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WCDT: 2873-2877 (12-16 January 2015)
ZoeB:
--- Quote from: ZoeB on 16 Jan 2015, 03:35 ---Re Faye.
"Houston we've had a problem".
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Maybe I should elucidate - not make cultural/historical references only those of my age, or space geeks, or those who have seen the movie "Apollo 13" will understand.
It means that something has gone very seriously wrong. It may mean "Oh sh1t we're all going to die" followed by actual, literal not figurative, death. It means the panic button has been pressed because there's a situation worth panicking about.
The kind of situation like when a surgeon is doing a routine procedure, and the patient's heart suddenly stops.
The kind of situation when you're driving on a freeway at the speed limit, see an accident half a mile ahead, gently put on the brakes - and the pedal just goes to the floor, no braking available.
It means instant reaction of the correct kind is needed if there's to be any chance of Bad Stuff(tm) not happening, and the odds don't look good that even that will make any difference, you don't know enough yet.
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themacnut:
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 16 Jan 2015, 04:00 ---Marten is blissfully unaware that Faye has a problem, as is Dora. That's a prediction.
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They aren't aware of the full extent of the problem. They don't know, for example, that Faye is stashing bottles in her room, and reaching for them first thing in the morning. Dora doesn't seem to fully realize that Faye was dead serious when she said she wanted to be drunk every minute she was awake.
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 16 Jan 2015, 04:00 ---What Faye is doing is friendship ending stuff. I know from experience.
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Oh absolutely. Faye's friends can stage all the interventions they like, but Faye still has to want to quit drinking after the dust has settled. And an intervention may not be enough motivation for that, not while the alcohol is doing such a good job of numbing her pain. And in that case, her friends may have to bail on her to keep her from dragging them down with her. Dora can't have an alcoholic manager running her employees, for example, and if Faye starts putting more money into bottles of cheap liquor and shorting Marten on the rent, he may end up having to get a new roommate if he doesn't want to end up on the street, or even worse, moving back in with his mother. Bottom line, someone who's always drunk is only good company for other drunks. And Faye's present friends are not drunks.
mawnck:
--- Quote from: ZoeB on 17 Jan 2015, 00:43 ---
--- Quote from: ZoeB on 16 Jan 2015, 03:35 ---Re Faye.
"Houston we've had a problem".
--- End quote ---
Maybe I should elucidate - not make cultural/historical references only those of my age, or space geeks, or those who have seen the movie "Apollo 13" will understand.
It means that something has gone very seriously wrong.
--- End quote ---
IIRC, it was the actual, official, handbook crew-to-ground NASA code phrase for "we're f*cked".
Is it cold in here?:
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Method of Madness:
--- Quote from: mawnck on 17 Jan 2015, 09:03 ---
--- Quote from: ZoeB on 17 Jan 2015, 00:43 ---
--- Quote from: ZoeB on 16 Jan 2015, 03:35 ---Re Faye.
"Houston we've had a problem".
--- End quote ---
Maybe I should elucidate - not make cultural/historical references only those of my age, or space geeks, or those who have seen the movie "Apollo 13" will understand.
It means that something has gone very seriously wrong.
--- End quote ---
IIRC, it was the actual, official, handbook crew-to-ground NASA code phrase for "we're f*cked".
--- End quote ---
Wait, did I miss something? I didn't realize anyone didn't get that reference.
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