How I decided I needed another roommate.

[DrewKaree]

or a Harley Sportster 883.

Ugh... one of the nastiest looking pieces of... um... machinery ever created.  Nasty, nasty, nasty.  I feel sorry for anyone who buys an 883 just to get the Harley sound.  They end up stuck with a dog of a hog.  Oooo...  I just made that up.

Your crying to come out via your wanna-be-Johnny-Depp avatar makes me think you dated that um.....er......girl and you blame the bike on her dumping you.

[Sephroth57]

im bummed, i went and tried some new beer and i dont like it, so now i got 5 bottle of sam adams boston ale sitting in my fridge...

im usually a summer ale or normal lager guy, but i felt like trying something new

btw an update, i found if u just drink the bottle real quick you barely notice the taste so i guess i will drink this beer hehe

[DarkKobold]

Listen to Bones.

I knew it was only a matter of time.

At last, shmokes has seen the light, he can now develop his full potential. Congratulations on your recent personal growth shmokes.

A new thing for Shmokes sig:

"At last, shmokes can now develop his full potential .... on [his] recent personal growth..." 

Nothing like capitilizing on Penial Extension!

[Kremmit]

Proof that Motorcycles are cooler than Scooters.


Cy-Kill:  Leader of the Renegades.  Masterminds plans to take over the earth and Gobotron.  Shoots energy bolts out of his arms. Turns into a Motorcycle.

Scooter:  Guardian's token idiot. Usually gets captured, or just falls in a hole- always needs rescuing.  Only Gobot that can't shoot. Hugs gay purple elephants.  Turns into a Scooter.

[Bones]

Well, that's all the evidence I require.

[paigeoliver]

Well, that's all the evidence I require.

Me too. I guess I'll have to buy one of those big Honda Cruisers from the late 70s that didn't have the clutch.

[Bones]

Listen dude, I rarely get serious so when I do you should feel privileged and sit down in anticipation of the wisdom you are about to receive.

I believe you when you say you can ride a bike with a clutch and I believe you have ridden a bike with a clutch several times.

But..... Spend enough time on a bike (at low speed) and when the clutch becomes second nature I am confident you will change your mind about clutches. When this happens a whole new world of financially viable bikes that are also cool will suddenly appear on the paige horizon.

There are so much more to clutches than just changing gears and it takes time, literally months or thousands of miles. Learn the clutch and learn how to control it and understand the relationship between the clutch and your rear brake.

I am confident in you man, develop this skill and your outlook will change. I am quite sure of this.

[danny_galaga]

yeah paige, what he said. i mean besides making fun of you cause scooters really are gay. why dont you just get a normal car??? its ALMOST as good on gas, and you could pick up a girl without her laughing at you, actually transport things besides yourself, the list goes on

im willing to bet that paiges taste (like mine) in women precludes those that make anything out of what car or bike you own....

[ChadTower]

How's he gonna work the clutch after they amputate one of his arms?

[Sephroth57]

yeah paige, what he said. i mean besides making fun of you cause scooters really are gay. why dont you just get a normal car??? its ALMOST as good on gas, and you could pick up a girl without her laughing at you, actually transport things besides yourself, the list goes on

im willing to bet that paiges taste (like mine) in women precludes those that make anything out of what car or bike you own....

you mean ugly chicks? =p

[ChadTower]

Paige is getting old enough now that he's got two pools of potential relationships:

The ugly chicks who couldn't get married and the newly divorced chicks.  Even the ugly chick pool thins out as you get older.  The newly divorced chicks carry more luggage than one of those guys who runs off a cruise ship and tries to yank your bags out of your hand hoping for a $3 tip.

[Stingray]

There's also a reason why divorced chicks are divorced.

-S

[ChadTower]

It is usually a combination of the fact that they married an idiot, and are too high maintenance themselves.

high maintenance chicks are no fun.

[Stingray]

high maintenance chicks are no fun.

Few posts ever have expressed this degree of trueosity.

-S

[pointdablame]

im willing to bet that paiges taste (like mine) in women precludes those that make anything out of what car or bike you own....

you mean ugly chicks? =p

So you're saying every good looking woman in the world automatically cares about what type of car you drive? 

Does Not Compute

[Stingray]

im willing to bet that paiges taste (like mine) in women precludes those that make anything out of what car or bike you own....

you mean ugly chicks? =p

So you're saying every good looking woman in the world automatically cares about what type of car you drive? 

Does Not Compute

Not every good looking woman, but it does apply to a relatively high percentage of good looking girls which I expect is the target demographic in this case.

-S

[DarkKobold]

I'd have to agree. The car you drive doesn't dictate the woman you get.

Meanwhile, Paige, get real. No one is going to take you serious if you drive a scooter. You have a car. Work on your damn career. Felony or not, you can start working your way up the ladder.

[ChadTower]

I'd have to agree. The car you drive doesn't dictate the woman you get.

