Is inflation back?

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If I had a limo driver, which exist now and are legal, I could do all that as well.

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:laughing: see I knew we weren’t too dissimilar

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Now that I wouldn’t do. I can hold onto a basic McDonald’s cheeseburger with the same hand I’m shifting with. Fries and shake are ingested in between shifting gears.

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Oh yeah, next time I’m in your area (east coast somewhere), we’ll grab a beer! My treat!
(But not takeout food to eat in the car while driving.)

Heck, I make sure I CAN steer with my thighs while test driving cars!

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I’ll buy the beers, you do the driving :beers:

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I’ll see if my buddy still has his Datsun 1600, with a stick. He might be over his mid-life crisis by now.

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You’re not the boss of me!!!

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So, you got yerself all burgered up , but not even a 6 pack of chicken nuggets for Echo??? :roll_eyes:

@Echo: bark twice if you need someone to call the ASPCA…

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You’re in my area now (west coast), where’s my beer?

But I don’t drink beer. I’ll take a shot.
Maybe a joint.

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San Diego is hosting a bunch of actuarials later this year. Just sayin’… :popcorn:

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I think it’s Starbucks who do puppachinnos

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And no mention of a puppachino either. Tsk, tsk, I am disappoint. :unamused:

@Echo: the next time Daddy is going poop, run into the bathroom and drop a ball at his feet for playtime!!! :+1:

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Huh? No.

Driving a manual transmission doesn’t just require extra attention during the two seconds that you’re changing gears. You’re also paying more attention the rest of the time as your brain listens to the sound of the engine and gauges how close you are to needing to shift.

But you can do that part at the same time as you’re eating French fries.

For that matter you can also do it while you’re driving an automatic transmission. But if you do, it will piss you off when the car inevitably shifts at a different point than you deem appropriate. So it’s generally better for your sanity if you don’t.

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Yeah, it’s easiest to eat the burger on the highway at full speed so you don’t have to shift. This isn’t strictly necessary, but it’s certainly easier.

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If by McDonalds you mean Wendy’s, and by same you mean different… then this.

Burger goes in the fingers of left hand (assuming North American car) while the palm rests on the steering wheel during shifting or getting fries / drink.

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This is definitely not where I expected this thread to go.

But, I will be back mid-August with an update on the next release of the CPI to try to derail the thread.

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:laughing:

Sorry!

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Burger goes between thumb and index (possibly 3rd finger too) of right hand while curling the 4th and 5th fingers around the gear shift. You can’t eat anything gloopy that will leak out of the bun while eating this way. It’s rare my left hand leaves the steering wheel.

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:oops:

Mod should change the thread title at this point.