Tom Strange

Not in my experience... and I travel quite a bit as well. MarkO's suggestions were spot on... if you pre-pay for gas, you'll pay a premium as compared to the local gas stations but far less than if you don't. As MarkO said, they typically charge close to twice what the local rate for gas is if you don't pre-pay or refill it before returning. And as MarkO also said, it's a lot more convenient and worth the markup to pre-pay for the gas unless you know the area around the airport and have plenty of time... which doesn't always work out anyway since there could be an unexpected problem with traffic. MarkO's suggestion about joining their programs is good as well. National will "sign you up" for the emerald club for free usually on your first trip. Hertz has a free "#1 Club" that's not the same as the "Gold" but still has some perks. I don't recall what Alamo has, but I'm sure they have something as well. USAA has discounts with all of them as well.

Satori, have you re-watched it since?

too early for me... I was busy watching Captain Kangaroo and Romper Room! ..it was actually a hit in the mid 40s as well...

Jonny, ...of course if you don't want to it's fine. But... did you ever consider that you can still hold fast to your beliefs and still donate? After your long life (and I do wish a long life for you) what would it matter what they did with "the leftovers" after you were done with them? You never know, there just might be something there that someone else can still use! Just a thought... not trying to start an argument.

Watched it and liked it... (last week after it sat in my DVD rack for a few months)... I hadn't seen the series but I did like the story line and the twists...

OK... I finally got around to watching the DVD last week (I don't know why they say I procrastinate)... I went into it 'knowing' it was about some guys that built a time machine and what the reviews said up there in Satori's post... I liked it, I followed it and was pleasantly surprised at the ending... although I was starting to get an idea but only towards the end just before they revealed... I do need to go back and watch it again, this time (thinking) I know what to look for... but who knows when that will be? Look how long this took me! Thanks for suggesting it Satori... I did like it... Now... wasn't there a "The Illusionist" thread around here somewhere? I got around to watching that last night... laleo, I don't know... you'll have to take it up with Frank Zappa... it's a quote from him.

I think that means waysider gets it!

Upon further review... and after staring at the movie title YOU supplied... I now change my guess to "The Road Home" although I don't know if that is a movie... unless it actually IS "THO REAU DOME"... but I don't watch foreign movies too much...

Dude, I have no idea what the heck you're talking about. I guessed "Thunderdome"... if that's not correct, then tell me it's not. That's all I've got. I've never heard of a movie called "tho reau dome" (as you stated above) so my closest guess to that is "Thunderdome". So... what is the answer? oh... and bite me!

I generally use hertz, alamo or national... they've all been OK... are there any links on those other sites I gave you?

Yeah... I saw some for some "urine cleaner"... haven't needed that since they invented Depends...

you're gonna have to explain it to me (cuz I'm old and I'm Texan)... did I solve it or not?

are there supposed to be three pics?

