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I'm just here to regulate funkiness. and a close second: There he goes. One of God’s own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die. Elvisio "da man" Rodriguez

Please tell me this wasn't a car off the lot. Because I'm sure you guys are going to tell the perspective buyer that you did all that grinding on it when you're trying to sell it to them, right? "Yessir, only 27 miles on the car right now. Of course, 25 of those were spent in a lot down the road while someone popped the clutch about 17,000 times. What? That grinding? No, all new stickshifts make that sound now..." Elvisio "depends on what you're driving" Rodriguez

We all knew they were rich bastards. I figure it's just like all the water-amusement parks that are springing up all over the US. Most folks don't have a coastline with waves and other kinds of watersports nearby, so somebody spends big bucks to put up a waterpark and we pay through the ass to go and swim in the wave pool with all the little kiddies pissing in it. If we all lived on the coast there wouldn't be nearly as many of those parks around. This is the UAE's version of a waterpark. If they didn't have this they'd have to call their pilot, have him get their personal jet ready, have their driver take them all the way to their personal airstrip, get in the Gulfstream or whatever is hot right now, and fly to Europe or wherever to get in some skiing. And you have to admit that would just be a total waste of a day, right?! Elvisio "it sucks because it isn't me" Rodriguez

Yeah, but YIELDING doesn't mean slowing down or stopping on an onramp. I'm definitely with the OP on this one. Here's why: Example: you need to MERGE with traffic (YIELDING in the process of course) that is going, let's say, 70mph. Will you be able to do this more effectively if you are doing 60mph, or zero? The closer your speed is to the traffic with which you're trying to merge, the smoother it'll go. That's what the onramp is for, matching speeds, not stopping and waiting. It is incredibly dangerous to stop on an onramp. Now you've just made your own merge dangerous, but even worse you've endangered the lives of everyone else behind you who is now in the same boat just because you were afraid to step on the gas a little bit. Definitely a case of people doing the wrong thing for the right reason. They think it's safer, but it's much worse. Elvisio "my #1 road-rage producer" Rodriguez

And how the golfball got onto the plane is explained more easily? Elvisio "one hell of an approach shot" Rodriguez P.S. that's funnier than I thought, "approach" shot! Damn, I kill me.

With the added bonus that you're in a safer vehicle because everyone can hear you coming from miles away! tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-(hits the gas)-TICK-TICK-TICK-TICK-TICk-(idles downhill)-tick-tick-tick-tick... When I was a littleun' my family had one of the original Rabbit diesels. Bright yellow, tan vinyl interior, GOD I hated that car because my friends would always give me shit about it. You could literally hear it from around the block. Elvisio "scarred for life" Rodriguez

Wallet's a little bit lighter now, eh? Elvisio "OUCH" Rodriguez

SOLD! I mean friggin' SOLD! Way too cool. Elvisio "gotta have it, can I afford it" Rodriguez

Remember the movie "One Crazy Summer?" BOSCO! Elvisio "call me hoops" Rodriguez

What in the BLOODY HELL have you done with the past three hours of my life! Elvisio "boards on Friday, dammit!" Rodriguez

Yeaaaahhhh.... me too. Face forward, Get'em thinking about the arch before you even leave the plane, and keep it into the wind. I used to tumble 'em out, hooting and hollering all the way... ... it's amazing how one TEENY TINY sidespin can change your opinion on exit technique. Elvisio "" Rodriguez

one more for posterity... Elvisio "glad I didn't get that tatoo" Rodriguez P.S. thx to the Bytch (at least I'm pretty sure it was her) for posting this one originally.

