>> ^dag:

What the hell! Where's your dedication? Where are you at MG? I may be swinging by Austin on my travels. >> ^MarineGunrock:
. Six hours (one way) is a long drive for drinks. Maybe next time!



We seriously need transporter/portals, especially for me when I am disabled and don't drive.

wtf? no texas sift up???? you don't want to smoke a joint with me and choggie and listen to our beautiful coon ass poetry and eat our delicious baked goods??? also, we give amazing hugs.
we might be abrasive on the internet, but it's totally a front to how soft and cuddly we are on the inside. >> ^dag:

What the hell! Where's your dedication? Where are you at MG? I may be swinging by Austin on my travels. >> ^MarineGunrock:
. Six hours (one way) is a long drive for drinks. Maybe next time!

I'm in Phoenix. I'll be seeing DarkRowan pretty soon, though.

I'd really like to go, but I'd have to drive Saturday, hang out there, stay at at hotel , and drive back. It'll be over $100 just in gas. >> ^dag:

What the hell! Where's your dedication? Where are you at MG? I may be swinging by Austin on my travels. >> ^MarineGunrock:
. Six hours (one way) is a long drive for drinks. Maybe next time!

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What the hell! Where's your dedication? Where are you at MG? I may be swinging by Austin on my travels. >> ^MarineGunrock:

. Six hours (one way) is a long drive for drinks. Maybe next time!

. Six hours (one way) is a long drive for drinks. Maybe next time!

On one hand, 1000 miles seems like a long drive to watch a movie, but then I only watch a couple movies a year... then again if assholes didn't ruin every movie I go to I might go to more movies...

That's it, I'm stealing their idea and opening one in Phoenix.

>> ^alizarin:

That's supposed to save my life?

Exactly my reasoning. And they've determined that if you're "out-of-position", meaning not sitting in an upright back position in your seat with your arms by your side, then airbags could be dangerous. Cited.

Think about that next time you prop your feet on the dash [passenger], or cross your legs on long drives [passenger again], or lean forward to grab something from the floorboard, or even lean forward to change the radio station.

Sorry for not living up to your expectations of me...but thanks for having them. I think that video made me die a little inside. I left work after watching it and went for a long drive to do some soul searching...

In reply to this comment by blankfist:
I expected funnier.

In reply to this comment by rottenseed:
That's what you get when you buy your auto-tune from the Salvation Army

Current rescheduling:

Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 4:00pm at Red Lion Tavern located at
2366 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90039:

CONFIRMED
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blankfist: Los Angeles
DystopianFutureToday: OC
IssyKitty: Anaheim
Lucky760: OC
Charms: OC
DarkRowan: OC
youdiejoe: Los Angeles
Grimm: Stanton (OC)
waxxx: San Diego
GreatBird: San Diego
volumptuous: within stumbling distance

UNCONFIRMED
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Jordass: The Valley
gourmetemu: on a hot date

NOT ATTENDING
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rottenseed: San Diego
YouLickMyWhat: San Diego
MarineGunrock: Arizona
LittleRed: Arizona
Ant: Los Angeles
Jonny: Huntington Beach (OC)

(Note that I moved the time to 4:00pm because it's going to be an hour drive or more for some of us and we don't want everyone to have to rush out too soon for the long drive back home.)

As noted ^above, rottenseed and YouLickMyWhat also have had something unexpected come up that weekend and can't make it...

Given these 4 unfortunate cancellations, I wonder if everyone would be up for rescheduling to Saturday, Dec 6. I know MarineGunrock has it worst because of the long drive and having to request time off of work, but... How's that sound? Perhaps even littlered will be able to make it then?

I had previously taken my bassets to a training/puppy socialization program in the big city, where the instructor raised Corgi. To discipline the dog, she historically had tapped it on the nose with a bit of Tobasco sauce and said "TOBASCO!". After weeks/months of this, only the word "Tobasco" was required. By the end of a couple months of listening to her saying her horrific nasal "TOBASCO!" to her dog over and over, I wanted to pop HER on the nose and say TOBASCO! My basset hated her and tried to bite her several times. (evil grin)

We we're to perform some trick with our dogs on the last day. I played the shell game with my basset. I had three of those Leggs egg containers and I put a tiny little toy mouse under one of them. My dog found it in about 2 seconds after sniffing each of the three eggs. I had practiced with beef jerky under them at home, and I had kept the toy mouse in a bag of beef jerky during the long drive in to the place.

It's probably a good way to wake up when you're nodding off at the wheel on those long drives....

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Well, lemme start with the big ones:
I like being alive. My chances of staying that way are much higher when I'm not being shot at/mortared at/IED'd and such.
I wanted my own life.
Don't get me wrong, I loved my time in the USMC. Even today I was considering reenlisting. But my life wasn't mine. It was theirs. Sure, that's inherent with the job. It offers a lifestyle like no other place can offer.
I think that had there been a base closer to home (I was stationed almost 1,000 miles away) I might have stayed in. Not that I need to be close to home, but it would be nice to get away every now and then, without an expensive flight or long drive. It's just that being surrounded by a bunch of clones started to wear on me. That's why when I wasn't at work, I hardly ever went out, because I would just be surrounded by more Marines.

And the whole not being shot at thing.
</offtopic>

P.S. - ^That's an awesome photo.

This is a very silly commercial and you know everyone's having fun with the name "Tiddy Bear," but believe it or not, this product or something like it is a long time coming.

We don't have a car anymore (by choice, because we don't need one in Chicago) but I used to drive all around the country for a living, and I could have used one of these things. I used to take a small, airline-type pillow with me and put it between my left shoulder and left breast, or else the seat belt would cut into that area and leave welts. On long drives it was absolutely necessary. Whenever I'd forget my pillow I'd use my coat/jacket if it was colder, or wadded up napkins if nothing else was available.