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Still has nothing on Hank Scorpio, but anytime Brooks involves himself with the Simpsons, tis a good thing.


In fact, most things in life really have nothing on Hank Scorpio.

Still haven't heard back from the Uni I applied to. I still have until the end of August, but, hope runnin' low.

Lost 10000€ : I had to buy a car...
As great a transportation way as it may be, I'm amazed this became THE standard.
I'd rather live in a city with enough public transportation and wish there would be a possibility to rent a car (for cheap) for the occasional extra-urban or heavy duty trip.
Such a waste of energy to move my sorry 70kg... (yes I know, there's always the possibility to do it by bike, but work is 20km away and it's far from straight nor flat, and not really a friendly road for a biker, I'd gladly relocate if that didn't meant moving further away from civilisation than where I am right now).

Lost 10000€ : I had to buy a car...
As great a transportation way as it may be, I'm amazed this became THE standard.
I'd rather live in a city with enough public transportation and wish there would be a possibility to rent a car (for cheap) for the occasional extra-urban or heavy duty trip.
Such a waste of energy to move my sorry 70kg... (yes I know, there's always the possibility to do it by bike, but work is 20km away and it's far from straight nor flat, and not really a friendly road for a biker, I'd gladly relocate if that didn't meant moving further away from civilisation than where I am right now).

If you ever do decide to move to America for whatever reason, live in a major metropolitan area. Because if you dont, a car is a necessity.

Lost 10000€ : I had to buy a car...
As great a transportation way as it may be, I'm amazed this became THE standard.
I'd rather live in a city with enough public transportation and wish there would be a possibility to rent a car (for cheap) for the occasional extra-urban or heavy duty trip.
Such a waste of energy to move my sorry 70kg... (yes I know, there's always the possibility to do it by bike, but work is 20km away and it's far from straight nor flat, and not really a friendly road for a biker, I'd gladly relocate if that didn't meant moving further away from civilisation than where I am right now).

10k can buy you a nice car though, what did you get?

Lost 10000€ : I had to buy a car...
As great a transportation way as it may be, I'm amazed this became THE standard.
I'd rather live in a city with enough public transportation and wish there would be a possibility to rent a car (for cheap) for the occasional extra-urban or heavy duty trip.
Such a waste of energy to move my sorry 70kg... (yes I know, there's always the possibility to do it by bike, but work is 20km away and it's far from straight nor flat, and not really a friendly road for a biker, I'd gladly relocate if that didn't meant moving further away from civilisation than where I am right now).

If you ever do decide to move to America for whatever reason, live in a major metropolitan area. Because if you dont, a car is a necessity.

What about trains?

Lost 10000€ : I had to buy a car...
As great a transportation way as it may be, I'm amazed this became THE standard.
I'd rather live in a city with enough public transportation and wish there would be a possibility to rent a car (for cheap) for the occasional extra-urban or heavy duty trip.
Such a waste of energy to move my sorry 70kg... (yes I know, there's always the possibility to do it by bike, but work is 20km away and it's far from straight nor flat, and not really a friendly road for a biker, I'd gladly relocate if that didn't meant moving further away from civilisation than where I am right now).

If you ever do decide to move to America for whatever reason, live in a major metropolitan area. Because if you dont, a car is a necessity.

What about trains?

As above, unless it's a major metro area, trains are only good for long distance.

Lost 10000€ : I had to buy a car...
As great a transportation way as it may be, I'm amazed this became THE standard.
I'd rather live in a city with enough public transportation and wish there would be a possibility to rent a car (for cheap) for the occasional extra-urban or heavy duty trip.
Such a waste of energy to move my sorry 70kg... (yes I know, there's always the possibility to do it by bike, but work is 20km away and it's far from straight nor flat, and not really a friendly road for a biker, I'd gladly relocate if that didn't meant moving further away from civilisation than where I am right now).

If you ever do decide to move to America for whatever reason, live in a major metropolitan area. Because if you dont, a car is a necessity.

What about trains?

As above, unless it's a major metro area, trains are only good for long distance.

Well if you live in the woods but isn't the rail network quite dense in the easter part of the US?

Lost 10000€ : I had to buy a car...
As great a transportation way as it may be, I'm amazed this became THE standard.
I'd rather live in a city with enough public transportation and wish there would be a possibility to rent a car (for cheap) for the occasional extra-urban or heavy duty trip.
Such a waste of energy to move my sorry 70kg... (yes I know, there's always the possibility to do it by bike, but work is 20km away and it's far from straight nor flat, and not really a friendly road for a biker, I'd gladly relocate if that didn't meant moving further away from civilisation than where I am right now).

If you ever do decide to move to America for whatever reason, live in a major metropolitan area. Because if you dont, a car is a necessity.

What about trains?

As above, unless it's a major metro area, trains are only good for long distance.

Well if you live in the woods but isn't the rail network quite dense in the easter part of the US?

