Useless Conversation

[Cheddar]

I don't see much difference.  They're both boxes.

Noooooo, not the box one, the pretty one. 



I went black cherry, baby.

[Strazos]

eeww

Decent little car, not nuts about the color.

[Cheddar]

The picture above is not a pic of my beauty; I will post a pic once I get my f13 plates transferred over; I take forever to get anything done lately so expect a pic around 2014. 

[Signe]

I like you but I'm not crazy about your car.  BUT I LIKE YOU!

[MisterNoisy]

I don't see much difference.  They're both boxes.

Noooooo, not the box one, the pretty one. 



I went black cherry, baby.

Nice car ;).  I've got an '07 in SW - BCP looks sharp, but dark colors + lots of pollen all the time = no thanks.  I'd kill for a 6th gear, but otherwise, a great little car.  Hopefully you skipped all the BS dealer addons.

[Miasma]

Aesop's fable of the mouse and the lion would apparently not apply to crocodiles.

Edit: I decided to link to the image instead of showing it.

A crocodile at a zoo in the southern Taiwan city of Kaohsiung holds the forearm of a zoo veterinarian in between its teeth, April 11, 2007. The crocodile bit off the arm of the zoo veterinarian treating it, an official reported. Picture taken April 11, 2007. REUTERS/Frank Lin (TAIWAN)

[Ironwood]

Gross.

[Signe]

I have a phantom hair on my face and across my eye.  I've been trying to brush it away all morning.  It's making me insane.  Why does this happen?

[Miasma]

I really, really like the colour of that car and wish they had Scion dealerships up here.

[Signe]

I like the colour, too, just not the car.  My brother-in-law has one of the boxy ones in that colour.  It's too classy for those.  They should be bright yellow or pink or something and have a giant key stickiing out from the back.  They look like toy cars to me.  I was also shocked at how small they really are.  For some reason I thought they'd be much bigger.

[Furiously]

I have a phantom hair on my face and across my eye.  I've been trying to brush it away all morning.  It's making me insane.  Why does this happen?

Because I asked god to torment you.

[Yegolev]

If you can't get accelerate fast enough to get ahead of tractor trailer rig then maybe you should looking into upgrading to something with a bigger engine, like an Elantra or Aspire.  :-D

Heh, yes, you have to know your limitations.  To be clear, the truck I am thinking of was actively trying to prevent me from merging.  He was, at most, four feet from the back of the semi trailer in front of him; in fact they were all doing it, about five or six consecutive semis.  If any of them had left a gap, I would have been in there, even though I was driving the Ram 2500 at the time.  It has decent acceleration when in first gear, and stops well.  These days I drive a Maxima, smaller and quicker in the mid and upper range.

You don't have to accelerate to move around people.  I often drop behind them to move over and frequently pass on the right; it's like the Spanish Inquisition and works great.  I should write a book on this.

[Lantyssa]

Aesop's fable of the mouse and the lion would apparently not apply to crocodiles.

Edit: I decided to link to the image instead of showing it.

Thank you.  ABCnews had it in their rotating front page pictures, the fuck-heads.

[Merusk]

You don't have to accelerate to move around people.  I often drop behind them to move over and frequently pass on the right; it's like the Spanish Inquisition and works great.  I should write a book on this.

I love that manuver. "What the hell, you can't pass me, I'm in the left lane! Stay back there and do 60!"  Buahaha.


I've also taken to labeling certain types of drivers.  "The Sheep" for example.  They won't break the speed limit until you, the sheep dog, do.  Then they'll ride your rear quarter panel for miles and miles in a "please lead me" kind of way.  The only fix is to just hit the gas and dust them.

The "No, *I* lead here".   The guys (usually in sports cars or high-end luxury cars) who putter along at 55-60 in the left lane until you pass them on the right.  About a quarter mile later they're on your ass, or pulling the same right-side pass.. only to putter along at 55-60 once again when they're past you.

[Sky]

I believe it was Carlin who said there were only two kinds of drivers: Maniacs and Idiots. The Idiot is the guy in front of you, and the Maniac is the one who passes you...at which point he becomes and Idiot.

[Yegolev]

I know those two drivers, the follower and the leader, although the first one does not bother me.  Actually the second one doesn't either, if he does not subsequently get in my way.  Frankly, I don't concern myself with anyone that is not slowing me down.

Saw one of my least favorite types today, a purebred griefer.  He was behind someone, then moved over into my lane when the opening showed up... but he didn't speed up.  Just paced the guy he was no longer behind, blocking two lanes in the process.  I can't conjure a reason why someone would move into another lane if they were not going to pass someone, unless of course they are just griefers.  Yes, the nation's highways provided the inspiration for my "Parallels between the MOG and RL" article that remains unwritten.

[Mortriden]

Hate the game, not the player.

For using this phrase and meaning it in any sort of way...

Die in a car fire. 

Dumbest god damn phrase known to man (pretty damn close to the top at least).

