Oh, smacked in the noggin with a 2x4 wrapped in velvet. Yeah, that's what it felt like.

Lorne ,'Smile Time'


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.


meara - Jan 28, 2022 9:26:12 am PST #12508 of 29988

Maybe, t! It was cuisinart. I do need new pots and pans but these have solid tops rather than glass, so not sure they’d be my jam??


-t - Jan 28, 2022 9:30:29 am PST #12509 of 29988
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ah, cuisinart is not ours, so no. I hear you on the glass lids, I like to see what's going on.


dcp - Jan 28, 2022 9:36:32 am PST #12510 of 29988
"I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam," -- Popeye

-t, I can send you some backgrounds I use. Some astronomical ones, one from Yellowstone with a bison, one from the Griffith observatory, one from a trellis at the Huntington Library....

I like them myself, but I don't know if they would count as "fun."


msbelle - Jan 28, 2022 10:06:00 am PST #12511 of 29988
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

The only time I got one of those anniversary gift choices, I got jewelry that I could sell. All I want from a company is cash and benefits.


-t - Jan 28, 2022 10:12:58 am PST #12512 of 29988
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Sure, I'll take those, dcp! Even if they are not "fun" for the purposes of this thing, they sound nice for my general use. I haven't had any luck finding anything appealing to my sense of fun-ness via google...

What I really want from my company is a raise that is higher than inflation, and not just every 5 years or whatever, but that is hardly an option. And I recently remembered that they used to match up to some percentage of our retirement withholding but they "temporarily" stopped matching a few years back and I don't think they are ever going to restart that will just kind of disappear and fade from memory and I'm kind of mad about it because that was a big selling point when I was hired that we were 100% vested in the matching funds after 3 years. Oh well.


dcp - Jan 28, 2022 10:31:59 am PST #12513 of 29988
"I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam," -- Popeye

-t, insent to gmail address I had for you. Should I re-send to your profile address?


meara - Jan 28, 2022 10:43:57 am PST #12514 of 29988

The only time I got one of those anniversary gift choices, I got jewelry that I could sell. All I want from a company is cash and benefits

Yeah that’s why I’m contemplating getting the AirPods even though I already have some and selling them


-t - Jan 28, 2022 10:48:09 am PST #12515 of 29988
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Got it, dcp. Thanks!


Toddson - Jan 28, 2022 11:02:56 am PST #12516 of 29988
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Too late for your "fun" Zoom meeting, but there's this ... and there are others.


-t - Jan 28, 2022 11:04:54 am PST #12517 of 29988
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Not too late, Toddson, the meeting isn't for another hour and a half! I have found a Sunnydale school library picture I like, but if you don't know that's what it is it isn't really "fun". Work fun is so stressful! How much of my actual interests am I comfortable with my coworkers knowing about? Not actually very much, to be honest.