New England Off Topic and Banter as Most Brilliantly Proposed by Cape Cod MINI

[m2smith]

Quote: Originally Posted by GadgetGav

We really need to see you in a tie..!

You look so "Irish Mafia".
Congrats on the job. Hope we still see the band videos.

[jwardell]

Just stopping in quickly to say...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY IAN!!

[MGB Boy]

Had my electrical/door lock problems in late February, windshield crack in mid March, now it's early April and it's time for something new. Hey, how about the transmission? Sure, why not. My MCS has developed a pronounced metallic squeak on gearchange. Squeaks in and out of every gear. Does it about 90% of the time. The other 10% of the time, it's nice and quiet but the shift action is a fair bit heavier/stiffer than it is when it's not squeaking, more so than it should be. Oh joy. Another trip to the dealer. Good thing it's still in warranty...

But on the bright side, I can't even remember the last time I wore a tie, and I don't know if I could easily find either of the two I own. Plus there's some actual signs of spring starting to occur up here. The massive snowbank in my front yard officially died around noon today. Gotta figure out what I'm going to get for new summer tires, the Dunlops that came with the car are pretty much racing slicks now and all I know is that I'm not gonna pay thru the nose for new runflats (was never impressed with either the grip or the ride on the Dunlops anyhow).

-Ricardo

[pezboy]

I was never impressed with the way the Dunlops made me get rid of my S-Lites and get a whole new set of wheels and tires. I wasn't about to pay $400 for one S-Lite and runflat tire...due to a pothole...when I could just get all new stuff and probably not have that happen again (and it hasn't). That friggin sidewall...not only did it completely ruin one wheel, but the other 3 had pretty impressive flatspots.

[jcsinnh]

9-2


Spring IS here.

[pezboy]

You can't expect the Sox to win a game scoring 2 runs...but it helps when your pitcher can throw strikes, work quickly, stay ahead of hitters, and not give up so many hits.

[jwardell]

Don't feel too bad, it was a Sunday, and Wells hadn't had his daily dose of performance inhibitors, so he wasn't in his usual state of mind and thought he was back playing for his favorite team again.

I was surprised there weren't more errors as there usually are this early in the season.

Whatever. It's great to have baseball back!

[snid]

Quote: Originally Posted by jwardell

Whatever. It's great to have baseball back!

Yeah, those three or four weeks without baseball were tough.

[MaxaMini]

Quote: Originally Posted by jcsinnh

On a different note, if the Pope's funeral is on Friday, do I attend that or the royal wedding? .

I've got an invite to the installation of the new Pope since I will have detailed the Popemobile and be in town anyway. Any bets on who will be elected? I'm going with Cardinal Sicola. I had a sign. Their was a cardinal at my bird feeder this morning. I'm going with Cardinal Sicola. Has a nice ring to it. What are the chances of getting a Pope Sicola?

[GadgetGav]

Quote: Originally Posted by snid

Yeah, those three or four weeks without baseball were tough.

[jcsinnh]

Quote: Originally Posted by MaxaMini

I've got an invite to the installation of the new Pope since I will have detailed the Popemobile and be in town anyway. Any bets on who will be elected? I'm going with Cardinal Sicola. I had a sign. Their was a cardinal at my bird feeder this morning. I'm going with Cardinal Sicola. Has a nice ring to it. What are the chances of getting a Pope Sicola?

I'm going with Cardinal Urri.

[GBMINI]

Quote: Originally Posted by jcsinnh

I'm going with Cardinal Urri.

Sweet

[yellowmininy]

Pope Ratzinger just doesn't have the right sound to it. Wasn't he the guy in 'Midnight Cowboy'?

[Theo]

When I was a boy attending secondary school in Rome, they made us go outside and stand on either side of the road on one of the most miserable days of weather Italy has ever had. Our school was located between Rome's airport and outskirts of the Vatican; the drill was executed to welcome the Pope back from a journey abroad.

Since I was not a Catholic, completely clueless about the import of this event, and without the benefit of a coat and an umbrella, I could not understand why I was asked to do this act of obvious insanity. To add insult to injury, the Pope's limo wet by at about 3,000 mph (it could have been Walt Disney in there for all anyone knew) and I broke the great toe on my right foot tripping into a pothole crossing the street. Not one of my best days.

Years later, all the repressed hostility coming from the above event was released in a flood of uncontrollable laughter when, on SNL, Father Guido Sarducci presented his "Find the Pope in the Pizza" contest. The winner received an "I Got A Peek at the Pope" lapel pin. Just the sight of Don Novello (Sarducci) would cause me to become hysterical. And I thought that I had finally got over this.

Today, I watched a morning news show that had a live report from the Vatican. The reporter's story showed hoards of people crowded together in an effort to view the Pope's body. The reporter's voice-over declared that the people were eagerly waiting to..... and I'm not kidding here....."get a peek at the Pope".

Well, that did it. I know that this somber turn of events is not at all funny, but I could not control my hysteria. I stumbled around the bedroom seized with laughter to the point of tears. And then it happened...

Racked with convulsive hysteria, I smashed the great toe of my right foot on the metal leg at the foot of my bed. Yes, the very same previously-potholed toe. I'm now rethinking my dismissal of religion.

Theo

[snek]

...Strange are the ways of the Lord... but the question is, did the smashed toe effect your driving?