Dreary Tuesday talking

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    miranadobe
    Tina - my jaw dropped open when I read about your Kirby!  GAH!!!  That's skeery to me - an actual short like that to shut off the power from the outlet?!?!

    Oh no, not that serious. The outlet I had plugged into, I have to turn the light switch on in order for there to be power. The short happened in the cord part nearest the vacuum; it popped and I had a flame. I turned the light switch off so the fire didn't travel down the cord to the outlet. I'm not sure it would have, but wasn't taking any chances. I didn't want handle the cord itself or try to put out the little fire until the outlet was off and I could unplug it. It was stinky for only a minute, thankfully. I put the ceiling fan on high and opened a couple of windows. I'm a big 'fraidy cat when it comes to fire, so much so I don't even do candles.

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    sharismom
    The short happened in the cord part nearest the vacuum; it popped and I had a flame.

    STILL SKEERY!! Indifferent  For being an astrological "fire sign", I have a fear of fires/explosions... because in my childish mind, any fire can eventually lead to an explosion.  Thanks Mr. Femmer for putting the fear of god into me when lighting a Bunsen burner in Chemistry class!

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    Big Smile You guys and your talk about jizzing and fires and chemistry class have me chuckling over my lunch here!

    I stalled over the word "jizzed," too --- I could tell from the context of your sentence, Callie, that you meant you were wound up, so I assumed you made a typo and meant to write "jazzed" (even though that word has a more positive connotation than the state of being you were trying to describe)!

    Paige, your comment about bunsen burners and chemistry class reminded me of my very first day in chem lab as a freshman in high school.  The teacher was lecturing us on all the safety procedures and protocols we were to follow when in the lab, stating several times how we must wear safety goggles when conducting experiments.  During this introductory lecture we weren't supposed to be doing anything but listening, but the boys at the end of our lab table were fooling around with a bunsen burner.  All of a sudden, a flame shot out, and it made its way towards me and my lab partner at our end of the table.  I nearly fell out of my chair jumping back from the table, but my partner's reaction was more memorable.  She started yelling, "Safety goggles! Safety goggles!" as she flailed her arms around trying to grab them and put them on.  We laughed about that for years afterwards, although it was not funny at that moment.  The boys got in trouble, of course.  Stick out tongue

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    Sounds like pretty good news about your dad Callie.  Half a PHEW until we hear more....

    It's rained so hard today and so long and out working in out I do believe my feet are starting to web. Quack!

    I had more to say, but my water logged brain forgetted it....

     

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    Embarrassed  Hi all...

    I typed lots of stuff this morning .....Callie I was sending lots and lots of good vibes for your Mom and Dad and Charlie and you....

    I cant remember what all I said and dont know where it went, lol.....

    I do remember telling Cathy that when she talks about Shane it makes me say  "Awwwww that's so sweet :)"

    Hope everyone is ok...

    ETA:  oooo..oooo...ooo... now I remember!  Guess what?   I am gonna be a GREAT GRANDMA!!!!!  My granddaughter (the one in the Army), is gonna have a baby :)   She is very excited. 

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     For the record, where I am from, jizz is something even more gross than what Paige thought. Anyone who wants to know can go look it up in the Urban Dictionary. The first one is what I thought it was.

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    griffinej5

     For the record, where I am from, jizz is something even more gross than what Paige thought. Anyone who wants to know can go look it up in the Urban Dictionary. The first one is what I thought it was.

     

    Me too!

     

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    griffinej5
    jizz is something even more gross than what Paige thought.

     Now you're talking a pure noun -- and  yea ... ugh.

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    griffinej5
    jizz is something even more gross than what Paige thought.

     Now you're talking a pure noun -- and  yea ... ugh.

    Yeah, but you can type in the verb, and it means the same thing pretty much.

    I'm glad this day is over, and now the discussion about jizzing will stop. 

     

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    It's 12:05 and I don't even dare start a new thread. 

    ("thread" -- the stuff you sew on a button with)

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    griffinej5

     For the record, where I am from, jizz is something even more gross than what Paige thought. Anyone who wants to know can go look it up in the Urban Dictionary. The first one is what I thought it was.

    Honestly, I didn't want to offend Callie's sensibilities by telling her that. lol  But, yes, that's the only way I've heard it referenced, too. lol
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    *dies laughing*
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    griffinej5

     For the record, where I am from, jizz is something even more gross than what Paige thought. Anyone who wants to know can go look it up in the Urban Dictionary. The first one is what I thought it was.

     

    Yeah, in my own vernacular it has a more gross meaning lol.