I just...

I just had crumpets for lunch...


Crumpets!!

What did you just...?

I just had a ham and cheeze omelet from Marges for breakfast.

I just can't. :haha:

I just #2

I just had quiche, cafe latte, and a slice of ice cream cake for breakfast. Yeah....taking care of leftovers early in the morn. :rolleyes:

I had an English Muffin [close relative to a crumpet?] fresh blueberries, half an avocado salted, and a small piece of dark chocolate with hazelnuts. :P

Well, inasmuch as they're bready and you toast 'em:p

They've a very different texture.

crumpet:

Crumpets are generally circular roughly 8 cm (3") in diameter and 2 cm (0.8") thick. Their shape comes from being restrained in the pan/griddle by a shallow ring. They have a characteristic flat top with many small pores and a chewy and spongy texture. They may be cooked until ready to eat warm from the pan, but are frequently left slightly undercooked so that they may be cooled and stored before being eaten freshly toasted.

Boarshead Weisswurst, Broccoli Rabe with olive oil and garlic, and an avocado.

DanaC;902038 wrote:

Well, inasmuch as they're bready and you toast 'em:p

They've a very different texture.

crumpet:

http://dduane.tumblr.com/post/62918069189/the-difference-between-crumpets-and-english-muffins

Thankyou:) very interesting.

I just ate bacon, dipped in leftover hollandaise sauce. But I followed it up with a slice of zucchini bread, to assuage the guilt.

footfootfoot;902043 wrote:

Boarshead Weisswurst, Broccoli Rabe

Those both sound like medical conditions.
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I just:

got hungry.

I just got chatted up by a man who looked like a Sontaran.
Guess why I stopped sitting out in the sun with my book and came home?

Re: Sontaran

Stop making me learn stuff.

Haha, you got an extra bit of Dr Who you didn't need.
My work here is done.

learned that Hebe's boyfriend's mom thinks he should be consuming a maximum of 2,000 calories per day. he's 17, 6'2" and athletic (at least two workouts a day)

:eek: :rolleyes:

eating/mental disorders are contagious. she sounds like a carrier.

indeed. Fortunately he has his head screwed on right. he is skinny, but not unnaturally so. And you can't stop a 17yo boy eating if they're set on it.

She also won't let him cross 4-lane roads.

They all love it when Hebe goes to dinner because then they get pizza. And only then

I just watched the US vs Ghana match on on demand. We won again.

bought a new to me Weber gas grill. Pix to follow.

Friend with teenage son - "Did you know that is physiologically impossible to overfeed the adolescent male?"

I just got into bed. Next, i will sleep. G'night.

I just Googled "I just" and top text result was this:

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Now don't quote me on this, but I suspect that not everyone posting on that site has the same rigorous attitude towards accuracy and truth that we are used to elsewhere on the Internet.

Other opinions are available.

Just finished season 2 of Orange is the new black. Good wrap up.

I wish I'd just made love.
But in fact what happened was more useful, if just as squichy.

I found the reason for the increasingly jarring smell in my bathroom.
It was the towel I used to mop up the orange juice that Diz knocked over. Diz has been cleaned and combed and lost patches of hair and is now a clean smooth cat, albeit one who skitters at the sound of my indrawn breath, believing it's a prelude to BIG SHOUTING.

I didn't think about the fact that juice is a "live" product as it were.
I just put the towel with the clothes in the "dirty bin" to wash when I had enough whites to make up a reasonable sized washed. This is quite a nice piece of furniture which has a drawer for my meds on top and a hinged

I just wonder about the rest of your story, Sundae.

Years ago I stupidly did the same thing with a towel used to clean up an entire glass of spilled milk.

I left it in the basement by the washing machine for a couple days and it smelled like there was a dead animal down there. When I finally tracked down the smell, I felt really dumb.

Bloody hell! The bacteria on the towel ate my post!
It was there. It was. Honest.

I can never recapture the sheer quality of the original.
But it was about having the stinky thing in the washing machine on boil wash right now.
And that this was more about an attempt to be ecologically sound by not washing every single item separately and not to do with me being a slattern.

Slatterns of the world unite!

dyslexics of the world untie!

Nobody's prefect!

glatt;902192 wrote:

Years ago I stupidly did the same thing with a towel used to clean up an entire glass of spilled milk.

I left it in the basement by the washing machine for a couple days and it smelled like there was a dead animal down there. When I finally tracked down the smell, I felt really dumb.

Years ago Momdigr had been to the grocery and couldn't find the gallon of milk she knew she'd just bought. At the time Mom & Popdigr's primary vehicle was an Isuzu Trooper II. The passenger compartment was roomy as hell, quite large. The back seat had about a foot of space on each outboard side of the seat. Time went by, and then the odor began. We finally found that the gallon of milk had slid off the seat, into the space between the 'wall' and the rear seat, aft of the door itself. It spoiled, of course, and the plastic jug split open, leaking milk into the carpet. For years after, when it would get particularly hot, we would get that sour milk odor. No amount of cleaning/steaming/vacuuming would get rid of that smell. I'll never forget it, as long as I live.:greenface

lumberjim;902198 wrote:

dyslexics of the world untie!

Sir, I have lysdexia. I know lysdexia. Lysdexia is a friend of mine. Sir, you're no lysdexic.

I just (about a week ago) won a scooter in a poker game.

It's an Adventure 150 Limited Edition, 2008 model.

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It's been rode hard and put up wet a time or ten, and has some battle scars. Front tire loses air pressure slowly, takes a few days to go completely flat. Good news there, is, the tire sidewall is stiff enough that you can ride it flat and the tire doesn't roll down and try to come off the rim like a car tire would, doesn't even rub the dirt off the outside of the tread, so if I'm caught away from home and it decides to go flat, I can still limp home, carefully. Missing one of the mirrors. It didn't like to start with the button, but, a three dollar spark plug later, and you can't get your finger off the button fast enough. It starts almost immediately. And the thing will do 45 mph from a standstill RFN!

All in all, counting the things it needs, not too bad for a last hand poker win. There was $225 in the pot, and dude wanted to raise with one last card coming. He asked and me and another guy agreed to allow him $200 dollars against the scooter. Two others folded right there.

I got it with four threes. Natural threes. Dude gave $750 for the scooter a couple years ago, it sold for around $1700 new.

Dude told me it was licensed til December and insured til April, and for me to "ride the wheels off of it". And I'm gonna.

Cool as fuck!

Kewl ride.

