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[Yanique, Thread Master]

I live in Indiana. We'll have 40 F one day, then WHAM!!! -20 F the next..... The weather mood swings are the worst.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I'm right next door in Illinois... most of those weather patterns hit me first... it's been up, down, up down, all winter...

[Margret, Caladan Brood Face]

I do laugh at people who don’t get winter to this level, but also about the fucked up spiders and snakes. It’s a benefit that creepy crawlies can’t survive here. To us a giant spider has the body the size of my finger tip

And you guys get to laugh about how my face hurts when I walk outside or my hand burns when I touch something metal outside.

[Barry]

Oh man I miss snow. Here in the tropics o you only get super hot and humid or raining and humid 😒

[Sarah]

Yanique wrote: "I live in Indiana. We'll have 40 F one day, then WHAM!!! -20 F the next..... The weather mood swings are the worst."

We joke about our weather patterns here in the Midwest.
"Welcome to the midwest: Where the weather is made up and the seasons don't matter"

[Diana Stormblessed]

Sarah wrote: "Yanique wrote: "I live in Indiana. We'll have 40 F one day, then WHAM!!! -20 F the next..... The weather mood swings are the worst."

We joke about our weather patterns here in the Midwest.
"Welco..."

That sounds about right.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

That sounds like Who's Line Is It Anyway?... where everything is made up and the points don't matter...

[Sarah]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Yanique wrote: "I live in Indiana. We'll have 40 F one day, then WHAM!!! -20 F the next..... The weather mood swings are the worst."

We joke about our weather patterns here in the Mi..."

Iain wrote: "That sounds like Who's Line Is It Anyway?... where everything is made up and the points don't matter..."

I don't know where it came from originally, but I've seen it used multiple places. Its certainly accurate.

[Mel]

Yes, that's the line from Whose Line Is It Anyway?, a line not to be confused with the line from What's My Line?, "Is it bigger than a breadbox?" Gotta keep your Lines straight.

[Lena]

To read more I need audiobooks so i was an inch away from buying 24 credits from audible. Then sat down and wrote every book i wanted to read this month and check both my overdrives and Scribd inventory - it worked out. I signed up for a month of free Scribd and saved myself over $230! You know what that means, I can buy some fancy books this month. I'm thinking Goldsboro...

[Sarah]

Lena wrote: "To read more I need audiobooks so i was an inch away from buying 24 credits from audible. Then sat down and wrote every book i wanted to read this month and check both my overdrives and Scribd inve..."

Nice! Audiobooks really are great.

[Ahdam]

So I was thinking about my 4000 word essay where I have to talk about hero’s journey and why it is good and bad and I am going to relate it to LOTR films

While thinking about it my mind went to films like blade runner and Star Wars you know films that had sequels decades later and t got me thinking wouldn’t it be cool if we had some proper sequels to lord of the rings like official films not fan films as I think Tolkien wanted to try with one book but he quickly abandoned it and it would be cool to see a sequel to LOTR set after the events

I may be wrong but it seems the rights to the universe are kept really tight by Tolkien’s son and I know about his disapproval with the films so it’s a shame we won’t get any other films in middle earth aside from the trilogy and the hobbit series

Anyway those are my lame thoughts on this stuff while thinking about my essay 😂😂😂😂

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Ahdam wrote: "So I was thinking about my 4000 word essay where I have to talk about hero’s journey and why it is good and bad and I am going to relate it to LOTR films

While thinking about it my mind went to fi..."

I think you should check out The Never Hero... it's a Sci-fi trilogy about an seemingly ordinary boy who has to save the world from aliens... and he looks to books/movies and his friends to figure out how... I read it last summer and am waiting for the conclusion...

[Andrew]

This is definitely random since it has nothing to do with books, but we got to start filling out adoption papers for our foster son today! Still a ways to go in the process, but we're super encouraged by this step and the overall direction of his future. God is good!

[Margret, Caladan Brood Face]

Congratulations Andrew! He is lucky to have loving parents :)

[Ahdam]

Congratulations Andrew hope it all goes well for your family 😁😁👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[Sarah]

Andrew wrote: "This is definitely random since it has nothing to do with books, but we got to start filling out adoption papers for our foster son today! Still a ways to go in the process, but we're super encoura..."

Congratulations! Hopefully everything goes well.

[Diana Stormblessed]

Andrew wrote: "This is definitely random since it has nothing to do with books, but we got to start filling out adoption papers for our foster son today! Still a ways to go in the process, but we're super encoura..."

That's so exciting! How long does the process usually take until finalization?

[Scott , Karsa Orlong]

Just an fyi the east coast storm left us without power the last 24 hours and counting. Of the towns touching ours probably ten percent have power. So I will be infrequently online until its back.

[Angela, I'm Silverfox lost]

Stay safe Scott. Thinking of you and your family. We're been watching on the news and the storms have looked unreal.

[Scott , Karsa Orlong]

Angela wrote: "Stay safe Scott. Thinking of you and your family. We're been watching on the news and the storms have looked unreal."

Thanks. There's still some major side roads where trees on one side of the road are leaning all the way across to the other side only supported by trees or poles and wires on the other side. Driving under that is a bit unnerving. 36 hours and counting.

My oldest who's a drama queen keeps proclaiming she's sick of living like a pilgrim. The irony that she's posting her woes on instagram at a stunning rateare lost on her.

[Margret, Caladan Brood Face]

Oh no that sucks Scott. I hope you guys stay safe and warm

[Scott , Karsa Orlong]

Margret wrote: "Oh no that sucks Scott. I hope you guys stay safe and warm"

Thanks. 52 hours of no power and we are finally back up. Good thing because it is going back below freezing tonight. It will be nice to be back up over 55 degrees for the first time in a few days.

