How about a hammock strung between a tree and a fence post?
I'm a purist, you need trees. We don't have a hammock because currently we only have one suitable tree. Eventually the other palm tree will grow, at that time it can have a hammock.
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
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.
NoiseDesign - Mar 01, 2018 9:10:35 am PST #22693 of 30002
Our wings are not tired
Connie Neil - Mar 01, 2018 9:10:43 am PST #22694 of 30002
brillig
I'm always so tempted to claim an injury so I can drive around the store.
SuziQ - Mar 01, 2018 10:22:38 am PST #22695 of 30002
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Eh, they aren't that great. The first time I did laugh my butt off as I careened around the store. But they are frustrating, people don't make room, it is hard to reach things. And when you do have an injury - like you are on crutches, there is no great place to put the crutches. Let alone a knee scooter. "Luckily" for me, I can't drive so I'll always have someone with me to push the cart as I scoot around.
And yes, the problems I see are indicative of what others deal with daily.
Jessica - Mar 01, 2018 10:29:20 am PST #22696 of 30002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
What was our disagreement on gerunds?
I have the distinct memory of being absolutely furious with you at some point during The Great Gerund War, and now I'm wondering if I was actually mad at someone else?
(I'm honestly hesitant to recap even a small part of that kerfuffle for fear of starting it all over again. It was on WX, and there was yelling.)
amych - Mar 01, 2018 11:44:11 am PST #22697 of 30002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Is an -ing ending required to be a gerund, or is it defined by the functional job it does in the sentence.
Aaaaaand now I'm having flashbacks.
Kate P. - Mar 01, 2018 11:48:28 am PST #22698 of 30002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
(I'm honestly hesitant to recap even a small part of that kerfuffle for fear of starting it all over again. It was on WX, and there was yelling.)
Yeah, I recall having Very Strong Feelings and being totally boggled at all of the wrongheadedness! -- so much so that I am also reluctant to open the discussion back up. Let us just assume I was totally right about everything, mmmkay?
WindSparrow - Mar 01, 2018 11:54:06 am PST #22699 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I begin to see the Great Gerund War may have reached heights of ferocity like unto the Balrog Wing Debate on Rec.Art.Books.Tolkien.
t /shudders
Jessica - Mar 01, 2018 11:54:44 am PST #22700 of 30002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
WHY AMYCH WHY
#ptsd
Steph L. - Mar 01, 2018 12:11:47 pm PST #22701 of 30002
That which does not kill you should RUN
I remember the Great Gerund War, but I can't remember a damn thing about it, though I am SURE that I both had and expressed Very Strong Feelings and was also a dick about it. (I mean, I can't remember being a dick about it, but odds are super good.)
Steph L. - Mar 01, 2018 12:12:22 pm PST #22702 of 30002
That which does not kill you should RUN
I'm also pro-hammock anywhere you damn please. (Hey, if it's structurally unsound, that's on you.)