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

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

The stripper discussion cannot exclude San Francisco. No alcohal in nude clubs, but the action is, shall we say, aggressive. Heavy grinding and mutual touching is the norm for lap dances. If you can stand the smell and the talent level, you'll see things at the Market Street Cinema that you won't generally find outside of Thailand (warning: extremely high crack ho factor). And then there's the O'Farrel, where, for a substantial chunk of change, magazine-quality strippers will openly offer to suck your cock.

[Connect_the_Dots]

Originally posted by evenodds

Consolations of Philosophy. We own his-and-hers copies, one on each nightstand...we also own two copies of Working Out, Working Withing and 24 hour Zen, also on each nightstand.)

So the two of you go the bedroom, strip down to your skivvies, then each reach for a good book? Freaks!!!

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive

Any other book club suggestions? I'm doing a bunch of traveling coming up, so I could use a few more books to carry with me...

I'm reading The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd right now. I'm only a couple of chapters into it, but it's very interesting.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
I have heard about the distance thing. I used to work for an attorney that had been assigned to the vice unit (heh) of the Harris Cty DA's office, and his job involved site inspections to make sure these distances were observed. He said that after a time it was the most boring job he'd ever had. Anyway, based on empirical observation, the distance restrictions are either no longer in place or are not enforced.

Go ahead, suck me back into the FB.

Distance rules are enforced. On occasion. For example, last Saturday night, vice pulled a few dancers away and cited them, mid-dance, for violating the distance rules. This led to a serious, woefully unpleasant taming of the club, until vice left.

At least, that's what I heard.

And yes, *she* was there, in case anyone was wondering.

Sidd(sigh)Finch

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I'm reading The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd right now. I'm only a couple of chapters into it, but it's very interesting.

Avack! Tie the scurvy dog to the yardarm!

Pirates are always cool.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Go ahead, suck me back into the FB.

Distance rules are enforced. On occasion. For example, last Saturday night, vice pulled a few dancers away and cited them, mid-dance, for violating the distance rules. This led to a serious, woefully unpleasant taming of the club, until vice left.

At least, that's what I heard.

And yes, *she* was there, in case anyone was wondering.

Sidd(sigh)Finch

I meant to be Houston-specific. Glad to hear that your romance flourishes.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
I again caught portions of Paradise Hotel and found myself asking "Why are the Reality Hotel Guests so Average to Sub-par Looking?"

Well, think about it. You get to vote who comes to the hotel. No one really wants someone hotter than them, so I think the overall looks of the gang are slipping. Besides, some of these people have been there for weeks! Weeks! Obviously losers with no jobs, or very very understanding bosses. Is there any money in this? No one talks about money...only staying at the hotel.

[NotFromHere]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 — Thieves broke into Don Massey Cadillac in Lone Tree, Colo., last November and stole seven Escalade sport utility vehicles. The dealership was not alone: Thieves go after the $55,000 SUV at a higher rate than any other vehicle, according to a report by a research group funded by auto insurers. THE REPORT, by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, reviewed insurance claims for thefts or break-ins for 2000-2002 model year cars, then compared those claims to the total number of insurance policies for each of those vehicles.
Based on theft claims per 1,000 insured vehicles, five of the top 10 vehicles stolen or broken into are SUVs. The Dodge Stratus, ranked second on the list, was the four-door car targeted at the highest rate, according to the institute. Camry didn’t make it into the Insurance Institute’s top 10 list, because the Camry’s percentage of theft claims is low compared with the large number of Camrys on the road.
There are fewer Escalades on the road, but the SUVs are four times more likely to be stolen or broken into than the average vehicle, the institute said. Cadillac spokesman Kerry Christopher said he does not know why the Escalade has such a high theft rate, (I'm a big fat moron who knows nothing about gangbangers) noting that the vehicle’s horn goes off to deter thieves and the Cadillac has an immobilizer device so it cannot be started without a key.

These models are most appealing to auto thieves, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

Cadillac Escalade

Dodge Stratus

Mitsubishi Mirage

Jeep Wrangler

Lincoln Navigator 2-wheel drive

Dodge Intrepid

Lincoln Navigator 4-wheel drive

Dodge Ram 1500 series pickup

Ford Expedition

Chrysler Sebring


I can't imagine why so many Chrysler cars made this list. Anyone? Drug dealers in Chrysler Sebrings? They must have shitty locks or something.

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
I can't imagine why so many Chrysler cars made this list. Anyone? Drug dealers in Chrysler Sebrings? They must have shitty locks or something.

Typically if you see an unexpected vehicle on these lists its because of the interchangeability of that vehicle's parts, i.e. when stripped down the vehicle's parts can be widely used on a number of other vehicles... That's why, along with their general popularity, in previous years a number of small to mid-size Japanese cars were consistently in the top 10.

[NotFromHere]

OK, going for the turkey of serial posting. Here's your Al Franken update. Well it's not really an Al Franken update, but "Fair and Balanced." It seems to be a borderline politics board theme, but I'm posting it here for Al Franken fans, even though Al has nothing to do with this.

The latest Democratic drive to make sure President Bush serves just one term takes a page from the effort to oust a Democratic governor in California, calling its web site "bushrecall" and garnering support through petitions.

A new committee called the Fair and Balanced PAC plans to launch its www.bushrecall.org Web site Thursday.

If Fox is suing Al, don't they have to protect their "Fair and Balanced" here as well?


Fair and Balanced

[bilmore]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Here's your Al Franken update. Well it's not really an Al Franken update, but "Fair and Balanced." It seems to be a borderline politics board theme, but I'm posting it here for Al Franken fans, even though Al has nothing to do with this.

When the Ritalin bottle says "do not skip a dose", it's not just dicta.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
That's why, along with their general popularity, in previous years a number of small to mid-size Japanese cars were consistently in the top 10.

Plus, of course, the fact that some of these cars were rediculously easy to break into. At some point, I became convinced that people would pick the lock on my Honda not because they wanted to steal anything, but just to take a shortcut.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Plus, of course, the fact that some of these cars were rediculously easy to break into. At some point, I became convinced that people would pick the lock on my Honda not because they wanted to steal anything, but just to take a shortcut.

First of all, I can't imagine that there's a huge black market for Chrysler parts. Of course, why else would anyone steal a Dodge Stratus? So I'm probably wrong.

Second, "shitty locks" is what the officer told us after someone tried to steal the Accord many years ago. Bastards scratched the wheels trying to get the wheel locks off, gave up and busted out the ignition trying to "hotwire" it. Second set of criminals just busted out the wing window. I no longer own a Honda.

Honda finally figured out a way to make the door locks better and now the Camry is the most stolen car for 6 years straight - what a title. Someday, Toyota will figure out what Honda did and will fix the shitty doorlocks.

[Penske_Account]

FWIW, fyi, for the record, I quit socking and I resent all the inuendo to the contrary when I am off the board for a day in depositions.

Now I can feel Flower's pain. NTTAWWT.

ymmv.

[MisterEbola]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
FWIW, fyi, for the record, I quit socking and I resent all the inuendo to the contrary when I am off the board for a day in depositions.

Now I can feel Flower's pain. NTTAWWT.

ymmv.

Any more acronyms that you could possibly have added in your 36-word post??? Anttwat.