Awww, a story about Metallicar.
Buffy. When I saw you stop the world from, you know, ending, I just assumed that was a big week for you. Turns out I suddenly find myself needing to know the plural of 'apocalypse.'
Riley ,'Potential'
Boxed Set, Vol. IV: It's always suicide-mission this, save-the-planet that.
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
sumi - Jun 07, 2007 5:41:32 pm PDT #2361 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Ailleann - Jun 07, 2007 6:11:34 pm PDT #2362 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
I gotta tell ya, I love the environment as much as the next tree-hugging hippie, but DAMN do I want a big shiny muscle car.
Polter-Cow - Jun 07, 2007 6:16:55 pm PDT #2363 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I finally watched Doctor Who 3.09, and wow, damn. That was pretty awesome. I loved loved loved John Smith's dilemma: "You want me to become that?" And it wasn't until the Doctor started peeking through (and the switcheroo at the end) that I realized how impressive David Tennant had been in creating a distinct character in John Smith. The Doctor's immortal punishments gave me chills. And, Vonnie, I'm with you on the awesomeness of "Would anybody have died?" The Doctor brings death wherever he goes. I think it was that moment, as he walked away, that I realized what an amazing character he really is.
Nutty - Jun 07, 2007 6:57:37 pm PDT #2364 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
DAMN do I want a big shiny muscle car.
...You want to get 10 miles to the gallon? (Seriously! They have got to be gassing up twice a day !) You want a total lack of power steering, ABS brakes, fuel injection, auto door locks? And remember, mushy brakes on a heavy steel-framed car are much less fun than mushy brakes on a car made of tinfoil. I don't even want to know what's in an original AC unit from 1967. And the bugs. I know not all old cars are as un-aerodynamic as the Volkswagon Bus, but man -- let's just say that in my childhood I was scarred by the laws of air-flow physics at highway speed.
My research into muscle cars has revealed to me that what I want is a Geo Prizm that looks like a muscle car. Okay, a Geo Prizm with more than 4 cylinders in its engine.
t nerd
That tag never closes.
Beverly - Jun 07, 2007 7:01:49 pm PDT #2365 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Ooh. There are kit cars to build onto a vw (or some other subcompact) frame. You can get them to look like antique Fords, MGs, Bentleys, all sorts of masqueradey things.
Buffistas could make a fortune and actually buy that island. We make kit cars (yes! and Kitt cars!) that bolt onto Prius frames and look like classic muscle cars. Okay, I know today's cars are unibody and no longer have frames. Still, give me a minute to enjoy the fantasy.
Ailleann - Jun 07, 2007 7:07:54 pm PDT #2366 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Ok, Nutty.... can I have one of these, then?
Ooh, or I like Bev's idea. Though a near-silent Impala would be kinda freaky.
P.M. Marc - Jun 07, 2007 7:26:42 pm PDT #2367 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
You want to get 10 miles to the gallon? (Seriously! They have got to be gassing up twice a day !)
If they're lucky, and getting that 10, they're gassing up every 250 or so miles, thanks to the 25 gallon tank it probably has. Allowing for normal variations, probably every 220 or so.
Signed, WIP notes include: //Newkirk to Laverne, OK, 207 miles, Laverne to Springfield CO 208 miles//
No, I haven't spent hours mapping out small details on Google Maps that avoid any tollways but would probably cause reductions in fuel economy.
The 1969 Le Sabre we drove to California and back in in 1983 or so got 17 mpg averaged over the trip. Which is kind of impressive, considering.
juliana - Jun 07, 2007 7:45:21 pm PDT #2368 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Nutty - Jun 07, 2007 7:53:51 pm PDT #2369 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
No, I haven't spent hours mapping out small details on Google Maps that avoid any tollways but would probably cause reductions in fuel economy.
You win. I thought I would totally trump you with my understanding of Bondo, but I always underestimate the computational nerdity of the Ple.
Ok, Nutty.... can I have one of these, then?
Don't think I don't troll eBay classic car listings. There was a '71 2-door Impala, in avocado green, that was just 10-15 miles away from me! matchy green insides and everything! ...And then the pall of reality fell upon me once more.
P.M. Marc - Jun 07, 2007 8:21:52 pm PDT #2370 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
You win. I thought I would totally trump you with my understanding of Bondo, but I always underestimate the computational nerdity of the Ple.
The occasionally crippling computational nerdity.
I've considered using Bondo in the past.
Wound up just sanding, doing some basic scratch fills, and spraying paint on the damaged area.
True confessions time: I used to read Car and Driver, Kit Car, and some other random car magazine my Dad used to have. I had, and may still have at my parents' house, a folder with articles clipped out about my first car from when it was released. (In which, as I recall, Car and Driver describe the gas powered version as driving, "like a pocket muscle car.")
There was probably a point at which I was on the verge of becoming a car person.
Then the commute thing happened and I got over it. Which you'd think would've happened when I dated Muscle Car Boy. But no.
Don't think I don't troll eBay classic car listings.
Oh, yeah. Total car porn.