A woman was killed yesterday in the South Loop by a stone gargoyle falling from a church.
That really is sad, don't get me wrong, but...did anyone else just flash to "A Fish Called Wanda"?
Mighty fine shindig.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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.
Steph L. - Sep 05, 2014 4:31:13 am PDT #5648 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
amych - Sep 05, 2014 4:39:52 am PDT #5649 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
My author? Is a lady, so doubtful. But I wouldn't be surprised if they work together.
I expect they do. Pretty amazing team they have down there.
did anyone else just flash to "A Fish Called Wanda"?
Oh, yes.
Jesse - Sep 05, 2014 4:43:33 am PDT #5650 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Of course a couple of my coworkers are headed to Liberia...
There's an app for that, Jesse... seriously. It will tell you where the bus is, approximately. Wonders of modern technology and all that.
It doesn't so much work at the first stop of the route, is the problem.
DavidS - Sep 05, 2014 5:29:26 am PDT #5651 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Taken out by a gargoyle?!
I worked at an office in Boston in the 80s that still used pneumatic tubes for delivering memos. **FWOOMP** **clatter** and there would be the cannister in your in-basket.
The cylinders had little number indicators so you could direct it to its next place. I guess it went down to the basement and then they put it into the proper tube going back.
flea - Sep 05, 2014 5:33:34 am PDT #5652 of 30000
information libertarian
My workplace used pneumatic tubes until 2007. Now we send emails for that purpose, which is so much less cool. We still have about 10,000 of the little pre-printed slips that used to be sent in the tubes.
Connie Neil - Sep 05, 2014 5:36:02 am PDT #5653 of 30000
brillig
Connie, suggestion for the reward of faux-son: make him a scarf or other male-appropriate garment with the yarn you buy. Something that will give him the literal warm fuzzies, because he deserves them.
I asked him his favorite colors a couple of weeks ago for that very purpose. Now I need to empty a loom to work with--or buy another loom! Gasp!
Sophia Brooks - Sep 05, 2014 5:44:32 am PDT #5654 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
The app we have in Rochester only gives you the pre-programmed schedule, not any info if the bus is running late. Which is really not that helpful!
Sue - Sep 05, 2014 5:46:13 am PDT #5655 of 30000
hip deep in pie
My dream house when I am impossibly rich will have a pnuematic tube system.
Our Costco has pnuematic tubes.
-t - Sep 05, 2014 6:02:15 am PDT #5656 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I feel certain I was trained to use pneumatic tubes somewhere, but I can't remember where or why. I've had a lot of jobs over the years. Maybe when I was bank teller?
Steph L. - Sep 05, 2014 6:07:04 am PDT #5657 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
A lot of banks use them for the drive-through. (My grandpa was notorious for driving away with them. Occasionally my grandma would bake cookies or a pie for him to take to the bank when he sheepishly returned the tube.)