Ramblings

[thegrrrl2002]

I'm quite tired today, because I have a houseguest who insisted I stay up and drink wine with her last night.

Okay, so maybe that's not quite how it went down. Maybe it was me waving the bottle around and asking "more wine?" as I poured. I also ate way too many chips. We had grapes, I could have been healthy and eaten grapes, but no, I had to go for the salt and the fat.

Anyway, there is a point to this post. Puddlejumpers. They have bathrooms, right? If I was an ancient, and designing a nice little ship that could go through the gate, I'd put a bathroom in it. I'd also put a hot tub in it, but I guess that's just me. But I think there would be bathrooms. I ask because I've succumbed to the lure of the "John and Rodney stranded off-world" fic. I've never met a cliche I could resist. *g* (But oh, the romantic possibilities!)

At the rate I'm writing it, it should be finished in eight years or so.

On a totally unrelated note, am I the only person who absolutely loves the self-checkout lines in the grocery store? Where you scan your own items and push buttons and key in produce codes? I think it's the coolest idea ever. I feel like a little kid playing "store". It's so much fun. Maybe I'll stop again at the store on the way home today. I'm sure there's something else we need. More wine, for instance.

And look, nel_ani made me a cutie Rodney icon! ::loves:: He's so damn cute.

Comments

[wickdzoot.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing yes, because remember, Brendan Gall comes out of SOMEWHERE while they are traveling to look at the satellite, and it just seemed like a loo break. Besides, sixteen hours? Either that or they installed a porta potty.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

The Ancients mastered the art of bowel control!
Either that, or they gave up eating - think about it, to ascend they had to give up all bodily functions, so they must have trained for a few centuries.
Ergo: no loos.
-> dig holes?

I never heard of self-checkout. Who controls you? And where do you live, in the future? (No, I know where you live, I just had to emphasis my sad back-wards planet-dwelling).

[thefourthvine.livejournal.com]

I say yes on the bathrooms, for the reasons wickdzoot gave; I mean, either Gall was coming back from the bathroom, or he was coming back from throwing up into one of those big cargo containers the Wraith opens later.

Also: I worship self-checkout. No longer to I need to deal with cashiers holding up, for example, tahini and asking me what it is and what I plan to do with it. (The only answer that ever occurs to me on these occasions is: "Eat it.") Trader Joe's still doesn't have self-checkout, unfortunately, but if history is anything to go by, they'll be getting it in about, well. Six years. And I will be a happy human.

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

Oh yay! You're brilliant. Thank you. I had completely forgotten about that moment in TDO. Too distracted by the John and Rodney show, I think. Gall was definitely coming out of the bathroom. Plus, the long trip--there has got to be a loo. ::nods::

[skater-g8r.livejournal.com]

am I the only person who absolutely loves the self-checkout lines in the grocery store?
::blinks::

I have never heard of such a thing,how would that work? you could just *not* scan a few items, that would be too tempting EEk! also it would be way too much extra work, I presume they lower the prices?, or really they should be paying you *g*

erm! and bathroom? I hadnt thought about it *g* though maybe they dont have the 'conventional' bathrooms, I bet they would have come up with some ingenious gadgetty thing tho *g*

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

LOL, the art of bowel control. They would be into something that strange, wouldn't they? See, I don't get the whole ascension thing. You don't eat, you don't have sex....what's the appeal?

I never heard of self-checkout. Who controls you?

There's someone watching over the area, so you can't run off with all your groceries. Although once I keyed in the code for green bell peppers instead of red bell peppers, and came out a dollar or so ahead. (shhhh, don't tell!)

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

or he was coming back from throwing up into one of those big cargo containers the Wraith opens later.

I kind of like that idea. *g*

And I so dig not having to deal with cashiers. Especially at this particular store--they're always so odd. Like the one who lectured me about coupons, about how much money she saves, and how many things she gets for free by working the coupons, like that cranberry juice that was on sale, okay, she doesn't like cranberry juice but she got it for one quarter!!!

::boggles::

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

The bagging area is set up so that it can sense if you put something in a bag without scanning it first, but I suppose if you are clever, you can easily work around it. There's someone watching, too, but not very closely.

