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Post by **Teaos** » Thu May 15, 2008 8:01 am

Barclay was probably the most interesting second tier character in Trek.

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Thu May 15, 2008 10:12 am

Teaos wrote:Barclay was probably the most interesting second tier character in Trek.

Agreed. He was a good contrast to the really "normal", well-adjusted major characters on TNG. Unless everyone is on Prozac and Xanax in the 24th century, there would still be a lot of people with mental disorders.

Post by **Teaos** » Thu May 15, 2008 10:40 am

Maybe gene therapy gets rid of the big problems. Barclay was just odd.

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Thu May 15, 2008 10:58 am

Teaos wrote:Maybe gene therapy gets rid of the big problems. Barclay was just odd.

He was a paranoid obsessive-compulsive neurotic with mild asperger syndrome. Hardly small problems.

Post by **Teaos** » Thu May 15, 2008 11:04 am

Yeah but apart from that he's totally normal

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Thu May 15, 2008 11:10 am

Teaos wrote:Yeah but apart from that he's totally normal

As normal as most of us, at any rate.

Post by **Mikey** » Thu May 15, 2008 12:19 pm

Or more...

Dwight Schultz does seem to get the roles without both oars in the water, doesn't he?

Blackstar the Chakat · Thu May 15, 2008 2:48 pm

Hey, it occured to me while driving this morning, if British cars have the driver on the right side of the car, does that mean they have to shift with their left hand?

Post by **Teaos** » Thu May 15, 2008 2:50 pm

Yip. We do that here as well.

Post by **Mikey** » Thu May 15, 2008 5:35 pm

ChakatBlackstar wrote:Hey, it occured to me while driving this morning, if British cars have the driver on the right side of the car, does that mean they have to shift with their left hand?

Not all - some of them probably have automatic transmissions.

Blackstar the Chakat · Fri May 16, 2008 7:40 pm

Mikey wrote:
ChakatBlackstar wrote:Hey, it occured to me while driving this morning, if British cars have the driver on the right side of the car, does that mean they have to shift with their left hand?
Not all - some of them probably have automatic transmissions.

but the shifter would still be on the left hand side. Unless it's on the steering column like in my mom's mini-van. I really hate that van...

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Fri May 16, 2008 8:42 pm

ChakatBlackstar wrote:but the shifter would still be on the left hand side. Unless it's on the steering column like in my mom's mini-van. I really hate that van...

Ug. Flappy paddle gearboxes.

As for changing gear left handed, what's the problem? I'd say it's a lot safer than taking your dominant hand off the wheel.

Blackstar the Chakat · Fri May 16, 2008 8:45 pm

Captain Seafort wrote:
ChakatBlackstar wrote:but the shifter would still be on the left hand side. Unless it's on the steering column like in my mom's mini-van. I really hate that van...
Ug. Flappy paddle gearboxes.

As for changing gear left handed, what's the problem? I'd say it's a lot safer than taking your dominant hand off the wheel.

What about the E-brake or even the gas and break peddles? Are those backwards too?

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Fri May 16, 2008 8:48 pm

ChakatBlackstar wrote:What about the E-brake

The what?

or even the gas and break peddles? Are those backwards too?

The clutch is on the left, the brake's in the middle and the accelerator's on the right.

Post by **Mikey** » Fri May 16, 2008 8:52 pm

E-brake is shorthand for emergency brake or parking brake. You know, the one you use to do a bootlegger reverse?

You know what's weird? There are two completely different animals, called "groundhog" and "aardvark;" but aardvark translates as "earth pig."