My grandfather was so badly injured aged 20ish in WWI that the hospital nicknamed him the resurrection case. He lived to be about 84 and liked to refer to himself as one of John Bull's bad bargains. (View Post)

Can confirm about the implacable confidence. Seen it in person. (View Post)

A certain amount of courage, not to hide far away from the point of impact for the announcement, perhaps. (View Post)

Just a boring box of printer paper. Thank goodness it wasn't a gift for Christmas. (View Post)

Just got home to two emails from Amazon. One says Your package is out for delivery and the other says Delivery is expected by Thursday January 1st. (View Post)