My husband thinks it's a lot of work, and is very offended by the concept. I'm too busy going 'wheeee!' and listening to the scanner beep to even notice. *g*

I bet they would have come up with some ingenious gadgetty thing tho

Now that scares me. *g*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

I am really sure about this ability!!
It's an appeal only ... advanced beings can understand? And canon-Rodney ;P

Hah, but they can't see it all, so most people will cheat ... which of course the supermarkets must have calculated in and decided to still be much cheaper than having staff there.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

I bet they would have come up with some ingenious gadgetty thing tho
Now that scares me. *g*
Mwuahahaha, now I remember the special toilet for Alan Rickman's character in Galaxy Quest.

[nel-ani.livejournal.com]

Puddlejumpers. They have bathrooms, right?

I always figured that since the Ancients were pretty good at building stuff, they'd have bathrooms such as those in Firefly, i.e. they're built into the wall and you can sort of unfold it.

If you haven't seen Firefly, I can prolly find caps to show what I mean.

[spubba.livejournal.com]

OMG, I get that question (and the "What are you, an alien?" look) every time I buy tahini.

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

Oh, definitely, some fancy fold-away setup. They're classy that way. I wonder if you need to have the gene to use it, though. *g*

[mmmchelle.livejournal.com]

It's a very cute icon.

I wonder about the size of the Ancient bathrooms, given the size of their beds. Bathrooms in the puddle jumpers would have to be small, but I bet the Ancients made them smaller than strictly necessary.

I'm so glad you're working on this fic.

I'd be writing if the asshole co-worker would just leave the building. Grrrr. Doesn't he realize he's interfering with my alone time.

[helvirago]

I feel like a little kid playing "store".

Ooh, I'm glad I'm not the only one. In fact, I always feel a little embarrassed that someone's going to notice how much I'm enjoying it and say, "Hey, you're an adult! Stop playing cashier and get on with the drudgery of buying food!" It makes me want to buy more stuff so it'll last longer! Of course, inevitably the red light comes on at some point and I have to wait a year and a half for an employee to wander over, swipe their card and press two buttons for it to work again.

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

*g* They haven't gotten all the kinks worked out of the system yet, have they? I got caught in some bizarre 'please return your item to the bagging area' loop yesterday and needed to be rescued by an employee.

And yet, it's still so ridiculously fun.

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

Those beds are ludicrous. I'm thinking they somehow wandered into the prison section of Atlantis to set up housekeeping. No way would an advanced race sleep in such tiny, uncomfortable-looking beds.

And is that co-worker gone yet? Do you need me to make a crank phone to him? *g*

[mmmchelle.livejournal.com]

Do you need me to make a crank phone to him?

Would you? That would be wonderful.

At least my keyboard drawer is fixed so I can type comfortably.

I so want to be writing porn, but I'm going to go make recycling posters for the local school instead.

I have pictures of cans with arms and legs. Some days my job is just too exciting. Maybe I can go read about some more sincere applicants when I'm done. /sigh/

For a Friday, I'm awfully irritable.

[mmmchelle.livejournal.com]

The one good thing about the beds--they're the perfect size for tying someone to.

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, true, you'd only need a minimal amount of rope.

Or computer cable.

[mmmchelle.livejournal.com]

Hee.

You know, we haven't had a good bondage fic in a while.

I love that smile. /sigh/

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

He's such a pretty thing, isn't he?

[mmmchelle.livejournal.com]

He is!!

And my coworker went to lunch, finally, so I'm all alone and writing. Yay!

No bondage though, alas.

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

Yay! You go! Write like the wind!

I'm doing forms for our grant proposal. Right now. Can you tell? Here I go, I'm opening up the file, right.....NOW.

::sighs::

[fantasyenabler.livejournal.com]

Everyone's already weighed in on the bathroom question, but I just had to add my "squee" about self-checkout lines. When I first encountered them a few years ago in a Wal-Mart, I wasn't so sure about them because it seemed like I was always getting behind people who found new and interesting ways to confuse the machine. *groan* And waiting for the little supervising employee could take *forever*.