That's sweet, grav. What hand did the guy have that he put his scooter on it?

Wow. I'd be folding too. To rich for my blood. But that's awesome you got a scooter! I'm jelly.

They are fun. Convenient as hell too.

I just don't like you or your face.

Cool win, grav.

infinite monkey;906495 wrote:

That's sweet, grav. What hand did the guy have that he put his scooter on it?

He was trying for a diamond flush. He didn't make it.:D

elSicomoro;906501 wrote:

I just don't like you or your face.

It's cuz I'm a sexy beast.:sweat:

Ima start cruisin Sarge's lagoon...

...take his pandagirls away w/mah sexeh new scootah.

sexeh scooteh and banjo music. you got it goin' ON, dude.

were you playing texas hold'em?

Seven card stud.

I just put on my dancing shoes - party time tonight! Whoop, Whoop! Might even try a little West Coast Swing (if I can remember how to do it!)

I predict a slow start tomorrow morning for Cyclefrance. :haha:

I just watched Pulp Fiction. Never watched it before. What a Cool Film!

Oh man, that must have been a real treat. I often wish I could see some of my favorites for the first time again. :thumb:

Cyclefrance;907312 wrote:

I just put on my my my my my boogie shoes...

Fixed it.

limey;907321 wrote:

I just watched Pulp Fiction. Never watched it before.

:eek:

xoxoxoBruce;907323 wrote:

Oh man, that must have been a real treat. I often wish I could see some of my favorites for the first time again. :thumb:

Man, that'd be great wouldn't it?

The hidden upside to Alzheimer's: all new jokes, all new movies.















apologies to those suffering from alzheimer's including families

I just put some veges on with some ham bones to make soup with. Just after that, I ate a bowl of yoghurt and muesli. It was yummy.

BigV;907397 wrote:

The hidden upside to Alzheimer's: all new jokes, all new movies.

Reminds me of the blind guy on YouTube who was talking about some of the upsides of being born blind:

Every woman I've ever slept with was a 10.

:thumbsup:

I just let it go...

That's the best solution, but bitching a little helps the process. ;)

I find that I subscribe more and more to the Ron White quote, talking about his brother-in-law (I think):

Next time you have a thought, just let it go.

limey;907321 wrote:

I just watched Pulp Fiction. Never watched it before.

I've never seen the complete film; just the scene where Uma Thurman dies of a cocaine overdose.

Somehow, over the years, I've walked through the room where my husband was watching a film and seen the one really disturbing scene in the entire film. My movie knowledge is pretty much confined to a specialized knowledge of intense, upsetting scenes.

As for life in general, you already know my philosophy is: I let it go.

Uma (Mrs Mia Wallace) does not die of a cocaine overdose. She mistakes heroin for cocaine and overdoses by snorting a line.

*spoiler alert*

She is then revived when Vincent Vega (John Travolta) guided by Lance (Eric Stoltz) and his black medical book, administers an adrenaline shot to the heart, while his multi-pierced wife Jody (Rosanna Arquette) looks on in fascination. Quotes that come to mind:

That was fuckin' trippy.

A magic marker! A black magic marker! A felt tip pen!

I never seen no black medical book.

I gotta...I gotta stab her three times?

God that scene is brilliant. Really, the entire film is quotable. The entire film is brilliant. I feel sorry for those who haven't seen it or don't get it. And, the first time my ex tried to make me watch it I lost interest at the start. I wasn't in the right frame of mind. Now, I've seen it over and over and over. I always make a new connection. Pulp Fiction quotes pop up in my mind as much as Seinfeld quotes do.

Dogs eat their own feces.

I don't eat dog, either.

Is it really 20 years old? Yikes.

Hang on Limes. Really?
I hated it when it first came out because it was so violent and I seriously did not understand how and why anyone would quote the mundane script.

How could you enjoy this and not Utopia?!
Island traitor.

Although I have to admit I did change my opinion of Pulp Fiction.
It grew on me. I became less squeamish over the years.
The seeming banality of the script gave way to so many quotable lines as Infi says.

Yay for this weekend and watching the episodes of Utopia I missed.
AND the Doctor.
I thought I'd be in hospital by the time it came on. Sigh. But any kind of doctor will do, right?

I found the violence in Utopia too much on camera and too prolonged. In Pulp Fiction it is more like the violence in James Bond films or a good old-fashioned Western.


Sent by thought transference

When I rewatched Pulp Fiction I found two things

One, the great Samuel L Jackson scene is not only devastating because of Samuel L Jackson, but because Frank Whaley, who plays Brett ("Look at the big brain on Brett!"), does some brilliant acting being all anxious.

Two, the really intense scenes are great but it's weird -- because there are also a few scenes where there's a lot of nothing going on at times. I think he does that because it amps up the intense scenes.

Absolutely. Brett. Marvin. (I just shot Marvin in the face!)

It is the 'lot of nothing' scenes that set us up. And when you watch it again and again, you're in awe of the dialogue. Vincent and Jules at the diner, for instance. And it turns out that the scene goes all the way back to the beginning of the movie. Pumpkin. ;)

I like how something bad happens every time Vincent goes to the bathroom.

And The Wolf, gotta love The Wolf.

Pulp Fiction ahhh - awesome movie.

I was on acid the first time I saw it. Verrry immersive. I was at my bro's house. At the time J and I still lived in Lancashire and were having issues. I got back from that trip to Yorkshire with a headful of Pulp Fiction and a determination to move us to Halifax.

Can't believe that was two decades ago. Bloody hell.

.. spent 5 hours driving a measly 165 motorway miles getting from Derby, in the north midlands of England, back home - that's an average of 33 mph. Considering that the non-motorway miles I had to cover was less than 10. I reckon that's a pretty good indication of the inadequate state of our primary road system.

Holy shit. That would annoy the crap out of me. :/

I just turned 44 yesterday.

I think maybe I should start trying to get my shit together

Happy birthday, LJ. I don't think anyone really has their shit together.

Clodfobble;908115 wrote:

Happy birthday, LJ. I don't think anyone really has their shit together.

I know I don't.

Happy Birthday Jim!!

Happy birthday lumber man!

A very Happy Birthday to you, Jim.

I hope you enjoyed it.

Happy birthday LJ. :)

lumberjim;908111 wrote:

I just turned 44 yesterday.

I think maybe I should start trying to get my shit together

Happy Birthday bro. All society asks is that we pretend to have our shit together so my plan has been to fake it from 40-60 and then claim old-timer status, hell, I'm half-way home.

