The Good News Channel

[nefyuBB]

HOBOY !

i finded a crown
onna hill
jack loozd it wiif his furst mate jill !
wen thay go fer wader
he shuld be murr karefull

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

Well, more than $800* later, I'm a car owner again.  Not since 2001ish have I consistently owned a motorcar.  I've been driving a 15,000 pound company truck instead...

...now I own a car, and I'm beginning to remember why I happily quit 8 years ago.



On the other hand?  It's cool to have small wheels, to run down to the market whenever the mood strikes me.

Now, all I need to do is fix the A/C, get 2 more tires, test and air-up the spare tire, buy a jack (it came without one or else in the intervening years, the jack got misplaced).  And eventually, buy a new windshield (cracked).

But.  I'm helping to stimulate my local American Economy, and have a dependent bottom-less pit of repairs new method of spending my ready cash motorized independent enabling device.  A car.

*sigh* 

__________

_{* none of which had anything to do with purchase, or the engine rebuild.  I purchased it in 2002 for a dollar--and 3 days of labor.  The engine rebuild was a labor-exchange also. These are the title fees, the license plate cost, 2 better tires, a new battery, new wiper blades and a tank of gas.  The bare minimum needed to get it roadworthy.}

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

I definitively admire your courage on the task at hand, I wouldn't put up with endless repairs unless the car was a classic* and even then I wonder if I would deal with it. Congratulations anyways.

*talk about a bottomless pit

[beagle]

Yay.  A new Torchwood series starts Monday.

[Swatopluk]

Yay.  A new Torchwood series starts Monday.

But no 4th season of Primeval. Grrrrr!

[beagle]

Yes that's really annoying.  Looks like Danny's going to be at the dawn of time in the East African Rift Valley indefinitely, and Connor and Abby up that tree.

Now if we want ludicrous stories about dinosaurs there's only BBC Parliament.

[Swatopluk]

Yes that's really annoying.  Looks like Danny's going to be at the dawn of time in the East African Rift Valley indefinitely, and Connor and Abby up that tree.

Now if we want ludicrous stories about dinosaurs there's only BBC Parliament.

There is still that anomaly creator Helen dropped at the pterosaur nest.
At first I thought Connor and Abby would take over the role of Adam and Eve (homo nerdus umbroculus*)
With a new villain (or Christine Johnson's chief henchman) there would still be countless opportunities. Still two future (baby) predators in the Permian**, the future giant insects should have infected some of the soldiers at Johnson's before being electrocuted, the mammoth (if not burned in 3.3) should still be alive, there is a love triangle developing (Danny, Cpt.Becker, Sarah).
An anomaly in parliament could be interesting. One party taken over by the fungus, the other replaced by future predators maybe

*with overdone eye-shadow
**and somebody has to breed the whole species in the first place, so that it can destroy mankind in the future

[Griffin NoName]

Blimey Swato !  None of that sounds like good news

[Swatopluk]

I posted my niece's birth under bad news, so obviously this belonged under good ones
And, given many comments I read, there are lots of people that hated Primeval and do consider its end good news.
And don't you remember Professor Farnsworth from Futurama? When he comes in with "Good News everyone!" then something bad is imminent.

[Darlica]

I like Primeval the little I have seen of it that is (one or two episodes then I moved and no longer had a Tv set). Good fun Sci Fi, like Eureka, Special Unit and of cause Firefly.

I like my Sci Fi with a  and some self distance I guess that's why I never got hooked on Star Trek or Stargate.


Good news:

I've gone from sloth mode to chipmunk on speed...
I get a lot of things done in less than half the time it usually takes!

[Opsa]

Chipmonk mode is good, if you give the poor critter frequent breaks.

The only Sci Fi I take seriously is Futurama.

[beagle]

And, given many comments I read, there are lots of people that hated Primeval and do consider its end good news.

I thought Primeval was moronic. Sadly not as moronic as Demons, but moronic enough to be unmissable.

[Griffin NoName]

And, given many comments I read, there are lots of people that hated Primeval and do consider its end good news.

I thought Primeval was moronic. Sadly not as moronic as Demons, but moronic enough to be unmissable.

But not in the same moronic league as Krod Mandoon 

[beagle]

Haven't seen that one, but will add it to the backlog...

[Griffin NoName]

Yay.  A new Torchwood series starts Monday.

Great trick with the concrete block. I like it; could come in handy. Shall add it to my repertoire. <evil grin>