[Tammie]

Scott wrote: "Margret wrote: "Oh no that sucks Scott. I hope you guys stay safe and warm"

Thanks. 52 hours of no power and we are finally back up. Good thing because it is going back below freezing tonight. It ..."

Glad to hear you have power back!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I had it hard Wednesday morning when power cut out for a whole hour...

[Margret, Caladan Brood Face]

Scott wrote: "Margret wrote: "Oh no that sucks Scott. I hope you guys stay safe and warm"

Thanks. 52 hours of no power and we are finally back up. Good thing because it is going back below freezing tonight. It ..."

Glad to hear that C survived her pilgrimage, and by extension you did as well

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

UHHHH... I think my British aunt and uncle sent me a dirty birthday card...

It has Vader and a Stormtrooper grilling on the cover, and says "Who likes their sausages on the dark side?" and Vader is raising his hand...

[Beste]

Happy womens day!

[Diana Stormblessed]

Beste wrote: "Happy womens day!"

Happy Women's Day! And happy birthday to my niece! She's turning 2 though so she's not on goodreads yet ;-)

[Virginie]

Happy Women's Day!

And happy birthday to your little niece Diana. You have to turn her into an avid fantasy reader ;)

[Diana Stormblessed]

Virginie wrote: "Happy Women's Day!

And happy birthday to your little niece Diana. You have to turn her into an avid fantasy reader ;)"

I'm on it ;-)

[idiffer]

Happy ovary-celebration day!
Do english speaking countries have a men's day?

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

idiffer wrote: "Happy ovary-celebration day!
Do english speaking countries have a men's day?"

Apparently we do... I thought about asking the same thing, as a joke, so I googled it... it's November 19th... seems like a busy month for it...

[Diana Stormblessed]

How funny that you ask that right after this article appeared on my FB feed this morning.


https://www.sbs.com.au/comedy/article...

😒🙄🤦

[Diana Stormblessed]

Ugh. Can I rant about how my emoji's don't come through on the computer and only show up like little boxes? Or do I need to take that to the pet peeve thread?

[Anni]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Ugh. Can I rant about how my emoji's don't come through on the computer and only show up like little boxes? Or do I need to take that to the pet peeve thread?"

I can see them :)

[Diana Stormblessed]

Anni wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Ugh. Can I rant about how my emoji's don't come through on the computer and only show up like little boxes? Or do I need to take that to the pet peeve thread?"

I can see..."

Maybe I should just rant that my work computer is blocking my emojis then :-)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "How funny that you ask that right after this article appeared on my FB feed this morning.


https://www.sbs.com.au/comedy/article...

😒🙄🤦"

THAT'S why I was going to make the joke... because that's what happens every time...

I heard people were asking "When is White History Month?" in February...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Anni wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Ugh. Can I rant about how my emoji's don't come through on the computer and only show up like little boxes? Or do I need to take that to the pet peeve thread..."

Some I see, some I don't... I think you need to install an emoji alphabet or something to see all of them...

I see your frowny-face, then [01F644][01F926]

Doesn't help there are so many different emoji alphabets that look slightly different...

[Diana Stormblessed]

Iain wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Anni wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Ugh. Can I rant about how my emoji's don't come through on the computer and only show up like little boxes? Or do I need to take t..."

It's not a frowny. It's an eye roll. Like I said, it doesn't read well from the computer. I posted on my phone, but when opening back up on the computer it doesn't translate.

[Olivia]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Iain wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Anni wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Ugh. Can I rant about how my emoji's don't come through on the computer and only show up like little boxes? Or do I n..."

I see frown, then eye roll, then face-palm. Not what you were going for?

[Diana Stormblessed]

Olivia wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Iain wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Anni wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Ugh. Can I rant about how my emoji's don't come through on the computer and only show up l..."

Oh right, forgot the order. It's a slanty face. Like :-/ but in emoji form.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

It honestly is hard to tell on my screen:



I had to copy the image a bunch of times to make it big enough for Goodreads to upload it... and thats like 2x as big as it appears outside of that print screen...

[Diana Stormblessed]

Oh nice. Seriously emojis always turn out so bad on the computer. How did we, as a society, survive without them? I've now become dependent on them when I'm too lazy to type out words to describe real emotions.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

What are emotions?... I just add :) ;) ;P >:D etc to my posts to simulate human emotion... :)

[Olivia]

On my phone I'm 100% dependent on those emojis conveying what I'm trying to say. But on the computer I stick with :) and ;) and :P for some reason...

[idiffer]

@Diana
Dunno how informed you are about russia, but men's day is february 23rd here. But any time someone says "happy blah blah", I get a funny feeling. Like, I'm not the type of man you celebrate, you know, lol?

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Don't worry... we have a day... October 29th is National Hermit Day...

[Zaara]

Beste wrote: "Happy womens day!"

Happy Women's Day to all women everywhere but xpecially the wonderful women of FBR. Womanhood is a powerful and beautiful shared experience, no? So much there is no need to explain or even put in words...



I have on;y been here five months but I feel I have met such wonderful people here. I love you ALL, especially how you are each strong and wise and kind + very generous-hearted womem + also such great company. I am learning a lot from each of you about how to be and I should hate to be away from you all + I like how there is all the time in the world to get to know you better.

Also hello to @Margret and @Niki's mums + all mums everywhere, of course but we know a little more of those two mothers' stories from here on Random Chatter so woot! for them + also @Ahdam's sisters...

Sorry this is late. I'm always asleep/away during all the chatter.

[Ahdam]

Ah Zaara hope you and every women enjoyed there day and it feels nice to be included well my sisters really in your response soooo not long till international men’s day 😂😂😂