Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.

'Time Bomb'


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.


-t - Oct 19, 2020 11:03:49 am PDT #27878 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, sorry about the meds, Nora, that is unfortunate!


Jessica - Oct 19, 2020 11:10:43 am PDT #27879 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I've talked my family into doing duck instead of turkey this year (I can get them from a local small farm even!) so at least if we have to cancel the medium-sized gathering I can put the extra ducks in the freezer instead of being stuck with a whole preordered turkey.


Dana - Oct 19, 2020 11:12:21 am PDT #27880 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

The good (?) thing about starting work at 6 means that I'm done now.


-t - Oct 19, 2020 11:14:42 am PDT #27881 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Mmm, duck.

We did heritage turkeys a couple times, which are more expensive, typically smaller, and truly delicious. I don't have my local hookup for that any more...oh, wait, maybe I should check if the order online pickup at the farm ad hoc CSA has turkeys...


msbelle - Oct 19, 2020 11:17:41 am PDT #27882 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I'm done for the day also. And the texting group has no texting and the QC stuff I do is all on hold because the tracking documents are not tracking things correctly. WAH!


EpicTangent - Oct 19, 2020 11:20:38 am PDT #27883 of 30019
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Thanks for the ideas, Nora & -t, I'll have to start looking/asking around.

I've never heard of heritage turkeys; I'll have to see what my CSA comes up with next month.

Oh, that sucks about the anxiety meds!


NoiseDesign - Oct 19, 2020 11:47:03 am PDT #27884 of 30019
Our wings are not tired

Our current Thanksgiving plan involves a very small group of us who are all being very careful. We are lucky that in Los Angeles the testing sites are giving results within 24 hours. So the plan is for everyone that is attending to get a test on Tuesday and then essentially quarantine. We will all get results on Wednesday and then have Thanksgiving on Thursday. Everyone attending will have had a negative test result within 24 hours of the dinner, on top of them being trusted careful folks, and they will be quarantined between taking the test and coming to dinner. It's not perfect, but I think it is a fairly robust plan.


JenP - Oct 19, 2020 12:26:38 pm PDT #27885 of 30019

Pretty darn near perfect, ND. If I could have that kind of set-up, I'd consider the family Thanksgiving. But they're not doing anything like that.


NoiseDesign - Oct 19, 2020 12:48:47 pm PDT #27886 of 30019
Our wings are not tired

Yeah, there is a testing site about 5 minutes from my home and we get results the next day. I've been testing every other week, and Pix is testing on the alternate weeks, so between the two of us we are never farther out that 7 days on a test. I've also had a worksite that is operating under the filming rules for Covid, so we need to be tested once a week on that site to be able to enter. I think I've had around a dozen tests at this point.


Sheryl - Oct 19, 2020 12:51:05 pm PDT #27887 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Gary's mom was talking about Skyping with us for T'Giving, rather than us going to her house, so we'll have to figure out what we're making for ourselves.