dear surlygirl, have you ever been to boston? have you ever tried to park in boston with a regular sized car but can't because there are giant trucks everywhere carrying OH WAIT THEY'RE CARRYING NOTHING BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN BOSTON AND HAVE NOTHING TO CARRY EXCEPT THEIR GUCCI BAGS AND BIOLOGY 101 BOOKS.
trust me, this question seriously needs to be answered.
tom, i'm waiting for an answer. this could be round 3 for me.
1. adina - no one needs a truck in boston. for that matter no one needs a car either. public transportation in this city is second to none, except possibly nyc. [no complaining bout the mbta in these comments either...this post is about my truck]
2. kelly - see answer to #1. and answer to adina's follow-up question
3. surlygirl - no more of your grownup advice. I mean it.
4. adina - what are you kidding me? first of all, I DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY. I live in a house in the suburbs with a four-car driveway AND PLENTY OF STREET PARKING! second. I do not, nor have I ever, had a gucci bag or bags. I do not, nor have I ever taken biology 101 or owned/borrowed/transported biology 101 books.
In addition, it's a compact truck. a small truck. And you'd love to drive one. I don't haul stuff all the time, but a truck's better than an suv for hauling firewood to the beach, or a new water heater for your uncle's cabin, or solar batteries, or whatever somebody needs you to haul to the beach.
5. rosy - I need a four-wheel drive vehicle. the only "affordable" hybrid is the ford escape, starting about eight thousand dollars more than I'd like to pay. Also, the colorado gets pretty respectable gas mileage, 20/25mpg with the 4-cylinder, manual transmission (though I'm probably going with the automatic 5-cylinder)
ok, keep the questions coming. also, anybody but samantha like the orange? :)
tom you are always taking me too seriously. i didn't mean YOU had a gucci bag. duh, you are so obviously a prada boy.
and of course you don't NEED it, you want it. but i can't understand why you'd want it.
let me try to explain this in a way you'll understand.
chicks don't dig guys with big trucks. maybe some chicks do - but those girls are probably more into guys in cowboy hats and boots and no offense but you probably look sort of definitely ridiculous in a cowboy hat (the accent wouldn't match the boots). chicks like guys who care about the earth not about their giant ego (that is satisfied by a giant truck). they also like guys who have money to spend on them, which wouldn't be you since you'd be spending all your money on the gas you need to truck all those things to the shore (which btw you can't even swim in because it is too cold because massachusetts water doesn't warm up ever. stupid massachusetts water).
oh and no truck is small. if you come across a truck that is "compact" then look again because they're charging you for a truck but giving you a car.
and all the good alcohol (and environmentally-savvy girls), that's all in boston. so you'll have to drive there. in your truck. and i imagine that you'll want to park your truck.
i'm just saving, you don't want chicks scoffing at your truck.
A. - lindsay 1. that's not a bad nickname, but wouldn't Gerry the Pumpkin King be more appropriate? 2. I would like to get an apt. but I don't like paying for things I can't keep (this is also why I don't rent movies). 3. I probably believe you about boston v. ny trains, except the last time I tried taking the new york subway it cost me $60.00 plus tokens. on the other hand, I not only got a train ride but an amusing anecdote.
B. adina - I don't think I'm a prada boy either, chicks do dig guys with trucks, and with cowboy hats (which I'm totally going to buy in texas kelly don't let me forget), things get hauled to the beach not the shore, and nj wimps like you can't handle the water up here doesn't mean it's unswimmable it just means you're wimps.
C. mymomink - see, everybody? somebody else thinks I'm cute. BAM
D. rosy - I don't wear skirts. I won't be getting red or silver (see samantha's "red" comment). I may go with yellow though. bright lemony-smiley-face yellow.
Bah! (*btw Tom, keep calling me old and see how long you get away with it - go ahead*)
Lots of chicks dig trucks - even card-carrying liberal ones that wouldn't ever dare date a cowboy. At least its more pratical than an SUV or a sports car. And as long as you get a truck with the boarding rails (or whatever the hell those things are called) any girl worth dating can crawl right up with a miniskirt and strappy sandals on without spilling or showing her stuff.
