6/21/2006: Stretch SUV limo beached in San Francisco

[capnhowdy]

little known fact about pickles: refrigerate after opening.

[footfootfoot]

Not to put a damper on this thread drift by bringing us back to topic, and also well who the f am I kidding? I am a buzzkill. Listen, the correct term would be "running aground", beached is something different.
/nutkin

[Kagen4o4]

youre a beach

[Rock Steady]

Bringing back to topic, back in the "Web 1.0" bubble, my good friend, D wanted to buy a certain sports car but wanted to be sure if it would be able to climb his driveway into his home gargage well. So, he got a three day free trial and it worked out well for him.

I did a similar thing this month for a much cheaper used car Camry and they granted us a short term lease free. We drove it, had it inspected by our mechanic and it passed well. Mrs RS loves this car.

[Griff]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Not to put a damper on this thread drift by bringing us back to topic, and also well who the f am I kidding? I am a buzzkill. Listen, the correct term would be "running aground", beached is something different.
/nutkin

If the qualities of the vehicle in question were being allegorized as an ocean- going vessel my achene eating friend you would be correct. Unfortunately, the vehicle has been transformed metaphoricly into a semi-sentient ocean dwelling mammal capable of beaching himself for reasons unknown us who bath openly in schadenfreude. /UG

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by Griff

If the qualities of the vehicle in question were being allegorized as an ocean- going vessel my achene eating friend you would be correct. Unfortunately, the vehicle has been transformed metaphoricly into a semi-sentient ocean dwelling mammal capable of beaching himself for reasons unknown us who bath openly in schadenfreude. /UG

OK so we've anthropomorphised the landark into a landshark, I'll acceed your point. However the reason the thing beached itself was that the driver was a pussy and choked. Anyone who has seen "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", knows the way to take those hills is with the pedal on the far right mashed all the way to the floor. Momentum would have helped him clear the crest.

Granted, he'd probably not be driving shortly after his landing, but he'd not have made an IotD either probably. And in either case, I doubt he got a tip.

[Rock Steady]

Actually, I met a guy that did just that in SF. He told me that it was not like in the movies where you go up in the air, land and keep going, no, you land, crunch and stop. And get a DUI.

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by Rock Steady

Actually, I met a guy that did just that in SF. He told me that it was not like in the movies where you go up in the air, land and keep going, no, you land, crunch and stop. And get a DUI.

Ed Zachary: Granted, he'd probably not be driving shortly after his landing,

[MaggieL]

Originally Posted by Rock Steady

In my neighborhood, little 3 BR houses sold for over $1MM this month. Where he lives away from jobs and such, $500,000 gets you a little 2-3 BR starter home.

Which is one reason why Silly Valley is a crappy place to site a tech company. The only people who think "that's where all the talent is" are the ones already stuck living there.

[skysidhe]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

I had seen this one before axlrosen sent it along, but I'd seen it out of context. axl includes the link to The Consumerist, whose snarky take points out that this is a stretch SUV limo, and this is none other than anti-vehicle San Francisco.

"Taken in front of Goat Hill Pizza at 18th and Connecticut, in the Potrero Hill," they point out. "Proof that San Fran actually has structural defenses to debilitate encroachment by machines which don't run on the most efficient fuel of all: Love," they say. Yup, this additional level of irony pushes it over the edge, so to speak, and makes it your Cellar Image of the Day.

ha, I saw that the other day whilst 'stumbling' web pages. I didn't read to the 'love' part. I guess love isn't going to get it unstuck. So much for efficiency.

[Rock Steady]

Originally Posted by MaggieL

Which is one reason why Silly Valley is a crappy place to site a tech company. The only people who think "that's where all the talent is" are the ones already stuck living there.

Valley Envy is not attractive. I moved here from Pittsburgh as you know. There is plenty of software engineering talent in that city. There is virtually no high-tech sales, marketing, and mangement.

An early-stage tech company in the Silicon Valley can get a critical mass of people with relevant experience and good track records.