The Temple Bar: Stuff and All That UYMFA!

[No spoken words]

I will. I loved that city. But if you tempt me sooner rather than later, you'll have to take responsibility and all that shit. Better to let me wander there all on my own.


Btw, the guy in the Port Huron station reminded me of Ringo Starr In Shiny Time Station.

I'm a responsible adult.

 

[VintagePunk]

I'm a responsible adult.

Dude, seriously....

 

[No spoken words]

I'm not a responsible adult? That sucks.

 

[VintagePunk]

I'm not a responsible adult? That sucks.

No. That you're proclaiming to be a responsible adult, then I'll show up on your doorstep, wanting your sofa bed, and it will all go downhlil from there.

 

[No spoken words]

No. That you're proclaiming to be a responsible adult, then I'll show up on your doorstep, wanting your sofa bed, and it will all go downhlil from there.

Get in line, lady. I have a new paint job and new furniture, and since then, the chicks flock to me and my place.

 

[VintagePunk]

Get in line, lady. I have a new paint job and new furniture, and since then, the chicks flock to me and my place.

So it's a take a number situation? Damn. I should have asked before the paint job.

 

[VintagePunk]

NSW, I know I said this in my EJ concert review, but not sure if you read it....I was never a big fan of Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word till I saw him live, and then it was chill-inducing....there's a performance of it on this dvd.

 

[No spoken words]

I am so-so on that song.

 

[VintagePunk]

I was too, till I saw it live. In fact, I probably would have come down on the negative side of it till then.

 

[DaveC]

How did this thread make it down to the 2nd page??

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

How can someone be so tired when they had a full night's rest?

:getscoffee:

 

[DaveC]

I slept from 5:30 yesterday evening to 9:00 this morning...I feel like a million bucks today!

Getting free money from the government yesterday evening sure didn't hurt either!

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

Free money

Just got some of that myself last week. Unfortunately, most all of it is going towards paying for the laptop.

 

[DaveC]

Mine's going to the TO trip...which means I'm no longer a "maybe", but now a "probably". I can at least take the bus if the car falls through now. The bus takes about 35 hours though (with all the stops), so I'd like to avoid that one if it's at all possible!

 

[Drea]

At least you haven't been on a bus for 24 hrs to get to somewhere in your own freaking PROVINCE Easier to deal with 35 hrs knowing you're going through *thinks* is it 3 or 4 you'd be going through, including ON?

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

Mine's going to the TO trip...which means I'm no longer a "maybe", but now a "probably". I can at least take the bus if the car falls through now. The bus takes about 35 hours though (with all the stops), so I'd like to avoid that one if it's at all possible!

Sounds fun.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

Aren't we the lively bunch this morning.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

I'm recovering from that poor excuse for a hockey game last night...

 

[redkat]

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

so they have these lovely new signs on the roads here in long island that tell you the aproximate travel time from the spot of the sign to the next major road/parkway/expressway/etc. they use readings from ez-passes to gauge the time. not a bad idea in theory. but of course now people actually slow down to read the signs, because people are stupid and all, thus making the commute longer.

brilliant.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

so they have these lovely new signs on the roads here in long island that tell you the aproximate travel time from the spot of the sign to the next major road/parkway/expressway/etc. they use readings from ez-passes to gauge the time. not a bad idea in theory. but of course now people actually slow down to read the signs, because people are stupid and all, thus making the commute longer.

brilliant.

ah irony...

In Toronto they have those light up signs that supposedly update in real time and notify you of the traffic levels on major routes. A couple of weeks ago I was sitting on the highway for 30 minutes or so in a traffic jam in front of one of those signs and it kept flashing information about the highway I was on saying it was clear... real time my ass...

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

Don't these people know I have a paper to finish today? They keep giving me work, as if that's what I'm here for. Sheesh.

I can't complain about my commute - no more than fifteen, twenty minutes on a bad day. Although once winter comes, everyone here forgets they've lived in Michigan all their lives and act as if they've never seen a dusting of snow before. That's a riot.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

yes these signs are supposed to update in real time as well. but they're on the side of the road, not over the road it's self. so morons, which of course means your average driver, can't actually look at the sign without breaking and slowing down.

alas, the schmuck in the tractor trailer who thought the "no trucks on the parkway" signs were just for show didn't help much. you must feel like a complete douchebag when you get your trailer stuck in a bridge during the middle of rush hour. and i hope he does.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Although once winter comes, everyone here forgets they've lived in Michigan all their lives and act as if they've never seen a dusting of snow before. That's a riot.

I remember being in Virginia and it snowed, you'd think it was the end of the world or something... The entire state closed down and they had state troopers on the Interstate with shovels (not snow shovels mind you but dirt shovels) trying to clear the snow. I think it might have been 2 inches and that's being generous

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

my commute is exactly 23 miles (i just looked it up on google maps), which on a good day takes 35-40 minutes. today it took an hour and 20 minutes.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

My commute is 30 minutes by subway and bus, public transit = elevated_u2_fan pwned

 

[Thora]

My commute is generally 15-20 mins, but when it rains or snows, then it's around 25-30. Freaking idiot drivers.

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

I remember being in Virginia and it snowed, you'd think it was the end of the world or something... The entire state closed down and they had state troopers on the Interstate with shovels (not snow shovels mind you but dirt shovels) trying to clear the snow. I think it might have been 2 inches and that's being generous

First snowfall last year was less than less than an inch, and it took me over an hour to get home. People were either moving at 5-10 mph, or speeding as if their lives depended on getting home at their usual time. I remember a little piece of shit truck whizzing past me and I was praying that when I drove past the next intersection I'd see it wrapped around a stop sign.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

a couple years back there was a decent snow storm that eventually dropped over a foot on the island. it started around 3ish... was only about 4-5 inches by the time i got home. it took 2 1/2 hours for me to travel those 23 miles.



i think i had a thread about it, actually