December 15, 2012
— CDR M
Forget the Mayans, Isaac Newton Had His Own End Of The World Prediction. In 2060. So you still have time to do whatever you need to. That is unless the Mayans were correct. Then you're screwed. Here's Why You're Going To Die In The Apocalypse.
1. The only food that can survive an apocalypse has been discontinued.
10 Common Items That Were Invented By Accident. Is the Slinky really considered a common item?
Vulcanized Rubber: Charles Goodyear had spent ages trying to find a way to make rubber resistant to heat and cold. After a number of failed attempts, he finally stumbled across a mixture that worked. Before turning out the lights one evening, he accidentally spilled some rubber, sulfur, and lead onto a stove resulting in a mixture that charred and hardened but could still be used.
Hockey
You know, if the NHL lockout continues, I just might have to give The Bikini Hockey League a shot.
Car Mileage
Is 200,000 Miles On Your Car The New Normal? I'd say yes. I didn't hit 200,000 on my last car but it was 14 years old and starting to cost some money to keep running so I'm driving a new 2013 Nissan Altima SL now. Like it so far. 36.5 MPG is mighty nice too. So how long are you guys gonna drive your current cars? What type of repair would make you buy a new one?
A little Christmas Video
Models should probably stick to modeling and leave the singin' to the pros. Entertaining nonetheless.
Happy Birthday History
Hmmm. I had no idea that It's Illegal To Sing 'Happy Birthday' In Public. I always wondered why chain restaurants never sang 'Happy Birthday' but instead sang something else.
There are about a million other confusing transactions in the story, but those are the basic facts, and why “Happy Birthday” is copyrighted; in fact, according to Snopes, the song brings in roughly $2 million in royalties annually for Warner.
Booze Study
Men Think They're More Attractive The More They Drink. Well no shit Sherlock. And the women look hotter too and you do stupid shit when you're drunk. I can't believe people spend money on studies like this.
Canoes
Before there were car backseats, there was the canoe. The Delightfully Sinful History Of Canoes.
Kitteh Video
Ready? Fight!
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Posted by: It's dialectic; boogy woogy at December 15, 2012 05:53 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: logprof at December 15, 2012 05:53 PM (LMgaP)
OK, dragging in from last thread:
Report: House Speaker Boehner proposes higher taxes for millionaires, Obama declines but talks continue - @AP __ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ __ __
wut?
Posted by: Meremortal, time to slutdrop the GOPe at December 15, 2012 05:54 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: no good deed at December 15, 2012 05:57 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: Greecefornia Obamaphone Owner at December 15, 2012 05:57 PM (I+Z9T)
Sharp elbows can be mighty dangerous in hockey, I hope the boobehs make good padding when checked on the boards
Posted by: kbdabear at December 15, 2012 05:59 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Palandine[/i] at December 15, 2012 05:59 PM (g7D8V)
Wasn't the potato chip invented/discovered by accident?
I think it was a spite thing. A customer complained that the potatoes weren't cut thin enough so the chef sliced them super thin out of spite. Or something.
Posted by: katya the designated driver at December 15, 2012 05:59 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 15, 2012 09:59 PM (wwsoB)
I wonder if the fighting is any good?
Posted by: CDR M at December 15, 2012 06:00 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: fluffy at December 15, 2012 06:00 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: CDR M at December 15, 2012 10:00 PM
Bikini hockey with catfights?
DAMN !!!!
Posted by: kbdabear at December 15, 2012 06:02 PM (wwsoB)
Report: House Speaker Boehner proposes higher taxes for millionaires,
Obama declines but talks continue - @AP __ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ __ __
Now wait a minute....wut?
Remember when we were a representative republic and these sorts of issues used to be discussed on the record, in public, by Congress, instead of by cronies behind locked doors?
Good times, good times...
Posted by: Palandine[/i] at December 15, 2012 06:02 PM (g7D8V)
Posted by: CDR M at December 15, 2012 10:00 PM
It is if they make out when it's over
Posted by: kbdabear at December 15, 2012 06:03 PM (wwsoB)
I wonder if the fighting is any good?
Fighting earns both contestants five minutes in the jello pool.
Posted by: Alex at December 15, 2012 06:03 PM (o1kXv)
'sup, windowlickers?
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Considering waiting until after March Madness. at December 15, 2012 06:03 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: It's dialectic; boogy woogy at December 15, 2012 06:03 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: Kalneva at December 15, 2012 06:04 PM (S+/pH)
http://purpleavenger.blogspot.com/2012/12/bjs-data.html
There's some interesting stuff there about prosecutions for prohibited persons trying to buy a gun. Obama ain't looking so good compared to Bush. In fact, the whole thing looks shamefully lax even under Bush.
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2012 06:05 PM (G0eua)
Posted by: Lurking Canuck at December 15, 2012 06:05 PM (0WLla)
from Politico via Drudge
Fiscal cliff talks: Speaker John Boehner pitches millionaire tax hike
Just the tip...
