Confession Time! ((ABSOLUTELY NO JUDGEMENT))
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quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession: I have always wanted to buy ONE car brand new. I know it doesn't make economic sense, but I still wanted to. The confession is that we did that last September, a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. 100 miles on it. I'm ticked off because we bought the car as a commuter car for my new job - it gets almost 50 miles to the gallon. But it has zero cool factor. It is a stick shift and has no luxury features. That is NOT what I planned on wasting my one new car buy on.
Confession: I judge people who don't know how to drive a stick shift. I feel internally smug and superior towards them.
My husband has tried to teach me so many times, and I just cannot do it. I'm fine once I get going, even pretty decent with the clutch/gas/shifting dance, but it's the getting going out of a complete stop that I can't master. I just gave up. I will NEVER need to know how to drive a manual car and if I do, I can get by, but that would only be necessary if my husband has already become a zombie and I've had to put him down.
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quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession: I have always wanted to buy ONE car brand new. I know it doesn't make economic sense, but I still wanted to. The confession is that we did that last September, a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. 100 miles on it. I'm ticked off because we bought the car as a commuter car for my new job - it gets almost 50 miles to the gallon. But it has zero cool factor. It is a stick shift and has no luxury features. That is NOT what I planned on wasting my one new car buy on.
Confession: I judge people who don't know how to drive a stick shift. I feel internally smug and superior towards them.
My husband has tried to teach me so many times, and I just cannot do it. I'm fine once I get going, even pretty decent with the clutch/gas/shifting dance, but it's the getting going out of a complete stop that I can't master. I just gave up. I will NEVER need to know how to drive a manual car and if I do, I can get by, but that would only be necessary if my husband has already become a zombie and I've had to put him down.
We'll team up in the Zombie apocalypse. I'll drive if it's a stick.0 -
Add me to the bad mood party...
I have a UTI, and I'm so cranky about it. I went to the doctor, and they won't prescribe me antibiotics until the lab work comes back. I've just been eating tons of chips to make myself feel better.
I'm way over committed this week, I feel like garbage, and I just want to lay on the couch and eat cake. Woe is me.
Scoot over and pass a fork. I like your eating chips coping mechanism too. Maybe that's what I need to do. Just eat kettle cooked chips and drink Dr. Pepper.
I got an email for a new pizza at Pizza Hut and I got an immense craving for the PH buffet. Maybe I can talk my husband into doing that for dinner if he doesn't feel like cooking, which I'm sure he won't because he threw a big hissy fit about being the only one that cooks in our house. In my defense, I hate cooking. Not much of a defense, but there it is.
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Add me to the bad mood party...
I have a UTI, and I'm so cranky about it. I went to the doctor, and they won't prescribe me antibiotics until the lab work comes back. I've just been eating tons of chips to make myself feel better.
I'm way over committed this week, I feel like garbage, and I just want to lay on the couch and eat cake. Woe is me.
Scoot over and pass a fork. I like your eating chips coping mechanism too. Maybe that's what I need to do. Just eat kettle cooked chips and drink Dr. Pepper.
I got an email for a new pizza at Pizza Hut and I got an immense craving for the PH buffet. Maybe I can talk my husband into doing that for dinner if he doesn't feel like cooking, which I'm sure he won't because he threw a big hissy fit about being the only one that cooks in our house. In my defense, I hate cooking. Not much of a defense, but there it is.
Wait, I thought we were having cake! Mmmmmmm, cake....0 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession: I have always wanted to buy ONE car brand new. I know it doesn't make economic sense, but I still wanted to. The confession is that we did that last September, a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. 100 miles on it. I'm ticked off because we bought the car as a commuter car for my new job - it gets almost 50 miles to the gallon. But it has zero cool factor. It is a stick shift and has no luxury features. That is NOT what I planned on wasting my one new car buy on.
Confession: I judge people who don't know how to drive a stick shift. I feel internally smug and superior towards them.
*raises hand* Me
The guy I was dating when I was 16 tried to teach me on his ancient POS Datsun... I couldn't budge the shifter, although admittedly I was trying to use my left hand. Following that embarrassing little episode, I never made another attempt to learn.
