Another blog post from the guy studying urban fishers. Cool video of animals dealing with snow.
You're right. He's evil. But you should see him naked. I mean really!
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sumi - Jan 28, 2011 9:26:44 am PST #19735 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Kate P. - Jan 28, 2011 9:26:58 am PST #19736 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
WS, thank you for the pep talk! We are going to a dealership, so we'll definitely do some research on the car beforehand to know what a reasonable price might be.
I think I'd feel easier about it if we were buying from some guy's backyard; the idea of bargaining in a place as "official" as a car dealership somehow feels totally weird to me. But I think I just have to get over that.
brenda m - Jan 28, 2011 9:27:14 am PST #19737 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
"Okay, Lady. I love you, bye bye."
Ginger - Jan 28, 2011 9:28:46 am PST #19738 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Blues Brothers: "We’re on a mission from God."
Gone with the Wind: "I’ll think about that tomorrow."
Animal House: "Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life."
You fucked up. You trusted us!
They're on double secret probation.
Food fight!
This is Spinal Tap: Many variations on it goes to 11.
Jesse - Jan 28, 2011 9:33:53 am PST #19739 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Kate, bargaining is totally what happens at car dealerships. As far as I know, never having bought a car. But remember the general rule of bargaining: start low.
Amy - Jan 28, 2011 9:34:12 am PST #19740 of 30001
Because books.
Oh, Animal House. Yeah, lots of those quotes around here, too.
Daisy Jane - Jan 28, 2011 9:35:47 am PST #19741 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Animaniacs: "Elelator go UP!" is in my head every morning and "Elelator go DOOOWN!" every evening when I leave work.
Also quotable Pulp fiction is useful: "I'll be down in 2 shakes of a lamb's tail" "Zed's Dead" "What's no country I ever heard of! They speak English in What?" "Say 'what' again, motherfucker!" "Does Marcellus Wallace look like a bitch? Then why you try to fuck him like one?"
erikaj - Jan 28, 2011 9:37:36 am PST #19742 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
"Yes. No! Maybe."- From the Wire. A lot of old stuff from Hill Street Blues that has been a family thing forever that it would take a lot to explain. "Serpentine, shel," "What's your childhood trauma?" "Take your tie off, Frank. I'm hot just looking at you," from H:LOTS "Night of the Dead Living"(It's hot here...I use this a lot.) "D'oh...stupid traumatic childhood1"
WindSparrow - Jan 28, 2011 9:41:59 am PST #19743 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I think I'd feel easier about it if we were buying from some guy's backyard; the idea of bargaining in a place as "official" as a car dealership somehow feels totally weird to me. But I think I just have to get over that.
If the car was a trade in, they probably didn't give much at all to the person who traded it in. (ie the cars on the lots for $2000 were $500 trade-ins.) Dunno what the margin is for used cars bought at auction.
Kate P. - Jan 28, 2011 9:42:45 am PST #19744 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
But remember the general rule of bargaining: start low.
Then they'll laugh at me! OK, probably not.
I think what we need to decide before we go in is (1) What's the most we're willing to pay for this car, and (2) If they won't go as low as we want, are we willing to just walk away? Once we settle those questions, and can present a united front, I think I'll feel better.