Sweeeeeet lorrrrrrd have mercy on that family.

Mumsie, I looked up the Yaris.
Oh boy.
Well do call if you need a push out of a snowbank...I can be there in 15 minutes!

Yes downtown gets cleared right away, unlike neighbouring "le Plateau" (see current photos in Snow Thread).
It will be fine...although I did not get down there recently to tell you about parking situations.
Sorry.

*hugs Krikit*

Flames, that game is addictive! 9.99m so far!

Yes 14 flowers for Kevin.
Condolences Krikit to you and their whole family.
What a sad time...

Remember the good things.

Well....now that they've adopted Len. My parents are staying a while longer. Thanks for the bonne chance (is that even a phrase, it is now ) I do think Dame Fortune will be smiling on us this Wednesday. Can't you tell, I'm getting just a bit stoked.

Trailmix you're so handy with the Photoshop(?). But shouldn't it be Mtl or bustier?

Thanks for the offer but I figure, we'll just carry it into the consulate with us.

You'll need to leave it in the locker. They won't let you take it upstairs.

I admit this one really had me laughing hard, I still can't stop smiling. Damn Prozac.

I CANNOT WORK DAMN IT!!!

You people are relentless....truly funny.
Thank you.

If one's going for breast enhancement I suppose.

OH MY GOD, I freakin HOWLED!!!!! You RAWK, Trailmix!!! Click to view attachment

Reminds of a conversation in June when I picked up my future father-in-law and his wife from the airport; they had flown here to meet me!
And before we had even left the airport grounds I was finding myself telling them that it was not necessary to bring a sweater into a restuarant in Montreal as we Montrealites have our priorities straight: women need to be (almost) naked, not covered up. Hence why we don't blast the A/C.

That's when my FIL said, "Oh yes, cleavage is in." to which I replied, "Did it ever go out?!"

We were howling with laughter....his wife quietly responded to my fiancé, "We are never going to get a word in edgewise with these two."



We all loved each other instantly.

LMAO!

How about ---- Have Bustier, will Travel to MTL???????????????

Pamela Anderson starred in that TV show didn't she?

No! I'll be hanging out in the area working and visiting family... And you?

Awww.... Being at home at Christmas is nice. I'm aiming for that. My goal is to have all my family spend Christmas with us in two years. This year we are heading back to Canada to be with family and friends. (Neither of us have family in FLA. Hubby was transferred here through his work.) We're leaving on Christmas Eve and coming back on New Year's Day, so we're only going to be there for a week. But it's going to be a very busy week because there are so many people to see. As long as I remember not to have more than one glass of wine (or champagne) on New Year's Eve, it'll all be good. I'm not too adept at flying after drinking. Click to view attachment

Then you'll never be an airline pilot.

Don't scare me like that. I'm placing my life in their hands in 7 sleeps.

Good morning peeps! Should be fairly warm here today, and the snow will probably melt. I had a crack in my coffee carafe, and I went looking for a new carafe yesterday....oh my, what a production! Everyone I talked to, including the salespeople, said..."throw it away". (meaning the whole coffee machine)

Actually I don't know that I've met a more throw-away society than here in the US! I ended up finding one, so I was happy. Why would I buy a whole new coffee maker when I just need a new carafe? Now, interestingly enough, the carafe was almost the same price as a new coffee maker. So I'm thinking it's a conspiracy!

Enjoy your day everyone!

Carla

Thanks for the coffee. It goes well with the cookie.


I agree about the throw-away society and the price of carafes. When I first moved here my husband's cousin told me about Gevalia. She said to sign up and get free stuff. So I get a coupon in the mail as a new homeowner for a free coffee machine and 2 lbs of coffee if I sign up and pay for the shipping ($15). Right on. Did it online, get my machine (nice) and tried the coffee (blech). Three months later I received delivery of another two pounds of coffee. Called up the company, cancelled the order, got a refund, kept the coffee, kept the machine. Gave said coffee to
cousin-in-law. Everybody happy.

yay! carlacoffee!
g'morning all

Morning

Just passing back, working a little later today, but gtg nontheless

See ya

Nice to see you post again, Mephys. Was wondering how you were doing.

