The Off Topic Topic

[mongers]

have you ever tried to confront a woman from new jersey? it doesn't end well. and she has a flammable liquid!

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[crazy canuck]

have you ever tried to confront a woman from new jersey? it doesn't end well. and she has a flammable liquid!

[dps]

Someone thought it would be a good idea to take the time to pull out their phone and take the picture rather than immediately stopping her?

Stop her?  Heck, if I smoked, I'd be tempted to flick a lit cigarette at her.  Tempted, but I wouldn't actually do it. 

What I would do instead of taking a pic would be get as far away from her as quickly as possible.

[grumbler]

have you ever tried to confront a woman from new jersey? it doesn't end well. and she has a flammable liquid!

Liquid gasoline isn't flammable.

[mongers]

have you ever tried to confront a woman from new jersey? it doesn't end well. and she has a flammable liquid!

Liquid gasoline isn't flammable.

But a petrol vapour air mix is.

[Grey Fox]

What I love about the modern world is that I can pump my own gas & I don't even have to talk to any employees.

[mongers]

What I love about the modern world is that I can pump my own gas & I don't even have to talk to any employees.

Some people probably say the same thing about you.   

[Grey Fox]

It's fair, I am not a nice customer.

[Malthus]

Completely random factoid:

The oldest known recorded fingerprint (that I've heard of) is found on the "Venus of Dolni Vestonice". The Venus of Dolni Vestonice dates to between 29 000BP – 25 000BP, and "A tomograph scan in 2004 revealed the fingerprint of a child aged between 7 and 15 fired into the clay ...".

https://australianmuseum.net.au/image/the-venus-of-dolni-vstonice

Here's an article on the fingerprint (PDF): http://puvodni.mzm.cz/Anthropologie/downloads/articles/2002/Kralik_2002_p107-113.pdf

The oldest actual fingerprint may belong to the Tollund Man, one of the "bog people" (around 2,400 BP):

http://www.tollundman.dk/fingeraftryk.asp

[Tamas]

Speaking of cars, we are looking into getting a 2nd car, used of course.

I am eyeing a 2006 Honda Jazz. Automatic, because screw crawling during rush hour with a clutch. Any experiences with it?

Or with similarly aged Nissan Note? Or a Yaris?

[crazy canuck]

Speaking of cars, we are looking into getting a 2nd car, used of course.

I am eyeing a 2006 Honda Jazz. Automatic, because screw crawling during rush hour with a clutch. Any experiences with it?

Or with similarly aged Nissan Note? Or a Yaris?

Go electric!  I use about 20 kwh/ 100 km.  I pay a little over 8 cents per kwh to recharge at home - free recharge at work (which I use most of the time)

The car is basically free to drive after the initial purchase price.  It is maintenance free.

[Barrister]

Speaking of cars, we are looking into getting a 2nd car, used of course.

I am eyeing a 2006 Honda Jazz. Automatic, because screw crawling during rush hour with a clutch. Any experiences with it?

Or with similarly aged Nissan Note? Or a Yaris?

*quick googling* - Ah, it's known as the Honda Fit over here.  I think it's well-regarded.

Just a thought though - about a year and a half ago we bought a 2008 Honda Odyssey, in large part because of Honda's known reliability.  But we've had to sink a few thousand in repairs into it: timing belt, alternator, wheel bearings, O2 sensor.  No matter how good a car stuff starts breaking down after 10+ years.

[mongers]

Speaking of cars, we are looking into getting a 2nd car, used of course.

I am eyeing a 2006 Honda Jazz. Automatic, because screw crawling during rush hour with a clutch. Any experiences with it?

Or with similarly aged Nissan Note? Or a Yaris?

Just what the South-East needs, another car stuck in traffic.

[Jacob]

Yeah, the people I know who've driven the Honda Fit were pretty happy with it.

[Grey Fox]

I have a co-worker who's very into his Nissan Versa Note. Might be too new for your budget tho.

I want to go either the CC way or the Seedy way. Buy electric or a buy a Jeep Wrangler.