In My Day, we started the Thursday after Labor Day!
Uphill both ways in the snow, right?
Easy Bake. Flop-a-palooza. Woosh. Pop. I don't skulk.
Angel ,'Shells'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
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.
tommyrot - Sep 08, 2010 10:56:11 am PDT #22808 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.
Jesse - Sep 08, 2010 11:01:54 am PDT #22809 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Absolutely. Why, I remember back in dickey-two, it snowed on both the first AND the last days of school!
Aims - Sep 08, 2010 11:31:17 am PDT #22810 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Does anyone have experience owning Volvos? I have my eye on a Volvo wagon that I have always wanted. Any advice? It's a 1996.
tommyrot - Sep 08, 2010 11:37:26 am PDT #22811 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.
Does anyone have experience owning Volvos? I have my eye on a Volvo wagon that I have always wanted. Any advice? It's a 1996.
My boss loves old Volvo wagons. He has a 1996 and he does all the repairs himself.
How much are they asking? He's on the phone right now but I'll talk to him when he gets off (not in that way).
sumi - Sep 08, 2010 11:40:28 am PDT #22812 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
We had Volvos when I was a child. (My dad bought a volvo when he was in the army and stationed in Germany - but he had to leave it there when he got out.)
Back then they were pretty unusual - and then later they became the young academic's car of choice. But I believe that they already had a reputation for safety and reliability and I don't recall anything majorly wrong with our old cars.
I have no experience with contemporary Volvos.
Aims - Sep 08, 2010 11:41:57 am PDT #22813 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
How much are they asking? He's on the phone right now but I'll talk to him when he gets off
$2800.
Shir - Sep 08, 2010 11:44:18 am PDT #22814 of 30001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Aims, our family car is Volvo 240 from '83 which my dad adores and spent the last 10 years improving and maintaining it. I'm almost sure he'll be able to answer some questions, but he's asleep now.
Aims - Sep 08, 2010 11:47:09 am PDT #22815 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
tommy - it's this car: [link]
Daisy Jane - Sep 08, 2010 11:47:42 am PDT #22816 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I had a Volvo sedan for a while. It was a great car with an engine even I could work on.
megan walker - Sep 08, 2010 11:51:49 am PDT #22817 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'm at lunch and I overheard someone use the word 'pram'. She didn't have a British accent. Do Americans use that word or is it just a UK thing?
I heard it just this week (re: a stroller) in Canada if that helps.
I would use pram if it was a pram (i.e., the photo Jess linked to), but not for just a stroller. Of course, I also occasionally use queue as a verb.
My experience with Volvos dates from the early nineties. My college roommate's father (who was an actuary) bought it because of their safety record. They are very heavy cars; however, they don't drive well because they aren't very maneuverable. Our basic assessment was, you may be safer in the car if you had an accident, but it would be harder to avoid one.