Carla is you ever go to Key West, especially during the annual sailboat regatta mid January, you may be shocked.
I was.
The amount of bottles, cans, plastic cups, you name it, that fill up their garbage trucks to go where?? (Off their island obviously.)
There is no recycling of any of it.
WTF??
If I lived in a place such as that I could not function until "fixing" the situation.

This is but a microcosm of a much greater problem.

So many electronics are cheaper to replace than to repair.
Landfills in India as well as other "3rd World countries" are full of our (Western) old computers, etc.
People risk their lives to recycle all they can from such debris, to make their livelihood.

The problem with landfills/garbage is what is leaching into our groundwater.

The one water we have ever had and will ever have in our closed ecosystem, aka our Earth.

(Am I in the Vent Thread? I research too much on garbage. Ask em anything if you are curious. )

Quit reading up on politicians!

Hi Carla, for a moment there I thought you were going to say you had Crack in your coffee - anyway, glad you found the correct carafe'.

Regular or decaff?

Doesn't matter as long as it's got coffeemate. My cup of coffee is so good this morning, you know how some mornings it's just so darn good, well it is.

I had also followed that up with a rant about recycling and gov etc etc, then deleted it.

Someone just called my Husband's cell phone looking for Ruth's Steak House. >>>clarification - he forgot it at home - I answered the phone - otherwise that comment just looks silly and I would hate to appear silly

Trailmix, regular or decaff crack. Oh wait, you use coffeemate, isn't that the same thing?

Yeah, I was referring to the crack

I need to wrap presents. Firstly because then I can put the tree skirt back down and the cat won't sit on it and secondly because I need to know if I need more paper and thirdly because my 'I need to rap' joke is wearing thin.

I'm sick with a cold and I feel like crap. My stepson had a little Christmas party in his classroom this morning- I didn't go because I didn't want to spread my germs and I felt too yucky. I feel bad I couldn't go.

Also - I managed to get yet another bug bite that got really swollen and started getting the red line coming from it (a sign of blood poisoning) This happened once before in July. I have no idea what keeps biting me and causing this reaction. Yesterday I went to the Doctor- the clinic was great- as soon as she saw my hand, she got me right in to see a Doctor. I got a shot of something in my hip and 10 days worth of pills.

sounds like you got some pretty bad bugs down there. maybe a spider bite? and do you have a yard and if so, does mel spray it and the house for bugs?

I haven't spent much time outside recently. We don't spray the outside but we do have an exterminator who comes in once a month and sprays the house.

Poor misguided Trailmix.

I wouldn't waste my time if I didn't care:


PLEASE STOP PUTTING THAT CRAP/POISON INTO YOUR SYSTEM!



It is frying your brain cells as we "speak".



"Coffeemate. What is it? Is it an embalmer? Is it a coffee whitener? Is it a carcinogen?"

"It is all that and more!"

hmmm so odds are something inside. i remember you've been bitten before down there in no. maybe do some searches on what those bites resemble?

Oops...good advice.

Not only that, it's lining the arteries. We love you T-Mix! Please.... step away from the dust.

Sorry you're sick, Stacey. You're definitely allergic to whatever's biting you. But maybe if you get bitten enough you'll develop an immunity!? Maybe Emancipation can offer some words of wisdom. She had a bad allergic reaction to a bite a few months ago.

Everyone has to have some vices, it's the spice of life

Well, when you put it that way..... God help anyone who tries to talk me out of drinking wine. Okay. Coffee-Mate away.

Just heard that my BIL made it out of Iraq safely.. sooooooo relieved.. it's been a long 5 months!! He'll be back in the US on Saturday!!

i feel better now

So what are your vices Charles!?

And krikit, wine is good for you so it doesn't count - what other vices do YOU have hmmm and SpiritAlight, do you have any vices. I want confessions here people.

list my vices? omg that would take the rest of the week