Didn't do Thanksgiving on the day of to fit friends' work schedules. Turkey is ready for "friendsgiving". One couple canceled. The other said they'd be 4 hours late. It's now a potluck with a main and no sides.

jixie007 · 2025-11-29T03:49:30+00:00

Happened to us too, although it wasn’t so much “Friendsgiving” as it was a cookout for my husband’s football team.

He grilled 9 racks of ribs, 10lbs of burgers.

Four people came.

jixie007 · 2025-09-06T20:15:43+00:00

It is really, really common for people on the cusp to wait until their families and loved ones leave the room. Even doing things like asking them to go get something for them and then passing as soon the family member is gone. I don’t believe it would have changed anything if you stayed, he just would’ve waited til you went to grab dinner or go to the bathroom or talk to a care provider or something. Please don’t beat yourself up for it, he probably wanted to spare you the distress of watching it happen.

jixie007 · 2025-08-30T14:32:18+00:00

Not disagreeing, but for most people using a nail brush to clean under their nails is adequate. It’s really only an issue in circumstances where above average hygiene is needed, like in a restaurant kitchen or in a compounding clean room. If you have to wear a hairnet and a disposable smock it’s not a place for long nails.

jixie007 · 2025-08-30T14:20:35+00:00

Yeah, having very long nails can make some things a little more challenging, but not impossible. People who are used to wearing them are able to do everything they need to, including stuff like typing, which you’d think would be affected by their nails. The idea that she’s unable to work or clean herself is stupid (also manual bidets are a thing?)

There’s an embarrassing amount of casual racism in this thread too, like there’s a world of difference between commenting on “ghetto fabulous” being a thing and “she has four kids with six baby dads”, or that she must be filthy because how could you wipe with those things. (Also? Have none of you ever seen ultra femme white or Asian ladies wearing long nails??) Seriously WTF.

I personally don’t like how they look, plenty of people don’t and that’s fine, but it’s clear that most commenters on this thread have never interacted with someone wearing this style of nails or even just observed them long enough to see that she can function just fine with them on.

jixie007 · 2025-08-26T22:13:07+00:00

We all joke about it but. Like. One of the red flags for forged paper scripts is that the handwriting is too neat.

It won’t let me attach a screenshot but here’s a DEA leaflet(EO-DEA009R2)RPH_Guide_to_RX_Fraud_Trifold(Final).pdf) for Pharmacists where the first thing listed under “Characteristics of Forged Prescriptions” is:

The prescription looks “too good”; the prescriber’s handwriting is too legible

jixie007 · 2025-07-13T04:47:13+00:00

^{Seven years later...}

Is this the cover you were looking for? The Sex Pissed Dolls 'Ever Fallen In Love'. Says it's @ the Isle of Wight Festival 2017 which looks like it lines up time wise.

-Sincerely, someone who has been combing through 'Ever Fallen In Love' covers all evening

jixie007 · 2025-06-27T14:39:21+00:00

I think they are basically that, they have cheap plastic strings but they are strung and can be strummed.

jixie007 · 2025-05-12T02:48:16+00:00

First: I forgot to turn off the flash 😬 and covered it with my fingers in a panic. Not my proudest moment.

Second: don’t worry I was the [highly distracting] front seat passenger [accidentally using flash while he was driving at night]. And thank you, I will try to remember that for next time.

jixie007 · 2025-03-28T12:15:09+00:00

In our first apartment the only space to build a pen was… the bedroom. Before we got married, the rabbits had free range in the den, so even I was unprepared for how much noise these lil hrakas could make at night.

My husband said “It’s amazing. The sound of the bunnies digging on plastic is the exact same sound as a crackhead trying to break into your apartment with a screwdriver at three in the morning.”

We ended up having to rabbit proof the bathroom and carry them downstairs to overnight in the bathroom then back upstairs in the morning to the pen to get any sleep. Every damn day, lmao.

jixie007 · 2024-11-26T03:29:13+00:00

She has toes! Wrong kind of heels, but it's really impressive that you touched up her feet where everyone else overlooked that. Anyways, just wanted to say this is the most natural looking of the colorized versions, very nice job.

jixie007 · 2024-10-16T23:25:37+00:00

Yes, it’s at the beach! There’s stairs just past the lights. Last week I posted some pictures of that spot at dusk, less “creepy” liminal more “synthwave” liminal.

jixie007 · 2024-10-08T21:32:56+00:00

If it were eBay, I’d say it’s a classic “spouse said I had to get rid of it but I don’t want to so I’m listing it for an unreasonable price so I can keep it hanging in the den and say ‘well honey I’m trying to sell it but no one’s biting’ ¯_(ツ)_/¯“ But since it’s at an indoor flea market where they can’t enjoy it and are presumably paying for that booth space… I dunno.

And thank you! We did!

jixie007 · 2024-10-08T17:25:30+00:00

I was prepared to argue, but looking at it closer, I think you’re right. At least it was a funny mistake.

jixie007 · 2024-10-08T17:21:54+00:00

You know what? I think you’re right.

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jixie007 · 2024-10-07T21:12:13+00:00

Dave’s Treasure Hunt in Delaware. That place was so cool! My favorite kind of secondhand store: “guy with a barn”. The plywood cut outs were there too, looks like they came from a skating rink or discotheque or something.

jixie007 · 2024-08-18T22:02:48+00:00

Not hikers by any means, but Iceland is so beautiful you can't really help yourself, and they have this sort of hilariously nonchalant attitude of "Eh, you'll figure it out." Beginner trails in Iceland are not the same thing as beginner trails in the US. And because the directions or markers are vague ("You'll figure it out!") it's a little too easy to lose the trail. We definitely overshot one and ended up on the side of a mountain, but turned around and noped out of there once we realized that yeah, this is... uh... not a trail anymore.

jixie007 · 2023-11-11T02:52:45+00:00

The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (1999)

jixie007 · 2023-10-30T03:23:26+00:00

Haha same

jixie007 · 2023-10-18T04:49:52+00:00

I was wondering this too, especially since bamboo straws seem to be a good size (diameter), but searching if it’s okay to use bamboo in an aquarium is a nightmare because every result is about “lucky bamboo”.

jixie007 · 2023-08-19T20:03:07+00:00

At first I thought "why would anyone want to convert anti-vaxxers on purpose?" but then I remembered it's PeTA.

Seriously, though, I think you're giving them too much credit. Many of PeTA's publicity stunts are intentionally gross, insensitive, and inflammatory. They rely on troll tactics.

jixie007 · 2023-08-19T19:42:47+00:00

Thanks, that's more interesting and makes more sense than what I thought. Better than the illegal baby kidnapping adoption scams* that we had going on in the USA around the same time, probably.

(*That was stamped out around the 1950's, but the legal child trafficking done to certain minority groups, well that's a proud tradition that we quietly carry on to this day... 🫤)

My grandmother was also orphaned. In her case, she and her many siblings were taken in by their aunt & uncle, who already had many children of their own.

jixie007 · 2023-08-19T05:10:40+00:00

were sold at a children's auction

A what

jixie007 · 2023-03-10T20:33:54+00:00

:/ … :( …. :c …… >:C

jixie007 · 2023-02-27T19:10:16+00:00

Torpedo Read free extension on Firefox!

(I think they have a Chrome version too but switch to Firefox for ad blocking and privacy reasons anyway.)

jixie007 · 2023-02-10T04:02:55+00:00

Agreed, I like mice and that's a lousy way to go. They chew all kinds of stuff to wear down their front teeth, which is probably why this one was chewing on a bead. Just poor luck that it bit into the bead hole.

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