~ma to -t's and shrift's families.
Jayne: That's a good idea. Good idea. Tell us where the stuff's at so I can shoot you. Mal: Point of interest? Offering to shoot us might not work so well as an incentive as you might imagine.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 25, 2015 10:50:53 am PST #20509 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
sj - Feb 25, 2015 10:51:15 am PST #20510 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
It is beautifully sunny here today and 30, which pretty much feels like summer at this point. JZ, I would be more than happy to ship you our next batch of precipitation.
SuziQ - Feb 25, 2015 10:55:17 am PST #20511 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Our snow has started again. The shop just called and my car is done (only $240 in repairs). CJ isn't out of school for another hour-ish and I just want to go get it before the roads get bad.
tommyrot - Feb 25, 2015 11:01:04 am PST #20512 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.
Today is my younger brother Dan's birthday. The rest of us siblings all sent him emails wishing him a happy birthday and telling him we love him. Hopefully he'll get them, as he's been avoiding communicating with us since November.
When my Dad died in August, his life insurance policy payout all went to us kids and the church. We each got about $15,000, but from that we each had to pay about $2,700 for my Dad's funeral. Dan never paid his share and stopped communicating with us when we asked him about it.
So the rest of us siblings each paid an additional $900 to cover his share. To me, $900 seems like such a trivial amount for him to cut himself off from us. We've emailed and texted him saying that we love him and we don't care about the money, but we still haven't heard from him. Our mom (who has Alzheimers) doesn't understand why Dan hasn't been talking to her or visiting her. It's just so sad, but we don't know what do do.
eta: Yes, we've confirmed that nothing bad has happened to Dan.
Calli - Feb 25, 2015 11:02:07 am PST #20513 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm sorry, shrift. That's a hard place to be.
EpicTangent - Feb 25, 2015 11:07:32 am PST #20514 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Ugh, tommy, that's so hard. My cousins pulled something similar after my aunt (their mom) passed away unexpectedly. I have no advice, just empathy. It sounds like you've done the best you can in a bad situation. If it's at all comforting, after a while (year, year and a half?) the cousins got back in touch with us; we just never bring up the rift.
sj - Feb 25, 2015 11:08:32 am PST #20515 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
tommy, that is really sad. I'm sorry. I hope he comes around eventually.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 25, 2015 11:18:19 am PST #20516 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
I'm thankful that my family's funeral proceedings have been drama-free except for the time we had to make it clear to an uncle's new girlfriend that she was NOT considered family like the ex wife of a quarter century who'd had two kids with the deceased.
erikaj - Feb 25, 2015 11:19:35 am PST #20517 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Hope your family comes together better than mine, tommy.
Connie Neil - Feb 25, 2015 11:33:38 am PST #20518 of 30000
brillig
Bandage is off, right lens is out of the glasses, I can't believe how well I see out of that eye. The two eyes haven't synched quite up yet, so there's a borderline headache. I'm sure they'll adjust just in time for the next surgery.
I can see the computer screen from my desk chair! But I can't see the tablet very well at arms length, so I will need reading glasses. That's going to be annoying, because for years I've just read books at 4 inches from my face in bed. Oh, well.
And best wishes to all the families.