I drive stick, in SF. I certainly don't judge those who would rather drive an automatic, but after riding a motorcycle for so long, I needed something to keep me grounded in the "we are driving now!" world. (I also learned how to drive in a manual '79 Volvo, aka a Swedish tank with no power steering. Driving a new automatic is way too relaxing for me.)
They're doing it backwards; walking up the down slide.
River ,'Ariel'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
juliana - Apr 21, 2014 7:07:54 am PDT #25775 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Steph L. - Apr 21, 2014 7:11:56 am PDT #25776 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Man, the internet is magic. I can track Tim's cousin in the Boston Marathon. Right now, he's run 30K in 1:59. Because he is the goddamn FLASH.
Last year he ran the marathon in 2:31 and finished 225th. Overall, not in his age bracket or whatever. I like to think that all you could see when he ran was comic-book "speed" lines, followed by the word WHOOSH!!!
The page I'm tracking him on shows his miles/hour at each split, and he's just getting faster as he goes. At 5K he was running 10.5 miles/hour, and at 30K he was running 8.3 miles/hour.
t edit Wait. I did that math totally backwards. Durrr. Still, 8.3 miles/hours ain't too shabby.
SUPERHERO.
lisah - Apr 21, 2014 7:28:56 am PDT #25777 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
My feelings are the same as ita's w/r/t driving stick. Why make things unnecessarily harder? I'd only learn at this point if we were going someplace and renting a car and the only option was to get a stick shift.
sumi - Apr 21, 2014 7:42:13 am PDT #25778 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Or if you were going on TAR.
lisah - Apr 21, 2014 7:46:05 am PDT #25779 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Exactly, sumi!!!!
§ ita § - Apr 21, 2014 7:53:10 am PDT #25780 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think I was supposed to see it coming that my unemployment just ran out, but I didn't. So ... that happened.
Ack. I think I'm afraid of that and I'm not on unemployment (although I am a pessimist and assume I will be soon--we have a re-org coming up--who knows?). It's not even like you can just work harder and replace the money from somewhere else just like that.
Are you taking some time just to roll around in your feels on that, or are you just marching on (or solutioning, as they say here)?
Dana - Apr 21, 2014 7:58:40 am PDT #25781 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Comcast is shocked and sorry that I don't have internet or phone, so how about a service appointment on Friday?
I hate them so much.
Theodosia - Apr 21, 2014 8:12:53 am PDT #25782 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Sheesh.
What state are you in, Amy? (I should know, but there's a bunch of A(i)m(ee)(y)s on the board. MA is nice in that they don't automatically assume you're trying to rip off the state, and they also send you notices about when you have to re-up (or in the case of no unemployment extension, just get thrown into financial freefall.
Dana - Apr 21, 2014 8:44:29 am PDT #25783 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
The Comcast office is playing Frozen. Maybe I'll just stay here all day and watch it.
Dana - Apr 21, 2014 9:05:35 am PDT #25784 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Exile report: The library has way better wifi than Panera. Hooray for my tax dollars.