I would never get in a car with an officer, they would have to arrest me.
I get confused. I remember everything. I remember too much, and... some of it's made up, and... some of it can't be quantified, and... there's secrets.
River ,'Safe'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
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.
msbelle - Sep 17, 2015 5:14:29 am PDT #5503 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Laura - Sep 17, 2015 5:24:54 am PDT #5504 of 30003
Our wings are not tired.
I saved a draft for you.
We saved a draft for you.
Your draft has been saved.
-t - Sep 17, 2015 5:26:58 am PDT #5505 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Out of state tags definitely make you a prime target, and swerving while Wazing probably does happen, but not being white is almost certainly a contributing if not deciding factor in actually getting pulled over rather than just watched and let go. I'm gonna state with conviction in absence of actual data. Because I am in a pugnacious mood.
The getting in the car thing is weird. i think I have only had that happen when I was driving out of state (and a long time ago, so my memory is pretty hazy) and he took forever to, like, try to look me on every database he had available just in case there was something that warranted an actual arrest. Why sometimes and not others I have no idea.
OTOH, reading Pop Sonnets has earwormed me with the Reading Rainbow song. There are worse fates.
And tommyrot, I would prefer passive voice for that. A draft has been saved for you.
I AM FULL OF OPINIONS TODAY
Dana - Sep 17, 2015 5:34:24 am PDT #5506 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
That's weird, because the Microsoft Manual of Style says not to use "we" except for "we recommend."
brenda m - Sep 17, 2015 5:40:13 am PDT #5507 of 30003
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
but this time the officer had me get in his car (why do they do that, and why only sometimes?)
That right there is where my alarm bells start clanging.
Connie Neil - Sep 17, 2015 5:54:22 am PDT #5508 of 30003
brillig
There is snow on the tops of the mountains. I had to turn my car heater on this morning. A tad early, Nature. But it'll be back in the 80s this weekend. This was a very cold storm.
tommyrot - Sep 17, 2015 5:57:30 am PDT #5509 of 30003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah, I was thinking passive voice would be best, except what happens if the user thinks the program is saying the user saved the draft? Then the user would get all mad because she didn't save it.
I think it should say, "I, Gorgon, shredder of souls and king of your petty emails, have saved a draft for you. BTW, please consider donating to this fund to take care of orphaned baby Skynets."
-t - Sep 17, 2015 6:03:00 am PDT #5510 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That would be better.
Laura - Sep 17, 2015 6:11:00 am PDT #5511 of 30003
Our wings are not tired.
Much better, tommyrot. Sends a clear message. What more do we want from our computers.
Liese S. - Sep 17, 2015 6:23:22 am PDT #5512 of 30003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Well my alarm bells were going off the whole time, but I tend to discard them because I know I'm paranoid. And also because what else was I going to do? Either it was going to be fine or it wasn't, and I wasn't going to be able to do anything about it, so I figured, rather make it so the press can't say I wasn't compliant afterwards.
I'd already done the whole hands on the wheel thing. You know, where he asks for your license and you say, "It's in my wallet in my front left pocket, I'm going to reach for it now." And he asks for your registration and you say, "It's in my glove compartment, I'm going to open that now." Do you all do that?