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WickeddollŽ
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:27 am Post subject:
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On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more than
it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; no...
...it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving it in
second...
Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it this time
:-)
Natalie
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Wicked little doll, you have no soul"
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Jeff Strickland
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:38 am Post subject:
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D Natalie. D. You want the gear selector on the D.
Jeez, girl drivers are sooo stupid. ;-)
I was banging down the road in my BMW (on more than one occasion), and
noticed similar behavior. I had been in a traffic jam that opened up, but I
had left the shifter in 3rd up to about 80 or so. You gotta love cars that
are smooth and silent, but you also hafta keep an eye on the tach ...
"WickeddollŽ" <wickeddoll1958DIEspammersDIE@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:dkgjom.3s8.1@news.evilcabal.org...
| Quote: | On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more than
it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; no...
..it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving it in
second...
Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it this
time
:-)
Natalie
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http://www.dwarfstar.net
The best internet relay chat network in the entire world!
"Wicked little doll, you are not human;
Wicked little doll, you have no soul"
(David Byrne, 1997)
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badgolferman
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:59 am Post subject:
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WickeddollŽ, 11/4/2005,9:27:42 PM, wrote:
| Quote: | On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more
than it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off
accidentally; no...
..it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving
it in second...
Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it
this time
:-)
Natalie
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You can't be as bad as this girl:
http://s61.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=31X54H36KWN0A2DSKRK69ZAH7X
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"Golf is the hardest game in the world to play, and the easiest to
cheat at." -- Dave Hill
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WickeddollŽ
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:14 am Post subject:
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"badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | WickeddollŽ, 11/4/2005,9:27:42 PM, wrote:
On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more
than it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off
accidentally; no...
..it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving
it in second...
Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it
this time
:-)
Natalie
You can't be as bad as this girl:
http://s61.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=31X54H36KWN0A2DSKRK69ZAH7X
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LOL I've heard that one before, but thanks for showing me where to find it,
since I'd lost it when my old puter crashed
Natalie |
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Charles @ Kankakee
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:18 am Post subject:
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"badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | WickeddollŽ, 11/4/2005,9:27:42 PM, wrote:
On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more
than it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off
accidentally; no...
..it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving
it in second...
Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it
this time
:-)
Natalie
You can't be as bad as this girl:
http://s61.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=31X54H36KWN0A2DSKRK69ZAH7X
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"Golf is the hardest game in the world to play, and the easiest to
cheat at." -- Dave Hill
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I did that once, myself. The light in my shifter doesn't work anymore, so I
have to do it by feel.
Charles |
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Greywolf
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:18 am Post subject:
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"WickeddollŽ" <wickeddoll1958DIEspammersDIE@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:dkgjom.3s8.1@news.evilcabal.org...
| Quote: | On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more than
it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; no...
..it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving it in
second...
Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it this
time
:-)
Natalie
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My personal embarassment was on a motorcycle trip when I was playing around
a backroad weaving between one side of the road and the other when the
engine died. I checked out the electrical system and the was no power in the
ignition system. I managed to hotwire the bike and was many more miles down
the road before I realized I had hit the tank bag with the handle bar and
turned of the kill switch.
Speaking of women drivers and motorcycles, I taught motorcycle safety in the
late 1970s and had to write a paper as part of my certification. I was a
womens' rights activist and chose to study the accident statistics with an
eye to debunking all the women driver stories. I discovered that the
majority of actions by men prior to accidents was to apply the brakes even
when braking would not allow stopping in time while steering could have
often completely avoided an accident. Unfortunately, the tactic applied
prior to a accident by the majority of women in the study was to throw their
arms in front of their faces and scream. Of course the study did not cover
the drivers who succeeded in not having an accident.
Pat |
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WickeddollŽ
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:18 am Post subject:
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"Louis M. Brown" <phyphor@rocketmail.com> wrote in message
news:cteom1d4lb13t9euho8l0fc15qikr9t3lr@4ax.com...
| Quote: | On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 23:13:02 -0500, "WickeddollŽ"
wickeddoll1958DIEspammersDIE@yahoo.com> wrote:
"Brent Secombe" ..
