What should I do, then? Send her a gift? Sacrifice? … Unholy fruit basket?

Angel ,'Just Rewards (2)'


Natter 74: Ready or Not  

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.


Connie Neil - Oct 15, 2015 7:37:01 am PDT #7093 of 30003
brillig

I've got the furnace guy coming in tomorrow. I have a weird old furnace that lives in the crawlspace under the house. MOst of the furnace techs get a look of horror when they see what they have to crawl into. I'd like to tip the poor guy, but I'm not sure if that's done.


-t - Oct 15, 2015 9:28:31 am PDT #7094 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

"I told you I was sick"

You could offer him cookies, Connie? If tipping isn't done. Cookies are always okay, right?

On a whim, I looked to see what the employee discount would be on our super fancy copper cookware from Italy. I should not have done that. I think I have talked myself into not buying some right now...maybe later, if I get this scrambled egg cooking figured out and work out the pot rack situation.


Theodosia - Oct 15, 2015 10:35:07 am PDT #7095 of 30003
'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 swear I'm going to go full out Mommie Dearest on my roommate one of these days, but instead of wire hangers, it will be cutlery and dishes from the dishwasher, once again put into in in every wrong way you can think of, and some which you'd swear were physically impossible.

Why is gravity so hard for her to understand?


Kate P. - Oct 15, 2015 12:46:37 pm PDT #7096 of 30003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Me to my mom: "I'm kind of sad about my maternity leave ending. It's going to be hard to be away from Jane all day."

My mom: "Yeah, I'm glad I didn't have to do that when you and your brother were young. It would have been too hard."

Um, thanks?


-t - Oct 15, 2015 1:03:47 pm PDT #7097 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Why is gravity so hard for her to understand?

How close are you to deciding it would be easier to just take over loading the dishwasher since she's so bad at it? t /conspiracy-theorizing

So, I'm wearing my new animal print shirt (I think it's a sort of pastiche of several big cat patterns - classier than it probably sounds, I hope (but I am not attempting to wear it with the new pleather skirt, went with my favorite black dress pants today)) and one of my coworkers told me it looks good with my complexion. That's always so nice, especially since it isn't something I would have thought (not that I think it looks bad, but I never considered Tawny Lion a flattering color on me)


Sheryl - Oct 15, 2015 2:34:01 pm PDT #7098 of 30003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Watching last week's Doctor Who, then baseball.


Kat - Oct 15, 2015 2:57:04 pm PDT #7099 of 30003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Ugh. When Joanne left, it meant that our ability to get Grace to Tuesday PT stopped. They have scheduled us into a Thursday at 5:00 slot. On good days we are abel to get home at 4:30 and we live at least 30 minutes from the clinic without traffic. We'll have to see how it goes.


Juliebird - Oct 15, 2015 3:06:27 pm PDT #7100 of 30003
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Dishwashers: unless they're the brand "my Mom", never had one. We have one at work and once watched three coworkers argue about the best way to load it at 10pm after an event. Yeah, we could have hand washed that before they finished reloading and pressing start.

Goats are here!

It's amazing the difference in personalities and attitudes between what are basically donated rescue goats, and those who had been bottle fed by Ann and raised in a happy life. The herd last year felt like instant friends, while these guys are wary and biters and even the idea of a field is foreign to them. The amazing thing is that a lot of them were donated by kids from 4-H groups. This is their first year as free goats. Now they get to breed in a natural cycle, roam and graze fairly freely, and just be goats, instead of breeders, milkers, or meat. I hope me and Beast can be friends. The Beast list in the fire was my Rottweiler teddy bear (said with a deep love of Rotties).


Dana - Oct 15, 2015 3:06:33 pm PDT #7101 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

We stopped after dinner to feed the ducks, and there was one all-white duck who was exceptionally friendly. At first I thought it had some kind of wound around his neck, but it was some kind of band. So then we wondered if someone was tagging the birds in some way, but none of the other ducks had anything. My husband, who is more intrepid than I am, managed to grab the duck, and he stayed calm enough for us to see that it was some kind of kid's rubber bracelet. So we took it off.

I figure either someone was playing around and put it on him, in which case it was good to take it off, or he's...someone's pet? But it wasn't any kind of ID, so it shouldn't prevent him from returning home if he lives near by.

Also, he tried to follow us back to the car.

Edit: How many times can I use "some kind" in a post? Question answered.


sarameg - Oct 15, 2015 3:17:51 pm PDT #7102 of 30003

Goats and ducks!

I overslept this morning, but still got the kids on time. But of course, they were running late because the middle girl wouldn't get out of bed and then they were so talky and sniping at each other, but by god, I got them to school on time even if I had to stop by the house on the way home because I forgot to put on work shoes and mascara. And coffee. The last one was the bad one.