I learned on stick -- my parents insisted. Came in handy over the years.
River: They weren't cows inside. They were waiting to be, but they forgot. Now they see the sky and they remember what they are. Mal: Is it bad that what she said made perfect sense to me?
'Safe'
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.
Fred Pete - Jul 22, 2009 11:58:15 am PDT #347 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
StuntHusband - Jul 22, 2009 12:06:57 pm PDT #348 of 30001
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
I learned on stick -- my parents insisted.
Ditto. I kept whining at my mom, who just smiled and pointed at the car. "Get in and drive!"
I would never own an automatic now. I want that (illusion of) control.
Barb - Jul 22, 2009 12:07:45 pm PDT #349 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
Panko-crusted goat cheese rounds from Whole Foods are of the devil's hands.
And very, very nummy.
amych - Jul 22, 2009 12:10:10 pm PDT #350 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Screw illusion of control. I want that need to pay attention to the car's current state to keep me from distractifying off to la-la land.
Atropa - Jul 22, 2009 12:10:36 pm PDT #351 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Panko-crusted goat cheese rounds from Whole Foods are of the devil's hands.
And very, very nummy.
I don't know about those, but the same can be said of the tortilla chips made with chocolate. Will my willpower be enough to keep me from eating the entire bag today? Who knows?
When I learn to drive later this summer, I am going to learn on an automatic. It will be easier.
Jesse - Jul 22, 2009 12:13:37 pm PDT #352 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I want that need to pay attention to the car's current state to keep me from distractifying off to la-la land.
I'm pretty sure that's my mother's take on it, too. Although I think they have an automatic now.
I got my license driving the driver's-ed guy's automatic, but had to learn stick to actually drive a car that I had access to.
Gudanov - Jul 22, 2009 12:16:43 pm PDT #353 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
The manual transmission is helping me right now when my speedometer decides it doesn't want to work. I can judge my speed pretty well by gear and the sound of the engine (I don't have a tach, so I've got to go with sound).
Toddson - Jul 22, 2009 12:18:56 pm PDT #354 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Panko-crusted goat cheese rounds from Whole Foods are of the devil's hands.
ooooh ... sounds yummy
tommyrot - Jul 22, 2009 12:21:32 pm PDT #355 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.
The manual transmission is helping me right now when my speedometer decides it doesn't want to work. I can judge my speed pretty well by gear and the sound of the engine (I don't have a tach, so I've got to go with sound).
Oh, Gud, here's a solution. Get a pigeon and tape it to the roof of your car. Then get a mirror so you can watch the bird. Your speed in mph will be roughly how many times the pigeon flaps its wings each minute, divided by 4.732837. (I use lots of decimals to give the illusion of accuracy.)
P.M. Marc - Jul 22, 2009 12:25:41 pm PDT #356 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I drove stick for 15 years. When we got our new car, we went with an automatic, mainly because my slightly-wonky knee is my left, and I can't deal with driving a stick in heavy traffic these days.
I miss a manual transmission.
I get my milk from Golden Glen Creamery at the local farmer's market. Sometimes, I cheat and get it from Twin Brook Creamery at the Metropolitan Market. In either case, the bottles are glass and the milk cream line. (Neither is listed on the site linked to with the moo.)