It does if you only want her for one night.

[pointdablame]

So you're saying every good looking woman in the world automatically cares about what type of car you drive? 

Does Not Compute

Not every good looking woman, but it does apply to a relatively high percentage of good looking girls which I expect is the target demographic in this case.

-S

I guess.  I think that any female who DOES truly care about what car I drive, to the point where it would influence how they felt about me, would automatically be put in the "too immature/girl/not a woman" category.

I needs me a woman, not a little girl who's impressed by the stickers on my super-c00l Civic.

[Sephroth57]

you you misunderstood, i didnt mean a good chick will care what "type" of car you drive, rather they care that you do infact drive a "Car" not a scooter

[ChadTower]

But, when he first meets them, most chicks will care what type of car he drives.

[Skadar]

Your crying to come out via your wanna-be-Johnny-Depp avatar makes me think you dated that um.....er......girl and you blame the bike on her dumping you.

Where's Johnny Depp?  Blimey, all I see is pirate Captain Jack Sparrow!  Arrrrrrrrrrrrrr

And puhlease with everyone's commentary on how much action you get with a cool car or cool motorcycle... you all have arcade machines in your basements!  And we all know how much hot girls like playing Tron.

[ChadTower]

Having arcade games can be a plus.  Not because they think it's cool or want to play, but if you have nice ones, she will think you have $$$.

Few things turn a woman on like the thought that her new bf candidate has dough.

[Bones]

A cool car or sexy bike won't keep a chick but it will help with the initial impression, just the same as being well dressed.

[ChadTower]

Guys with $$ get away with a lot more garbage than guys without $$.  There is incentive to keep him, to put more effort into "changing him".  I see it all the time among my friends.

[Bones]

Any man who allows himself to be changed by a woman deserves everything he gets.

[DarkKobold]

Guys with $$ get away with a lot more garbage than guys without $$.

[shmokes]

I don't care if Chad has never been on a date in his whole life and got his wife mail-order from Russia.  He's dead on.  Of course he is.  Does it mean that all any hottie cares about is money?  No.  But to suggest that money doesn't help you get and keep girls is assinine.

Ya'll are talking about women who allow their first impression of you to be affected by what car you drive like they are guilty of something, when in reality it's perfectly valid behavior and gives them all kinds of useful information about a person in a situation where they don't have a whole lot to go on.

A nice car suggests that you have money, which suggests that you are successful, which suggests that you are ambitious and smart and get on well enough with people to help you climb the corporate ladder.  It also indicates what type of tastes you have:  "Oh, you drive the Accord Hybrid....you must not mind spending a few thousand to be environmentally friendly," or, "Oh...a hummer.  You are probably an ass hole."

All of these assumptions may turn out to be false -- maybe you're just living at home with your mom so your job at Hollywood Video pays you just enough to sink every last penny you have into your car payment -- but it's not like girls can just walk around with a stack of questionaires to hand out to people.  The information she gleans from looking at your car is at least as accurate as the information you get when you look at her make-up, fashion sense and sculpted body and think, "She looks stuck up.  She isn't going to give me the time of day."  That is to say....probably pretty accurate.

There's no use fighting it.  We all begin categorizing people the second we see them based on cues.  By writing off girls who would give you first impression points based on your wheels you are merely writing off women with high standards. 

Nothing wrong with making a good impression. 

That said, I drive a 1998 Dodge Neon. 

[paigeoliver]

Speaking of cars and women, I was hit on by two girls last night in the McDonalds drive thru because of my Geo Metro convertible.

THEM: Your car sure is small.

ME: Thats because I'm not compensating for shortcomings elsewhere (I think this went over their heads).

THEM: But its hot, can I lick it?

This went back and forth for a while, while I was in the drive thru, one of them called me and left me a voice mail.

The only problem is that I'm not nearly as desparate as I once thought I was, I was all ready to settle until I started encoutering girls that were interested, but that I would have to  settle for, and then I realized I might be happier single.

Note to skeptics. I have owned a lot of vehicles. My nicer late model ones never got me so much as a phone number.

Vehicles that HAVE gotten attention.

My scooter (current and previous). Once I actually came out of a bar (Fast Eddies in Illinois) and found a girl sitting on it, and she was pretty cute, she said she just wanted to feel the power between her legs!! That was the most blatant one, but there were others.

My Geo Metro.

My old Dodge D-50 pickup. Although this had a 5" front 7" rear lowering job, a chopped top with an all metal convertible conversion, shaved rear tailights and tailgate with a Ford Escort station wagon license plate box, some tiny tailights in the lower pan, a scoop off something on the hood, a phantom grill, etc, etc, etc, etc, and that was back when that sort of thing was popular. The thing seemed about 3 miles long and 2 feet tall. Between the roof chop, short tires and suspension chop I took 12" out of the height of the thing, and the D-50 already had the lowest profile of any of the minitrucks at the time. It also helped that mine was an 86 model, which was the last year of the smooth looking old bodystyle that looked so much better than the comparable trucks (and they were massively rare, I never encountered another custom one. I miss being young and thinking it was a good idea to channel almost all my income into custom cars.