Early in my career I had to juggle a huge two-way radio (yes, before the invention of the cell phone, lol) plus smoke and usually drink a coffee while driving. I'd never have managed all that and shifting gears too.asflatasapancake wrote: »I may be a little obsessed with getting more and more fit.
Sometimes I feel the same way. Like I'm never going to be satisfied with my body.0 -
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quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession: I have always wanted to buy ONE car brand new. I know it doesn't make economic sense, but I still wanted to. The confession is that we did that last September, a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. 100 miles on it. I'm ticked off because we bought the car as a commuter car for my new job - it gets almost 50 miles to the gallon. But it has zero cool factor. It is a stick shift and has no luxury features. That is NOT what I planned on wasting my one new car buy on.
Confession: I judge people who don't know how to drive a stick shift. I feel internally smug and superior towards them.
My husband is a mechanic. He has worked in the past with other mechanics who don't know how to drive a stick. They need someone else to pull them in and out of the garage for them. THOSE are the ones I judge. Those, and the ones who sign up for The Amazing Race without learning to drive one first.0 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession: I have always wanted to buy ONE car brand new. I know it doesn't make economic sense, but I still wanted to. The confession is that we did that last September, a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. 100 miles on it. I'm ticked off because we bought the car as a commuter car for my new job - it gets almost 50 miles to the gallon. But it has zero cool factor. It is a stick shift and has no luxury features. That is NOT what I planned on wasting my one new car buy on.
Confession: I judge people who don't know how to drive a stick shift. I feel internally smug and superior towards them.
Me, too! When we bought this car, the girl working at the car lot had to have someone else pull it into the garage because she didn't know how to drive a stick. I was thinking, 'you gotta be freakin' kidding me! You work at a freakin' car lot!"
I prefer to drive a stick, but they are hard to find these days (in newer, full sized trucks). The joke around here is that having a stick is the best auto theft deterrent. So many people don't know how to drive them anymore that they are less likely to be stolen.
A few years ago someone stole a vehicle from the parking lot where I park. Dude barely made it out of the parking lot because the car was a stick and he kept killing it. Had no idea how to drive it. The car owner RAN after him and recovered his own car. Stupid.0 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession: I have always wanted to buy ONE car brand new. I know it doesn't make economic sense, but I still wanted to. The confession is that we did that last September, a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. 100 miles on it. I'm ticked off because we bought the car as a commuter car for my new job - it gets almost 50 miles to the gallon. But it has zero cool factor. It is a stick shift and has no luxury features. That is NOT what I planned on wasting my one new car buy on.
Confession: I judge people who don't know how to drive a stick shift. I feel internally smug and superior towards them.
My husband has tried to teach me so many times, and I just cannot do it. I'm fine once I get going, even pretty decent with the clutch/gas/shifting dance, but it's the getting going out of a complete stop that I can't master. I just gave up. I will NEVER need to know how to drive a manual car and if I do, I can get by, but that would only be necessary if my husband has already become a zombie and I've had to put him down.
We'll team up in the Zombie apocalypse. I'll drive if it's a stick.
Sounds good! What will my job be?! I don't want to be zombie bait. I am a pretty good shot and I think I could wield a mean samurai sword.
I'm going to ask for one for Christmas!
ETA: Ooh, or a crossbow!
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I don't know how to drive a stick. We had to on simulator in drivers ed, I didn't do well. I tried once or twice on an actual car, yeah didn't do well there either.0
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When I get those horrible hungry weeks from PMS I'm terrified that I'm never going to be able to feel satisfied on 1800 calories again and I'll end up regaining all the weight, because there's just no way I can deal with that hunger on a permanent basis.
I'm half tempted to just say 'screw this' and have a massive cheat meal tonight. Good thing my daughter is sick so we can't really go out to eat.
Will take another pregnancy test tomorrow morning if nothing has changed...
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quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession: I have always wanted to buy ONE car brand new. I know it doesn't make economic sense, but I still wanted to. The confession is that we did that last September, a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. 100 miles on it. I'm ticked off because we bought the car as a commuter car for my new job - it gets almost 50 miles to the gallon. But it has zero cool factor. It is a stick shift and has no luxury features. That is NOT what I planned on wasting my one new car buy on.
Confession: I judge people who don't know how to drive a stick shift. I feel internally smug and superior towards them.
