Singles Social Club: It's Always 5 o'clock here!

[nurse.darcy]

interesting thought since I wasn't there for the meet.. but hey I'll gladly take credit..

He was only slightly curious why you didn't want to participate in the article. Whatever. Since I already knew he was legit, I wasn't worried. Pete likes his non-sugarcoated article. . .

Pete's comment . . .REFRESHING.

Have fun my friends.

 

[MICKEY88]

He was only slightly curious why you didn't want to participate in the article. Whatever. Since I already knew he was legit, I wasn't worried. Pete likes his non-sugarcoated article. . .

Pete's comment . . .REFRESHING.

Have fun my friends.

I really don't care about the reporter, nor was I worried.


I was simply joking with my FRIEND DC, just as he was joking when he said I ruined the rep of the club..

 

[BACON]

Ahh, this is hard to answer without knowing what you are looking for, but Houston has so much to offer. Huge city... If you like the arts there are great shows and museums, there are great places to go nearby to get outdoors and enjoy nature, good nightlife. Good shopping (as you referenced)... What are you looking for, we can help guide you!

Huge city is an understatement to me. The amount of freeways toppling each other and separation between the areas was a huge shock. I wish I had more time to explore Memorial Park, as well as shop. My credit card got compromised somewhere between WDW and Houston.

However, it'll be a while until I make it back there (I'm working on going to WDW in January), but I'll post again here if I happen to return to your city.

 

[disneypryncess]

Happy Friday, everyone!
Can we start Happy Hour now? Drinks are on me.

 

[Mitzicat]

Happy Friday, everyone!
Can we start Happy Hour now? Drinks are on me.

I'm game! With the "threat" of snow in the forcast for tomorrow while I am running around in the woods of western Maryland trying to scare people...I need a good happy hour tonight!

Drink up everyone!

 

[DCTooTall]

Happy Friday, everyone!
Can we start Happy Hour now? Drinks are on me.

I think this group has a continuous Happy Hour..... at least if you believe the article.

I'm game! With the "threat" of snow in the forcast for tomorrow while I am running around in the woods of western Maryland trying to scare people...I need a good happy hour tonight!

Drink up everyone!

CHEERS!




freaking snow...... **grumblegrumblegrumble**

 

[MICKEY88]

I think this group has a continuous Happy Hour..... at least if you believe the article.





CHEERS!




freaking snow...... **grumblegrumblegrumble**

I guess you'll be finding out how the new car handles in the snow

 

[DCTooTall]

I guess you'll be finding out how the new car handles in the snow

NOT looking forward to it. I know it's a FWD vehicle, so it should handle decently.... the only issue is that currently the car has speed rated tires on it and I haven't gotten All Season/Winter tires for it yet. (was planning on AFTER the Disney Trip...)

Also... it is a stick, so that could be a good or bad thing. Thank god for the traction control it has.

 

[MICKEY88]

NOT looking forward to it. I know it's a FWD vehicle, so it should handle decently.... the only issue is that currently the car has speed rated tires on it and I haven't gotten All Season/Winter tires for it yet. (was planning on AFTER the Disney Trip...)

Also... it is a stick, so that could be a good or bad thing. Thank god for the traction control it has.

yikes, be careful..

I run snows, on mine, I figured if I was going to have 2 sets of tires, I might as well do that rather than all seasons for the winter..plus with too much power all seasons don't do the best of jobs in snowy conditions..

Firestone winterforce work great as do bridgestone blizzaks

 

[DCTooTall]

yikes, be careful..

I run snows, on mine, I figured if I was going to have 2 sets of tires, I might as well do that rather than all seasons for the winter..plus with too much power all seasons don't do the best of jobs in snowy conditions..

Firestone winterforce work great as do bridgestone blizzaks

bleh....

Why must winter tires be so expensive....

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireS...autoModel=TL&autoModClar=6-Speed Transmission

Also gotta figure out if I just want to swap tires on my existing wheels, or get a whole winter tire package...... and since I on average just drive maybe 30miles a day round trip, can I get away the cheapy tires ($130 -$150ish a tire) instead of the name brand ($180ish a tire)

 

[MICKEY88]

bleh....

Why must winter tires be so expensive....

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireS...autoModel=TL&autoModClar=6-Speed Transmission

Also gotta figure out if I just want to swap tires on my existing wheels, or get a whole winter tire package...... and since I on average just drive maybe 30miles a day round trip, can I get away the cheapy tires ($130 -$150ish a tire) instead of the name brand ($180ish a tire)

you should be able to drop sizes if you get cheap steel rims. no need for performance tires in winter, you shouldn't be driving fast anyways..

my summer/performance / factory tires,, are 245/45/18

those winter tires would be outrageous 230-300


dropping to 225/16/60 i can get blizzaks for 116

you just have to get the right combination so it doesn't thro off your speedometer..

blizzaks and winterforce, both have great ice ratings...

