Lost_Warrior

I am now the proud owner of a 2006 Ford Focus SES ZX4! Yippee! It's a very dark metallic gray, very shiny and pretty. And it drives amazingly. Everything is adjustable, the seat is adjustable three ways, steering wheel, everything. I've never been so comfortable in any car (or so comfortable driving any car) as I am in this one. I actually drove all the way home by myself (and that is the first time I've ever driven alone) without feeling uncomfortable. We test drove two, one was a used black one from 2005 and the second one was this gray one. I got behind the wheel of this car and fell in *love*. Seriously. I had to have this car. The car ended up being $1000 more than was on the sticker because Ford changed the rebate. But my grandad managed to get them to pull some strings and get the price down some. Grr. But I have my baby. We left the dealership and I got to drive it home, but we got about a quarter of the way home and my grandad realized that we didn't have 1) the owners manual and 2) the spare key. So we had to go back. We got them and everything was fine though. After everyone spending about an hour examining the car, I drive home, my mom decides to follow me to make sure I make it home safely. and then she goes to the store. I get home fine, but don't have a house key. I realized it halfway home, then got to watch my mom drive by me waving happily while I have to sit on the porch and wait to get into my house I'll post a picture when I get around to getting them off my digital camara.

::laughs:: well that's what you get when you don't heed the Gods. Seriously, I believe in divination but it does lead to some funny instances in history. And some not so funny (as is the case with Caesar.) BTW did Caesar actually encounter a soothsayer on the way to being murdered or is that another invention of Shakespeare?

LOL

Oh, geez. What is this country coming to? "land of the free" my...donkey.

Thanks!

::smiles:: I am greatful, lol if it weren't for my gramps I probably would not get a car for years yet and when I did it would be an "old toady". I'm actually not getting an Escape now because it's much too expensive to ensure, and we decided against it. I'm likely going to end up with a Taurus, which I've driven before and really like the way it handles. Or a Focus. I've never driven a Focus, but they have better gas milage than a Taurus (according to MSN Auto and Consumer Guides). But the Focus is more expensive to ensure as well. We're going Monday to see what we can find, I may be getting a car Monday!! I can't wait!! Also, I only have to go to school on Wednesday of next week, then commencement is on Friday night. :sqeal:

This sounds pretty made up to me. If it happened it likely only happened *once* and I can't even pretend to be able to guess the circumstances behind it.

I thought this was the use of them in all periods, though I don't know exactly when the practice came into use, and from what I've seen it may have eventually died out towards the end of the Empire (but the only evidence I have of this last snippet is some pictures I've seen, nothing concrete and I can't guarantee its accuracy.) It does seem very practical though, nothing like the meelee of battle to find out that you cannot locate your commanding officer

The crest was mainly used on officers' helmets to make them easily identifiable to the troops in battle, and to give them an imposing figure.

I've cleaned them in Girl Scouts. But it was just cleaning. They didn't smell all THAT bad (relatively speaking) and the worst part was the enormous spiders. LOL yea, that would be quite the punishment. I can think of a way or two that could be used to completely eliminate the need for swimming in crap, but what fun would that be for the officers?

Lol yea I was totally born in the wrong time period. Seriously. I've gotten used to TV, computers, and radio, but I still won't talk on the phone if I can avoid it.