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  1. BronxWench

    Well, that was fun… Anyone else feel the earthquake that just rocked the Northeast area? :blink:

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    2. BronxWench

      BronxWench

      It wasn’t a tremendously big earthquake as these things go, but for our area, it was enough to be felt. The initial quake felt somewhat like being on a ship, to be honest. Everything moved just enough to make you think you needed to get your sea legs. There was one aftershock, in the evening, that was similar, but most of the aftershocks weren’t noticeable. And fortunately, there was very minor damage closer to the epicenter, and no deaths.

      This was actually my third earthquake in NYC. The first one was in 1985, and that one rattled the glassware. It was only 4.0, but the epicenter was closer to the city. There was one in 2011, and we didn’t even feel that one. We were actually at the pool, and someone saw it on Facebook. :lol: 

    3. Melrick

      Melrick

      I’m happy to stick with one earthquake!  And hopefully that’ll be the last one for you.

    4. Desiderius Price

      Desiderius Price

      April 5th… would’ve been on my way to watch the eclipse (yes, headed out early)

  2. BronxWench

    Wishing a very Happy Birthday to our very own @DemonGoddess 

    May it be a wonderful day, and an even better year!

    :bday: :wish: :wub: :hug:

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    2. InvidiaRed

      InvidiaRed

      Happy yearly travel about the sun 🏓

    3. DemonGoddess

      DemonGoddess

      Aw thank you!

    4. Wilde_Guess

      Wilde_Guess

      A belated “Happy Birthday” to @DemonGoddess.

      Cheers!

  3. BronxWench

    As the wheel turns and the veil thins, we honor those who came before. The blessings of Samhain to all! 🌖

    1. WillowDarkling

      WillowDarkling

      Samhain blessings to you too, love 🌖  🦇  🎃

  4. BronxWench

    Wishing the very happiest of birthdays to my dear pippychick, with love and hugs! :wub::wish::hug:

    1. Desiderius Price

      Desiderius Price

      🎂 :bday: @pippychick

    2. WillowDarkling

      WillowDarkling

      Happy birthday, Pippychick! Hope you had a wonderful day :hug: :bday:

  5. BronxWench

    The very happiest of birthdays to WillowDarkling, aka my Neko Wenchling. May this be a fabulous year, my darling! 
    :wub::bday::happykitten::licking-cat::kittenpurr:

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    2. Melrick

      Melrick

      Happy birthday to you! 🎂

    3. WillowDarkling

      WillowDarkling

      Thank you, guys :D  :hug:   :happykitten:

      I spent the evening at a stand up comedy show with my sisters, and it was absolutely brilliant. They are both mothers, so getting a night off in the city for themselves isn’t an easy thing, especially not on a school night, so it was even more fun to get to spend time with them alone, with no kids, even though I absolutely adore my nephews and nieces :D  

    4. Wilde_Guess

      Wilde_Guess

      Happy birthday, WillowDarkling.

  6. BronxWench

    The happiest of birthdays to the amazing @Melrick!  :bday: :wish: :party: 

    I’m still trying to find a way to ship you some of that Key Lime pie… :lol: 

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    2. Melrick

      Melrick

      Mmm key lime pie… :drool2:

      And thanks, everyone, I appreciate it :)

    3. Wilde_Guess

      Wilde_Guess

      Happy Birthday, @Melrick.

    4. Melrick

      Melrick

      Thank you, kindly. :)

  7. BronxWench

    My heart just aches for everyone in Turkey and Syria, or who has loved ones there. I will be making a donation to Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders, although it will be just a drop in the bucket in the face of such disaster.

  8. BronxWench

    For all our members who use yahoo.com, the initial run of emails triggered Yahoo’s security protocols. Some of the emails were delayed or just not delivered, because Yahoo decided we’re spammers.

    If you never got the email, please let us know in the Software > Archive Tech Support thread, in the pinned post, READ ME.

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    2. Desiderius Price

      Desiderius Price

      The more tech-related response is that a lot of web filtering software classifies this website as “porn”, so I can see spam filters trapping email.

    3. BronxWench

      BronxWench

      It’s also that we have approximately 150,000 members, and we just sent out a scripted email to all of them. ALL of them. :lol:  

    4. Desiderius Price

      Desiderius Price

      Know I don’t have spam filtering on my email, so it got through w/o issues.  New password selected (using a password manager, once it exceeds 8-characters, I have to).

  9. BronxWench

    I adore you all, but it’s after midnight here, and I need to sleep so I can be up again at 6am.  🛏️

    1. InvidiaRed

      InvidiaRed

      :trink25::goodpost::mornincoffee:

    2. Desiderius Price

      Desiderius Price

      But...but… there’s other opportunities to sleep, like on the job or while driving.  💤

    3. InvidiaRed

      InvidiaRed

      Yes go peaceful into that goodnight

      not screaming like your passengers :devil:

  10. BronxWench

    Whoever ordered the bone-chilling, mind-numbing, profoundly unacceptable cold needs to be flogged and tossed in the Wicker Man.

