I'm all up in the law now, but damn it feels good to get my violence on.

Gunn ,'Unleashed'


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.


shrift - Apr 21, 2014 10:33:24 am PDT #25790 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Huh. I'd forgotten that I signed up for "Marriage and the Movies: A History" at Coursera: [link]


Dana - Apr 21, 2014 10:57:58 am PDT #25791 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

There's a word in this document that I think is short for "assembly." Unfortunately, that word is "assy".


Calli - Apr 21, 2014 11:42:59 am PDT #25792 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I drive stick and have since I was a teenager, when I had a shot at a babysitting job that came with a manual transmission car in which to run the kids around. This was the babysitting job that contributed significantly to my decision never to have kids, but at least I got a minor auto skill out of it. The cars I've owned have mostly been stick, because it's been cheaper, and I've been under the impression that manual transmissions last a bit longer than automatic ones. Since I try to keep my cars until they're 10+ years old and 150K+ miles, that's important to me. (I understand it's less of an issue with some automatic transmissions now.) I'm not wild about stop-and-go traffic up a hill, but it does make keeping my speed down in slow areas easy. (If my car's in 3rd it gets a bit loud when it goes over 30mph, in 4th it gets a bit loud when it's over 40 mph. Since I don't have cruise control, this helps me keep my speed from creeping up when a good song's playing.) And I understand manual transmission cars can have better gas mileage, unless you're using the lower gears to gun it.


DavidS - Apr 21, 2014 12:02:58 pm PDT #25793 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

The high point of my car driving ability was being able to parallel park on a steep hill in SF facing nose-down. That was fucking tricky. Gravity was a harsh mistress.

Three on the tree on a pickup was also interesting, as was moving my sister in a 20-foot U-Haul with stick.

All in all, I'm glad to have automatic transmission in San Francisco.


Zenkitty - Apr 21, 2014 12:19:05 pm PDT #25794 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I'm sorry to hear your thriving specimen is badly placed.

I meant to say, -t, worry not for my azalea, my sister convinced me to hang on until next weekend when she will help me trim all the bushy bushes back to something manageable, so the azalea will probably live and continue to thrive.


Theodosia - Apr 21, 2014 12:21:42 pm PDT #25795 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"

I rarely even notice that I'm starting facing up or down a hill, I'm so used to it. Also because I know my manual like the back of my hand, so just how much to step on the clutch and how much to push the gas pedal down.

That said, when I rented an automatic when my toe was broken, I hardly noticed the difference, aside from a couple incidents of trying to clutch a non-existent pedal.


SuziQ - Apr 21, 2014 12:36:35 pm PDT #25796 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

I keep flirting with the idea of getting a manual for my next car. It is what I learned on in the Berkeley Hills (hello Marin).

Driving out to the airport today, blasting tunes, was pretty sweet. Off to SLC.


SuziQ - Apr 21, 2014 12:40:49 pm PDT #25797 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Just out smarted myself. Thought I left my boarding pass at home as I was pulling out my I'd and headed to the counter to get it reprinted and realized it was tucked in the back of my book. Dur.


Sheryl - Apr 21, 2014 12:56:59 pm PDT #25798 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

I don't know how to drive manual. Nobody in my family knew how, so I was never taught. (Gary doesn't know how either.)


-t - Apr 21, 2014 1:23:03 pm PDT #25799 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I meant to say, -t, worry not for my azalea,

HOORAY!

Because obviously me and my tender feelings are the important considerations here.