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Wow, so I leave for 36 hours and come back to this. I appreciate all of the information. I'll keep working on it (because I have to). But unless I just happen to fall in love with a car that just happens to be a manual transmission, I don't see myself ever buying one. And if I move to the UK, I'd have to switch hands anyway, so I won't worry about that.

Yeah, maybe. My brain hurts so badly from doing that for so long that I think my IQ dropped 20 points. Thank God I have 20 points to spare.

Of course, I'm only saying that because I just spent an hour and a half practicing in a parking lot, and I still can't go in reverse. The back story is, I work at a car dealership, and now that I'm doing some sales, I need to be able to drive a stick. So they dropped me off in a parking lot with a manual transmission (knowing that I know the basic rules and just need to practice). I tried and tried and tried, and I was still only successful starting out app. 4/5 times . . . and in reverse, it was probably more like 1/10. Grrrr. When they came back to get me, I drove an automatic transmission back to the dealership, and I had an epiphany - stick shifts are stupid. The automatic was so easy, and it's still plenty zippy. Besides gas mileage, increased speed at the starting gate, and being able to brag to your friends that you can drive one , WTF is so great about a stupid manual transmission? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGH!

You be wei-yud, foo'.

My 2000 Elantra had 150k+ miles on it when I sold it, and the only problem I had was with the rear windows. Weeeeeeeellllllllll worth the money. And yeah, they're cheap as hell. We occasionally sell Hyundais (taken on trade) on our lot, and they're A LOT of car for the money. My boss loves them.

I went for the first few years, and learning at my own pace was awesome - mainly because my pace was fast, though. I was pretty competitive, even as a young child. I think if I had learned at a slower pace, I might have not enjoyed it so much. And yes, public school was quite a shock when I left Montessori (when my dad chose a new, less lucrative career path). I really, really loved it, though.

Ha! I know that episode! And the Joey Porsche she's referring to is the one whose MySpace page is linked to the douchebag page I linked to. Linkety-link-link-link.

Yeah - they call them "douchebaguettes".

It's proverbial.

Ok, you've got to check out this website. It just shows pics of total chav losers with hot (albeit mostly trashy, IMO) women. Along the left side of the page is a bunch of MySpace profiles of major douchebags - the best one is probably the "Joey Porsche" page. http://www.hotchickswithdouchebags.com/ Enjoy. And if you don't like it, or find this offensive in any way, feel free to lick my proverbial nutsack.

He's a ferriner. Congrats on the AFF graduation and packing license!

Happy birthday, Katee! Make that man of yours take care of you today.

Happy birthday, Don!

In what world is that a compliment?

Agreed.

There is NOTHING like a big bowl of Kao Soi. If anyone reading this has a Thai restaurant nearby that serves it, ORDER IT! OMG, the yumminess is overwhelming.

Looks like he has another auction up: http://cgi.ebay.com/SST-Racer-Parachute-Complete-Rig-w-2-pin-Cypres_W0QQitemZ330132331669QQihZ014QQcategoryZ106980QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Hey, I made you an extra-special present. It's a vaginal sand eradicator, brand new and unopened. It even has the twisted panties removal mod.

Can I please be the recipient of that H5?

As do I. I think it was 2 jokes in one.

They can take off their prosthetic leg and beat you with it? And yes, yes, I know . . . I got it.

If I could stay home in the manner in which you described, I would. But since I can't, I'm going out. So I vote for stay home.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuck no! The best job in the world would be being Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's sex slave.

Congratulations, Andrea! Man, talk about a mid-workday surprise.

You. Are. Awesome.