2 sets of rims is the way to go if you have a place to keep one set

 

[DCTooTall]

you should be able to drop sizes if you get cheap steel rims. no need for performance tires in winter, you shouldn't be driving fast anyways..

my summer/performance / factory tires,, are 245/45/18

those winter tires would be outrageous 230-300


dropping to 225/16/60 i can get blizzaks for 116

you just have to get the right combination so it doesn't thro off your speedometer..

blizzaks and winterforce, both have great ice ratings...

2 sets of rims is the way to go if you have a place to keep one set

Not sure I can shrink the rims. The front brakes are pretty large so I'd have to worry about clearance.

( manual transmission, so large front discs. )

 

[MICKEY88]

Not sure I can shrink the rims. The front brakes are pretty large so I'd have to worry about clearance.

( manual transmission, so large front discs. )

it should be doable, mine has larger brakes because of the performance package, it all depends on the offset of the wheels..

standard 300M's came with 17 inch rims,, Specials like mine came with 18 inch rims, 16's fit easily..

 

[DCTooTall]

it should be doable, mine has larger brakes because of the performance package, it all depends on the offset of the wheels..

standard 300M's came with 17 inch rims,, Specials like mine came with 18 inch rims, 16's fit easily..

AFAIK, All Acura TL's came with 17in rims. The Manual transmission ones like mine came with 17's but had larger brakes than the auto.

 

[MICKEY88]

Not sure I can shrink the rims. The front brakes are pretty large so I'd have to worry about clearance.

( manual transmission, so large front discs. )

Ok, looks like 17 is your limit

doing a comparison the GEneral Altimax Arctic, rates higher than the more expensive tires in a lot of categories, especially snow traction..even beats blizzaks in ice traction..

 

[DCTooTall]

Ok, looks like 17 is your limit

doing a comparison the GEneral Altimax Arctic, rates higher than the more expensive tires in a lot of categories, especially snow traction..even beats blizzaks in ice traction..

Watched the testing video.... think I may do that....AFTER Florida....preferably sometime in December. I'm hoping this snowstorm will be a fluke until later in the season.



Also.... Today sucked. So much for keeping tabs on the DIS today. Got stuck dealing with a national outage today. ugh...

 

[MICKEY88]

Watched the testing video.... think I may do that....AFTER Florida....preferably sometime in December. I'm hoping this snowstorm will be a fluke until later in the season.



Also.... Today sucked. So much for keeping tabs on the DIS today. Got stuck dealing with a national outage today. ugh...

my day sucked also except for the period from 5:00- 5:40, when I got to spend timewith Miss K.
now I'm back at work and will be here 'till about 8 ish...
then it's off to walmart, to stock up on diet coke, n some food, before the big storm hits...LOL
once again was going to go to the ren faire and they cancelled it for tommorrow due to the weatrher forecast,

so tomorrow will be working on wedding pics, drinking rum n diet or maybe rum, rum,rum,rum, n diet=
a shot of each...calico jack silver, calico jack spiced, seagrams citrus rum, seagrams raspberry rum. and some diet coke..
I call a double. a keelhauler, drink one of those in a short period of time and ya feel like you've been dragged under the ship..LOL

 

[Andrew015]

I hear you guys on the winter tire crisis. While my new ride is FWD, I'm thinking the Michelin All Season's are going to suck in the snow. Too much power, and the 18's are pretty wide to boot. My last ride (VW CC) had 17's that were the same width, and while it did pretty decent, there were some days that were downright scary, and the new ride has more power and bigger tires yet = not going in the right direction (literally)

I'm looking into some Blizzaks. Not sure what I'm doing - just tires or the complete package, but I need to do something. We had our first frost last night. Someone at work said it was snowing this morning, but nothing stuck In the meantime, I think the only thing to do is to drown my sorrows with some Capt. Morgan and pretend it's summer again.

 

[nurse.darcy]

Wow, snow in October for the Northeasterners. . .be careful out there. As for Friday, I was at church working the Rocktoberfest Harvest Party and am now at home enjoying a nice glass of Cab with a baguette and some brie cheese. Very enjoyable. Hope you all have a great weekend ahead. I have a date with my son tomorrow at Disney, and a date with my man at food and wine on Sunday. Should be a wonderful, Disney filled, weekend.

 

[Andrew015]

Wow, snow in October for the Northeasterners. . .be careful out there. As for Friday, I was at church working the Rocktoberfest Harvest Party and am now at home enjoying a nice glass of Cab with a baguette and some brie cheese. Very enjoyable. Hope you all have a great weekend ahead. I have a date with my son tomorrow at Disney, and a date with my man at food and wine on Sunday. Should be a wonderful, Disney filled, weekend.

Nothing stuck to the ground, so as far as I'm concerned, that doesn't count It won't be long, though!

Sounds like your weekend is off to a good start, and will only get better from here. I'm quite jealous, and wouldn't mind trolling around World Showcase for a little F&W myself! Hope you enjoy.