Tracy: 'When you can't run, you crawl... and when you can't crawl, when you can't do that--' Zoe: 'You find someone to carry you.'

'The Message'


Natter 74: Ready or Not  

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.


Steph L. - Nov 04, 2015 12:28:26 pm PST #8497 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

The phone guys are in the manhole. I wish that were as exciting as it sounds. But no; they are literally in a manhole. Or at least one is.


tommyrot - Nov 04, 2015 12:47:59 pm PST #8498 of 30003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

The Manhole was my favorite name for a gay bar.


msbelle - Nov 04, 2015 1:01:32 pm PST #8499 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Being in front of a computer as much as I am makes tracking much easier than if I was out and about a lot. I don't think I am obsessive about it, but it is kinda like a puzzle game to me. I can swap this for that or skip this or add that. If I know I'm going to eat out then other meals that day slide toward low calorie low fat options.

Also I just don't buy some stuff anymore since I won't be mindful with it. Tostitos lime chips, cereal, sweet cinnamon almonds,


-t - Nov 04, 2015 1:07:35 pm PST #8500 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I enjoy tracking data in general, so getting obsessive about tracking what I eat is more just channeling that than creating a new thing to do. It works for me. I totally get it's not for everyone.


Steph L. - Nov 04, 2015 1:36:04 pm PST #8501 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

The Manhole was my favorite name for a gay bar.

We had a gay bar called The Pipeline; in the basement was a separate bar called The Manhole.

Also I just don't buy some stuff anymore since I won't be mindful with it. Tostitos lime chips

Oh my god, those chips are made with crack. They HAVE to be. Also Snapea Crisps. I can eat the whole bag in 2 seconds flat. And, of course, TJs Baconesque popcorn.


billytea - Nov 04, 2015 1:48:30 pm PST #8502 of 30003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

We had a gay bar called The Pipeline; in the basement was a separate bar called The Manhole.

"Welcome to the Manhole, guv'nor. What can I get you?"
"I'd like an entendre, my good man. And make mine a double."


Burrell - Nov 04, 2015 2:11:24 pm PST #8503 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Oh my god, those chips are made with crack. They HAVE to be.

Did y'all see that article about the restaurant in China that was caught putting heroin poppy seed pods in their noodle dishes? They were hoping their diners would get addicted to them.


Sheryl - Nov 04, 2015 2:19:10 pm PST #8504 of 30003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Ugh, the commute this morning was awful. I took the little guy to daycare, which is north of our house. Therefore I got on 270 a good bit further up, and it was stop-and-go all the way down to my exit. Then there was a bad accident on Rockville Pike so all the traffic was routed to the road I take, which meant a 2 mile drive took an hour.


-t - Nov 04, 2015 2:32:00 pm PST #8505 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh how I love tortilla chips with lime. Chili lime anything, really, nom nom nom.

Ugh, Sheryl, that's awful.

Ha! Found my employee badge (wedged between the driver's seat and the center console where it inevitably was caught when I had it clipped to my Halloween costume on Friday) and my keys (on the loveseat, not even between the cushions, just sitting there) and now I will put Trackrs on both of them. Take that whatever force takes joy in me misplacing things.

Also, I left work half an hour late because I was talking to a coworker about this time-spent-on-task spreadsheet we've been asked to fill out and how inaccurate it is gonna be. I mean, mine will be very accurate for the four days I have to actually track my time, but generalizing from that sample makes very little sense. I don't know if it's better or worse that I was off the clock for that conversation.

Edited for homophone


shrift - Nov 04, 2015 2:41:55 pm PST #8506 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I'm doing one of those escape from a locked room team building things tonight.