Oops. Didn't mean to turn this into another birfday fredd...

But thanks! I had a nice mellow day.

A jazz chord

To say

I Ruv you,

A jazz chord

to say I care...

jim - looking at your pics, I always thought you were in your 30's. Anyway, I'm glad you had a good birthday

I used to be in my 30s. That says like... 4 years ago, or something. I can't be sure....

But thanks. I'm going to live to be 93, so it's all relative. If I was going to only live to be 80, then I would be in my 30s still.

lumberjim;908186 wrote:

I used to be in my 30s...

Me, too. Wonder if that's a coincidence?

I just had a haircut, was brave enough to go into my bank to get a statement for my financial meeting later today, missed out on free Nandos wings by being two people too far back in the queue and realised I am beginning to find my way around Leeds. Slightly.

Unless the meeting is a complete disaster then I will count today as one of minor but satisfactory achievements.

Your bank gives out free chicken wings?

Only thing my bank gives me is a bill.<---See that? See what I did?

I just can't stop farting.

lumberjim;911493 wrote:

I just can't stop farting.

That happened to me a couple of weeks ago. I cut an almost uninterupted fart for 3 hours strait. And it reeked.

yeah, no flavor here. but they're hot. my ass is on fire.

I changed my diet pretty drastically last week. Been counting calories & sodium and eating salad every day. now I poop 2 or 3 times every day... and I'm flatulent as all hell. I hope I adjust soon. this is uncomfortable.

fargon;911507 wrote:

I cut an almost uninterupted fart for 3 hours strait.

:lol2:[COLOR="LemonChiffon"]..[/COLOR]I almost spit ginger ale on the keyboard.

lumberjim wrote:

I changed my diet pretty drastically last week. Been counting calories & sodium and eating salad every day. now I poop 2 or 3 times every day... and I'm flatulent as all hell. I hope I adjust soon. this is uncomfortable.

The gas is a byproduct of all the dying carb-eating bacteria species that you are no longer feeding. Die-off is usually 7-10 days unless you had some major illness going on before. It will stop soon, I promise.

haha...it's funny really. I had always just assumed that Jim farted a lot anyway. Not sure why, and I know it's probably rude, but I just figured you might be the type who farts then smiles and checks to see who's gagging.

Don't feel bad. My brother does this, and he's a medical professional. So do my teenagers, but that's no recommendation.

When I was pregnant I had gas coming from everywhere, so i eventually gave up being embarrassed by it. haha

Farts are funny.

I fart so openly in front of my family, I sometimes have to remind myself that I can't just do it anywhere.

Yeah, me too. lol. Even adens gf. I realised i might not in front of mavs new gf though...yet. lol

Aliantha;911542 wrote:

haha...it's funny really. I had always just assumed that Jim farted a lot anyway. Not sure why, and I know it's probably rude, but I just figured you might be the type who farts then smiles and checks to see who's gagging.

I can see you thinking that, with the way I comport myself, but quite the opposite is true. I can only recall one time that I farted for effect.

I was going upstairs to the accounting office, where the executive bathroom is.... because I had to use the loo. As I passed JimCook and Andrew, they were discussing what type of heat they had in their houses. Electric or Gas.


I said I have gas! and ripped one. and we laughed and laughed.

My brother, on the other hand, once Sharted on himself trying to gross out his buddies. He was out on a boat at the time, so he just jumped in the lake and rinsed off.... but that would give me a kaniption.

Clodfobble;911530 wrote:

The gas is a byproduct of all the dying carb-eating bacteria species that you are no longer feeding. Die-off is usually 7-10 days unless you had some major illness going on before. It will stop soon, I promise.

I hope to christ you're right. I've got to go get more preparation H after work today. This morning I pooped a hammer. then about half an hour ago, I pooped a Pinpression of a Bison.

Flaming lava dagger. I'm being so good to you now, body. Why are you punishing me? Stupid body.

Clodfobble;911553 wrote:

I fart so openly in front of my family, I sometimes have to remind myself that I can't just do it anywhere.

Aliantha;911563 wrote:

Yeah, me too. lol. Even adens gf. I realised i might not in front of mavs new gf though...yet. lol

Thank you, ladies, for saying this outloud. I thought I was the only one and was embarrassed to admit it here. :p:

lumberjim;911603 wrote:

I've got to go get more preparation H after work today.

Does that thing really help relieve the pain and inflammation?

I just got GrandCherokeeOne back from the local Jeep dealer. There was a recall issued about them having the fuel tank rupture in a rear-end collision. Took it to the dealer, they used a special tool to check clearance between the hitch and the fuel tank. If there's not enough, you get a brand new dealer-installed hitch.

Me and Uncledigr put on the hitch that's on GCOne, waaaay back when Popdigr was still recovering from a quintuple bypass. Apparently, it didn't pass muster as far as clearance is concerned, cuz, the dealer took off the old hitch, and bolted me a brand spanking Jeep&#8482; trailer hitch on there. 20 years old and 226,500 miles and Jeep bought me a new hitch!

Just had a new water pump put on a couple days ago. And Popdigr literally just changed the oil for me.

Old GrandCherokeeOne has been shown more love in the last week, than it's had in five years.

Wonder what the old one could bring on Craig'sList?

Gravdigr;911628 wrote:

I just got GrandCherokeeOne back from the local Jeep dealer. There was a recall issued about them having the fuel tank rupture in a rear-end collision. Took it to the dealer, they used a special tool to check clearance between the hitch and the fuel tank. If there's not enough, you get a brand new dealer-installed hitch.

Me and Uncledigr put on the hitch that's on GCOne, waaaay back when Popdigr was still recovering from a quintuple bypass. Apparently, it didn't pass muster as far as clearance is concerned, cuz, the dealer took off the old hitch, and bolted me a brand spanking Jeep™ trailer hitch on there. 20 years old and 226,500 miles and Jeep bought me a new hitch!

Just had a new water pump put on a couple days ago. And Popdigr literally just changed the oil for me.

Old GrandCherokeeOne has been shown more love in the last week, than it's had in five years.

Wonder what the old one could bring on Craig'sList?

This is all very well, but where's the fart reference?

Sorry.

:fart:

What's the sharpest thing in the world? A fart. It goes through your pants and doesn't leave a hole.

But, it does, doesn't it? (Leave a-hole)

:jig:

Aw why you... I oughta...

:D

Well played.

I'm being so good to you now, body. Why are you punishing me? Stupid body.

