Cool craaaaaap you've acquired/done lately

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#401

They’re a step to help you in to the high vehicle. And they piss off the service guys… :smiley:

#402

Thanks! I’ve made 1 whole payment already. :slight_smile:

#403

Why would you store pens on a roof rack

#404

Well, either the pen is too big or the car is too small, I guess.

#405

So that picture is actually to scale? :eek:

#406

So why is it called a running board? Why isn’t it just, you know, a step?

#407

That’s unclear. It seems to come from the nautical tradition. (And that’s a tangled etymological mess.)

#408

Do you mean this nautical tradition? :wink:

#409

All this has happened before. All this will happen again.

#410

Originally, it was a security feature. There’s a button in the truck that you can press. When under attack, you activate the system, the board comes detaches from the car and runs after the assailant, hence the name running boards. The feature has largely been superceded by the trunk monkey now.

#411

It could be because the boards were near the running lights. Maybe it is because security would run on the side of the car and then jump onto the running boards.

#412

Just got this tonight. Thinking about trying to get it set up tonight as well. Then, get weights tomorrow. Don’t want to be an out of shape Colonial Marine at Dragon Con again.

#413

If all else fails, you could always be New Caprica Lee. :stuck_out_tongue:

#414

Yeah, I gotta start working out also… I looke like I ATE New Caprica Lee. :o

#415

I got my very first pay check yesterday. I was stupidly excited!

Plus, the days of watching others teach will at least partly be over next week. I’ll start by giving 10th graders a history lesson on the Vietnam War.

#416

Wow… that would be so interesting to learn about (as an American) from the perspective of a German classroom!

#417

Short version: It’s the frenchies fault.

#418

Short version (from the movie Stripes): We (the USA) are 7 and 1!! (wins/losses.)

#419

Many awesome happinesses in my life right now.

GR should be envidious… because after 2 years of marriage, my husband and I are finally going to be living in the same country TOMORROW.

Not like I’m thrilled or anything. :smiley:

#420

Congratulations, that sounds awesome. It must be like a second honeymoon!