I drove a friend's Beetle once. The seat had rusted to the floor, so I couldn't move it back. I had to move my knee sideways as I lifted the clutch or else my knee would hit the dash.
It was fun, but underpowered.
I'm all up in the law now, but damn it feels good to get my violence on.
Gunn ,'Unleashed'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
tommyrot - Jul 22, 2009 11:38:53 am PDT #330 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Trudy Booth - Jul 22, 2009 11:40:13 am PDT #331 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Where to find milk in glass bottles
That website mooed at me. Loudly. At work. Could you put a warning on the link, Msbelle?
tommyrot - Jul 22, 2009 11:40:41 am PDT #332 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
From the 1920s, a box that hangs out the window for you to put your baby in....
meara - Jul 22, 2009 11:43:33 am PDT #333 of 30001
Hah! Tommyrot, that totally reminds me, I've been reading all these medical records for my current job, about vaccinating babies, and they all have reminders for the new parents about "Don't shake the baby!" and I keep wanting to giggle every time I see it, because of htat thing that was linked here....
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jul 22, 2009 11:45:33 am PDT #334 of 30001
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Manual transmission rentals are the norm in the UK, that's for sure.
Is true. Automatic transmission is considered unusual here. I drive an automatic (although I can drive a manual) - it irritates the hell out of The Girl, who likes to be in control. I just like not having to do handbrake starts on hills, which are evil.
megan walker - Jul 22, 2009 11:46:51 am PDT #335 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I don't remember what the deposit is, but I bring the empties back so it's moot at this point.
Oh, I would bring them back, but since I walk to the grocery store, often on the way home from work, empties aren't really workable (whereas I always have my tote when I go to the farmers' market).
It might actually be easier since the whole driving thing isn't new. Just learn someplace where there is plenty of space in front of you (behind you in reverse), especially in a car with a lot of power.
I'm thinking San Francisco is not the place to be learning how to drive stick.
DavidS - Jul 22, 2009 11:49:19 am PDT #336 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm thinking San Francisco is not the place to be learning how to drive stick.
Yeah, it can be a bitch to finesse the handbrake thing.
My first car (that I bought with my own money from my first job) was a VW Squareback. We had a big side yard so I could go first and reverse until I mastered them. Also, NSM with the hills in Florida.
Calli - Jul 22, 2009 11:49:58 am PDT #337 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'd kinda like the baby box for my cat. Then again, I live on the first floor, so if it fell Leifur would probably be displeased, but unharmed.
StuntHusband - Jul 22, 2009 11:51:52 am PDT #338 of 30001
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
If this better belongs in another thread, please slap my wrist and I'll remember next time.
The trailer for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland is out.
IJS: Johnny Depp does not need safety-orange hair.
tommyrot - Jul 22, 2009 11:52:20 am PDT #339 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah, it can be a bitch to finesse the handbrake thing.
Huh. I got into an argument with a friend who insisted the handbrake thing was only if you were learning stick and otherwise shouldn't be used, whereas I said it was a good technique to use on steep hills even if you were experienced at driving stick.
She lived in a relatively flat part of Wisconsin.