Look, you got a little stabbed the other day. That's bound to make anyone a mite ornery.

Mal ,'Ariel'


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.


-t - Feb 16, 2023 3:32:49 pm PST #20698 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That's nice to hear, Sheryl!

none of my interior floors have been swamped, there's no property damage aside from the plumbing itself, and you cannot tell I'm having plumbing problems just from breathing inside my house.

All good news! I remember when my parents had what they thought was a minor leak from a new dishwasher not being installed quite right that eventually led to the whole house being tented for mold mitigation. No one wants that.

That seems weird that the water coming into your house at a reasonable pressure is not just part of supplying water to your house. Not that it's surprising, exactly, but in an ideal world it would be.

Part of my appraisal was supposed to be setting goals for this year, although maybe that will actually come later, but anyway we all agreed that we can't really do it for me right now because of how unsettled my actual duties are. We did talk about in what order we will be tackling the various parts of my job and whether I will keep doing them, etc and my main take away is that from now on I'm going to work "my job, like Gaul, is divided into three parts" whenever possible. Which is probably not all that often, to be honest, so I'm going out of my way to say it here now.


NoiseDesign - Feb 16, 2023 6:30:08 pm PST #20699 of 30000
Our wings are not tired

That seems weird that the water coming into your house at a reasonable pressure is not just part of supplying water to your house. Not that it's surprising, exactly, but in an ideal world it would be.

Yeah, you would think. It's way over pressure which is the issue. It turns out it was damaging valves and other things in the house.


-t - Feb 16, 2023 7:42:04 pm PST #20700 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Dear self

Just because you apparently can get Commander’s Palace delivered next Tuesday does not mean you should. Oh look, Veselka’s! Graeter’s! STOP LOOKING

Love always Your overworked and under appreciated superego


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 17, 2023 6:18:15 am PST #20701 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

Do it! DOOO IIITTT!

-your Id


sj - Feb 17, 2023 6:25:39 am PST #20702 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I broke my key into the front door lock this morning. I always always have tweezers on me which I didn’t today. So, I used nail clippers to get the broken part out of the lock while I waited for TCG to come home and let me in the house. Does that get me a MacGuyver gold star or something?


JenP - Feb 17, 2023 6:56:10 am PST #20703 of 30000

A trophy, in fact! Look for it in the mail.


-t - Feb 17, 2023 8:20:39 am PST #20704 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Impressive, sj!


Jessica - Feb 17, 2023 8:53:38 am PST #20705 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Just because you apparently can get Commander’s Palace delivered next Tuesday does not mean you should. Oh look, Veselka’s! Graeter’s! STOP LOOKING

Uh oh, somebody fell down the Goldbelly rabbit hole...


-t - Feb 17, 2023 9:05:16 am PST #20706 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

It's full of things labelled EAT ME, Jess. Very dangerous.


Steph L. - Feb 17, 2023 9:09:06 am PST #20707 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

You should ALWAYS get Graeter's delivered.