Still sexy after all these years:
Bill Clinton, why the phrase Silver Fox was invented.
Where'd they get CAT scan from?... I mean, did they test it on cats? Or does the machine sort of look like a cat?
Dawn ,'Sleeper'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[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.
Connie Neil - Feb 10, 2009 7:31:17 am PST #558 of 30000
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Frankenbuddha - Feb 10, 2009 7:32:14 am PST #559 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I would say go for a low mile used car.
I second this. My current car is a low mile used Suburu (Outback/Impreza model), and I LOVE it. I'm over halfway done paying for it (and I've been paying more each month than what I'd agreed to), and haven't had a single maintenance issue in the two plus years I've had. Oil changes have been the only expense apart from gas.
Granted apart from trips to Maine (and the trip to the Atlanta F2F), I rarely drive it any local distance (e.g. Salem to Boston) more than once a week.
Grammar question: I've been using e.g. to mean "for example", and i.e. to mean "in other words". Is that right, or do I have them reversed?
Sean K - Feb 10, 2009 7:34:33 am PST #560 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Emily, my '06 PT Cruiser was from Carmax. It's a really great place to buy a car. They won't sell previously damaged cars, either.
P-C, having bought both used cars and a new car, I really think you're going to get a LOT more value for your dollar if you buy a used car.
tommyrot - Feb 10, 2009 7:34:40 am PST #561 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Is that right, or do I have them reversed?
Right. (i.e. correct).
Dana - Feb 10, 2009 7:39:52 am PST #562 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I've been using e.g. to mean "for example",
The way my husband remembers this is to say that e.g. is "example given."
tommyrot - Feb 10, 2009 7:40:56 am PST #563 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The way my husband remembers this is to say that e.g. is "example given."
I just think, "EGsammple"
Ginger - Feb 10, 2009 7:40:59 am PST #564 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
e.g. = exempli gratia = for example
i.e. = id est = that is
Nora Deirdre - Feb 10, 2009 7:46:19 am PST #565 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Hec, places on my list are La Trappe, Eos, Zazie (for breakfast), Monk;s Kettle, Gary Danko, Dottie's True Blue, Slanted Door, Fleur de Lys, The Salt House, and Coi.
Dana - Feb 10, 2009 7:46:25 am PST #566 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Oh, sure, Ginger knows the Latin. Oooooh.
DavidS - Feb 10, 2009 7:54:44 am PST #567 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hec, places on my list are La Trappe, Eos, Zazie (for breakfast), Monk;s Kettle, Gary Danko, Dottie's True Blue, Slanted Door, Fleur de Lys, The Salt House, and Coi.
Eos is in my neighborhood. Make sure you get the shitake mushroom dumplings. The hangar steak is very tasty, and anytime they have something like mussels in green curry - get it.
Slanted Door - make sure you get one of their cool cocktails. I really like their claypot dishes.