Saffron: You're a good man. Mal: You clearly haven't been talking to anyone else on this boat.

'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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.


Cashmere - Jul 24, 2020 9:21:03 am PDT #23967 of 30019
Now tagless for your comfort.

Camry's a good get.

Laura, isn't it great to be needed to such an extent that you feel like nothing can ever get done without you? (Not that I would know how that feels *cough dentist appointments, vet appointments, driving lessons, returning school laptops, instrument rentals, banking, taxes, returning used internet routers, changing up cable services, so on and so forth cough*)

Lots of Suburus up here in Wisconsin and I may consider one after the kids are gone and I have driven my minivan to death. (Which will be about 9 years from now.)


-t - Jul 24, 2020 9:38:32 am PDT #23968 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Getting stuff half done sounds like my kind of goal


Jesse - Jul 24, 2020 9:44:40 am PDT #23969 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That sounds like a lot, Laura! And Cashmere!

Jesse do you not have air conditioning?

No, just a window unit in my bedroom. It's mostly been fine so far, and if it weren't I could put a window unit and a desk into the spare bedroom, but that feels like a lot of effort.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 24, 2020 9:47:42 am PDT #23970 of 30019
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Health~ma to your dad, shrift. May he kick the cancer in its ass!

Yesterday was the Monday-est of Thursdays. An executive/friend of mine at my company got fired unexpectedly, and it was a huge shock. Said exec was also my direct supervisor on the current big project, which has been in a massive crunch this week. Not the best time for my pharmacy to be out of stock on my blood pressure meds!


-t - Jul 24, 2020 10:13:44 am PDT #23971 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Whoa, Matt! Yeah, that's no good. I hope your weekend is super relaxing and enjoyable!


Theodosia - Jul 24, 2020 10:23:25 am PDT #23972 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"

In retrospect, this was not perhaps the week to start a new medication -- but then, it's hard to time these things. But I suspect my all-day disabling headache on Tuesday was the result of the (minimal) dose of Citalopram.

Prostate cancer is one of those cancers that seems to get more manageable each year, so fingers crossed that it goes that way!


Laura - Jul 24, 2020 11:06:29 am PDT #23973 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

Yikes, Matt. Not good at all.

Laura, isn't it great to be needed to such an extent that you feel like nothing can ever get done without you?

I did mention that absolutely all the information, account numbers, license numbers, user ids, passwords, links, and everything a person might need in life is contained in my knowledge base and readily accessible to my family. That's what I get for being the organized one.

See also, being the only one who can find things. I'm sure I am not alone in that magic skill.


aurelia - Jul 24, 2020 11:46:59 am PDT #23974 of 30019
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I've often worked with men who were always asking me where they left something. I didn't always answer, "Dude, I am not your wife" but sometimes I did.

Got my car back. Turns out they didn't charge me anything, not even the diagnostic fee, because they didn't find anything wrong. I guess the car is just developing a personality.


-t - Jul 24, 2020 11:51:27 am PDT #23975 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Yay not getting charged but boo persistent auto mystery


Sheryl - Jul 24, 2020 12:03:27 pm PDT #23976 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Laura, I have referred to myself as "The Human PDA"(like a Blackberry or a Palm Pilot, not the other kind of PDA) from time to time.