My mother had a pacemaker and I think it occasionally gave her a ... well, less than a shock, but something. I had heard that you can't use magnetic necklace clasps if you have a pacemaker - the magnets, if they slip around, can do something to it. So one xmas, when my sister gave her a set as replacements (since the arthritis in her hands had gotten bad), I made a fuss about it. I might be mistaken, but I'd rather be wrong than take a chance.
I gave her everything... jewels, beautiful dresses -- with beautiful girls in them.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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.
Toddson - Feb 16, 2021 10:29:58 am PST #3539 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Laura - Feb 16, 2021 10:52:14 am PST #3540 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
My doggo is at doggy daycare for the first time today! Hoping he gets exhausted.
I bet he will be. Nothing like other doggos to play with.
Go Matilda with the active life. Now too bad she doesn't live closer to meara so she could doggo walk.
lisah - Feb 16, 2021 11:25:02 am PST #3541 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
JenP - Feb 16, 2021 11:50:35 am PST #3542 of 30000
Ooh, that looks beautiful, lisah! I saved it .
Doggy Daycare did wonders for tuckering out my sisters dog when she was a puppy. Looking forward to the report!
Go on, Matilda!
chrismg - Feb 16, 2021 12:05:33 pm PST #3543 of 30000
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Well, the power went out for good just as I signed off from work last night, so I had an early dinner and spent the night bundled up in bed. It came back on and it's been up and steady for about 4 hours now, so I'm back on the work network getting stuff accomplished. If someone can spare some -ma for the Aged Parents, they're in Houston with the power still down. They borrowed a generator and can cook on the gas range, but still.
Also, apparently all of you are heading for a Canadian shack with only one bed in the middle of a snowstorm? I mean, I respect your commitment to verisimilitude, but.....
Toddson - Feb 16, 2021 12:12:33 pm PST #3544 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
For your amusement, the Fellowship of the Ring as Girl Scout cookies. (one guess as to who's the Thin Mint)
-t - Feb 16, 2021 12:42:25 pm PST #3545 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The Fellowship of the Cookies is terrific!
flea - Feb 16, 2021 12:42:42 pm PST #3546 of 30000
information libertarian
Still the prettiest.
We just got a call that one of the puppy’s litter mates has been diagnosed with parvovirus so we get to watch and worry for a while. Our pup seems fine and the rescue is obviously being proactive and responsible but :/!
-t - Feb 16, 2021 12:50:13 pm PST #3547 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Viruses, man.
Calli - Feb 16, 2021 12:50:35 pm PST #3548 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Love the Fellowship of the GSCs.
I almost forgot amidst all the everything, but it's Pancake Tuesday! In 2020, Pancake Tuesday was the last time I ate out in a restaurant, and that restaurant has since gone under. So as anniversaries go, it's a bit bittersweet. But, I have an excuse to make pancakes tonight.
I hope all the Texan Buffistas and their families stay warm. One of my favorite recent TikToks is a woman from the Keweenaw Peninsula (which averages 300 inches of snow a year) bitching out Midwesterners for being mean to Texans. "They don't have snow dumps down there! They're not built for this! Be nicer!"