A fashion board in which sometimes we'll remember to post spoiler warnings

[cheval de frise]

Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

I was thinking that Kuato had gotten nicer digs and been cleaned up.

I think Kuato died a grisly death. But I'm reminded of Arnold's facial expression at the end of the movie when he's struggling to breathe after having being blown out onto the surface of Mars.

It's kind of like when Hank encounters his keyboard.

CDF

[Gattigap]

Originally Posted by cheval de frise

It's kind of like when Hank encounters his keyboard.

If that's not a call for Hank's wife to use her photoshopping skills, I don't know what is. Would be the best avatar evah.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower

Sorry does not cut it. May you die the death of a thousand Scorpion Bowls.

OK, but I want dun-dun noodles too.

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by notcasesensitive

Anyone done any foreign language podcasts from iTunes?

No but I have watched movies on my iphone where they say a lot of foreign phrases

Oooo, Ich sprize mit ganz vorbei Ihren BrüstenI

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone

Screw Andy Rooney. That's old-skool MR.

If he was able to reach her colon, he is in the wrong career.

[mommylawyer]

Originally Posted by dtb

This has probably been discussed here before, and is probably more appropriately the subject of another board, but wtf...

I have a Volvo XC90, which I like well enough, but it's really expensive to maintain and goes through tires like crazy. I get only about 12,000 miles to a set of tires, which is (obviously) ridiculous.

So, as I'm considering a replacement ride, what sort of thing would y'all recommend?

These are my requirements:

1. Cannot be a minivan
2. Cannot look like a minivan
3. Must feel solid, and not like a tin can or similar
4. Must have 3-row seating (space for 2 adults and 4 children)
5. Must have biggish cargo space in the back, but I can probably get away with less cargo space than what the Volvo has
6. Should not eat tires for lunch

I am sort of thinking of the Mercedes station wagon thingy (the bigger one), though the cargo space is a little snug. I will not buy that Mercedes SUV (don't know the letter/model).


Help me Lawtalkers, you're my only hope. (Said in voice of Barbra Streisand during her audition to play Princess Leia.)

I have the R-Class diesel and love it! Am nearly 6 ft and fit comfortably in 3rd row, provided 2nd row seats are not all the way back, plus they have a depressed floor which adds comfort. can also get in and put kid in 3rd row car seat comfortably....

ML

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Bolivia 6 - 1 Argentina

WTF?

Does Diego Maradona commit ritual seppuku now?

[mommylawyer]

Originally Posted by Gattigap

Starting this weekend, I'll be in Chicago (North Loop) for several days. Any FBers who are around and can connect, please shoot me a PM. I may even try a Manny's sandwich.

Starting in a few months I'll be living in Chicago....looking forward to trying out new spots...

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Bolivia 6 - 1 Argentina

WTF?

Does Diego Maradona commit ritual seppuku now?

Are his arms long enough to hold a sword out far enough past his ginormous belly?

TF is altitude? I thought La Paz was prohibited for WC qualifiers or something.

[Jack Manfred]

Did the FBers who recently went to Vegas report back on their trips?

I'm going for a weekend, and I haven't been in a while (except to change planes).

Anything new I need to see or do?

I won't be a high-roller on my government wages, but I'd like one exceptional dinner.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Gattigap

Starting this weekend, I'll be in Chicago (North Loop) for several days. Any FBers who are around and can connect, please shoot me a PM. I may even try a Manny's sandwich.

Wonk, are you available to to take Gatti to Manny's tomorrow?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Jack Manfred

Did the FBers who recently went to Vegas report back on their trips?

I'm going for a weekend, and I haven't been in a while (except to change planes).

Anything new I need to see or do?

I won't be a high-roller on my government wages, but I'd like one exceptional dinner.

Haven't been to Vegas recently, but I would have figured that with all the money sloshing around there, it would be a very expensive place to have an exceptional meal. The demand curve is just higher there.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

I am considering a new car. The emminently practical 1999 Taurus has a lot of miles on it, and my habit of playing bumper cars in the parking garages is starting to show some wear.

So, anyone have suggestions on a new car? Generally, it should be practical for a large active family while simultaneously fulfilling the usual mid-life crisis concerns. I want it to say to the world, here comes a rich, virile, powerful, overworked, pale-faced father whose once bright dreams now must be satisfied by overspending on a machine!

Remember, while currently a cultured urban sophisticate, I like to flaunt a little redneck field cred now and then, so a truck's not out of the picture. Must be American made.

[Fugee]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

I am considering a new car. The emminently practical 1999 Taurus has a lot of miles on it, and my habit of playing bumper cars in the parking garages is starting to show some wear.

So, anyone have suggestions on a new car? Generally, it should be practical for a large active family while simultaneously fulfilling the usual mid-life crisis concerns. I want it to say to the world, here comes a rich, virile, powerful, overworked, pale-faced father whose once bright dreams now must be satisfied by overspending on a machine!

Remember, while currently a cultured urban sophisticate, I like to flaunt a little redneck field cred now and then, so a truck's not out of the picture. Must be American made.

You forgot to say whether it can look like a minivan!

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Fugee

You forgot to say whether it can look like a minivan!

Mini-vans seem kind of pedestrian and middle class. Maybe if it had a cool paint job. And a sun roof.