Comments on: That old story – and now I bet you want to borrow money

By: David Pablo Cohn

David Pablo Cohn — Fri, 01 Jan 2016 12:47:52 +0000

In reply to sumac. Thumbs up on that. (from below deck on the NB Palmer... :)

By: Anita

Anita — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 01:19:27 +0000

That is Mr. Sumac right down to the bone…

By: sumac

sumac — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 00:47:38 +0000

In reply to tanita. Zip-ties are readily available outside Antarctica. Just saying.

By: sumac

sumac — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 00:46:09 +0000

In reply to Emily Gertz. Really good point!

By: sumac

sumac — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 00:44:29 +0000

In reply to Matt Rose. Oh definitely. Hmm -- future post on apologybrags?

By: tanita

tanita — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 21:12:56 +0000

I think that’s an appropriate apology — and it was appropriate to apologize, especially with all of the “WHAT?” “HUH??” that accompanies those types of calls. I remember when my sister was a social worker in Nome – we could get into stupid arguments solely because the time lags and various other phone distortions were so weird and made it so hard to communicate. That he actually managed on BART would be something to celebrate!!!

I’m going to snicker about the zip tie for the rest of the afternoon, though.

By: Emily Gertz

Emily Gertz — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 20:59:55 +0000

Let’s pause for a second and reflect on two things:

1. Sumac called her husband FROM ANTARCTICA.

2. Mr. Sumac took the call while on a moving train in California.

…wow…life is amazing sometimes…

Okay, done reflecting.

By: Michael Slavitch

Michael Slavitch — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 20:36:29 +0000

Needs penguins.

By: Matt Rose

Matt Rose — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 20:12:24 +0000

I dunno, it might be considered a form of humblebrag. Is an “apologybrag” a thing? 🙂

By: S. McC

S. McC — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:41:41 +0000

It is not as if we actually engage with STRANGERS (aaaaagh!) anyway.