[Yegolev]

It is a simplified rationalization, yes, and I don't really agree with it most of the time because it is used in the wrong places and I think People need to Try Harder.  I suppose what I was trying to say is that civility has its place, but in a sea of assholes you can't seriously expect me to be some mythical champion of street honor when I have plenty of other things to occupy my mind.  If you don't like the notion that I drive as fast as I can and use the real working rules of the road rather than the driver's manual version, then I say it is justified hate, and carry on.  Just note that I try very hard not to be an inconvenience to the others, and that's a large part of what makes me despise jerk drivers.

[Sky]

If you don't like the notion that I drive as fast as I can and use the real working rules of the road rather than the driver's manual version, then I say it is justified hate, and carry on.  Just note that I try very hard not to be an inconvenience to the others, and that's a large part of what makes me despise jerk drivers.

Ditto, man. Tear in my eye.

[Yegolev]

I told you I understood you.  Fucker.

[Sky]

FUCKAWIKIPEDIA!

[Cheddar]

Nice car ;).  I've got an '07 in SW - BCP looks sharp, but dark colors + lots of pollen all the time = no thanks.  I'd kill for a 6th gear, but otherwise, a great little car.  Hopefully you skipped all the BS dealer addons.

Yeah, its a nice car.  Fucking super zippy; that is up to around 75 or so; of course if I had another gear I am sure I would get reckless.  And of course I skipped all the dealer crap.  I DID get the stuff to keep my paint alive and the window stuff; it gives me the opportunity to just bring the car to the dealer whenever I get a scratch and whatnot.  Pretty good deal IMO.

[Cheddar]

My computer is overheating 

Long story short:  CPU fan went haywire, ordered a new one, installed it tonight, and could not get it to securely mount for some reason (It is push and twist type).  Argggggggggggggggggggggh.

[Sky]

I tried setting up my old pc again, I had only harvested the sound card from it. After cleaning out the virii and spyware (it was doing duty as a websurfer), it crashed while updating EQ2. And crashed. And crashed crashed crashed. Then I got in about two hours (crafting because I expected it to crash) and it crashed. And crashed and crashed and crashed.

I remember why I built a new pc.

Ched: I had to dick around with my cpu heatsink, the plastic feet were cheesy as hell. Finally got it working, but I invented three new tools to do it.

[Cheddar]

I remember why I built a new pc.

Ched: I had to dick around with my cpu heatsink, the plastic feet were cheesy as hell. Finally got it working, but I invented three new tools to do it.

I think some of the heat sink lube got near the pins... thus overheating the CPU.  So far this eve things seem to be working; I am frightened to boot up a game at this point though.  Couple more beers and maybe I will have the balls.

[HaemishM]

I'm still at work at 9 p.m. and there exists in the universe no fork large enough to stab all the faces that need stabbing right now.

[Cheddar]

My enjoyment lasted 2 minutes.  Back to the drawing board (on one of my other 3 comps now :/)

On the bright side of things I received an inspiring e-mail from a young gentleman... if I give my bank info to him I could make 7 million!

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.

I have no atom of fear.



edit.  Spelling.  I am really not happy with my 'puter situation currently.

[schild]

Atom of fear.

Damn, I wish I'd thought of that.

[NiX]

Thursday night I was ejected from the school pub because they said I was too heavily intoxicated. Apparently 4 drinks over 3 hours is too much. The real mystery is, how did he SEE (Yes, he said he SAW me do this..) slur my words from across the room.

[Righ]

Your friends are intervening and are wearing lapel cameras. Beware of any parties they invite you to.

[NiX]

Your friends are intervening and are wearing lapel cameras. Beware of any parties they invite you to.

I don't want to be on that Intervention show. I don't look good when I cry.

[Oban]

...
The real mystery is, how did he SEE (Yes, he said he SAW me do this..) slur my words from across the room.

No clue man, no clue...

[schild]

I got hit by the legal limit at Friday's about a month ago. Apparently 5 or 8 drinks an hour or something like that. I was just tearing through them. Took 2 hours to get drunk though. Meh.

[NiX]

Bud? Ew. Dick.

[Wolf]

I need to share/vent.

Me and a couple of friends get together to play Poker every once in a while. We play NL Hold 'em winner takes all sort of thing. So after a couple of hours I'm left head to head with one guy. I was way behind, like my stack was 1/5 of his when we started. About 40 minutes later the stacks are about even. I get Q/6 of Diamonds and raise about three times the big blind (which is sort of big by than). He pays up and the flop reads Q/4/A. He checks, I raise again, he pays. The river is a 6. I can already feel the money in my pocket and to my surprise he raises and I go all in. So for those of you still reading the floor is Q/4/A/6 and I have Q/6. He shows Q/7. The river card is an Ace. I lose with two pairs with a kicker 6 by his two pairs with a kicker 7...

I did some math and by the turn I had an 88.5% chance of winning to his 11.5%. Am I doing the maths right? I haven't been beat this bad like... ever.

edit: I ran the cards through an online odds calculator. At the turn I had an 86.9% of winning, 6.85% of tieing and 6% of losing. I feel even worse now :)