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On a lighter side, just wondering did you ever get a car?
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Get a Subaru...they run forever.
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- CommentAuthorMs. Frizzle
- CommentTimeDec 14th 2004 edited
I can't remember how much money given for the car.
Hey Luke, if you don't it, you can always get me a cute convertable
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- CommentAuthorLuke Abbott
- CommentTimeDec 14th 2004 edited
We got $4000 for the car. Haven't bought one yet. Actually, we were planning on getting one anyway, before the show. Even took some test drives. But still haven't found the right one . . .
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I never had a car till my mid 20's-walked or biked most everywhere-amd did people look at me like I was a freak! Some friends would pass by when i was walking, and offer me a ride, and actually get mad when i'd decline because I wanted to walk! LOL. and if i was walking barefoot, it was the talk of the town for days after...
unfortunately, i only walk between the couch and the bathroom now-drive WAY too much (and I'm a very impatient driver, drives my blood pressure up)-but i'm slowly getting my walking jones back on...
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- CommentAuthorLuke Abbott
- CommentTimeDec 15th 2004 edited
Oh, and one other thing -- and this is really ironic -- I didn't have much interest in getting my license until about six months ago (I didn't have a lot of places to go where I couldn't get rides, and I like biking). It was my DAD who has been wanting me to get my license; he's been wanting that for TWO YEARS! He'd be more than happy to get me driving, especially if it means he doesn't have to drive four hours straight going to a bluegrass festival...
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- CommentAuthordairyberry808
- CommentTimeDec 15th 2004 edited
You should try a used hybrid. I'm not sure if the price has gone down on them yet, but they are so adorable. I love my little Honda Civic Hybrid.
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Hey Luke! Get a covertible Viper with power-steering, halogen blue lights, gull-wings, 55MM auto-reloading turrets, GPS tracking, leather seats, automatically opening glove box, drink holder and mines! It should be just under $4000 if you go to the used . . . Pre-owned shops.
Isn't it goofy that stores call things pre-owned instead of used, calling customers "guests" as in "employees needed over at Guest Service!" (instead of customer service) over the intercom?
Another thing while I'm off-topic. I'm eating some assorted chocolates while I'm typing and I just thought of something. Since I just cut them in half to see what they are, shouldn't the maker just pre-cut 'em? It would save a lot of spitted morsels.
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this is rampant at my job-juvenile corrections facility-sooo politically correct-we have to call the kids 'residents' rather than 'inmates'-when i started there was a movement to call them 'guests' but it never got off the ground. I just recently got reminded not to use the term 'medicate' when i log that a resident took meds, as this has negative connotations of 'vombifying the kids' or some such...I could go on & on...
sometimes it's like Grandpa Simpson's nursing home, where a sign reads: 'Please dont discuss the outside world with residents'-this place does nothing to prepare the youths for real life in the real world. they'll all end up reality tv programmers... -
Pretty soon, they'll call interrogations, "jolly chinwags with the residents."
As for the hybrid that dairyberry808 was talking about, I hear that people who have Hybrids get free parking, free carwash, free coffee (I'm not sure about the coffee), they get to go in the carpool lane, etc. It pays for itself in the amenities and gas department. Plus, it's soooo whisper quiet! You can run over somebody and they won't know what hit 'em!
We were looking at Honda Civics at one point. The hybrids do seem a bit pricey though. How much was yours?
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Like I need a hybrid to run over somebody...
just the other night I hit a pothole in the street and my kid very seriously says 'I think you just hit somebody!' and i'm like 'No, I'm pretty sure i didnt hit anybody." LOL
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A few days ago, Luke got the gas and brake pedals mixed up and almost crashed into a building.
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- CommentAuthorMs. Frizzle
- CommentTimeDec 16th 2004 edited
ohmygoodness, lol
I did the same thing at a red light once. Good thing there were no other cars around. -
With the pedals so close, it's just like how I chord one string and pick the other (if you know what I mean).
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dont let him ever drive a manual transmission...
my seat belt once got looped around the lever that controls the seat (like Luke in the show)-I pulled on it and the seat went back, the car went forward, and I rear ended a guy at a light. He gets out and he's big and bald and mean looking and i thought 'what a stupid way to die'...but he was nice and there was no damage...
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Manual Trasmission? You mean a stickshift?
Wow! What story. If you're ever at a party and it's getting lame, you can tell that to break the ice.