...and the whistling was heard all the way down on the ground. Whether it was the terminal velocity blowing through the empty space between their ears or blowing through their vajayjays, you can decide. Elvisio "me hotdog, they hallway" Rodriguez

I dunno, man. It sounds like you're going to be selling stuff you don't know to people you don't know in a place you don't know. Oh, and you also don't know if it'll last or dry up after six months. I'm with someone earlier in the thread; find something new, but not THIS something new. In the meantime, snuggle with the wifey and watch the bank account grow. Money you save now will help you chase those dreams later on. Elvisio "discretion is the better part of valor" Rodriguez

...Skyride. But that's for another thread. As a response to the OP, packing tandems is a sweet deal if you find a place with lotsa work and the willingness to pay premium for premium packing. I've worked at a couple such places and although I spent most of my time jumping the tandems, I didn't mind picking up the occasional pack when it was busy since the money was so good... Elvisio "worse ways to make a buck" Rodriguez

You're right, long but good. Like me... No really, a good article for a "from the other side of the fence" viewpoint. If you are planning to buy a car and don't have time to read, stick to the last chapter and the glossary. The part about different salesmen's ploys hit pretty close to home: a couple weeks ago the gf went to the dealer to get her Honda Civic Hybrid fixed, and it was (as expected, based on the problem) a pretty hefty repair bill. The salesmen descended on her like a pack of dogs, talking about how she should ditch the moneypit and get a brand new car with a shiny new warranty. She came home with a demo and a quote on an insanely high monthly payment on a 60 month loan. Fortunately she hadn't signed. Once I had recovered from the brief period of asystole brought on by looking at the sticker price of the "working man's car" the dealers had sent her home with, we discussed it and decided to get the work done and pass on the new vehicle. Definitely the right call; we agree about that now. And thanks again to Billvon for providing some information that made us even happier about our decision. Go Bill! Elvisio "hybrid=long miles" Rodriguez

BINGO! We have a winner. It's primary nickname isn't "stalkerbook" for nothing, ya know. Elvisio "on NOBODY's friend list" rodriguez

HA! And they wonder why hockey players wear so many pads! Speaking from experience: the ice is MUCH harder than any of the other players! Elvisio "hip check" Rodriguez

Well, if they were looking for two perfect balls all they had to do was look in my.... Oops. Wrong forum. Sorry folks. Elvisio "back to the bonfire" Rodriguez

Learn from your past back pain experiences: get it taken care of before it gets too bad to manage and you end up back in the ER. Because we KNOW how much you love that place, right? Elvisio "Eeyore, not ER" Rodriguez

311 on the third try. Definitely a classic. Timely, yet tacky. Elvisio "throw away the key" Rodriguez

I always thought that we'd be pretty much miserable in any time other than our own, just as anyone from the past would be miserable in our current day. Ancient Rome sounds like fun, but the whole dying from a hangnail thing would really suck... stuff like that. Somebody from that day would freak out at how fast our world moved compared to theirs. I think it all comes down to what you're used to. That being said: I'd LOVE to visit just about any time, but if I had to pick one then bring on the 20's and 30's gangster era! They'd call me: Elvisio "Tommy Gun" Rodriguez

I understand that these movies aren't about high culture, but just out of curiosity: did they even attempt to come up with a new plot? Or did they just rehash the first one, figuring why fix what isn't broken? Elvisio "probably one for the Netflix queue" Rodriguez

Yikes. So if I point a gun at your head, pull the trigger, and the bullet happens to be a dud, then I shouldn't be punished? Just because somebody THINKS they can drive after "a few beers" doesn't mean they actually can. It's not the normal, driving down the road, stopping for the stop signs kind of driving that suffers first. It doesn't take much alcohol at all to see a real change in a persons reaction time. It's those fractions of a second that can mean the difference between life and death for you and everyone else on the road. Elvisio "it ain't worth the risk" Rodriguez

If he'd been hurt or killed, it would've been a tragedy. But since he's OK, that is nothing short of SPEC-FUCKING-TACULAR! The hard part would have been having the balls to wave nonchalantly (sp?) as you passed the car full of hot chickies... Elvisio "apparently, God AND this guy were his copilots" Rodriguez