The minutes do expire, but when you add more the old ones are extended as well -- basically, when you add time you are adding minutes and extending the expiration date for all your minutes.

You have to buy new service time before the old service time runs out in order to keep your old minutes. Also, if you let the service time run out, you may lose your phone number if/when you do buy more.

Of course, now the Baltimore part of the storm is downgraded to 2-4", which is totally doable. But it's cancelled, monday's flights were sold out before the storm looked monster.

Given how ubiquitous cell phones are, does he just think that everyone who has one is getting scammed?

Or rich?

We've got about 3" on the ground right now, and it's really picked up in the last hour or so.

It's blowing a bit, and sticking to the grass, but the roads are still clear.

Given how ubiquitous cell phones are, does he just think that everyone who has one is getting scammed?

Possibly. Most probably, he's on the side of the rich thing.

Connie, is your husband my mother?

Happy Birthday Jesse!

Happy Birthday Theo!

Happy Birthday Rayne!

Speaking of Theo, has anybody heard from her lately?

I am pretty sure Theodosia was headed into an internet-rare zone (with family) for the holiday.

Well, I hope she's caking it up today.

As for myself, I have home-made baklava. Imagine the Pooh-bear's smeck smeck of honey stick satisfaction.

I also have the house to myself for the first time in several days and am enjoying the lack of hustle and bustle.

I'm poking around in the Yuletide listings and finding fic on Dahl's Matilda, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Mary Poppins / Tipping the Velvet (which I mention for meara's sake), and (surprisingly) no less than eleven stories in How To Train Your Dragon.

eta: Oh look, a Nightmare Before Christmas / Discworld crossover.