Depends. But the only time trains are smart is in and around major metro areas. The US is too spread apart compared to most European countries.

I just got twatted in the mouth with a drill. Fortunately none of my teeth are chipped but I did cry like a five year old.

Being contacted after 20 years by an ex-boyfriend, exchanging messages and texts for 6 months, making arrangements to meet up but the dates always falling thru for odd reasons, only to find out from a mutual friend that he has a girlfriend. At least my suspicions have been confirmed.

I fucking hate this.

10k can buy you a nice car though, what did you get?

Actually, nothing THAT fancy. A Clio 3 (diesel with 50000kms, so I can hopefully do 150K without much trouble) and the intermediate engine and intermediate equipment rather than just the basic hull + 4 wheels. For the same price I could've had a car with less miles but just the basic 5 doors, white color, bland version.
After the crisis, the gov't invented the "thrash bonus" (don't know how to call it) to boost car sales (basically if you bought a new car the gov' gave you 1000€ (if not more with an ecological bonus or whatever) to take back your old car and thrash it (or send it to Africa maybe). So as it seems like a lot of people don't have any other goal in life than to change their car every few months or years, it worked pretty well (more than they expected I think) and the after market is now pretty much void of old but interesting cars.
Basically right now (if new) for 8000€ you get a small city car (twingo etc...), 11000€ a small compact (clio, 207...), 15000€ a bigger compact (308 etc).
Then the more money you put in, the more equipment you get. The more pasta you eat too.
Again I'm amazed that cars became such a standard, about how many people probably have to buy a car to go to work to pay the car to go to work to pay the car to go to work to pay the car to go to work to pay the car to go to work to pay the car to go to work to...

AlucardXIX> Yup', while I'm an inexperienced ass when it comes to face the big bad world, I cherish the idea of moving some day (kinda bored where I live right now), if I ever have the balls. As a 3D graphist, Canada may be nice (either west or east coast, lot of video game studios). Not living in a big town/city, the US scare me a bit I must say (LA and NY come to mind first), I probably need to create a new thread about this idea of moving and see how others do, as according to some internet test it's not really a part of my personality, but I wish it was

AlucardXIX> Yup', while I'm an inexperienced ass when it comes to face the big bad world, I cherish the idea of moving some day (kinda bored where I live right now), if I ever have the balls. As a 3D graphist, Canada may be nice (either west or east coast, lot of video game studios). Not living in a big town/city, the US scare me a bit I must say (LA and NY come to mind first), I probably need to create a new thread about this idea of moving and see how others do, as according to some internet test it's not really a part of my personality, but I wish it was

LA and NY are absolutely massive cities, public transportation out the ass. Now moving to a smaller city like Tampa would still give you the option to use public transportation, but because it's much less densely populated than the previous two mentioned it's not near as much a hassle to get around in the city.

But if you're working in that industry, Canada seems to be a good place to go

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AlucardXIX> Yup', while I'm an inexperienced ass when it comes to face the big bad world, I cherish the idea of moving some day (kinda bored where I live right now), if I ever have the balls. As a 3D graphist, Canada may be nice (either west or east coast, lot of video game studios). Not living in a big town/city, the US scare me a bit I must say (LA and NY come to mind first), I probably need to create a new thread about this idea of moving and see how others do, as according to some internet test it's not really a part of my personality, but I wish it was

LA and NY are absolutely massive cities, public transportation out the ass. Now moving to a smaller city like Tampa would still give you the option to use public transportation, but because it's much less densely populated than the previous two mentioned it's not near as much a hassle to get around in the city.

But if you're working in that industry, Canada seems to be a good place to go

LA and public transportation? Eh, I guess it exists there, kinda.

Falk, had you considered the San Francisco Bay Area? There are tons of animation studios, and hell, Pixar is in Emeryville. It's still a city, but it's infinitely more mellow than New York or Los Angeles.

AlucardXIX> Yup', while I'm an inexperienced ass when it comes to face the big bad world, I cherish the idea of moving some day (kinda bored where I live right now), if I ever have the balls. As a 3D graphist, Canada may be nice (either west or east coast, lot of video game studios). Not living in a big town/city, the US scare me a bit I must say (LA and NY come to mind first), I probably need to create a new thread about this idea of moving and see how others do, as according to some internet test it's not really a part of my personality, but I wish it was

LA and NY are absolutely massive cities, public transportation out the ass. Now moving to a smaller city like Tampa would still give you the option to use public transportation, but because it's much less densely populated than the previous two mentioned it's not near as much a hassle to get around in the city.

But if you're working in that industry, Canada seems to be a good place to go

LA and public transportation? Eh, I guess it exists there, kinda.

Falk, had you considered the San Francisco Bay Area? There are tons of animation studios, and hell, Pixar is in Emeryville. It's still a city, but it's infinitely more mellow than New York or Los Angeles.

Admittedly, it was more of an assumption based on the fact that most major cities in the US have abundant public transportation.