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The ignition cylinders of Jeep Wranglers are notorious for the same. Mine isn't worn enough yet, but there are countless posts on Jeep forums about drivers taking the keys out of the ignition and handing them to their passengers while driving (engine running and all) down the road. Stories also abound about people starting their jeeps with screwdrivers and whatnot. I guess once a Jeep gets old enough it kinda falls off the "hit list" for car thieves. As far as steering locks go, I don't see it as being a huge problem unless it bothers you. How much do you have invested in the Fiesta? Is it all pimped out with hydraulics, fat spinners, and badass (read as: crappy) that just makes the whole trunk rattle instead of play music? Elvisio "fuzzy dice all the way" Rodriguez

Wow. A google image search of "flat peaches" takes a fruit that was once sexually suggestive to a WHOLE new level... Elvisio "no, sorry, no pics of strippers" Rodriguez

Milliways has gone latex? The Restaurant at the End of the Universe? Elvisio "Douglas Adams, we hardly knew ye" Rodriguez

How about: Black Jack Stout? Stout No. 7? Tennessee Trainwreck? Elvisio "I, like a fine whiskey, seem to be mellowing with age" Rodriguez

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4148935;search_string=ship%20a%20cat;#4148935 Here's how the wife and I got it done just a couple weeks ago. Continental, according to her, has a "pet airline" department that seemed to be pretty helpful to her. As the thread mentions, she carried on one cat and checked the other as baggage. Things seemed to go pretty smoothly. I know you aren't flying but it might be worth a call to Continental to see if they'll let your buddy drop the cat off at one end and let you pick up at the other. The above thread also mentions googling for pet transport agencies; there are several that basically broker for you and arrange the transportation. I'm glad you're a cat person. I, however, am not. If you aren't happy with the cat you get, I'm more than happy to volunteer my wife's two cats, they're much closer than Philly. Hell, I'd even drive them to Fresno for you! Problem is the wife would probably disown me and you'd end up adopting me as well. Elvisio "back to the drawing board" Rodriguez

Worst date: Freshman year of high school, some formal dance or other. Blind date, we totally didn't hit it off and I was resplendent in male freshman dorkiness. It was bad. Very, very bad. I don't blame her at all, the entire evening was my fault: every awkward bit of conversation, the corsage that didn't match her dress, every toe that got stepped on while dancing; it was all on me. I remember that at the end of the dance my mom was driving us back to her place to drop her off, and she actually bailed out of the car while it was still moving a few miles an hour rather than give me a chance to get around to her side of the car and try to walk her up to her door. Best date: oh HELL no, I ain't tellin'. Elvisio "misty watercolored memories" Rodriguez

Nowadays, I don't think a phone stays on the market long enough to earn a reputation. Before word gets around how much it sucks, it's off the market. The incredibly high rate of product improvement in the world of mobile phones has created another symptom: TERRIBLE product support. What's that? Your phone doesn't work well? Here, just sign up for another two year contract (on top of your remaining contract) and we'll give you another phone that will be hopelessly out of date by the time you walk out of the store! I'm all for holding onto a phone that works for me. Problem is, there is no product support: you can't find replacement batteries or accessories for a phone even a few months after you bought it. Elvisio "don't even think about buying one retail" Rodriguez

Here's another vote for Blackberries being awful for the person on the other end of the line. When my wife was using a Blackberry I was on a traditional phone that I never bothered texting on. Whenever she called, it was awful trying to understand her. We both have original Droids now: much better. I do notice that when I get sloppy and start holding the phone out of place or mumbling that folks will complain. But if I speak reasonably clearly, all is well. Elvisio "need more RAM, though" Rodriguez

ABSO - friggin - LUTELY. I remember that comic from the first time I saw it! Even almost 15 years after graduation from college (or my first graduation from college, at least) I still have that dream. The funny thing is, I never had that dream ONCE in college. Only long after graduation did I start having it. It's always some BS math class I thought I had dropped out of before the drop date, but didn't realize I was still enrolled in until too late. Now it's about two weeks before the final and I have to try to recover from a whole semester of fail. Elvisio "ah, subconscious manifestations of stress" Rodriguez

In the ever-ongoing battle to buy our first home, my wife and I have learned that just as important as what WE think a home might be worth and what the OWNER thinks the home might be worth, is what the COMPS have sold for recently in the same neighborhood. So, this is what I would suggest: check around the classifieds and see what similiar containers are selling for, and price accordingly. Elvisio "Why is my wife convinced she'll spontaneously combust in a house without high-end finishes?" Rodriguez

Many thanks Remster! Without a doubt a big change from the ad that spawned this thread. Good to see Mirage embracing the classier side of advertising. And WRT the video: is it confetti or rose petals? OR, confetti cut to look like rose petals? Elvisio "cool either way, though" Rodriguez

A good example of a union going to bat for an employee, in all the wrong ways. Tell them "I'm not shooting video, I'm taking stills at 30 frames per second!" Elvisio "it's be worth a shot" Rodriguez

