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Daisy was such a sweetie - It was lovely to meet up with her people too @Graeme and @Pugilist !

As @Graeme mentioned Government Street are fantastic ... Lots of good choices if you want to go on the mainland too.

Try taking a look at the ladies thread here for bra advice.

Yay for our last-minute booked first anniversary-ish trip - leaving hella early tomorrow! @Graeme & @Pugilist we'd love to meet up - will let you know about Montreal asap

Sounds like a perfect memorial.

Ha she told us that story when we met up last month! As for kitties we just about came home with brother and sister kittens today. They did their very best to charm @Mark Bee

So sorry for your loss @Colored Guy be gentle on yourself and take whatever time and space you need to get through this. Grief never gets easier, but the waves of grief do eventually slow. Wishing peace to you and your family

Even though hubby and I are respectably ;) tattooed - he heavier than I, and we do encourage/ enable each other, we would never ever ask the other to get a tattoo. Speaking for myself I'm really respectful that it is not my body. Even if I may not like every design my husband chooses I need to respect and keep my hands off/ opinions to myself on whatever he choses to have tattooed, and vice versa. Though it's great having a partner that understands and enjoys tattooing we are really respectful of each other and how personal tattooing is.

Poor little bear! So glad she's showing a little liveliness. They are the best creatures. I took my cats to the vet for their checkup and my little cat shunned me as punishment for the rest of the day - he refused to get out of my laundry basket - for such a monkey he really doesn't like being out of his comfort zone. - - - Updated - - - Oh your poor little kitty - that's awful! So glad he's OK.

To be fair I totally enabled him getting his panther head and was THIS close to getting the octopus on my arm at the same time... we do feed each other on this

Yes! (husband/enabler)

it should be written vertically - top down. And the stroke direction of how you write a character can change the meaning. You should know though there are actually 2 "alphabets" which are phonetic and don't include a number of english sounds, as well as roman script and the Chinese Kanji characters in Japanese - so 4 ways to write one thing - each having different implications. Hiragana is the script for native Japanese words, and Katakana for foreign words. So if I was writing my name in Japanese I could write it 4 ways - Erin, エリン(elin- a foreigner), えりん(elin - if i was born in Japan - also how my name was written on my bank stuff), or 英鈴 (Ei-lin which translates to English Bell - if I was a Japanese national). Be careful with tattoos of a language you don't speak - or have a native speaker to correct for you. I lived in Japan and speak some Japanese, and still don't trust myself. I have a Kanji as part of a larger tattoo on my back for my Japanese astrology, the year of the ox (or ushi). Google and most tattoo flash said to use the Kanji 牛 but my native speaker friend, who is also a calligrapher said the symbol for the year was actually 丑、as 牛 basically just means cow - like on a menu. Always double check. Also things do not always mean/ translate to what you think- for example my stepbrother named his dog what he thought was "child of the forest" in Japanese - what he actually named her was Kuniko- it means mushroom.

Yeah I was thinking about getting the next stage on my arm done - but thinking about walking around for a month with just the outline doesn't really appeal - but I am a glutton for punishment.

Big Fans of Franz in this house - also there is the Pearl Harbor Gift Shop in Kensington Market - who are amazing. They are kind of sister shops here and both have amazing tattooers.

As a survivor of the 80s there are some things that will never be flattering on me - pegged pants are one of those things.

I'm a devoted user of their aerosol 60 SPF - - - Updated - - - Yes he is - ask @Mark Bee about dragging me around NYC in 40C - ugh. I barely survived the summers in Japan. I grew up in the desert - give me the dry heat any day. @irezumi I lived in Japan and spent quite a bit of time in Malaysia so I can back up that Toronto is officially evil humid in the summer - not quite Louisiana but significantly evil.

And make sure to add more black ;)

I got my Monmon cat book and two prints from the lovely @Mark Bee for my birthday :) yay!

I'm allergic to the sun (essentially) and if I'm out in direct sun with anything lower than 45 I burst in to hives - trust me it's not just about not burning - anything less than 45 will affect your skin.

They were great! Thanks @TrixieFaux !

Been working on a grant application for a Journal I edit - that has taken most of my life, have received zero help on from my co-workers, I will receive no discernible credit and is due tomorrow - gin is in order. Oh and it's 47 pages long.

If you haven't check out the ladies thread there is some excellent bra specific healing info in there. Ha @SeeSea great minds!

Considering a number of the forum members have their Doctorate or are fairly close to getting one you may not get a sympathetic audience here. Most professionals wear long sleeves - I suggest you do too. My only optometrist concern is that they do their job.

I'm right handed - which I figure may account for the difference.