Old GrandCherokeeOne has been shown more love in the last week, than it's had in five years.

Start listening for backfires. ;)

That's when ya trade in.

When she starts leaking up front, and backfiring.

:D

OMG, I'm about to get traded in! I knew there was something weird going on.

So that's the sign ... thanks grav! When I start leaking up front and also backfiring, I'll make sure it's worth it - before I get traded in. :D

I'm just afraid I'll have the runs during my exam tomorrow. Nervousness, y'know? I'd hate to fail my exam because I was in the ladies' room.

Don't forget that lady farts smell worse.

I just went outside to watch the International Space Station pass overhead. There's no moon as yet so it was the brightest thing in the sky.
I'm not familiar with the scientific method of determining brightness, but I'd say that it was probably brighter than I've ever seen Venus.

I'm no astronomer but I do like to know what's going on around me. I remember Dad showing me an early Echo satellite when I was very small.
The Echo craft were, I think, balloons so their reflective surface would be substantial. I used to spot Skylab from time to time and I think that my best sighting was a Shuttle chasing the ISS to rendezvous.
Difficult to estimate, but I think that it would have been about fifty miles in trail. I have a feeling that that was the penultimate Shuttle flight.

Got Mom & Popdigr up at about 3 one morning to watch the shuttle pursue the ISS across the night sky. All 3 of us have seen the full size mock up shuttle up close and personal, so, it was fairly awesome to associate that with the tiny bright dot zooming across the sky behind that other bright dot.

Gravdigr;912297 wrote:

All 3 of us have seen the full size mock up shuttle up close and personal.......

Just wondering, where was that Grav? Cape Canaveral? Smithsonian?

It's so I can plan my next trip. That's the one I shall probably never have the chance to make. Oh, well...

I believe that was at The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

Maaaybe Canaveral.

We went to Florida almost every year during my childhood, and our usual route took us through Alabama, so really it may have been either place.

The ISS has just passed overhead once more but unseen by me.

In the ninety minutes since I last saw it, the crew will have seen the sun rise and set once more.

They will have flown over several continents and mighty oceans.

I have been as far as the kitchen to make Dad and me a cup of tea.

Such is life.


BTW Thanks for that info, Grav.

I just saw a Bald Eagle. A big one. It perched on a tree above our building.....but it was in a spot where the only place you could see it from put the Sun behind it. I don't know if anyone here was able to get a good picture.... I'll try to post one if they did.

lumberjim;912359 wrote:

I just saw a Bald Eagle. A big one. It perched on a tree above our building.....but it was in a spot where the only place you could see it from put the Sun behind it. I don't know if anyone here was able to get a good picture.... I'll try to post one if they did.

There's a series on TV here at the moment about the work done by the charity Hope for Wildlife based in Nova Scotia.

Friday's episode featured a Bald Eagle that was seriously weakened after a severe storm.

The first thing the Vet did was to completely tape up the bird's talons having first shown them to the camera. Evidently capable of doing great damage.

Good spotting, Jim. If you don't mind me asking, are you in PA? I have a feeling earlier posts might have indicated that. If so, is the Bald Eagle a resident species?

Evidently capable of doing great damage.

500 to 1000 pounds pressure...

Carruthers;912364 wrote:

There's a series on TV here at the moment about the work done by the charity Hope for Wildlife based in Nova Scotia.

Friday's episode featured a Bald Eagle that was seriously weakened after a severe storm.

The first thing the Vet did was to completely tape up the bird's talons having first shown them to the camera. Evidently capable of doing great damage.

Good spotting, Jim. If you don't mind me asking, are you in PA? I have a feeling earlier posts might have indicated that. If so, is the Bald Eagle a resident species?

I'm in NJ at work. Cherry Hill, which is about 5-10 miles (as the Eagle Flies)due east of center city Philadelphia.

Apparently, there are a few nesting pairs not far from here.

In fact over the last 20 years bald eagles have become a regular presence over New Jersey bodies of water statewide. According to the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife (NJDFW), as of a 2012 census, New Jersey has 119 active nesting pairs of bald eagles.

Here's the best one I could get:

Thanks for the info and picture, Jim.

It's astonishing how often large wildlife lives in close proximity to urban areas.

A pair of Peregrine Falcons has nested for several years on a large office block in nearby Aylesbury, but there is a large supply of rather sluggish town pigeons available as easy pickings.

That was cool.

We saw a bald eagle fly over the stadium just before kickoff for my nephews high school football game on Saturday. It was apparently a good sign, 55-14 good guys. :) We get a lot of baldies around here, they're spreading outward from the Susquehanna. Pete and I saw a juvenile while paddling a couple weeks ago.

Pic of Pete as the eagle shots are too tiny.

I just ...had a Scottish customer. She said my Scots accent was quite good actually.

an ah doon think she was avin' me on

:D

I just... remembered my password. :D

Cool... Are you still mad, man?

I've mellowed out over the decades. :)

I hope it was natural chilling and not being beaten down. ;)

I just want my Mum back. :(

Oh honey *hugs* . Bad day?

And it's only just begun. Hopefully things will improve. :)

I hope so! Be easy on yourself m'dear - and remember, however the day turns out it only gets one trip round and then it has to fuck off and let a new one in.

Yes...just a lot of stuff going on. It will get better I'm sure. :)

Flash the Mailman(postal person), that will make you giggle. ;)

Carruthers;912371 wrote:

It's astonishing how often large wildlife lives in close proximity to urban areas.

Deer in the morning mist in Richmond Park in London, England, on September 23, 2014.

xoxoxoBruce;912461 wrote:

Deer in the morning mist in Richmond Park in London, England, on September 23, 2014.

Yesterday evening I watched an episode of the series referenced in my Post #112 and it featured the problems of wildlife in the Greater Toronto Area

Amongst the creatures that were rescued were a Coyote and a Cooper's Hawk which had become stuck in an ice hockey arena. (It didn't start a fight :rolleyes:).

The Deer in Richmond Park seem to thrive despite all manner of urban intrusions into their lives. Here's one such instance:

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Aliantha;912422 wrote:

I just want my Mum back. :(

:comfort:

I know how you feel, Ali. I feel that way every day. :sniff:

Aliantha;912422 wrote:

I just want my Mum back. :(

I'm so sorry... I lost my mum back in June. She was 90 and one of the most positive people I've ever known.

