And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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.


NoiseDesign - May 28, 2025 1:27:17 pm PDT #7463 of 8191
Our wings are not tired

I’m looking forward to finding time to watch the Paul Reubens doc.


Vortex - May 28, 2025 8:24:53 pm PDT #7464 of 8191
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Happy Birthday, Gud! My birthday wish for you is that you recieve as much love as you give.

Also it is raining here in Connecticut. I am very tired of sorting my sweaters for storage because it's 75 degrees, but then the next few days are in the 60s.


Steph L. - May 29, 2025 9:46:21 am PDT #7465 of 8191
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I went to a massage therapist yesterday for my pulled quad muscle, and it helped a lot! It feels like 75% better, which is excellent. I'll see her again in a couple of weeks and maybe it'll get completely un-ouchy.

Human bodies require so much maintenance, I tell you what.


msbelle - May 29, 2025 11:43:12 am PDT #7466 of 8191
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I hate car repairs.

I adjusted some things on my car insurance and was all excited because it saved me over $100 on the 6 month premium.

Then the quote for repairs needs on my car, non-working locks, under carriage cover replacement with the braces it connects to. $3500.

Bleargh.


Calli - May 29, 2025 6:36:29 pm PDT #7467 of 8191
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Yikes, msbelle. Would it be worth taking to another mechanic for a second quote?

I’ve been asked to come in for a second interview for one of the jobs I’ve applied to. Yay! I’m not sure if it’s right for me, but that’s part of what interviews are for.


Trudy Booth - May 30, 2025 10:25:52 am PDT #7468 of 8191
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

So I had this (I presume) ganglion cyst on my top knuckle of my middle finger and it was getting big and uncomfortable enough that I was going to discuss it at my next doctor's appointment in a few months and then...

Had too much champagne at a work thing, closed my hand in the fire door when I went to walk the dog - problem solved.

Hurt like hell for about eight seconds when it happened, tender now but not as bad as when the cyst was pre-rupture. I just keep mushing it and hoping it won't come back. Die! Die!


Laura - May 30, 2025 11:25:34 am PDT #7469 of 8191
Our wings are not tired.

Ouch! Ow! Yikes! I hurt just thinking about it. FWIW, I have good luck using coconut oil on cysts.


lisah - May 30, 2025 11:33:05 am PDT #7470 of 8191
Punishingly Intricate

The “traditional” method for getting rid of ganglon cysts is to smack them with a bible so…


dcp - May 30, 2025 11:34:59 am PDT #7471 of 8191
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Perhaps it was a blessed fire door.


Steph L. - May 30, 2025 12:53:18 pm PDT #7472 of 8191
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

The “traditional” method for getting rid of ganglon cysts is to smack them with a bible so…

I hope this was figured out with a control group that got whacked with a secular book of the same size as the bible. But the bibles and secular books would have to be covered in brown paper so it could be a methodologically rigorous double-blind comparison.