Sometimes I miss having powers... Oh. Oh! I know what this is! This is peer pressure! Any second now you're gonna make me smoke tobacco and--and have drugs!

Anya ,'Showtime'


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.


Laura - Jul 20, 2020 6:01:27 am PDT #23766 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

Take 2 on orientation for my son today for his new job. Last Monday he was sent away because he had a copy of his birth certificate and not the original. So he was rescheduled for today. Today I have his original certificate, and 2 copies, also 2 copies of his driver's license as well as the original. Hopefully this will do the trick.

Good would be him working, bad is me having to transport him 80 miles round trip twice a day. We are trying to get him a car since he can't drive mine.

My peace and solitude and serenity is still disrupted, but they did seriously clean up the living room and kitchen while I was gone out with my sister for much of yesterday. So that helps a lot.


sj - Jul 20, 2020 6:14:10 am PDT #23767 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Laura, is this a job for while you're away or are you back in Florida?


-t - Jul 20, 2020 6:38:02 am PDT #23768 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

80 miles! That is a lot.


Laura - Jul 20, 2020 6:49:50 am PDT #23769 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

It is here in NY. He likes it here and may well stay after I go back to Florida in late October. That would be a very good thing.


-t - Jul 20, 2020 7:10:05 am PDT #23770 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, that is a very exciting development! I can well imagine that being good for him (and you)


-t - Jul 20, 2020 7:21:08 am PDT #23771 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Two new grandbabies for member of my department over the weekend! A little good news for us.


Laura - Jul 20, 2020 7:33:07 am PDT #23772 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

Nice! Yes, it would be good for him to have a fresh start. Don't know how he will react to snow, but I'll make sure he gets into an apartment where things like snow removal happen. Yes, I shoveled tons of snow in my youth, but he has zero experience. He's been here maybe 3 times in winter but a few days as a kid on vacation isn't the same as driving through icy slush to work.


-t - Jul 20, 2020 7:36:47 am PDT #23773 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Yeah, that's bound to be a bit of a shock. My brother lived in Idaho for, jeez, I don't remember how long, I want to say over a decade though, after growing up in California and Louisiana with no snow. Every year the first few snowfalls were exciting for him and shovelling snow was a novelty but it never lasted the whole winter.


Jesse - Jul 20, 2020 7:55:50 am PDT #23774 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

It is here in NY. He likes it here and may well stay after I go back to Florida in late October. That would be a very good thing.

Oh wow, that could be great.

He's been here maybe 3 times in winter but a few days as a kid on vacation isn't the same as driving through icy slush to work.

That is true facts! Apartment living helps a LOT.


Sophia Brooks - Jul 20, 2020 8:03:24 am PDT #23775 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

My apartment is the annoying kind where I have to shovel. I didn't even realize it until my downstairs neighbor left, because her grandson shoveled and the lease says they shovel shared entrances. Apparantly even though we go through one door, and then to our separate apartments, what they actually mean by shared are the apartment buildings (I live in a house with two apartments) on the same property that have separate entrances for each apartments. I gave up trying to explain what "shared" meant and bought a shovel.

But exciting for your son to have a new job! Yay!