#ooc

I am going to see old friends this weekend

and got a teeny bottle of fancy champagne

I didn't quite realize how fancy, but the internet seems to think it is decently posh

Yay, tiny posh!

Posh-ette

Maybe the point is the love of the gift...not the thing of the gift?

Yes.

well, I get one drink 🙂

My folks still want me to visit later, and that's not unreasonable, so I may be whining (more than usual) in late january

For which I both forewarn and apologize

chuckle We're here to hear, Mr. D.

Having lunch with my (eldest) sister on Thursday. That's the most family contact I'm likely to have. Didn't even get a greeting card from a single family member. shrug

My presents got to Josh & the fam

Aunt is back at her home right now, will be back next week to head out for funeral

Josh might drive up for funeral, too

Sorry, Brekke. I get cards but I admit I rarely see the point of them so I'm kind of the reverse

According to friend-in-Youngstown, no signs of flooding in my basement, and my windchimes are still there, A patio chair was in the driveway, though

Glad your home is safe, Catnik!

Yeah! Lots of pipes broken all over TN

Beren and Nay (his wife) both did okay (near Niagara) -- the worst of the storm happened further west.

Oh, side story there... went with my friend to the Funeral home handling things for B. I waited in the car but it took longer htan we thought it would to drop somethings off. So I went in. I asked if I might use their facilities... and the lady who knew I was with my friend was very kind but somewhat apologetic. "Of course, ah... the toilets flush, but we don't have water ...there was a pipe burst" She seemed embarrassed, so I said "I promise not to shake anyone's hands" ... she laughed a bit at that

fortunately they had hand sanitizer

Oh, geez. That's gotta be a huge inconvenience for them.

Oh lawd.

They were getting it fixed that very afternoon. Which was yesterday.

I also have been introduced to Buck-ees

And Buck-ees is...?

OH DEAR.

BUCKEES.

TN got it's first one. It's a gas station, it's specialties appear to be bathrooms and Brisket!

The Things have been to one. I want to go.

It was glorious! The urinals? not so special, but the stalls? They have no GAP in the side. It's like they trust us!

Sounds kind of like Sheetz?

Shut. Yor. Mouth.

Well, usually if I use a stall, I am sheetzing a bit yes

Ha!

Apparently it started out in Texas, but has spread through out the south east and is much beloved by all but truckers. They don't serve 18 wheelers. They treat them like droids in a Star Wars Cantena

😉 Which is fine by Pilot

Exactly. Different customer base.

By the way "it's a Southern Thing" is often hilarious if sometimes a bit too close to home for me 😉

I do enjoy their vids

I am not at all southern

My favorite student actually concerns that

To quoth Mackenzie, one of my wardrobers: "Katherine?"

"Yes, Mackenzie?"

hey, we're fascinating we 'Southerners in the mists' Narrator voice "Behold the male southern demonstrating the balls on his pick up in order to impress the female southerner. Sadly, he is wearing white after labor day, and she will seek a mate better fitting her station"

"Katherine, ah've never seen you run. But you know? You have a YANKEE walk."

A yankee walk? G