My husband is a mechanic. He has worked in the past with other mechanics who don't know how to drive a stick. They need someone else to pull them in and out of the garage for them. THOSE are the ones I judge. Those, and the ones who sign up for The Amazing Race without learning to drive one first.
Uh, yes! How do you just give up?0 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »Add me to the bad mood party...
I have a UTI, and I'm so cranky about it. I went to the doctor, and they won't prescribe me antibiotics until the lab work comes back. I've just been eating tons of chips to make myself feel better.
I'm way over committed this week, I feel like garbage, and I just want to lay on the couch and eat cake. Woe is me.
Scoot over and pass a fork. I like your eating chips coping mechanism too. Maybe that's what I need to do. Just eat kettle cooked chips and drink Dr. Pepper.
I got an email for a new pizza at Pizza Hut and I got an immense craving for the PH buffet. Maybe I can talk my husband into doing that for dinner if he doesn't feel like cooking, which I'm sure he won't because he threw a big hissy fit about being the only one that cooks in our house. In my defense, I hate cooking. Not much of a defense, but there it is.
Wait, I thought we were having cake! Mmmmmmm, cake....
We ARE having cake, but I want chips and DP too. I'm sure there's enough room for the 3 of us, right @Talkradio ?!
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quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession: I have always wanted to buy ONE car brand new. I know it doesn't make economic sense, but I still wanted to. The confession is that we did that last September, a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. 100 miles on it. I'm ticked off because we bought the car as a commuter car for my new job - it gets almost 50 miles to the gallon. But it has zero cool factor. It is a stick shift and has no luxury features. That is NOT what I planned on wasting my one new car buy on.
Confession: I judge people who don't know how to drive a stick shift. I feel internally smug and superior towards them.
My husband has tried to teach me so many times, and I just cannot do it. I'm fine once I get going, even pretty decent with the clutch/gas/shifting dance, but it's the getting going out of a complete stop that I can't master. I just gave up. I will NEVER need to know how to drive a manual car and if I do, I can get by, but that would only be necessary if my husband has already become a zombie and I've had to put him down.
We'll team up in the Zombie apocalypse. I'll drive if it's a stick.
Sounds good! What will my job be?! I don't want to be zombie bait. I am a pretty good shot and I think I could wield a mean samurai sword.
I'm going to ask for one for Christmas!
ETA: Ooh, or a crossbow!
You can hang out the window and shoot things until we run out of gas. Then when we get an automatic car with gas in it, I get to hang out the window...0 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »Add me to the bad mood party...
I have a UTI, and I'm so cranky about it. I went to the doctor, and they won't prescribe me antibiotics until the lab work comes back. I've just been eating tons of chips to make myself feel better.
I'm way over committed this week, I feel like garbage, and I just want to lay on the couch and eat cake. Woe is me.
Scoot over and pass a fork. I like your eating chips coping mechanism too. Maybe that's what I need to do. Just eat kettle cooked chips and drink Dr. Pepper.
I got an email for a new pizza at Pizza Hut and I got an immense craving for the PH buffet. Maybe I can talk my husband into doing that for dinner if he doesn't feel like cooking, which I'm sure he won't because he threw a big hissy fit about being the only one that cooks in our house. In my defense, I hate cooking. Not much of a defense, but there it is.
Wait, I thought we were having cake! Mmmmmmm, cake....
We ARE having cake, but I want chips and DP too. I'm sure there's enough room for the 3 of us, right @Talkradio ?!
I bet it's a big couch, a sectional even.
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cheshirecatastrophe wrote: »My scale is tared to 5 pounds above zero.
It makes me feel better that I get to subtract 5 off the reading.
^^this is honestly a really good idea, I might need to start doing this!
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It is petty and small of me, but I enjoy going back to my hometown for events (one is coming up in 3 weeks). I take an unhealthy, evil delight in seeing how the worm has turned in the past 25 years.
(Not that I even think about my hometown unless I have to go back for a social function. Then, it's made utterly bearable with thoughts of, well. . .pure cattiness.)0 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession: I have always wanted to buy ONE car brand new. I know it doesn't make economic sense, but I still wanted to. The confession is that we did that last September, a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. 100 miles on it. I'm ticked off because we bought the car as a commuter car for my new job - it gets almost 50 miles to the gallon. But it has zero cool factor. It is a stick shift and has no luxury features. That is NOT what I planned on wasting my one new car buy on.
