I've really got to learn to just do the damage and get out of town. It's the 'stay and gloat' that gets me every time.

Ethan Rayne ,'Potential'


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.


Matt the Bruins fan - May 06, 2022 8:54:47 am PDT #14958 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

On a separate note, a completely overflowing parking lot prevented me from celebrating Cinco de Mayo as I'd intended last night: watching a mechanical bull throw rednecks like rag dolls at a local Mexican restaurant. Nothing says "we appreciate your business" like a spinal injury!

I settled for takeout pastor tacos from a nearby place, guacamole, and catching up on my DVR.


dcp - May 06, 2022 10:27:25 am PDT #14959 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Brains are weird.

My monthly refills of expensive cancer treatment tablets come in a standard sealed bottle inside a heavy-gauge quart-sized ziploc bag. Very heavy gauge -- feels about twice as thick as my regular freezer bags.

They are marked with a 5" x 5" bright yellow square, with big black letters declaring "CAUTION HAZARDOUS DRUG observe safety precautions for handling and administration." I have eighteen of them now.

I roll them up small, and tuck them away in a kitchen drawer. I haven't been able to bring myself to throw them away. I could use them for freezer bags, but I haven't been able to make myself do that yet, either. I don't know why.

I keep thinking that someday I am going to pack a couple of lunch sandwiches in one and take it to work to see what sort of reaction I might get, but I haven't done that yet either, and I only need one or two for that anyway.

I know I should use them or purge them, but...I can't. Yet.

So weird.


-t - May 06, 2022 11:16:26 am PDT #14960 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

You totally should use them but if you aren't ready to yet for whatever reason stashing them in a drawer doesn't sound like a bad interim plan. Perhaps your subconscious or whatever is driving the bus on this has something specific in mind that hasn't arisen yet. Movies have led me to believe that sort of thing happens pretty much all the time, although all the examples I can think of the reason is actually aliens.


Beverly - May 06, 2022 11:45:32 am PDT #14961 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Perhaps the perfect use will occur, DCP. I like your suggestions already, though.

Felicitations on the anniversary of your natal day, Karl! And many happy returns.


Laura - May 06, 2022 12:03:31 pm PDT #14962 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Hey, it would keep people from stealing your sandwich from the work fridge! Yeah, I have a time purging perfectly useful items too.


Trudy Booth - May 06, 2022 12:40:19 pm PDT #14963 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Oooh! Work fridge sandwiches for the win!


Dana - May 06, 2022 12:44:58 pm PDT #14964 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Sorry, wrong thread.


Steph L. - May 06, 2022 12:51:30 pm PDT #14965 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

See, I would be sorely tempted to steal a CAUTION HAZARDOUS DRUG sandwich, if I were inclined to office lunch thievery, which I am not, because even though I freelance I respect the sanctity of the office fridge.


Toddson - May 06, 2022 1:10:24 pm PDT #14966 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

ah, but so many do not - it's one of those issues that comes up over and over in Ask A Manager (and it has in my personal experience as well) ... although there are any number of people who would just ignore the hazardous drug sign, figuring it might be a fun drug


-t - May 06, 2022 1:16:12 pm PDT #14967 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Hazardous and fun do overlap