*ahem* (Just for the record, I'm also currently in the process of encouraging my husband to upgrade from his current 04 Ford Ranger to a 02 or 03 chevy crew cab. In Silver. So I already have most of these arguments in my hip pocket.)
Adina: I'm not from Boston, but I've been to the suburbs.
mymomink: have you ever met tom in person? Because his cuteness in real life and his online cuteness are...they're different. especially his cuteness while trashed in your apartment for the umpteenth time - you really have to MEET him before throwing the CUTE word around.
surlygirl: maybe there are girls out there that are liberal and like trucks. but not in boston. and tom is a bostonite. and he will always be a bostonite. even if he buys a cowboy hat in texas (kelly you should definitely prevent that from happening).
tom: i'm not a wimp, i just know better warmer water when i feel it. and that water is in jersey. at the SHORE. i am totally coming up to boston and we can duke this out one on one. over a game of beirut. in my old apartment. i'm serious i'm driving up right now.
rosy: who doesn't? mymomink: don't listen to adina. I'm totally cute. ok, listen to adina, she's always right about these things. adina: it wasn't the "umpteenth" time, it happened at most eight times..maybe nine. certainly not "-teenth" anything. you weren't aroud long enough. in addition I'm not saying jersey water isn't warm, or that it isn't that way due to radioactive chemicals or turnpike runoff or whatever, I'm just saying, if you can't handle the cold (wimps) get out of our ocean.
personal interests aside, since this was my field of study in school i just have to put this out there....
why a 4wd? do you live on a farm and need to haul livestock?
i still vote on some type of sedan. they may not be 4wd but they have all wheel drives in audi and subaru.
4wd vehicles pose a common and unnecessary risk to all road users. their centers of gravity are unstable and they provide a false sense of security to their drivers, who often use the size of their vehicle to make up for their lack of driving skills.
that being said, my vote from before still stands - silver with manual transmission.
No truck. It is stupid. It is a waste of money. You won't drive to to work. You won't drive it into Boston proper to visit friends.
So Tom, unless you plan to live your entire life in the suburbs, how often will you drive this thing?
You'd be better off finding an apartment, then finding an apartment that has reserved parking (if you can find that in Chicago, you can find it in Boston, so shut up).
Adina, no way in hell am I going to let him buy a cowboy hat.
All: I would like to point out that there is a fare sale from Boston to Dallas and Philly to Dallas (isn't someone in Philly?) on the weekend that Tom and John will be visiting me. Feel free to partake in the festivities, and help me prevent Tom from buying a cowboy hat. John is a total wimp, and I am way too short to handle this alone.
rosy, you are no longer allowed to comment. 1. I am an excellent driver and 2. the only way to get to the beach is in a 4wd vehicle. also, were I to get a sedan it would need to be awd and classy, like an audi a6, and those are way out of my price range.
kelly. after I buy a car my life will not be much different. I will still live in the suburbs, I will still take the train into work and to visit friends. the truck is for going to the beach, and for driving around in the snow. summer/winter also it's for taking road trips with one or two friends, or to visit one or two friends. and adina, you could come down to texas, it'll be great.
I'm totally buying a cowboy hat. a really expensive one. fifteen gallons.
i COULD come to dallas. kelly would be the first blog friend i would meet in person that i didn't already know.
there i said it. the people i meet through blog are my friends.
sob.
rosy did i ever tell you you're my hero? because you are. and you're hot. rawr.
well kids, that was fun. in summary - tom don't buy a truck or a cowboy hat. we like you the way you are (except the long hair HATE that). girls don't dig big trucks - they did guys with city apartments. even if you are renting - at least it's a place to shack up without billybobbytimmy banging down the door(there i said it again...just don't let your brothers read this comment).
ok, here's my two cents. trucks are way cool. i am a truck girl myself. i would love nothing more than to drive a super huge full ton pickup around all day. however, there is nothing in my life to justify owning one. i have a ford escape. it's a smaller suv, gets the same gas mileage as a car, it's a little bigger so i can stuff it full of crap when i go camping...
