All they have to do is grandfather Pluto. In baseball parlance it's like the * next to the Roger Maris entry in the record books. The planets are blah blah blah Pluto blah. A planet is defined as blah blah. Pluto, which does not meet the modern definition of a planet, is classified as such, because it was so designated, before the definition was standardized and adopted.

Disney could sponsor the footnote.

So let it be written. So let it be done.

I may have skipped and skimmed.

Can you try not using your car for a month and see how it is, before you give up your car for good? That's what I would recommend. Or, can you keep your car, use the bus for work, and only use the car for shopping trips and stuff?

This is sort of my thought. Frankly, I am about to need a new car and I cannot afford it. I mean, I see no way without taking up the selling of my organs or something. I am thinking about trying to eke out the most I can from the car before it dies.

Waiting for a bus outside at 7:30am in the winter was nasty.

It is, but as a car commuter in Rochester for years, shoveling your car out of the driveway/parking lot and scraping it off at 7:30 am was also nasty, as is the 15 minute walk from where I park. I am lucky in that the bus actually picks me up right outside my house and drops me off right in front of work. I would probably be the luckiest commuter in Rochester.

THanks Tom and Nora and Jesse!

ETA: Also, I hate driving in the winter. Like hate, hate, hate.

The astronomers have gone and upset the geologists, because the word "pluton" is already a commonly used term in geology:

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The astronomers have gone and upset the geologists, because the word "pluton" is already a commonly used term in geology:

That's why we can't have nice things planets....

See? The */grandfathering solution is the way to go. Never piss off a geologist. They throw rocks.

How long would your commute be, Sophia? A little extra time for Target trips and stuff isn't that big a deal if the work situation is ok. Also, how often do you work late? Depending on the routes, neighborhoods, etc., that could be a consideration.

Question for the group -- a co-worker is leaving to take a job with the same company in another city. I am getting the cake for the good-bye party. If the cake says "Good-Bye" it sounds retirement-like and she's not retiring. "Good Luck" sounds like we're not sure she's going to be successful in the new position. Should it say "Congratulations" ? Is there some other appropriate saying?

Should it say "Congratulations" ? Is there some other appropriate saying?

"In celebration of your life-change"?

Of course, that sounds like it's for a Wookie....

or a tranny.

I'd say MUCH SUCCESS!

or a tranny.

Or for someone going through menopause. Or a menopausal transexual Wookie.