Confession: I judge people who don't know how to drive a stick shift. I feel internally smug and superior towards them.
My husband has tried to teach me so many times, and I just cannot do it. I'm fine once I get going, even pretty decent with the clutch/gas/shifting dance, but it's the getting going out of a complete stop that I can't master. I just gave up. I will NEVER need to know how to drive a manual car and if I do, I can get by, but that would only be necessary if my husband has already become a zombie and I've had to put him down.
We'll team up in the Zombie apocalypse. I'll drive if it's a stick.
Sounds good! What will my job be?! I don't want to be zombie bait. I am a pretty good shot and I think I could wield a mean samurai sword.
I'm going to ask for one for Christmas!
ETA: Ooh, or a crossbow!
You can hang out the window and shoot things until we run out of gas. Then when we get an automatic car with gas in it, I get to hang out the window...
DEAL!!!
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quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession: I have always wanted to buy ONE car brand new. I know it doesn't make economic sense, but I still wanted to. The confession is that we did that last September, a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. 100 miles on it. I'm ticked off because we bought the car as a commuter car for my new job - it gets almost 50 miles to the gallon. But it has zero cool factor. It is a stick shift and has no luxury features. That is NOT what I planned on wasting my one new car buy on.
Confession: I judge people who don't know how to drive a stick shift. I feel internally smug and superior towards them.
My husband has tried to teach me so many times, and I just cannot do it. I'm fine once I get going, even pretty decent with the clutch/gas/shifting dance, but it's the getting going out of a complete stop that I can't master. I just gave up. I will NEVER need to know how to drive a manual car and if I do, I can get by, but that would only be necessary if my husband has already become a zombie and I've had to put him down.
We'll team up in the Zombie apocalypse. I'll drive if it's a stick.
Sounds good! What will my job be?! I don't want to be zombie bait. I am a pretty good shot and I think I could wield a mean samurai sword.
I'm going to ask for one for Christmas!
ETA: Ooh, or a crossbow!
I have a compound bow already!! Can I team up?
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quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession: I have always wanted to buy ONE car brand new. I know it doesn't make economic sense, but I still wanted to. The confession is that we did that last September, a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. 100 miles on it. I'm ticked off because we bought the car as a commuter car for my new job - it gets almost 50 miles to the gallon. But it has zero cool factor. It is a stick shift and has no luxury features. That is NOT what I planned on wasting my one new car buy on.
Confession: I judge people who don't know how to drive a stick shift. I feel internally smug and superior towards them.
My husband has tried to teach me so many times, and I just cannot do it. I'm fine once I get going, even pretty decent with the clutch/gas/shifting dance, but it's the getting going out of a complete stop that I can't master. I just gave up. I will NEVER need to know how to drive a manual car and if I do, I can get by, but that would only be necessary if my husband has already become a zombie and I've had to put him down.
We'll team up in the Zombie apocalypse. I'll drive if it's a stick.
Sounds good! What will my job be?! I don't want to be zombie bait. I am a pretty good shot and I think I could wield a mean samurai sword.
I'm going to ask for one for Christmas!
ETA: Ooh, or a crossbow!
I have a compound bow already!! Can I team up?
I don't have any weapons, but I can bring some Dr Pepper 0 -
snarlingcoyote wrote: »It is petty and small of me, but I enjoy going back to my hometown for events (one is coming up in 3 weeks). I take an unhealthy, evil delight in seeing how the worm has turned in the past 25 years.
(Not that I even think about my hometown unless I have to go back for a social function. Then, it's made utterly bearable with thoughts of, well. . .pure cattiness.)
Along the same lines. While we were out and about a few weeks ago, I saw a girl I went to high school with. She was always prettier, more popular, wealthier, blah, blah, blah. I looked like crap, it was a Saturday and we were running errands so I wasn't trying to impress anyone, so I made sure she didn't see me. Anywho, my husband saw her and said, "Hey, didn't you go to school with her?!" I said, "Yeah, I did her name is Mandy."
And this is why I love this man...
