Same with my dad. (The surgery, not the spiders. So far as I know, anyway.)
Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.
Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'
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.
brenda m - Dec 12, 2024 7:11:48 pm PST #4008 of 13716
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
bennett - Dec 12, 2024 7:59:50 pm PST #4009 of 13716
"The Senate today have voted to make me a god in Palmyra. They'll put a little statue to me in the temple, and people will bring offerings to me, asking me to bring rain or cure their father's gout. Tell me, Livia: if I'm a god, even in Palmyra, how do I cure gout?!" Augustus, "I Claudius"
I've had cataract surgery for both eyes and it was the easiest surgery I've ever had. Being awake during surgery was a little weird but that was the only issue.
flea - Dec 13, 2024 3:47:31 am PST #4010 of 13716
information libertarian
I’ve bought an $80 doormat. Those nice water hog ones from ll bean in the big sizes, like 4x6? Essential if you get snow. (But I am known to be boring.)
Laura - Dec 13, 2024 6:17:58 am PST #4011 of 13716
Our wings are not tired.
I bought my son this doormat for $14, and he loves it: [link] However, this is inside an apartment building, where they have the serious snow and yuck-capturing ones at the main entrance.
It was pretty cool that I could get the consult for the cataract surgery next week. The sooner the better.
-t - Dec 13, 2024 9:43:56 am PST #4012 of 13716
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Helpful to know, flea! I have zero doormats so my perspective is, no doubt, extreme.
P.M. Marc - Dec 13, 2024 12:02:59 pm PST #4013 of 13716
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
My current doormat was $14.99, but a: it was half-off; and b: it's on the covered porch and comes after the large, hardcore mat that we got when we had dogs. A regular doormat gauntlet (we also have one on a low spot on the path to the house).
brenda m - Dec 13, 2024 1:00:03 pm PST #4014 of 13716
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I’ve bought an $80 doormat. Those nice water hog ones from ll bean in the big sizes, like 4x6? Essential if you get snow.
They live in a high-rise apartment building in Virginia.
To be fair, they’re moving into a nice new apartment after years in a nearby apartment that was honestly kind of a dump. But it’s also the only thing on his list. So I stand by my saltiness. Which is mostly in good humor.
My all-time favorite doormat (which IIRC was actually a Christmas present) was this one: [link]
Gudanov - Dec 13, 2024 1:02:37 pm PST #4015 of 13716
Coding and Sleeping
Our doormat says "Hope you like dog hair"
DavidS - Dec 13, 2024 1:48:22 pm PST #4016 of 13716
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
JZ got the Good Place doormat: "Welcome! Everything is Fine."
And, you know, everything has NOT been fine so I find myself in disagreement with the doormat every time I come home, but don't want to get rid of it since Jacqueline got it.
Also, Matilda spilled a big latte all over it and it has a big stain.
So that's the story of our doormat.
-t - Dec 13, 2024 2:03:47 pm PST #4017 of 13716
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Everything is Fine was always a lie, though. Having a big latte stain kinda makes it better.
brenda's doormat is a good one