Ha! I should have known you’d know Adi, meara. Go to them for all your hair needs.
You know, I've saved lives. Dozens. Maybe hundreds. I reattached a girl's leg. Her whole leg. She named her hamster after me. I got a hamster. He drops a box of money, he gets a town.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
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.
Atropa - Sep 11, 2021 8:47:31 pm PDT #9155 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Theodosia - Sep 12, 2021 1:21:55 pm PDT #9156 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Spent a week in VT once again with my friend of nearly 40 years, who still has the ability to make me cringe in embarrassment and/or wonder.
One of the latest examples: I had to instruct her how to light a match... she'd never done it before. (She's 65.)
Her idea of dieting is to weigh herself every morning. And then be happy that she's dropped a half pound between one day and the next.
She is scared of all insects, and paranoid about them getting into the house. (I wisely did not tell her about the thumbnail-size wolf spider I caught and relocated outside.) She wanted us to bag up all food waste in plastic before putting them in the garbage -- OK, so it's her time share/place that I'm visiting, I'll abide by her rules. Except that she then puts unclean dishes in the sink and leaves near empty soda cans all over the place.
She will happily tell me all the details of the pedigrees of her dogs (past and present) for hours straight. She's mournful that the pedigrees of the dogs her parents owned when she was small can't be found.
There really are many things to like about her, not the least of which is the miracle that she's actually taken Covid seriously (and as an obese cancer survivor she sure should) so I'm sure some of the endless chatter is the result of being pent up for 18 months in an apartment with only an elderly misbehaving deaf dog and finally having another human being along for companionship.
A week would have been too much but she sleeps really late (11 is crack of dawn for her) so I had enough alone time to recuperate.
Theodosia - Sep 12, 2021 1:22:50 pm PDT #9157 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Seriously -- NEVER had lit a match. I got her to do it without burning her fingers, but I made her stand over the bricks of the fireplace in the time-share when she did it, just in case.
Sheryl - Sep 12, 2021 1:29:33 pm PDT #9158 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Well, crap. My folks are at/in the hospital, both having tested positive for COVID-19. They're both vaccinated, so hopefully it won't be too bad. This is all I know. (Normally they Skype with us at 11 on Sundays. 11 came and went, and Gary called both their cell phone and their home phone and left messages. My dad called Gary back while he(Gary) was picking up lunch. Now we just wait for more details.
Theodosia - Sep 12, 2021 1:34:05 pm PDT #9159 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Fingers crossed, Sheryl. I'm glad they're taking it seriously.
Where do they live, I think you've mentioned before but I've forgotten.
Jesse - Sep 12, 2021 1:54:11 pm PDT #9160 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh no, Sheryl. Here's hoping they are fine.
Laura - Sep 12, 2021 3:35:53 pm PDT #9161 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Oh no, Sherryl. Much health~ma sent their way.
JenP - Sep 12, 2021 3:51:26 pm PDT #9162 of 30000
Oh, goodness, Sheryl. Health -ma their way.
Sheryl - Sep 12, 2021 3:57:05 pm PDT #9163 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Thanks all.
My folks are currently in CT. Their plan is to come down mid-October to go to FL. We'll see how that goes.
sj - Sep 12, 2021 4:42:07 pm PDT #9164 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yikes, Sheryl! Tons of ~ma to your parents.