Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[SEC_Chick]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I'm probably trading in my Explorer for one as soon as the reviews come out favorably. $2000 tax credit, here I come.

I'd hold out for the hybrid Lexus RX330 which is due out at about the same time. That is, unless Ford's reliability miraculously improves.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
It's the warm, protective blanket of greenhouse gases in the immediate vicinity. Snuggly in winter; deadly in summer. Was the woman who was caught on tape beating the shit out of her toddler in the mall parking lot driving an SUV? I'm less clear on the science underpinning that correlation, if any.

Why did I see that coming?

(Actually, most of the incidents I've seen have involved mini-vans, which suggests that kids tend to die in vehicles that tend to get bought by people with kids.)

[Sparklehorse]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
That's a really good theory, but what I can remember from being 15, is that a 15 yo does not know their limits. Much the same as when you're in college and you binge. You don't really know your limits until you've puked at least that one time.

But, I guess if you're drinking with your family then there might be less of a tendency to get hammered (unless your family is intolerable, then...drink till you puke).

I could be a case study to prove GWNC's point. Growing up, we were allowed to drink wine at dinner on special occasions. My underage relatives are still allowed to do this in my family.

While I was in high school, my best friend's parents encouraged all their kids and kids' friends to drink at their house so there would be supervision. We drank just as much and got into a lot less trouble than our classmates who were stumbling around in the woods.

The sad irony was that my friend's sister was killed by a drunk driver.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
TM, that is priceless. I just sent it to my SO, who is also transactional and is STILL that kid who controls and cites the rules to any game. He also reads manuals for fun.

n(I don't think he is annoying tho)cs

I think you misunderstand. I'm not and never was that kid. It's an analogy. I feel like I have to be that kid for my job. That's what I do.

TM

[bilmore]

Originally posted by SEC_Chick
I'd hold out for the hybrid Lexus RX330 which is due out at about the same time.

And then, hope like hell that a lot of them get sold, or you won't find a part for them anywhere after a few years.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by bilmore
Why did I see that coming?

In other words, "why post that, it means nothing, it adds no facts to the discussion, it's just someone's conclusions and we know what his conclusions are going to be all the time anyway"?

Just checking.

[SEC_Chick]

Originally posted by bilmore
And then, hope like hell that a lot of them get sold, or you won't find a part for them anywhere after a few years.

Good point. Lexus is aparrently going to market it as the upscale model... V-8 power with economy car mileage. There should be enough people who would get suckered into going for the perceived top of the line model to keep then selling for a few years (not that I would buy one until they had been around for a decade or so) I see a surprising number of Hybrid civics in these parts though. And by surprising, I mean that I notice one that has a hybrid badge on the back every other week or so.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
In other words, "why post that, it means nothing, it adds no facts to the discussion, it's just someone's conclusions and we know what his conclusions are going to be all the time anyway"?

Just checking.

You are a bitter, spiteful little man.

Can someone teach me how to perfect one of these bad boys? I have noticed that some of those in offices near mine are really strong in this area. They use them for chit chat around the proverbial water cooler with people who clearly make their skin crawl (like the fat guy, the Bill Lumbergh guy, the bimbo looking lady). One of these folks tries to make a funny and these fake chucklers just toss the head back and do their thing. They also do it really well with partners, who do it right back if they are in a fake good mood that day. Me, I just do a fake grin and try to squint my eyes and make it look like a real grin. Then I get the hell away from the water cooler. My fake laugh, which is quite rusty, always sounds so transparently fake to me that I think it would offend the undesirables on the receiving end of it. And god forbid they heard my real laugh which sounds nothing like my fake chuckle, and which apparently cannot be simulated, then the undesriables would know for sure that they were being fake chuckled at. Which I think is kind of insulting to their intelligence, such as it is.

So how do these people pull it off? Are they really fooling the undesirables? And arent these fake chuckles more rude than polite?

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by SEC_Chick
I'd hold out for the hybrid Lexus RX330 which is due out at about the same time. That is, unless Ford's reliability miraculously improves.

Well, every single problem I've had with the Explorer has been self- or other person-inflicted (dent from backing into pole in front fender, replacement of passenger side mirror due to miscalculation of distance of gate, two windows replaced due to other people badly wanting my stereo or rollerblades, armrest over center console replaced because the Displaced Dog thinks of it as a throne, wheel replaced because backed into a curb and dented it). Aside from regular oil changes and scheduled tune ups, I've never had to take it in for anything mechancial. I've had it four years / 45000 miles, and I wouldn't hesitate to trust it to take me anywhere I need to go.

[SlaveNoMore]

Chief Wiggum
Hello to those who remember me. I switched jobs and thus, I have been away. I am just flying through.

I see that the fashionistas have migrated. hmm.

keep up the good work!
See ya
Wigs

Ok, one more off the MIA list.

Welcome back, bro.

not7yS

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by bridge of love
I don't mean this to be harsh to those who don't "like" being a lawyer, but let's face facts:
1 average income of those posting is way above national average
2 most of you have enough control to go see family/personal things you want to do. ie don't punch a clock and have freedom to be at kid's school play at 2PM Tuesday. Admitted, might require working on Satruday.
3 most all jobs blow in one respect or another- especially once they are routine and something new is not happening every day.
4 many (most?) of us make well into 6 figures and yet have freedom to post hundreds of times here- you are not all swamped every second of every day.

Speak for yourself. I am so swamped that I have to have my secretary type my posts in. Oh and I really crack the whip when there are spelling errors.

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by bilmore
Why did I see that coming?

(Actually, most of the incidents I've seen have involved mini-vans, which suggests that kids tend to die in vehicles that tend to get bought by people with kids.)

How does a 5 year old die in a car? That is my question. And how does he allow his 3 year old brother to die in the car? My 5 year old is unbuckling his belt and raring to go as soon as I pull up the parking break and shut off the car. Because I cannot say it any way without sounding like a cold-hearted bitch, I will simply say "natural selection" and no more.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I wound up buying these weird low cut pants because they're the only slim fitting pants I could find at BR. They're nice, but they only had them in one color, so I can't even get multiple pairs.

So let me get this straight. You're sporting low rise, tight, hip huggers? Good God man.

TM

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
[Quey: How do you manage to laugh at some smarmy story/joke/comment/etc. when you don't really find it funny/amusing/interesting/etc.?]

I almost forgot that you are not married.