Vehicles that were ignored.
Buick Regal
Ford Escort
Ford Courier
Honda Accord
Dodge Shadow Turbo
Ford Ranger
Chevy Suburban
Lebaron Convertible.

[ChadTower]

Unusual cars, if they look good, do get women's attention.  I used to have a 1982 Ford EXP... think Escort.  Once the top was chopped off and it was turned into a custom convertible, though, it looked like a 2/3 scale Mustang 5.0.  Chicks loved it.  Of course, they were always slightly disappointed that it took 4 minutes to get to 70 and that I couldn't rev the engine to piss off the neighbors.

[DrewKaree]

BEEP.....BEEP.....BEEP.....BEEP.....BEEP......BEEP

BACK THIS THREAD UP!

Chad, you passed this over like he never even said it!

.....by two girls last night in the McDonalds drive thru

Now, they DO have some good lookin' wimmins working the Fry-o-later once in a while, but those are like the gold double eagle coins....rarer than rare!

That's like bragging about how "you were at the rendering plant the other night and this chick sez she likes my overcoat and how the stains really make my eyes stand out".

As for hot chicks wanting to play Tron in my basement....I married her before I sprung this on her.  I figured if she was foolish enough to say "I do", well, I'd take that promise as far as I could   She never saw it coming!

[Sephroth57]

Your crying to come out via your wanna-be-Johnny-Depp avatar makes me think you dated that um.....er......girl and you blame the bike on her dumping you.

Where's Johnny Depp?

[paigeoliver]

They didn't work there, they were in the car behind me, and then came up and pulled alongside me because I got "parked" because for some reason everyone else's food was more important than mine.

I never actually got my food, I eventually went inside and demanded my money NOW because I was going to be late for work. They had of course parked me and forgotten me, and I didn't have any more time to wait.

I am now returning to my previous method of refusing to pull forward when ask and telling them if the order in the car behind me is more important than they can walk outside and give it to them.

[ChadTower]

Chad, you passed this over like he never even said it!

Eh, there were a hundred jokes here, but any of them would have diluted the message that chicks use money as a major initial (and long term) determining factor of what they want in a man.

[Bones]

I don't care if Chad has never been on a date in his whole life and got his wife mail-order from Russia.  He's dead on.  Of course he is.  Does it mean that all any hottie cares about is money?  No.  But to suggest that money doesn't help you get and keep girls is assinine.

Ya'll are talking about women who allow their first impression of you to be affected by what car you drive like they are guilty of something, when in reality it's perfectly valid behavior and gives them all kinds of useful information about a person in a situation where they don't have a whole lot to go on.

A nice car suggests that you have money, which suggests that you are successful, which suggests that you are ambitious and smart and get on well enough with people to help you climb the corporate ladder.  It also indicates what type of tastes you have:  "Oh, you drive the Accord Hybrid....you must not mind spending a few thousand to be environmentally friendly," or, "Oh...a hummer.  You are probably an ass hole."

All of these assumptions may turn out to be false -- maybe you're just living at home with your mom so your job at Hollywood Video pays you just enough to sink every last penny you have into your car payment -- but it's not like girls can just walk around with a stack of questionaires to hand out to people.  The information she gleans from looking at your car is at least as accurate as the information you get when you look at her make-up, fashion sense and sculpted body and think, "She looks stuck up.  She isn't going to give me the time of day."  That is to say....probably pretty accurate.

There's no use fighting it.  We all begin categorizing people the second we see them based on cues.  By writing off girls who would give you first impression points based on your wheels you are merely writing off women with high standards. 

Nothing wrong with making a good impression. 

That said, I drive a 1998 Dodge Neon. 

And hence the reason I stuff a sock down the front of my jocks.

[DrewKaree]

And hence the reason I stuff a sock down the front of my jocks.

I thought it was because you often had that "not so "fresh" feeling" and the smelly sock actually improved your prospects in your mind

 

[ChadTower]

Here I was thinking he just needed a diaper.

[danny_galaga]

yeah paige, what he said. i mean besides making fun of you cause scooters really are gay. why dont you just get a normal car??? its ALMOST as good on gas, and you could pick up a girl without her laughing at you, actually transport things besides yourself, the list goes on

im willing to bet that paiges taste (like mine) in women precludes those that make anything out of what car or bike you own....

you mean ugly chicks? =p

no, you mysogenist. i mean intelligent women...

[fl0yd]

Paige,

What happened to the motorhome?

[paigeoliver]

Paige,

What happened to the motorhome?

It is parked in between two of the buildings in my apartment complex.

I came to my senses and decided I didn't want to pay $300 a month for a glorified parking space.