So that happened . . .

[Shell B]

One of the assistants at my wife's shop stopped by a few minutes ago to pick her up (car trouble, nothing serious).  This girl drove to the house, parked on the street, came up the walk to the front steps, stood RIGHT NEXT TO THE DOORBELL, and texted Ellen, 'I'm here.'

Boru

Hahahahaha! I hate when people text immediate shit like that. I don't live next to my phone. If I'm not working, it's usually not next to me.

[Fake Messiah]

What happened was that I dreamed that I was on Mars. I was on a Martian beach watching the sea. There was no vegetation and I watched the Martian sea that looked and smelled kind of strange and then I went into the sea and saw an interesting rock under water and picked it up to put it in the pocket and then I swam in the sea but i didn't have the bathing shorts.

I guess the dream was inspired by Musk's new spaceship.

[Shell B]

Love it.

[Cod]

I was so pleased with my new brand new camping gear I decided to go away for the weekend. I set up the tent put my new lights up, set everything out inside, then put up my new chair and table outside.. I set light to my disposable barbeque and went to get some beers from my car. When I returned with my beer and frozen burgers I noted that my new table where I had put the barbeque had a smouldering hole where the barby was and the grass was on fire.
I had a takeaway instead.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I was so pleased with my new brand new camping gear I decided to go away for the weekend. I set up the tent put my new lights up, set everything out inside, then put up my new chair and table outside.. I set light to my disposable barbeque and went to get some beers from my car. When I returned with my beer and frozen burgers I noted that my new table where I had put the barbeque had a smouldering hole where the barby was and the grass was on fire.
I had a takeaway instead.

This is EXACTLY why I don't camp.

Boru

[arewethereyet]

I was so pleased with my new brand new camping gear I decided to go away for the weekend. I set up the tent put my new lights up, set everything out inside, then put up my new chair and table outside.. I set light to my disposable barbeque and went to get some beers from my car. When I returned with my beer and frozen burgers I noted that my new table where I had put the barbeque had a smouldering hole where the barby was and the grass was on fire.
I had a takeaway instead.

This is EXACTLY why I don't camp.

Boru

Every time I ever went camping (which wasn't all that many times) it rained.  There is nothing quite so fun as being stuck in a two man tent with another person and a very soggy Golden Retriever.

When in basic training and out on bivouac in the foothills of Alabama we set up in red clay that had been rained on for the past three weeks.  While in this glorious little camp - it freakin' snowed.  Like it had never done there before...cold, wet, miserable, with red clay everywhere it shouldn't be...that was my last camping attempt.  Screw that.  The roughest I want to experience is a hotel that has Wi-Fi but the pool is closed.

[Nakara]

I just replied to a cousin’s post on FB...she’d shared an anti-vax article detailing how much mercury vaccines contain. I pointed out the fact that a can of tuna will net you about 3x more of the much more toxic methylmercury, as opposed to the ethylmercury that is used in vaccines (and is non-toxic and will leave the body after a few days).

I’m scared of whatever response I’ll get. I never took her for an anti-vaxxer. I hope I didn’t just ruin our relationship Dx

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Back in 1976 I was stationed at Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station, Puerto Rico. A large part of the base was an abandoned housing development that almost nobody visited. I heard about a beach there, on "Shark Channel", that sounded nice*. I rode my bike out there and arrived just before sunset. I had a bottle of Jack Daniels and some recreational substances to with it, and had settled down to watch the tropical night sky for a while. BUT as soon as it got nicely dark a person strolled across my visual field, left to right. And totally naked. I wasn't at all obvious sitting fairly close to the jungle edging the little bay, so I said nothing and she walked on by. A few minutes later two more ladies came by, in the same state of dishabille. Then two guys. I enjoyed the view but wasn't interested in following them just then. However, a few minutes later one of the girls spoke from a position behind me.

"We're short one guy. Care to join us?"

How could I say no?


*Here: 18°14'40.93" N 65°36'15.26" W

[Little lunch]

I swear I just heard a sleazy 70's bass guitar. :-)

[The Valkyrie]

Back in 1976 I was stationed at Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station, Puerto Rico. A large part of the base was an abandoned housing development that almost nobody visited. I heard about a beach there, on "Shark Channel", that sounded nice*. I rode my bike out there and arrived just before sunset. I had a bottle of Jack Daniels and some recreational substances to with it, and had settled down to watch the tropical night sky for a while. BUT as soon as it got nicely dark a person strolled across my visual field, left to right. And totally naked. I wasn't at all obvious sitting fairly close to the jungle edging the little bay, so I said nothing and she walked on by. A few minutes later two more ladies came by, in the same state of dishabille. Then two guys. I enjoyed the view but wasn't interested in following them just then. However, a few minutes later one of the girls spoke from a position behind me.

"We're short one guy. Care to join us?"

How could I say no?


*Here: 18°14'40.93" N 65°36'15.26" W

What position?