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'Bring On The Night'


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.


Toddson - Aug 31, 2020 4:55:47 am PDT #25477 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Thanks for the sympathy and advice re mosquitoes. I think they might be breeding in our potted plants which I've been watering ... possibly too much, so I'm cutting back on the frequency. I always have Benadryl ointment to hand - the bugs think I'm yummy, so I get a good number of bites and the ointment almost always works. I'm now wearing two pairs of socks, with my pant legs tucked into the top layer.

The weekend was kind of stressful - I went to the grocery Friday evening and there was a woman there who was exasperating. The store has one-way signs for each aisle and she ignored all of them ... she'd go the wrong way in an aisle, park her cart in the middle of the aisle while she searched the shelves or the freezer sections. When I went to the line to pay, she was literally right behind me - kept bumping me with her cart, put her groceries on the belt close enough that the cashier had to ask which were mine and which were hers. And when the cashier told the woman to move back, she moved forward (bumping me again). After I'd gathered up my bags and went to leave, she'd pushed her cart so it blocked the aisle. THEN, when I got home, I discovered I didn't have my wallet (not a serious problem - learning from someone else's issues, I have a wallet for cash and store loyalty cards, a card case for ID and cards and a checkbook). Thought of going back, but it was pouring rain. Went back to the store Saturday morning and they had the wallet; had a minor issue getting the wallet back, since the only identification in it was a largely rubbed out signature on the back of one card. Whoever found it took the cash, but I regard that as a finder's fee. Just happy not to have to get all new store cards.


Toddson - Aug 31, 2020 4:56:19 am PDT #25478 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

And, because it deserves its own post, best wishes to Maria.


meara - Aug 31, 2020 5:14:40 am PDT #25479 of 30019

Toddson glad you got it back, hope it wasn't too much cash!! I realized yesterday that I can't find my ID—usually it's in the little card holder on the back of my phone, but it is not. I have no idea where it could be, whether I took it out for something and didn't put it back (seems unlikely?) or if it fell out at some point (more likely—I feel like I've dropped my phone a bunch lately, it could've slithered out then) Luckily can order a new one online but until it comes hoping I don't get pullled over!!


Toddson - Aug 31, 2020 5:50:21 am PDT #25480 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

A very young woman at a place I worked years ago used one of those big things - the ones that hold cash, your checkbook and all your cards and ID - and she either had a pickpocket take it or it fell out of her purse. Meanwhile, she was in the office with no cash and no way to pay for anything. One person went out and bought her lunch and others chipped in for her trip home and back in the next morning. I took this as a lesson, so I carry everything in separate cases, keeping the case with my ID and cards buried at the bottom of my purse.


Maria - Aug 31, 2020 7:28:31 am PDT #25481 of 30019
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

I'm ok. Will update with more later.


aurelia - Aug 31, 2020 7:41:59 am PDT #25482 of 30019
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Glad to know you're okay, Maria.


Gudanov - Aug 31, 2020 7:48:29 am PDT #25483 of 30019
Coding and Sleeping

Really glad to hear you're okay.


Kalshane - Aug 31, 2020 8:17:10 am PDT #25484 of 30019
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

Glad to hear you're okay, Maria.


Laura - Aug 31, 2020 8:21:51 am PDT #25485 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

Thank you! Phew!


Topic!Cindy - Aug 31, 2020 8:25:23 am PDT #25486 of 30019
What is even happening?

Maria, I am glad you are okay. I hope you feel better, too.