Two steaming cups of chocolate goodness. Courtesy of whomever I swiped it from out of the cupboard.

Ben ,'The Killer In Me'


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 - Dec 03, 2020 8:33:51 am PST #599 of 29424
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

OMG, that Korean dad is the best.

Speaking of Koreans (???), I started watching Kim's Convenience, and that show is sweet.


Laura - Dec 03, 2020 8:38:16 am PST #600 of 29424
Our wings are not tired.

Yesterday was a day. I don't do many Zoom meetings, but I had 2. The first was a training session with a vendor, staff at an office, and an office manager from her home. DH went to the office to make sure the staff got connected without issue. The office manager was a horror. The trainer couldn't get through a phrase without rude interruptions of complaints or irrelevant questions. The office staff were rolling their eyes and telling DH that she is always like that and not to worry they understood the training just fine. I wrote to the vendor and apologized for the obnoxious manager and they said they discussed later 'poor Laura and Brendon' and how they felt bad that we had to deal with her regularly. They of course laughed it off.

The second was an evening meeting with a few of my doctors and another tech type. The practice was my first medical customer with the doctor coming to me when I was pregnant with Bobby and asking me if we could write something to scan his charts because if he didn't get rid of them he would have to move his office. I remember the first time I met him so well. He was a very conservative orthodox gentleman who didn't bat an eye when he was told that I was the expert to talk to about programming. (26 years ago) I was 8 months pregnant in Florida in the summer, so you might say I had on as little as humanly possible to not be arrested for indecency. He sat in my office and discussed his issues giving me all the respect. This was so rare back in those days that I have a soft spot in my heart for him. Alas, he passed away about a decade ago, but the other 5 doctors are still using my software. Anyway, it was supposed to be 30 minutes and ended up being 90 because we discussed a whole lot of technical stuff and it was just super pleasant with everyone letting each other speak and being respectful.

FWIW, both the obnoxious office manager, and the doctor group are hard core right wing political types. The tech in the second group even was talking about protecting their data from countries like Iran, which I found amusing. Yes, we do block pretty much everything anyway, including Iran.

So, yeah, work. Why wasn't I born financially independent? It ain't right I tell ya.


Laura - Dec 03, 2020 8:40:10 am PST #601 of 29424
Our wings are not tired.

Speaking of Koreans (???), I started watching Kim's Convenience, and that show is sweet.

My son talked us into watching this as he loves it, but after a whole lot of episodes I just am not endeared to any of the characters enough to care what happens next. Kinda sad about that. Might try again at some point.


juliana - Dec 03, 2020 9:08:56 am PST #602 of 29424
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters.

That is some delicious coffee, I tell you.

We like watching Kim's Convenience, but it's mostly for the Canadian support.


Jesse - Dec 03, 2020 9:25:06 am PST #603 of 29424
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I like to have shows I can half-watch, and it fits the bill.

So, yeah, work. Why wasn't I born financially independent? It ain't right I tell ya.

YES. I was hysterically laughing this morning because someone casually asked if I could look at a document from 1898. No, I don't have that at my house. We don't even have it at the office. We probably have it in archival storage somewhere... if it even exists.


Laura - Dec 03, 2020 9:33:50 am PST #604 of 29424
Our wings are not tired.

I like to have shows I can half-watch, and it fits the bill.

Exactly. We have it in the category of watching while also working on our laptops. Enjoyable enough, and don't have to pay close attention.


msbelle - Dec 03, 2020 10:04:46 am PST #605 of 29424
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

All participants in the card exchange should have received an email, please check your spam folder if you do not see it.

THANK YOU AGAIN to JenP for helping me get this done so quickly after procrastinating.


Shir - Dec 03, 2020 10:11:55 am PST #606 of 29424
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Thank you, msbelle, and JenP!

someone casually asked if I could look at a document from 1898. No, I don't have that at my house. We don't even have it at the office. We probably have it in archival storage somewhere... if it even exists.

I can check in my archives!


Consuela - Dec 03, 2020 10:54:20 am PST #607 of 29424
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Archives access is definitely an issue for us. We have a lot of material that was never scanned (and the stuff that was scanned wasn't coded very well so it's hard to find anyway), and of course I'm not near the files.

In other news, I hosted my niece & her fiance (who are currently in our bubble) for a long-delayed graduation dinner, and I ordered 4 lobsters from Maine with all the fixings. It was splendid, and she loved it, and the lobster was pretty good as well. Although her fiance broke one of my knifes shucking the oysters.

I am now coming up on 3 hours of waiting for my work laptop to finish updating. I guess I could have gone for a run...


JenP - Dec 03, 2020 11:27:37 am PST #608 of 29424

You are most welcome! My pleasure, and I'm glad I could help.

So, I wrote the "Yeah, we're not coming up for Christmas..." text to my sister & fam yesterday, which sucked, but they totally get it. They are still sending us our matching pjs, and we will Zoom on Christmas Day. Now I have to get my ordering and sending gifts mojo going strong. I'm used to shopping in persona and usually rather close-ish to Christmas Day. Blergh.

That sounds amazing, Consuela. Sorry for the lost knife.

There's a Files & Records joke in there somewhere, Jesse, but it's not coming to me.