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Slacker007 wrote: People who take fossil fuel reduction to the extremes, get a Prius
I'm selfish. Top of the priority list is reducing my cost at the pump. Secondarily is the environment. But somewhere in the middle is also reducing my dependence on, ahem, "foreign" oil.
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You mean, like from Europe?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Get him a hybrid Camry or Accord then. Other than small badges they look like normal cars; but they come within a few percent of matching the Prius's fuel economy (better areo from the silly looking back end helps the latter). My '17 Accord puts out ~210hp and drives just like a normal car; I just don't have to buy as much gas. 
For my driving and current gas prices I'm still falling a hair short of break even on car payment+gas spending; but should break even on that measure within a year or two of payoff. I'm probably actually ahead though in that electric breaking doesn't wear out pads/rotors cutting my future maintenance bills.
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Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
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Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Nah, very naff more like. The favourite car of virtue signalising celebs, who in their spare time take first class flights around the world.
Teslas are pretty cool, they actually go like stink, of course pretty pointless if your commute is slow, but cool, now that would have to be a: https://www.classic-british-motorcycles.com/images/Rat3-brn-L3.jpg[^] 
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And what are the environmental and resource costs of all the batteries used in these cars?
(Including disposal, when the time comes)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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Damn awful!
Electric cars are a joke.
If you want a renewal fuel that is almost a direct replacement for petrol it is alcohol. GM plankton that produce high levels of sugar, yeast, and a still.
We could produce trillions of liters of in in big factories in Spain, built on useless dry ground, soaking up massive amounts of sunlight.
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Some people are afraid to pick up the phone and call people, especially strangers.
I get that, it's difficult to introduce yourself and state the reason for calling.
Perhaps you're not even sure if you have the right person and you could make a fool out of yourself.
In my experience, hanging up the phone is a lot more awkward though.
"I'll create a ticket and a coworker will get back to you."
"Alright, thanks."
"Thank you."
"Thanks, have a nice day."
"Is there anything else I can do for you?"
"No, all is fine, thanks." (I thought that was clear...)
"Alright, thank you and have a nice day."
"Thanks, you have a nice day too." (I already said that)
"Thanks, bye." (how many more "thanks" are we going to exchange?)
"Thanks, see you later." (wait, I'll never actually see this person)
"Bye."
*grunting noises until someone hangs up*
Still, it beats emailing someone and waiting for days until you get an answer (if ever).
Luckily I don't have any problems with actually picking up the phone and calling people 
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That makes me think of the movie Telefon (1977) - IMDb[^]
where sleeper agents were activated by a phone call with the lines:
Quote: The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I can sleep
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I'm not sure I've seen it, but it does ring a bell.
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Sander Rossel wrote: it does ring a bell.
Are you sure that's not your phone...?
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Quote: He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Haha, agent Griff activated 
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if you didn't have a nice day, call back to raise another ticket??
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"Have a nice day."
"You can't tell me what to do."
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Just ask them if they want to go out on a date. They'll hang up fast enough. 
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A coworker did that with a recruiter once.
I sort of dared him and he actually did it
She never called back again
Shame too, she looked good (on her LinkedIn picture) 
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Shame the American system doesn't catch on elsewhere, where you simply hang up without saying anything or acknowledging it's the end of the call.
PS I get all of my knowledge of American culture from movies
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I actually once had a customer who did that.
Didn't say hi or bye, just stated his business and if he didn't like your answer he just hung up 
An actual phone call:
"Hi, this is [coworker] from [company]."
"Is [another coworker] there?"
"He is out at the moment, but maybe I ca..."
The client already hung up.
We only knew who he was because of number recognition
That was his regular way of phone conversations.
I've heard he's actually a pretty nice person from people who know him in person.
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That looks like a very British conversation
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Very Dutch though
Brits are worse.
"Hi, this is [name]."
"Hi [name], this is Sander."
"Hi Sander, how are you?" (not interested, just "polite")
"I'm good thanks, how are you?"
"What can I do for you, Sander?" (completely ignores my response, so much for being polite)
"I was actually hoping you could tell me about..." (whatever, I hope you choke on your fake-ass politeness a**hole)
OK, that last part isn't completely true, I just roll with it and know it's just a British formality
It's fun how different cultures work though
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Haha us Brits are just far too polite
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I never liked Snow White much to be honest...
She's probably my least favorite Disney princess[^].
Now Jasmin and Belle are HAWT!
And also, they're all under aged and contrary to popular belief they're also cartoons that aren't real 
Or are they[^]?
So my point is that the evil witch is only the second most beautiful because all the other princesses weren't drawn back then
Of course we all know the real villain in the story is the prince for kissing Snow White without her explicit permission making it assault and rape.
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heh. Gods bless problematic disney cartoons.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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On the other side, I know way too many people who don't hesitate to call me when they are bored or need to complain about things that I have no control over. 
0: The missus always calls when there's a traffic jam.
1: My retired brother-in-law calls every afternoon because he says that I need a break. If I don't answer, he leaves a nice little voicemail that I have to erase...doesn't matter anyway as he will just keep calling back until I answer. Those are mostly one-sided conversations about bodily aches and pains, doctor's visits, kids, grandkids, and much self aggrandizing on his part. He also likes to include me on group texts which is extremely annoying.
2: A weekend co-worker who feels the need to review the copious notes she has left for me and then ramble on for 30 minutes about company gossip or her daughter's wedding.
3: Not phone related, but nonetheless, a retired neighbor that I make all efforts to avoid lest I get trapped in another mostly one-sided, mindless, long-winded conversation.
4: Not me, but my wife routinely gets several facetime calls every weekend from her widowed father-in-law, mostly to talk about his dates. (her mother passed away < 2 years ago) It's weird. He called while we were in the car last weekend. Somewhere in the long conversation he mentioned that he hadn't talked to #1 in this list in a while, then commented 'that's fine, all he wants to do is talk about himself anyway'. It took some self control not to mention that he was doing the exact same thing!  I bit my tongue!
Thanks! I'm glad I got that off my chest!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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