Traditions are traditions for a reason.  The civility MUST be preserved. :)

I love gadgets but some things are best enjoyed in their old school format.

The Iron Giant is one of my all time favorites, animated or otherwise. I can’t watch Beaches again. Last time I slipped up and watched it, I ended up calling an old friend, crying and telling her how much I love and miss her. She was concerned since that isn’t my usual behavior and asked me what was going on, I said I…

How anyone handles them (no one can handle them) is unique to what may work for them. I react in a totally moronic and counter intuitive way: I take off on a vigorous 2 - 3 mile walk, and if I don’t die by the end, I know its panic. Yes, I realize someday that may well backfire on me, but, at least I will know on that…

Talk to your GP right away. He/she had to have referred you to the neuro/gastro/urol (at least if you are in the US). Tell the GP what you said. The pain may/may not be related to the panic, but the GP can give you something right NOW that can help with the panic.  Don’t continue to suffer, they have medications…

I almost cried when I read that you almost cried. I hope you never have another either.

They are awful, and I have learned the signs (for me-everyone is different) of one coming on, and I have tried to adapt and use what I can to lessen it. No matter where I am or what I am doing when it starts, I stop doing it and leave (the room or wherever I am) and try to start my yoga breathing. It doesn’t always…

It is not just we civilians that think that. My own doctor had one and thought he was having a heart attack and went to the ER. That made me feel a lot less stupid when he told me that after I was having them, and thought surely this was death.  They are terrifying and NEVER think its just you that feels that way. …

I don’t think they ever got a conclusive answer, and even if they did, he was a little kid when it happened and no amount of “proof” would have changed his mind.

I am not telling my extended family, so I have an excuse to miss more of the family functions I really did not want to go to anyway. In many respects, the last year+ has been very peaceful without the rampant drama, and I am not giving it up until I have to.

And the damage lasts a lifetime (or more). My Grandfather lost his mother to the 1918 pandemic, and for his whole life, he hated Germans (who he said had brought the virus and spread it). He felt they robbed him of his mother and ruined his family, and he tried to pass that hatred down to the next generations of his…

Imagine what the gators in that thing look like.

Phrenology Rex.

I wonder what kind of upload/download speeds they are getting on those “modem gas heat” units.

“Dirty Snowball” sounds like the Dirty Bubbles’ cold cousin - hopefully to appear in a new Spongebob feature coming soon to a solar system near you.

I taught my former husband how to drive a manual (although he would never admit that) since I was the one with the manual transmission car. It didn’t work out, but it wasn’t because of a clutch.

If you think they might be closed to the experience of watching porn with you, maybe start by asking them if they would like to read erotica together or better yet, to one another. Its probably socially more acceptable than straight up porn (and hotter, if you ask me).

It really does seem tailor made for porn. 

I have a couple of these laying around collecting dust and you are more than welcome to them. My only option is to pay to get rid of them, which I will likely do since I am tired of them taking up space.

Imagine the message this would send to any UFOs buzzing the planet who were curious about our culture.