I-I'm just taking things without paying for th... In what twisted dictionary is that stealing?

Willow ,'Showtime'


Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.  

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.


dcp - Apr 25, 2024 11:39:01 am PDT #29958 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

How about www.edmunds.com ?

The last time I was playing around there, IIRC it gave me a price for "private sale" and a price for "trade-in."

eta: FWIW, I just tried my car details at edmunds.com and their private sale number was pretty close to the offer they relayed from Carmax.


P.M. Marc - Apr 25, 2024 11:58:11 am PDT #29959 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

David, I would book a hair appointment but I don’t have anyone!

Marjory at Babalousie in Ballard is the bomb.


NoiseDesign - Apr 25, 2024 3:20:06 pm PDT #29960 of 30000
Our wings are not tired

I am in a bit of denial about the fact that I have a 6am flight to Miami tomorrow morning, and then I'm driving from there to St. Louis by Sunday. I'm happy to do it, and it's the right thing to do for Bill's dog Sunny, but it was not at all what I thought this weekend would look like.

Wish me easy flights on both ends, and a clear highway in between.


EpicTangent - Apr 25, 2024 4:45:58 pm PDT #29961 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Safe and easy travels, ND!

Thanks, dcp, I'll give them a look.


Calli - Apr 25, 2024 6:08:15 pm PDT #29962 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Happy travels, Shir!

selling my old Ranger

What year? I’m not in the market or anything. It’s just that I learned to drive stick in my dad’s 1983 Ranger. That thing lasted into the 2000s, and it was still running when Dad sold it for a few hundred bucks to be someone’s farm truck.


Kate P. - Apr 25, 2024 6:29:06 pm PDT #29963 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

ND, will your route take you through Nashville? If so, and if you think that might be a good spot to take a little break, let me know! If the timing works out, it would be nice to see you, but no worries if you feel like you'd rather just push on through.


NoiseDesign - Apr 25, 2024 8:39:32 pm PDT #29964 of 30000
Our wings are not tired

I will be skirting by Nashville. I'm actually spending Saturday night in Chattanooga. Not sure what my schedule will be like, and I will have a nervous dog in my care, so I won't have a lot of flexibility.


meara - Apr 25, 2024 8:45:25 pm PDT #29965 of 30000

Safe travels, ND!!

Thanks for the rec, PM! I’ll keep it in mind. For the moment staving off the desire for fear I would look weird.


EpicTangent - Apr 25, 2024 8:46:11 pm PDT #29966 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

My truck is a 1997. Runs a little rough, but still going (except for right now when, according to the AAA guy, it needs a new alternator). I love my truck, but I've been driving the CRV my mom left for the last 7 years so I've had to get it jumped countless times because I just don't drive enough to keep 2 vehicles going. I'd love to hang onto it for sentimental reasons, but insuring it, registering it, etc., my practical side is finally starting to win the argument.


Calli - Apr 26, 2024 3:20:56 am PDT #29967 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

insuring it, registering it, etc., my practical side is finally starting to win the argument.

Oh, no doubt. I wouldn’t have kept Dad’s truck for similar reasons. The Ranger is a nice small truck, and it’s hard to find anything that isn’t a behemoth these days, so I expect you’ll find a buyer easily enough.

Smooth travels, ND!