What is your childhood trauma?

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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.


Cass - Jul 07, 2020 4:18:28 pm PDT #23373 of 30019
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

It's not like I work for a small business: we're part of the government and they have to know where I am. Also we have orders not to go more than 100 miles away without clearance.

We are on 75 miles. Of course we were also on lockdown this morning.

Our work cannot be done remotely so we're fully back with a revised layout and plan. Which is good because I am definitely safer and (work) happier how it is. I'd rather work from home because I could do maybe halftime here. But it's not an option. I'm worried we will hit the stage where we close up again because we won't get paid this time.

Anyone entering Australia is obliged to stay in hotel quarantine for 14 days. There was private security to maintain isolation. This is all a unique situation and I don't expect perfection or anything, but I'd think guards sleeping with people in quarantine would've been pretty clearly a dubious idea.

Isolated incidences sleeping with people in quarantine? That is not how you do it. It is not a trip to the market or restaurant or Walmart or office or happytown. . It's staying the hell away from other beings. That's it.

because people cannot get their shit together and refuse to be inconvenienced so that people don't die.

This sums up the pandemic since any time past the first week of March.


sj - Jul 07, 2020 4:20:29 pm PDT #23374 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Cass! How are you? I'm sorry about the work situation.


Vortex - Jul 07, 2020 4:31:43 pm PDT #23375 of 30019
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Oh never fear! Atropa and I will not be competing. The Vampire Witch Queen and the Queen of Fucking About are bosom allies.

Please please please may I be High Mistress of Protocol for one/both of you? I would so enjoy swanning about with a clipboard telling people that they can't do stuff.


Pix - Jul 07, 2020 4:38:46 pm PDT #23376 of 30019
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

Please please please may I be High Mistress of Protocol for one/both of you? I would so enjoy swanning about with a clipboard telling people that they can't do stuff.

YES. I hereby appoint you High Mistress of Protocol for the Vampire Witch Queen/Queen of Fucking Off co-queendom.


Cass - Jul 07, 2020 4:39:23 pm PDT #23377 of 30019
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

sj!

I'm well. It's been a weird time but things are overall good. Too interesting but overall good.


aurelia - Jul 07, 2020 5:48:07 pm PDT #23378 of 30019
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

FWIW, there was a salon in Texas (I think) where two of the stylists were positive and handled more than 140 customers in a week, and there was no transmission to any of the customers.

That was Springfield, Missouri.

Well, I fought it for 4 months but my nocturnal nature has taken over. I've been falling asleep around 4am which would be fine except the cats still want to be fed around 7:30.


Atropa - Jul 07, 2020 6:10:25 pm PDT #23379 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

YES. I hereby appoint you High Mistress of Protocol for the Vampire Witch Queen/Queen of Fucking Off co-queendom

CO-SIGNED. Go forth with your official clipboard.


Toddson - Jul 08, 2020 4:32:12 am PDT #23380 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I suggest that we put Pix on the day shift and Atropa on the night shift (vampires, sunshine ... not a good mix). Shared authority, with minions taking whichever shift suits their biorhythms.


shrift - Jul 08, 2020 11:12:01 am PDT #23381 of 30019
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I watched a video/talk with Sharon Salzberg and meditated for the first time in a while, and it was definitely a good choice for me today.

Especially as the kitchen spider has migrated to the ceiling and is not doing a great job staying on the ceiling. I may have shrieked when it was dangling wildly over my lunch on the stove. (It did not fall into my lunch at this time.)


-t - Jul 08, 2020 11:38:56 am PDT #23382 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Bad spider! Respect shrift's boundaries!