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May 17
Orv commented on What Kind of Cars Do I Like?.
Pretty much everyone I know who avoided learning how to drive as a kid ended up eventually doing it as an adult, once their friends got tired of always having to take them places.
May 15
Orv commented on "Bus service shouldn't be optional—it should be a right.".
I'm actually seeing a lot of opposition to this bill on pro-transit blogs I read, because it contains a lot of highway expansion money -- which, unlike the transit funding, does not have to go up for a public vote.
May 15
Orv commented on "Bus service shouldn't be optional—it should be a right.".
@21: Same here. All the routes I could potentially take are either on the list of routes to be cut entirely, or to be severely curtailed. And I have a really shitty old car. It's a diesel. It smokes. If you don't want to be driving behind that, don't cut bus service.
May 15
Orv commented on What Do You Think of the Riddick Trailer?.
Vin Diesel is just killing time until he gets the role he was born to play: a live-action version of Charlie Brown.
May 15
Orv commented on Cannabis Crisis.
Isn't this a bit like pharmacies fighting for the right to keep compounding a prescription version of something after it becomes available over-the-counter? It just seems like, at best, an attempt to protect a business model that's rapidly becoming out of date.
May 15
Orv commented on Seattle's Invisible 28-Lane Freeway.
@5: Um, they're raising it by $0.25 in 2014...that's an 11% increase on off-peak fares and an 8% increase on peak fares. Way more than the 1.5% you're proposing.
May 15
Orv commented on "Bus service shouldn't be optional—it should be a right.".
@17: Mostly because the interests of Seattle itself are not necessarily aligned with the interests of outlying areas. Seattle residents want local routes with short wait times. Outlying areas want express commuter services that give one-seat-rides to downtown. These aren't compatible goals, given a limited pot of money.
May 15
Orv commented on It Doesn't Matter if You're Black or Gay; It Doesn't Matter if You're at a Lunch Counter or a Bakery.
I understand the argument for suits like this, but here's the gut feeling I always end up with:
If anti-discrimination laws get struck down by the courts, I'd rather have it be because of a lawsuit over something important. I don't want it all undermined because someone didn't get the cake they wanted.
If anti-discrimination laws get struck down by the courts, I'd rather have it be because of a lawsuit over something important. I don't want it all undermined because someone didn't get the cake they wanted.
May 15
Orv commented on What Do You Think of the Riddick Trailer?.
I walked out of the theater feeling like I'd enjoyed "Chronicles of Riddick," but I had no idea what, if anything, the plot was about. And for the life of me I couldn't tell you a single thing that happened in that film, now, except the scene where he kills a guy with a tin cup.
I sorta assumed it was aimed at people who had read the books, which I hadn't.
I sorta assumed it was aimed at people who had read the books, which I hadn't.
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The MVET doesn't scare me much because my car is a $2000 beater. I can handle $30/year. Frankly that's pocket change compared to the operating costs of a car; I pay more than that per MONTH in insurance premiums.