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

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by leagleaze
You know, I am just not very good at parking. I have trouble keeping it between the lines.

I'm not very good at colouring either. It isn't like I don't try, but I have this problem.

Fortunately my car is small so it rarely matters, but in a big car, I would be a disaster.

Then it's not your fault, and I will try not to swear at you if you are accidentally over the line into a space I want. But if I don't think it's you, I will swear.

And try coloring with crayons. No one cares if you go outside the lines with crayons 'cause they're too wide for precision. Colored pencils, some people are sticklers about.

Originally posted by W.W.L.D.
Here! Here!

I shall fuck off with my fucking stupid car, succeed, and start a fucking wastland that will free from fucking parking restrictions, and from which my fucking followers and I shall launch nightly fucking raids on the peds, leaving embarrassing skidmarks at popular intersections and other places of notable interest.

Thats righ, Jehovah. STay in your redneck part of the world. And just remember to keep those skidmarks off your manpanties.

[NotFromHere]

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 4 — Episcopal bishops indefinitely postponed their vote Monday on whether to approve the church’s first openly gay elected bishop after allegations of pornography and inappropriate conduct arose. THE ADVANCEMENT OF the Rev. V. Gene Robinson to bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire had been approved Sunday by the church’s House of Deputies, a legislative body composed of clergy and lay people, setting the stage for Monday’s final vote by the 106-member House of Bishops.
Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold postponed the final vote Monday afternoon, saying in a statement that he had appointed the bishop of Western Massachusetts, the Rev. Gordon B. Scruton, to investigate “questions [that] have been raised and brought to my attention regarding the bishop elect.”

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by W.W.L.D.
Here! Here!

I shall fuck off with my fucking stupid car, succeed, and start a fucking wastland that will be free from fucking parking restrictions, and from which my fucking followers and I shall launch nightly fucking raids on the peds, leaving embarrassing skidmarks at popular intersections and other places of notable interest.

Umm, that's not very Christian of you....

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by mmm3587
When are vehicle fees going to reflect true costs of vehicle ownership, including weight and maybe miles driven? Probably not as long as a guy whose family made all his money from oil and other big business is the president.

Gas taxes do a pretty good job of charging for the fuel costs. Insurance needs to do a better job of assessing the damage caused by Suv's (although they probably balance out the occupants' injuries with the ones they cause)

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
How about NOBODY drives. If you cant subway there, or walk there, or bike there, then you are too deep in McMansion sprawl and should stay in whence you came. We dont want you and your fucking stupid SUV or small car. Fuck off.

Up until this point I am in total agreement. You like the suburbs? Then stay there and don't bother me.

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by purse junkie
Then it's not your fault, and I will try not to swear at you if you are accidentally over the line into a space I want. But if I don't think it's you, I will swear.

And try coloring with crayons. No one cares if you go outside the lines with crayons 'cause they're too wide for precision. Colored pencils, some people are sticklers about.

I drive a little sportyish kind of thing. It's tan. Excuse me, desert.

And thank you.

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by dtb
These may be lame justifications, and the gas mileage thing does bother me quite a bit, but we really do need a big vehicle. And I will NOT drive a mini-van. Ick. Totally uncool.

Not to be snippy,* but these justifications are lame. Unless you're hauling a horse trailer or going off road, a minivan is a better use of space, fuel and money**.

And what no one seems to get is that minivans ARE cool. They're cool in that "I am above being cool" kind of way. They tell everyone that the driver doesn't care what you think is cool, s/he's just got to haul a lot of shit around. My cousin the NY actor/musician/bohemian just bought a minivan to haul around his band's crap, and his life is about nothing but being cool. And if you get one in the ever popular gold metalic or silver metalic, you can also convey to the world that you are to busy living your life to be bothered washing your car.

Full disclosure: I own a small SUV, but I bought it at a time in my life when I was doing all sorts of SUV stuff - driving down romote roads to fishing holes, driving up to ski lodges, carrying muddy bikes back from trails, etc. Of course, within three months of purchase I met the future baltspouse who likes to do none of these SUV requiring things, and it has since remained on the road and I have gained 30 pounds.