Carruthers;912462 wrote:

The Deer in Richmond Park seem to thrive despite all manner of urban intrusions into their lives. Here's one such instance:

LOL If I had a nickel for every time I saw a dog chasing after deer while the owner was not far behind, I'd have ten cents.

Madman;912468 wrote:

I'm so sorry... I lost my mum back in June. She was 90 and one of the most positive people I've ever known.

I've been completely lonely since I lost my mom. Turns out, I'm not particularly lovable after all. Who knew?

manicotti;912481 wrote:

I've been completely lonely since I lost my mom. Turns out, I'm not particularly lovable after all. Who knew?

Hang in there. It takes awhile for things to seem to back to normal, but they do.

Yeah, madman is right. Things do go back to normal. My mum has been gone for 11yrs now. Just every now and then i wish she were here still so she could meet my little kids and love them like she loved my big kids. My aunty does her best to take her place, and she even looks like my Mum, but its not quite the same. I will be devastated when she goes though.

Remember mah pokah scootah?

I just...bought a non-runner for parts. They're practically identical. Believe it, or not, $20. And no actual cash out of hand.

We worked out a trade.:D

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I'd been having trouble cranking the original scooter, Scootio (thanx to some Dwellar for that!), and it didn't want to run right much past 25mph. Finally got to where it just wouldn't crank w/out starting fluid, and then just plain wouldn't crank at all. A new spark plug didn't change things. Then, after I'd tried once again to crank it, Popdigr up and swapped in the ignition coil from the junker. It now starts so quickly you hardly have time to get your finger off the starter button. I still think there's more power to be had on the top end, but after just a short run on flat ground she'll hit about 50+ mph now.

:jig:

That is excellent news!

You're gonna scoot your eye out. :haha:

That looks fun.

I want to see a pic of you on that thing grav. Haha

But you have to be wearing a cape. ;)

I just....

decided to stop figure skating.

I'm very sad about it, but I think it's the best decision. Not a lesson goes by when I don't cry about my lost skills and how hard it is to try and coax them back (physically and emotionally), and today I realized I spend most lessons watching the clock to see when the torture will be over. I'm stubborn, I hate to be beaten but all figure skaters find it harder as they age, and it's not supposed to be torture, so I'mm'a try and take it as a positive that I didn't have to wait until I snap some bone to get the hint that it's time

Not quitting, changing course, allowing for circumstances, adjusting priorities, proactive injury prevention, realigning time allocation.

Could you maybe volunteer at the rink to help with teaching little kids how to do it or something? It'd kinda be like doing it, but without the pressure of having to actually do it.

Sorry monster, but I'm glad for you that you're making a decision with your eyes open. It sounds like this is best.

Completely different circumstances, but there are parallels: My FIL had been holding on to his independent living apartment while he's in the nursing home wing, just hoping that he'll get strong enough to go back to that apartment. He decided last week that he'll give up the apartment because he realizes that this is his new reality. But the good news is that it's a huge burden off his shoulders because he's not feeling that pressure to reach a goal that's unrealistic. He's in such a better mental state now. Like a changed man.


I'm sorry that you are giving up this part of your life, but I'm hopeful for you that by getting rid of unrealistic goals, you are happier without that unnecessary pressure on yourself.

Thanks all ...I have a new unrealistic goal ;) I hope that will help make it easier

monster;913042 wrote:

... I have a new unrealistic goal ;) ...

That's ma girl!

I just.....read stuff sometimes and fucking despair:

https://storify.com/JessicaValenti/what-happens-when-a-woman-writer-asks-a-question-o

Dayum.

That girl needs to find better/other twitter friends.

Oh those weren't her friends :p Just the standard onslaught of naastiness directed at everybody but especially women and especially women writing about feminism. 'Cause nothing convinces a feminist to stfu like outright misogyny :P

If it happens continually, with out fail, it might.

Yeah - I know. That's why it really gets to me sometimes when I see it.

The intolerant, the insane, the provocative, the odd, the aggressive, the foul mouthed, the abusive, the misogonyst and the wilful contrarian have always existed.

There was always the individual who would shout a profanity or extreme opinion as you passed in a crowded shopping centre or in the ticket hall of a Tube station.

We could quickly forget him, or occasionally her, but now we have the internet we invite them into our homes. Sadly things won't change.

DanaC;913052 wrote:

I just.....read stuff sometimes and fucking despair:

https://storify.com/JessicaValenti/what-happens-when-a-woman-writer-asks-a-question-o

??

I counted five responses in the story to her twitter question. they were uniformly stupid/coarse/hateful/stupid. But it looks like the story's been edited... Dana, could you check it again and see if it's been changed?

I think the few comments that are there are worthless in regard to answering the question. Given the relative anonymity of the twitterverse, they're easy enough to overlook, hateful though they are.

I never spend time on Twitter, but I went there to try to find her original tweet and the comments.

It's here. https://twitter.com/JessicaValenti/status/497790148663582720

Scrolling through her page was very tiring, and I found myself disliking her by the time I found her original tweet. She's like a feminist version of Merc. A one trick hammer. Just pounding away at a single topic. Even though I agreed with her, I couldn't take it any more.

Oh, yeah, she's not a very fun writer that's for sure lol

And I suspect (and hope) that the tweets that aren't utterly hateful might outweigh the hateful ones. It was the particular tone and angle of those tweets that made me shiver.

Aliantha;912683 wrote:

I want to see a pic of you on that thing grav. Haha

This will have to do:

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:D

I just had my flu jab.

I don't qualify for a free vaccination on grounds of age (honest!) but because I look after my Dad.
The Health Centre sets aside four Saturday mornings during October and November for 'flu sessions' and you pitch up on the appropriate day as defined by the initial letter of your surname.
Very well organised and, despite a long queue, only a few minutes to wait.

Should be a cough, sneeze and wheeze free Winter. I hope.:eek:

I'm on my telesales shift and just had a call that floored me. Woman lost her daughter lst week. She started to tell me and then completely broke down. Was on phone with her for about 8 minutes. I was fighting down sobs myself when the call ended. had totake a few mins to compose myself.

Jesus, Dana, I'm sorry for you and for her.

I just... passed my citizenship test.

Congrats! Did you take the American English; or, the British English version?

Welcome! It's always great to get affirmation by having others join your ranks. So thank you for that!

Congratulations monster, the national average IQ just went up a smidge. :celebrat:

Congratulations!!

monster;914039 wrote:

I just... passed my citizenship test.

My sincerest congratulations, Monster!

Happy to have you!

Yey monster! Congrats

I just ironed three pairs of light(ish) trousers and put them away.

