Posted on 12/23/2006 11:31:23 AM PST by BibleBabe1
I haven’t either.
The Blockbuster nearby just closed. Still plenty of small independent video stores around though. I think their days are numbered, however.
Very well. I think it needs to be levelled again, but other than that, it’s perfect. I really love the dryer - it’s getting the wash dry in about 2/3 the time of my old one.
The two “Ice Age” movies were also danged funny.
With holiday guests in the house, we’ve also seen “Surf’s Up”; actually a solid film about relationships, and trust; “Rush Hour 3”, which was midless dreck, and took Jackie Chan down a couple of notches in my Hall of Esteem; and some PG holiday film with Danny DeVito, which was so simultaneously funny, bawdy, and deep that it felt schizophrenic. “Deeply humorous” works. “Deeply bawdily humorous” comes off as fake as a $3 bill; the humor just can’t reconcile the inherent values between “deep” and the “bawdy”. There’s no way to successfully juxtapose deep human sincerity with rude body noises, and then just spackle it all up with slapstick, and have it work.
I saw Ice Age, but not the second one.
It must have been my mood at the time, but I couldn’t through Over The Hedge.
BUT!!! I got Cars for Christmas!
The kids have seen “over The Hedge” at a friend’s house. I’m not really that interested in seeing it.
I’m mildly interested in seeing “Chicken Little” (titel?), though something in my gut says that all the best parts of that filme are in the trailer.
Congrats on your Christmas gift. I think “Cars” was one of Pixar’s very best; a masterful blend of eye-popping animation, humor, and important relational issues. Be sure to watch the two short features “One Man Band” and “The Ghost Light”.
Well, in early; out early. Time to commute.
Later!
I’m going to commute as well. A little shoulder pain today, so I’m going to lay low.
I’ll catch y’all tomorry!
:o]
My old truck is real cold natured, too. It is very reluctant to move in the morning. It has no power steering, no power brakes, and no power.
That's why I was looking at another one today.
I told my wife, "I'm not too sure about this ... This truck is eight years old, but it's twenty-two years newer than mine!"
She thinks I should buy it.
Got a picture?
What kind of truck is your OLD one??
Dodge, full-sized pickup with three speeds: starting to move, moving, and sufficient to get out on the road so that you can be passed by kids on tricycles making obscene gestures.
My proposed newer truck is a Ford Ranger, white and very non-descript.
I like things plain and unadorned. But five speeds would be nice.
That is an oxymoron to my challenged mind.
Please explain.
I don’t care whether my ride looks fancy. I just want it to perform efficiently.
Five speeds are more efficient than three. Especially in a manual transmission.
I take it manual transmission is an essential criteria?
You can get a 5 speed Ranger?
Would that be in a 4.3L V6?
Manual Transmissions are great if you don’t want your vehicle stolen.
I don't know. I haven't looked at the engine yet. I'll check it out in the AM.
I talked to the guy who wants to sell it, but I wanted to keep my wife in the loop. Apparently, that really wasn't necessary. She doesn't care for my Fred Flintstone truck.
Not really, but a truck with an automatic transmission is just a car that looks like a truck.
I've had two cars stolen -- both were sticks. But then again, those were many years ago.
I enjoy driving my 5-speed stickshift mini-SUV.
No. Here is a picture of a similar vehicle.
As I said, plain and unadorned.
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