This story from Seattle has been getting a ton of media attention, which is hilarious to me because I've known Fran Goldman my entire life (she was a close friend of my grandmother and has a cabin down the beach from my family up in Canada) and literally NOBODY who knows her was surprised that she chose to walk 6 miles in the snow for a Covid vaccine. Like, OF COURSE she did, how else was she supposed to get there? 3 miles each way? Pfft.
You're nice, and you're funny and you don't smoke, and okay, werewolf, but that's not all the time. I mean, three days out of the month, I'm not much fun to be around, either.
Willow ,'Get It Done'
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.
Jessica - Feb 17, 2021 8:23:26 am PST #3578 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
flea - Feb 17, 2021 8:37:04 am PST #3579 of 30000
information libertarian
Gosh I love no-nonsense old ladies. It’s the goal of my life to be one - getting closer every day!
Jesse - Feb 17, 2021 8:45:03 am PST #3580 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's awesome.
Laura - Feb 17, 2021 8:54:41 am PST #3581 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Things I will do for a chance to get a COVID vaccine: wake up at 430am, drive an hour round trip to drop off my dog at a friend’s, to show up to volunteer at 615am. Fingers crossed.
Crossing digits for you. My rash that showed up on day 9 lasted a few days and is gone now. Weird, but not too annoying. Quite a few people I know had a lot more issues with the 2nd shot, so I am just scheduling life to have a few mays down time.
amyparker - Feb 17, 2021 8:57:29 am PST #3582 of 30000
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
Good luck, meara!
Jessica, I read that story in the Seattle Times - how cool that you know her! - and thought "Sounds like all of the older Norwegian women I've met since moving here - "Why would I take the car to the market, Amelia? My legs work just fine!" and off they go with the big wheeled cart, to haul their body weight in groceries back up our very steep main road. They routinely walk me into the ground and prescribe a good five miles, with coffee and a bun at the end of it, as the cure for most things that might trouble you. I am very glad to know them.
DavidS - Feb 17, 2021 9:01:29 am PST #3583 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Gosh I love no-nonsense old ladies. It’s the goal of my life to be one - getting closer every day!
Surely a little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest flea.
shrift - Feb 17, 2021 9:30:53 am PST #3584 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
My coffee machine died yesterday, or at least the heating element did. It's now sitting in my utility closet along with the other coffee machine that died, where I keep my e-waste until I can be bothered to figure out how to recycle it. I decided to try a pour over coffee maker instead, so I've been drinking that this morning. It's good, but I'm not having revelatory experience.
If my electric kettle dies, I'm going to squint nervously at the universe and wonder if it's trying to get me off caffeine.
Dana - Feb 17, 2021 9:33:16 am PST #3585 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Rush Limbaugh has died. Wish I could say I didn't let out a little whoop.
Steph L. - Feb 17, 2021 9:33:22 am PST #3586 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
If my electric kettle dies, I'm going to squint nervously at the universe and wonder if it's trying to get me off caffeine.
No, if your electric kettle dies, that's when you fistfight God to keep that tasty tasty caffeine.
Jessica - Feb 17, 2021 9:47:52 am PST #3587 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
This is why I have three kettles (2 electric, one stovetop) and a stovetop Moka pot juuuuuust in case. You will pry my morning coffee out of my cold dead overcaffeinated hands.