In article
WickeddollŽ
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On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more
than
it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally;
no...
..it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving it
in
second...
Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it this
time
No can do, Natalie. The shift pattern on my wife's Subaru had an extra
pause-point compared to my Avalon's. I often found I hadn't moved the
Subaru into its highest gear.
Heh - but that's cuz the car was made differently - not your fault LOL
I've
had my Echo for five years.
You deserve no more ridicule than I do. I guess it's you and me against
the world. :-)
Brent
LOL - I just felt like such a lox when I realized what I'd done
Natalie
Seriously, as long as the tranny wasn't blasting fluid out the vent
tube / screaming / smoking / generally not moving anymore, fuggedit
about it.....
-LMB
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Nah, it just sounded like a much older car
LOL
Natalie |
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WickeddollŽ
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:18 am Post subject:
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"Louis M. Brown"
Brent Secombe
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WickeddollŽ
On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more
than
it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally;
no...
..it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving it
in
second...
Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it this
time
No can do, Natalie. The shift pattern on my wife's Subaru had an extra
pause-point compared to my Avalon's. I often found I hadn't moved the
Subaru into its highest gear.
You deserve no more ridicule than I do. I guess it's you and me against
the world. :-)
Brent
Oh, but now, they're idiot-proofing cars (HA!) with those stupid
"Wiggle the damned shifter around and try to hit the Detent / jigsaw
puzzle" style shifters.
Makes downshifting / manual upshifting real fun. If I wanna hunt
gears, I'll just drive a stick.
-LMB
Gotta go with gun-boy on that one. Those 'newfangled' gearboxes are |
confusing as hell
Natalie |
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Louis M. Brown
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:18 am Post subject:
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On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 23:18:37 -0500, "WickeddollŽ"
<wickeddoll1958DIEspammersDIE@yahoo.com> wrote:
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"Louis M. Brown"
Brent Secombe
wrote:
WickeddollŽ
On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more
than
it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally;
no...
..it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving it
in
second...
Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it this
time
No can do, Natalie. The shift pattern on my wife's Subaru had an extra
pause-point compared to my Avalon's. I often found I hadn't moved the
Subaru into its highest gear.
You deserve no more ridicule than I do. I guess it's you and me against
the world. :-)
Brent
Oh, but now, they're idiot-proofing cars (HA!) with those stupid
"Wiggle the damned shifter around and try to hit the Detent / jigsaw
puzzle" style shifters.
Makes downshifting / manual upshifting real fun. If I wanna hunt
gears, I'll just drive a stick.
-LMB
Gotta go with gun-boy on that one. Those 'newfangled' gearboxes are
confusing as hell
Natalie
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Unless you look at 'em. Of course, you can't very well DO that if
you're up in the mountains, and decide to downshift..... so you do the
whole "where the fuck is low?" thing while burning brakes.
No thinks, I'll stick with the older fashioned column shifter. ;-)
-LMB |
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Louis M. Brown
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:18 am Post subject:
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On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 23:13:02 -0500, "WickeddollŽ"
<wickeddoll1958DIEspammersDIE@yahoo.com> wrote:
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"Brent Secombe" ..
In article
WickeddollŽ
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On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more
than
it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally;
no...
..it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving it in
second...
Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it this
time
No can do, Natalie. The shift pattern on my wife's Subaru had an extra
pause-point compared to my Avalon's. I often found I hadn't moved the
Subaru into its highest gear.
Heh - but that's cuz the car was made differently - not your fault LOL I've
had my Echo for five years.
You deserve no more ridicule than I do. I guess it's you and me against
the world. :-)
Brent
LOL - I just felt like such a lox when I realized what I'd done
Natalie
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Seriously, as long as the tranny wasn't blasting fluid out the vent
tube / screaming / smoking / generally not moving anymore, fuggedit
about it.....