We still need a post for those of us not on FB... Elvisio "behind the times" Rodriguez

and NWFlyer's post This. Or rather, these. Absolutely, these. Actually, from the rest of the thread it sounds like you made what I feel is the right choice. Nowadays, a job in the hand is worth two in the bush. By all means, feel free to keep looking, but hold on to any job you have while you look. Elvisio "have my dream job, will do anything to keep it" Rodriguez

Awesome. Glad you like them. IIRC, I picked up the habit from a much beloved and much missed Rodriguez Brother: Ganja Rodriguez, who started doing it (occasionally) on the RB board. Needless to say, I liked it so much I felt it was my duty to take a good thing and run it TOTALLY into the ground. Elvisio "the rest is history" Rodriguez And to quote Vincent Antonelli from My Blue Heaven: "I like 'em... I dunno, kinda dirty or something"

The timeline included in the story is either FUBAR, or demonstrates just how FUBAR their mindset is... Monday: brother convicted of crimes, gets probation and an ankle bracelet. Hey, we got caught breaking the law the first time, let's try it again! Tuesday morning: Siblings pile into car, road trip! Brother cuts off bracelet, only 24 hours after getting it. I guess it didn't go well with his sagging pants and wife-beater ensemble of the day. Later Tuesday morning: After bring pulled over for speeding, they shoot it out with the police officer. Near Z-hills, no less: don't mess with one of Skydiving's hometowns. Speeding while already violating probation? Not too bright. As has been alluded to multiple times on this forum in other discussions of stupid criminals: if you're going to break the big laws, don't break the little ones. Tuesday afternoon: They hold up the bank. Was the holdup already planned? Or, once they realized they were violating probation and now felons for attempted murder, did they hold up the bank with no advance planning to get running money? I'm betting the latter. People are saying it's Bonnie and Clyde, Bille Jean kind of stuff. Seems to me three dumb kids lived up to their IQs and ruined their lives. Even if they don't ever get caught they'll never be able to do anything productive ever again. Methinks the pretty lady will, soon enough, be doing things to pay the bills that will make her remember fondly her days of being a third-rate stripper. Elvisio "too bad, she wasn't THAT hard on the eyes" Rodriguez ETA: I too love the posts people are putting on her Flikr pages. Another observation: before going on your crime spree and fleeing across country, take a moment to remove your pictures from the internet: having dozens of pictures of you online JUST might make it a little easier for folks to identify you. But at least with all the comments people are leaving her, when she gets out of prison in 10-20yrs she'll have plenty of reading to catch up on.

I've always believed that farting on a ride to altitude (and I would be willing to lump farting on an elevator into the same category) should be allowable, AS LONG AS THE OFFENDING PARTY CLAIMS IT. If you have the common decency (and the balls) to raise your hand and say "yep, that was me," then fire away. Those were the rules at my favorite home DZ of my past (BSA), and I wish they were more prevalent. Elvisio "Doesn't like hiding his light under a bushel basket" Rodriguez

"Transmissions engineer?" Nope, we got none of those here. I'm a flight nurse. One of those "hours of boredom punctuated by short periods of extreme stress" kind of jobs. Elvisio "love my job, though" Rodriguez

^ Never gets old. Oh, wait. Yeah it does. Elvisio "hover before click doesn't work with youtube" Rodriguez

I don't ride anymore, but I do fly with a guy who is an avid cyclist and used to be a skydiver and rigger back in the late 60's. I met him at my workplace and it was months before I realized he spent years jumping at the DZ where I started jumping, only about 30 years apart! He has pictures of all the quiet, responsible, older jumpers from back when they were acting like I acted when I was hanging out at that DZ... . ANYHOW, although he isn't a jumper at SDAZ or anywhere else for that matter, given his jumping past and current cyclist status he may be interested in one. I'll ask him next time I'm on shift... Elvisio "WHO did WHAT in the 60's? Oh, that's right, it was the 60's" Rodriguez

My guess is it was probably the amount of time you spent on that website that brought it to IT's attention in the first place. Get to work! Elvisio "paid to surf the web, until the shit hits the fan, then paid to kick ass and chew bubblegum" Rodriguez

THAT'S a question that will get us booted to SC in no time. At least, I know the response I'd like to make would. It's funny how many people have different takes on just what the title of this thread means to them. To me it asks: How can Hollywood keep churning out what are either thinly veiled or blatantly obvious remakes, and people keep going to see them? Are all the truly great stories already written? I understand that all the recent superhero flicks are setting up the Avengers film, which of course we'll be expected to subsidize to a degree reminiscent of the national debt. But do we really need a Conan remake? Elvisio "the insanely expensive popcorn is my Achilles heel" Rodriguez

Ooops. I didn't read THIS version of the story. Another source online reported it was a Kitfox 2. Elvisio "so sorry" Rodriguez

When I read the report all I could think about was those f-16 pilots must have had everything and the kitchen sink hanging out to slow down enough to pace a Kitfox. Even then, probably more like slow flybys. Elvisio "negative ghostrider, the pattern is 73 years old" rodriguez

Skip the part about sleeping in the back. Go with a Honda or Toyota, something small and older but gently used. Sink a little extra dough into a good tent and sleeping bags to make you comfortable at night. Elvisio "only slept in my Tahoe a handful of times" Rodriguez