There are cockroaches in Mexico big enough to own property.

Cordelia ,'Lessons'


Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.  

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.


DavidS - Dec 20, 2021 2:44:56 pm PST #11539 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Hec, here is your adulting badge!

I wear it proudly.

Wonderful news, Cindy! That's so exciting.


DavidS - Dec 20, 2021 2:45:34 pm PST #11540 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Digits crossed.

Make it so!


askye - Dec 20, 2021 2:54:18 pm PST #11541 of 30000
Thrive to spite them

David yay for the adulting! Cindy congrats on the family happiness engagement. Laura hope your house sells.

I talked to the lawyer again, got some more info. I'm waiting until at least the first week of Jan to touch base with him again. I sent a summary email to the HR lead about everything going on. But today I sent another email going - is there anyone above the store level who can help with this? I haven't received any payments from worker's comp and at the rate I've been getting updates from them it will probably Jan 10 before I get a reply to my email.

I did end up taking a nap today but I also took medicine for nausea that made me sleepy. However I didn't sleep that much and yesterday even though I slept in really late I was able to go to bed and sleep through the night. and no naps yesterday. So that's improvement.


Sue - Dec 20, 2021 2:59:41 pm PST #11542 of 30000
hip deep in pie

Cindy, there's a gap in vital stats here, and they didn't start requiring births to be registered until 1908. Anything between 1877-1908 was registered after the fact. So for whatever reason, it may not have gotten registered. Perhaps it was your grandmother's baptismal records, which might have been the only thing they had, that got lost in the explosion. [link]


JenP - Dec 20, 2021 4:42:22 pm PST #11543 of 30000

My oldest son is engaged to be married. I think they might be booking their wedding for October 2022, but that's not yet final.

Congratulations to them and best wishes!


Cass - Dec 20, 2021 5:07:43 pm PST #11544 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

He'll only be 26 in January, which past-me would have said feels young, but they've been together since their senior year in college and we just love her. We also love them together. They work. So we're just thrilled.

That's really wonderful. Especially as they work well together which is often overlooked and so important. Good happy news.

I also marked the mask post.

My MRI today was cancelled which was a rebook from the first appointment they also cancelled. Different location tomorrow (with four machines instead of one) so hopefully it'll happen.


Dana - Dec 20, 2021 5:12:19 pm PST #11545 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Anyone have a vegan cookie recipe they'd recommend? The more straighforward the better.


-t - Dec 20, 2021 5:34:07 pm PST #11546 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Appointment-non-cancellation~ma, Cass


Steph L. - Dec 20, 2021 6:03:28 pm PST #11547 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Dana, here's a recipe for vegan snickerdoodles that looks pretty easy: [link] I haven't made this specific recipe, but I've made a fair handful from this site, and they're pretty easy to follow and the results tend to turn out as advertised.


Beverly - Dec 20, 2021 6:50:15 pm PST #11548 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Congratulations and best wishes to your son and his girl, Cindy.

Just quick jumping in here to offer that I've had a couple masks that tied around the back of my head. I cut the strings, tied them in a comfortable loop around each ear, and trimmed the strings. They work fine, now.