I decided tonight was the night to use this facial treatment sampler I got from Sephora, and it said it's like a spa peel thing, but....ow.
That's the thrill of living in the Hellmouth! There's a veritable cornucopia of fiends and devils and ghouls to engage ... Pardon me for finding the glass half-full.
Giles ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
Jesse - Oct 08, 2011 4:55:45 pm PDT #947 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Laura - Oct 08, 2011 4:57:17 pm PDT #948 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
My hybrid starts talking to me when I have 50 miles left but I tend to ignore until it is under 10. I once had a car with dual tanks and I ran out of gas with that car more than any other. I always figured I had a bit in the other tank.
My step-dad says you should always keep it near full to minimize evaporation and save a bit of gas. We clearly are not related.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 08, 2011 5:16:21 pm PDT #949 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
...y'all don't drive around with the low fuel light on? I...feel like I live dangerously now. Then again, mine comes on when I still have an eighth of a tank.
I sure don't. My car tends to use gas pretty steadily from full down to 1/4 of a tank, but the needle is prone to stock market-esque drops past that point. I've gone from 65 miles of estimated fuel to the low fuel warning light on a 7-mile drive from work to home.
Sheryl - Oct 08, 2011 5:16:47 pm PDT #950 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I was driving with the low fuel light on all last night.(My fuel gauge has a tendency to go down quickly once it gets past 1/4 tank. I was also on a tight schedule, so I couldn't stop for gas at any point.) Luckily there was enough to get us home.
DavidS - Oct 08, 2011 5:20:09 pm PDT #951 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Research tidbit via Laura Hillenbrand:
Fun with World War II: On the coast of Britain in June, 1944, a little British ice cream truck took a wrong turn and got caught up in a stream of tanks and other war vehicles being loaded onto ships for the massive D-Day invasion. Unable to get it out of the way, the Americans loaded it onto a ship. On D-Day, amidst the carnage, the little ice cream truck rolled onto the beaches at Normandy.
shrift - Oct 08, 2011 5:35:43 pm PDT #952 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
...y'all don't drive around with the low fuel light on?
Sure, I walk around hungry all the time! Then I get home and top myself off with a Green Machine smoothie.
Ginger - Oct 08, 2011 5:54:57 pm PDT #953 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
...y'all don't drive around with the low fuel light on?
My life is quite full enough with disasters that have no warning lights.
JenP - Oct 08, 2011 6:28:05 pm PDT #954 of 30001
When the light comes on, I have about 15 miles left.
Just finished putting together the trivia game for tomorrow. Should be fun! For a good 3/4 of us anyway. The rest will indulge. There's food and drink; it's all good.
I will print in the morning. I am tired.
aurelia - Oct 08, 2011 6:38:40 pm PDT #955 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I ran out of gas twice in my first car, both times in the middle of nowhere on the highway (pre-cell phone). The first time I had my car packed full to go to college, so I didn't get the mileage I normally did. The other time my transmission was failing, which also screwed with the mileage. Anyway, I don't tend to let the gauge go too far under 1/4 tank very often.
Kat - Oct 08, 2011 8:01:20 pm PDT #956 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Allyson, she's adorable as WW.
Today has been a DAY! We had to go box store shopping wherein I spent $200 on things like protein powder (for Grace) and a new dish drain and lotion and food. Then Noah's soccer game. Then lunch and a trip to Lands End so I can have semi-professional clothes. Then an aborted trip to laminate at Lakeshore. Then Grace's soccer game. Then a 5 mile walk (!!).
In between was putting up all the folded clothes and dealing with kids. ARGH. Tired.