Won't see them again until Spring. It's corduroy or moleskin from now on.

I just zippered in the fleece lining to my Berghaus jacket so that's in Winter configuration once again.

I hate Winter. I doubt if that comes as much of a surprise to anyone.

Carruthers;914320 wrote:

I hate Winter.

Three season allergy sufferer, here. Bring it on, Winter is my fav!

:jig:

I just did the data graphing and 1:1 aide request that my replacement will need for the "typical" all day child in our classroom. I fully expect a refusal by county and district because this whole thing smells of collusion to me. When a child is seriously injured they'll need a paper trail to follow. I've officially done a political 180 on the efficacy of community based organizations providing UPK services. Non-unionized CBO employees will be taken advantage of by their administrators and the public school administrators to avoid paying for services because they have no recourse... except for walking away.

I just touched my squirrel (about an hour ago, actually).

No, that's not a euphemism.

I was holding a cookie out for him (he's been getting braver and braver, I've been trying to get him to take the cookie from my hand) and he had his mind made up he wanted it bad enough to take it. He made a few decoy runs, and then inched his way close enough. He reached for the cookie at the same time I wiggled it to entice him, knocked it out of my hand, and then grabbed my index finger with both paws, realized that wasn't cookie, then grabbed the cookie off the deck, and retired to cookie eating position. He goes to this same spot almost every time to eat the cookie.

My backlit squrl:

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Nice.

I touched a flying squirrel. Or rather, one touched me.

I suppose that was what happened here, also.

ETA: He cme back later, and I thought to get the camera going for the hand-off. I don't think he liked that great big eye (the lens) looking at him, as he was much more timid this time. I'll post the vid soon, nothing to see, really, though.

Gravdigr;916147 wrote:

I'll post the vid soon, nothing to see, really, though.

I was confused as to which of my squrls I was dealing with.

And when.

Anyway:

[YOUTUBEWIDE]Uh6MIGtz8A0[/YOUTUBEWIDE]

Told ya there wasn't much to see.

lol - cut lil guy.

If he doesn't take the damn cookie pretty soon, I will cut him...

...up for supper!

does the cookie have nuts in it?

one for the Brits....
What has a hazelnut in every bite?

Nutella?

monster;917438 wrote:

does the cookie have nuts in it?

one for the Brits....
What has a hazelnut in every bite?

[YOUTUBE]ksxdrMPUAwk[/YOUTUBE]

Topic!!!

Squirrel Shit!

monster;917487 wrote:

Squirrel Shit!

There's always one, isn't there? :)

To tell the truth, my schoolboy sense of humour did nudge me towards posting that very response, but for once I did not yield to temptation.

yup. :D

monster;917438 wrote:

does the cookie have nuts in it?

one for the Brits....
What has a hazelnut in every bite?

Hazelnuts?

Topics were awesome.

They were. These days they just have smaller pieces of hazelenut. Not so nutty.

monster;917438 wrote:

does the cookie have nuts in it?

Just plain ol' black & white Duplex cookies.

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Squrls love 'em. I get a kick outta watching the squrls sometimes pull the cookie apart and hold up the whole side of the cookie up in front of their face vertically, and lick the creme off. They go across in a row, and come back to start the next row like a typewriter/printer.

you're a bad sqrl papa ...unless you also give them little toothbrushes and paste?

I just finished replacing the hard drive on a mate's laptop.

Not for me the usual rectangular panel on the underside of the machine and secured by two screws.
Oh no, this was a substantial disassembly to get at the damned thing.
Having gone through this wretched process earlier in the week, I discovered then that the spare HDD I had offered was of the old standard and not of the SATA variety. Found a 500Gb drive on eBay for £29.99 or about $45.

Having finished all the mechanicals, I installed Windows 7 but inevitably couldn't connect to the Web for all the updates as the required ethernet driver was missing. Found that via my PC, downloaded to a USB drive and transferred across. All updates, AVG, Adobe Reader, Flash etc installed and system complete.
Let joy be unconfined!

Phoned owner to relay the glad tidings only to be connected to an answering machine, so left a message which I have no doubt will remain unheard.

Life can be cruel.

Still, good work! And... I need more friends like yourself, Car.

Well I celebrate your achievement, Carruthers. :beer:

well done!

Thank you, Gentlemen.

With a bit of luck it will still work when I switch it on tomorrow. :eyebrow:

I just learned that my son's wingspan is 4" greater than his height. Hopefully it's just that teenage knuckle-dragging thing as his height seems to be increasing daily

I just came over the top of the hills in the snow. It was rather beautiful.
Otley is barely icy, but once you get over the Chevin there is a fine dusting everywhere. Nothing significant, but pretty at 08.00.

I just did a word count on my thesis ... which i am about to go and submit to the RSA office along with my exam form - it's at the printers right now, I can pick up in about an hour.

Final tally (for the examination copy - it might shift slightly if they pass with revisions) -

Word count, including footnotes, but excluding abstract, contents page and bibliography = 93,531
Page count for the whole document = 270

monster;919583 wrote:

I just learned that my son's wingspan is 4" greater than his height. Hopefully it's just that teenage knuckle-dragging thing as his height seems to be increasing daily

He needs to fence epee.

DanaC;919675 wrote:

Word count, including footnotes, but excluding abstract, contents page and bibliography = 93,531
Page count for the whole document = 270

Yeah, but how many different words, and how many words undecipherable to anyone after the 18th century?
Just kidding you Dana, congratulations on persevering to get this done. Even if they rejected it(they certainly won't) it's a great accomplishment.
For me it would be akin to peeling my own skin off with a dull knife. :blush:

Griff;919677 wrote:

He needs to fence epee.

Great idea Griff, monster needs another sport, with it's associated gear and calendar notations, in the house. :haha:

xoxoxoBruce;919688 wrote:

For me it would be akin to peeling my own skin off with a dull knife. :blush:
:

Not an entirely inaccurate description of what the last few months have felt like lol

Thanks m'dear.

Oh! and on the way in to submit it, I treated myself to a hot cheese and ham pannini with a latte. Mmmm. Very nice. Felt like luxury.

Good for you, ya earned it. ;)

Bravo Dana!

Glad that's finally behind you, eh? Well done.

If my calculations are correct ... and they are never correct. that's nearly 1/4 of the words you have posted on here whinging about it !

JK ..- congrats, Doc!

ouch....

