I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.

Giles ,'Beneath You'


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.


Jesse - Aug 30, 2022 10:10:29 am PDT #17233 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Little miss social butterfly will have no problems making new friends.

That sounds right! I hope you get to know the parents over time and that goes OK.

After 20 days of no communication, mac texted last night and he is ready to take me up on my offer to move in with me to save money and figure some things out.

I hope he does figure some things out. Good luck getting everything sorted.


NoiseDesign - Aug 30, 2022 12:54:15 pm PDT #17234 of 30000
Our wings are not tired

msbelle, Mac is fortunate to have you. Best of luck with all of this, and with him finding a healthy way forward.


Sheryl - Aug 30, 2022 3:34:22 pm PDT #17235 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Good luck with all the logistics, msbelle.


-t - Aug 30, 2022 7:27:09 pm PDT #17236 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Y’all. My 5:00 bus never came and the next one that showed up was going out of service so I waited an hour and a half at the transit center. At least it was pleasant weather. So I stopped at one of the only restaurants on the way home that is open on Tuesdays and ordered the “special” Chardonnay and the market price fish because I’m so hungry and that was easy. It is all quite delicious. Glad I am wfh tomorrow.


-t - Aug 30, 2022 7:38:10 pm PDT #17237 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Trying to remember what the polite way to butter bread is. Tear of a small piece and butter that, right? I doubt the waitress or the one other person eating care, but I am making an effort.


DavidS - Aug 30, 2022 7:43:33 pm PDT #17238 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

but I am making an effort.

I'll make you a little placard that says, "I'm not feral."


-t - Aug 30, 2022 8:21:36 pm PDT #17239 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That would be helpful! If possibly misleading. I’m pretty feral. Less so now that I’ve eaten, probably.


meara - Aug 30, 2022 10:14:42 pm PDT #17240 of 30000

I do not recall the appropriate way to butter bread, but I did get the Bonne Maman jam advent calendar and am going to start it soon (since as a single person I can’t eat a tiny jam every day for 24 days!). AND I have volunteered to put together a butter tasting (taste off?) for a friend. Testing a bunch of different butters.


Beverly - Aug 31, 2022 12:24:01 am PDT #17241 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

I miss the Danish butter we had in Germany. There was some embargo or something on US butter so the commissary stocked it from Denmark. When someone says "sweet butter" as opposed to salt butter--Danish butter is actually so light and fresh it's almost sweet.

In public I break bread in half to butter it--a roll or biscuit, separate top from bottom, and I butter each so the butter melts and soaks in. Toast, if it isn't cut, I cut or tear in half and butter each half, again while the toast is warm so the butter melts in. If that's uncouth, then so be it. I like my butter melty.


msbelle - Aug 31, 2022 6:31:21 am PDT #17242 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

-t I am your wfh twin today.

I was hoping for a slow day so I could crank on some paper processing, but the phone has been pretty much non-stop ringing. BOO!

I also plan on taking lots of breaks, so those phone calls better stop. I am working from the basement, so I can start moving myself out of the basement through the day.

Mac will be down here for at least two weeks, as I have cousins coming for a visit 9/16 and they will have the guest room. Makes no sense for him to stay in the guest room one week and then move down here.

I think the basement will be better for him anyway. private entrance, his own toilet and sink, his own tv, and super conducive to sleep which I think he will need a lot of at first. My guess is that his brain has been in fight/flight/freeze mode for months.