Croc

I glow like no other...

HAHA! Oh dude, several of my fraternity brothers get the glow soooooooo badly we joke they glow just from sniffing it. Have you tried taking a Pepsid AC about an hour prior to drinking?

I'm glad the 80's are past us. *shudder*

Dude, they aren't. Not at all. Shoulder pads are coming back for fall, say fashionistas. LA Times did an article about that a couple months ago, with Marc Jacobs debuting his "punk prom girl" look:

Personally, I can't wait. I love the 80s; I'm just waiting for big hair to come back.

IIRC, in the '80s, it was IZOD Lacoste...one and the same..

You're right. I forgot Lacoste didn't have exclusive US distribution back then. I stand corrected.

When I turned 21 my cousin had me try 15 or so different drink mixtures/shots. Some ofit was really strong like teh Jack Daniels, some of it tastes funny, like "chocolate cake".

Both him and my girlfriend were amazed that I didn't even have a buzz.

She drove home anyway though.

I have a drink once in a while, usually something fruity because I like drinking things that...you know...don't taste like ass. Usually just a glass though.

Jack isn't that strong...it's only 80p. There's some real nasty $h! out there, but I've never had a problem drinking Jack straight, not even when I was 16 and first got started on it. In fact, I think I'll have a Jack and where's-the-Pepsi Throwback right now...

How can anyone be sad with all that incest and meth laying around?

Because they can only get with their sister and can't afford cocaine?

Members Only jackets are making a big comeback around LA this year; it's nuts.

Cubical: Lacoste is the alligator, IZOD has the stylized Z I think.

Oh and Croc, I just knew you'd get the reference!:AH-HA_wink:

I think just about everybody who has heard that irritating song got the reference.

Spent the weekend cooking/cleaning in preparation for a 500 party, got my drink on, ate way too much food, went to a friend's graduation party, got my drink on again, and hung out with some old friends (while continuing to drink) for about 5 hours.

Oh, and nice Madonna reference in the thread title, ocn. I bet nobody EVER saw that one coming

In the beginning, man created god.....

HAHA SOOOOOOOO TRUE...

LOL. Well in the thread linked to in my "Indefinite Hiatus" link in my sig, I laid out some things this site NEEDS to do to stay relevant. Of course the ineffective people at the helm haven't done any of them. Just like GM. I certainly will NOT be renewing my premium subscription in a few months, that's for sure. Two dead forums does not make me encouraged to shell out.

WOOHOO!!

I've yet to actually see it on mine, but the little rest reminder that pops up on the G8's DIC after a certain length of steady driving with the cruise on:

Ohhhh...that's pretty obnoxious. Is there a reset button on the DIC to turn it off to your knowledge?

Viper, while I was able to get my steering column replaced under warranty, the service manager said to me "GM will only let us replace the column once", which meant to me it was a common problem and a new column might develop the same loose rattle at the electric motor/gear interface at some point in the future.

I have a major problem with this statement. I do not believe it's legal to only honor warrenty on a part "once." I hope your dealership was simply misinformed, and that the directive came not from GM, but from the dealership management.

Understandable.

I simply can't fathom these correlating to each other. It was driven daily most times, weekly at the very least shortly before my Grandma passed away. The car never sat for any period of time. It seemed like a perfect candidate for a stress-free daily driver. I wasn't figuring on having to put the amount of money I have into it. That is frustrating, regardless.

Actually, the proverbial little old lady who drives to church once a week and nowhere else is actually pretty hard on a car as short, sporadic trips do not allow it to properly heat up. Plus, those kinds of trips are very light on gas, leading to old gas being used, which isn't good for an engine.

Guys, honestly, lay off Vipes. If it hasn't been made abundantly clear since he joined this board, let me spell it out: he likes to bitch. Whether it's rational, logical, or just for attention, the world will never know--but that's his prerogative. It's not like he started doing anything in this thread he hasn't done a million times before. The only thing more obnoxious than senseless bitching is bitching about senseless bitching...if it really bothers you that much, then don't engage it...but frankly he isn't the only consumer in the marketplace with this concern. GM's lack of perceived quality is real--and costing them sales every day in real dollars.