He says, "Wow! She looks REALLY old! Way older than you!"
I wanted to make out with him right there in the middle of the candy store!
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quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession: I have always wanted to buy ONE car brand new. I know it doesn't make economic sense, but I still wanted to. The confession is that we did that last September, a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. 100 miles on it. I'm ticked off because we bought the car as a commuter car for my new job - it gets almost 50 miles to the gallon. But it has zero cool factor. It is a stick shift and has no luxury features. That is NOT what I planned on wasting my one new car buy on.
Confession: I judge people who don't know how to drive a stick shift. I feel internally smug and superior towards them.
My husband has tried to teach me so many times, and I just cannot do it. I'm fine once I get going, even pretty decent with the clutch/gas/shifting dance, but it's the getting going out of a complete stop that I can't master. I just gave up. I will NEVER need to know how to drive a manual car and if I do, I can get by, but that would only be necessary if my husband has already become a zombie and I've had to put him down.
We'll team up in the Zombie apocalypse. I'll drive if it's a stick.
Sounds good! What will my job be?! I don't want to be zombie bait. I am a pretty good shot and I think I could wield a mean samurai sword.
I'm going to ask for one for Christmas!
ETA: Ooh, or a crossbow!
I have a compound bow already!! Can I team up?quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession: I have always wanted to buy ONE car brand new. I know it doesn't make economic sense, but I still wanted to. The confession is that we did that last September, a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. 100 miles on it. I'm ticked off because we bought the car as a commuter car for my new job - it gets almost 50 miles to the gallon. But it has zero cool factor. It is a stick shift and has no luxury features. That is NOT what I planned on wasting my one new car buy on.
Confession: I judge people who don't know how to drive a stick shift. I feel internally smug and superior towards them.
My husband has tried to teach me so many times, and I just cannot do it. I'm fine once I get going, even pretty decent with the clutch/gas/shifting dance, but it's the getting going out of a complete stop that I can't master. I just gave up. I will NEVER need to know how to drive a manual car and if I do, I can get by, but that would only be necessary if my husband has already become a zombie and I've had to put him down.
We'll team up in the Zombie apocalypse. I'll drive if it's a stick.
Sounds good! What will my job be?! I don't want to be zombie bait. I am a pretty good shot and I think I could wield a mean samurai sword.
I'm going to ask for one for Christmas!
ETA: Ooh, or a crossbow!
I have a compound bow already!! Can I team up?
I don't have any weapons, but I can bring some Dr Pepper
YES to both of you! Who's in for bringing the Quest Bars and kettle cooked chips?!
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quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession: I have always wanted to buy ONE car brand new. I know it doesn't make economic sense, but I still wanted to. The confession is that we did that last September, a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. 100 miles on it. I'm ticked off because we bought the car as a commuter car for my new job - it gets almost 50 miles to the gallon. But it has zero cool factor. It is a stick shift and has no luxury features. That is NOT what I planned on wasting my one new car buy on.
Confession: I judge people who don't know how to drive a stick shift. I feel internally smug and superior towards them.
My first husband couldn't drive a stick to save his life (still can't). I remember this one time we were moving from city to city and the only Uhaul truck they had available was a 24ft stick…we had reserved the 19' automatic. I drove it around, backed it in wherever we needed to go, all while he sat in the passenger seat pouting because he couldn't drive the big truck. I still get giggly and smug when I think about it.
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quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession: I have always wanted to buy ONE car brand new. I know it doesn't make economic sense, but I still wanted to. The confession is that we did that last September, a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. 100 miles on it. I'm ticked off because we bought the car as a commuter car for my new job - it gets almost 50 miles to the gallon. But it has zero cool factor. It is a stick shift and has no luxury features. That is NOT what I planned on wasting my one new car buy on.
We got two brand new cars, courtesy (sort of) of a car wreck I had. The wreck occurred in my husband's car (not my fault), so that had to be replaced and given that we got good value in the writeoff, we were able to pony up the remainder in cash for a brand new, super unfancy 4-cyclinder Hyundai Sonata (2008). Then, after a couple years of dealing with crap, and in conjunction with me agreeing to never seek further medical expenses, we got a very nice payout from our insurance company due to our uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage. Had to go to mediation and play hardball, but it was worth it. At that point we upgraded my ooooold minivan (bought used in 2003), for a nicer new Honda Odyssey (a 2009 model), which seats 8 (our family of 6 plus two, this was a big deal to me). That one actually turned out to be a lemon of sorts and 8-9 months later Honda replaced it for us, and they no longer had ANY 2009's in the continental US in the color we had (and I refused to budge on this), so we got a 2010.