Ugh. I have to go work out. Next car (soon!) will be a minivan, and the second car is/will be a small sedan or coupe.


*a sure sign that someone is about to be snippy, but I mean it's nothing personal.

** a co-worker who just bought a Expedition/Suburban thing just paid close to $15,000 more for it than I will be paying for my comparably equiped minivan. For that $15k he gets a much bigger engine to haul around his much heavier car, and four wheel drive.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Gas taxes do a pretty good job of charging for the fuel costs. Insurance needs to do a better job of assessing the damage caused by Suv's (although they probably balance out the occupants' injuries with the ones they cause)

Oh get a fucking grip. Gas taxes in this country are so far from pigouvian it's not even funny. And "fault" in car accidents should include "If you were not driving something that weighs 7,000 lbs, there would have been minimal damage to either car therefore despite the fact that the other car ran the stop sign, you have to pay for the damages."

Not that I'm biased on this point. I am with whoever that person is with the rolling dice or whatever -- are you male? Are you married? If the answers are "yes" and "no" respectively, wanna go on a date?

Edited because apparently out-of-proportion anger makes me spell like I have a cold.

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Up until this point I am in total agreement. You like the suburbs? Then stay there and don't bother me.

thats good bc I am developing a girlcrush on you. In my mind, you look like Jill Kelly, after the implants.

and of course you know that my immigrants comment is tounge in cheek. they are just such a target. everyone makes fun of them.

Originally posted by leagleaze
I drive a little sportyish kind of thing. It's tan. Excuse me, desert.

And thank you.

I didnt know the subaru outback came in desert.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by mmm3587
I just want to note that I am scared of people who feel "sturdy" and "safe" in big cars or trucks. Do you think the rest of us feel sturdy and safe when you are driving that huge shit? Do you think that you're going to do well in a roll-over because you feel sturdy and safe? Just please, please drive it like it should be driven, and don't run into me and kill me. In the end, you may end of feeling worse because you killed me just so you could feel safe. Or maybe not, or you wouldn't drive that in the first place.

My favorite retort to "it keeps my kid safe" is "I hope your kid is permanently traumatized when your rEEEEEEEdiculously large vehicle hits the normal sedan the kid's best friend is in, and the best friend is squished into roadkill in front of your kid."

[blueballs]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
More reality tv posts, please.

I don’t watch a huge variety of TV but on the rare occasions that I channel-surf and when I read all the TVTalk on this board I think of that old Springsteen song "57 Channels and Nothing On."

Has that come true or what? Now I admit that without my digital cable hookup I would miss ESPN, FoxNews, and Dennis Miller’s gigs on HBO, but other than that it's a big wasteland. And more and more, a big reality wasteland. If I want to see the dregs and drecks of humanity embarrassing themselves I can just take a walk around mid-town at lunch time.

Speaking of embarrassments, anyone else see where the makers of Nutella chocolate spread have dropped Kobe Bryant because of the rape thing? Apparently they made the unfortunate marketing decision of going with the catch phrase "Kobe's favorite spread". While he may like the fudgey path, I think they were a little off on where the spreadin’ be done.

Funny thing I just bought some and his mug is right there on the jar, big as all getout. Probably a collector’s item and I’m guessing it won't be on the next jar I buy, unless it’s a jar of Vasoline.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
and of course you know that my immigrants comment is tounge in cheek. they are just such a target. everyone makes fun of them.

That is why it's so great being both Canadian and an immigrant. No one ever makes fun of us.

[notcasesensitive]

After being rejected on For Love or Money by Erin, Rob will show up on the Aug. 11 edition of For Love or Money 2, on which Erin is now gambling her $1 million prize. He tells TV Guide, "they told me they would give me a second chance with Erin, and I decided to pursue that. ... I really like her, you know?" About his past actions being revealed by The Smoking Gun, Rob says, "For a week there, I was freaking out a little bit. But I know who I am, and I don't need Smoking Gun to tell me what kind of person I am or spread lies about me."


[Yes, I can here him monotoning that as we virtually speak.]