Hey, I've been in a firefight before! Well, I was in a fire. Actually, I was fired from a fry-cook opportunity. I can handle myself.
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Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
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Maria - Sep 24, 2020 4:04:46 pm PDT #26659 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
Dana - Sep 24, 2020 4:27:24 pm PDT #26660 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
shrift, that's interesting, because we also got a communication from the IRS that we underreported and owe them $3k, which is less alarming than $47k. I'm going to message you about our theory of the problem.
Jesse - Sep 24, 2020 4:39:53 pm PDT #26661 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
For anyone needing to use their personal cell for work, why don't you try using a Google Voice number? You can have it forwarded to your phone, and if you call using the app it will show up on caller ID as the Voice number and not your actual cell number.
That ship has sailed.
-t - Sep 24, 2020 5:12:08 pm PDT #26662 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I thought about doing that, Maria, but not hard enough to actually do it. People only have my number if I give it to them or I call them, which seems manageable?
Jesse - Sep 24, 2020 5:18:43 pm PDT #26663 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, if a lot of people and/or strangers needed to call me, that would be a different story.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 24, 2020 5:44:53 pm PDT #26664 of 30019
What is even happening?
shrift, that's outrageous. I'm sorry, and I hope you can get it sorted with a minimum of distress.
In re cell phones: anyone who really needs to talk to me calls my landline, because they know my phone is dead in my purse more than half the time.
In normal times, I'll pick up most calls on the landline, even if I don't recognize the number, because I always allow for the chance that it could be one of the kids calling on a friend's phone.
Steph L. - Sep 24, 2020 6:09:16 pm PDT #26665 of 30019
I look more rad than Lutheranism
anyone who really needs to talk to me calls my landline
Landline solidarity! Although I still don't answer it unless I recognize the number.
NoiseDesign - Sep 24, 2020 6:11:00 pm PDT #26666 of 30019
Our wings are not tired
It's been...more than a decade since I've had a landline. I don't think we had one in Pasadena, which means it would have been my apartment in Burbank where I last had one.
aurelia - Sep 24, 2020 6:29:09 pm PDT #26667 of 30019
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I kept mine because my parents wouldn't call my cell phone. They're starting to get better about that. They even text now.
Hil R. - Sep 24, 2020 6:47:37 pm PDT #26668 of 30019
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Not exactly, but similar. Last night I spoke to mom and sis in Louisville about having gas and charged phones and a go bag ready in case they should need to leave quickly. And I've talked to dad and step mom in San Francisco similarly re: the fires. And while I've made similar preparations during hurricanes and blizzards it's occurring to me that some cash, a few days of meds, etc in one place might be wise.
I'd been planning to drive out to NJ for Thanksgiving and then stay until maybe New Years, but my mom now wants me to consider driving there before the election, just in case there's civil unrest.