Northeast Frankenstorm, hurricane Sandy.

[Robert Maxwell]

So, my friend in Moonachie that I'd heard was okay? She was, as of last night--which is the last time anyone heard from her. No one's sure what's happening now. No one can seem to reach her.

Hopefully, her phone just got wet or something and she's not been able to get to another phone or computer. I am just worried. Her boss is going to check on her in the morning.

I hope you've gotten good news by now. I'm still waiting for a couple cousins in Westchester and Bergen Counties to check in.

Between the conditions she's under in the city, the rain, lack of power. Her not being covered in makeup, and her being in her mid-50s I don't think Nana looks that bad.

Wow, guys, how gorgeous do you look in the midst of a huge storm?

Did you miss the part where I said she didn't look that bad given the conditions?

Since you don't seem to be getting it, I will spell it out: the fact that the main thing you commented on was her appearance, regardless of the context, gives the impression that your first priority when it comes to women is how they look. I think there is something very wrong with that.

 

[Squiggy]

 

[Maestro]

Oh, god, Squiggy, I think your post is going to give me a seizure.

 

[Tora Ziyal]

SmoothieX, cute dogs! Corgis aren't really my kind of dog, but I have a warm spot in my heart for them just because when I was a kid my best friend had two. Your lab is beautiful.

So, my friend in Moonachie that I'd heard was okay? She was, as of last night--which is the last time anyone heard from her. No one's sure what's happening now. No one can seem to reach her.

Hopefully, her phone just got wet or something and she's not been able to get to another phone or computer. I am just worried. Her boss is going to check on her in the morning.

I hope you've gotten good news by now. I'm still waiting for a couple cousins in Westchester and Bergen Counties to check in.

Between the conditions she's under in the city, the rain, lack of power. Her not being covered in makeup, and her being in her mid-50s I don't think Nana looks that bad.

Wow, guys, how gorgeous do you look in the midst of a huge storm?

Did you miss the part where I said she didn't look that bad given the conditions?

No, I didn't miss it. Saying someone doesn't look "that bad" isn't a compliment in any context (well, unless maybe we're talking about a corpse, you know?). "She looked good, given the conditions," would've been a compliment.

Plus it's pretty silly to be focussing so much on her appearance in the midst of a natural disaster anyway. Would you have commented on how some male actor looked in the same circumstances? Would you have even noticed?

 

[MANT!]

Dear Daughter (she lives in Newark) was expected to get power maybe Thursday, she had to work today but at a different location than she normally works..(flooding in the basement there)..

As to my comment about Nana (that somehow derailed the thread), I was simply making an observation..didn't expect it to get blown all out of proportion...

Hope all our missing friends are OK...

 

[Tom Hendricks]

My mother in law lives in Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn but was with us during the hurricane. We just got a call from the landlord of her building. Her apartment, which is ground floor had water from floor to ceiling and she has lost everything. She is devastated, she had years of memories wiped away. The building is unsafe and we can't even get into try and salvage anything, thinks it will be at least a week.

 

[SmoothieX]

^Tom Hendricks, if memory serves me right, you are somewhere out on LI.

My uncle lives in Smithtown and generally made out ok. I know the coastal areas got nailed though. Surprisingly, my family in Westchester got it worse than they did. My mom played a fun game called count the number of transformers that explode the other night. I invited her over for dinner and to stay the night, but she opens a retail store at 7 AM, and would have to leave really early to get there. Of course they don't have power either and she gets to explain to one idiot after another why they can't use their debit/credit card for their pack of smokes.

SmoothieX, cute dogs! Corgis aren't really my kind of dog, but I have a warm spot in my heart for them just because when I was a kid my best friend had two. Your lab is beautiful.

A Corgi wouldn't be the first breed I'd pick out, but he's good for my mom. She's getting older and wasn't up for a large dog, particularly since she moved into a 55+ condo complex last year, so it's a modest sized place with no yard of her own. He also ensures she stays active, the loop road around the complex is a solid half hour walk. He's also good company as he is very much an in your face sort of dog.

Oh, Helena (the cute black Lab that farts a lot) thanks you for the compliment. There's a Hellenic festival down the street from here where people either get a kick out of her name, or get pissed because I besmirched the name of their patron saint and used it on a dog.

 

[Tora Ziyal]

^Sounds like some folks need to lighten up. I think Helena's a wonderful name for a dog.

 

[SmoothieX]

Yeah, who needs another Fido.

She's a black Lab, aka the most common dog on the planet. Something should stick out about her. She is actually named for the capital of Montana (I met my ex wife in Montana and it was cute at the time), but these days I pretend she is named after the Greek empress.

I also get her neon colored collars since it stands out so well against the black fur. The one in the pic is old, right now she has a hot pink one.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Corgis are my favorite breed and that is an awesome name for one.

Nana Visitor looked GORGEOUS. And her voice sounded great too.

 

[SmoothieX]

I know there's a reason why they have short legs and docked tails. (So when a cow or a horse bucks its back legs up, they go right over the dog's head.) But they are funny looking, the stand-up ears add to it. Proof that God has a sense of humor.

For a smaller dog, he is remarkably sturdy and tenacious, with a powerful jaw.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

It's illegal to dock them here now.

For a few years I thought there was some kind of popularity explosion with Cardigans until I found out they were all undocked Pembrokes.

They are a big dog in a small dog package.. I had one years ago, but now I only have cats.

 

[SmoothieX]

Dobby came from NE Massachusetts and was docked within a couple of days of being born. I don't like if a breed is docked simply for conformation, but if it is in the best interest of preventing future injury, dock away.

Of course my dog has a tail that can, and has, cleared tables before.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Well they said that it is to prevent tail injury but now that I have actually seen tons of undocked Pembrokes I can tell you this is total crap. Their tails are only slightly less fluffy than a Cardigan, they are perfectly thick and healthy nice tails.

 

[thestrangequark]

I know there's a reason why they have short legs and docked tails. (So when a cow or a horse bucks its back legs up, they go right over the dog's head.) But they are funny looking, the stand-up ears add to it. Proof that God has a sense of humor.

You do realize that humans bred them to look like that, right?

I love corgis, ever since Cowboy Bebop.

 

[SmoothieX]

Yes, I just think they are funky looking. My dog is an offshoot of a cross between a Newfie and the now extinct St. John's Water Dog refined over the years in England and named after a sea in maritime Canada.

I find the interaction between humans and dogs incredibly fascinating.

I'm almost terrified to Google Cowboy Bebop.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

I'm almost terrified to Google Cowboy Bebop.

It's dog hentai. Yes.

 

[SmoothieX]

I Youtubed it. Pretty good, digging the harmonica, would work better in a dark, smoky bar, with a lowball glass full of scotch. Or around a campfire.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

You don't see the hentai on youtube. Censorship.

 

[SmoothieX]

I'm drunk as a skunk and it is pushing 4 AM here. It may be for the best.