sorry about your grandma Tetra, I hope when my time comes I just check out like that and don't have to endure years of misery and sickness.
And now for something completely different...
My rosanne rosanadana remarks on calling shotgun when the thread gets 'flipped'. Why not call shotgun every new page? Why not call shotgun after midnite? When you take a trip, whoever has shotgun keeps it until the trip is over. You don't call shotgun after stopping at a gas station to refill the tank do you? And congratulating someone for "getting shotgun" is just so silly.
I mean, C'mon man!
Anyhow, I recall someone posting about 'shotgun' rules they came a cross.
I think there may be the 24 hour advance rule.
*** "When a trip is decided and several of the trip members are present, it is perfectly acceptable to call shotgun as long as it is within 24 hours of the start of the trip."
Using this rule, I am calling SHOTGUN for the weekender thread starting on July 30. Thank you for your heartfelt congratulations on my getting shotgun for this weekend in advance.