It's because you didn't have a strong father figure isn't it?

Joyce ,'Chosen'


Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Glamcookie - Jul 12, 2008 6:22:03 am PDT #6774 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

My first car was a 1988 Mazda 626 family sedan. I wanted a VW bug.


Laura - Jul 12, 2008 6:22:11 am PDT #6775 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

Adds furniture and cars to the list of things the boys will get to choose themselves. They already get to choose hair, clothes, and food despite condemning looks from friends and family. The cool thing about kids choosing their hair and clothes is that I get to embarrass them with the photos in later years.

Poor son Brendon. He and his father stayed in Florida most of this summer so that dad could coach basketball and get the boys in shape for next season. First game, a month ago, Brendon fell in a game and injured his elbow. Just got another MRI a couple days ago, and still sidelined. DH has done a great job with the scrubs and they just won in playoffs against a team that goes to state every year. My son, may not even get to play his Junior year. This whole thing has been a huge commitment of time, emotion, and money for DH and it has to be killing him that his son can't even participate. My son, he is satisfied to be on the computer all day anyway, probably impeding his elbow from healing. Frustrated.

IOmememeN, just got back from the volunteer fire department rummage sale. Loot included a set of 12 wicker coasters, 4 wine glasses, muffin tins, and a 4' square wood game board set. $5 total. I gave them $10 and told them the other $5 was for the baked goods that I resisted.

First car - 64 Chevy that had been in a flood. Trunk held closed with a clothes hanger. The lot had sold it to me for $75, but I only gave them $50 because they never came up with the title. Had to keep a case of oil in the back seat for frequent additions. 2 years later I left it in a parking garage in downtown Norfolk when I moved to Richmond because I didn't think it would make it that far. Good times.


d - Jul 12, 2008 6:31:27 am PDT #6776 of 10001
It's nice to see some brave pretenders trying to make it interesting.

Timelies

I'm feeling snarly. My cats keep peeing where they aren't supposed to (although on things that seem somewhat easy to clean), my tri top has weird stains on it, and argh!

My first car was a Geo Prizm which I bought after college.


Susan W. - Jul 12, 2008 7:19:43 am PDT #6777 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

My first car was a 1980 Dodge Colt, which my parents bought for me. It was tiny but tough, a good car.

I didn't own a car while I lived in Philly, so I married into my next car, a '97 Ford Contour. The first car I had anything to do with picking myself was a '99 Mazda 626 we got when it was clear we really needed two cars to function. We ordered it online back in 2000 in the heady days of the dotcom boom from a now-defunct used car website, which delivered it straight to our door.

We still have both of those cars, but the Contour is showing its age, and it's always guzzled gas to a ridiculous degree for such a small car, so we're hoping to replace it by year's end.


Miracleman - Jul 12, 2008 7:33:27 am PDT #6778 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020

First car was a 1977 electric blue Mercury Comet.

Natch, I called it the "Batmobile".

Drove that sucker into the ground.


Amy - Jul 12, 2008 7:37:07 am PDT #6779 of 10001
Because books.

First car was a hand-me-down from my mom (which *she* had bought used), a Pontiac T1000, which was pretty much the Chevette's bastard cousin.

Drove it from senior year of high school until Jake was two. A lonnnng time. Had no visors, a sprung passenger seat, and about a billion miles on it before it finally died a quiet death.


megan walker - Jul 12, 2008 8:28:52 am PDT #6780 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Speaking of cars, I'm happy to report that I can breath a little easier as it looks like all the damage to my rental car from my LA trip has been covered ($497). I've been sweating it out for 6 weeks as Enterprise immediately charged me a $500 deductible while I waited for Amex to resolve everything.

For future reference to potential buffista renters out there, I've never owned a car, but I rent fairly often. I have special liability insurance, but have relied on Amex coverage for any damage or theft. I've heard it can be a problem collecting on the coverage, but IME they were pretty good. I called them upon my return to report the damage, gave them my rental agreement number, and they handled the rest with Enterprise. They immediately put a dispute flag on the $500 charge so I didn't have to pay it upfront.

It took about six weeks to resolve, and initially they only paid the actual damage ($447) and not the $50 admin fee, but with a few phone calls, either they paid it or got Enterprise to waive it because it has just been credited to my account.

Now if only the city of Pasadena would give me a response about my parking ticket...


omnis_audis - Jul 12, 2008 8:39:34 am PDT #6781 of 10001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

I just bought a 40" tv. Now trying to schedule a delivery time that doesn't require time off work.


amych - Jul 12, 2008 9:07:10 am PDT #6782 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

~ma like crazy, ND


megan walker - Jul 12, 2008 9:11:14 am PDT #6783 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Hanging-on~ma ND. I'm so sorry that this has happened so quickly. That really sucks.