Now though, it appears that the people who are "self-checkout impaired" have figured it out and are staying out of those lines. So now I can just zoom through and be out of the store or the supermarket in minutes. I love it!

Interesting side-note. I got some take-out from a chain restaurant last week and the carside waitress had this cool little credit card machine that looks like a PDA where you swipe, add the tip, and sign with a stylus. When I handed it back to her, I told her it was cool, and she said I was the first customer she'd had who wasn't confused by the thing.

*Boggles*

What? Does life no longer require people to have worked at least one job in retail these days? I didn't realize I could put down "Knows how to work cash register" as a specialized skill. :)

[mmmchelle.livejournal.com]

Poor John, he does need lovin.

He's back, so I'm opening Publisher right now. Here we are, you with your forms, me with my drawings of happy, smiling cans. /sigh/

[catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com]

On a totally unrelated note, am I the only person who absolutely loves the self-checkout lines in the grocery store?

From my POV -- yes, probably. I feel I do entirely enough by myself in getting the groceries into the damned cart week by week - I have to go *look* for what I want FCOL! Checking it out myself is a bridge too far IMO :-(

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

What's wrong with him, doesn't he have someplace he needs to be?

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

It's definitely speedier. Everyone with the big orders goes through the regular checkout lines. Especially the people take like, *hours* to open up their wallet and find their money.

I didn't realize I could put down "Knows how to work cash register" as a specialized skill.

LOL, yeah, really. Folks can get easily confused, I guess, with all these newfangled technologies. *g*

I could put down "expert in shopping and never actually using cash" for mine. (All hail the debit card!) I'm good at swiping. That's a skill, right?

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

Well, that's understandable. I'm lazy enough to use Peapod a couple of times a month for big orders (a grocery delivery service). So I'm not actually in the store all that often. Although now since I drive to work instead of taking the train, I'm much more likely to stop and pick up items.

And play at the self-checkout. *g*

[mmmchelle.livejournal.com]

One would think.

I finished my poster. It has a naked knight whose coat of armor was recycled by an overzealous squire. It amused me. /g/

Now for a newsletter article about the dangers of mercury and proper disposal of fluorescent bulbs.

But, really, I need to be thinking about Rodney and masturbation. What's saving the environment compared to that?

[fantasyenabler.livejournal.com]

Especially the people take like, *hours* to open up their wallet and find their money.

OMG, that bothers me *so* much. But then that person who's always tapping their foot and looking at their watch in line? Yeah, that's me. Places to go, people to do, you know. ;)

I'm good at swiping. That's a skill, right?

I know *I* consider it to be one. :)

[wychwood]

Shamefully, I have spent time pondering this very question of the puddlejumper toilets :) I'm sure there ought to be some, what with the whole long-flight thing, but I can't work out where they'd fit. I mean, in 38 minutes we get to see pretty much just the inside, and where would one *go*?

We used to have a big supermarket near us that was self-scan - you got a handheld scanner at the entrance, scanned everything as you put it in the trolley (uh, "cart"?), and then put the scanner in a machine at the end to give you a receipt. You had to take the little receipt thing to the checkout and pay there, but that takes hardly any time at all... Plus, playing with the scanner is fun! I was so sad when they stopped the system. I suppose too many people were gaming, stealing things, but we never did - because we wanted the system to keep going!

[kylielee1000.livejournal.com]

Self-checkout line? We don't have those where we live, but I saw them once in the Big City and was very confused about how they worked. But anything to not have to wait in line so long!

Thanks for your little note; yes, I think there must be bathrooms; and good luck with the writing!

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

I mean, in 38 minutes we get to see pretty much just the inside, and where would one *go*?

Maybe they put it in another dimension. They're clever that way. *g*

I never experienced the handheld scanner method of shopping, that sounds pretty cool! I'd have lots of fun with that one, too.

Oh guh, just noticed your icon. Best photoshoot of CT ever, isn't it?

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

They're a little confusing at first, and when there are people in line behind you it can get a bit stressful. *g* But now it's just plain fun. It beeps! It talks to you! It shows you pictures of fruit!

I'm easily entertained.

[wychwood]

Heh :) Alternate dimension bathrooms? Can't you just see Zelenka and Rodney squeeing about that? Bwahah. Now I want to read that fic!