-LMB |
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High Tech Misfit
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:18 am Post subject:
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WickeddollŽ wrote:
| Quote: | On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more than
it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; no...
..it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving it in
second...
Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it this time
:-)
Natalie
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It's OK to have a "brain fart" once in a while. ;-) |
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WickeddollŽ
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:18 am Post subject:
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"Louis M. Brown" <phyphor@rocketmail.com> wrote in message
news:23com19athd22i2vrdohujhitlkq782src@4ax.com...
| Quote: | On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 21:27:42 -0500, "WickeddollŽ"
wickeddoll1958DIEspammersDIE@yahoo.com> wrote:
On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more than
it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; no...
..it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving it in
second...
Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it this
time
:-)
Natalie
I can imagine that poor bastard was ECHOING as you ran the rpms up
entirely too much.. "Why won't this damned thing go any faster? WTF? "
-LMB <- Putting HIS car in 'Drive' and getting the hell outta here
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Your sympathy is underwhelming, Loomis...
:-P
Natalie, fwapping her old pal |
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WickeddollŽ
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:18 am Post subject:
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"Charles @ Kankakee" ...
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"WickeddollŽ" ...
"Charles @ Kankakee" ...
"badgolferman" :
On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more
than it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off
accidentally; no...
..it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving
it in second...
Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it
this time
:-)
Natalie
You can't be as bad as this girl:
http://s61.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=31X54H36KWN0A2DSKRK69ZAH7X
I did that once, myself. The light in my shifter doesn't work anymore,
so I have to do it by feel.
Charles
My light works just fine - it's my brain that checked out early. LOL
Natalie
Well I was tired that night and didn't feel the bump from D to 2. There
is a 'bump' going from D to 2 and you have to hit the lock switch to move
it past D. I've done it on the column shift on the Previa, too.
Charles
I'm sure that's what I did, since I reached for my 'Bubba Keg' (A 52-oz |
covered jug that holds hot or cold beverages wonderfully). I'm sure I put
it in 'D' when I pulled out of the lot; it wasn't until after grabbing the
keg that I noticed the noise.
Natalie |
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WickeddollŽ
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:18 am Post subject:
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"Brent Secombe" ..
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WickeddollŽ
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On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more
than
it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally;
no...
..it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving it in
second...
Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it this
time
No can do, Natalie. The shift pattern on my wife's Subaru had an extra
pause-point compared to my Avalon's. I often found I hadn't moved the
Subaru into its highest gear.
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Heh - but that's cuz the car was made differently - not your fault LOL I've
had my Echo for five years.
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You deserve no more ridicule than I do. I guess it's you and me against
the world. :-)
Brent
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LOL - I just felt like such a lox when I realized what I'd done
Natalie |
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Louis M. Brown
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:18 am Post subject:
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On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 22:40:37 -0500, Brent Secombe
<bsecombover@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
| Quote: | In article <dkgjom.3s8.1@news.evilcabal.org>, WickeddollŽ
wickeddoll1958DIEspammersDIE@yahoo.com> wrote:
On my way home from work, I noticed my 2000 Echo was revving way more than
it should. I checked to see if I'd flicked the OD off accidentally; no...
..it wasn't till I was nearly home that I realized I'd been driving it in
second...
Feel free to ridicule us women drivers on this one - I deserve it this time
No can do, Natalie. The shift pattern on my wife's Subaru had an extra
pause-point compared to my Avalon's. I often found I hadn't moved the
Subaru into its highest gear.
You deserve no more ridicule than I do. I guess it's you and me against
the world. :-)
Brent
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Oh, but now, they're idiot-proofing cars (HA!) with those stupid
"Wiggle the damned shifter around and try to hit the Detent / jigsaw
puzzle" style shifters.
Makes downshifting / manual upshifting real fun. If I wanna hunt
gears, I'll just drive a stick.
-LMB |
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