And bonus picture: The damage to me!
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quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession: I have always wanted to buy ONE car brand new. I know it doesn't make economic sense, but I still wanted to. The confession is that we did that last September, a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. 100 miles on it. I'm ticked off because we bought the car as a commuter car for my new job - it gets almost 50 miles to the gallon. But it has zero cool factor. It is a stick shift and has no luxury features. That is NOT what I planned on wasting my one new car buy on.
Confession: I judge people who don't know how to drive a stick shift. I feel internally smug and superior towards them.
My husband has tried to teach me so many times, and I just cannot do it. I'm fine once I get going, even pretty decent with the clutch/gas/shifting dance, but it's the getting going out of a complete stop that I can't master. I just gave up. I will NEVER need to know how to drive a manual car and if I do, I can get by, but that would only be necessary if my husband has already become a zombie and I've had to put him down.
We'll team up in the Zombie apocalypse. I'll drive if it's a stick.
Sounds good! What will my job be?! I don't want to be zombie bait. I am a pretty good shot and I think I could wield a mean samurai sword.
I'm going to ask for one for Christmas!
ETA: Ooh, or a crossbow!
I have a compound bow already!! Can I team up?quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession: I have always wanted to buy ONE car brand new. I know it doesn't make economic sense, but I still wanted to. The confession is that we did that last September, a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. 100 miles on it. I'm ticked off because we bought the car as a commuter car for my new job - it gets almost 50 miles to the gallon. But it has zero cool factor. It is a stick shift and has no luxury features. That is NOT what I planned on wasting my one new car buy on.
Confession: I judge people who don't know how to drive a stick shift. I feel internally smug and superior towards them.
My husband has tried to teach me so many times, and I just cannot do it. I'm fine once I get going, even pretty decent with the clutch/gas/shifting dance, but it's the getting going out of a complete stop that I can't master. I just gave up. I will NEVER need to know how to drive a manual car and if I do, I can get by, but that would only be necessary if my husband has already become a zombie and I've had to put him down.
We'll team up in the Zombie apocalypse. I'll drive if it's a stick.
Sounds good! What will my job be?! I don't want to be zombie bait. I am a pretty good shot and I think I could wield a mean samurai sword.
I'm going to ask for one for Christmas!
ETA: Ooh, or a crossbow!
I have a compound bow already!! Can I team up?
I don't have any weapons, but I can bring some Dr Pepper
YES to both of you! Who's in for bringing the Quest Bars and kettle cooked chips?!
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nicsflyingcircus wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession: I have always wanted to buy ONE car brand new. I know it doesn't make economic sense, but I still wanted to. The confession is that we did that last September, a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. 100 miles on it. I'm ticked off because we bought the car as a commuter car for my new job - it gets almost 50 miles to the gallon. But it has zero cool factor. It is a stick shift and has no luxury features. That is NOT what I planned on wasting my one new car buy on.
We got two brand new cars, courtesy (sort of) of a car wreck I had. The wreck occurred in my husband's car (not my fault), so that had to be replaced and given that we got good value in the writeoff, we were able to pony up the remainder in cash for a brand new, super unfancy 4-cyclinder Hyundai Sonata (2008). Then, after a couple years of dealing with crap, and in conjunction with me agreeing to never seek further medical expenses, we got a very nice payout from our insurance company due to our uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage. Had to go to mediation and play hardball, but it was worth it. At that point we upgraded my ooooold minivan (bought used in 2003), for a nicer new Honda Odyssey (a 2009 model), which seats 8 (our family of 6 plus two, this was a big deal to me). That one actually turned out to be a lemon of sorts and 8-9 months later Honda replaced it for us, and they no longer had ANY 2009's in the continental US in the color we had (and I refused to budge on this), so we got a 2010.
And bonus picture: The damage to me!
