The Unofficial Badmovies.org Random Thought Thread!

[Jack]

I learned something new today:

"Guinness Breweries started the Book of World Records to settle pub arguments over the biggest, fastest, and best milestones in the world."

[Leah]

Let's celebrate 200 years of Peugeot!

[Jack]

So i wash the car, I'm standing back admiring my handiwork, then the sun hits it at just the right angle and I see the inside of the windshield is all streaky and cruddy looking.  So I get out the Windex, twist my arm around into that upside-down and inside-out position (Very similar to the position that a certain martial arts technique uses for dislocating the shoulder).  Ah, all done.

Now it looks twice as streaky as it did before.   

[Leah]

So i wash the car, I'm standing back admiring my handiwork, then the sun hits it at just the right angle and I see the inside of the windshield is all streaky and cruddy looking.  So I get out the Windex, twist my arm around into that upside-down and inside-out position (Very similar to the position that a certain martial arts technique uses for dislocating the shoulder).  Ah, all done.

Now it looks twice as streaky as it did before.   

did you use paper towels? using a rag is better.

[Raffine]

So i wash the car, I'm standing back admiring my handiwork, then the sun hits it at just the right angle and I see the inside of the windshield is all streaky and cruddy looking.  So I get out the Windex, twist my arm around into that upside-down and inside-out position (Very similar to the position that a certain martial arts technique uses for dislocating the shoulder).  Ah, all done.

Now it looks twice as streaky as it did before.   

did you use paper towels? using a rag is better.

Newspaper also works well to clean windows.

[Silverlady]

Why do some public restrooms have hooks to hang your coat, purse, etc. and some don't?  Drives me nuts when there isn't one. 

[Jack]

I'll have to try newspaper or a rag next time.  Thanks guys!

[Leah]

so Jack, are you going to get NFS: Hot Pursuit when it comes out? a REMAKE of an original NFS?

[Mr. DS]

A bit on the tired side.  Princess hasn't been kind to us at night.

[Jack]

so Jack, are you going to get NFS: Hot Pursuit when it comes out? a REMAKE of an original NFS?

I'm more into racing on tracks instead of cop chases and stuff.  I'll have to look at some videos when it comes out and see if it looks interesting.  Gran Turismo 5 is (supposedly) coming out in November, so I'm pretty sure I'll be playing that for about 6 months straight 

[BTM]

You know what I always thought was weird?  Women who wear shorts along with a jacket and/or long sleeved shirts.  I mean, what is up with that?  Do women have some kind of biochemistry where they get cold in the arms/chest area but NOT in the legs? 

Shoot, was hoping either Paquita, Newt, Paula or one of our other resident females could explain this to me...

[Leah]

so Jack, are you going to get NFS: Hot Pursuit when it comes out? a REMAKE of an original NFS?

I'm more into racing on tracks instead of cop chases and stuff.  I'll have to look at some videos when it comes out and see if it looks interesting.  Gran Turismo 5 is (supposedly) coming out in November, so I'm pretty sure I'll be playing that for about 6 months straight 

really? I'm more into all NFS.

[Leah]

Holy s**t, there's a new LEGO cargo Train set and I need to get it!

[Newt]

You know what I always thought was weird?  Women who wear shorts along with a jacket and/or long sleeved shirts.  I mean, what is up with that?  Do women have some kind of biochemistry where they get cold in the arms/chest area but NOT in the legs?  

Shoot, was hoping either Paquita, Newt, Paula or one of our other resident females could explain this to me...

OK BTM, I'll try.

It's about the 'look'.  Appearance often takes priority over practicality or comfort.  The jacket-and-shorts (or 'short suit') really isn't any different than a short skirt with a jacket.  And short sleeves are less formal: so we have a requirement for long sleeves and yet a shorter skirt (within reason) is OK as work attire.  Then there is the whole bare legs/panty hose issue...

In informal/casual situations, all I can say is that a female in shorts wearing a jacket or a long-sleeved sweater or shirt...well, it's the all-important look again.   Exposed and yet not quite.  She can show off her legs and look cuddled a coat.  There's a message there.  

Lots of people feel fine temperature-wise as long as their trunk or upper body is covered.  The legs seem to be less sensitive to the cold.  My husband will go out (briefly) in shorts with a sweater or jacket in cooler weather - looks totally silly to me, but there he is.

But just to confuse things: yes, women often do not feel the cold the same as men do.  More subcutaneous body fat (that's under the skin - tends to insulate a bit).  Which is why our muscles do not show as much definition as easily.  Makes us rounder and softer-looking.  All over.  

[JaseSF]

Sometimes I feel like I'm right on the edge of the precipice and one sudden movement one way or another might well fling me into the abyss...