Patchouli

Should be sad, obviously. Probably slow. Thanks!

I got a block heater for it a few weeks ago, and that was helping, but now it won't start. It sounds like it's going to start but then it doesn't.

I have a 1983 mercedes 240D. It makes a bad noise and doesn't shift when I try to go from 2nd to 1st while it is moving. Any ideas as to why? It isn't really a problem, but I don't know if I should get it checked out or what.

Mine:

1. Uncle John's Band

2. Truckin'

3. Sugar Magnolia

4. Dire Wolf

5. The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)

6. Casey Jones

7. It Must Have Been The Roses

8. China Doll

9. Ripple

10. Shakedown Street

Do I need to take it to a Mercedes dealer, or can I just go to a regular key place?

What songs remind you of the book, or the character in it?

I am not quite done with the book, but I think that the song Young Pilgrims by The Shins reminds me of maybe Francisco D'Anconia. Thoughts?

The smell is so strong that anything I put in the trunk smells for days afterward. Also, it seems like it could be a sign of a problem. What do you think?

Links to sites with music would be much appreciated for a long car trip in a few weeks!

I need a voice that sounds like christopher columbus. Or really just anyone with a spanish accent that is a man.

I used to be an R&P regular a really long time ago. But then I got busy and discovered Facebook, so I have not really been around here much. So. Some fun, random, mostly musical questions to reaquaint myself with the section:

1. Have you changed your name recently? Would I remember you as something else?

2. Any fun things that happened around here in the past year or so that I should know about?

3. What was the last concert you went to?

4. What is your favorite book?

5. Are you going to any concerts in the near future?

6. What were the last 3 albums you bought?

7. Have you ever seen Fight Club? Did you like it?

8. What is your favorite band?

9. What kind of car do you drive? Or wish you did?

10. What is your favorite song to work out to?

11. Do you play an instrument?

12. How long have these weird, scary faces been the default avatar? They are far more frightening than the old white silhouettes. Which were actually sort of unsettling too I guess, but not as bad as the blank-looking smiley.

I just bought it and am listening to it for the very first time. Exciting!!

I have to get a friend a birthday present and can't get to a store....can I print out a card from AE or would I have to wait for it to come in the mail?

I just got a 1983 240D. It seems to be in really good shape except for a few minor cosmetic things, and seems to mostly work now that it has a new battery.

This morning when I tried to start it, it wouldn't start. It was very cold, I'm thinking maybe that had something to do with it. The owners manual said something about glow plugs...can someone explain what they are exactly and how to use them? I understand it has something to do with heating up the oil...

Also, was thinking a little bit about converting it to run on used restaurant oil. Anybody have any experience regarding that? I have a local restaurant that would be willing to give me oil.

And just out of curiosity...is it supposed to make a little "ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" noise when you open the door with the key in? It's kind of cute, haha.

I am arguing with an idiot and need stats.

Is the song about the Upton Sinclair book? It sounds like it could be...it almost fits...thoughts?

I noticed a few days ago that I am having a really hard time coming up with a band I like that is alive and touring. Suggestions?

The Soft Parade - The Doors

When I was back there in seminary school, there was a person there

Who put forth the proposition, that you can petition the lord with prayer

Petition the lord with prayer, petition the lord with prayer

You cannot petition the lord with prayer!

Can you give me sanctuary, I must find a place to hide, a place for me to hide

Can you find me soft asylum, I cant make it anymore, the man is at the door

Peppermint, miniskirts, chocolate candy, champion sax and a girl named sandy

Theres only four ways to get unraveled, one is to sleep and the other is travel, da da

One is a bandit up in the hills, one is to love your neighbor till

His wife gets home

Catacombs, nursery bones, winter women, growing stones

Carrying babies, to the river

Streets and shoes, avenues, leather riders

Selling news, the monk bought lunch

Ha ha, he bought a little, yes, he did, woo!

This is the best part of the trip, this is the trip, the best part

I really like, whatd he say? , yeah!, yeah, right!

Pretty good, huh, huh!, yeah, Im proud to be a part of this number

Successful hills are here to stay, everything must be this way

Gentle streets where people play, welcome to the soft parade

All our lives we sweat and save, building for a shallow grave

Must be something else we say, somehow to defend this place

Everything must be this way, everything must be this way, yeah

The soft parade has now begun, listen to the engines hum

People out to have some fun, a cobra on my left

Leopard on my right, yeah

The deer woman in a silk dress, girls with beads around their necks

Kiss the hunter of the green vest, who has wrestled before

With lions in the night

Out of sight!, the lights are getting brighter

The radio is moaning, calling to the dogs

There are still a few animals, left out in the yard

But its getting harder, to describe sailors, to the underfed

Tropic corridor, tropic treasure

What got us this far, to this mild equator?

We need someone or something new

Something else to get us through, yeah, cmon

Callin on the dogs, callin on the dogs

Oh, its gettin harder, callin on the dogs

Callin in the dogs, callin all the dogs, callin on the gods

You gotta meet me, too late, baby

Slay a few animals, at the crossroads, too late

All in the yard, but its gettin harder, by the crossroads

You gotta meet me, oh, were goin, were goin great

At the edge of town, tropic corridor, tropic treasure

Havin a good time, got to come along, what got us this far

To this mild equator? , outskirts of the city, you and i

We need someone new, somethin new, somethin else to get us through

Better bring your gun, better bring your gun

Tropic corridor, tropic treasure, were gonna ride and have some fun

When all else fails, we can whip the horses eyes

And make them sleep, and cry

Tell your interpretation of the song in general, or a few specific lines.