Heh.
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
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.
-t - Jun 25, 2026 3:11:04 pm PDT #13148 of 13441
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Dana - Jun 25, 2026 3:16:09 pm PDT #13149 of 13441
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
As always.
dcp - Jun 27, 2026 11:27:15 am PDT #13150 of 13441
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
More USPS shenanigans with delivery of my (anti-) cancer medication.
Order placed on Wednesday 2026-06-17
- 2026-06-20 4:33 a.m. - Departed USPS Facility YBOR CITY FL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
- 2026-06-21 1:54 a.m. - Arrived at USPS Facility ST LOUIS MO PACKAGE SORTING CENTER
- 2026-06-21 6:42 p.m. - Arrived at USPS Facility KANSAS CITY KS DISTRIBUTION CENTER
So, far so, good. My expectation was that it would travel a few miles across the state line to the Kansas City MO distribution center and then from there up the interstate to my local post office, with delivery as forecast on Wednesday the 24th.
But nooooo....
- 2026-06-22 3:19 p.m. - Arrived at USPS Facility DES MOINES IA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Two possibilities come to mind. Either 1) the truck made it to my local post office, but the package didn't get unloaded and the truck proceeded on its route north along the interstate, or 2) the truck went directly up the interstate to Des Moines IA, which means it passed by within 300 yards of my apartment. Had I known, I could have waved.
- 2026-06-24 4:27 p.m. - Arrived at Post Office DES MOINES, IA 50395
So it didn't get sent straight back. After two days it ended up at a Des Moines IA local post office!
- 2026-06-25 11:46 a.m. - Departed USPS Facility DES MOINES IA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
It spent almost three full days in Iowa.
- 2026-06-25 2:19 p.m. - Arrived at USPS Facility OMAHA NE PACKAGE SORTING CENTER
- 2026-06-26 12:48 a.m. - Departed USPS Facility OMAHA NE PACKAGE SORTING CENTER
- 2026-06-26 1:24 a.m. - Arrived at USPS Facility OMAHA NE DISTRIBUTION CENTER
- 2026-06-26 2:27 a.m. - Departed USPS Facility OMAHA NE DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Two locations and one full day in Omaha, Nebraska.
- 2026-06-26 6:42 a.m. - Arrived at USPS Facility KANSAS CITY MO DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Different interstate, does not pass near me.
- 2026-06-26 6:43 a.m. - Departed USPS Facility KANSAS CITY MO DISTRIBUTION CENTER
One minute turnaround!
- 2026-06-26 7:18 a.m. - Arrived at USPS Facility KANSAS CITY KS DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Back where it was five days previously.
- 2026-06-27 5:49 a.m. - Arrived at USPS Facility LIBERTY MO
- 2026-06-27 7:00 a.m. - Out for Delivery, LIBERTY MO
- 2026-06-27 11:37 a.m. - Delivered In/At Mailbox
Three days late, but it got here. ::whew::
erikaj - Jun 27, 2026 12:37:53 pm PDT #13151 of 13441
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
Damn. I get upset when I lose things like skin cream and t-shirts. Can't even imagine having that get misdirected. It had been a few weeks between stomach upsets...had started to think I was, if not done forever, getting a handle on it. Not exactly, argh. (Although I have felt worse the next day than this. Not exactly feeling those thrilling precinct-commitee calls, though.)
Sophia Brooks - Jun 27, 2026 12:55:08 pm PDT #13152 of 13441
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Dcp, that sounds horrible.
Um, I just bought a car. It is a 2023 Hyundai Kona. I test drove a bunch, and this is sort of against advice, but it was the most comfortable, and also, I get impatient with doing things like that, so I gave myself one week. I think I will miss my uncle driving me, though, but I had to be able to move about freely to schedule things.
erikaj - Jun 27, 2026 3:20:14 pm PDT #13153 of 13441
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
Sounds good, Sophia. Did my volunteer work even though I didn't feel 100%. Would be great if I were rewarded with great luck for that, but it was just all right. A real non-event.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 27, 2026 3:26:53 pm PDT #13154 of 13441
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.
Even before the current intentional gutting of the USPS, it had been my experience that the more urgent the need for a shipment, the greater the odds of ridiculous fuckery happening somewhere along the way. Scoured the globe to buy out-of-date software from a third party retailer for a project that can only use that version? Package goes on a world tour. Cheap plastic flowers from Temu that I'm not sure I *want* in my kitchen window? Package appears on my doorstep days earlier than expected.
Glad to hear your meds did finally make it to you, dcp.
Laura - Jun 27, 2026 3:36:34 pm PDT #13155 of 13441
Our wings are not tired.
Phew indeed, dcp. Don't need all the extra stress.
Sending tummy~ma, Erika.
-t - Jun 27, 2026 3:43:37 pm PDT #13156 of 13441
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Go Sophia! A comfortable Hyundai sounds like a good choice.
Yeesh, dcp. Package delivery seems like something we as a country should be pretty good at by now.
erikaj - Jun 27, 2026 3:58:27 pm PDT #13157 of 13441
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
I think my brother's new car is a Hyundai. He also had to pick fast because his previous car got hit by a semi--the truck drivers were screwing around and hit it while it was parked, at least. (that was drama for last year--this year was his cat getting radiation, but the cat seems to be doing well for having a benign thyroid tumor removed, or shrunk, or whatever. -ma much appreciated, Laura. Thanks.