    I checked the weather this morning, and for a moment, I thought perhaps I’d switched to Celsius instead of Fahrenheit, but no. That was really 7°F I saw, with a wind chill of -12°F.

    The corgi, however, loved it. 

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    2. GeorgeGlass

      GeorgeGlass

      You’ll want to build the Wicker Man near your house to help keep the heating bill down.

    3. WillowDarkling

      WillowDarkling

      Holy fuck! At those temps I’d build the fucking Wicker Man in the living room! And I won’t complain about our -7°C (that’s 19°F for those who are Celsius-challenged :D ) 

      I’ll send what warm thoughts I have to you, love. :hug:

    4. Desiderius Price

      Desiderius Price

      @WillowDarkling Stay safe in those 267K temperatures! (Sounds warmer already?)

  11. BronxWench

    The happiest of birthdays to @DemonGoddess, and here’s hoping you won’t be working all the hours of the day today. :wub: :hug: :birthday::cheers: :bday:

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    2. DemonGoddess

      DemonGoddess

      heh, worked a full shift the 14th, went back later that same day and covered third shift, ended up working 13 hours, then 13 hours the next day, then a split double for 16 hours on Thursday.  Thankfully, I only worked 11 on Friday.  LOL

       

      thank you all for the birthday wishes!

    3. BronxWench

      BronxWench

      Dear gods, woman…. :hug: 

    4. DemonGoddess

      DemonGoddess

      It’s been worse, so I’ll manage

  12. BronxWench

    Rest in peace, Robbie Coltrane...

    1. WillowDarkling

      WillowDarkling

      Oh, noes, not Robbie Coltrane :o  :cry:  Rest in peace, Hagrid. 

  13. BronxWench

    Sending out wishes for a very happy birthday to my very dear friend Melrick. Unfortunately, they won’t let me ship you a Key Lime pie from JG Melon’s! :hug: :bday::wish:

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    2. Melrick

      Melrick

      Thanks, everyone.  I spent my birthday making my 169th donation at the blood bank and then doing a bit of grocery shopping.  Truly I live life on the edge! lol

    3. WillowDarkling

      WillowDarkling

      :hug:Even though you’re in Australia, thank you for being a blood donor, Melrick. Those of us who can’t donate sincerely appreciate it. 

    4. GeorgeGlass

      GeorgeGlass

      Happy birthday! Now go drink some fluids. :)

  14. BronxWench

    Wishing our very own Pittwitch a Happy Birthday. May your wishes be granted (yes, even THAT one!) 

    :wub::dancegirl2: :wish:

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    2. Desiderius Price

      Desiderius Price

      :bday::wish:

    3. GeorgeGlass

      GeorgeGlass

      Happy birthday, PW!

    4. Melrick

      Melrick

      Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Pitwitch, happy birthday to you.  Hip hip etc!

  15. BronxWench

    Is this validation for many of us here?

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/arts/lgbtq-romance-novels.html

    1. Desiderius Price

      Desiderius Price

      :chook: VALIDATION, here we COME! :chook:

    2. Wilde_Guess

      Wilde_Guess

      Some of us, at least.  It’s certainly good progress anyway.

  16. BronxWench

    Happy New Year to all my AFF friends and family! :party::beer:

    1. InBrightestDay

      InBrightestDay

      Same to you, BW! :)

    2. WillowDarkling

      WillowDarkling

      Happy New Year, Bronxie :hug:

    3. GeorgeGlass

      GeorgeGlass

      Happy New Year to you and all!

  17. BronxWench

    For everyone celebrating today, Happy Thanksgiving! :balloon:

  18. BronxWench

    A big Happy Birthday shout-out to the one and only @DemonGoddess, my fellow cranky old broad. Here’s hoping for a good year! :hug:  :wub:  :bday:  :party:  :wish:

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    2. GeorgeGlass

      GeorgeGlass

      Happy birthday DG! I hope this year proves far more relaxing than the last.

    3. Melrick

      Melrick

      Happy birthday to DG! :bday:

    4. WillowDarkling

      WillowDarkling

      Happy birthday, DG :hug::balloon::bday: Hope you had a good day, and that the coming year will be better. 

  19. BronxWench

    M Denis Villeneuve had best be working on Dune Part Two, or I shall hunt him down, remove his liver with my bare hands, and offer it to the Morrigan.

    And yes, Part One was an enormous improvement over David Lynch’s effort, although I might had chosen differently for the role of Lady Jessica. But by and large, c’est incroyable!

    1. InvidiaRed

      InvidiaRed

      So you’re giving it your mark of approval?

    2. Sinfulwolf

      Sinfulwolf

      I’m 90% sure he is already. 

    3. BronxWench

      BronxWench

      Quote

      So you’re giving it your mark of approval?