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yeah, stick shift-they're fun, but there's that extra pedal to worry about-
I cant wait for my kid to start driving (though of course that'll be one more thing for me to worry about, him on the road)-seems most of our daily business is at one end of the town or the other-back and forth...My brother hasnt had a license for years-he walks most everywhere-I get sooo tired of driving-unfortunately I'm a bad passenger as well. On the drive to Vegas (24 hours each way), I let my brother take the wheel after a few hours, within the first 5 minutes he almost hit a deer. Boy, that'll straighten your hair... I took the wheel back over for the rest of the trip...
btw, it's not illegal to drive barefoot, in case anyones wondering...
as for biking, I just started again after several years-I ride to work now & then (ok, not for weeks now, but it's been cold!) 2 miles each way, and my gears are broke so it's really hard to pedal, but that makes it a great leg workout...
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- CommentAuthorLuke Abbott
- CommentTimeDec 18th 2004 edited
Buddy1:
btw, it's not illegal to drive barefoot, in case anyones wondering...
Interesting . . . that true? Or is it different in california? I heard that, but I drive barefoot anyway. I have so much tactile control that way, as opposed to shoes. Driving with shoes is like trying to type with mittens on . . . at least for me. Much safer to drive barefoot.
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I ride my bike around when I go places but recently (recently meaning in July) my bike has seemed to be getting smaller (probably because I've gotten bigger) so I got another bike we have. I had to configure the gears a bit 'cause they were *clicking* but when I got it working, I had another problem. My rear brake wasn't working very well. I haven't gotten around to fixing it but what I do is if I need to stop, I slam (pull) on the rear break lever (which doesn't do much) and gently pull the front brake and that does the same as just pulling a functional rear break on full. The bad side about that is I can't make any satifying skid marks or kick up dust on dirt pathways.
Another story, we were biking at a lagoon (with a boardwalk going through the lagoon so people can walk) called Neary's Lagoon at a leisurly pace but Luke didn't want me riding so close to him (in case he breaked and I didn't). So we were biking down the narrow boardwalk when he slammed on his breaks to prove his point. I reflexively pulled both brakes and I got flung over the handlebars and almost got tipped over in the lagoon.
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- CommentAuthorBurn Factor
- CommentTimeDec 18th 2004 edited
Luke Abbott:
Buddy1:
btw, it's not illegal to drive barefoot, in case anyones wondering...
Interesting . . . that true? Or is it different in california? I heard that, but I drive barefoot anyway. I have so much tactile control that way, as opposed to shoes. Driving with shoes is like trying to type with mittens on . . . at least for me. Much safer to drive barefoot.
Are you serious? I have driven barefoot (I didn't have a choice one day) and it was so hard. I found I couldnt apply as much pressure, and my foot was just flopping all over the place. Since then, I only drive barefoot when it's a matter of pulling in and out of the driveway.
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- CommentAuthorLuke Abbott
- CommentTimeDec 18th 2004 edited
I guess people who always wear shoes don't know how to use their feet...
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ooooohhhh! Tension mounts. -
- CommentAuthordairyberry808
- CommentTimeDec 18th 2004 edited
I think I agree with Luke on the whole barefoot driving. How does one drive with shoes? I personally find it quite impossible. The only time I ever got the petals mixed up was when I was wearing shoes. My feet like to feel the lines on the petal. Also, the gas petal has the grooves going one direction and the brake has them going the other. That is how I know what petal I'm on. Is that true for all cars? I think the gas is vertical lines while the brake is horizontal. Though I'm not sure.
However, I'm also the type that only wears slippers (flipflops) out of the house, and slippers always tend to get caught on something. hmmmm....
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I rarely ever have been barefoot but have driven a few times with bare feet and although it takes some getting used to, it really isn't that hard. You are right though that the whole pressure thing is different versus wearing shoes.
And I do know how to use my feet
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as is always my response to any questions about barefoot legal (or health or any other) issues, go to the Society for Barefoot Living website -barefooters.org or unshod.org, I think they are-all will be revealed
-certainly just as with nudity, there may be indiviual ordinances which prohibit this or that, but overall it's legal-I've been stopped quite a few times by traffic cops (I drive like a bat out of hell-I have important business, get out of my way!) and not a one has ever said a thing about my bare feet.
as for bikes: i just recently started riding again-and have managed to thrice get my lace caught in the pedal-so i couldnt pedal, and I couldnt pull it loose, and had to just try & coast and slow down -once fell over right in front of work (I could hear them shaking their heads & saying 'uh oh Buddy's drinking again'...)-so theres a case for barefoot bike riding right there...
but man I hate bike helmets, but the deal is, if my kid has to wear one, so do I...
