We've been talking HTGAWM in Procedurals, fwtw. Although the MotW model has not really held up. has it?
Haven't watched this week's B99, alas.
ETA: Leverage conveniently fell under Cable so we didn't have decide what genre it should be
Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books!
Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Nov 25, 2014 7:35:47 am PST #11320 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Theodosia - Nov 25, 2014 7:36:52 am PST #11321 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"
Uber's biggest competitor is Lyft, and there's also Sidecar. I'm actually pretty impressed with Uber's software, which gives the rider real-time updating about where their/any car is, and how long the estimated time to arrival is.
Also the navigation estimate seems right on, even with traffic to contend with, mostly -- my bane is one-way streets. Today I found myself taking a fare to South Boston, and I've never driven there before, and then Uber found me a close-by fare back into downtown
dcp - Nov 25, 2014 7:37:35 am PST #11322 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Jesse - Nov 25, 2014 7:39:27 am PST #11323 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Lyft is the one with the pink mustaches, right?
§ ita § - Nov 25, 2014 7:41:23 am PST #11324 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
did I see him on Major Crimes last night?
World's prettiest (that's auto correct--*I* meant "pissiest*) doctor?
Damn I don't know if I've got a season pass¹ or not anymore... and he doesn't trigger the permanent CFerg season pass (do many people use search season passes? On what? I used to have one with krav set to record but it never fires. I hope Colin gets good residuals, because that horrible Diane Keaton movie seems like it's always waitng for me to delete.
finally bought my ticket home. .. and saved $250. I'm not going to gamble with that a lot, but what a relief!
¹: Who prefers Closer over Major Crimes? I don't think I do. They still have Jon. I did wonder if her Brooklyn Nine Nine appearance should have been a nod. Ah, well.
Why is the Uber app not letting me in? ?? Theo, I swear, is this your doing? ?
§ ita § - Nov 25, 2014 7:43:34 am PST #11325 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Lyft is the one with the pink mustaches, right?
OH. I still hate them, but I'm glad there was a point. I'd meant to ask.
If the Uber app doesn't let me in soon, gonna be Lyfted...
Oh, and Leverage didn't solve crimes. But HTGAWM usually did, as well as the overarching premise of solving that. Enh. Maybe the overarching didn't count.
I'd love to hear the premise of the show past the first season.
Theodosia - Nov 25, 2014 7:49:44 am PST #11326 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"
Maybe it's trying to get me to be your driver? I wonder how many minutes it's listing me as "away".
Lyft has the mustaches, yes. I think I'd rather be under the radar so far as taxi drivers go, I have a slight fear of my car being pounded on by crowbars. (Really, just guilt speaking.)
flea - Nov 25, 2014 8:28:07 am PST #11327 of 30000
information libertarian
Calli, insent. I am able to be on google chat most of this afternoon if you'd like something less asynchronous than email.
§ ita § - Nov 25, 2014 8:44:14 am PST #11328 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My Uber driver gave me a lift $25 coupon. Remarkably unconflicted young man.
Apparently I have 4.8 UberUberbeenz. I am now worrying over which ride gave me a four. Maybe the Russian guy I had difficulty giving instructions to after the ER?
Anyway, this driver says he'll give me five, so....
Theo, why did you go for Uber and not, say, Lyft? This driver also implied you can tip Uber drivers, and now I feel pressure again. Removing that pressure was relieving. Theo--are you expecting tips?
Theodosia - Nov 25, 2014 9:20:09 am PST #11329 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've only gotten one tip so far. I won't ask, but I certainly can accept one.
Actually, you (ita) may have swayed me to the Uber side of the Force.
I might not have been so eager if I'd known how many Uber drivers were out there. Seeing the map from the rider app is sobering. Otoh, I'm getting ride requests very steadily.