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  1. http://spiceweasel.net/polo-colours.jpg I know it's ugly, and I know I absolutely hate Volkswagen, but it fits my requirements: Small Hatchback Power locks/windows AC Cruise control Good fuel economy (about 60mpg highway, in this case) Decent interior Not stupidly expensive So what colour? I'm leaning towards blue, silver, or white in that order. cavete terrae.
  2. I'd hope the ladies remember that when their asses get bigger, that tattoo is gonna get bigger with it. Not to mention tattoos in general are kinda trashy, ESPECIALLY big ones. cavete terrae.
  3. Ask the weak people in prison. cavete terrae.
  4. Actually, plasmas do blacks better and are generally more colour accurate in general. Furthermore, LCDs do not really have a longer lifespan anymore. If anything, a plasma can outlast an LCD these days, since LCD backlights haven't improved much. Comparing a good plasma to a good LCD, plasma is going to have better image quality. LCD is better only in that it doesn't glare in a bright area, and is totally impervious to burn-in... but plasmas are pretty tough to burn in with modern units. cavete terrae.
  5. Shit on the pillow before you leave. cavete terrae.
  6. Subarus are VERY reliable cars. Not to mention among the safest. cavete terrae.
  7. If I get this job, I'll be at Eloy for Christmas. Beyond that, it's all in the air. cavete terrae.
  8. I'm sick of my eye colour, and I'm sick of contacts. I want badass bright green eyes with perfect vision. Why can't we do that yet? cavete terrae.
  9. As long as they can get their body wastes inside of the toilet bowl, and they don't plan on smoking in my house, I'm fine with guests. Hope they don't mind my couch, though cavete terrae.
  10. Infinity: Closing loop is on the bottom flap, then top, then left, then right. ERRRRR I mean right then left. I was tired. Any chance of a mod editing that? cavete terrae.
  11. I do my brakes and slider when using a packer, but I don't bother with cocking the PC. It's just going to need to be recocked again anyway. cavete terrae.
  12. Infinity: Closing loop is on the bottom flap, then top, then left, then right. cavete terrae.
  13. Went pretty well I think. He said he needed to talk to a few people at the local office (he's in another part of the country), and he'd get back to me. He used the phrase "does this sound like something you'd be interested in?" after talking about aspects of the job, etc, and I think that's a good sign, right? Also talked about some things that need to be done around October, in terms of equipment purchases and setup.
  14. Realistically, you could use a bathroom. They can be locked from the outside, and losing one bathroom isn't going to be the end of the world. cavete terrae.
  15. Martin Wainwright Monday March 19, 2007 The Guardian British Airways has apologised to its most lucrative customers after twice using first class cabins in aircraft as temporary morgues in the last six months. The bodies of elderly passengers who died in cheaper and fully occupied sections of planes during the flights were transferred to empty seats in first class because of a lack of space to store them. Natural sympathy among other passengers was tempered by concerns about health in cramped conditions on long flights and the presence of relatives of the victims who were overcome with distress. Such incidents are very rare on commercial flights but many airlines, including BA, appear to have only makeshift strategies for dealing with them. Article continues Travellers on a nine-hour overnight flight to Heathrow from Delhi last week were given an apology by the airline for any distress suffered after an elderly woman died in the economy section some three hours into the flight. Her body was moved as discreetly as practicable from the full cabin, a procedure followed in November when a retired American traveller died halfway through a six-hour flight from London to Boston. His body was covered with a blanket in a reclining seat in first class, which was 20% empty. The latest incident saw the woman's body propped with pillows and strapped in with a seatbelt, while her daughter sat beside her, grieving and in tears for much of the remainder of the flight. Other first class passengers in the Boeing 747 jumbo said that there appeared to be no other system to deal with the tragedy, which happens an average of 10 times a year on BA flights. The passenger nearest to the seat chosen as the temporary morgue, a BA gold card businessman who logs some 200,000 flying miles a year, said that it had not been made clear what was going on. He initially thought that the woman had been taken ill and was shocked when he had to ask for information and was told of the death. The woman's daughter had been wailing in distress, leaving the £3,000-plus passengers in the cabin anxious and helpless, he said. On arrival at Heathrow, everyone in first class was also kept on board for an hour and some interviewed by police, until a coroner gave the all clear for them to disembark. He complained but was told that there would be no compensation, he said. The trans-Atlantic incident prompted stiff upper lips from most passengers in the Boeing 777's 14-seat first class cabin, where the dead man's wife was given a "buddy seat" to accompany the body for the rest of the flight. One of them, also American, said that she had tried to concentrate on Mission Impossible III, the inflight film, while others "were very British about it, simply not acknowledging that there was anything wrong." British Airways said that there had been no room to rest the passenger's body on the Delhi flight, because all seats were taken. A spokesman said that there were almost inevitably problems with such a rare event among 36 million passengers carried by the airline every year. "When a customer passes away on board it is always difficult and we apologise for any distress caused," he said. Most other airlines also use seats after a death, or occasionally lockers altered into temporary cupboards. I guess people are just dying to fly first class. cavete terrae.
  16. I'd say the ceiling is "about" nine feet. I'm 6'3" and I'm a couple inches short of being able to touch it on top toes. As for the rest, uh.... cavete terrae.
  17. http://spiceweasel.net/room-layout.jpg Everything is "approximately" to scale, and I'm happy with how it's laid out right now, but I'm going to be adding a TV, probably a 40" or 46" 1080p LCD. It will double as a second display for the computer (I'm buying it for high def video production work, but I figure I'll kill two birds with one stone since I don't have a TV), so I need to have the computer somewhere where I can look at the TV as well, BUT I don't want to have the computer distracting me when I'm watching movies (it'll be a media centre setup.) In addition to the TV, there is also a 5.1 setup to consider. Right now it's set up with the centre channel on the computer desk, and the other 4 channels in the appropriate corners, subwoofer in the upper right corner of the pic, between couch and wall. Of course this, and any of the furniture, can be moved to make a good setup. So, any suggestions? Note: The heater cannot be moved, it's bolted down. cavete terrae.
  18. That was swift . When I moved into my 2 bedroom apartment, it was a call between having a common wall or a cooling unit under the window. The apartment next door was vacant so I took the common wall. Going to move your stuff? Yeah, I moved it about 30 minutes after I came to the conclusion cavete terrae.
  19. I just today looked closely and realized that the bedroom that I decided to set up in is significantly smaller than the other bedroom. cavete terrae.
  20. grue

    F1

    I can hear 'em running from my house. I was gonna go, but I figured buying F1 tickets whilst unemployed is, at best, irresponsible. cavete terrae.
  21. Transformers, when Optimus Prime died. Saddest moment in movie history right there. cavete terrae.
  22. thanks for reminding me, I need to call them and cancel my service. Since I'm not living in the country anymore, I don't have much use for it cavete terrae.
  23. That sort of shit cracks me up. If I know how tall my car is, there's no reason not to know how tall your truck is. There's really no legitimate excuse for that sort of thing. cavete terrae.
  24. I'm hungry, not trying to inspire myself to never eat again Plus everything listed is readily available in my fridge. cavete terrae.