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Um......To say it's not illegal to drive bare foot is incorrect. In many States ( Arizona to be one ) It is Illegal to drive bare foot, and if pulled over you will recieve a ticket for it. Happened to a friend of mine who constantley went bare foot. She carried shoes with her for places where they had to be worn, but otherwise she always went barefoot. Sooooooo If your wishing to drive Bare foot...check your state laws first.
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I heard that in CA, it is illegal to drive barefoot.
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- CommentAuthordairyberry808
- CommentTimeDec 22nd 2004 edited
really???? hmmm... How do they check?
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well, typed 'barefoot driving laws' into the computer, and came up with sevral sites-none of which say anything about it being illeagal anyplace.
'Ask Yahoo' from 9/04 confirms it's leagl in Michican and Cali, and gives several sites to check the rest, but says they could find no place where it's illegal.
AAA publishes a 'Digest of Motor Laws'-a summary of laws & regulations pertaining to the operation of motor vehicles in the US, it's territories, & Canada-and it states 'Drivng while barefoot is permitted', period.Just as with stores, many times what cops believe to be illegal is just myth...
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It's not illegal to drive barefoot in California, or in most other states.
See http://tafkac.org/legal/driving.barefoot/driving_barefoot.html in which one Jason Heimbaugh wrote to the DMV in all 50 states and DC and asked. 42 responded and none had laws against driving a car barefoot (Alabama specifically requires shoes for riding a motorcycle).Arizona was one of the 9 that didn't reply, but I don't see anything in the Arizona Revised Statutes (http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ArizonaRevisedStatutes.asp ) that says anything about it.
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Paying my car off this month (and got new tires today)-one reason i'm in a good mood and willing to give these boards one more try...ready for a road trip come first nice weather-there's a nice little Taoist church in Santa Cruz I might visit...
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well, the damn car company sent one more bill, for $28-damn interest-so paid that and now lets see if they send the title-these companies nickel and dime you to death-had one credit card company harass me (even calling for me at work, which they'd never done before) over $2! This, after i'd paid them off for several thousand dollars! Greedy so and so's...
So, did you ever get a car, Luke? I have a nice Subaru I'll sell you... -
No car yet, actually...
~Trinity
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- CommentAuthorLuke Abbott
- CommentTimeMar 1st 2005 edited
Yup, it's true. Still driving the old '88 station wagon, known interchangably as the "bomber" and the "tank"...and the "turd-mobile" for it's color (obviously this isn't the car that was shown on TS, but it's similar). Not in a big hurry to get a new car . . . but do email me with some specs on the Subaru of you get the chance...
Sorry I didn't answer this when I first saw it . . . I'm so used to people asking me in I got my new car (it's the No. 1 question I'm asked), it's almost a sort of "cliche question" now... Thankfully I don't find it annoying...
That's funny about the CC company, especially when you think that it probably cost them more to get the $2 than $2...
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I'll never forget once when i was a kid my mom got a check from some company once for one cent! Not sure if she ever cashed it, and if she did she didnt spend any of it on me.
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LOL... thats kinda like my dad. I moved him from Arkansas to live with me after his wife died. he got a bill from Verizon (cell phone) for six cents. We took it to the Verizon office and they really got a laugh out of it. Then they wrote it off. dang, six cents .. it prolly cost them fourty cents to process and send it. ** shakes head **
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Thats the trouble with big corporations-they dont pay attention to the small things-money or worker-wise-they're interested in the dollar, but it's the small change, small details that'll break you if you dont pay attention...
We of course do this in everyday life as well. We think only big events are worth reacting to or commenting on, but it's the small inconveniences, small occurances that have a greater effect than we realize...thats why i've always liked diaries, journals and now blogs-the mundane everyday details of life ARE life...
speaking of blogs:
Kyle, this is the sentence of the year so far: 'We have a a punching bag held up by a string corded on a pulley tied to wire looped around a beam connected to the telephone pole'- in the house that Jack built? whew, that was fun to read. a workout for the eyes...But it IS fun being upside down-I just learned to stand on my head after a lifetime of trying, and it gives a different viewpoint for sure...can do 3 pushups from this position as well, on a good day (which isnt very often)
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- CommentAuthorMichigander
- CommentTimeMar 3rd 2005 edited
Buddy talks about the "mundane things that are life". I immediately thought about the play, Our Town, by Thornton Wilder. It's one of my favorites. The theme is how people don't see that everyday, small things in life are important. And that those everyday, small things are part of something much larger---your life, your town, your world, your universe.
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