@nicsflyingcircus that looks awful! I'm glad you're alright. My husbands works in the body shop industry so he sees stuff like this all the time, but that is a serious, SERIOUS accident. I'm glad you finally got compensated correctly for all you went through.
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quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession: I have always wanted to buy ONE car brand new. I know it doesn't make economic sense, but I still wanted to. The confession is that we did that last September, a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. 100 miles on it. I'm ticked off because we bought the car as a commuter car for my new job - it gets almost 50 miles to the gallon. But it has zero cool factor. It is a stick shift and has no luxury features. That is NOT what I planned on wasting my one new car buy on.
Confession: I judge people who don't know how to drive a stick shift. I feel internally smug and superior towards them.
My husband has tried to teach me so many times, and I just cannot do it. I'm fine once I get going, even pretty decent with the clutch/gas/shifting dance, but it's the getting going out of a complete stop that I can't master. I just gave up. I will NEVER need to know how to drive a manual car and if I do, I can get by, but that would only be necessary if my husband has already become a zombie and I've had to put him down.
We'll team up in the Zombie apocalypse. I'll drive if it's a stick.
Sounds good! What will my job be?! I don't want to be zombie bait. I am a pretty good shot and I think I could wield a mean samurai sword.
I'm going to ask for one for Christmas!
ETA: Ooh, or a crossbow!
I have a compound bow already!! Can I team up?quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession: I have always wanted to buy ONE car brand new. I know it doesn't make economic sense, but I still wanted to. The confession is that we did that last September, a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. 100 miles on it. I'm ticked off because we bought the car as a commuter car for my new job - it gets almost 50 miles to the gallon. But it has zero cool factor. It is a stick shift and has no luxury features. That is NOT what I planned on wasting my one new car buy on.
Confession: I judge people who don't know how to drive a stick shift. I feel internally smug and superior towards them.
My husband has tried to teach me so many times, and I just cannot do it. I'm fine once I get going, even pretty decent with the clutch/gas/shifting dance, but it's the getting going out of a complete stop that I can't master. I just gave up. I will NEVER need to know how to drive a manual car and if I do, I can get by, but that would only be necessary if my husband has already become a zombie and I've had to put him down.
We'll team up in the Zombie apocalypse. I'll drive if it's a stick.
Sounds good! What will my job be?! I don't want to be zombie bait. I am a pretty good shot and I think I could wield a mean samurai sword.
I'm going to ask for one for Christmas!
ETA: Ooh, or a crossbow!
I have a compound bow already!! Can I team up?
I don't have any weapons, but I can bring some Dr Pepper
YES to both of you! Who's in for bringing the Quest Bars and kettle cooked chips?!
I got that!!
SWEET!!! I live in KS and @quiksylver296 lives in Idaho, where should we meet up? Nebraska, South Dakota?
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quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession: I have always wanted to buy ONE car brand new. I know it doesn't make economic sense, but I still wanted to. The confession is that we did that last September, a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. 100 miles on it. I'm ticked off because we bought the car as a commuter car for my new job - it gets almost 50 miles to the gallon. But it has zero cool factor. It is a stick shift and has no luxury features. That is NOT what I planned on wasting my one new car buy on.
Confession: I judge people who don't know how to drive a stick shift. I feel internally smug and superior towards them.
My husband has tried to teach me so many times, and I just cannot do it. I'm fine once I get going, even pretty decent with the clutch/gas/shifting dance, but it's the getting going out of a complete stop that I can't master. I just gave up. I will NEVER need to know how to drive a manual car and if I do, I can get by, but that would only be necessary if my husband has already become a zombie and I've had to put him down.
We'll team up in the Zombie apocalypse. I'll drive if it's a stick.
Sounds good! What will my job be?! I don't want to be zombie bait. I am a pretty good shot and I think I could wield a mean samurai sword.
I'm going to ask for one for Christmas!
ETA: Ooh, or a crossbow!
I have a compound bow already!! Can I team up?
I don't have any weapons, but I can bring some Dr Pepper
Yes, and yes. You guys will have to shoot out the back windows. If we're fighting zombies, we will totally need lots of carbs for energy!0 -
nicsflyingcircus wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession: I have always wanted to buy ONE car brand new. I know it doesn't make economic sense, but I still wanted to. The confession is that we did that last September, a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. 100 miles on it. I'm ticked off because we bought the car as a commuter car for my new job - it gets almost 50 miles to the gallon. But it has zero cool factor. It is a stick shift and has no luxury features. That is NOT what I planned on wasting my one new car buy on.
