Ah. I had forgotten that Dolphin browser is my default.
Xander: Am I right, Giles? Giles: I'm almost certain you're not. Though, to be fair, I haven't been
listening.
'Sleeper'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
dcp - Feb 14, 2010 6:39:53 am PST #8355 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Lee - Feb 14, 2010 6:42:47 am PST #8356 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
This is what outside looks like right now: [link]
It's making it very hard for me to think about getting dressed and going outside, but sadly, that's where all the errands are.
Jessica - Feb 14, 2010 6:52:47 am PST #8357 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Should I go to Target today to replace my broken garlic press, or just order one from Amazon?
The first option would get me out of the house (and it would get me a new garlic press today), but I'm pretty sure that would also require me to put on pants.
tommyrot - Feb 14, 2010 6:52:57 am PST #8358 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Tom Scola - Feb 14, 2010 6:55:05 am PST #8359 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Thanks to the miracle of science, there are now indoor pants that you can wear outdoors!
Sue - Feb 14, 2010 6:57:31 am PST #8360 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Kevin Smith was kicked off a Southwest flight, after already being seated, for being too fat. He's stirring the shit on Twitter. I don't think this will end well for Southwest.
Jesse - Feb 14, 2010 7:03:53 am PST #8361 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I like that he's going back and forth with Neil Gaiman on the twitter: [link]
Steph L. - Feb 14, 2010 7:05:56 am PST #8362 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I don't think this will end well for Southwest.
Good. I can't articulate how much I hate their policy (though other airlines do it, too; Southwest's just tends to be the best-known, or possibly the one that's been publicized the longest, or something; maybe they're just forever linked in my brain with being bastards). Fuck 'em.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 14, 2010 8:26:35 am PST #8363 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'm of two minds on the issue. Yes, things could be handled better by the airline, in this instance and others. But on the other hand, all the political correctness in the world won't actually make a large person fit into a space smaller than their body and it is a major imposition for such a person to squish another passenger out of part of their seat.
Steph L. - Feb 14, 2010 8:33:59 am PST #8364 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
it is a major imposition for such a person to squish another passenger out of part of their seat.
If airlines actually enforced the policy equitably, I'd be less cranky about it. However, they seem most concerned with people whose hip/ass/stomach area is larger than average, instead of people whose upper bodies -- broad shoulders, large chest/upper abdomen -- are larger than average. I've sat next to men whose upper bodies didn't fit within the dimensions of their seats, and that squished me out of part of my seat.
But right now the airlines' policies are strictly about whether the armrests can be put down, and/or whether the seat belt will fit without an extender. Those measure lower-body mass, not upper body. So I guess the question is, is it more of an imposition for someone's hip to be touching the passenger next to them than it is for someone's shoulders/upper body to be touching the passenger next to them?