In the middle of a pandemic, with a large chunk of my city being barricaded and this whole political situation. There have been stories about the people in The Villages who had a little parade with one guy shouting "white power" that t*mp tweeted ... and it took the White House staff three hours to get in touch with him to delete the tweet because he was playing golf. And had left his phone ... somewhere. Three hours? what if there had been an actual emergency - would they call someone in the secret service around him to try to get in touch? or is the golf so sacred that it can't be interrupted?
When we landed here you said you needed a few days to get space worthy again and is there somethin' wrong with your bunk?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
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.
Toddson - Jun 30, 2020 10:47:35 am PDT #23008 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
msbelle - Jun 30, 2020 11:04:26 am PDT #23009 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Toddson - I would absolutely keep a list of every item you are missing and call the moving office and make a claim for them.
I am sorry there is so much going on and so much to do.
ION - the work day is not over yet and I am drinking wine.
amyparker - Jun 30, 2020 11:08:40 am PDT #23010 of 30019
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
Toddson, oh, that's too much! I'm so sorry.
Shir, I will sit with you on the "Politics, what the geebling bleep" bench.
Atropa, it's strange to be wishing that it's "only" existential dread distressing you, but that seems to be the reality we're in. May the doctor have some reassuring news for you.
Hey, ND! Yeah, DNA Painter and Genetic Affairs for clustering. Whenever I see an Ancestry suggestion for how a new match might be related, I kind of want to pat it and say "No, shhhh, that's sweet, I'm dealing with multiple 'family wreaths' here, go have a nap, I got this".
Calli - Jun 30, 2020 11:11:59 am PDT #23011 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm sorry, Toddson. That is a lot to have to deal with.
meara - Jun 30, 2020 11:34:45 am PDT #23012 of 30019
Hmm interesting info on the dna percentages. Based on 23 and me I wonder if we just happen to share a lot of dna with one great aunt (my grandfathers youngest sibling) or if she's secretly his daughter and not his sister....but who knows. (I'm meaning adoption by my great grandmother, not anything creepier!)
Toddson - Jun 30, 2020 12:03:59 pm PDT #23013 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I was poking around, trying to take my mind off my troubles and came across this. It's a discussion of doing the costumes for Will Ferrell's Icelandic Eurovision movie. With pictures.
Sheryl - Jun 30, 2020 12:11:15 pm PDT #23014 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I'm sorry, Toddson.
Am tired and stressed, but that seems to be the norm for me.
flea - Jun 30, 2020 12:21:19 pm PDT #23015 of 30019
information libertarian
My mother's best friend from childhood found out a year ago that her biological father was her mother's ob/gyn. Everyone involved but her is dead, so she'll never know if her parents knew.
-t - Jun 30, 2020 12:32:10 pm PDT #23016 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, wow. That uncertainty hold a whole lot.
Theodosia - Jun 30, 2020 12:55:45 pm PDT #23017 of 30019
'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"
I recently ran across an article by a woman who learned that yes, her mother's ob/gyn was her bio-father, unbeknownst to both of her proper parents. It seems that they had gone to a fertility doctor, whose actual 'miracle' method when the male was infertile was to switch sperm samples after some sciencey legerdemain where he "cleansed" the donors sperm and turned it potent.
Turns out she has a set of half-siblings produced by the same con. Some of those half-siblings have full siblings because their infertile parents went back to Dr. Miracle more than once...