Well wear!
(translates as best of luck and safe driving in your new car)
Things You Recently Bought or Got, Redux
- Thread starter Catrin Lewis
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(translates as best of luck and safe driving in your new car)
Thank you for your good wishes. Now I'll be wondering what tradition that blessing comes from.
I didn't post a shot of the rear with my new license plate (because reasons), but I'm taking it as a good sign that it begins with the letters M-Y-W, myw, which means "life" in Welsh.
English words spoken in Ireland as shorthand well wishes. It's been said to me by someone every single time I changed my car.
I had a gut feeling they were Celtic/Gaelic of some sort, but felt shy of venturing to suggest it.
Happy trails to you and Myw the SUV. When can we expect photos of the two of you climbing rocky 4WD only roads in the nearest mountain range?
Yesterday I bought face paint for my grandson's Halloween costume. It just now occurred to me I don't know anything about painting faces. I haven't worn makeup in almost two decades, and even back then I only wore it for jury trials or dance performances, which actually have a lot in common. Perhaps when I retired and washed makeup off for the last time, someone should've said Well wear!
Yesterday I bought face paint for my grandson's Halloween costume. It just now occurred to me I don't know anything about painting faces. I haven't worn makeup in almost two decades, and even back then I only wore it for jury trials or dance performances, which actually have a lot in common. Perhaps when I retired and washed makeup off for the last time, someone should've said Well wear!
Closest mountains are West Virginia, which you, as a resident of Wyoming, will consider to be cute, at best.
My thing is venturing down gosh-awful twisty back roads returning home from rural pulpit supply gigs. Then there's our cavernous potholes. The AWD will come in handy.
All that said, I'm still upset I'm having to give up the PT Cruiser. The tow truck's coming for it on Monday, and I feel like I'm putting down one of my cats.
I get attached to vehicles, too. Thank the PT for its faithful service, tell it you love it, and send it off to its eternal rest.
Bought this shirt and cape and the patches for my Halloween vampire costume
You make an adorable vampire, Prince.
Aw thank you!
I recently got a new black Stetson cowboy hat. I have not got a chance to wear it yet (I typically only wear hats if I’m going to be primarily outdoors), but this hat is definitely The One for me.
Since I am now an unemployed bum, I decided to get a basic treadmill and will endeavour to get off my ass and use it most days.
As a result, everywhere I go on the internet, I am encountering ads for treadmills. I only need the one, fellers. Thanks but no thanks.
As a result, everywhere I go on the internet, I am encountering ads for treadmills. I only need the one, fellers. Thanks but no thanks.
An obscene amount of gift cards to all my favorite restaurants around town. Black Friday deals are for 25-40% back. Call it an investment on my future. Unlike the 48% of gift cards in America that get gifted, forgotten, and unused, thereby resulting in massive profit for the businesses that sell them, these are all earmarked for my personal consumption. Game the system.
Oh, I dunno. I've occasionally received restaurant gift cards that allowed me to patronize a place that would normally be out of my budget. The experience was a genuine and thoughtful gift since I'd never have gone to those places under normal circumstances.
I used to give my daughter coffee gift cards. She loved them because she had to used them to buy her beloved coffee and didn't feel obligated to spend the money on something more sensible.
Wait. You're a writer who re-gifts book gift cards? Dang, I'm sorry we live in different countries because I'd be happy to give those poor gift cards a good home.
I know you're a professional writer an' all, but I'm sorry to tell you I buy all my books second hand, with very rare exceptions that didn't coincide with possession of a gift card for a bookshop. I'll keep you in mind whenever I get another.
