I'm not on the ship. I'm in the ship. I am the ship.

River ,'Objects In Space'


Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served  

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.


aurelia - Dec 19, 2017 3:56:22 pm PST #20023 of 30002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Aw, good news for Gizmo!

Casper ... is also taller than most of you

I can attest to that. And I'm not short.

My nephew turns 18 in a couple of days. I fully expect my brother and his girlfriend to announce their engagement at Christmas since my nephew's mother will no longer have custodial leverage.


sarameg - Dec 19, 2017 4:20:13 pm PST #20024 of 30002

You're a good cat angel, Matt.

Great. I can access the resume site from outside the internal network. Guess I'll be reviewing resumes when my family gets on my nerves on vacation.


Sue - Dec 19, 2017 4:41:22 pm PST #20025 of 30002
hip deep in pie

I can retire in 7 years, 3 months, not that I'm counting.

I'm totally counting.

ETA: Good luck on your test, Mac!!!


shrift - Dec 19, 2017 5:15:29 pm PST #20026 of 30002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Fingers crossed for Gizmo.

I went to the mall and the grocery store tonight with my mom, and it wasn't even that bad. Weird. ION, my Christmas shopping officially is done.

Would be more than happy to retire right now if it was financially feasible.

Wordy mcword. I need to sit down with a financial planner and figure out how soon I can retire.


Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 19, 2017 5:41:06 pm PST #20027 of 30002
"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 also got permission from my boss to keep Gizmo at the office until I can find him a home, but fingers crossed that won't even be necessary. Still, a much better backup plan than surrendering him to a shelter or turning him loose back in the alley.


Scrappy - Dec 19, 2017 6:40:59 pm PST #20028 of 30002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

A big part of our reason to move to Michigan was to lower our monthly nut enough to enable us to retire someday.. I'm 61 and J is 55– we foresee at least another decade of full time work.


Steph L. - Dec 19, 2017 7:11:51 pm PST #20029 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Hey, Facebook just told me that 7 years ago, I had pleurisy! How was that 7 years ago??? (I mean, for god's sake, I've been married for 4 years already. WHAT THE FUCK EVEN IS THAT.)


Katerina Bee - Dec 19, 2017 7:29:26 pm PST #20030 of 30002
Herding cats for fun

Hooray Good News Gizmo!

I don't like to think about retirement. Probably I will dramatically starve to death and leave an insignificant estate to distant strangers who share some heritage.


msbelle - Dec 20, 2017 4:46:05 am PST #20031 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

WE ARE AT THE DPS AND HAVE DONE THE PAPERWORK AND MAC IS IN THE CAR AWAITING DRIVING TEST AND I SWEAR I AM MORE NERVOUS THAN HIM. I made him drive the hour here which gave him city streets, highways, interstate, construction and fog, so this should be a breeze, he is fully warmed up.


Laura - Dec 20, 2017 5:02:26 am PST #20032 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.

Digits crossed. We don't want pouty teen.