I have nurses I can talk to and thermometers to hold

[sovay]

On the one hand it is incredibly stupid that I had to rescue the car from its wheel-spinning stall in refrozen snow with a box of cat sand fetched from the front hall, but on the other I feel incredibly smug that it worked.

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[lokifan]

Impressively resourceful, imo!

[sovay]

Impressively resourceful, imo!

Thank you! Traction!

[sholio]

Congratulations! I love the feeling of "I tried a thing and it worked."

[sovay]

Congratulations! I love the feeling of "I tried a thing and it worked."

Thank you! It was really satisfying! Plus the car is no longer stuck half overlapping the driveway.

[radiantfracture]

Nicely done! And environmentally superior to brightly coloured poisonous salts.

(Do you remember a short story about a necklace of poisonous stones passing from person to person? I wish to cite it but cannot remember enough particulars to do so.)

[sovay]

Nicely done! And environmentally superior to brightly coloured poisonous salts.

Thank you! It left a clay smear on the snow and the street will not notice when it melts. Frankly it might improve the state of the asphalt.

(Do you remember a short story about a necklace of poisonous stones passing from person to person? I wish to cite it but cannot remember enough particulars to do so.)

(No, but it sounds amazing and I would love to know its title if you track it down!)

[radiantfracture]

This cannot hope to compete with the stalactite, but after some searching I believe it is a story by Miriam Allen Deford with the helpful title of "The Poison Necklace," which I possibly first consumed in the collection _Thrillers and More Thrillers_ (paperback ed. 1972) -- seems plausible because this collection also contains a story called "Faith, Hope, and Charity," which if it is the one I remember -- about desperadoes -- really effed me up.

[sovay]

a story by Miriam Allen Deford with the helpful title of "The Poison Necklace," which I possibly first consumed in the collection _Thrillers and More Thrillers_ (paperback ed. 1972) -- seems plausible because this collection also contains a story called "Faith, Hope, and Charity," which if it is the one I remember -- about desperadoes -- really effed me up.

I don't think I know either of those stories! I will look for them and take care.

(The Internet Archive obliges.)

[radiantfracture]

It turns out to be a fairly workmanlike story.

[sovay]

It turns out to be a fairly workmanlike story.

As a suspense-game of hot potato, though, it is very effective.

[moon_custafer]

(I don’t, but I remember an extended Tumblr thread about whether or not a polished malachite stalactite would be too toxic to use as a sex toy, with geologists and biologists weighing in)

[sovay]

(I don’t, but I remember an extended Tumblr thread about whether or not a polished malachite stalactite would be too toxic to use as a sex toy, with geologists and biologists weighing in)

"Still don't put the stalactite in your butt -3/10 do not recommend."

[selkie]

Dramatic performance of the malachite stalactite thread can make the teen flee the room, FYI!

[sovay]

Dramatic performance of the malachite stalactite thread can make the teen flee the room, FYI!

I mean, that is nuclear internet.

[radiantfracture]

Thank you for all of this

[aurumcalendula]

Very resourceful!

[sovay]

Very resourceful!

Thank you!

[gwynnega]

I am glad it worked!

[sovay]

I am glad it worked!

Thank you! Me too!

[princessofgeeks]

Victory!

[sovay]

Victory!

I did not have to call AAA!

[larryhammer]

Go you!

[sovay]

Go you!

Thank you!

[selkie]

STILL KVELLING THAT THIS WOOOOORKED. It works! Who knew! (If N has not told you the Bluestone Pavers Story six times, they should when we talk next or something. You have beaten the Bluestone Pavers Story, IMO, but N does adore it for its proof my family are not even very good wolves.)

[sovay]

STILL KVELLING THAT THIS WOOOOORKED. It works! Who knew!

I was thrilled! And much less embarrassed than if I had had to call a tow truck!

(If N has not told you the Bluestone Pavers Story six times, they should when we talk next or something. You have beaten the Bluestone Pavers Story, IMO, but N does adore it for its proof my family are not even very good wolves.)

N has not told me the Bluestone Pavers story even once! I look forward!

[selkie]

Oh, they love telling it.
It was the one time in my damn life... NO. I AM NOT GOING TO DO A SPOILER. NO SPOILERS.

I was going to email you this but you know what, your entire readership should bask in the glow until the fumes hit.

https://bsky.app/profile/nhannahjones.bsky.social/post/3likomcwrlk2c

[thawrecka]

I'm impressed!

[sovay]

I'm impressed!

Thank you! I was relieved!

[thisbluespirit]

but on the other I feel incredibly smug that it worked.

It's nice to have moments when that happens! Feel smug, why not?

[sovay]

It's nice to have moments when that happens! Feel smug, why not?

Thank you!