I can't drive more than five hours at a stretch without falling asleep at the wheel. Anything more than a 7 hour drive and I'm going to fly.
Jayne: You wanna go, little man? Wash: Only if it's someplace with candlelight.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
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.
Cashmere - Aug 30, 2007 5:03:29 pm PDT #7833 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 30, 2007 5:07:46 pm PDT #7834 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
If I can work up the gumption after dinner, I may go see Lord T and Eloise perform.
sarameg - Aug 30, 2007 5:12:28 pm PDT #7835 of 10001
My family used to drive up to MN and Ill from southernmost NM just about every summer. However, usually without a/c and camping with 2 kids, so it was broken up into 3 or 4 days.
beekaytee - Aug 30, 2007 5:35:47 pm PDT #7836 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
I drove from DC to Oakland in a big-ass moving truck for some friends who'd moved in a hurry. It took me 4 days and them quite by surprise. "We didn't expect you for two weeks!" Books on tape and an iron will. I can do anything!!
BigDuluth - Aug 30, 2007 5:50:25 pm PDT #7837 of 10001
"I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world"
Beej I too have discovered books on tape. They keep me from having to take pit-stop mid trip naps. Mid trip naps in your car SUCK in summer months.
ChiKat - Aug 30, 2007 5:54:56 pm PDT #7838 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?
I love books on tape for long car trips. But, I occassionally still need the mid trip nap. And you're right, BD, mid trip naps in the summer are NOT fun. Of course, they're also not fun at Christmas when it's really cold out, either.
DavidS - Aug 30, 2007 6:01:59 pm PDT #7839 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Holy frijole, I'm wiped.
Took Emmett to practice and got pressed into service. Not only had to hit fly balls to the outfielders (which I haven't done in four years, though I did have some pleasingly high and deep bombs), also had to catch for all the pitchers. Six pitchers times twenty pitches is a long time to be squatting on these 46 y.o. knees.
beekaytee - Aug 30, 2007 6:02:05 pm PDT #7840 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Books on tape are the stuff. One of my very favorite things in this life. On the road and around the house.
BigDuluth - Aug 30, 2007 6:12:28 pm PDT #7841 of 10001
"I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world"
Wow...some militant Stargate fan group is trying to friend me on the Myspace... and trust me when I tell you I get behind the Firefly wagon and push as much as anybody but these guys are close to "knife a television executive" type fanatacism to get it back on the air.
Steph L. - Aug 30, 2007 6:44:41 pm PDT #7842 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Beej I too have discovered books on tape. They keep me from having to take pit-stop mid trip naps.
When *I'm* driving (particularly by myself), I have to get audiobooks of books I've already read, because that way I don't need to focus intently on the plot. Because if I *do* focus intently on the plot, I swerve into the other lane/off the road/into a tree/etc.
Also, NEVER drive when listening to David Sedaris, particularly Me Talk Pretty One Day. I was laughing so hard that I had to pull over on the highway. For real.