Simon: Captain's a good fighter, he must know how to handle a sword. Zoe: I think he knows which end to hold.

'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.


tommyrot - Sep 07, 2013 12:20:41 pm PDT #4568 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.

That happened to my husband (before he was my husband) when we were in college. It's a hell of a way to be woken up.

Yep. I hadn't driven since Thursday. I'm just lucky I went to drive it today and noticed it. It's supposed to rain tonight.

It's at a dealership now, so at least it's indoors. Anyone have experience going to a place that specialized in auto glass? Are there some to avoid because they use substandard glass? If the dealer estimate is too expensive, I may have to shop around, as GEICO will pay a maximum of $421 (minus a $50 deductible).

GEICO has an arrangement with Safeway Auto Glass, but they're not conveniently located for me.


-t - Sep 07, 2013 12:30:11 pm PDT #4569 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I had the window in my passenger door replaced by a specialized place - they were great and I never had any problems, but it was a local shop and not even in business any more, so, not terribly helpful.

But I sympathize! I've had my car windows broken a couple of times (when I owned a convertible, so I was just, the top UNZIPS if you want to steal my battery that badly, c'mon thieves) and that's an awful feeling when you walk up ready to drive off and see bits of glass everywhere.


Jesse - Sep 07, 2013 12:33:56 pm PDT #4570 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Ugh, Tommy! That sucks.

Speaking of gender, I was just reading a book from 1982 where a transgender hooker gets killed, and the cops never called her "him." And the cops aren't the most sensitive and enlightened people, and the book was written 30 years ago. It just made me wonder where we've gone wrong.

So my grandmother's funeral was great, there were a ton of people there, and a LOT of them came back to the house. It was great to see a lot of relatives who came from out of town. There was one weirdo from my parents' church who said something weird and/or somewhat nasty every time she passed me, but I guess that's not a bad record.


Cass - Sep 07, 2013 12:45:00 pm PDT #4571 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

So my grandmother's funeral was great, there were a ton of people there, and a LOT of them came back to the house. It was great to see a lot of relatives who came from out of town.

That's lovely.

I've had good luck with specialty glass.


-t - Sep 07, 2013 12:55:29 pm PDT #4572 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Glad the funeral went well, Jesse.


sj - Sep 07, 2013 12:57:14 pm PDT #4573 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

So my grandmother's funeral was great, there were a ton of people there, and a LOT of them came back to the house. It was great to see a lot of relatives who came from out of town.

That's lovely, Jesse.


Jesse - Sep 07, 2013 12:59:22 pm PDT #4574 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

AND we made additional progress in distributing stuff. It's so interesting to see who wants what.


Connie Neil - Sep 07, 2013 1:05:54 pm PDT #4575 of 30000
brillig

Bigass storm rolling in from the south. Local news websites wtih weather radar are fun, I was able to compare the darkening clouds out my window with the color change on the computer screen.


§ ita § - Sep 07, 2013 1:14:40 pm PDT #4576 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Did you make it through the reading the way you wanted, Jesse?

more than one place where you could have a secret mailing address, storage locker, etc. Which made me happy a place existed, but sad it had to

Part of me feels intrusive because I don't want a binder out of gender fixing need, just gender bending want, and I don't want to sashay into anyone's safe space, but this is LA! I figure if it's a commercial enterprise anywhere in the US, here there's a good chance. Boobs are weird, man. It's tricky to dress 'em, even to smush 'em (hence the constant requests for sports bra recommendations).

Tommy, was there anything they were going for? I'm down two side windows and a back window (rental) in my car driving life, and the two side windows were because they saw a cell phone charger cord (I'm no idiot! It was just the cord). The back window was because my laptop was in there (I am an idiot). I too got it repaired somewhere local--I just went to the nearest place Geico recommended, I think.


Jesse - Sep 07, 2013 1:17:56 pm PDT #4577 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Did you make it through the reading the way you wanted, Jesse?

Yeah, it was fine. I read off my print out and choked up a little at one point, but kept it together. My mother was also annoyed for crying during her eulogy, and I decided that the ideal thing is to keep it together for a good performance, and then totally break down as you walk back to your seat. I'm just saying -- you want people to know you are grieving, but you also want to make it through the reading!