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You piss and shit in a bidet?? Ewwwwwwwe!

blah blah blah As long as you didn't "gun it" to get into the intersection before the light turned red, blah blah blah I gunned it. I saw it turn yellow and I hit the gas... Well, then, by your own admission, you lose. Sorry. Don't be angry with me! It's my problem, not yours. Where do you get that I'm angry with you? The "anger" graemlin was to signify that I'm angry for you, not at or with you. Yeeesh!

I was raised to put the seat down after use, so I do. So does my wife. We have a great relationship because of this mutual understanding and respect.

blah blah blah As long as you didn't "gun it" to get into the intersection before the light turned red, blah blah blah I gunned it. I saw it turn yellow and I hit the gas... Well, then, by your own admission, you lose. Sorry.

she still got her handcuffs and gun and nightstick dont she you sick fuck. Wellllllll, the nightstick is gone... I was never much into the beatings.

Place (and therefore, buy) the longest screw that the ice will take without "lifting up" the ice or the screw bottoming out against rock. FYI, my ice rack contains about five 17 cm screws, one 22 cm screw, two Snarg hammer-ins at 13 cm (panic pro), and two 10 cm screws for the thin shit. And a coupla of Russian Ti screws for "leavers" on bail-outs.

Not necessarily so, MissNormandy. Do you know the law? My wife, a former Seattle area LEO, quotes the law to me as follows: "If you cross the stop bar (the white crossbar at the front of the line of the intersection) on the leading (closest) side of the intersection before the light turns red, without accelerating to beat the light, you are within your rights to occupy the intersection while in transit." As long as you didn't "gun it" to get into the intersection before the light turned red, or stop in the intersection after the light turned red, the officer has no right to ticket you for "not clearing the intersection" if you entered during the yellow phase of the signal cycle. While I don't know the exact circumstance of your particular situation, you may certainly have recourse in this regard. I would research the RCW and find that law, make a copy of it, and go to court armed with that fact, and plead your case and you'll get your fine reduced, and possibly even have the case dismissed. YMMV.

selfdelusional Some would argue that it's being comfortable in your own skin. BTW, you failed to capitalize on your apparent

I dress myself, and that's how I do it. Case closed. And I DO do quite a bit of walking for my job when I'm in the field, which is about 50% of the time. Sometimes as much as 4 or 5 miles a day, just walking a highway lookin' at shit.

Well, as an n-gin-ear, I have to deal with "mildly conservative" people on a day-in, day-out basis (clients, politicians, contractors, etc.). Polo shirts work well cuz they're casual; not a T-shirt with tobacco spittle down the front, yet not a dress shirt from Nordie's either. It hits a middle road that everyone feels comfortable with, least of which is me. The one suit I do have is hand-tailored, so when I do wear it, it looks great. Every suit I've ever owned since leaving high school has been hand-tailored, but there's only been three. I'm too fat to fit in the first two, so they went the way of Goodwill a while back. My average week wardrobe consists of a silk "polo shirt", although mine are a full button-down front (does that still qualify as a polo shirt?), long or short sleeve dependent upon the weather, Levi's blue jeans (501s button fly, of course), and summer style leather hiking boots (full shank, of course). Add a Gore-Tex shell for inclement winter weather outdoors, and I'm set. I don't think any of that's gay.

Agreed. Don't own any of those, at least.

Then I must confess, I disagree with you. I wear polo/golf shirts to work most every day, and would much rather do so than be forced to dress up in a monkey suit like some lawyer type every day. To each his own. Besides, if I had to wear a suit every day, people would get tired of seeing me in the same goddamn suit all the time, as I only have one, and don't see the need for acquiring any more any time soon. If it still fits when I'm dead, then they can bury me in it.

Define "polo shirt" please. Are you talking about the brand name Polo by Ralph Loren (if so, I would agree with you), or are you talking about the generic two/three button, short sleeve, collared, cotton or silk casual shirt (which in that case, I would disagree with you)? Discuss

I just noticed that my CD replaces the line above with: "Who was given a pat on the back." Musta been wunuvthoze improvisational recording sessions...

The reason the words are very good is that someone else wrote them! Give credit where credit is due Necro! That is, to Pink Floyd, from "Dogs" off the Animals album, ca 1977. I feel very sorry for the person that needs to be told that these are Pink Floyd lyrics. Mebbe some people jus' don't know. And they deserve to know. Jus' so ya know, the closing lines of "Dogs" is playing right now.

I don't ever wear a suit and tie at my job, but it is an engineering job, so jeans, Dockers, and polo shirts are the order of the day. The "suit and tie" comment was just cuz everybody expects that an engineer wears a monkey suit like that. I've never worked a job wear you have to wear a suit/tie, and never will. Last time I wore a suit and tie was to my 25th HS class reunion just last week. Before that, six months ago when my wife and I got our baby boy from Vietnam. Before that, it's been so long I can't remember.

The reason the words are very good is that someone else wrote them! Give credit where credit is due Necro! That is, to Pink Floyd, from "Dogs" off the Animals album, ca 1977. Just happen to have it in my CD player here at work at my "suit and tie" job...

Oh, OK, I got it now. I remember the scene. "Putana" (in Italian at least) means "whore", so in Spanish, "puta" could easily mean the same. When you capitalized the word, I just assumed it was an acronym. My bad. And no spray-war was intended. Peace.

"P" up the ass? What does the P stand for? Or do I have the whole acronym wrong? Ease up E-rock. I wasn't comin' down on ya.

And how can you challenge us all with your pick without also mentioning "The Magnificent Seven"? Huh? Huh? Huh? It's just a list, for chrissakes!

How could I have forgotten that one? Consider it added ^^

Some have already been mentioned, others haven't. Here's my list (partial, subject to edit): Westerns: Outlaw Josey Wales The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly High Plains Drifter Pale Rider Christ! anything with Clint as the "avenging angel", including his cop roles and Eiger Sanction Young Guns Tombstone War: Saving Private Ryan The Great Escape Where Eagles Dare (has Clint in it ) Black Hawk Down We Were Soldiers Once Big Red One Top Gun Red Dawn Sci Fi: Aliens (the second of the series) Star Trek II - Wrath of Khan Terminator (first one) Comedy: Pulp Fiction Monty Python's Holy Grail The Princess Bride Six Degrees of Separation Stripes World According to Garp Coming to America Fargo Young Frankenstein GAWD, there are so many others!

It's about normal for a good one. I've got an ARVA 9000 that I really like. Got it on discount (store closure) for only about $200. Try this

When I used to live in Houston, it was SOP for my company to toss me "business development" cash to take clients out. It was always to classy, "please feel freely" strip clubs. Nothing feels better than closing a deal over drinks, then hangin' out and sampling the merchandise, all on the company ticket, even if you can't stand the client! As skykilo said, thanks for bringing back the mammaries, timmy.

I ride a 10+ year old Trek 1500 with aluminum frame and Shimano 600/605 components. I know it's a tank by today's standards, but the shifting still works fine 10 years on. You could probably pick one up used really cheap at a resale bike shop just about anywhere. I paid $400 for mine over 10 years ago. If it's gonna be just for training and "the occasional" century, it'll do ya just fine. My $0.02 CRITICAL EDIT: Make sure that you get the "split seat" if you're gonna spend any significant amount of time on the road. You won't regret it (an neither will your progeny ).