I bet their babycams are just so-so, though.
Wesley: Feng Shui. Gunn: Right. What's that mean again? Wesley: That people will believe anything. Actually, in this place, Feng Shui will probably have enormous significance. I'll align my furniture the wrong way and suddenly catch fire or turn into a pudding.
'Conviction (1)'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
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.
§ ita § - Jun 13, 2007 12:56:39 pm PDT #2976 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
tommyrot - Jun 13, 2007 12:58:04 pm PDT #2977 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.
I bet their babycams are just so-so, though
Probably. Or maybe the red pandas just haven't marketed themselves properly. Or maybe they're not as technologically adept as the black and white pandas.
Theodosia - Jun 13, 2007 1:02:24 pm PDT #2978 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"
Weren't they supposed to be distantly related to raccoons?
§ ita § - Jun 13, 2007 1:03:16 pm PDT #2979 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wikipedia ahoy!
Gudanov - Jun 13, 2007 1:03:22 pm PDT #2980 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Also, I'm having a hard time thinking of a post-1979 collectible car that I might want.
Buick Grand National? Not sure about the gas mileage though. Is the Subaru SVX a collectible?
§ ita § - Jun 13, 2007 1:04:45 pm PDT #2981 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The most recent molecular-systematic DNA research places the Red Panda into its own independent family Ailuridae. Ailuridae are part of a trichotomy within the broad superfamily Musteloidea (Flynn et al., 2001) that includes the Mephitidae (skunks), Procyonidae (raccoons), and Mustelidae (weasel, mink, wolverine, badger); but it is not a bear (Ursidae) as is the Giant Panda.[7]
tommyrot - Jun 13, 2007 1:10:26 pm PDT #2982 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.
Buick Grand National? Not sure about the gas mileage though
Those are turbocharged, right? If a turbo, they should get OK mileage if you don't have a lead foot. They've been sorta' collectible for a while. A bit harder to find a non-abused one, though.
Actually, another car I'd consider is the '84-'85 LTD LX. These were midsize cars with Mustang GT drivetrains. Essentially civilian versions of the midsize LTD police car (I recently sold my LTD cop car, as it was pretty spartan and I didn't think it was worth doing the work to fix what was wrong with it. But it was fun as hell to drive, and got about 19mpg).
Gudanov - Jun 13, 2007 1:12:22 pm PDT #2983 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Those are turbocharged, right?
Yep. Famous for being able to easily increase the boost if you are into that thing.
Theodosia - Jun 13, 2007 1:15:02 pm PDT #2984 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"
Speaking of things distantly related to other things, they found a pre-flight "bird" fossil, dubbed Gigantoraptor that would have been 26 feet tall:
For comparison, that's taller than most giraffes....
tommyrot - Jun 13, 2007 1:16:17 pm PDT #2985 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.
Another thing I've considered is getting a '60s car, like a Ford Galaxie 500, but replace the drivetrain with a more modern, fuel-injected 5.0 ford v-8 and automatic transmission with overdrive. So it'd be more reliable, and get highway mileage in the mid to upper 20s.
Something like this '67 Galaxie: [link] Very pretty!