Travers: Perhaps you'll favor us with a demonstration while we're here. Buffy: You mean, like, right now? 'Cause, already had my recommended daily dose of fights tonight.

'Potential'


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.


tommyrot - Apr 22, 2014 4:52:27 am PDT #25821 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

tommyrot - Apr 22, 2014 4:52:28 am PDT #25822 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I missed the stick-shift convo!

I learned stick by driving tractors and what-not when I was around 10. So I was driving stick shift cars for about 8 years before I first stalled one starting out. Because of my tractor experience, when I first started driving stick shift cars I made the opposite mistake that most new stick drivers make: I'd give the engine too much gas and take too long letting up the clutch. I'd also use a lot of force shifting gears because many tractors were hard to shift.

eta: accidentally posted too soon!

My high school girlfriend noticed I was using too much force to shift, so she told me what her dad told her: Move the shifter like you're holding a guy's cock.

The first stick car I owned was my '00 Focus. I loved driving stick except when I'd get stuck in bad traffic jams--my leg would get pretty tired after a few hours of stop-and-go driving. So my current Focus has an automatic--partially because of the traffic jam issues and partially because new automatics get better mileage than a manual transmission.

I also drove a van with a three-on-the-tree manual transmission at a job when I was in high school. It was fun except when it got stuck in third gear and I had to drive it back that way.


shrift - Apr 22, 2014 4:55:15 am PDT #25823 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Jesse, it is definitely a sign that I need to set up my new transit card. Also I am much calmer now that I have coffee and breakfast.


SuziQ - Apr 22, 2014 4:56:48 am PDT #25824 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Tommy. Is there something you want to tell us? Got to the SLC office only to realize I didn't bring my work ID. Now I have to wait for the receptionist to let me in and she isn't here yet.


tommyrot - Apr 22, 2014 4:58:00 am PDT #25825 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Tommy. Is there something you want to tell us?

?


§ ita § - Apr 22, 2014 5:12:32 am PDT #25826 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Tommy. Is there something you want to tell us?

?

tommyrot "Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This" Apr 22, 2014 6:52:26 am PDT

tommyrot "Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This" Apr 22, 2014 6:52:27 am PDT

tommyrot "Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This" Apr 22, 2014 6:52:28 am PDT

Just saying...

Jesse, wait, where are you? What did I miss? HOW FUCKING COOL???


brenda m - Apr 22, 2014 5:13:37 am PDT #25827 of 30000
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

eta: accidentally posted too soon!

Early and often, in classic Chicago style.


tommyrot - Apr 22, 2014 5:20:16 am PDT #25828 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Sorry, I didn't notice that.

I know what happened. I hit Return twice to create a new paragraph, but the focus must have been on the Post button.


shrift - Apr 22, 2014 5:24:48 am PDT #25829 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I was all flustered this morning and totally missed that Jesse is in SOUTH AFRICA.


Sophia Brooks - Apr 22, 2014 5:36:54 am PDT #25830 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Wait- how did Jesse get to South Africa? She is like Carmen Sandiego!