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.

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."

That would be better.

Much better, tommyrot. Sends a clear message. What more do we want from our computers.

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?

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?

I've never done that, but the last time I was pulled over was about 12 years ago.

I just thought it was weird how they always looked at my face before deciding to pull me over.

I feel certain this has never happened to me.

but this time the officer had me get in his car (why do they do that, and why only sometimes?)

This has never happened to me, and I would be extremely wary of an officer who asked me to do that. I can't think of any reason for them to do that unless they're arresting you.

I had to get into the back of a police car once. He stopped me for speeding (I was going the same speed as everyone else) and he wanted to check the color of my eyes. He then told me that my license was incorrect--it said I had green eyes and he told me my eyes were blue-green. He asked who was with me in the car I was driving.

The only good thing is he didn't give me a ticket.

I generally have the registration and my license out already by the time he gets to the car. Never had an officer tell me to put my hands on the wheel. All I've ever been pulled over for was no turn signal, an expired medical waiver, or expired plates. I don't speed enough to be noticed in Utah.

I've been in the back of a police car before! I got in an accident and my car was not driveable and the police officer who came stayed until the tow truck came and drove me home in the back of the squad car. Really all I recall is the bars on the windows and the very small amount of leg room (it was 20 years ago), but it was nice of him to stay since this was before cell phones and I was in a new city and didn't really have anyone I could have called. I haven't really driven since, but the two times I was in the car when mr. flea got pulled over he had clearly done something wrong, most recently running a red light in heavy urban traffic. But we don't drive a lot, and our long-distance car trips tend to mean a late-model Toyota with a white family of four. We have Nice White Family syndrome.