Sigh. My poor car, which I loaned to my sister for her drive to Canada, and which she then drove into a ditch so thoroughly that it required TWO tow trucks working together to lift it out, is not in fact fine, but has a bent brace bar which is grinding against the exhaust pipe. So I will be carless for another week while the parts come in.
Zoe: Nobody's saying that, sir. Wash: Yeah, we're pretty much just giving each other significant glances and laughing incessantly.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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 - Sep 13, 2021 10:46:13 am PDT #9191 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
-t - Sep 13, 2021 10:48:37 am PDT #9192 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I have really always been more fandom-adjacent than anything. I am a fan of fandom??
This is how I feel, but I think it is at least partly a sort of impostor syndrome? In anything I am fannish about there is always someone way more into it that makes me look like a dilettante. But then, I often feel like dilettante is a good word for me in general, so maybe that's just accurate.
Jessica - Sep 13, 2021 10:50:15 am PDT #9193 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
This will be the SECOND car my sister has crashed in a way that damaged the undercarriage and maybe next time she asks to borrow it I will say no.
Jessica - Sep 13, 2021 10:50:59 am PDT #9194 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
meara, definitely file a police report!
Laura - Sep 13, 2021 10:51:52 am PDT #9195 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
My poor car, which I loaned to my sister for her drive to Canada
I originally read this as your cat, and was quite concerned about the cat being hurt in an accident. Still sucks, but I am relieved for your imaginary kitty.
DavidS - Sep 13, 2021 10:55:08 am PDT #9196 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
This will be the SECOND car my sister has crashed in a way that damaged the undercarriage and maybe next time she asks to borrow it I will say no.
I think that is the correct answer.
Jesse - Sep 13, 2021 11:01:20 am PDT #9197 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh no, Jess! I agree that maybe your sister should not be driving your cars.
meara - Sep 13, 2021 11:19:22 am PDT #9198 of 30000
Yikes Jessica! Also, wow, that’s an accident prone sister! I assume she doesn’t have a car so maybe is less comfortable/used to driving?? Still though.
I’m waiting for the bank to confirm what exactly happened (the guy I talked to could basically only see that it was listed as in person withdrawal and what branch) so I know what exactly I need to report! It’s all online now.
Jessica - Sep 13, 2021 11:34:32 am PDT #9199 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Yeah, she's lived in NYC since college (20+ years) and has never owned a car.
(To be clear, the FIRST car she totaled wasn't mine, it was the family junk car that both of us learned to drive on. I used it for two years and then left for college, and she drove it into a tree. She has many talents. Driving isn't one of them.)
Jesse - Sep 13, 2021 11:36:40 am PDT #9200 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
There is a reason I went from driving occasionally to driving never!