Well, here I am in the country and now all I see are vinyl fences popping up all over. Nasty looking, shiny things. Reminds me of plastic chairs.
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Some years back Wingding pointed out that plastic chairs were becoming ubiquitous and as we walked around the neighborhood before dinner we saw them everywhere. I never forgot that and to this day whenever I see them on porches, especially urban, outer borough porches, I feel annoyed at the visual pollution.
Well, here I am in the country and now all I see are vinyl fences popping up all over. Nasty looking, shiny things. Reminds me of plastic chairs.
Well, here I am in the country and now all I see are vinyl fences popping up all over. Nasty looking, shiny things. Reminds me of plastic chairs.
Speaking of country, I am annoyed that I live in the middle of nowhere and will probably not get to see the new Minuteman documentary.
| QUOTE (Wilfrid @ Jul 22 2005, 05:06 PM) |
Hey, how about working this weekend. Yeah!  |
Manish tanaw haweekend hazeh.
| QUOTE (Behemoth @ Jul 22 2005, 10:16 PM) |
| Speaking of country, I am annoyed that I live in the middle of nowhere and will probably not get to see the new Minuteman documentary. |
Maybe you can get it screened in a nearby town. Or wait for a DVD.
| QUOTE (Behemoth @ Jul 23 2005, 01:16 AM) |
| Speaking of country, I am annoyed that I live in the middle of nowhere and will probably not get to see the new Minuteman documentary. |
Don't worry, not that it's available yet, but Netflix has it listed so I assume that means they will have the DVD for rent fairly soon.
edit:x-posted with Holl
| QUOTE (Rose @ Jul 22 2005, 10:27 PM) | ||
Don't worry, not that it's available yet, but Netflix has it listed so I assume that means they will have the DVD for rent fairly soon. edit:x-posted with Holl |
Jinx!
| QUOTE (hollywood @ Jul 23 2005, 01:29 AM) | ||||
Jinx! |
pinkies!
why this stupid cat prefers to sleep on my head! she's not helping with my insomnia 
Gmail. Down all morning with a server error: " Gmail is temporarily unavailable. Cross your fingers and try again in a few minutes. We're sorry for the inconvenience."
Cross your fingers? Hello?
Cross your fingers? Hello?
| QUOTE (tanabutler @ Jul 25 2005, 12:58 PM) |
| Gmail. Down all morning with a server error: " Gmail is temporarily unavailable. Cross your fingers and try again in a few minutes. We're sorry for the inconvenience." Cross your fingers? Hello? |
It happens. I find I'm unable to access Gmail about once every three months or so. The weird thing is that while there was a brief hiccup this morning (for like twenty minutes) it's working fine for me now.
I have pretty good knife skills, but I have been on a roll with mishaps recently. Last week, while slicing something or other, I knicked the top of my left thumb in such a way that I sliced into my nail. Tiny cut but in a spot that affects dexterity. It healed. Last night, whacking up the bok choy, I did it again. 
Today was so hot that I felt as if I was standing in front of fan blowing hot exhaust. Since I had an meeting in the Gramercy Park neighborhood, I thought I would treat myself to a slurpee at the recently opened 7-11 (frozen coke slurpees rock!!) on 23rd St. I walked over only to find it closed. I thought the whole point of 7-11 was that it's opened 24 hours a day.
(It wasn't a total loss though - I got a shake at The Shake Shack instead, but I was really craving that slurpee )
I thought the whole point of 7-11 was that it's opened 24 hours a day.(It wasn't a total loss though - I got a shake at The Shake Shack instead, but I was really craving that slurpee )
| QUOTE (bloviatrix @ Jul 27 2005, 04:00 AM) |
| I thought the whole point of 7-11 was that it's opened 24 hours a day. |
I am so old I remember when they were open from 7am to 11pm (hence 7-11) and that was revolutionary, especially on Sundays.
My wonderful optician has left my optometrist's office. The woman who took his place isn't nearly as good at adjusting my nice-to-look-at-but-pain-in-the-ass frames. Now I need to find somewhere else.
Article in the paper today indicates that officers screening bags at our local airport spotted 13,800 prohibited items, including 125 that looked like weapons, from January to June of this year. Apparently some people still think nothing of letting their kids bring paintball guns, realistic water pistols, toy guns and toy grenades to the airport. Of course this causes lots of delays. WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE THINKING???
Fly
Fly
| QUOTE (flyfish @ Jul 29 2005, 12:43 PM) |
| WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE THINKING??? |
The answer to that is always the same: They're not.
There is width.
There is length.
There is depth.
THERE IS NOT HEIGHTH!!!!!!!!!!
There is length.
There is depth.
THERE IS NOT HEIGHTH!!!!!!!!!!
| QUOTE (Rose @ Jul 29 2005, 04:47 PM) |
| There is width. There is length. There is depth. THERE IS NOT HEIGHTH!!!!!!!!!! |
OED: heighth, hei{ygh}{th}e, heigth. Obsolete forms of height.
| QUOTE (g.johnson @ Jul 29 2005, 04:53 PM) | ||
OED: heighth, hei{ygh}{th}e, heigth. Obsolete forms of height. |
You just love to spoil all my illusions.
