I walk. I talk. I shop, I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out. And I don't sleep on a bed of bones.

Buffy ,'Chosen'


Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


sarameg - Feb 17, 2010 2:21:33 pm PST #9010 of 30001

Good luck, msbelle!

I posted the correspondence to the listserv. Expect it to completely explode. Already someone complained it took 75 minutes to go one mile.


Hil R. - Feb 17, 2010 2:45:18 pm PST #9011 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

[link]

Pitts, a fourth-term Republican from Laurens, introduced legislation earlier this month that would ban what he calls “the unconstitutional substitution of Federal Reserve Notes for silver and gold coin” in South Carolina.

If the bill were to become law, South Carolina would no longer accept or use anything other than silver and gold coins as a form of payment for any debt, meaning paper money would be out in the Palmetto State.

Pitts said the intent of the bill is to give South Carolina the ability to “function through gold and silver coinage” and give the state a “base of currency” in the event of a complete implosion of the U.S. economic system.


billytea - Feb 17, 2010 2:47:06 pm PST #9012 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Pitts said the intent of the bill is to give South Carolina the ability to “function through gold and silver coinage” and give the state a “base of currency” in the event of a complete implosion of the U.S. economic system.

That's nice. Um... Does South Carolina actually have much in the way of gold and/or silver?


bon bon - Feb 17, 2010 2:52:31 pm PST #9013 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I can think of a couple different constitutional problems with that one. Good luck with...all that.


sarameg - Feb 17, 2010 2:58:19 pm PST #9014 of 30001

I just had to talk a neighbor down as she got stuck in traffic at 7:40 exactly where I was earlier.

I just forwarded everything to the Sun reporter.

Going to go swim now.


Connie Neil - Feb 17, 2010 3:01:36 pm PST #9015 of 30001
brillig

Ah, the message bills of state legislatures. Utah is proposing no gun regulations on any gun made in Utah for use solely in Utah. No word on how they will make sure those guns don't leave the state. Also, they're trying to declare eminent domain on a National Monument so they can develop it, because part of the land is trust land for the state's schools, and so them derned fedrul-socialists can't tell us what we can do in there here sovren state of Utah.

I'm reassured that people in other states can likewise be embarrassed before the rest of the country.


javachik - Feb 17, 2010 3:16:26 pm PST #9016 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Another thing I've read is that extroverts gain energy in social situations and introverts lose energy. It's almost like work for an introvert to be social. Many introverts can be social for a while, but then need to leave and recharge. That's me too.

Yep. I worked for a corporation once that required teams to take Myers Briggs. Everyone except me was surprised that I'm an introvert.

In other news, I got to hold Kalliope! And her mommy is a very patient saint who waited many moons for me to arrive at this restaurant. I loved getting a chance to visit 1:1 with Sparky and now she and MFN are out changing car spots (MFN just got here and is parked illegally and Sparky needs to get Sassy and go home; do they're switching car spots). And now I get to visit with MFN! I am a lucky duck.


Ginger - Feb 17, 2010 3:21:57 pm PST #9017 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I'm reassured that people in other states can likewise be embarrassed before the rest of the country.

I live in Georgia, the land of Eugene Talmadge ("Sure I stole, but I stole for you."), Lester Maddox ("What Georgia needs is a better class of prisoner."), the three governors controversy [link] et al.


Cass - Feb 17, 2010 3:23:20 pm PST #9018 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Yep. I worked for a corporation once that required teams to take Myers Briggs. Everyone except me was surprised that I'm an introvert.

I used to work for Ken Blanchard and some of them were surprised I was an introvert. Clearly they'd failed to pay attention.


Jesse - Feb 17, 2010 3:26:57 pm PST #9019 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I feel more like an introvert, but I usually get pretty borderline on MBTI.

I am a lucky duck.

Indeed.

I would totally go to bed early (like, now), if it weren't for Leverage! Hmph.