GeorgeGlass

Happy birthday! Hope the coming year is less hectic than the last one.

We had almost 200 trick-or-treaters. I attribute this to (a) Halloween falling on a Saturday, (b) excellent weather, and (c) lots of my neighbors devising clever ways to hand out candy safely. (For my part, I built a cardboard candy-slide and dispensed the treats from my porch.)
 

I’d meant to pick up some tongs, but instead handed stuff out with a ladle as I froze my butt off outside. (Though in fairness, the ladle was also good for smacking hands when people tried to reach into the bowl.) Though most kids on the side street stop before they get to our buildings… for various reasons.
Anyway, if 2021 continues like 2020 then next year the kids will be in camouflaged hazmat suits and combat gear when they come to your door demanding water, canned goods, and all the toilet paper they used on your house in years past.

We had almost 200 trick-or-treaters. I attribute this to (a) Halloween falling on a Saturday, (b) excellent weather, and (c) lots of my neighbors devising clever ways to hand out candy safely. (For my part, I built a cardboard candy-slide and dispensed the treats from my porch.)
 

We had almost 200 trick-or-treaters. I attribute this to (a) Halloween falling on a Saturday, (b) excellent weather, and (c) lots of my neighbors devising clever ways to hand out candy safely. (For my part, I built a cardboard candy-slide and dispensed the treats from my porch.)
 

I got 15 people this year. there was a kid dressed up as the ‘stay puft’ from ghostbusters! i froze my butt of but it was worth it

We didn’t get a single trick or treater here. Our local infection rate is around World War Z levels tho so...

I just got released from hospital today after 5.5 long grueling days. The bad news is I’m not fully recovered. I still have a bit of pneumonia in my lungs and am a little run down. The good news is that my doctors felt confidant to take me all the way off O2. Meaning that as long as I’m taking it easy my O2 lung saturation is sufficient to keep me going! Now I just need to rest and recover a bit more, build my strength back up and everything should work out. I do feel better, so that is good. (Much better than I felt going into hospital), I’m hoping now with  couple more weeks to recover I can get back to relative normality in my life… I’ll continue to keep you guys posted but I want to thank everyone here again who was pulling for me while I’ve been sick. It really does mean the world to me!

Sorry about that, Mal. When you described your symptoms, I kind of figured. Hope you continue to be on the mend.

Thank you, everyone. You all are my AFF family, and I truly appreciate knowing you’re all here.  
 

Sorry, BW. That's a lot to deal with.

Ah, I suddenly have a guess as to what “slet” means.

Ah, I suddenly have a guess as to what “slet” means.

All I’ll say is when you’re wanting to pick up a Dutch translation of Pippi Longstocking for a Dutch friend’s kids birthday, don’t believe the person who tells you to go into the bookshop and ask for Pijpslet.

Yeah, JayDee, you’re gonna have to enlighten us ignorami who don’t speak porn-Dutch.

Yeah, JayDee, you’re gonna have to enlighten us ignorami who don’t speak porn-Dutch.

“So the phone booked you for amsterdam?”
“That’s right.”
“And this deluxe package for ‘Hotel Pijpslet’?”
“Haha, butt dialing am I right?”

> ‘Hotel Pijpslet’
Google didin’t give me any useful definition results, but of those few it did I can’t help but feel I’ve been added to a government watchlist…

Your phone knows how stressed you are and wants you to legally get some herbal remedy.

Your phone is legendary, really!  
Having said that, I really did like Amsterdam when I was there all too briefly.

I liked Ivanova, but not the actress who played her. I heard her speak at a convention once, and she was really full of herself. 

I liked Ivanova, but not the actress who played her. I heard her speak at a convention once, and she was really full of herself. 

And google searches also have results based on past searches so naturally ‘bottom’ came up :p

Because “George” and “Glass” appear consecutively in the headline.
 

Because “George” and “Glass” appear consecutively in the headline.