Don't kill anyone if you don't have to. We're here to make a deal.

Mal ,'Serenity'


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.


msbelle - Feb 20, 2022 5:31:59 am PST #13186 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Happy belated BevDog!!


sj - Feb 20, 2022 8:39:03 am PST #13187 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

This is our house (or, will be when we close): [link]

So pretty! Will you be renting out part of it?

Posted a rooftop view in Buffistas on FB.

I saw that. Gorgeous view!


DavidS - Feb 20, 2022 9:27:31 am PST #13188 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

How much longer are you bound to durance vile, David?

I'm going to need a couple negative tests at least.

So pretty! Will you be renting out part of it?

The bottom floor has long term tenants (12 years) and they'll be staying and paying us rent.

So we've got the top floor (all the pictures with the lovely painted walls), and the attic space (with bedroom and enough other room to put our library up there), and the garden apartment (2 bedrooms, bath, kitchen, separate entrance) that we can use for guests or a rec room for Matilda's friends, or Emmett or as extra office space to get some separation while people are working from home.

Jacqueline envisions the attic to be a combo of library reading room AND all the attics in all the children's books that had a big Victorian steamer trunk filled with clothes, costumes, old photo albums and family mysteries and a dressmaker's dummy in the corner and probably a secret little door where magical creatures troop in and out.


sj - Feb 20, 2022 9:41:31 am PST #13189 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Jacqueline envisions the attic to be a combo of library reading room AND all the attics in all the children's books that had a big Victorian steamer trunk filled with clothes, costumes, old photo albums and family mysteries and a dressmaker's dummy in the corner and probably a secret little door where magical creatures troop in and out.

I was picturing much the same thing looking at it. It sounds absolutely lovely!


Laura - Feb 20, 2022 10:24:32 am PST #13190 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Rapid heart rate here. All is well, but a bit of a (not me) medical scare. We had gone to Fort Lauderdale to fix my MIL's kitchen disposal and were driving back home when a man stopped in the middle of the intersection. Major city intersection. Of course Brendon pulled up next to him as the man was getting out of the car to offer to help push the car out of the way, but the car wasn't the issue. Man was seriously disoriented and just said he needed help. Brendon talked to him while I called 911. Fortunately another young man (with two little kids in the car) ran over and talked the man into getting into the passenger seat so he could drive the car into the corner gas station. 911 kept me on the phone until the rescue team got there. Poor man was on his way home from church. His suit jacket still on the side seat. Seemed like maybe a diabetes disorientation or something. Thankful he didn't keep driving, although he could hardly have picked a worse place to just stop. He was oriented enough to call his wife on the phone and tell us her name. Rescue people of course were awesome. Took him away in ambulance.

Anyway, I hope he is okay. Just grateful he didn't get hit or walk into the road before we got to him.


DavidS - Feb 20, 2022 10:25:05 am PST #13191 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I was picturing much the same thing looking at it. It sounds absolutely lovely!

JZ basically has license to go antiquing with her mother in Reno and find us some cool old shit!


DavidS - Feb 20, 2022 10:26:03 am PST #13192 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

when a man stopped in the middle of the intersection. Major city intersection.

Stressy! Good job, good samaritans though.


sj - Feb 20, 2022 10:31:34 am PST #13193 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

JZ basically has license to go antiquing with her mother in Reno and find us some cool old shit!

The best antiquing is in New England, ijs.


DavidS - Feb 20, 2022 10:34:44 am PST #13194 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Just tested again. Still positive but the line was more faint (if that means anything). It's been a week. Bah.


DavidS - Feb 20, 2022 10:36:11 am PST #13195 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

The best antiquing is in New England, ijs.

Bit of a hike for the transportation costs, I'm afraid.

Which is the only reason I didn't buy that gorgeous Art Deco vanity in New Orleans that one time in the 80s when it was only $230.