if you do get the truck, don't get orange, for god's sake. or yellow. every time i see a yellow truck or car, i want to flag them down yelling 'TAXI!!!' i'm the same person that sees a middle aged man in a flashy sportscar and yells "nice car! sorry about your penis.." go with the silver. my preference would be black. (my escape, however, is lipstick-on-a-french-whore red.)
if i lived in boston, i would get the smallest car possible, just to make my life easier. then again, i'd look for a '67 eldorado too, just so i could run people over. before the escape, i had a subaru outback. that thing got great gas mileage, kicked ass in the snow, etc etc.. until it blew up. but seriously, it was a great car, and i hear they're making 6-cyl GT versions now, or if you want more fun, drive the WRX... those kick ass.
and while we're talking about cold water, i took a swin in the ocean this past weekend. in MAINE. how's that for ya?
Colorados are really small trucks. Also, lane changing becomes more efficient because people in cars think you have a giant truck that's going to crush them, and they give you more space. :-p
wow, I am gone for a week and Tom gets 26 comments.
Now I will offer my opinions:
The haircut is probably the most sensible thing you could get right now. Start with that.
If you don't plan on moving out (which I don't think you do) then get whatever car you can afford, b/c honestly, any car (any new and shiny and functional car, that is, even a truck - and yes, I do sometimes like trucks) is better than no car at all. Relying on public transportation to take you home on a Friday night is the last thing you, a drunken young professional, want to deal with.
26 comments:
why do you need a truck in boston?
and why am i the round one?
you won round one, remember? but I guess this means I win round two.
I keep asking him the same question re: why a truck in Boston.
He still hasn't responded.
go for the silver one. (and ignore them - if you want it, get it)
dear surlygirl, have you ever been to boston? have you ever tried to park in boston with a regular sized car but can't because there are giant trucks everywhere carrying OH WAIT THEY'RE CARRYING NOTHING BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN BOSTON AND HAVE NOTHING TO CARRY EXCEPT THEIR GUCCI BAGS AND BIOLOGY 101 BOOKS.
trust me, this question seriously needs to be answered.
tom, i'm waiting for an answer. this could be round 3 for me.
not trying to spoil the fun...
but considering that gas may rise up to $3 a gallon in the foreseeable future, why not be environmentally friendly and get yourself a hybrid?
only thinking about your finances.
ok, I'm going to try and answer these in order:
1. adina - no one needs a truck in boston. for that matter no one needs a car either. public transportation in this city is second to none, except possibly nyc. [no complaining bout the mbta in these comments either...this post is about my truck]
2. kelly - see answer to #1. and answer to adina's follow-up question
3. surlygirl - no more of your grownup advice. I mean it.
4. adina - what are you kidding me? first of all, I DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY. I live in a house in the suburbs with a four-car driveway AND PLENTY OF STREET PARKING!
second. I do not, nor have I ever, had a gucci bag or bags. I do not, nor have I ever taken biology 101 or owned/borrowed/transported biology 101 books.
In addition, it's a compact truck. a small truck. And you'd love to drive one. I don't haul stuff all the time, but a truck's better than an suv for hauling firewood to the beach, or a new water heater for your uncle's cabin, or solar batteries, or whatever somebody needs you to haul to the beach.
5. rosy - I need a four-wheel drive vehicle. the only "affordable" hybrid is the ford escape, starting about eight thousand dollars more than I'd like to pay. Also, the colorado gets pretty respectable gas mileage, 20/25mpg with the 4-cylinder, manual transmission (though I'm probably going with the automatic 5-cylinder)
ok, keep the questions coming. also, anybody but samantha like the orange? :)
tom you are always taking me too seriously. i didn't mean YOU had a gucci bag. duh, you are so obviously a prada boy.
and of course you don't NEED it, you want it. but i can't understand why you'd want it.
let me try to explain this in a way you'll understand.
chicks don't dig guys with big trucks. maybe some chicks do - but those girls are probably more into guys in cowboy hats and boots and no offense but you probably look sort of definitely ridiculous in a cowboy hat (the accent wouldn't match the boots). chicks like guys who care about the earth not about their giant ego (that is satisfied by a giant truck). they also like guys who have money to spend on them, which wouldn't be you since you'd be spending all your money on the gas you need to truck all those things to the shore (which btw you can't even swim in because it is too cold because massachusetts water doesn't warm up ever. stupid massachusetts water).
