I go online sometimes, but everyone's spelling is really bad. It's... depressing.

Tara ,'Get It Done'


Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Ginger - Mar 09, 2010 7:08:00 am PST #14964 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Changing the headlights on the current truck just requires snapping in a new bulb. On the previous version, changing headlights required removing the grill, which was held on by plastic snap things invented by the devil. Each time I changed a headlight, I lost at least one of the damn things.


§ ita § - Mar 09, 2010 7:17:03 am PST #14965 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I could change the headlights on my Accord. Try as I might, I never managed it with the Jetta. Damned annoying. I have given up.


Kristen - Mar 09, 2010 7:23:08 am PST #14966 of 30001

I've considered changing the headlights on my beetle but I've heard so many horror stories that I haven't gotten up the nerve yet.

I also need to change a break light. I'll apparently need a butter knife for that.


Sue - Mar 09, 2010 7:25:06 am PST #14967 of 30001
hip deep in pie

That hockey water usage graph was hilarious! I love the little bump after the win where most people were celebrating but a few who had been holding it all game rushed off to the bathroom before the medal ceremony.

The comments have a lot of "True hockey fans can hold it for three periods."

I changed a headlight once. At the time my friend and I didn't know that one headlight was angled in, so we adjusted straight on.


Gudanov - Mar 09, 2010 7:25:40 am PST #14968 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

I've changed headlights on an Oldsmobile 88, a Dodge Omni, a Subaru GL, a Ford Mustang, a Ford Escort, a Ford Taurus, a Ford Tempo, a Ford Windstar, a GMC S-10, a Nissan Quest, a Saturn SL, and a Honda Civic. Not all of those were my cars though.


tommyrot - Mar 09, 2010 7:31:02 am PST #14969 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.

I've only changed a headlight on my '72 Mercury Monterey. I called the Ford/Mercury dealership in my parents home town (I was at my parents at the time) to ask how to do it. It was somewhat tricky, as there were tight springs involved.


Ginger - Mar 09, 2010 7:34:51 am PST #14970 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Poll says four in five people around the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right: [link]


§ ita § - Mar 09, 2010 7:42:20 am PST #14971 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

four in five people around the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right

I wonder how many of the respondees were illiterate and living below the poverty line.


tommyrot - Mar 09, 2010 7:52:06 am PST #14972 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.

Freaky! The Horror Of Nature: The Slingjaw Wrasse

Nature is a cruel, twisted bitch; the overseer of a vast menagerie of strange and awful things. These creatures were put on this Earth to inhabit our nightmares. Witness then, the horrible distended jaws of the appropriately named Slingjaw Wrasse. Filmed in excruciating slow motion so that one may fully appreciate the powerful thrust of this fish’s disgusting (or, perhaps, just lazy?) eating habits. Yes, for now they are feeding on insects, but it is only a matter of time (or a matter of a massive dose of radiation) before they develop a taste for the human brain. Evolution will take care of the rest, no doubt bestowing upon them appendages not unlike out own legs, allowing them to walk upon the land — looking every bit like a Hieronymus Bosch creation come to life — if only for long enough to crack open the soft, eggshell-like skull of a child and slurp out its contents like so much jelly. Mark my words: The time is nigh; best to wipe them out while they can only swim!


DavidS - Mar 09, 2010 7:56:27 am PST #14973 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

That is so not even close to the freakiest fish I've ever seen. Kind of cool that it looks so normal but has obviously had a cyborg enhancement.