@peasant slayer: The reason you need a giant fan (instead of doing it Dyson style) is that you need uniform airflow through the tunnel, which I can pretty much guarantee you don't get with a Dyson fan.

@Dr-Rockso: You got it right on the re-read - everyone gets the same civil union license, and then they can go to whatever church they want (or not) to get 'married.'

@carpe_k9006: The sad thing is, my girlfriend used to live/work in Utah, and this was the general belief there - that you can't let 'them' live here, because they'll somehow magically make our perfect little angles into gays. It's actually rather scary.

@tucker augie'ben'doggy: Off Topic - The OCD in me makes me want to click the heart below your icon, just to make it right.

On #4, they always pop up in the email from the sender, or if that's me, I email it to myself, so the link pops up above the ads on the right side of the screen.

@UberJumper: The sad thing is, both of them have wonderful computerized systems, so I end up carrying these nice glossy 8.5 x 11 color pages back and forth. Narr.

So, I've been getting kind of fed up with this whole thing, and wondering, "why is the government in the marriage business, anyway?"

All I want to see, is a common data system, so I'm not hucking my test results back and forth between military and VA hospitals.

@tallkid29: At least, to do it a lot more precisely. You can do it on most manuals, but when you only have three gears to work with, you're either down to 2nd, for steep hills, or down to 1st, for cliffs.

@EliseZinnikas: That actually makes a lot of sense. Thanks!

@origosis: I was coming down eastbound I-70 from the Eisenhower (technically Johnson) tunnel a couple Sundays ago, and traffic was basically stop and go for a good 30 miles (we'd forgotten about the Sunday afternoon crawl, otherwise we'd have gone the other way). Anyway, one lane would move ahead, and then the other…

@netbanshee: Interesting video, I'd wondered how they described upcoming turns and all that, but had never seen/heard it, or been motivated enough to seek out a video. Also, interesting to watch the foot maneuvers used.

@despisethesun: You know, I haven't. I learned on an automatic, and thought driving a stick would be a chore, but I like it a lot more because I'm more in tune with the vehicle. I know it takes a little more attention, but I figure it keeps my attention more on the road.

@MikeofLA: ... and I suck at self-editing before I post. Sorry if my edit makes your reply make no sense.

@origosis: That's the way I was taught (for stopping at lights), so that if they have a brain fart moment and stall, you still have plenty of room to pull around them, or to get rear-ended by the idiot behind you and keep it from turning into a three car pile-up. Of course, my girlfriend wasn't taught that way, and it…

You know, this whole acceleration thing makes me glad I drive a stick - it starts accelerating wildly (which I highly doubt my car would do) I just push in the clutch pedal, and lo and behold, no more wild acceleration.

@Samo: I'd think so.

@Samo: Sorry bout that. hmmm. I bet (though I don't know) that if you peel and sliced an apple, and mashed it up in some water, you'd end up with something that works.

@Samo: I've found red wine to work pretty well, with a drop of soap in a bottle with about a 1/4" of wine left in it. I'd figure it has to do with the flies looking for certain fruity aromas that can be found in both.

@I Think We're Property: Ahh yes, that one. Yeah, that's a classic. And the worst part? My girlfriend hates it, but makes me watch Hackers.