sorry tehresa, sending lots of <3 to you and your family.
― estela, Sunday, 25 December 2011 02:19 (twelve years ago) link
lol tza that was me!!
― smoove operator, Sunday, 25 December 2011 03:06 (twelve years ago) link
<3
sorry to hear about this, tehresa. :-/
― Z S, Sunday, 25 December 2011 03:42 (twelve years ago) link
i had a feeling, smoove. but it was a diff # than i had for you!
― tehresa, Sunday, 25 December 2011 03:58 (twelve years ago) link
sorry t
― twice banned gabbage is death (p much resigned to deems), Sunday, 25 December 2011 11:43 (twelve years ago) link
sorry about your granddad, t. <3
― macarena of time (step hen faps), Sunday, 25 December 2011 12:00 (twelve years ago) link
v sorry to hear teresa
― judith, Sunday, 25 December 2011 12:21 (twelve years ago) link
is there a thread to complain abt being home for the holidays this year?
checkin in w/ the sandbox for the holidays from your parents'/relatives'/in-laws' house i think
― Never translate German (schlump), Sunday, 25 December 2011 12:26 (twelve years ago) link
thanking
― judith, Sunday, 25 December 2011 13:07 (twelve years ago) link
got mugged a second time
lol @ life
― HOOS aka driver of steen, Sunday, 25 December 2011 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
waht
― Lord Sotosyn, Sunday, 25 December 2011 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
so sorry, tza, I bet you are the greatest granddaughter ever.
hoos, is that the Duke Ellington Bridge? get a new one, hon.
― Dr Morbius, Sunday, 25 December 2011 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
on the way home last night, was about to walk down the same street where i got mugged 2 months ago and thought "fuck that, i'm gonna go a diff route this time." took a diff route. one dude jumps out behind me with an arm around my neck pulling me backwards, the other in front of me in a ski mask--they take my phone, headphones, debit card & metro card. i shove my glasses into my pocket to protect them & croak out "leave me my house keys, man, leave me my house keys." can't get to the ~personal alarm~ my boss gave me last time i got mugged. they pitch me forward onto the ground.
i feel like if i'd gone looking after they left i probably coulda found my debit card at least, but just wanted to go home.
― HOOS aka driver of steen, Sunday, 25 December 2011 15:18 (twelve years ago) link
and yeah morbz i was trying to take a diff route to the ellington
aw, man, hoos :(
― tehresa, Sunday, 25 December 2011 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
Wow, sorry hoos. It's just by luck that some of us haven't been mugged.
― Sandbox Jesse, Sunday, 25 December 2011 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
love to you both, tza and hoos
― river wolf, Sunday, 25 December 2011 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
I'm so sorry, Hoos.
― wore glasses and said things (thejenny), Sunday, 25 December 2011 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
that is just the worst :/i hope you're still okay walking around, i know that can be p destabilisinghope you're having good times inside since
― Never translate German (schlump), Sunday, 25 December 2011 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
some shit, hoos
― twice banned gabbage is death (p much resigned to deems), Sunday, 25 December 2011 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, shit. And just before Christmas, too.
― Christine 'Green Leafy Dragon' Indigo, Sunday, 25 December 2011 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
- just found out i'm an auntie again today
― smoove operator, Sunday, 25 December 2011 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
auntie smoove
― mookieproof, Sunday, 25 December 2011 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
oh also found out that my stepsister--22 year old college junior not really seeing anybody--is having a kid.
― HOOS aka driver of steen, Sunday, 25 December 2011 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
congrats smoove auntie! and congrats stepuncle steen?
― macarena of time (step hen faps), Sunday, 25 December 2011 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
dammit, hoos, just saw this. i'm so sorry. was it near shaw again?
― Z S, Monday, 26 December 2011 00:47 (twelve years ago) link
Gratz to everyone.
I just dyed my hair a dark scarlet red. More later when it dries.
― Christine 'Green Leafy Dragon' Indigo, Monday, 26 December 2011 02:56 (twelve years ago) link
Damn. Sorry, hoos. All you can do with shit like that is live your way past it.
