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[jay-ell]

Don't forget Fannie's sister, Sallie Mae! 

She loant me money for schoolin'. 

[jaydub]

Fortunately, you went and got learnt with it, unlike my brother in law, who spent his on hookers and blow.

At least, that would have been cooler than what he actually spent it on, which was rims for his truck and video games.  Best place for that knucklehead was in the Army where he had Sergeants yelling at him to put his damn socks in the footlocker.

[wombat]

They're funky acronyms, I believe, because it's easier to say Fannie May than FNMA a bunch of times.

But, I heard on the radio lately, they aren't acronyms anymore, they officially changed their names.

That reminds me, though - listening to the radio leads me to believe that there is a country whose stock market is called Footsie. I can't even remember which country now, but I have always been careful not to look at financial news written-down in case I accidentally learn what that word, which I assume I am mishearing, actually is.

[Arachno-capitalist]

That reminds me, though - listening to the radio leads me to believe that there is a country whose stock market is called Footsie.

The Footsie is the Financial Times Stock Exchange Index. FTSE. It is to the London Stock Exchange what Dow Jones Industrial Average is to the New York markets. 

[theinevitable]

ACAP YOU DICK!

[wombat]

Noooooooo!

[pmcd9]

So people who invest in that market are playing the footsie?

[theinevitable]

my new glasses make me look like a douche, but... kind of a cool douche? I don' know about this at all.

In other news, I have the cold to end all colds. I basically got snot on everything in a 1-mile radius. Nasty.

edit: no, not cool douche. just regular douche. ouch.

[jaydub]

...leave the house with the full intention of spending the day experiencing the birth of my second child with my wife - only to be bumped from the schedule by other couples having emergency C-sections.  Ours is to be semi-elective - the doc says we can wait for nature to run its course, but due to complications that course may include stillbirth.  So we're electing to try again tomorrow.

It remains to be seen what our 6-year old will think of these developments.

[Golfhaus]

...wonder what the phone call means. We got a phone call from the OB today concerning Mrs. Haus's pregnancy. They said "no news is good news" and that a call meant a problem. Mrs. Haus didn't get the message until the office was closed. I am out of town on business.

The last ultrasound showed no problems. We listened to the heartbeat, which the doctor said was right smack in the middle of the "normal" range. Everything about this pregnancy has been "normal" or better. Mrs. Haus only had a blood test the last time through. She's at 15-16 weeks.

I'm hoping the problem is a billing one.

[Arachno-capitalist]

I cant imagine the stress involved with pregnancy. All of the stuff youre supposed to do and not do, one mistake and you feel like youre changing your child's future. yeesh. one of the many reasons I am not likely to make people.

[AugustWest]

...wonder what the phone call means. We got a phone call from the OB today concerning Mrs. Haus's pregnancy. They said "no news is good news" and that a call meant a problem. Mrs. Haus didn't get the message until the office was closed. I am out of town on business.

The last ultrasound showed no problems. We listened to the heartbeat, which the doctor said was right smack in the middle of the "normal" range. Everything about this pregnancy has been "normal" or better. Mrs. Haus only had a blood test the last time through. She's at 15-16 weeks.

I'm hoping the problem is a billing one.

Considering the state of communications today, I think if they had anything really important to tell you they could have reached you.

[Doc]

Considering the state of communications today, I think if they had anything really important to tell you they could have reached you.

This is what I was thinking. If it was something emergencyish I'd think they'd go for more than 'call the office when you get a chance'.

[wombat]

Doctors just don't get it that whenever they tell you to call, people assume the worst, and that implying the contrary via a phrase like 'when you get a chance' is not sufficient.

[Carlos del Vaca]

Sidenote: Child making and parenting has its own special sub-set of terrors and horror. Buddy of mine was down Ensenada seeing extended family and vacationing. His 9 year old boy got carried off into the ocean by a rip tide. Two weeks later and they're still looking to recover the boy. Damn.

But there's lotsa good, fellas. Really.

Oh dear lord.  This is the kind of stuff that I try to block from my mind.  It's real, real easy to come up with simple ways bad things could happen to your kids.

I remember swimming in the ocean from an early age--not just playing in the surf but actually going out and swimming.  I guess my dad was out there with us most of the time.  But I cannot fathom allowing my kids to swim in the ocean!  It scares the piss out of me!  And yet I did it, so I guess at some point when they're strong enough swimmers I'll just have to get over it.