If Russia attacked Italy from behind, would Greece help?

Just understood what Greece got to do with Russia. lol.....

Greece or Kentucky

Not so good on toast, though.

I think Grav is bored this thanksgiving. He's thankful to have so many threads he can post on in the Cellar ;)

I know right?

My name is Gravdigr, and I'm a post whore. Read me, and suffer.

When I was in hospital last week I passed the time trying to remember the Gamesmen of Barish . Failed miserably. Didn't even get the number right. Got Dealpas though - Broken Leaf. Think there may be a reason for that .

Anyway, those who love me will be pleased to hear I'm eating again.
Had a garlic naan last night.
However those who want to kiss me (shurely all of you?) will be sorry to hear I'm I had a garlic naan last night.

Giving everyone something to be thankful for. :haha:

It would be wrong and judgmental to send condoms, wouldn't it?

https://annarbor.craigslist.org/zip/4798323781.html

posting removed. too bad.

I thought I had posted the text separately in case that happened. Oh well. someone wanted help with Christmas presents for their family. they have a 14yo girl. and a1yo girl. And their boys are aged 8,6,5,4,3 and 2. or something like that

Here's a random thought. How do you know when you've analysed a situation to the right stage? Obviously I've been doing a fair amount of navel gazing recently, trying to understand motivations and what not, but how do you know when you get to the truth, and when you're just telling yourself shit so you might stop thinking about it?

You don't, you never can be absolutely sure of anything. You make your best guess with the information you've got, and go with it. Don't make yourself nuts by rehashing your analysis over and over with the same information, trying to convince yourself you must be right.

Only rethink it when new information comes your way. Remember new information doesn't automatically change how you feel. And sometimes even when it changes your mind, it's better to keep on, keeping on, rather than make a disaster trying to change course.

Sorry to not be more reassuring, but that's a lesson I learned the hard way... several times. :o

Oh well, I am just taking one day at a time for now.

Maybe some condoms, for the parents?

That's what she said. (I don't mean that in the jokey way...monster mentioned the condoms before referring to the post, because her link to the situation had been deleted.)

Similar thing happened to me at my old old job. We 'adopted' a family at Christmas each year and one girl said her friend was really needy. "They have five kids and one on the way!" There was no mention of a sudden unemployment or the like. I leaned over to another woman in this meeting and mumbled "so, how about we get them a box of condoms?"

I mean, they know their financial situation but just keep popping them out? I would rather give to a family who recently lost income they depended on or who had unexpected medical bills or something like that, not one more Catholic family who feels the need to just keep on having kids no matter what. And yes, that WAS the situation.

:blush:

QFT.

whs

For whatever reason, I can never remember that QFT means "quoted for truth." I always read it as "quit fucking trying," and then I have a good ten-second spasm in my head at the unexpected rudeness before I finally remember.

I always misread it as 'quite fucking true'.

I never knew what it meant, so I skipped those posts.

The "word" jelly as an abbreviation for jealous (when really they mean envious most of the time anyway) just needs to die in a nasty green slimy nukular asplosion.

that is all.

for now.

I looked it up cuz I had not a clue.

We fat kids still salivate at jelly, and won't accept dilution by tangential nerd speak. :boxers:

yeah I looked it up too because I wasn't sure why it wasn't right, I just knew it wasn't

Oh Jesus fucking christ, I am so sick of this bastard thesis. I can't believe how much work I have done. I can't believe how much is still to do.

It's just all too much. I've turned into a hermit - I don't talk to anybody (except Ma). I don't answer the phone in case it's debt collectors - I can't spare the time or mental energy to sort out payment plans or anything. (I haven't done a telesales shift for two and half weeks - so payday at the start of Jan will be about £40 lol ) none of that matters. All that matters is the thesis. I don't go anywhere, except walking the dog. I go to sleep with the thesis in my head, I get up with it still there.

I make myself spend at least an hour in the evening just watching tv, and I usually read for half an hour before I sleep. That and the bits of time I spend posting here is the only time I am not thinking about the thesis.

I want to cry when I think about how much work there still is to do over the next 2 weeks (xmas day excepted). And I want to shout at how close I am to the end.

It currently stands at a little over 65k words and 149 pages. I've probably got another 10k words to add to bring it all together - and a fuckton of reference checking and formatting.