We got two brand new cars, courtesy (sort of) of a car wreck I had. The wreck occurred in my husband's car (not my fault), so that had to be replaced and given that we got good value in the writeoff, we were able to pony up the remainder in cash for a brand new, super unfancy 4-cyclinder Hyundai Sonata (2008). Then, after a couple years of dealing with crap, and in conjunction with me agreeing to never seek further medical expenses, we got a very nice payout from our insurance company due to our uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage. Had to go to mediation and play hardball, but it was worth it. At that point we upgraded my ooooold minivan (bought used in 2003), for a nicer new Honda Odyssey (a 2009 model), which seats 8 (our family of 6 plus two, this was a big deal to me). That one actually turned out to be a lemon of sorts and 8-9 months later Honda replaced it for us, and they no longer had ANY 2009's in the continental US in the color we had (and I refused to budge on this), so we got a 2010.
And bonus picture: The damage to me!
@nicsflyingcircus that looks awful! I'm glad you're alright. My husbands works in the body shop industry so he sees stuff like this all the time, but that is a serious, SERIOUS accident. I'm glad you finally got compensated correctly for all you went through.
It was pretty serious. 30% of people who suffer the type/grade of injury I did actually end up with amputations.
Confession: I have so much titanium in my leg, that I set off metal detectors! I call it my bionic leg.
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quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession: I have always wanted to buy ONE car brand new. I know it doesn't make economic sense, but I still wanted to. The confession is that we did that last September, a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. 100 miles on it. I'm ticked off because we bought the car as a commuter car for my new job - it gets almost 50 miles to the gallon. But it has zero cool factor. It is a stick shift and has no luxury features. That is NOT what I planned on wasting my one new car buy on.
Confession: I judge people who don't know how to drive a stick shift. I feel internally smug and superior towards them.
My husband has tried to teach me so many times, and I just cannot do it. I'm fine once I get going, even pretty decent with the clutch/gas/shifting dance, but it's the getting going out of a complete stop that I can't master. I just gave up. I will NEVER need to know how to drive a manual car and if I do, I can get by, but that would only be necessary if my husband has already become a zombie and I've had to put him down.
We'll team up in the Zombie apocalypse. I'll drive if it's a stick.
Sounds good! What will my job be?! I don't want to be zombie bait. I am a pretty good shot and I think I could wield a mean samurai sword.
I'm going to ask for one for Christmas!
ETA: Ooh, or a crossbow!
I have a compound bow already!! Can I team up?quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession: I have always wanted to buy ONE car brand new. I know it doesn't make economic sense, but I still wanted to. The confession is that we did that last September, a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. 100 miles on it. I'm ticked off because we bought the car as a commuter car for my new job - it gets almost 50 miles to the gallon. But it has zero cool factor. It is a stick shift and has no luxury features. That is NOT what I planned on wasting my one new car buy on.
Confession: I judge people who don't know how to drive a stick shift. I feel internally smug and superior towards them.
My husband has tried to teach me so many times, and I just cannot do it. I'm fine once I get going, even pretty decent with the clutch/gas/shifting dance, but it's the getting going out of a complete stop that I can't master. I just gave up. I will NEVER need to know how to drive a manual car and if I do, I can get by, but that would only be necessary if my husband has already become a zombie and I've had to put him down.
We'll team up in the Zombie apocalypse. I'll drive if it's a stick.
Sounds good! What will my job be?! I don't want to be zombie bait. I am a pretty good shot and I think I could wield a mean samurai sword.
I'm going to ask for one for Christmas!
ETA: Ooh, or a crossbow!
I have a compound bow already!! Can I team up?
I don't have any weapons, but I can bring some Dr Pepper
YES to both of you! Who's in for bringing the Quest Bars and kettle cooked chips?!
I got that!!
SWEET!!! I live in KS and @quiksylver296 lives in Idaho, where should we meet up? Nebraska, South Dakota?
South Dakota - Mt. Rushmore seems like a good spot
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