) and they couldn't get the wallpaper off either.
Finally Mom painted over it. And then painted over it a few more times before she decided she was going to Defeat the Wallpaper and get off and do a texturizing thing on the walls.
She was able to get it off a lot easier with the layers of paint and wallpaper border (she would paint over those and just lay new border down).
Sheryl - Sep 03, 2013 6:24:43 am PDT #4179 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
So they rebooked us on a 9am flight. We are in Houston, waiting to board our connecting flight to Dulles.
§ ita § - Sep 03, 2013 6:59:08 am PDT #4180 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Shit, I have been performing level 1 support for an hour and I HATE IT. Connie--I don't even know. I've solved three, and I have to escalate three, and given I remember zero from the orientation, I'm going to call that a win and go take a shower.
I might be showering hourly.
le nubian - Sep 03, 2013 7:23:16 am PDT #4181 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Strix, you are like the nail polish whisperer ! Thanks!
msbelle - Sep 03, 2013 8:34:23 am PDT #4182 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Burrell, if you are around, can you email me your address.
Thanks.
Theodosia - Sep 03, 2013 9:16:34 am PDT #4183 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"
Oooh, I knew I forgetting something last month, but couldn't put my finger on it. The gas bill -- and of course they turned it off today, so now I found the bill and need to turn over the full amount before they turn it on again. Le Sigh. Being an unemployed adult is so hard.
Amy - Sep 03, 2013 9:20:29 am PDT #4184 of 30000
Because books.
Random Night Vale observation: I just realized I picture Muriel from Courage the Cowardly Dog when Cecil talks about Old Woman Josie.
Connie Neil - Sep 03, 2013 9:45:31 am PDT #4185 of 30000
brillig
So I'm guessing Night Vale is like an old-time radio show, only over the computer?