oh and no truck is small. if you come across a truck that is "compact" then look again because they're charging you for a truck but giving you a car.
and all the good alcohol (and environmentally-savvy girls), that's all in boston. so you'll have to drive there. in your truck. and i imagine that you'll want to park your truck.
i'm just saving, you don't want chicks scoffing at your truck.
love, adina
Get the truck. Even get an orange truck. You are young enough and cute enough to pull it off.
if you must get a truck then my vote is silver or red, and manual not automatic.
to leverage adina's comment, trucks are very hard to get into. especially when you are wearing a skirt or heels. i would demand a sedan.
ok, in order:
A. - lindsay 1. that's not a bad nickname, but wouldn't Gerry the Pumpkin King be more appropriate? 2. I would like to get an apt. but I don't like paying for things I can't keep (this is also why I don't rent movies). 3. I probably believe you about boston v. ny trains, except the last time I tried taking the new york subway it cost me $60.00 plus tokens. on the other hand, I not only got a train ride but an amusing anecdote.
B. adina - I don't think I'm a prada boy either, chicks do dig guys with trucks, and with cowboy hats (which I'm totally going to buy in texas kelly don't let me forget), things get hauled to the beach not the shore, and nj wimps like you can't handle the water up here doesn't mean it's unswimmable it just means you're wimps.
C. mymomink - see, everybody? somebody else thinks I'm cute.
BAM
D. rosy - I don't wear skirts. I won't be getting red or silver (see samantha's "red" comment). I may go with yellow though. bright lemony-smiley-face yellow.
Bah! (*btw Tom, keep calling me old and see how long you get away with it - go ahead*)
Lots of chicks dig trucks - even card-carrying liberal ones that wouldn't ever dare date a cowboy. At least its more pratical than an SUV or a sports car. And as long as you get a truck with the boarding rails (or whatever the hell those things are called) any girl worth dating can crawl right up with a miniskirt and strappy sandals on without spilling or showing her stuff.
*ahem* (Just for the record, I'm also currently in the process of encouraging my husband to upgrade from his current 04 Ford Ranger to a 02 or 03 chevy crew cab. In Silver. So I already have most of these arguments in my hip pocket.)
Adina: I'm not from Boston, but I've been to the suburbs.
this is getting so heated, i love it.
rosy: i seriously love you.
mymomink: have you ever met tom in person? Because his cuteness in real life and his online cuteness are...they're different. especially his cuteness while trashed in your apartment for the umpteenth time - you really have to MEET him before throwing the CUTE word around.
surlygirl: maybe there are girls out there that are liberal and like trucks. but not in boston. and tom is a bostonite. and he will always be a bostonite. even if he buys a cowboy hat in texas (kelly you should definitely prevent that from happening).
tom: i'm not a wimp, i just know better warmer water when i feel it. and that water is in jersey. at the SHORE. i am totally coming up to boston and we can duke this out one on one. over a game of beirut. in my old apartment. i'm serious i'm driving up right now.
i am so glad i have no work to do today.
Tom - just don't be enjoying the whole "girls fighting over your interests" thing a little too much..
rosy: who doesn't?
mymomink: don't listen to adina. I'm totally cute. ok, listen to adina, she's always right about these things.
adina: it wasn't the "umpteenth" time, it happened at most eight times..maybe nine. certainly not "-teenth" anything. you weren't aroud long enough.
in addition I'm not saying jersey water isn't warm, or that it isn't that way due to radioactive chemicals or turnpike runoff or whatever, I'm just saying, if you can't handle the cold (wimps) get out of our ocean.
adina: it's bostonian
personal interests aside, since this was my field of study in school i just have to put this out there....
why a 4wd? do you live on a farm and need to haul livestock?
i still vote on some type of sedan. they may not be 4wd but they have all wheel drives in audi and subaru.
