1. A green velvet pillow with a lion cub cross-stitched onto it, made by my mother's mother.
2. When my mother's father left his home of 60 years for an assisted living community, the family went through and tried to divide up all the things he couldn't take with him. Among them were a number of teacups and saucers, which weren't part of a matched set. When no one else wanted them, I was thrilled. I love them, and use them all, but my favorite is a green and yellow one from 1923. I'd be sad if it broke, because I have yet to find any remaining ones like it.
3. My favorite t-shirt is red, and has a picture of a woman wearing a dress, and holding a slingshot. It puts me in the mood to get things done whenever I wear it.
Hurray for getting out! Now I hope you'll be able to get some rest and feel better.
Chimay is excellent, yes. You might also enjoy Duvel. I certainly do.
I agree with David Bell @ #1 about just putting the money into a bank account that the prisoner can access post-release. I cannot see a way in which that would pose a safety risk. This is ridiculous and horrible.
I had cholera when I was 14 and visiting my Mexican relatives. It is nasty stuff, but Jim's right: one can live to tell the tale given plenty of rehydration. I spent days drinking water and Pedialyte, and while most of the fluid left my body nearly as soon as I'd ingested it, persistence did pay off. One thing I'll say that wasn't mentioned here is the sweat. Water will leave your body by whatever means possible, and your sheets definitely do not smell good even if you make it to the bathroom every time you need to. Boil water, wash hands, and be very careful buying food that isn't pre-packaged or thoroughly boiled/fried when you are in a cholera zone. We're pretty sure what got me was a shrimp cocktail. Take heed.
Martin @28: "Laws and sausages"
Everyone keeps mentioning Johnny Cash here, but the version of the song that I know is Jimmy Dean's. He won a Grammy for it in 1962, and then started the Jimmy Dean sausage business in 1969 (so says Wikipedia, at least).
That video is cringe worthy no matter who they're impersonating, though.
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