Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.

Host ,'Why We Fight'


Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork  

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.


smonster - Sep 27, 2011 10:31:02 am PDT #28744 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Just got the first estimate. It's the primary oxygen sensor, which is NOT one of the ones under recall, and to fix it will be about $600. ::sigh:: At least I have a job, but I haven't even received my second paycheck. And with the IMA battery likely to go, and the starter being finicky, I think it's time to start looking for a new (to me) car. Probably a small SUV or small pickup with an extended cab.

Bollocks.


Steph L. - Sep 27, 2011 10:37:38 am PDT #28745 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

It's the primary oxygen sensor, which is NOT one of the ones under recall, and to fix it will be about $600.

I have a hole in my exhaust system (the front pipe, IIRC, and possibly elsewhere). Back in May the dealer told me the whole exhaust system, from tailpipe all the way through the catalytic converter, would have to be replaced, to the tune of $1800-ish.

I have since been advised by car-ish people that the dealer says the whole thing needs replaced because they are not inclined to cut out sections of pipe and weld in new ones, like an exhaust shop will.

So it could be less expensive at an exhaust shop, but I'm still braced for a huge bill. Bah. And I really need to get it in this week.


Liese S. - Sep 27, 2011 10:39:51 am PDT #28746 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Cars! What are they good for?


erikaj - Sep 27, 2011 10:46:05 am PDT #28747 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!

Part of me wants to friend what's-his-face in order that I might make Special Comment face in his general direction(of course, if I had glasses, it would work better.) He can't help being weak and pathetic...in retrospect, I do wish I hadn't wasted so much time believing I was entertaining a man in a sickbed, but actually that was probably the only honest thing he said about himself. A true Special Comment on such a subject might feature a quote from Marshall McCluhan, and Casey Stengel, or somebody, but I'm not feeling very profound right now, so(looking at second camera) Mr. Straley, or, you know, let us be honest, whatever the hell your name really is(maybe Lazarus), your problems were, and remain, deeper than the internet. I have one piece of advice for how you may reclaim the tattered shreds of your identity. Do the world a favor, and disconnect now.


§ ita § - Sep 27, 2011 10:46:48 am PDT #28748 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

a man in a sickbed, but actually that was probably the only honest thing he said about himself

Why do you say that?


Kathy A - Sep 27, 2011 10:47:10 am PDT #28749 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Cars! What are they good for?

Absolutely nothin'!

(You forgot the "good God, y'all" in the middle there.)


erikaj - Sep 27, 2011 10:52:55 am PDT #28750 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!

Just my way of joking that the Man Ain't Right, ita. No inside track here. I kind of blame myself for my role in that debacle...needing to be needed is kind of a trigger for me. Being a manipulator, he probably smelled it like cheap perfume. But you wouldn't have to be a super-genius to guess that the crippled girl might feel pushed aside, every now and then. Duh.


le nubian - Sep 27, 2011 11:05:53 am PDT #28751 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Not really. It's a personality disorder. They simply lack the capacity to feel empathy. Your best bet is to train them to be a stockbroker.

This cracked my shit up today. Thank you.


flea - Sep 27, 2011 11:18:47 am PDT #28752 of 30001
information libertarian

I did know about the duck corkscrew penises, yes. Actually I found a web page that mentioned "Explosive eversion and functional morphology of the duck penis."

ION, male librarian pin-up calendar. If Zack is single, I can see him seeing a lot of action from this... [link] [semi-nude male librarians, may or may not be safe for your work; at mine they were coming to see...]


§ ita § - Sep 27, 2011 11:20:58 am PDT #28753 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Ah! NSFW link!