Official Derailed thread... Wait, what?

I'm slowly evolving beyond having any lines. Eventually I'll just have a perfect keg that I can slap around to see those super sexy slow moving fat waves travel across it and intersect with each other. Final form allows me to slap on my leg and see the wave travel to my head and over it all the way back to leg. It is the final form at which point I will refer to myself as 'navigator'. Sugar expands consciousness.

 

because there's nothing quite so fun as attempting to maneuver your tongue past sharp pointed objects digging into your enamel in order to startle the person holding them.

 

THEY MADE A FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S 2?!

THEY TOOK AWAY THE DOORS?!!!

 

Your actually better off with a minivan because they are a lot more child friendly than a SUV. They tend to have better options for child safety and things to keep them occupied while you drive. There is also the fact that they sit lower to the ground so they are easier to get in and out of for kids. Kids falling or slipping while trying to get in or out of a SUV is much more common then a minivan. they also tend to give better gas mileage.

 

But minivans are chick vehicles. Plus i dont hqve kids.

 

Children that are unable to enter a vehicle may end up having a difficult life. (JK)

Yea, I'm thinking about them a lot but don't know anything about them and they're a lot rarer around here. Don't know what Mrs. will think since I can't afford to buy one just like that on my own. We're looking to replace current wagon so it could be worth checking out what minivans are available.

 

That is incorrect. They're the perfect setting for drinking.

 

Well they have alot of space for sex...

 

And tentacles

 

I can (and have) put a full sheet of plywood in the back of our minivan. With the doors closed (and back seats removed of course). Not all minivans can do that though. I also have transported a 42" deck riding lawn mower, and a complete sectional couch from IKEA (still packaged up of course). Chrysler isn't the greatest car company, but they make a damn good minivan.

 

if your looking to move things in a car/truck/SUV a sheet of 8x4 3/4 inch plywood is your gold fucking standard. If you buy a vehicle to move anything other then yourself or kids and you can not put a sheet of 8x4 3/4 plywood in it you shouldn't buy it. Don't buy tiny SUVs, don't buy short bed pickups. don't buy crossovers. tell the guy your test driving it with you want to go to lowes or home depot and load a single sheet. You will know if you really can in about half a second by his/her reaction.

 

Fixed that for you.

Also.

I thought you were talking about car seats for children, because they are getting huge these days.

 

they are. my sister babysits/nannies (i don't know what exactly) and she has one in her new car (a kia soul. we always ask where the hamsters are) and the damn thing (car seat) is big. and me have kids. fuck that i'll just clone myself.

 

Actually, we were talking about how not everyone can drive around in economy cars all the time.

I'll have to post up a picture of my older girl's car seat. It's massive. More like a throne than a seat for a 25 lb little girl. And it's smaller than some of the other ones we looked at. My youngest is still in one of those infant seat/carrier setups, but they're going to both have to be in toddler seats soon, and there will JUST be room for my little boy to squeeze past to his booster seat in the back row (which he has to sit in until he's EIGHT). I just shake my head when I think about the way we rode around when I was a kid, and I'm only 31.

 

don't know about car seats but in north carolina i think it's still 12 years old or 80+ lbs to sit in the front seat. and i think the booster/car seat till 8 thing is ridiculous.

thats for NC.

 

In Texas (and also I think the new Federal guidelines) it's 8 years or 4'9", which actually makes a little more sense than basing it on weight if your concerned about where the seat belt contacts the kid. He could be an 80-lb 4-foot lard ass and the seat belt will still be in the wrong place.

And yes, booster seat till 8 is ridiculous. I wouldn't let anyone under 12 ride in the front though, but that's because of the airbags, which will pound even an adult pretty severely.