Rosie, aren't you the one who told me that restauraNteur was now an accepted spelling?
What goes around etc., dollink.
What goes around etc., dollink.
| QUOTE (Rose @ Jul 29 2005, 03:47 PM) |
| There is width. There is length. There is depth. THERE IS NOT HEIGHTH!!!!!!!!!! |
I think I hear "heighth" about once a week. Drives me insane for some reason.
My right contact lens vanished. Since I have my eyes corrected for monocular vision, with the left lens for distance and the right lens for reading, it is difficult use the computer, to take photos, to read or to do any close work. Distance is almost okay, except that the right eye, whose uncorrected vision is far worse than that of the left, is my dominant eye. Effect: misery until the replacement comes in and of course, this happened on a Saturday morning so I can't even order the new one until Monday.
| QUOTE (Lippy @ Jul 30 2005, 11:12 AM) |
| My right contact lens vanished. Since I have my eyes corrected for monocular vision, with the left lens for distance and the right lens for reading, it is difficult use the computer, to take photos, to read or to do any close work. Distance is almost okay, except that the right eye, whose uncorrected vision is far worse than that of the left, is my dominant eye. Effect: misery until the replacement comes in and of course, this happened on a Saturday morning so I can't even order the new one until Monday. |
Mine disappeared seemingly into the back of my eyeball last week, and I never found it. I mean, I know it's not in there, but I never found it on the floor or in the sink or anywhere. Freaked me out for an hour or two, but I did finally relax when I realized I'd know if it were still in there.
Good luck. I'd be going nuts if I were one-eyed with work to do.
I knew some things were too good to be true. 
The little, teeny, tiny plastic fastener on my bathing suit top self-destructed yesterday in dramatic fashion, i.e. I was wearing the suit when it happened. The last time this happened I searched notions and trimmings shops in the garment district, tried to enlist the help of my tailor and returned to the shop where I purchased the suit only to be told by all that this little plastic doohickey is not available in the U.S. and that nothing else is a viable substitue given the way the suit is constructed.
| QUOTE (Daisy @ Aug 1 2005, 11:48 AM) |
| The little, teeny, tiny plastic fastener on my bathing suit top self-destructed yesterday in dramatic fashion, i.e. I was wearing the suit when it happened. |
Oh dear.
Malia Mills, baby, Malia Mills. Metal fasteners.
I know you are a convert to Malia Mills and a zealous one but the suits don't fit me as well as the Huit suits. Shocking I know.
Not that I have experience with this, mind you, but the Malia Mills suits change every year - meaning they add new styles and new cuts...
| QUOTE (omnivorette @ Aug 1 2005, 01:04 PM) |
| Not that I have experience with this, mind you, but the Malia Mills suits change every year - meaning they add new styles and new cuts... |
Yeah, yeah, yeah I know.
Huit still fits me better.
Until they, um, fall off.
| QUOTE (omnivorette @ Aug 1 2005, 01:08 PM) |
| Until they, um, fall off. |
Omni: you may have to run interference for me, since I dont know Daisy, but can i just point out that this might mean that one person's "annoyance" post may well be others' "reasons to be cheerful" posts?
| QUOTE (Steve R. @ Aug 1 2005, 01:10 PM) | ||
Omni: you may have to run interference for me, since I dont know Daisy, but can i just point out that this might mean that one person's "annoyance" post may well be others' "reasons to be cheerful" posts? |
You met me at Joselito's, Steve. I am pretty sure I was fully clothed so perhaps that is why you don't remember me.
First laugh of the day - thank you.
| QUOTE (Daisy @ Aug 1 2005, 01:15 PM) | ||||
You met me at Joselito's, Steve. I am pretty sure I was fully clothed so perhaps that is why you don't remember me. |
Worse than an annoyance. Family woes and Bob's back's been out since last week.
I feel like I am sliding off the world.
Sucky webhosts.
What's been going on with the site? It's been SQRLy.
I know- I almost had to ::gasp:: work this afternoon. That would be terrible.
yesterday they were blaming one of their users for "abusing services". today no excuse was given. if it happens again tomorrow, we'll go elsewhere...
| QUOTE (jinmyo @ Aug 4 2005, 04:44 PM) |
| What's been going on with the site? It's been SQRLy. |
Is that Canadian for something?
Oh good, for a second there I thought perhaps I had broken something.
The air conditioning, or rather the lack thereof, on the E train these days. Oh, and while I'm at it, why are the stations on the F line even smellier than most??
Oh, and while I'm at it, why are the stations on the F line even smellier than most??
| QUOTE (Orik @ Aug 4 2005, 10:28 PM) |
| yesterday they were blaming one of their users for "abusing services". today no excuse was given. if it happens again tomorrow, we'll go elsewhere... |
Can we sue the bastards?
Damn head cold. I'm actually pretty OK except for my right sinuses, which just won't let me breathe right.
Waking this morning to discover that the bathroom ceiling is leaking. Water on the floor, the windowsill, paint peeling from the window soffit, a big wet patch on the ceiling, a small dimple of paint and plaster from whence the water drips. Having the super tell me its 'not a big deal'.
Hot.
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