River: I know you have questions. Mal: That would be why I just asked them.

'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.


Sparky1 - Feb 13, 2017 10:03:17 am PST #7271 of 30002
Librarian Warlord

My father is watching the dam closely. As I suspect hippocampus' father is. Engineers!

As you all may remember, I get feisty on the local listserv when people try to cheat their nannies out of pay, taxes, etc. Someone got on today and asked that everyone post what they were paying so everyone knew they were in "the ballpark." So I sent her a message off list to discuss antitrust laws, and, while they may not apply, there was a moral argument for not trying to suppress wages.

Also, our power is out and we are not supposed to get it back until the wee hours of the morning, so I might be cranky.


Nora Deirdre - Feb 13, 2017 10:35:13 am PST #7272 of 30002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

My doctor's office, bless them forever, now has a service where you can get an online evaluation for 8 or 10 common (but also simple to treat) conditions/illnesses.

AWESOME. This is genius.


Connie Neil - Feb 13, 2017 10:37:26 am PST #7273 of 30002
brillig

First day of actual vacation--eye checkup, all good. Doc baffled why I'm so much happier with unassisted vision than that staring through his thingie of many lenses--possibly because I'm not dealing with lens distortion, and near 20/20 without help makes me very happy. Tomorrow I take the car to the shop to find out why half the time when I turn the key it doesn't do anything. The rest of today: waiting for my eyes to not be dialated and ordering a pizza for dinner. Woo, I live large.


Steph L. - Feb 13, 2017 10:38:53 am PST #7274 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Is today your birthday, Connie? Will there be macarons?


Connie Neil - Feb 13, 2017 10:49:39 am PST #7275 of 30002
brillig

Today is indeed my birthday. Payday is Wednesday. There will be macarons on Wednesday.


Steph L. - Feb 13, 2017 10:55:06 am PST #7276 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Happy Birthday! And enjoy your pizza today! Having macarons to look forward to is pretty good, too.


msbelle - Feb 13, 2017 11:10:45 am PST #7277 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Happy Birthday!

Stack #2 done at work. Did the other 2 personal To dos, so all work work for the rest of the day.


Sue - Feb 13, 2017 11:16:49 am PST #7278 of 30002
hip deep in pie

Happy Birthday Connie!

I did an exploratory shovel down the front steps. The drifts are hip deep. And there's snow and wind forecast for another 12 hours.

Otherwise, it's been a perfectly lazy snowday.


-t - Feb 13, 2017 11:40:15 am PST #7279 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Happy birthday, Connie! I was thinking about getting a heart-shaped pizza just because they are available and they always remind me of the time we set one en flambé for the birthday of one of my dorm-mates in college and he tried to blow it out - towards me. Good times. Anyway, getting one in your honor, Connie, is the perfect excuse!

Taking Monday's remains the best possible gift to myself. As my boss has said a couple of times now, we should all work this schedule all the time; 5 days is too much. After a busy-with-fun weekend, I am spending today in my bathrobe with a pot of tea and supernatural police-procedural novels. Bliss.


Toddson - Feb 13, 2017 11:42:54 am PST #7280 of 30002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I have to go back to the eye doctor next week. I really, really hate the "better 1 ... or 2" ... they're usually close enough that it's impossible to say. After cataract surgery, it seems that my vision isn't changing any more ... but I still have to go through that interminable switching of lenses.