      I am, actually! I read the books initially a very long time ago, and they stayed with me. I’ve reread them periodically, and I was SO excited when David Lynch was making the movie back in the early 80s. My brother and I were at the theater to see it the first week, I think, wide-eyed and breathless, but while the special effects were (for the time) amazing, and the film was gorgeous to look at, there was no passion. None. The best part of the movie was Jurgen Prochnow as Duke Leto Atreides, and perhaps Sir Patrick Stewart as Gurney Halleck. But the entirety of the first book is too vast to be covered in one movie, even if you were to show it as a three hour film. Denis Villeneuve left us on a cliffhanger, but he chose a perfect breaking point and I have high hopes that Part Two will be as wonderfully done.

  20. BronxWench

    Eureka! I have a car again! Picked it up tonight, and I am utterly delighted with my gently used Jeep. :wub: 

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    2. Rick_Andrew

      Rick_Andrew

      Yay ! Brava ! Congrats on the Jeep find !

    3. WillowDarkling

      WillowDarkling

      Congratulations, love! :D so happy for you. Our wee one still insists that you need to do a funeral for the old Jeep, though. I’m trying to tell him that a Buddhist cremation might not be the best idea… :tomato:

    4. Desiderius Price

      Desiderius Price

      Put this old jeep on a wooden raft, set it ablaze as it drifts out across the water!  (Evening is likely the best time to do this.)  Maybe even some celebratory fireworks?

  21. BronxWench

    So, just when I think things are settling down, and life is beginning to approach normal once more, my car decides to die. This is not simply a case of spending a week with its favorite mechanic. Oh, no. This is a case of the computer no longer talking to any of its sensors, resulting in a very large paperweight that looks quite a bit like a Jeep. 

    The daft one and I are going car shopping tomorrow. Hide the whiskey...

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    2. Rick_Andrew

      Rick_Andrew

      • no problems with computer, ever
      • Never replace a battery
      • Manual shift
      • optional stereo (bring one)
      • Convertible
    3. BronxWench

      BronxWench

      Seriously, it’s looking better and better. Everything I wanted to look at was gone, except for one car, which didn’t have a roof rack and smelled like something had died in it. With under 9,000 miles, it should NOT smell that bad unless the previous owner was a sweet little old serial killer who only dismembered victims on Sunday, after church services were ended… Yeah, I’ll pass on the dead person special. :lol: 

    4. Desiderius Price

      Desiderius Price

      Only a hearse should have dead-people smell!  (That’s the ticket, buy a hearse, cause I heard they’re a hoot to park outside the emergency at the local hospital.)

  22. BronxWench

    Happy birthday! :hug: :wish: :2tubs: :party:

    ‘Tis also my daft one’s birthday, just to stretch that coincidental thing a bit further.

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    2. Melrick

      Melrick

      Happy birthday to all concerned!

    3. Desiderius Price

      Desiderius Price

      I did get 3.4k of smut written, so that’s a win IMO :)  (And ironically enough, was one of the characters’ birthday too.)

    4. GeorgeGlass

      GeorgeGlass

      Happy birthday to all, and to all a good-! Wait, wrong holiday. :)

  23. BronxWench

    A very happy birthday to @foeofthelance and hoping this year brings lots of good things for you! See you at Ren Faire, lad, and I’ll stand you a mead! :birthday: :cheers: :party: :beer:

    1. Desiderius Price

      Desiderius Price

      I’ll second that motion.  Happy Birthday!  :bday:

    2. WillowDarkling

      WillowDarkling

      Happy birthday, Foe! Hope you have a fantastic day. :bday:

    3. GeorgeGlass

      GeorgeGlass

      Hope you have a great one, Foe.

      Just wondering: Would your archenemy by “friendofthelance”?

  24. BronxWench

    Sending birthday wishes to my darling @pippychick and wishing you all the very best for this year, and all the years to come. Love you! :wub: :hug: :wish: :party:

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    2. Desiderius Price

      Desiderius Price

      Sure, I’m 21 too, once I get the court to sign off...um, correcting my birth certificate to reflect my desired age.  Anybody got a spare tube of time-reversal cream I can use to get nature to reflect my desires?

    3. BronxWench

      BronxWench

      You are all younger than springtime, my darlings! :wub: 

    4. WillowDarkling

      WillowDarkling

      Happy belated birthday, Pippychick! :party:

  25. BronxWench

    Wishing the very happiest birthday ever to my sweet Neko-baby, WillowDarkling! I hope this year brings dreams come true, love! :happykitten: :kittenpurr: :birthday: :bday: :wub:

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    2. WillowDarkling

      WillowDarkling

      Thank you, Pittwitch and Melrick. I had a fantastic day.

    3. JayDee

      JayDee

      Belated Happy Birthday!

    4. WillowDarkling

      WillowDarkling

      Thank you, JayDee :D 

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