We always said ... "The angle of the dangle ...". In OZ do they say the "ongle of the dongle"?

Curious minds may want to know. :confused:

Angle. Ongle's Brit.

So, what you're saying is the angle of the dangle is like the ongle of the dongle on the Brit. :confused:


:D

Another school shooting and near a certain pixie.

I think so. Check with DM, with a plumb-bob if necessary.

Have a bad transformer on our furnace that they have to replace. :(

Pixies being down

Sorry, I misread that. I was wondering why you were sad about Pixies going down.

And, site unavailability was sad.

Yeah, I had gotten off Pixies for a bit and when I returned ... there was no Pixies for me to get to. Dang, that's frustrating. Took quite a while to get back up. :(

A young man my son was in marching band with died in an accident today.

Lilith, so sorry to hear that. Give him our condolences.

Had a power outage last night and it knocked out the "cable box" in our bedroom. Will have to get replaced, but, they're not open until Monday. So, either we watch TV in the living room ... or ... we watch a DVD or BluRay in our room. :(

So sad. A lifetime of potential suddenly not there.

True. I heard his send off was beautiful.

Turning down the amazing offer.

Not having my car back until Monday. Been a long week!

My dad had to put my rottweiler down today. He was 12 years old and diagnosed with congestive heart failure. Prognosis was less than a week.

:console:

My youngest demon spawn :( This kid WILL be the death of me

My best friend's cancer has gotten worse, and spread. She's going to do some horrific course of chemo that seems to be her only hope, and the prognosis is, bizarrely, 2 months to 2 years. I really don't know what to do or what to think in the face of what can be done is being done, and barring a miracle, it won't be enough. All I know is I'm not ready to lose her (as if I ever could be), and there's not a goddamned thing I can do about it.

It's hard, AZRH, being helpless in the face of the inevitable. Save your feelings until your friend has gone (you can do it) and wring everything you can out of what time you have together.

This is the only way I got through losing my sister to cancer.

Thanks, OF. Though it kills me to admit it ;), that's pretty good advice. Dwelling on what I cannot control has never done me any good, and it won't do either of us good this time, either. I will try.

We'll add your friend to our prayer list that whatever happens, somehow the comfort and consolation will be there when it's needed most. In the meantime, I think OF got it right. Do the best with the time you have.

Thank you, DB. We'll take every bit of help that's offered.

I wish I had some words of comfort or advise but I can only imagine how scared you both are. Losing people just sucks.

Big time.

Actually, it was yesterday when we went to the visitation of a young man (mid-40's) who died in an electrical accident a few days ago. He had been my son's (same age) best friend through grade school, police school, up until the day he died. He had been a well respected member of the E. Peoria's Police Department and was part of their K-9 unit. His dog died just a couple of years ago with honors granted by the police department. Literally hundreds of State, and local officers from many communities were there along with hundreds of friends. We knew him well and it was a shocking and deep loss for us, too.

That is so awful dicksbro! :(

The El Macho and I are getting divorced after almost 16 years, so today I am feeling sad about that. Maybe not so sad about the divorce, but about the man I don't recognize anymore. Life, can be so rough. Death, divorce, is some of the most painful feelings to feel. Ironic that with death and divorce, the grieving process can be very similar. Big hugs...XOXO Morrigan!

Morri,

Tough shot. Hope you'll get through this difficult period quickly. :wish:

Sorry to hear about the problems you're facing Morri. Hopefully things will work out for the best. Our thoughts are with you.

Morri, remember not so much the painful parting but the many joys that brought you together. :shrug:

And remember that staying together would just extend the pain. The separation is required to start the healing.

I'm sad that its raining again. This month we have gotten 29"inches of rain with lots of flooding (no water in the house) last night it rained 4 inches an hour

That's a lot of rain ^^^^. 4" and hour. Arrrggg!

We've had a lot of rain, but, knock on wood, not beyond the ability of our rivers and stream to handle any extra. Hopefully this puts an end to the drought-like conditions in your neck of the woods.

I wish the weather would clear here long enough to get all those springtime outside chores done. :(

It's not really sad, but my oscar decided he really didn't like his thermometer and broke it. Luckily he didn't break open the inner tube where the red liquid was.

Having to stop into the bank to pay our property taxes and renew a license plate. Okay, expected ... but not fun. :(

So far ... nothing. But then, it's only a quarter to five in the morning. Strong storms later today don't sound very pleasing, though. :(

Not much here either.

My chocolate bar melting as I am trying to dip it peanut butter.

I took two Lindt Dark Chocolate bars (70% Cocoa), melted them in a dish floating in a bigger dish of hot water and added a half a packet of popping candy. It was still a little tart, so I sprinkled it with sea-salt. I spread it on some baking paper and put it in the Fridge. This is seriously yummo, with the popping candy giving it an aspect I have never had with chocolate before.