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19256. webfeet - 4/27/2006 5:55:34 PM alistair--I forgot to mention to you that my sister was actually in New Zealand on a scholarship at the University of Victoria, in Wellington, where she taught fiction for 3 months.
She confessed she had a hard time figuring out what people were saying until she had sex with a New Zealander; after that, like some creature out of myth, she could hear everyone perfectly.
She loved it there, in every sense. And she brought us back elderflower cordial, a strangely delightful elixir that we mix with sparkling water. Or champagne if you can spring for it.
19257. alistairconnor - 4/27/2006 5:59:09 PM ... and then she recoiled in horror from her lover?
Must tell my ex that one, she'll love it. 19258. PelleNilsson - 4/27/2006 6:27:36 PM "University of Victoria, in Wellington, where she taught fiction for 3 months."
Very funny. 19259. iiibbb - 4/27/2006 6:51:48 PM Message # 19255
My frontrunner is the Lightning Phantom that's coming out this year. ~$1500 but certainly less than a P-38.
A lot of hills around here. I need something that can climb. 19260. Jenerator - 4/27/2006 9:40:10 PM I think companies try to sell experiences now.
If I buy the Hemingway chaise lounge at Ethan Allen, it's as though I have been to Sumatra with him while he wrote The Green Hills of Africa. At least, that's what Ethan Allen is hoping I'll believe.
19261. Jenerator - 4/27/2006 9:41:41 PM Starbucks cashes in on the "experience" of reward and perceived intellectualism its coffee serves.
I bet LL.Bean is selling an experience that is associated to a logo. 19262. iiibbb - 4/28/2006 12:03:25 AM If I were to go with a long wheelbase I'd probably spring for an easy-racer.
After riding a number of below-seat steering bikes, I think I prefer over-seat. I tend to like direct steering connections to my front wheel too. 19263. Dubai Vol - 4/28/2006 12:16:56 AM Wow. Just wow. "I buy my kids' t-shirts from LL Bean but lately they are too pretentious even for me...."
No offense intended, but, um, er.... 19264. judithathome - 4/28/2006 1:10:59 AM Jesus, the things you learn at the Mote! First I find out there are "professional smokers" and now I learn there are rules about wearing t-shirts!!
don't logos on t-shirts have to make sense? That the places on the t-shirt have to exist or at least have to be places you've actually visited?
I never gave this a second thought but now that I have the answer is "Huh? Who wrote THIS rule and why??" Wear whatever you want! Just don't wear one to the Opera or a funeral.
19265. Jenerator - 4/28/2006 1:22:38 AM I think you have to have a young child (right now) to understand, Judith. 19266. Jenerator - 4/28/2006 1:26:05 AM 
19267. Jenerator - 4/28/2006 1:27:05 AM No such hiking company exists. 19268. arkymalarky - 4/28/2006 1:41:22 AM If you've ever worn a tube-top to a funeral, you might be a redneck. That's the only one that still makes me laught.
If my children have to wear meaningless slogans, I prefer that they be in Chinese or Thai script, this avoids pain and suffering on my part at least.
Chinese tattoos were all the rage for a while and Mose wanted one that said "Song." I told her that if I were a Chinese script tattoist (or whatever they're called) I'd tell people like her it said "song," but I'd really put "This end up," and other such smartass stuff. I'd have a blast with it.
WRT t-shirts, my favorite one came from the Dollar Store: "I'm out of bed and dressed, what more do you want?" Kids wear some really witty ones every once in a while--or I notice them every once in a while. I don't pay much attention to that sort of stuff. But like good jokes, I can't ever remember them when I want to.
Oh, one said, "I'm out of my mind right now. Please leave a message."
19269. arkymalarky - 4/28/2006 1:43:03 AM Oh, and Judith, in the Good Life thread I think you had an Emily Latella moment. Jenerator posted PROFESSED smoker, not PROFESSIONAL smoker. 19270. Snowowl - 4/28/2006 1:47:34 AM I'd rather my kids (or grandkids now) were wearing things with made-up names, rather than being walking advertisements for a brand.
I used to resent being expected to fork over good money to turn my kids into walking billboards. 19271. Jenerator - 4/28/2006 1:50:26 AM I am loyal to some brands because they're made well and last long. 19272. Snowowl - 4/28/2006 1:54:48 AM I don't mind buying good brands. I just object to turning my kids into walking advertisements. 19273. arkymalarky - 4/28/2006 2:19:31 AM I used to resent being expected to fork over good money to turn my kids into walking billboards.
My husband is EXACTLY the same. You're never going to one-up enough Joneses with a brand name shirt and they're charging big money plus, as you say, getting free ads from you, so I don't see the benefit. If something looks great a label can usually only detract from that.
Disclaimer: The opinion above is from the woman who uses her dryer in lieu of an ironing board.
19274. wonkers2 - 4/28/2006 2:20:58 AM Snowowl, I agree. I have resisted shirts with brand names, logos, etc. Especially ones like Polo or other pricey brands. I remember arguing with my oldest son when he was in high school over shirts with the Polo logo. (Levis are okay, however.) 19275. arkymalarky - 4/28/2006 2:27:34 AM Okay. This is the first evening I've had the "Megaboost" feature enabled and it does seem MUCH better. I checked all three of my Yahoo email boxes (Uz wasn't there yet), pictures are loading just like at work--it didn't occur to me until Jen posted that shirt picture and I saw it when the page loaded. Before it would often never show up at all. I'd been to my ISP's office two or three times in person and talked to them several times on the phone, but this feature just became available a few days ago.
To be honest, if it stays like this I don't care nearly as much about getting dsl. I'll have to update the website I maintain and see how quickly that goes to get a better idea of how much faster it is, but that won't happen until at least week after next.
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