4wd vehicles pose a common and unnecessary risk to all road users. their centers of gravity are unstable and they provide a false sense of security to their drivers, who often use the size of their vehicle to make up for their lack of driving skills.
that being said, my vote from before still stands - silver with manual transmission.
No truck. It is stupid. It is a waste of money. You won't drive to to work. You won't drive it into Boston proper to visit friends.
So Tom, unless you plan to live your entire life in the suburbs, how often will you drive this thing?
You'd be better off finding an apartment, then finding an apartment that has reserved parking (if you can find that in Chicago, you can find it in Boston, so shut up).
Adina, no way in hell am I going to let him buy a cowboy hat.
All: I would like to point out that there is a fare sale from Boston to Dallas and Philly to Dallas (isn't someone in Philly?) on the weekend that Tom and John will be visiting me. Feel free to partake in the festivities, and help me prevent Tom from buying a cowboy hat. John is a total wimp, and I am way too short to handle this alone.
rosy, you are no longer allowed to comment. 1. I am an excellent driver and 2. the only way to get to the beach is in a 4wd vehicle. also, were I to get a sedan it would need to be awd and classy, like an audi a6, and those are way out of my price range.
kelly. after I buy a car my life will not be much different. I will still live in the suburbs, I will still take the train into work and to visit friends. the truck is for going to the beach, and for driving around in the snow. summer/winter also it's for taking road trips with one or two friends, or to visit one or two friends. and adina, you could come down to texas, it'll be great.
I'm totally buying a cowboy hat. a really expensive one. fifteen gallons.
i COULD come to dallas. kelly would be the first blog friend i would meet in person that i didn't already know.
there i said it. the people i meet through blog are my friends.
sob.
rosy did i ever tell you you're my hero? because you are. and you're hot. rawr.
well kids, that was fun. in summary - tom don't buy a truck or a cowboy hat. we like you the way you are (except the long hair HATE that). girls don't dig big trucks - they did guys with city apartments. even if you are renting - at least it's a place to shack up without billybobbytimmy banging down the door(there i said it again...just don't let your brothers read this comment).
time to drink with the dutch.
Adina, you should totally come to Dallas. It is only $169, and you'd totally have fun.
Plus, you know, 3 of us could make fun of Tom at the same time--does it get any better than that?
ok, here's my two cents. trucks are way cool. i am a truck girl myself. i would love nothing more than to drive a super huge full ton pickup around all day. however, there is nothing in my life to justify owning one. i have a ford escape. it's a smaller suv, gets the same gas mileage as a car, it's a little bigger so i can stuff it full of crap when i go camping...
if you do get the truck, don't get orange, for god's sake. or yellow. every time i see a yellow truck or car, i want to flag them down yelling 'TAXI!!!' i'm the same person that sees a middle aged man in a flashy sportscar and yells "nice car! sorry about your penis.." go with the silver. my preference would be black. (my escape, however, is lipstick-on-a-french-whore red.)
if i lived in boston, i would get the smallest car possible, just to make my life easier. then again, i'd look for a '67 eldorado too, just so i could run people over. before the escape, i had a subaru outback. that thing got great gas mileage, kicked ass in the snow, etc etc.. until it blew up. but seriously, it was a great car, and i hear they're making 6-cyl GT versions now, or if you want more fun, drive the WRX... those kick ass.
and while we're talking about cold water, i took a swin in the ocean this past weekend. in MAINE. how's that for ya?
nice. stella, you ain't evil. no way.
Colorados are really small trucks. Also, lane changing becomes more efficient because people in cars think you have a giant truck that's going to crush them, and they give you more space. :-p
Also, congrats on the new record Tom ;)
wow, I am gone for a week and Tom gets 26 comments.
Now I will offer my opinions:
The haircut is probably the most sensible thing you could get right now. Start with that.
If you don't plan on moving out (which I don't think you do) then get whatever car you can afford, b/c honestly, any car (any new and shiny and functional car, that is, even a truck - and yes, I do sometimes like trucks) is better than no car at all. Relying on public transportation to take you home on a Friday night is the last thing you, a drunken young professional, want to deal with.
That is all.
a drunken young unprofessional
-t
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