[Steven Dilley]

Well, the plan was to drive an hour north and spend the night with my folks. Only my car wouldn't start. And by the time I made it to the shop it was closing time. So instead I'm spending Friday night catching up with food boards.

Oh, and I discovered that my car wouldn't start only after placing a takeout order with my favorite catfish joint this afternoon. Do you know how hard it is to find good fried catfish and hushpuppies in NY? But that's another thread.

[StephanieL]

Plans for extending my vacation one more day have been abandoned due to a message I found reminding me about a 5-hour meeting tomorrow.

[Lippy]

Oh, what a shame! I was looking forward to reading more.

[ranitidine]

StephanieL, on Jul 5 2005, 09:20 PM, said:

Plans for extending my vacation one more day have been abandoned due to a message I found reminding me about a 5-hour meeting tomorrow. 

Surely your plane can be delayed because of bad weather, n'est-ce pas? And what kind of asshole schedules a five fucking hour meeting anyway?

[Ron Johnson]

Steven Dilley, on Jul 1 2005, 07:45 PM, said:

Do you know how hard it is to find good fried catfish and hushpuppies in NY?

I had this meal a couple weeks ago. I love hushpuppies with fried catfish and a bottle of hot sauce on the side.


My annoyance: My neighbor agreed to watch my dog and water my plants while I was in NYC. When I returned my plants were all brown and wilted. I have been watering and feeding them, but I think some are gone. If I lose the tomato plants, he is a dead man. I guess I am lucky that my dog survived.

[SamanthaF]

London just won the 2012 Olympics. Bollocks.

[Ron Johnson]

The Divine Mrs F., on Jul 6 2005, 07:31 AM, said:

London just won the 2012 Olympics. Bollocks.

I just saw the announcement before I left for the office. The London delegation went apeshit at the news. I swear that one woman was jumping at least 3 to 4 feet off the ground before she tackled the man next to her at the table.

[Rail Paul]

Ron Johnson, on Jul 6 2005, 08:21 AM, said:

My annoyance: My neighbor agreed to watch my dog and water my plants while I was in NYC. When I returned my plants were all brown and wilted. I have been watering and feeding them, but I think some are gone. If I lose the tomato plants, he is a dead man. I guess I am lucky that my dog survived.

Ron, I've been amazed at the growth of doggie day-spas here in NJ. Several of them also provide overnight / multi-night deluxe accomodations. Far from the lock 'em in a kennel ambiance, these places have playrooms, supervised recreation, etc.

And, at $60 to $100 per night, they're not cheap

The cattery at Simon's groomer has individual cat suites, with fish-tank walls, large screen TV visible to the residents, and soft music

[akiko]

Quote

I just saw the announcement before I left for the office. The London delegation went apeshit at the news. I swear that one woman was jumping at least 3 to 4 feet off the ground before she tackled the man next to her at the table.

You should have heard the cheer go up in my office building. I work, of course, in an Ad agency

By the way, what do you think this will do to property prices in the East End? Chris and I are looking to buy somewhere

[GG Mora]

Ron Johnson, on Jul 6 2005, 08:34 AM, said:

The Divine Mrs F., on Jul 6 2005, 07:31 AM, said:

London just won the 2012 Olympics.  Bollocks.

I just saw the announcement before I left for the office. The London delegation went apeshit at the news. I swear that one woman was jumping at least 3 to 4 feet off the ground before she tackled the man next to her at the table.

She must be taking lessons from Cruise.

[Ron Johnson]

Rail Paul, on Jul 6 2005, 07:35 AM, said:

Ron Johnson, on Jul 6 2005, 08:21 AM, said:

My annoyance:  My neighbor agreed to watch my dog and water my plants while I was in NYC.  When I returned my plants were all brown and wilted.  I have been watering and feeding them, but I think some are gone.  If I lose the tomato plants, he is a dead man.  I guess I am lucky that my dog survived.

Ron, I've been amazed at the growth of doggie day-spas here in NJ. Several of them also provide overnight / multi-night deluxe accomodations. Far from the lock 'em in a kennel ambiance, these places have playrooms, supervised recreation, etc.

And, at $60 to $100 per night, they're not cheap

The cattery at Simon's groomer has individual cat suites, with fish-tank walls, large screen TV visible to the residents, and soft music

We have a couple of those places, but the last time I left my dog in an unfamiliar place with a bunch of other dogs, she was not the same for days after I returned.

[Tamar G]

akiko, on Jul 6 2005, 12:43 PM, said:

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I just saw the announcement before I left for the office. The London delegation went apeshit at the news. I swear that one woman was jumping at least 3 to 4 feet off the ground before she tackled the man next to her at the table.

You should have heard the cheer go up in my office building. I work, of course, in an Ad agency

By the way, what do you think this will do to property prices in the East End? Chris and I are looking to buy somewhere

I just posted this in another thread, but I have friends in Barcelona who rented out their apartment during the olympics for a huge amount of money. (They owned their apartment before the olympics were announced.)

[StephanieL]

ranitidine, on Jul 5 2005, 10:10 PM, said:

StephanieL, on Jul 5 2005, 09:20 PM, said:

Plans for extending my vacation one more day have been abandoned due to a message I found reminding me about a 5-hour meeting tomorrow. 

Surely your plane can be delayed because of bad weather, n'est-ce pas? And what kind of asshole schedules a five fucking hour meeting anyway?

Clients are coming in to go over reviewer comments to a big slide kit. We'll be going over stuff slide by slide. I actually got back to NYC yesterday, but had been considering taking off today to do laundry, get up late, etc.

Lippy, the rest of my dining experiences in Stockholm were more pedestrian than the lavish Grand Hotel meal, though I did have a nice Spanish-esque dinner one evening. I'm off herring & lox for a while, but when I start eating them again I have an assortment of aquavits to go with them that I got at the duty-free shop.

[g.johnson]

We have no mirror in the bathroom at present which means I have to shave by touch. I keep finding annoying little tufts that I missed.

[Rose]

g.johnson, on Jul 6 2005, 11:31 AM, said:

We have no mirror in the bathroom at present which means I have to shave by touch. I keep finding annoying little tufts that I missed.

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