xeger @ 352:
Thank you for posting that Wikipedia link on sizes. (My decades-when-I-was-underweight size 6 to 8 is now a 0 to 2? Dear ghods. *shakes head*)
And yeah, spending gallons of gas to save less than the cost of gas? *shakes head again* Not to mention that I hate shopping, other than the browse-through-the-thrift-store kind. Regular shopping, where I know what I need/am looking for, and the odds are that it won't exist, drives me even crazier than my usual.
331 ::: John Mark Ockerbloom @ 331:
re: the MSRP/outlet mall Particle:
I'm another non-typical shopper; I know what I'm looking for, I know the quality I want; I know my price limits. That said, I've had very good look at the Corning/Revere outlet stores. Three years ago, when I finally admitted to myself that my neuropathy was making too many inroads into my supply of china, I went for Corelle. The pattern I love is no longer in stores, but still sold at the outlets, so I got complete place settings for four, plus several serving pieces, at very reasonable prices. Likewise, a dozen years ago when I wanted the 16-qt. Revere copperclad stockpot, the outlet store had it for much less than any retail stores selling it; same quality.
I've also ventured intot the Jones NY store, once, for something to wear to the opera.
Otherwise - the "you're saving ALL THIS MONEY if you buy here" approagh just doesn't work on me, any more than one supermarket's item on sale will end up in my cart if the regular price at another store is lower.
I suspect I'm very much in the minority, though.
Marna Nightingale @ 201:
and then all of a sudden the whole debate turns into "Yargh! Ack! Crazy woman attacking me with a cricket bat, help help help ..." *horrible crunchy yet somehow wet thwacking noises* "Aaaaaaaargh!"
That seems entirely appropriate to me...
Bill Higgins @ 902"
What comes next? "CighPhie?"
Sigh. Fie!
Lee@210:
Oh. That person, as a zombie? Now that is a truly scary thought.
Lila:
GoodThoughts going out for you and your family, and for everyone affected by this.
Xopher @ 764:
Smaller...truffles. You want me to make my truffles...smaller? I'm sorry; obviously you couldn't have meant something so obviously absurd (as the lack of outcry from those who were at that party at Denvention shows). I apologize for misinterpreting you. Could you explain what you actually did mean?
That will teach me to post that late, and medicated. Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.
Xopher @ 740:
Hmmmm. Use an apple corer, and make smaller truffles to fit the holes?
Happy anniversary!
And Marilee, welcome back! It's so good to hear of your progress.
Ginger @ 832:
I read that as "A Fistful of Yarn." *grin*
Had a doctor's appointment yesterday, and asked her about the shingles vaccination; she checked, and said Medicare won't cover it until I'm 60. I can wait another 11 months...
I think I set myself up for this next part: she asked when I'd last had a tetanus shot (more than six years, since the clinic records go back that far). Next thing I knew, there was an assistant jabbing my shoulder.
Is it my imagination, or have they changed something? It hurts *much* less than I remember from past shots.
(Anyway, Jim, thanks so much for these posts.)
Marna Nightingale @ 672:
That if somebody goes to the trouble to give me a compliment, the least I can do is accept the damned thing and treat it kindly.
Oh. Oh my.
*adds that to quote file, and attempts to memorize it*
Ginger @ 364:
Thank you! That's good to know about the shingles vaccination. I'll take it up with my doctor when I see her next month. (I never ever want to go through an episode again; I have chronic intractable migraines, and the nerve pain from the shingles was worse.)
I've got the smallpox vaccination scar; I remember the polio scares when I was very little, and how Salk was considered a hero, and oh ghods those shots hurt and no one complained, because we all knew of at least *someone* who wore leg braces or had spent time in an iron lung from polio. (And the the Sabin vaccine came along, just a sugar cube...)
Before the age of 10 I'd had measles, rubella, scarlet fever, pneumonia, at least two or three strep throats a year. Also mumps, but so mildly I barely noticed.
Had pneumonia again, very severely, in '93; was elated when *that* vaccine came along.
Don't remember when I had my last tetanus shot; my memory for such things isn't good, but my doctor's the sort that will tell me emphatically when the next one's due, so I don't worry about it.
Had shingles in my early 30s, and the nerve pain was horrendous. Does anyone know if the vaccine would still be useful if one has already had one attack?
(Oh, and Jim? Bartells Pharmacies in the Seattle area are making Vial of Life 'scrip bottles available, complete with all forms, door sticker, and fridge magnet. Suggested contribution is $1; got mine and one for a friend.)
Debcha @ 560:
*waves hand from Bainbridge Island*
I've got other things going on during the weekends of April 25th and May 10th, though the May one could be changed if that's the date decided upon. Just let me know enough in advance that I can factor the ferry trip over into the budget, 'k?
Xopher @ 401:
The time has come, the Walrus said...
(Which can, btw, be sung to Shubert's Die Forelle.)
*whimper*
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