My wife (Amazon customer rep) tells me that Canadians, in general are more rude on the phone than Americans,............ and French Canadians are the worst. I'm kinda surprised.

Could this place be called Reality Based Community?

Hope things work out well ASH. We'll leave the light on for ya.

FYI. I'll be AFK for about a month. Family issues. It's all good. Give Valk my best regards, when she shows up.

“One man’s religion is another man’s belly laugh.” (Robert A. Heinlein)

Wow. Why don't you tell us what you *really* think of Islam?

Islam is a religion of piss.

Valk...............hands full..............hmmmmmmmmm

Historic. Worst flooding ever. Probably got her hands full, and doesn't need to deal with us heathens, right now.

There’s been massive flooding in and around Auckland, so that may be a factor.

What's the atheist equivalent to "I'm praying for her"? How about: I trust that she is happy and well.

PMed her a few days ago. No response.

True Valk has been pretty silent

Wait, isn't she in NZ? Change that to sheep bait.

Croc bait?

Valk may be waiting on bail money. She was going wandering around with a friend, I think. We may need to start a GoFundMe.

We haven't heard from The Valkyrie in a while. I hope all is well. I think it's been at least a week. IIRC, she's in Oceania, so it's vacation season down there.

Glad to hear that you're cancer-free. Another day above ground is a good one. I figured that once I passed it, every day after 65 is like money in the bank.

I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2008 and underwent a radical prostatectomy in early 2009, followed by six weeks of radiation therapy. I've been cancer free ever since then, but I'll have to undergo periodic cancer screening for the rest of my life. I'll be 75 in March.

Neddless to say, I'm at about the highest risk out there, for prostate cancer, but I do appreciate Boru's joke about it. If we can't laugh at mortality, what's the alternative...fear it? Not me!