I echo David.
Hi Karl. We heart you, too.
Wash: So, two days in a hospital? That's awful. Don't you just hate doctors? Simon: Hey. Wash: I mean, present company excluded. Jayne: Let's not be excluding people. That'd be rude.
'Ariel'
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.
Beverly - Aug 16, 2018 4:55:33 pm PDT #28445 of 30002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Hil R. - Aug 16, 2018 5:50:20 pm PDT #28446 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
The "use landmarks that no longer exist" thing is one that I have encountered pretty much every time I move. "You know where the tire store used to be?" No, no I do not.
My mother once gave someone directions that included, "Turn where the tree used to be."
Sheryl - Aug 16, 2018 6:38:46 pm PDT #28447 of 30002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
We're at WorldCon. Mr. S has been a devil child today. With luck, he'll calm down a bit, so the whole weekend isn't like today.
Oh, and Gary and I were 47 when Mr. S was born.
meara - Aug 16, 2018 6:42:55 pm PDT #28448 of 30002
How do you find it, Sheryl? Compared to if you were younger? (Not that I am likely to have any children at 40-whatever, never mind magically having one younger!) I fell like a heck of a lot of my friends had kids in their very late 30s, but don't know too many older with young kids
Zenkitty - Aug 16, 2018 7:18:48 pm PDT #28449 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
A coworker of mine married her second husband at 49 and had two kids after age 50. He adopted her two teenagers and they're all very happy. He is a decade younger than she is; maybe that helps. Me, I can't even fathom living that life.
Good thing everyone isn't like me, the species would go extinct.
Zenkitty - Aug 16, 2018 7:22:59 pm PDT #28450 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
And, Hi, Karl! Always good to see your pixels.
The rural community I grew up in had local directions like "turn where the old Pryor house was" and "if you hit the river you went too far."
Connie Neil - Aug 16, 2018 8:02:04 pm PDT #28451 of 30002
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Good thing everyone isn't like me, the species would go extinct.
I hear that. "Oh, you'd make such a great mother!" Yeah, but littles don't come with a return policy.
Dana - Aug 17, 2018 3:44:27 am PDT #28452 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
"if you hit the river you went too far."
Well, in general, if you hit a river, you've probably made an error somewhere.
Jesse - Aug 17, 2018 4:01:08 am PDT #28453 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I feel like the most impressive part about Tammy Duckworth giving birth as a sitting senator is that she is 50!
(Not that I am likely to have any children at 40-whatever, never mind magically having one younger!)
If I ever get back to dating, and somehow find a partner, it seems likely that I could magically have one younger! I.e., become a stepmom to kids who already exist.
Connie Neil - Aug 17, 2018 6:40:06 am PDT #28454 of 30002
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It's a Bring Your Kid/Horde to Work day here. I am problematic around kids at the best of days, but I know I just have to cope out in public. I thought I was safe at work. But there are high-pitched voices everywhere, echoing up through the atrium, and they're running and giggling through the call floor as their parents hush at them helplessly. Cackling children send me straight to a Children of the Corn place, and Hubby spent a lot of time reinforcing that I can't hipcheck them as they plow past me.
I would not be a good choice as a babysitter.