Yeah, those photos are just gorgeous. Not that he isn't a beautiful specimen all the time, but this one is so cute!

[nel-ani.livejournal.com]

I wonder if you need to have the gene to use it, though. *g*

Hahaha! OMG, there's a fic I'd totally read.

[jenlev.livejournal.com]

each of the puddle jumpers have a little itsy-bitsy stargate that they have to dial and wait for it to open before....well, you know. er, sorry, i couldn't resist. a portal-potty. hee!

i was in the line next to the self checkout yesterday....i felt bad for the cashier because next to her all day long was this robotic voice saying over and over... "please scan your item....please press enter, please scan your item...." i asked her if it drove her nuts and she rolled her eyes and groaned. ;)

[jade-starlight.livejournal.com]

I have to say 'yes' to the bathrooms in the Jumpers. It just makes sense. Besides, there's nothing saying that there's not bathrooms on 'em. *nods head emphatically*

am I the only person who absolutely loves the self-checkout lines in the grocery store? No, I love those, too. What confuses me, though, is they put them in one store I frequented, then took them back out.

[barkley.livejournal.com]

I love the checkouts when I'm getting barcoded stuff. But when I have a cart full of vegetables, I want someone else who has the veggie codes memorized to do it all for me. Though, I will do it myself if the line's too long the other way. *g*

[vileseagulls.livejournal.com]

Psht. I regularly tell the checkout operator my chocolate covered coffee beans are in fact chocolate covered peanuts.

Not that I disagree, but where would they put the bathroom? All the space in the jumper is accounted for.

[fenris_wolf0]

Sorry to jump in a private discussion, but actually, they look like normal twin-sized beds to me?

It also looks as if Ancients -being drawn from the usual Hollywood pool- did not have any weight problems, so they probably built everything along those lines...

Sort of like when you visit medieval castles and notice that people were really small then. Obviously not enough vitamins and growth hormones in their food!

:)

PS: That's part of what I like about McKay, he does not look like a Hollywood extra. :D

[fenris_wolf0]

Interesting side-note. I got some take-out from a chain restaurant last week and the carside waitress had this cool little credit card machine that looks like a PDA where you swipe, add the tip, and sign with a stylus. When I handed it back to her, I told her it was cool, and she said I was the first customer she'd had who wasn't confused by the thing.

You know that is interesting: when I visited France about 4 years ago, this system was everywhere, in every restaurant, I mean. Not the just the classy or expensive ones, but all of them as far as I could tell, including the smallest, seediest cafes!

Here -in the US I mean- the most advanced technology I've seen is a waiter taking orders on a PDA-looking thing, presumably directly connected to the kitchen? This was a Chinese fast food chain, BTW.

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

a portal-potty. hee

Oh, for shame, for shame!! *g* You made me giggle. I really like that idea. It's entirely possible Rodney might mention that in the fic. Or maybe John. ::nods:: seems like a John thing.

No pun intended.*g*

The self-checkout I use has four stations, right next to each other, all with those robotic voices. So noisy! Yeah, I wouldn't want to listen to that all day!

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

Definitely bathrooms, I've decided. You don't want to have one of those "okay, everyone pee before we leave the planet" moments. *g*

And it seems like a lot of trouble to put in self-checkout lanes, and then take them out again! Very silly.

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, the veggies. The pressure is on! Those are a bit of a challenge. Such excitement! Will she find the correct code? Will she go for a look-alike on the screen!? (Romaine lettuce, green leaf, hell, it's all the same...)

[jenlev.livejournal.com]

heh. i couldn't help it....it just popped into my brain. and i agree, john would love the portal-potty. ;)

ooh, while i'm typing this i just noticed how sweet your icon is. mmmm...

i wonder if the folks on sga miss shopping in a big old grocery store? how dislocating it might be for them to go shopping when they return to earth?

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

The ancients are too perfect. They annoy me. *g* I think they should have huge, comfy king-sized beds in their rooms for the Atlantis folk to frolic in. And hot tubs.

They really weren't hedonistic enough.

And I totally get what you mean about McKay. He looks so *McKay*, which is just right. And yummy!