Orion

damn, you got knockedafuckout!

fowler, who are you working for, man? are you still out of town, or are you back in cbus?

DO NOT buy a motorola phone, unless its high end. motorola makes great high end phones. the e-815, the mpx, any of their smart phones = good products. anything else is crap. this is my opinion, but its based on multiple years of experience in both gsm and cdma carrier sales. howardforums is another good site for info.

yeah, i used to have an 01 galant. let me hip you to a better idea... http://www.rippmods.com/products/products_list.asp?menuid=3&vehcId=15 most will tell you that an even better idea than that is to sell it, and buy something with a little more potential. ill tell you that its your money, and you can do whatever you like with it.

hehe, i do. how much "newer" of a galant are you looking to do this swap into?

a little clarification... these phones are gsm phones. here in the states they will work on t-mobile and cingular. some other, smaller regional carriers use gsm as well. they WILL NOT function on nextel, sprint, or verizon networks. as an aside, they are pretty cool phones, and thats not too bad of a price. hope that helps.

hey man, can you pick up my laundry?

damn.

wow, that was freakin neat.

american idol

no citation, probably.

um... yeah, sure. i didnt write that. just the nextel part. as an aside, if you had written opinion articles for a fairly well known web publication, would you use your real name?

if it snows, im calling all of you out.

Waiting in line recently at my local coffeehouse -- an establishment as renowned for its leisurely service as for its place in Columbus history -- I was blown away by the absolute arrogance of a young woman standing two or three places ahead of me. She had already irritated everyone within earshot by conducting a very animated cell-phone conversation in her singsong, Valley girl, yuppie voice. But now it was her turn to order and the cafe's irritation turned to cold fury as she impatiently waved off the barista to complete her thought (which no doubt required a herculean effort). Alas for young Brie, or whatever her name was, she picked the wrong guy to trifle with. Our barista tossed her out of line and took the next person's order. She huffed off, still tethered to her phone, to our general delight. Today, we consider the mobile phone. More than the personal computer and, now, the iPod, this is the technology that even the most technophobic of cats is likeliest to possess. In other words, they're all over the place. It's understood why people use cell phones. What we're concerned with here is how they use 'em. Too often the answer is "rudely." Yeah, "rude cell-phone user" columns have been done to death over the years. But those columns keep getting written for a reason: There are still far too many of you thoughtless blockheads out there. So let's try it again. Not everyone who uses a mobile phone is as willfully thoughtless as our friend Brie. But the level of rudeness isn't the issue. It's the mere fact of rudeness itself -- that's the issue. Mobile phones have helped to make a crass and vulgar society even more crass and more vulgar. Portability makes it possible for anyone to take a private conversation public and that's never a good idea. In its way, some moron babbling into a mobile phone is as obtrusive and obnoxious as the idiot who plays his boombox at full throttle in the park. Look, the world is not your personal playground. Do not share with us your musical tastes; do not share with us your latest wheelings and dealings. In public places, you have an obligation to hold up your end of the implied social contract by not imposing yourself on those around you. This is crucial to a civilized society and just because technology allows you to act like a braying ass in public doesn't mean you should do it. Quite the contrary, in fact. You need to be more aware of your surroundings than ever. That said, it's understood that you will use your phone away from hermetically sealed rooms and the solitude of your studio apartment. So, please, observe these little niceties: Don't use your phone in obvious situations where your one-sided conversation can only be disruptive: at the movies, at a concert, in a public auditorium, on an elevator, in a crowded waiting room, etc. I would add city buses to the list, but those are already rolling prison yards for the most part. Use your phone if you must, but use at your own peril. If you're in the middle of a face-to-face conversation with someone, don't take a phone call. It's disrespectful. You can go on the theory that if the incoming call is important enough, the caller will leave you a message. You can then return said call at a more convenient moment, and nobody is offended. If you're expecting an important call and somebody stops by to chat you up, let your buddy know that you might have to take a call. That's fair. Ditch the ring tone and put the phone on vibrate. The only person who cares about an incoming call on your phone is you. Don't worry, you'll feel it. (It feels go-o-o-od.) Most ring tones are not only intrusive, they're inane. Don't have emotional phone conversations in my face. In other words, don't break up with your boyfriend publicly. (Besides, we can't see him and being able to see his reaction is half the fun.) Wait until you get home and then toss his sorry ass out the door. Don't talk on the phone while you're grocery shopping. For whatever reason, the acoustics of a shopping aisle seem to amplify your voice. Also, talking on the phone tends to distract you from what's going on in your immediate vicinity and I need to get around you to reach the Cocoa Puffs. When you're at my poker table, turn off your phone and don't use it at all. Personal note to my homies: Using part of a rap song as a voicemail greeting, where the only intelligible words are "bitch" and "fuckah," is not a felicitous way of welcoming an incoming caller. While your friends may find this the height of wit, your employer and professors and parole officer almost certainly will not. Don't buy Nextel. If you must, use it like a phone unless circumstances dictate otherwise. I reserve a special hatred for "git'er dun!" walkie talkie users who force me to listen to unitelligible garble from their "baby's momma" whilst I peruse my local mall. I promise you, you are not that important. A final thought: I kind of like those Bluetooth earpieces where you don't use your hands. The ones that hang from your ear and have you talking off into the ether. You look like a crazy guy wandering down the street, the only difference being that a real crazy guy usually has something interesting to say.

yup, thats me. check your pm's.

good luck from a fellow small business owner! you may be seeing my subie at some point.

so, whats the over/under on the obligatory COLD AIR rotary comment?

gauge.

central park

lol. that teddy roosevelt was WAY ahead of his time. http://www.newsnet5.com/money/6180216/detail.html

unlucky.

look, i dont take offense to people being described as black or white, but when people start harping on the "implied steroetype", it pisses me off. say what you want about stereotypes being earned, and ill even agree with you, but keep that dumb shit off this message board.

jesus ranch

thats cool!

how many yards did edge have? i would just like to go on record as saying that, while playing poker the other night, marc promised that edge wouldnt get to 100 yards rushing. i asked him how much he was willing to wager on that, and he folded like starr jones in a lawn chair. even marcs fandom has its limits. great game though. if pittsburgh would have lost, bettis would have come back next year just because of that fumble.