[Vanessa]

Woken up in the night had to grab a long-handled wooden spoon and paddle out on the balcony to unblock the drain. Then had to grab a towel to stuff under a window that only leaks about once every 5 years when the rain comes horizontally from the west - not worth the £1,500 or so to replace it.

Now this morning the sky is as if butter wouldn't melt in its mouth - pristine blue.

v

[mongo_jones]

driving to airport to pick up mrs. jones--with 5 miles to go ran out of gas. no cellphone--gave it up last year. no fellow humans would stop for man next to car with hazards flashing on highway-shoulder. no payphones in sight. finally flagged a cab down--$60 in cabfare towards picking up mrs. jones, getting gas and getting back to the car.

if i'd known this would be my punishment for making a joke in poor taste about lippy and ranitidine's eventful years...

[Lippy]

Hey, Mongo, our years are still eventful...

[mongo_jones]

Lippy, on Dec 28 2004, 01:34 PM, said:

Hey, Mongo, our years are still eventful...

not as eventful as the first half of my day today...consider my day involved careening across a highway moving at 60 miles per hour in a rapidly stalling car...

why can't cars speak to you and tell you when you have 2 gallons left? what's that you say? that's what the fuel gauge is for? well, fuck you and your ability to look at fuel gauges!

[Rose]

mongo_jones, on Dec 28 2004, 03:29 PM, said:

if i'd known this would be my punishment for making a joke in poor taste about lippy and ranitidine's eventful years...

And let that be a lesson to you

[Rose]

and once again.....

IF YOU'RE TOO OLD OR TOO FEEBLE OR TOO SCARED TO DRIVE MORE THAN 35 MPH THEN YOU SHOULD TURN IN YOUR LICENSE!

[hollywood]

Rose, on Dec 28 2004, 12:56 PM, said:

and once again.....

IF YOU'RE TOO OLD OR TOO FEEBLE OR TOO SCARED TO DRIVE MORE THAN 35 MPH THEN YOU SHOULD TURN IN YOUR LICENSE!

Amen. Right On. Word.

[beans]

Folks in the middle of an airport concourse, walking along at a fairly decent pace, that suddenly stop for no apparent reason.

Folks on the people movers that stand in the middle not allowing others to pass.

[tanabutler]

beans, on Dec 31 2004, 10:07 AM, said:

Folks in the middle of an airport concourse, walking along at a fairly decent pace, that suddenly stop for no apparent reason.

Folks on the people movers that stand in the middle not allowing others to pass.

I've always thought Sharper Image could make a fortune if they sold miniature cattle prods for situations like this.

[GG Mora]

beans, on Dec 31 2004, 01:07 PM, said:

Folks in the middle of an airport concourse, walking along at a fairly decent pace, that suddenly stop for no apparent reason.

Folks on the people movers that stand in the middle not allowing others to pass.

Or on a city street. Or in the aisle of a grocery store. Or the hallway of a hospital. Or in a restaurant traverse. Or the entryway of a shop.

Hm. Guess you mean clueless self-centered people.

[beans]

[tanabutler]

For Beans: One ringie dingie...two ringie dingies....

[tanabutler]

GG Mora, on Dec 31 2004, 10:21 AM, said:

beans, on Dec 31 2004, 01:07 PM, said:

Folks in the middle of an airport concourse, walking along at a fairly decent pace, that suddenly stop for no apparent reason.

Folks on the people movers that stand in the middle not allowing others to pass.

Or on a city street. Or in the aisle of a grocery store. Or the hallway of a hospital. Or in a restaurant traverse. Or the entryway of a shop.

Hm. Guess you mean clueless self-centered people.

We call them narcissists.

[GG Mora]

tanabutler, on Dec 31 2004, 01:27 PM, said:

GG Mora, on Dec 31 2004, 10:21 AM, said:

beans, on Dec 31 2004, 01:07 PM, said:

Folks in the middle of an airport concourse, walking along at a fairly decent pace, that suddenly stop for no apparent reason.

Folks on the people movers that stand in the middle not allowing others to pass.

Or on a city street. Or in the aisle of a grocery store. Or the hallway of a hospital. Or in a restaurant traverse. Or the entryway of a shop.

Hm. Guess you mean clueless self-centered people.

We call them narcissists.

[Daisy]

I had to run into the office for a couple of hours in order to fix someone else's fuck-up (an annoyance in and of itself). At 11 AM, the platform of the E train 23rd St. stop was already peopled by folks who were intoxicated or in the course of becoming so, including one guy who had parked his fat ass right in front of the turnstiles and was puffing on a cigarette. The train contained more revelers. I am going to take a bus down to Citarella (I don't know why, but I think there will be fewer drunks on the bus) in order to purchase the clams I need for the linguine alla vongole I will be serving tonight. (A few friends are stopping by for pasta,Scrabble and loud music) I am then barricading myself in my apartment. New Years fucking Eve. Forced levity. Bah. Humbug.