I was about to say maybe she was an English major before it came out but then googled and it was published in 1948 so....???
You're not gonna jokey-rhyme your way out of this one.
Willow ,'Sleeper'
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.
meara - Jul 16, 2019 8:20:03 am PDT #9571 of 30019
Dana - Jul 16, 2019 8:21:03 am PDT #9572 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Not even The Haunting of Hill House?
-t - Jul 16, 2019 8:23:26 am PDT #9573 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Whoa, that is shocking, Jesse!
Jesse - Jul 16, 2019 8:31:09 am PDT #9574 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Not even The Haunting of Hill House?
I'll run that by her tonight to see. It was last night's final Jeopardy, and she was like, "Shirley Jackson, who's that??"
Calli - Jul 16, 2019 8:57:07 am PDT #9575 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
We've got one of those systems now where you tell it what floor and it tells you what elevator to go to.
BBC Scotland made a video where a couple of Scottish men were stuck in that kind of elevator because it didn't understand their accents. [link]
It does seem like it could be an accessibility issue. What if you can't speak?
Jessica - Jul 16, 2019 9:09:47 am PDT #9576 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It does seem like it could be an accessibility issue. What if you can't speak?
Ours has kind of the opposite problem - you select a floor via a touchscreen in the wall, which for sight-impaired folks seems fairly impossible to use.
Connie Neil - Jul 16, 2019 9:31:15 am PDT #9577 of 30019
brillig
But it's hip, it's hot, it's now. Clean interface, uncluttered, and all the new buzzwords.
Laura - Jul 16, 2019 10:10:01 am PDT #9578 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
The solution is clearly a lift attendant.
-t - Jul 16, 2019 10:43:41 am PDT #9579 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
::Googles to see what "lift attendant" means in the context of Twitter and/or GUI::
Sheryl - Jul 16, 2019 10:48:20 am PDT #9580 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Laura, everything old is new again?