Rush Limbaugh has died. Wish I could say I didn't let out a little whoop.
My first thought was that there will be lots of fanfare in Hell to greet the new arrival.
Oh! I know this one! 'Slaying entails certain sacrifices, blah blah blahbity blah, I'm so stuffy, gimme a scone.'
Buffy ,'Help'
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 - Feb 17, 2021 10:23:38 am PST #3595 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
-t - Feb 17, 2021 10:25:36 am PST #3596 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think you are getting the appropriate message, shrift
I got myself a collapsible kettle a while back ostensibly for travel (in case I am going somewhere that won't have hot water but will have electricity, I don't know where that might be and I do not, at this point, go anywhere at all, so) but have decided it is nice to have an emergency kettle that doesn't take up much space. Just in case.
Amy - Feb 17, 2021 10:40:32 am PST #3597 of 30000
Because books.
When we were living with S.'s dad in upstate NY, Rush was on all. freaking. day., every. day. I'm not exactly grieving either.
-t - Feb 17, 2021 10:45:37 am PST #3598 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, Amy, I would not have handled that well.
JenP - Feb 17, 2021 10:53:25 am PST #3599 of 30000
Oof, I would not have dealt well with that either, Amy. Kudos for surviving with, like, zero homicide convictions. I'm assuming.
I love my electric tea kettle, and I did recently get a stovetop little cast iron tea kettle when my DH was having a tea phase. He's not in it anymore, but I love the little pot. Tea is fine if I don't have coffee, though. Or hot cocoa. I have to drink decaf for reasons, so the caffeine component is no more for me. And I like tea and hot cocoa independently of backup status.
Amy - Feb 17, 2021 10:57:03 am PST #3600 of 30000
Because books.
There was no choice. That was a Fox News 24/7 household. ::shudders:: I pretty much lived in our bedroom every minute possible.
I love my electric kettle. But I also love knowing I could make a cup of tea with a saucepan on the stovetop if I had to.
amyparker - Feb 17, 2021 11:03:37 am PST #3601 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.
I'm having a "would not wish anyone dead, but would read certain obituaries with great interest" response to the news of Limbaugh's death.
Yes, shrift, you need a backup kettle. I love my electric, and I have a cast iron kettle that can go on the camp stove on the balcony in a blackout. After five years (OMG) on Bainbridge, Jim has stopped arguing with me about the wood stove and generator I've put on the list for our house.
Toddson - Feb 17, 2021 11:06:55 am PST #3602 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
In other news, the Atlantic City casino formerly owned by the formerly president was imploded this morning. Went straight down - didn't seem to be a lot of flying debris - but created a huge smoke/dust cloud.
Topic!Cindy - Feb 17, 2021 11:08:10 am PST #3603 of 30000
What is even happening?
What I'm hearing is that I should get some backup kettles, or I'll have to face God and walk backwards into hell while clutching bean juice.
We moved to this house (where we have an electric stove) when my kids were 3, 4, and 7. We had a blackout one morning, after I'd made my coffee and it dawned on me it could have happened *before* I made my coffee. I drink less coffee these days, but there is no way I could have done 3, 4, and 7 without coffee.
I ended up buying a cast iron kettle I for the fireplace, JUST IN CASE.
So yes, get backup kettles, shrift. Also, my mother loves her French press coffee maker.
Toddson - Feb 17, 2021 11:11:27 am PST #3604 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I have a tea kettle (it looks like a striped cat!), but I can always heat water in one of the smaller pots I have. I bless the gas stove - it's self-igniting, which I'm hoping means it'll work in the event of a power failure. I do keep matches, since I occasionally burn candles and in the event the stove doesn't light itself.