I am so ruined by LA real estate that the price on the house looks like a complete bargain.
It's a total bargain, for people looking for $1M+ houses. The taxes are high but on par with the area. Maybe the pergola is haunted or something.
Book: Afraid I might be needing a preacher. Mal: That's good. You lie there and be ironical.
'Safe'
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.
Jessica - Apr 19, 2018 10:16:33 am PDT #24539 of 30002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
meara - Apr 19, 2018 10:47:39 am PDT #24540 of 30002
I always have a hard time with elsewhere real estate because it's never clear about location. Like, is it next to the dump? Way far out of town? Walking distance to all the hipster shops? Who knows!
Burrell - Apr 19, 2018 11:10:41 am PDT #24541 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I am so ruined by LA real estate that the price on the house looks like a complete bargain.
Yup, here too
msbelle, you get total props for how you handled mac. Isaac popped like that on Tuesday, and we went with Go to bed, hormone boy!
Theodosia - Apr 19, 2018 11:55:44 am PDT #24542 of 30002
'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"
Evidently the cabin predates the house by like a lot -- check out the vintage picture of what looks like sorority girls working on their snowshoes.
Might I kvell just a little here? David Gerrold -- yeah, the Tribble guy -- wandered into my Facebook post. I don't want to embarrass him by fangirlling because I don't think he wants or needs that kind of reaction. But still, I have to squee somewhere.
msbelle - Apr 19, 2018 12:08:43 pm PDT #24543 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I got an I'm sorry text this afternoon. Progress.
Sheryl - Apr 19, 2018 12:42:28 pm PDT #24544 of 30002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Tomorrow morning, bright and early, Mr. S and I head to Toronto. Yes, I'm driving there. Hopefully I'll arrive with a reasonable amount of sanity left.
Connie Neil - Apr 19, 2018 12:42:32 pm PDT #24545 of 30002
brillig
Yes, and -- I know this will be hard to hear -- you have to use Windows ME.
NOW YOU'VE DONE IT! We're going to have to do the full exorcism now, you invoked The Beast's name.
hippocampus - Apr 19, 2018 12:54:29 pm PDT #24546 of 30002
not your mom's socks.
good, msbelle
Toddson - Apr 19, 2018 12:55:00 pm PDT #24547 of 30002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
The PTB in my office decided a while ago that my old tower computer just had to go, so they inflicted a New! laptop on me. It takes up space on my desktop (the tower was - and still is - under my desk). It's slower, it's awkward, some of the things I need weren't on it so they had to be downloaded since it doesn't have a CD drive and it periodically decides that it MUST update something ... which, of course, means that whatever it updates doesn't work right until I batter it into submission ... or give up and get something else that will sort-of do what I need. I keep muttering "you stinkin' piece of shit" at it. I went out and bought my own CD drive because I needed to install some fonts - which of course didn't transfer over. I really, really hate it.
Karl - Apr 19, 2018 1:00:55 pm PDT #24548 of 30002
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.
David Gerrold was a Guest of Honor at Westercon a few years ago, when it was in Sacramento. He was memorably kind then; squeeing would seem to me to be an entirely appropriate response.