― Aimless, Monday, 26 December 2011 05:30 (twelve years ago) link
I sort of did get mugged once.
In 2004, a tourist from Ireland named Joe stole my wallet and cell phone after I didn't have cash for the cab we split.
I met him when he and I and another stranger took shelter from a severe thunderstorm under an awning and smoked cigarettes. After the worst of the storm, we all went to a 4:00 bar and got shitty. When it closed, he and I took a cab to a 5:00 bar. All I remember is that he was pissed because I didn't have cash and when I offered to buy his drinks or go to the ATM, he shoved me against a tree, got in my face, [apparently took my stuff], and then I walked home.
The next day I was without wallet or phone, so I called my voice mail number. I had a message from Joe that said, in a this accent, "Yeh, this is Joe. I have your cell phone, if you want it back. I got in a car accident and I'm upstairs in St. Joseph's Hospital."
I went to the hospital and after much persuasion, the receptionist searched for "Joe" who was "upstairs." She and found him and called him, but he told her he was not accepting visitors.
― Sandbox Jesse, Monday, 26 December 2011 07:20 (twelve years ago) link
yarg, i'm having the worst luck with flying recently. my flight on the way out of dc was cancelled, as i whined about a few days ago, and now, upon arrival, my bags are missing. i'm heading to the airport bar. fuck it.
― Z S, Monday, 26 December 2011 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
maybe i should just live in the airport. they have everything!
― Z S, Monday, 26 December 2011 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
yeah great transport links
― judith, Monday, 26 December 2011 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
As I often boast and tempt fate, I've only had one significant flight delay in my life (~5 hours in Atlanta due to a storm in 1988), and never a canceled flight. And no lost luggage. Once it was delayed b/c it wouldn't fit on the puddle jumper to Key West, but I got it a few hours later.
― Sandbox Jesse, Monday, 26 December 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
if you're back in dc, just go home and make them deliver the bags
― mookieproof, Monday, 26 December 2011 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
also f u jesse
Also no significant turbulence. Only some small bumps, like running over a pothole in a car.
You know this means I'm going to die in a heinous aircrash, right?
― Sandbox Jesse, Monday, 26 December 2011 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
eh, i thought about it, but my medicine is in there, and also a bunch of my work clothes. i didn't want to mess with them delivering it during the week when i'm at work. and plus it's supposed to arrive in about an hour, now (apparently it's on the next flight from philly?) and i have some work to do on my computer anyway.
― Z S, Monday, 26 December 2011 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
my only canceled flight meant i got to delay my holiday by three days hanging out by the pool in a hotel
― judith, Monday, 26 December 2011 20:15 (twelve years ago) link
was that in Orlando? didn't you also watch Mark Ruffalo movies ?
― sarahel, Monday, 26 December 2011 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
carry-on only over here *brushes dirt off of shoulder*
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Monday, 26 December 2011 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
yes i also watched mark ruffalo movies! also watched the same movie on the flight back too. but they edited out his ass.
― judith, Monday, 26 December 2011 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
Rark! Muffalo!
― Jeff, Monday, 26 December 2011 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
i know i'm being a fusspot but i would rather deal with the vagaries of checked luggage than go around town with dirt on my shoulder. xp
― estela, Monday, 26 December 2011 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
I will admit it's perhaps an uneven tradeoff *continues brushing dirt off*
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Tuesday, 27 December 2011 02:09 (twelve years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5d/Pig-pen_peanuts.PNG
― Z S, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 02:09 (twelve years ago) link
urgent tipping question: some guys are coming in an hour to clean and fix the gutters on our roof. $260 for the job. should we tip and if so how much??
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Tuesday, 27 December 2011 12:51 (twelve years ago) link
oh god really?
― judith, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 12:53 (twelve years ago) link
I know I can't believe I'm sullying the sandbox w/ a tipping question
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Tuesday, 27 December 2011 12:55 (twelve years ago) link