Hehehe. I think your calculations are probably right :P

Ta guys. Though - don't speak too soon on the Doc - I still have to survive the viva exam yet!

Whatever happens with that - like Bruce says even were they to fail me and I not end up doctored - I'm pretty proud of myself just for sticking the course and finishng the thesis.

monster;919583 wrote:

I just learned that my son's wingspan is 4" greater than his height. Hopefully it's just that teenage knuckle-dragging thing as his height seems to be increasing daily

NFL teams always looking for defensive backs with that physical characteristic.

So wait, do I call you Doctor, or Master Dana?

I'm already a master *grins*

I know darling. I was referring to your chosen form of address for the interim.
You being neither not nor summat as it were.













(yes I did get mixed up...)

I just learned that my best friend in high school died today after a long illness. We lost touch after I graduated and he moved to San Diego. He very recently reconnected with his family after nearly 40 years. I don't know what to say.

So sorry, Fargon. X


Sent by thought transference

fargon;920068 wrote:

I just learned that my best friend in high school died today after a long illness. We lost touch after I graduated and he moved to San Diego. He very recently reconnected with his family after nearly 40 years. I don't know what to say.

Oh hell, there's nothing you can say that will suffice. Nobody can, even the best talkers. It just hurts, and you have to let it hurt. No consolation, I know. Hugs to you. Keep talking to us.

40 years is a long time to not see someone. Do you feel nothing hearing this news, but feel like you are supposed to? Or are you surprised at your emotions for someone hasn't been part of your life for decades?

I was surprised at the emotions that I felt. When I joined the Coast Guard we drifted apart, I saw him briefly in '82 for about 15 minutes he said he would call me, he never did. I tried to call him a couple of days later but his number was disconnected. I would hear from his siblings from time to time, and he was always doing well. Then 2 years ago I heard that he was in the hospital but it was nothing to be concerned about. I asked for his contact information, but never got it. He and his partner did not want to be disturbed. I obeyed their wishes.

I just...

love this stuff
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and I just...

got tired of fucking around.
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It is the best. Most mornings it is on my eggs. Must keep my eyes open for the absurdly large container. :)

I cannot imagine getting through any sauce bottle ofthat size lol.

I used to have three bottles of Tabasco when I lived with the 'rents.
Standard, Jalapeño and Habanero. It would have been four if I'd seen Chipotle!
Heat and vinegar, love it.

I'd miss the classic shape of the bottle though.
In my topsy turvy world I SEE it every morning, as somehow a full bottle has washed up on the tide of detritus of my chest of drawers. But I never actually use it, as breakfast is like Michigan now.

Sundae;920315 wrote:

breakfast is like Michigan now.

Mitten-shaped and fucking cold?

Sundae;920315 wrote:

I used to have three bottles of Tabasco when I lived with the 'rents.
Standard, Jalapeño and Habanero. It would have been four if I'd seen Chipotle!
Heat and vinegar, love it.

I'd miss the classic shape of the bottle though.
In my topsy turvy world I SEE it every morning, as somehow a full bottle has washed up on the tide of detritus of my chest of drawers. But I never actually use it, as breakfast is like Michigan now.

Why the abstinance?

Tobasco is the firey stuff of the gods! A few drops will render some very divine heat. The summers in Avery Island, its source, are just as hot as the sauce.


Ironically, On several occasions I've been within a few miles of the location, but have not yet taken the tour. No recent travels have extended into the environs of New Iberia.

I just took my Dad to the Health Centre for his B12 injection.

A hundred yards down the road:

Dad: I've forgotten to put my hearing aid in.

Me (sotto voce): Well, I'll just talk to myself then.

Dad: Chuckles.

Which only goes to prove that he isn't deaf, he just listens when he wants to.

HAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAA!

(I hope he heard *that*!)

:D

BigV;920448 wrote:

HAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAA!

(I hope he heard *that*!)

:D

I'll go and ask him. Trouble is, I shall have to get him to turn down the sound on the TV first. :)

I just

used my vision "super power" to morph the link in Dana's sig line into penispoetry. And I don't even have the excuse of being tired oh well.

Ha! thats brilliant Carruthers.

Carruthers;920412 wrote:

I just took my Dad to the Health Centre for his B12 injection.

A hundred yards down the road:

Dad: I've forgotten to put my hearing aid in.

Me (sotto voce): Well, I'll just talk to myself then.

Dad: Chuckles.

Which only goes to prove that he isn't deaf, he just listens when he wants to.

No no, when in a conversational exchange, with minimum background noise, he's directing his concentration on the expected reply. Like the hearing test in a quiet booth, you're expecting and straining to hear a tone. But something said out of the blue, especially with background din, is usually several words into the statement before he realizes it's directed at him and by then the gist of the statement is lost. Hence the, "what?" So it's selective but it's not his conscious selection.
The TV must be high because watching is not pleasurable if we have to concentrate so hard we're straining. Plus TV dialog varies greatly in volume, and saying, "What", to the TV is useless.

I know from whence I speak. :yesnod:

xoxoxoBruce;920465 wrote:

The TV must be high because watching is not pleasurable if we have to concentrate so hard we're straining. Plus TV dialog varies greatly in volume, and saying, "What", to the TV is useless. I know from whence I speak. :yesnod:

If it was just a case of the TV being at a uniformly high volume I could take the appropriate counter measures, ie ear plugs. Unfortunately there are a number of complicating factors.

(1). Dad will sit close to the TV with his hearing aids turned up to maximum and the sound turned down to a level where I cannot comfortably hear it.

(2). Dad will run down the batteries of his hearing aids because he has been running them at full throttle. See (1) above. Upshot: I am deafened by TV.

(3) As pointed out TV dialogue volume varies markedly especially during some of the news programmes. Dad will make constant adjustments to the sound so he can comfortably hear it.
Determining 'comfortable' in this context may be complicated by (1) and (2) above.

(4) If a particular reporter or performer that does not feature on his popularity list makes an appearance, the mute button is pressed in short order. No one else (me) has any say in the matter.

(5) Loud music accompanying any documentary also gets the 'mute button' treatment. If there's dialogue going on at the same time, well that's just too bad. It won't hurt if we (I) miss it.

(6) Use of the mute button does not take into account the fact that the underlying volume might well have increased substantially by the time the mute is 'unpressed'.
Particularly jarring when his batteries are about to expire. See (2) above.

(7) The perfect storm is when his hearing aid batteries are low, the TV volume is set high, and he unmutes when the transmitted sound is at its maximum, just at the time when I happen to be walking past the TV.

