Take jobs as they come -- and we'll never be under the heel of nobody ever again. No matter how long the arm of the Alliance might get, we'll just get ourselves a little further.

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.


askye - Jul 29, 2020 4:28:28 am PDT #24151 of 30019
Thrive to spite them

so the private equity firm that owns the department store chain I work for put in a bid to buy JC Penney. If they do I guess they'll convert all the Penneys to our store and close the stores where there are both stores already.

which I guess if it happens could be a good thing in terms of job security or they could be biting off more than they can chew and it will be a bad thing..


Laura - Jul 29, 2020 4:50:43 am PDT #24152 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

That would be quite a major purchase for sure. I don't know about the future of department stores. Pretty risky. Yet I'll bet a pretty good bargain purchase. I should hope they have a sound plan for what to do going forward.

Just a couple days ago we drove to 'the city' to pick up printer ink for my sister. She normally gets it on line, but was in a hurry. Went to the Staples she had gone to for years. Closed. Permanently. And this was the only office supply store in Utica.


Calli - Jul 29, 2020 5:37:39 am PDT #24153 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

When I was four, my family had a dachshund named Penny. She was not a good dog for a family with young children, or perhaps a family with young children should have monitored them better around dogs. Anyway, she ended up rehomed with another family. But Penny for a dog with reddish bits seems reasonable.


-t - Jul 29, 2020 5:48:53 am PDT #24154 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Whoa, askye, that's interesting. I will be sad if JCP disappears completely, I am sentimentally fond of that particular department store, but I hope the acquisition goes well for you. Belk isn't really nationwide, is it? That could be a big expansion.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 29, 2020 6:27:21 am PDT #24155 of 30019
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!

I suppose Sparky is a quintessential dog's name, but I always imagine it being shrieked by a really annoying precocious TV kid.

For a reddish dog, how about Peppermint Patty?


Katerina Bee - Jul 29, 2020 7:00:19 am PDT #24156 of 30019
Herding cats for fun

I thought about naming my orange kitten Kumquat so I could say "Come, Quat!" But she ended up as Coconut the Cheesy Peuf.


DavidS - Jul 29, 2020 7:05:12 am PDT #24157 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I suppose Sparky is a quintessential dog's name, but I always imagine it being shrieked by a really annoying precocious TV kid.

I did grow up with a dog named Sparky but I was not a television kid. Not so shrieky, somewhat precocious.


bennett - Jul 29, 2020 7:07:07 am PDT #24158 of 30019

My sister names her cats after the vegetation they were found in: Juniper, Rhubarb, Cody (buffalo grass), etc.


lisah - Jul 29, 2020 7:21:19 am PDT #24159 of 30019
Punishingly Intricate

Dr. Moxie Chompers!

(My friends have toddler twins named Moxie & Hugo!)


msbelle - Jul 29, 2020 7:24:41 am PDT #24160 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Bronze or Copper