Degrees of Blonde-ness 1st DEGREE A married couple were asleep when the phone rang at 2 in the morning. The wife (undoubtedly blonde), picked up the phone, listened a moment and said, "How should I know, that's 200 miles from here!" and hung up. The husband said, "Who was that?" The wife said, "I don't know, some woman wanting to know if the coast is clear." *:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,-:*´`´*:-,_,.-:*´`´-:*´`´*:-.,_,-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:* 2nd DEGREE Two blondes are walking down the street. One notices a compact on the sidewalk and leans down to pick it up. She opens it, looks in the mirror and says, "Hmm, this person looks familiar." The second blonde says, "Here, let me see!" So the first blonde hands her the compact. The second one look! s in the mirror and says, "You dummy, it's me!" *:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-,_,-:*´`´*:-,_,.-:*´`´*-:*´`´*:-,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:* 3rd DEGREE A blonde suspects her boyfriend of cheating on her, so she goes out and buys a gun. She goes to his apartment unexpectedly and when she opens the door she finds him in the arms of a redhead. Well, the blonde is really angry. She opens her purse to take out the gun, and as she does so, she is overcome with grief. She takes the gun an puts it to her head. The boyfriend yells, "No, honey, don't do it!!!" The blonde replies, "Shut up, you're next!" *:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,-:*´`´*:-,_,.-:*´`´-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-,_,-:* 4th DEGREE A blonde was bragging about her knowledge of state capitals. She proudly says, "Go ahead, ask me, I know all of them." A friend says, "OK, what's the capital of Wisconsin?" The blonde replies, "Oh, that's easy: W." *:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´-:*´`´*:-,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,-:* 5th DEGREE What did the blonde ask her doctor when he told her she was pregnant? "Is it mine?" *:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,-:*´`´*:-,_,.-:*´`´-:*´`*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-,_,.-:* 6th DEGREE Bambi, a blonde in her fourth year as a UCLA freshman, sat in her US government class. The professor asked Bambi if she knew what Roe vs. Wade was about. Bambi pondered the question then finally said, "That was the decision George Washington had to make before he crossed the Delaware." *:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:*´`´*:-.,_,.-:* 7th DEGREE Returning home from work, a blonde was shocked to find her house ransacked and burglarized. She telephoned the police at once and reported the crime. The police dispatcher broadcast the call on the radio, and a K-9 unit, patrolling nearby was the first to respond. As the K-9 officer approached the house with his dog on a leash, the blonde ran out on the porch, shuddered at the sight of the cop and his dog, then sat down on the steps. Putting her face in her hands, she moaned, "I come home to find all my possessions stolen. I call the police for help, and what do they do? They send me a BLIND policeman!"

yeah... MLB.com has some quotes from both Gwynn and Ripken on MacGwire, et al... but those two seem to be pretty good guys... and Ripken's wife is HOT!

yeah... I got that from his first clue... but "Thereau Dome" only translated into Thunderdome for me...

Thunderdome?

I just checked with "she who must be obeyed" again... two sites she suggests are: www.bestfares.com and www.airfarewatchdog.com (she also suggests that if you book the hotel with them as well that you get even lower prices)

Alfa, I'd imagine we could just peel the top back on that little red car and fill it up with beer... then we could just pass out straws to everyone... (or hook up an IV)

"she who must be obeyed" uses www.cheaptickets.com What I've done is register at all of their sites for 'email updates'... yeah, you get a lot of them that you don't need, but every now and then it pays off... go to the websites of the airlines that fly in and out of your home airport... I can usually find and get as cheap a prices as 'those websites'... If your dates are flexible you can scan what they're offering and travel that way...

I'm disqualified because I was sure I'd never get it... so I googled. I found this as a misquoted lyric that should be "she wants to be just like Zsa Zsa Gabor"... ...but maybe it's a different song...

................W...L....ERA....G..GS..CG 2004 ARI..16..14...2.60...35..35....4 2005 NYY..17...8...3.79...34..34....4 2006 NYY..17..11...5.00...33..33...2 I've thought he was "finished" as well hiway... Even if he is coming off of surgery for a herniated disc... we'll take those numbers here any day... Plus... he's such a mental guy and I think he really feels 'at home' in Arizona... I really was surprised his numbers were so good in NY because of the impression you get from the media up there... Of course (1) he and the press didn't get off to a good start there and neither gave an inch and (2) like hiway said: it's about October up there. I think it's probably going to turn out to be a win win situation...

I am... but I don't know if they'll want any... no disrespect to anyone intended, but I'm of the mind "what will I care? I'll be dead..."

many thanks again to all... you're much too kind to an old guy...

Okay GSG... you're up (by order of Judge Cletus (that's his name)) The song was indeed "Gimme Some Lovin'" ... by the Spencer Davis Group, Stevie Winwood on vocals and a hammond C-3 (I believe)... he was also the keyboardist for Traffic and the lead vocal on the aforementioned "Dear Mr Fantasy"...