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Post by sprite on Jul 17, 2023 11:57:50 GMT -5
i thought someone was being racist about immigration, but they were just commenting on the weather.
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Post by Liiisa on Jul 18, 2023 18:05:54 GMT -5
There is a glamping business in Brooklyn that, ok, is on the riverside but looks like it's in the middle of a sketchy abandoned parking lot? You can stay in a container (ok, renovated, with a/c and an ensuite bathroom) for $300 or in a tent for $85.
I was like - ok if you sleep in a tent in an abandoned parking lot in Brooklyn and pay someone $85 then you're "glamping," but if you do that without paying someone $85 then you're "homeless."
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Post by tinaja on Jul 18, 2023 21:14:17 GMT -5
I have seen lots of Airbnb options to stay in someone's travel trailer, not much cheaper than a house. And if they call a tent a "yurt" somehow that costs more.
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Post by psw on Jul 18, 2023 21:33:14 GMT -5
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Post by tinaja on Jul 18, 2023 22:59:27 GMT -5
I could buy one of those pre-constructioned tool sheds and rent it out as a tiny house. Primitive style. If it wasn't so far away, I would rent out the hut on the forested part our farm land. Except some deer hunter might shoot them. I kid you not.
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Post by Liiisa on Jul 19, 2023 5:03:04 GMT -5
tinaja that made me laugh
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Post by sprite on Jul 19, 2023 14:45:47 GMT -5
A colleague ate fresh pasta for the first time ever. She'd assumed it was less healthy because it cooked faster.
She does not cook for herself (is single and eats at Mom's house + leftovers), which is probably a good thing if that's how she determines whether or not something is healthy.
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Post by Liiisa on Jul 19, 2023 16:09:59 GMT -5
faster = instant = pot noodles?
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Post by tzarine on Jul 20, 2023 12:41:44 GMT -5
I have seen lots of Airbnb options to stay in someone's travel trailer, not much cheaper than a house. And if they call a tent a "yurt" somehow that costs more. dont laugh, i was offered a yurt once. it was way more expensive than the room @ the regular inn people do pay extra for novelties
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Post by Liiisa on Jul 20, 2023 14:20:55 GMT -5
I’d stay in a yurt, as long as it wasn’t $300 in an abandoned parking lot
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Post by tzarine on Jul 20, 2023 20:39:44 GMT -5
I’d stay in a yurt, as long as it wasn’t $300 in an abandoned parking lot id stay in one in mongolia
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Post by tzarine on Jul 20, 2023 20:40:53 GMT -5
this was on my grant app " milestones you aim to achieve on the runway to completion"
im not fucking flying a plane, im writing
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Post by tzarine on Jul 21, 2023 15:06:21 GMT -5
this was on my grant app " milestones you aim to achieve on the runway to completion" im not fucking flying a plane, im writing by the way its not a fucking fashion show, either tho there was a trend of authors in fashion mags. tzar's colleague appeared in one.
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Post by Queen on Jul 25, 2023 15:36:10 GMT -5
So there's a bit of a fuss about the Barbie movie, it seems to have upset a lot of men who could have just not watched it... and then there's this piece of genius work - it's worth watching as well as listening because there are a lot of jokes happening on the screen. I suspect people who really know music will laugh even more than I did
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Post by psw on Jul 25, 2023 16:17:13 GMT -5
Brilliant! ROTFL!!!
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Post by tzarine on Jul 26, 2023 2:14:50 GMT -5
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Post by Queen on Jul 27, 2023 16:19:36 GMT -5
Lots of my colleagues have English as a second language, and have excellent English, which just makes it all the funnier when they mess it up.
Today's joy; we have a course that will be 3 or 4 online sessions followed by a test. Or, as my colleague put it "We do the four lectures and then we give you an internal examination"
Lucky I was not consuming a beverage at the time.
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Post by Liiisa on Jul 29, 2023 19:49:32 GMT -5
I'd bought a tiny thing of Smidge insect repellent when I was in Scotland that never got used because it rained most of the time that we were up in midge territory. I assumed it was a small container of wipes - it's a plastic thing about the size of one of those super-compact wallets - but had never figured out how to open it up and get one out.
So I decided to figure that out and realized huh, if I push this one bit... and thereby learned that it was actually a tiny flat squirt bottle, which was so surprising that it sent me into hilarity.
Glad I wear glasses so I didn't get any in my eyes, though....
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Post by psw on Jul 30, 2023 11:43:26 GMT -5
Looking for a hat, which I still haven't found, I stumbled on a shipping bag from Land's End, where I frequently buy clothing online. I didn't know what was in it. It had been opened, so I obviously saw it when it was delivered. To my delight it contained four, count 'em four, bright colorful summer short-sleeved V-neck shirts! Turns out I ordered them back in March and totally forgot about them! Just what I wanted, and what I need right now!
Actually my neighbor is hosting a block party this afternoon and I've been wondering what to wear! So I now have the FWP of choosing one!
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Post by Liiisa on Jul 30, 2023 12:01:41 GMT -5
Fantastic, psw!
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Post by psw on Jul 30, 2023 22:10:08 GMT -5
UPDATE: I found the hat.
The party was delightful.
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Post by lillielangtry on Aug 1, 2023 10:55:38 GMT -5
My partner just asked me about an American dish called "lapsarole".
We were both mystified until we found out what he had heard was "lobster roll"!
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Post by sprite on Aug 1, 2023 11:01:35 GMT -5
mmm. lobster roll...
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Post by psw on Aug 1, 2023 11:06:10 GMT -5
I used to drive my legally-blind friend up to a lobster shack right on the ocean for her birthday lunch - fresh-caught and prepared lobster rolls on the porch with the smell and sound of the sea. A wonderful excursion. I miss her.
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Post by lillielangtry on Aug 1, 2023 11:56:02 GMT -5
Ah, psw, that's a nice memory.
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Post by Liiisa on Aug 1, 2023 17:27:45 GMT -5
Lapsarole! Too wonderful.
Mmm I love a lobster roll... with melted butter... aaaaah too bad they cost like $40 or whatever
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Post by HalcyonDaze on Aug 1, 2023 19:23:04 GMT -5
Monday evening, driving LC to his frisbee game. A cockatoo flew right at the windscreen and I ducked. It was automatic, but I still laughed as that wasn't going to stop the cockatoo from hitting the windscreen, and there was no way the cockatoo was going to hit me (in the end it swerved last minute and only a wing brushed the top of the windscreen in the corner)
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Post by tzarine on Aug 1, 2023 23:48:45 GMT -5
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Post by Liiisa on Aug 2, 2023 19:05:41 GMT -5
Exquisite
"You Should Know That After Today $29.8 Will No Longer Be Available For These Bra"
Only $29.8! For these Bra! I must get one now. Or get some. Now
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Aug 3, 2023 8:01:44 GMT -5
Monday evening, driving LC to his frisbee game. A cockatoo flew right at the windscreen and I ducked. It was automatic, but I still laughed as that wasn't going to stop the cockatoo from hitting the windscreen, and there was no way the cockatoo was going to hit me (in the end it swerved last minute and only a wing brushed the top of the windscreen in the corner) I duck whenever that happens, usually at 110kph somewhere in the outback. Fortunately, not much traffic out there.
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