Every week Monday-Tuesday last forever and then suddenly it's Friday, and what happened?
Travers: Perhaps you'll favor us with a demonstration while we're here. Buffy: You mean, like, right now? 'Cause, already had my recommended daily dose of fights tonight.
'Potential'
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.
sj - Jul 23, 2020 5:33:26 am PDT #23901 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
DavidS - Jul 23, 2020 5:34:43 am PDT #23902 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
For those of you who like the intersection of Buffista sprog, Matilda is going over to Juliana's today to look after Peanut as mother's helper.
aurelia - Jul 23, 2020 5:49:40 am PDT #23903 of 30019
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Time, man. In my one encounter each with those children they were both wee, shy things. Apparently I only visit the bay area when there is an under 2 Buffista sprog.
I don't think I've accomplished anything before 10am beyond feeding cats and making coffee until today. Today I have dropped my car off at a shop, gone to the post office, and stopped by a hardware store to buy safety goggles. Now I get to find out what theatrical equipment rental companies are operating and hope to hear that the car repair is reasonable.
Cashmere - Jul 23, 2020 5:50:34 am PDT #23904 of 30019
Now tagless for your comfort.
Mom fail.
In my sweep of getting Liv off the internet, I failed to delete ONE 11 year old video of her as a toddler and she blew up at me over it last night.
I really do try to honor her wishes to be off the internet but I have a lot of accounts and trying to clean them all has been A CHORE.
And my cuddly oldest now doesn't like physical affection of any sort so I'm sort of just hanging in limbo until they move out and start to miss me again.
OY. It's a guilt buffet here. Something for everyone.
Laura - Jul 23, 2020 5:50:57 am PDT #23905 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Aww, I love that, David.
I'm trying to find a car for my son so I don't kill myself with the commute. This is easier said than done. I texted 3 people yesterday with cars he liked. None of them replied. I've given the task over to DH since I really am not the car buyer in the family. 4 hours was taken from my day with the commute yesterday. Best I can hope for is 3. Ugh. Maybe I could enlist the help of my other son since he is super car guy. Part of the issue is that he wants it to be super cheap, which I get, but it is an 80 mile round trip a day and I don't want to head out at midnight to fetch him when if it breaks down either.
Cashmere - Jul 23, 2020 5:54:12 am PDT #23906 of 30019
Now tagless for your comfort.
Used car buying is such a gamble. Part luck, part knowledge, part quantum physics in which all the different multi-verses align to find a cheap, reliable mode of transportation.
Another fail of the US in which we do not invest in convenient, useful mass transit to help support our economy.
Someone pissed in my cornflakes, obvs.
-t - Jul 23, 2020 5:58:12 am PDT #23907 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Aw, Cashmere, I'm sorry.
Yeah, that sounds hard, Laura. With that long of a commute investing reliability seems like a good idea - would he accept/would you be wiling to provide a subsidy to get something not quite as cheap but more likely to require you to come rescue?
Aw, Matilda helping out with Peanut is warm fuzzy sweetness
Laura - Jul 23, 2020 6:04:14 am PDT #23908 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
I pretty much have to help him with even a cheap car. Hopefully we come up with something very soon.
-t - Jul 23, 2020 6:07:30 am PDT #23909 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ah. Well, good luck!
Gudanov - Jul 23, 2020 6:10:30 am PDT #23910 of 30019
Coding and Sleeping
From my personal experience, my 2007 Ford Focus was very reliable and very cheap (had 270,000 miles on it by the end). I think 2005-2011 Focus are the good years. Both kids have used Honda Fits and they are proved reliable but those aren't easy to find and can be pricy compared to other brands. So far my Hyundai Elantra GT has proved reliable and wasn't very expensive but due to COVID reasons, I haven't put many miles on it.