I predict failure. I didn't bring smokes with me to work, and I have an appointment at 3pm to see about a nicotine inhaler to help me out a bit.
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
'Underneath'
Natter 57 Varieties
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.
Allyson - Mar 24, 2008 9:08:18 am PDT #6972 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
msbelle - Mar 24, 2008 9:12:45 am PDT #6973 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
The salad I bought today was $3 cheaper than the salad I bought Friday. Screw you Metro Cafe, you and your over-priced lettuce.
also? note to self - MAKE AND BRING YOUR OWN DAMN SALAD!!1!! which will be at least half the cost and organic.
Nutty - Mar 24, 2008 9:14:51 am PDT #6974 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I don't know that I can drive a truck.
Last time I moved, it was with a small truck, bigger than a van but smaller than the 20-foot Uhaul kind. (I think it was, in fact, 13 feet.) And I was pleasantly surprised with how driveable it was: not too wide for the lane, fine on the turns, not weird with acceleration or braking. The only comment I had on it was that the seats were waaaay bouncy, and that the cab of the truck smelled like feet. But, I think that's true of all trucks.
Now, it was barely big enough for all my stuff, or anyway I had a couple carloads of incidentals. But that is a function of my pack-rat issues rather than of the truck itself.
tommyrot - Mar 24, 2008 9:16:40 am PDT #6975 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.
Driving a truck, especially on narrow-ish streets can be nervous-making at first, but eventually you get a sense of how much space you're taking up and it gets a lot easier.
eta: If you have to maneuver in a small space (especially backing up) it's a good idea to get someone outside to guide you....
§ ita § - Mar 24, 2008 9:21:56 am PDT #6976 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I predict failure.
Don't predict. Just do. If you fail, do again. But wait until actual failure before dealing with it.
Gnargh. I know a guy who can do hard drive recovery for me for cheap. And I need my data. But the guy...let's just say he's one of the guys that tried to extort money from Tom Cruise over his wedding photos. msbelle, you just got a data recovery quote--you know how insane prices are. This is the only possible way I can afford it.
I just don't want to make the call.
msbelle - Mar 24, 2008 9:26:26 am PDT #6977 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
yeah, I am kinda ignoring my data issues at the moment. a guy at work is getting me a program to try - If I get that soon I will pass it on to you. Otherwise, I need to go to the trusty mac store adn just pay up, but I think I'd like to know if a tax refund is coming before I do that.
shrift - Mar 24, 2008 9:29:32 am PDT #6978 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Sudden attack of apathy. Have work to do. Cannot bring myself to care.
tommyrot - Mar 24, 2008 9:29:57 am PDT #6979 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.
Random health news - apparently, taking Ginkgo biloba and ibuprofen at the same time can result in "Fatal intracerebral mass bleeding."
Damn.
Jesse - Mar 24, 2008 9:30:43 am PDT #6980 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Driving a truck, especially on narrow-ish streets can be nervous-making at first, but eventually you get a sense of how much space you're taking up and it gets a lot easier.
When I drove the U-Haul to move to NYC, it turned out I was moving onto a very narrow street. I totally nearly took someone's mirror off. Oops. That did not get easier -- the beginning of the drive was wide DC streets and then highways, so it was more or less OK, but then I had to go through the tunnel, through Manhattan, and on to this narrow street. Traumatic!
Jessica - Mar 24, 2008 9:32:39 am PDT #6981 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've driven a U-Haul van in Manhattan once, and it was once too much. I need big wide suburban streets for those things. (And I learned to drive on a full-size van, so it's not like I was unfamiliar with the car as such. Just...not in Manhattan. Scary.)