You like ships. You don't seem to be looking at the destinations. What you care about is the ships, and mine's the nicest.

Kaylee ,'Serenity'


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.

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Dana - Dec 27, 2024 2:39:40 pm PST #4211 of 4216
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

We were a little delayed due to weather, and we arrived a little later because we had to go around weather, but it was ultimately fine.


meara - Dec 27, 2024 4:39:05 pm PST #4212 of 4216

Garlic bread sounds awesome. I am thankfully not working until Jan 2nd but still already don’t wanna, because it’s going to start with an 8am teleconference. Boo.


Sheryl - Dec 27, 2024 4:53:45 pm PST #4213 of 4216
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Happy Birthday amyparker!

So, quite a few years back, my brother and I decided not to give each other gifts. We would only give gifts to the kids.(At the time I had no kids). Now eldest niebling is 22 and in grad school, so I thought this was the year to stop his gifts. However, my brother e-mailed me to say that middle niebling recieved his gift card but youngest and eldest did not. I don't know why youngest's gift card didn't arrive, since I used the e-mail address my brother gave, but I didn't send one to eldest. I ended up sending one to eldest.

Was I wrong to think that graduating college was a significant milestone to stop gifts? If so, when?


msbelle - Dec 27, 2024 5:23:54 pm PST #4214 of 4216
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Sheryl, have that discussion with your brother. My brother was the oldest on both sides of our families and our mother announced to all (us and all aunts/uncles) that the gifts should stop from aunts/uncles when he graduated highschool and she planned to do the same with the remaining nieces/nephews.


DavidS - Dec 27, 2024 9:50:34 pm PST #4215 of 4216
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Bah! Just lost power. Hope it’s not apocalyptic.


Calli - Dec 28, 2024 5:07:44 am PST #4216 of 4216
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Hope you get power back soon, Hec.

Family gifts can be fraught. We’re all on the same page re: nephew and niece gifts (they get something, but it’s usually small), my nephew’s gift is still in transit. Now that I live half an hour from him, it’ll be easier to drop it off later.


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