Another nifty Cobalt feature is the one where if you use the power lock buttons in the car (not the RKE fob), you have to hit "Lock" twice to lock the car. Hitting it once produces a warning chime, as if to tell you to make sure you have your keys.

I hope that's programmable--that would annoy the $h! outta me.

On my Aurora, I didn't know the steering was programmable until I read about it on a forum. Now it's "firm."

Lottery?

An interview in Canada? We have don't have TV in Canada yet. This video's a lie.

90% of HGTV's programming says otherwise.

I just cannot understand what compels hip-hop and bubblegum music fans to pick a piece of crap like that and popularize it?

People thought the 80s was the decade of forgettable music, might as well toss in almost everything after 2000. Take away the crap and the good stuff amounts to little.

I'm so happy I have a taste for things other than flavor-of-the-month, garbage, forgettable music that comes from... well, flavor-of-the-month, garbage, forgettable "artists".

Thank you for putting this lousy song back into my head for the next few days... oh joy.

Who said the 80s was the decade of forgettable music? Def Leppard, Hysteria album, ensures there is a ton of memorable stuff. Can't disagree with much of this decade, but the 80s had so many good songs.

OK so Biden is my perpetual DD. There we go.

BTW Croc, Biden doesn't drink...

And I have no idea whether or not Rachel Maddow or Yvonne Strahovsky do either...what's your point? This isn't exactly a serious topic.

I had this virus. It's particularly insidious. Let me guess, if you try to go to an antivirus website, or download antivirus software, the website cannot connect, right?

Here is what worked for me--and it kept coming back for a little over a week...I'm guessing that initially the software didn't catch all of it until after multiple updates: Download Avast! and SUPERantispyware...but download them from another computer, and transfer them to the infected computer via USB stick. Rename the setup files something other than what they are called...like "omg.exe" or something. During installation, rename the folder path to, again, "omg" or anything other than the program name. Finally, after installation, go to the program files and rename the application to "omg.exe" or whatever you chose, and update the shortcut paths accordingly. Do this for both of these programs so the virus won't block your software from launching.

Do full system scans, one following the other, and then schedule one to do a boot scan. Check the program settings so that it automatically deletes everything--otherwise, you will need to watch your computer get scanned and manually tell it to delete the offending files as it detects them for a period of several hours. Save yourself the time, and have it delete them automatically on sight. I forget which of the two programs has this "feature," but I think it was SUPER. After that boot scan completes, do the other, again making sure to automate it as much as possible.

I believe I ran Avast! first, and SUPER second in each case...and I had good results. Hope this helps!

As some of you may know I posted a thread recently about the Riviera needing a transmission. The the day I got the car back the water pump went and ripped my belt to pieces. The grand total was roughly $3800. Now Monday night while driving on the interstate going about 65MPH my car shuts off. I coast to the shoulder and wait 2 and a half hours for a tow truck. Have the car towed 14 miles with my friend's AAA, and still pay $90 for the tow, and now for the good news. I just got a call from the shop telling me I need a engine. The car makes a very loud knocking noise and keeps shutting off. So now he's gonna get some quotes on an engine. I'm sitting here in absolute shock that all of this has happened within a 2 week period. So much for "bullet proof" 3800 V6's. BTW it only has 110K on it. :angry2:

Do you really want to spend more than what the car is worth?

Honestly, the 3800 is pretty good. When did you buy the Riv? What was the history on the vehicle? I'd also get a second opinion on everything...

I want one and would love to be one of the first in my area to get it. I wouldn't be as inclined to get one if our electricity wasn't 100% renewable energy, something we can opt for here in Oregon.

Ohhh...lucky. I'd love to be able to choose 100% renewable.

1. Joe Biden

2. Rachel Maddow

3. Yvonne Strahovsky

4. Robert Moses

5. Vicki Gunvalson

Biden seems like he'd be really funny, and conversation would never get dull.

Maddow has a great sense of irony and, again, conversation shouldn't lull.

Strahovsky is hot and Australian.

Moses is one of my personal heroes.

Gunvalson is for comic relief, and she's a huge lush. MASSIVE lush.