Ok then. Well this explains the problem that Breakingnews' girlfriend from St. Louis had. See in St. Louis, they have civil engineers that aren't on crack. So we have come to expect a certain level of, well, sanity in street and highway design. Running into the insane when you're not expecting it tends to throw people off.

Interesting pov, jag. PM me when you have kids of your own. We'll see if you still feel this way.

BTW, where do you fly that takes 20+ hours? Do you personally have to flap your wings? :whofart:

London-Melbourne, usually with a 1 hour stopover in Dubai or Singapore (or both) is 22 hours or so. Sometimes you can get off in the stopovers, sometimes not, depends on route and airlines. Emirates are usually reasonable, Singapore are fairly good, others vary. I've done that flight a lot of times.

You'll be waiting a very long time for that PM, the sun will expand and swallow the earth in a firey demise first to be exact. If you can't keep your offspring under control you shouldn't be allowed to inflict them on innocent bystanders.

I agree on that one -- and said so earlier. But you can't reason with babies that haven't learned to talk yet.

babies in airplanes
 

While crying babies will piss people off, they've got to deal with it, maybe by earphones or something.

oh yeah, that reminds me, the other day i saw a mother carrying her infant under arm. the kid was in obvious pain by the way she was holding him. oh, yeah, she was talking on her cell phone too and talking to a friend walking with her.

THAT WOULD MOST CERTAINLY PISS ME OFF!!!

I really don't want to have to explain that metaphor. I think you know the difference between complete carelessness and an appropriate (painless) method. (perth)

I hope so. I just sort of had this image of a guy walking along carrying a kid by their belt. :)

:D Woa! Slow down! You may be catching on! :D

This might also apply to some of you and if it does then shame on you.

How about smokers who throw their butts everywhere like it is NOT littering. Smokers I cut some slack (I don't smoke) as I know it is their choice and their lungs (and my parents, and my sister, and my brother) but I hate it when they act like the world is their ashtray.

If not in proximity of an ashtray, I twist the remaining fire and tobacco out the end, make sure that the butt is cool enough that I won't be setting fire to myself (or anything else) and discard that bit in a trash recepticle if available, or stick it in my watch pocket for later disposal if not.

Others here have seen me do this, or at least have been around me when I have done it. The process itself is pretty low key, not very noticable.

I did have a dancer at a pow-wow notice and compliment me on it a couple years ago.

We generally get a few or more median/highway grass fires (some big) each summer from discarded firey butts.

This is off the smoking topic but I just had to write a nasty- note. My hand is usually not forced until it comes to something I just realized is a knee- jerk reaction for me. People that are ridiculously self- complimentary. Do people really get to make assumptions about how I feel? StUpiD. :(
Outside of all of you being in love with me.....it doesn't usually work. :D

I was taught this procedure in the military, it's called *field stripping* the cigarette. So as to not to leave evidence of your presence for the enemy to find.