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ditto! thats the extent of MY vocabulary...
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Hey Luke, if you don't it, you can always get me a cute convertable
unfortunately, i only walk between the couch and the bathroom now-drive WAY too much (and I'm a very impatient driver, drives my blood pressure up)-but i'm slowly getting my walking jones back on...
Isn't it goofy that stores call things pre-owned instead of used, calling customers "guests" as in "employees needed over at Guest Service!" (instead of customer service) over the intercom?
Another thing while I'm off-topic. I'm eating some assorted chocolates while I'm typing and I just thought of something. Since I just cut them in half to see what they are, shouldn't the maker just pre-cut 'em? It would save a lot of spitted morsels.
sometimes it's like Grandpa Simpson's nursing home, where a sign reads: 'Please dont discuss the outside world with residents'-this place does nothing to prepare the youths for real life in the real world. they'll all end up reality tv programmers...
As for the hybrid that dairyberry808 was talking about, I hear that people who have Hybrids get free parking, free carwash, free coffee (I'm not sure about the coffee), they get to go in the carpool lane, etc. It pays for itself in the amenities and gas department. Plus, it's soooo whisper quiet! You can run over somebody and they won't know what hit 'em!
We were looking at Honda Civics at one point. The hybrids do seem a bit pricey though. How much was yours?
just the other night I hit a pothole in the street and my kid very seriously says 'I think you just hit somebody!' and i'm like 'No, I'm pretty sure i didnt hit anybody." LOL
I did the same thing at a red light once. Good thing there were no other cars around.
my seat belt once got looped around the lever that controls the seat (like Luke in the show)-I pulled on it and the seat went back, the car went forward, and I rear ended a guy at a light. He gets out and he's big and bald and mean looking and i thought 'what a stupid way to die'...but he was nice and there was no damage...
Wow! What story. If you're ever at a party and it's getting lame, you can tell that to break the ice.
I cant wait for my kid to start driving (though of course that'll be one more thing for me to worry about, him on the road)-seems most of our daily business is at one end of the town or the other-back and forth...
My brother hasnt had a license for years-he walks most everywhere-I get sooo tired of driving-unfortunately I'm a bad passenger as well. On the drive to Vegas (24 hours each way), I let my brother take the wheel after a few hours, within the first 5 minutes he almost hit a deer. Boy, that'll straighten your hair... I took the wheel back over for the rest of the trip...
btw, it's not illegal to drive barefoot, in case anyones wondering...
as for biking, I just started again after several years-I ride to work now & then (ok, not for weeks now, but it's been cold!) 2 miles each way, and my gears are broke so it's really hard to pedal, but that makes it a great leg workout...
Another story, we were biking at a lagoon (with a boardwalk going through the lagoon so people can walk) called Neary's Lagoon at a leisurly pace but Luke didn't want me riding so close to him (in case he breaked and I didn't). So we were biking down the narrow boardwalk when he slammed on his breaks to prove his point. I reflexively pulled both brakes and I got flung over the handlebars and almost got tipped over in the lagoon.
Are you serious? I have driven barefoot (I didn't have a choice one day) and it was so hard. I found I couldnt apply as much pressure, and my foot was just flopping all over the place. Since then, I only drive barefoot when it's a matter of pulling in and out of the driveway.
However, I'm also the type that only wears slippers (flipflops) out of the house, and slippers always tend to get caught on something. hmmmm.... :? :? :? :?
And I do know how to use my feet 8)
-certainly just as with nudity, there may be indiviual ordinances which prohibit this or that, but overall it's legal-I've been stopped quite a few times by traffic cops (I drive like a bat out of hell-I have important business, get out of my way!) and not a one has ever said a thing about my bare feet.
as for bikes: i just recently started riding again-and have managed to thrice get my lace caught in the pedal-so i couldnt pedal, and I couldnt pull it loose, and had to just try & coast and slow down -once fell over right in front of work (I could hear them shaking their heads & saying 'uh oh Buddy's drinking again'...)-so theres a case for barefoot bike riding right there...
but man I hate bike helmets, but the deal is, if my kid has to wear one, so do I...
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'Ask Yahoo' from 9/04 confirms it's leagl in Michican and Cali, and gives several sites to check the rest, but says they could find no place where it's illegal.
AAA publishes a 'Digest of Motor Laws'-a summary of laws & regulations pertaining to the operation of motor vehicles in the US, it's territories, & Canada-and it states 'Drivng while barefoot is permitted', period.
Just as with stores, many times what cops believe to be illegal is just myth...
See http://tafkac.org/legal/driving.barefoot/driving_barefoot.html in which one Jason Heimbaugh wrote to the DMV in all 50 states and DC and asked. 42 responded and none had laws against driving a car barefoot (Alabama specifically requires shoes for riding a motorcycle).
Arizona was one of the 9 that didn't reply, but I don't see anything in the Arizona Revised Statutes (http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ArizonaRevisedStatutes.asp ) that says anything about it.