@Adam

$5500 is a nice down payment for a real WRX (new or used)... Or an EVO if you roll that way.

Holy crap. I read all through this- panicking all the while.

1988 Ford Escort. 5sp manual, 90hp and 155lb/ft torque.

Hmmm. I can understand why people can be aghast at a Dart with FWD.

I remember I used to take the bus from URI to Newport on weekends. I always felt if I leaned over too much the bus would tip over over into the Bay.

Thanks, I have not heard of him. But I will be sure to check him out...!

Oh yah I know. It's just that Shuttle program, like you said, affected our society in many, many ways...

The Old Jamestown Bridge in Rhode Island.

Man, I miss horror fiction.

Right there with ya. I was going on 14 when it launched. Sadly, my math skills made drop out of engineering school. But I am biological scientist.

Totally. I bought the Black Hole trading cards by Topps. I had a small Vincent action figure, and my best friend of mine did all that and had the Disney album version as well. And I had the novelization as well...

That's okay.

Yeh. I know. What's gonna happen when 2012 passes without event? I guess we'll just be to UFOs, Bigfoot, Greek Gods and Nostradamus.

@Whitson:

So true about the History Channel. What did happen? Did we run out of History?

Yes!

Well I stand only somewhat corrected. That thing never made it to market, and it was not designed for portability. The IBM phone was. (The Apple phone also needed a landline.)

He should have really taken a page from Jane Swift and used the State Police choppers...!

@MayorBloomberg