In comparison, Krakatoa's explosion in 1883 sounds like a lamb sneezing 200 yards away.

Have you considered a tv set of your own?

Carruthers;920483 wrote:

If it was just a case of the TV being at a uniformly high volume I could take the appropriate counter measures, ie ear plugs. Unfortunately there are a number of complicating factors.

(1). Dad will sit close to the TV with his hearing aids turned up to maximum and the sound turned down to a level where I cannot comfortably hear it.

(2). Dad will run down the batteries of his hearing aids because he has been running them at full throttle. See (1) above. Upshot: I am deafened by TV.

(3) As pointed out TV dialogue volume varies markedly especially during some of the news programmes. Dad will make constant adjustments to the sound so he can comfortably hear it.
Determining 'comfortable' in this context may be complicated by (1) and (2) above.

(4) If a particular reporter or performer that does not feature on his popularity list makes an appearance, the mute button is pressed in short order. No one else (me) has any say in the matter.

(5) Loud music accompanying any documentary also gets the 'mute button' treatment. If there's dialogue going on at the same time, well that's just too bad. It won't hurt if we (I) miss it.

(6) Use of the mute button does not take into account the fact that the underlying volume might well have increased substantially by the time the mute is 'unpressed'.
Particularly jarring when his batteries are about to expire. See (2) above.

(7) The perfect storm is when his hearing aid batteries are low, the TV volume is set high, and he unmutes when the transmitted sound is at its maximum, just at the time when I happen to be walking past the TV.

In comparison, Krakatoa's explosion in 1883 sounds like a lamb sneezing 200 yards away.

....WHAT??

monster;920487 wrote:

Have you considered a tv set of your own?

The cabling and distribution system for the antenna and sat dish would be complex and expensive so it's not really a practical proposition.

Accordingly, I suffer in silence. In a manner of speaking.:D

My mom has some sort of blutooth transmitter from a box she connects to the tv and it sends a signal directly into her hearing aids so her hearing aids transmit the tv sound. Other people in the room can listen to the tv at a comfortable volume, and she can listen at her own volume.

glatt;920494 wrote:

My mom has some sort of blutooth transmitter from a box she connects to the tv and it sends a signal directly into her hearing aids so her hearing aids transmit the tv sound. Other people in the room can listen to the tv at a comfortable volume, and she can listen at her own volume.

There's a similar sort of gizmo available here, but Dad is not very good with technology. Coupled with the fact that he is monumentally impatient it would be an expensive mistake to go down that route.

Speaking of expensive mistakes, I bought a satellite box some while back which he won't use. On the rare occasions I use it, he sits there with the remote for the TV and wonders why none of the buttons work.

He'll express surprise at the channels available on satellite when I find something different from the usual fare, but he soon forgets about it and we're back to square one.

I seem to spend much of my time on the Internet at the other end of the house but I then feel guilty about the old man in the other room sitting by himself watching TV.

He's dependent on other people for everything in life except the TV. It's the one thing he has left he hasn't lost control of, and guards it jealously. Sounds like Alzheimer's symptoms. It also sounds like you hate confrontation and avoid it at all costs. The proper Englishman stereotype, not saying that's a bad thing, just an observation. ;)

Now I've been wearing hearing aids for 33 years x replace every 3 years x 2 ears = a shitload of hearing aids. I've never owned one that varied the volume with battery strength. Volume remained where it was set until the voltage dropped below a certain level, then the sound would shut off. Some had a warning where it would beep a couple times, every few minutes, for the last hour or so, but never changed volume.

xoxoxoBruce wrote:

Now I've been wearing hearing aids for 33 years x replace every 3 years x 2 ears = a shitload of hearing aids.

This is something I'm just sort of getting used to: the idea that I'm going to live long enough to replace shit on a relatively regular basis that I feel like ought to be "long-lasting." It is long-lasting; I'm just longer-lasting. Stupid stuff like, "What do you mean we have to replace the sheets again, didn't we just buy new ones, like... ten years ago?" There's a complete-turnover factor for all products that I haven't gotten used to yet.

I know what you mean, I just installed that boiler... 20 years ago. I just bought groceries... 10 days ago. I just bought that truck... 10 years ago. Christmas and birthdays used to be a year apart, too. :haha:

xoxoxoBruce;920513 wrote:

He's dependent on other people for everything in life except the TV. It's the one thing he has left he hasn't lost control of, and guards it jealously. Sounds like Alzheimer's symptoms. It also sounds like you hate confrontation and avoid it at all costs. The proper Englishman stereotype, not saying that's a bad thing, just an observation. ;)

Now I've been wearing hearing aids for 33 years x replace every 3 years x 2 ears = a shitload of hearing aids. I've never owned one that varied the volume with battery strength. Volume remained where it was set until the voltage dropped below a certain level, then the sound would shut off. Some had a warning where it would beep a couple times, every few minutes, for the last hour or so, but never changed volume.

Dad is still pretty sharp although not the force he was ten or twenty years ago but you're right, I do tend to avoid confrontation because it is so wearing.

If you're looking for my English stiff upper lip, it's just above my English flabby lower lip. ;)

I've seen Alzheimer's give someone trouble recalling some things, but cock sure about what they feel is true. The path of least resistance can be a wise method of self-preservation, especially for a gentleman. :notworthy

choosing one's battles is smrt.

monster;920458 wrote:

I just

used my vision "super power" to morph the link in Dana's sig line into penispoetry. And I don't even have the excuse of being tired oh well.

I understand that Arts Council funding is available for that. ;)

hahahaha I missed the penispoetry comment:p

I just...

ate a bananananana and I have an episode of Person of Interest (my latest tv obsession) racked up and ready to watch.

I just...

fuck that. by the time "I just..." is gramatically correct, I'll be incapable of making this post. So here's my post to myself and my friends, in the future.

"I just...

--got home from work.

--made a gin and whatever/lime/seltzer/bitters on the rocks. they get better the more of them you drink.

--had something to eat, don't care what, easy, fast, hot, that'll do.

--took a shower, much to the relief of everyone downwind.

--went to bed and fell asleep watching My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic. (getting in character for this year's SakuraCon).

BigV;924105 wrote:

...they get better the more of them you drink.

Heheh...they'll do that.

I just...

...taught my son how to shave his armpits and legs

Swimming or cross dressing?

they're pretty much synonymous, aren't they?

Ha! That's hilarious. Lucky him, he doesn't have to shave his chest/back/neck yet.