(no subject)

[cabbitzilla]

I found this in a sexy bunny's journal, and was intrigued. In concept, it was a nifty ideas, and I -am- a curious little cabbit, so off I dashed to take it...

You scored 81% for basic knowledge, 72% for advanced knowledge, 68% for perverted knowledge and 73% for obscure knowledge Well assuming I made the questions well and you didn't simply guess well, we should now know how much you've learn't from sex columns, the internet and friends and family about fetishes and sex, at least compared to me and other takers in a statistically crappy test since I did it off the top of my head, but I tried, I swear... My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 99% on Basic You scored higher than 75% on Advanced You scored higher than 99% on Perverse You scored higher than 99% on Obscure Link: The Fetish Knowledge Test written by Dunatis2000 on Ok Cupid

Hrm. This result would, quite easily, lead folk to believe that I was SuperPerv, Defender of King. Unfortunately that's simply not the case: the truth is that fully a quarter (and maybe more) of my answers were 'educated guesses' or 'process of elimination' responses. I'm -very- interested in some things that the quiz touched on and can weed out the ones I'm familiar with... and in most of those cases, that only left me with one or two options. Add that to the fact that I spend enormous amounts of time drifting about online, and it becomes much harder to discern 'passing acquaintance' from 'knowledge'. Ah, well.


The truck... is completely undamaged. o.O
Were it not for the fact that the doe left several tufts of fur wedged into the molding around the left side passenger door's window, I'd be wondering if I'd had a hallucination. Which only adds more fire to my defense of non-rollerskate vehicles. Engine emissions from the Explorer are no worse than anything ELSE with a mild V6 engine in it, so the enviro-nazis can suck it and smile. *carefully packs the soap box back away*

I've got some little things here to take care of, and sometime this afternoon I'm heading back down to my sister's house. I'll likely be mostly out of the loop while I'm away, but after this I should have a few days to sit here and relax a bit.

Comments

[wibbble]

To be fair to the people that dislike those big truck/SUV things, most of the time they're totally unnecessary, people that dislike them would say that you don't need that V6 anyway, and half of the SUVs on the market actually /are/ roller skates, and all their big plastic vanity panels would've imploded at the sight of that deer.

If you live, work, and almost only ever drive in a city, deer-resistance shouldn't be a high priority when choosing a vehicle, you know?

[elisabeth.livejournal.com]

*hugs* The vitriol here is NOT aimed at you, pumpkin... but it's a strong enough issue for me that this -is- the nice version. Just... try not to be too mad at me, okie?

I live in the suburbs, spend an inordinate amount of my behind the wheel time in the country, am built large enough that I have to either choose an SUV or a full sized van/truck just to not have my head stuck into the roof, and have a tendency to be hauling anywhere from 50 - 350 pounds of computer/electronics gear with me at any given time.

The shitheads I'm speaking of are the five-foot-nothing pencilnecks that want to be rabid little chihuahuas at my feet and yammer about 'elevated emissions' (which is bullshit; the Explorer's cleaner than half the current Toyota/Honda lines), elevated fuel costs (the Explorer is -the- most economical vehicle in the size class I require), 'environmental impact' (which doesn't happen unless they, and yes it usually is the SAME shitheads, change lanes without looking first and nearly hit me, forcing me to make my OWN damned road to get away from their ignorant selves), and 'aesthetic pain'.

That last one... came from the Driver of a Scion Xb. I very nearly peed myself laughing at this uptight little dick telling me MY vehicle was ugly, when he was driving a Kenny's shoebox.

I have driver/passenger protection. I have the best fuel economy in the class. I have lower 'harmful emissions' than the vast majority of what's on the road. I have enough space that I'm not having to hang the other half of me out the window just to fit inside. I've enough cargo space to hold the gear I carry without damaging anything. I've got clean body lines and a very pretty pearled green paint job. Should an emergency situation arise, I've enough power and durability to get through it with a minimum of damage.

And I've got a titanium cane that I'm going to shove up the ass (sideways, mind you) of the next poppinjay prickling that gets in my grill.

[wibbble]

And, as with any kind of vehicle, some people really do need to drive that big tank, and those people unfortunately get caught in the overgeneralisation from the masses of other people, who have the huge petrol-munching SUV (that handles just like a car so that it's easy to drive, and is worthless off road or in adverse weather conditions, and is cheap plastic on a steel frame, so it's both heavy and fragile, all at the same time) so that they can drop the kids off at school and then drive to work.

Most people that drive those monsters don't need to be. It's overcompensation for the fact that they can't drive for shit, and so feel safer in some huge big tank, or it's because the culture of fear in the US makes them feel safer when they've got two tons of plastic-coated-steel between them and the outside world.

So I can see the point of people who say that most of the time these cars aren't needed. I also see your point, because 'most of the time' is not 'all of the time'.

The issue is more one of appropriateness. I mean, I want to get one of these - but not to drive to work/uni in (that's what buses are for), but because it's superb at carrying lots of stuff from supermarkets and furniture places, and for going on trips, especially up north where the roads are crap and the risk of attacking wildlife is fairly high. (My only worry is the poor milage, given that one of the uses we'll put it to will be long-distance driving.)

[invader-tak-1.livejournal.com]

I'm 6'3 and I fit in my vw beetle JUST fine. ;)


I drive a swine of a truck, but only in salt season to save my bug......

[elisabeth.livejournal.com]

Old beetles, transporters, and things fit my frame fine, yes. But the MPG is the same as the Explorer, there's much more cargo space, the air conditioning works, and I don't have to rebuild the engine every six months.

Mind, that's not a failing in the VW motors... they're just not designed to cope with my fat foot being shoved down the carb stacks 24/7.