sarameg!! I have been posting not around you in so long!
This here's a recipe for unpleasantness.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 40: The Nice One
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - Nov 07, 2005 4:23:05 pm PST #2049 of 10006
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
sarameg - Nov 07, 2005 4:26:50 pm PST #2050 of 10006
Kathy, while having owned neither, I don't think you can go wrong either way. My parents have one of those wee civic hatchbacks and their only complaint is that they are getting too arthritic to lower themselves so much (well, and they have to manually turn off the turn signal. But given my dad's enthusiastic whacking of the signal when he deigns to use it...I think that's a user issue.) My brother beat the hell out of a more recent civic sedan and until he sold it, it was gold. And he sold it for more than he bought it. But that may have been the souping up. My lawyer friend bought a corolla a couple years ago and loves it to pieces, and has had no problems with it.
Cashmere - Nov 07, 2005 4:28:34 pm PST #2051 of 10006
Now tagless for your comfort.
I'm a big Honda fan. Our Accord has been running well for us for 8 years and has 153K miles on it. Can't beat that with a big stick.
That's more credit than I'd give him. But who knows? Can't be worse for his rep.
Ohhhh...what if if this is Katie's doing? She might be influencing him instead of the other way around. /delusional
sarameg - Nov 07, 2005 4:29:04 pm PST #2052 of 10006
Kat! I know! I've missed you, but understood.
FTR, still no tortie in residence. However, I napped earlier and had a dream she brought me her kitten and they took up residence in my bathroom. And then I got woken up by a catfight outside and freaked the fuck out. It wasn't her.
Hey, you want a tortie? (I know, I know. I'd do better to sucker ask lori.)
bon bon - Nov 07, 2005 4:31:39 pm PST #2053 of 10006
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I've never owned a Corolla, but I have owned a Corona (seriously!) and a Camry, and recommend Toyota unreservedly. There IS a reason they're so popular.
Jessica - Nov 07, 2005 4:32:14 pm PST #2054 of 10006
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
$50,000 discount to any woman who is blonde, blue-eyed, or related to "any of the German soldiers of the mid-century."
There's a NAZI DISCOUNT now???
Just when you think the whole business can't get any more offensive...
Lee - Nov 07, 2005 4:38:47 pm PST #2055 of 10006
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
It's raining in Belmont, and needs to stop.
Also, Warren Beatty left a message on my answering machine.
sarameg - Nov 07, 2005 4:39:33 pm PST #2056 of 10006
It's funny how so many of us have serious loyalty to certain makes and models. I've driven 3 different Nissan Sentras, and while I totally know they are wussy econocars, I love them in all their weird appearance. I know their problems (ball joints at 1.5K, watch the alternator closely) and their reliability. The only other car I've driven regularly is the Stanza (ball joints, power steering pump, and dude, check out the clutch cable every so often!)
Kate P. - Nov 07, 2005 4:39:38 pm PST #2057 of 10006
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
his pearly homunculi
I just need to point out the sheer sordid brilliance of this phrase, despite being otherwise repulsed beyond my ability to vocalize by the whole Vincent Gallo thing.
§ ita § - Nov 07, 2005 4:45:38 pm PST #2058 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.