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Or, a simple "let's get something straight...I'm not." would do the same thing without any of the melodrama. Honestly, I think it's a bit much to assume that she's looking to meet up with "the other guy" from HS after all these years and start a relationship. Girls are ridiculous, but not that ridiculous...unless seriously unbalanced, in which you run in the other direction anyway.

Nope. Never clean enough for it, and with the minor damage here and there, I don't really feel like it's worth the effort. Plus, I'd have to clean the interior :eek: Nope, cost/benefit analysis doesn't work out. Minor dents, but there is some scratching on the rear decklid. Minor, but I know it's there... I'd get one in silver, red or black. Hopefully black.

If I won the lottery, after making sensible choices with the money (putting most of it into savings, donating some to charity, etc.), I'd probably restore my Aurora as much as possible, especially as far as interior parts go. I'd also look into finding an Allante as I've always loved those. Maybe a bustleback Seville.

Not really. The hard fact is that he was 7 under the speed limit. If the police officer says he was impeding traffic, then I believe it. Officers generally don't go around picking on old men for no reason.

Look for a Pontiac G6 owners club site. My guess, though, would be that it just clips into the ceiling.

Of course not, they have a monthly colonic irrigation appointment.

According to the law posted above, the "within 10" guideline is a category (II) rule, while impeding normal/reasonable traffic flow is category (I). So, while not violating (II), he may be violating (I).

Yeah, the weather, recreational opportunities, insane amount of diversity, culture, and networking opportunities are all such massive drawbacks. I kick myself for it every morning.

That's so funny...most women actually like it to hang down back so it's "tidy" and "hidden" while most guys prefer it more accessible, i.e. hanging off the front.

"Full expressway" isn't a very descriptive term. Is it a freeway or not at that point? Freeway = complete grade separation, no at-grade crossings. That's what matters, because "when conditions permit" applies far less to a freeway than a non-freeway. The man thinks it wasn't 65 yet.

Ew, Notre Dame. Well, if you want your daughter to suddenly think she's part of the fabulosity crowd and gain a delightful sense of entitlement, then by all means send her there. Oh, and as you will find out, they keep their students in the same dorm for the first three years. Drama, much? Also, the priest who teaches one of the core, general-ed science classes tells his students that Muslims have high rates of forehead cancer from "banging their heads against the ground so many times a day" inducing cell trama. He never addressed the logical follow-up question regarding Catholics and knee cancer. I know quite a few people from that school, as well as have a family member who certainly became a whole new person after attending there. For the money, you can do much better.

Whoa, OC, you're back!

Well, according to the law, he was impeding the normal and reasonable flow of traffic. If you're just going for a Sunday Drive, take surface streets. Stay off the freeway. EDIT: May/may not be a freeway...can't tell where he was driving, but it could just be a 4-lane divided highway.

Oh, and I'm pretty sure that Doane has the same right to post as Camino in expressing his annoyance. He's not exactly censoring him, guys. Let's dial the melodrama back from Level 12.

Continue to live in SoCal, where even in the $h!tiest times we can still go to the beach and eat really good (and cheap!) ethnic food. I still don't see the point of this line of thinking...this rephrased question makes more sense, but c'mon, my grandparents lost everything in the Depression and then also gained it back, coming out ahead of where they were. If they could do it, I most certainly can what with the technological advances of the past 80 years.

Perfectly calm, here, Z.

That's mindless passivity, and it does not garner respect. One can be assertive, and respected, without the aid of a submachine gun.

+1 ...and the fact that the doom and gloom threads are so frequent makes me doubt that you, Camino, are simply an idle thinker and not an anxious worrier. This is a post coming from a place of maturity and reason. Bravo!

Resigned and weary people don't make threads beginning with "What if things don't get better?" That's a worry, fed by anxiety.

"Tough on crime" politics have proven, time and again, to waste money, fail at deterring crime, and lead to overcrowding of jails across the country with petty criminals. Have you not been paying attention for the last two decades?

+1 Camino, you can live in constant fear/anxiety of every little unknown on the planet, or you can realize that life is far too variable to predict every little uncertainty, and that being at peace with yourself is far more productive than being constantly vigilant and anxious over the rest of the world. One path will lead to far greater happiness than the other, more torturing path. The choice really is yours to make. "Worrying is like sitting in a rocking chair, it gives you something to do but in the end you won't get anywhere."

First off, where do you get off thinking that I have some kind of rose-colored glasses on about the nature of the world? Obviously, the mere presence of this headline involving this girl suggests that we are NOT in a civilized society. The rest of your post isn't really worth responding to.

I'm not really feigning anything here. An eye for an eye is ancient because it isn't civilized. Eye for an eye ruled during the same times that people were stoned in public and crucified on crosses. You're certainly not suggesting anything radical, but you are suggesting something that civilized people simply do not do.

Dumb.

You miss my point. She got enjoyment out of torturing a kitten. You are expressing a desire to (i.e. derive enjoyment from) inflicting physical pain to her. And now that she'd be "put in her place" (what, as Bertha's "special girl"?)...I just don't see the difference. Whether she did it and you did not, I don't understand the getting enjoyment/feeling a sense of vindication/justice having taken place at inflicting physical pain on this girl. I just don't get it.