My 1996 Honda Civic with the broken head gasket was auctioned off for $1K, so I am happy with that tax write-off. Most of the time we are fine with just having one car - a 1999 Subaru - but with the Metro line not running to my work at the moment, it is a PITA. We're waiting to see what a Bolt is like for me to drive. I will miss, miss, miss the manual transmission when we no longer have the Subaru. A neighbor who also drives an old manual and I discuss quitting our jobs and starting a driving school named "Kill My Clutch" to teach the young'uns how to drive one.
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
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.
Sparky1 - Nov 04, 2016 10:12:27 am PDT #847 of 30002
Librarian Warlord
bennett - Nov 04, 2016 10:13:16 am PDT #848 of 30002
"The Senate today have voted to make me a god in Palmyra. They'll put a little statue to me in the temple, and people will bring offerings to me, asking me to bring rain or cure their father's gout. Tell me, Livia: if I'm a god, even in Palmyra, how do I cure gout?!" Augustus, "I Claudius"
Hot buttered rum. Just saying. You can make up a batch of the butter mixture at the beginning of winter, refrigerate it, and make up mug whenever the weather gets too nasty.
Sue - Nov 04, 2016 10:18:21 am PDT #849 of 30002
hip deep in pie
My parents drink rum and cokes everyday before dinner. (Very 1950's cocktail hour without the swishy dresses.) Once, when I was very little, I gulped down my mom's thinking it was just Coke. I have never been able to stomach rum since.
It is pretty great in baking.
Connie Neil - Nov 04, 2016 10:18:49 am PDT #850 of 30002
brillig
That's impressive.
For most of its life, according to the CarFax, it was owned by someone who didn't drive it much. I hope it holds on till I get another unexpected windfall (ie, the gas lands lease gets renewed), because I don't want a car payment. ION, my garage is apparently more popular than I thought, because there are no appointments available tomorrow. Oil change next week!
Dana - Nov 04, 2016 10:25:13 am PDT #851 of 30002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Your public library will have Consumer Reports available.
Jesse - Nov 04, 2016 10:25:38 am PDT #852 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, I listened to that one, I think. Buy on the last day of the month!
Yes, that is my other (only?) hot tip!
Dana - Nov 04, 2016 10:29:13 am PDT #853 of 30002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
-t - Nov 04, 2016 10:33:33 am PDT #854 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hot buttered rum and Rachel Bloom marked for later.
Sheryl - Nov 04, 2016 10:36:39 am PDT #855 of 30002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Today has been a day for Mr. S getting lots of food on himself. The sippy cup I put his milk in leaked at the seal, so much milk went down his front. Then I gave him a squeezy pouch of yogurt, most of which he squeezed on to his vest. Sigh....
Glamcookie - Nov 04, 2016 10:37:16 am PDT #856 of 30002
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Working with nerds: "Take a gander at this, salamander."