I think some people should just kill some people. Please. For the sake of sanity. Waaa waaa waaa waaa

Not you, Dana. You'll figure it out! I just had to say this somewhere. I have faith in YOU! :)

Yah GO D GO

you can DO IT!

Break it into bite-sized chunks, daily allowances. Can you mix up the last bits of writing abd reviewing earlier sections? Excellent that you've planned in some R&R daily: don't lose that. Or Christmas day. You can do this. X

Grind it out girl! Do you know how many of us don't have the balls to even start the process you are closing in on completing? Do it!

I'm a sucker for a gravelly voice.

RIP Joe Cocker

Thanks guys. I am feeling a little less like tearing out my hair today :P

Edible glitter fruitcake.

American Underwear lasts for about 5 minutes before the elastic is fucked.
British Underwear lasts forever. For-fucking-ever. So long, apparently, that letting it go would be like assisted suicide for a healthy family member.

I may or may not know a highschooler-to-be squeezing his butt into tighty-whitey style knickers I was horrified to see were (allegedly) for kindergarten-age (I know these are ones that were way to big for the age they said so completely bypassed the first boy and ended up on the second when he was somewhat older than that.... but still..... they must be eligible for pension by now)

Action has been taken. Certain items will not be returning from the laundry. New short-lived-that-wont-get-his-ass-kicked-in-the-locker-room items have been purchased and approved. He thinks they'll be great for when he needs them. that need will occur sooner than he thinks.....

that is all.

Wait, no it isn't. I'm real pissed/somewhat miffed that the 3-month-old underwear is in worse shape than the 12-year-old-possibly-worn-for-4-years (:eek:) stuff

Get him ready for those locker room antics:

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They make American men's underwear flimsy, because American Women so love to rip and tear them off us.

Seems legit :thumbsup:

Man, I love when that happens.

And it needs to happen soon.

Uh, those 'blast protective undergarments'...







...does that mean protective from an internal blast, or, external blast?

It means if you're going out to party, and want to have a blast, don't wear these. :haha:

I really thought Shel might have something to say about those.

Blast proof... Shel shocked... OK, I see the connection.

In this country with a zillion flavor choices for everything, why are there so few chip/crisp flavors? Even Salt and Vinegar is pretty daring.

I miss Worcester Sauce crisps sometimes.

https://www.walkers.co.uk/crisps-range/walkers-crisps

Who needs unsweetened vanilla-hazelnut almond milk creamer anyway?

Monster, try looking at Big Lots stores (there's one in your town, and one closer to Ypsilanti). They buy store leftovers/overstock, and sell it cheap.

There is usually a pretty good selection of odd/different potato chip flavors. Quality/freshness is a crap shoot though, to be honest.

Weird potato-chip flavors are un-American.

Nowt wrong with Hedgehog flavour crisps.

Grav, thanks, I am familiar with Big Lots. I once got cheap Weetabix there but generally the food section in this one is pretty crap. I can have MIL bring what I miss, it just struck me as odd when there are so many flavors of every other product including a plethora that shouldn't come in any flavor other than "original"....

I was telling my kids about those. Do they still sell them?

Don't think so :P Don't think they made it out of the 80s.

well that was about when I stopped buying crisps anywhere but pubs.... ;)

What made me think of it is that Lays (~=Walkers) have a "suggest a flavor" competition every now and then, currently on the back of the packets. But they only have four regular flavors :/

My Person of Interest addiction has gone full blown - I watched 4 episodes last night. They're just too easy to binge on at 43 mins an ep.

halfway through season 2.

I kinda like "Person of Interest". I call it 'The Man In The Suit'.

I'm completely addicted. I love the team - especially the two leads. I mayhave fallen just a leetle bit in love with Finch.

It has a good vibe. Kind of old fashioned in some ways - reminds me a bit of Quantum Leap. But with the addition of ongoing story arcs and deep political cynicism.

I like how it deals with one of society's current top fears: gov't surveillance.

Yeah. The one that always gets me is when someone hacks a car - the idea that someone could take remote control of your vehicle is terrifying.

I like the mix of drama and humour. I always like shows that have a team dynamic - like Stargate, or Spooks. The buddy feel to it really works.