trinacriabob

Now, now, I only like him for his money.

I trace the derailment to "dfelt" this time around. It's usually "satty."

Roquefort

Well, actually here's what I was thinking. I thought that IF, just IF, I was driving through the greater Philadelphia area, I would veer over in whatever rental car I had if YOU bought me dinner at that Romano's Macaroni Grille that came to your town and that you raved out. So, is the offer still good? And, since PCS is the most privileged of the three of us, he should come along. He might offer to pay.

mayonnaise (Best Foods, known as Hellman's east of the Rockies)

Don't hold your breath. It won't be happening.

Damien

Well, at least Seattle is on the West Coast, closer to where I am, and this means the big airfare is on Blue's tab.

Thanks von and dfelt...both respectable mpgs...and I presume the A/C was turned on for the Cali trip!

Godliness

*shrugs* because it's in the Friendly Hills/Colima Rd. area of Whittier, whereas she should be in the flat and decrepit parts of Pico Rivera or Bell Gardens? Just kidding. Seriously, would you think that anyone who has 6 kids (prior to the octuplets) and no career / no significant other would have to wherewithal to manage money? It would be inconsistent with the already 'effed up personality profile.

Ben-wa

bounce

cheesecake (just had a slice of mango-coconut cheesecake for lunch, and a cup of tea)

Buffet (damn, I think of these way too often)

What kind of gas mileage does the DTS deliver on a full-highway run, such as the one to Edmonton? (Converted into American, not km/liter)? (I love the DTS in Ice Blue Metallic with gray buckets and the base Luxury Group 1, or whatever it's called, has MORE gadgets than I will ever need).

*snarling right now* Drew, Florida stands to lose more coastline/beach from global warming than does Cali. There's much more of a "shelf " up to CA's cities from the beach than there is FL. Still, I like the beach and I like both states.

confession

entitlement

I LOVED Magic Mountain! Loved it! My response to thread: STDs

Right. The fact that they were constructed of structural steel as opposed to reinforced concrete could, or may not have, made a difference. With steel buildings, there is a minimal amount of "skin" to protect them, so being subjected to the intense heat would take the steel to the yield point (I forget the technical term). With concrete buildings, depending on how much rebar, the quality/denominations of rebar, how much prestressing/poststressing was done and how much "cover" (concrete encasement of the rebar) is present, the buildings may have fared differently. It's something that would have to be modeled...and we need geeks with a PhD from Stanford, Berkeley or MIT to do that. Still, I do believe in global warming. The change in the earth's ice masses is nothing to be tampered with.

roller coaster (the park and the man himself, to some extent)

puma

Well, you know I like the Allure. However, I'm really curious about what it's like to drive around in a DTS?

And here's another "no surprise" couple of YouTube links... First one: this one almost gets my teary-eyed...look at all the camera flashes going off toward the end of the vid... Second one: very cool, a historic moment, that's for sure... Enjoy