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We had this discussion in FFA - it's no stronger than any other coffee, their directions just tell you to use twice as much. I don't mind it, but it's not my favorite; my son in law is fond of it now and again. You want strong, you need Cafe Bustelo. I've never seen it in anything besides an espresso grind, and it packs both taste and a pretty good jolt of caffeine. The problem is, although it's fine going down, once it hits your stomach, it's pretty much kyrie eleison until it exits. And that's my nightshift gut - I'm not quite sure what it would do to yours beyond it being unpleasant.

My daughter found one in Albany, too. We may take DeeDee with us.

Ave Satanas!

Watch it, you ageist brat! There are a lot of us who cheered when Roe v. Wade was decided, and just because we're out of the gene pool doesn't mean we don't care about what happens to our daughters and granddaughters.

The point is that every sperm is sacred, but the incubators not so much. Then and now.

Unfortunately, most herbal concoctions that cause abortion can also result in kidney or liver damage or death, but hey, we're women - it's not like we make sperm or anything.

No, the 1850s. We are losing control of our bodies - how long before we lose other rights? Maybe the court will next address whether letting us have the vote was a mistake?

I'll bite - what are they? (Please expect a certain amount of skepticism - my inpatient charts alone probably weigh about twice what you do.)

My first job was in Malone, NY,which is about 11 miles south of the border. I had a friend who lived a little out of town whose back yard backed up to the border; the only thing between her and Canada was a low hedge.

Does she at least wash her hands before she goes back to work? I'm not sure from this.

If a malignant sprite thinks it's disgusting, who am I to disagree?

In Italian folklore, that's the technique used to rid one's self of a folletto, which is a type of irritating house sprite. One must let the folletto see one while one is using the chamberpot and eating a sandwich simultaneously. The folletto will hurl some verbal abuse, including statements to the effect that they cannot live in the same house as such a pig, and will then quit the premises.

Not your fault - I just need to remember that I'm powerless over Star Trek.

I need to stop, ghostie, or I'm going to relapse and start binging - there are a couple of those nostalgia channels that play TOS through Voyager, and if I start watching, I'll never get anything done.

Well, there was the whole Dr. Pulaski/ Data interplay on TNG, too...

Well, from what I remember of original canon, it's not that Vulcans don't have emotions, it's more like they suppress them and place more importance on being logical and objective. (I know that the animated series isn't generally considered canon, but there's an episode where Spock goes back to Vulcan and sees himself as a child being bullied by some other Vulcan kids. That actually makes more sense in line with T'Pring's actions in Amok Time.)

Well, in the original, she was fooling around with another guy (which is why she chose Kirk as her champion), so she was established in the original canon as kind of a bitch...

Maybe it's a pon farr thing - isn't that like every seven years? (T'Pring being there, I mean)

Oh, right. T'Pau was the old lady.

T'Pau?

It's taken me two days to decide, but orange, grey, yellow.

The only two I'm sure I don't want are the beard one and the memory one. Could probably do without the airport one, too. The rest are going to be a challenge to choose between.

Quit bitching - my kids are older than you. Also, 🍻🎂🍻

Not half as old as I did when you talked about Star Trek being 50. And congrats to your nephew.

This is the most grateful I've been for my hysterectomy in quite a while.