Bow-tique? I thought that was just a southern affectation
I don't think so. My family says boo-teek.
Everybody dies, Tracey. Someone's carrying a bullet for you right now, doesn't even know it. The trick is to die of old age before it finds you.
Mal ,'The Message'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
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.
ChiKat - Mar 17, 2006 8:23:43 am PST #4560 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
tommyrot - Mar 17, 2006 8:24:33 am PST #4561 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Good news for the "smaller is better" crowd: The fuel-efficient Smart Car is (finally) on its way to our shores. Smart-Automobile LLC announced today that its Smart For Two Coupe / Convertible, available in Europe since 1998, is ready to be imported to the United States.
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All Smart Cars imported through this arrangement will be registered with ZAP and the Department of Transportation to ensure that they meet government standards. The Smart Car gets 60 mpg and can reach speeds of 85 miles per hour, according to the ZAP Web site, and will range in price from $15,000 to $25,000 fully loaded.
There's a picture. The thing is just so damn cute!
Calli - Mar 17, 2006 8:26:52 am PST #4562 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
There's a superhero plot in here somewhere: [link]
University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) nanotechnologists have made alcohol- and hydrogen-powered artificial muscles that are 100 times stronger than natural muscles, able to do 100 times greater work per cycle and produce, at reduced strengths, larger contractions than natural muscles. Among other possibilities, these muscles could enable fuel-powered artificial limbs, "smart skins" and morphing structures for air and marine vehicles, autonomous robots having very long mission capabilities and smart sensors that detect and self-actuate to change the environment.
Gudanov - Mar 17, 2006 8:30:09 am PST #4563 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
With all the coffee talk, I'll pimp my cousin's coffee place.
I don't drink coffee myself, but others say it's great stuff.
Ice tea is unsweetened by default around here.
I wonder if DC (the car company, not the comic books) is going to start selling Smart Cars directly. They keep going back and forth.
Theodosia - Mar 17, 2006 8:31:24 am PST #4564 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Calli, that would explain why Bender has to drink beer, anyway.
David Johanssen pronounced it "BOW-teek" in "Funky Funky but Chic", FWIW. And I gather he's as Noo Yawk as they come.
Sean K - Mar 17, 2006 8:36:13 am PST #4565 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I hope they can park Spirit in someplace where it gets enough juice to survive the winter. I'm a little Spirit and Opportunity fanboy. They're the little probes that could.
Calli, don't you mean sweet tea? What is this "iced tea" of which you speak?
I never put any sweetener in my tea, hot or cold. Is it still "sweet tea"? Because I want nothing to do with sweetened tea.
ChiKat - Mar 17, 2006 8:40:20 am PST #4566 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Most places I go in the South ask if you want sweet or unsweet tea. I like unsweet and then I put some Equal or Splenda in it. I do like my tea sweetened some, but sweet tea usually has way too much sugar for me.
amych - Mar 17, 2006 8:41:41 am PST #4567 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I never put any sweetener in my tea, hot or cold. Is it still "sweet tea"?
No, that's "unsweet tea", and it's always available -- you just have to specify it. Just like "hot tea".
DebetEsse - Mar 17, 2006 8:49:57 am PST #4568 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Southern Indiana. Coke. Although not to the extent (iirc) that some of you all are talking about.
msbelle - Mar 17, 2006 8:54:28 am PST #4569 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
who has a story to entertain me?