Posted by: T.Hunter at December 15, 2012 06:07 PM (EZl54)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 15, 2012 06:07 PM (jucos)
Of course, if I blow a tranny, MrsCaniac will probably divorce me.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 15, 2012 06:07 PM (Zd/NW)
Toyota Corollas, Honda Civics, Nissan Sentras, Subaru Imprezas, Hyundai Accents
Volvos are just getting broken in at 200K miles. I think the Scandis built them to withstand the apocalypse
Posted by: kbdabear at December 15, 2012 06:08 PM (wwsoB)
One where parts were unavailable or so expensive a new car would be cheaper.
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2012 06:09 PM (G0eua)
Posted by: ErikW on the damned phone at December 15, 2012 06:09 PM (0WOz6)
Posted by: Peaches at December 15, 2012 06:10 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 15, 2012 06:10 PM (jucos)
I wonder if the fighting is any good?
*Tweet!* Two minutes in the box for *cues DJ voice* Excessive Sexiness!
Errr...make that one minute.
Posted by: Lurking Canuck at December 15, 2012 06:11 PM (0WLla)
Posted by: Butters at December 15, 2012 06:11 PM (NIZHJ)
Posted by: Walkers! at December 15, 2012 06:11 PM (jWwDJ)
Posted by: Fancy Lads Snack Cakes at December 15, 2012 06:11 PM (SiF4n)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 15, 2012 06:12 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: The Savage Hordes of Bentonville at December 15, 2012 06:12 PM (NIZHJ)
Posted by: Truman North (D) at December 15, 2012 06:12 PM (w+hCD)
Posted by: CDR M at December 15, 2012 10:00 PM (dKV5k)
In real hockey fights if you pull the other fighter's sweater over his head, it gives you an advantage. If they pull the bra over the head of the other ones, the sound of zippers being pulled down would be deafening.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 15, 2012 06:12 PM (Zd/NW)
Wait, the NHL is still a thing?
Posted by: fluffy, Twinky hoarder at December 15, 2012 06:13 PM (z9HTb)
I'm not sure how good they are at hockey, but they sure do have a nice grip on those shafts!
*rimshot!* Try the veal!
Posted by: Lurking Canuck at December 15, 2012 06:13 PM (0WLla)
Posted by: sophistahick at December 15, 2012 06:14 PM (91TGs)
Had to replace the engine and the suspension. I don't know of any other 3rd gen Firebird or Camaro that made it to 150K, they weren't exactly well built
Posted by: kbdabear at December 15, 2012 06:14 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: kbdabear
Ford bought Volvo in 1999, who just sold it to the Chinese in 2010. The quality declined significantly after the '99 acquisition. Mysteriously.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 15, 2012 06:14 PM (TtXjG)
Posted by: It's dialectic; boogy woogy at December 15, 2012 06:14 PM (I88Jc)
1994 Camry with 100k. Will buy again when it stops moving. Posted by: Walkers! at December 15, 2012 10:11 PM
94 Camry with only 100k? You'll have that one quite a while with just minor parts to replace for a very long time
Posted by: kbdabear at December 15, 2012 06:16 PM (wwsoB)
Well, there does your Horde membership.
Posted by: boulder hobo at December 15, 2012 06:16 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: elizabethe at December 15, 2012 06:16 PM (xzxDr)
Posted by: ErikW on the damned phone at December 15, 2012 06:17 PM (0WOz6)
Posted by: Truman North (D) at December 15, 2012 06:17 PM (w+hCD)
The hell you say!
Posted by: Reinstated UAW Employees at December 15, 2012 06:17 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: sophistahick at December 15, 2012 10:14 PM (91TGs)
One does have to be mobile. I was going to have to put too much money in my old car to keep it running. I can go 600 miles on a tank on my new one. Perfect for getting out of dodge and going long before having to stop for gas.
Posted by: CDR M at December 15, 2012 06:17 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: Ronster at December 15, 2012 06:17 PM (JgkPs)
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2012 10:09 PM (G0eua)
And another reason to hate Obama, "Cash for Clunkers". This past year I had to replace a part on my seat that had broken, a repair that was needed to pass state inspection. Mopar no longer makes the part, and thanks to cash for clunkers, no junk yards had the part either. A part my repair guy said used to cost 75 bucks cost me $300 on eBay. So many cars that would have gotten scavenged for parts were just shredded up so that Obama could pay off the UAW.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 15, 2012 06:18 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 15, 2012 06:18 PM (0fxcV)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, still a Hobbit at December 15, 2012 06:18 PM (wbeNt)
That's my rule as well. At that point, you're starting the downhill slope towards even more expensive repairs.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Considering waiting until after March Madness. at December 15, 2012 06:18 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Truman North (D) at December 15, 2012 06:18 PM (w+hCD)
Posted by: buzzion at December 15, 2012 06:19 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 15, 2012 06:19 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: The Savage Hordes of Bentonville at December 15, 2012 06:20 PM (NIZHJ)
Posted by: kalneva at December 15, 2012 06:20 PM (S+/pH)
Posted by: EC at December 15, 2012 06:20 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: elizabethe at December 15, 2012 06:20 PM (xzxDr)
Posted by: CDR M at December 15, 2012 06:21 PM (dKV5k)
*rocks back and forth in the fetal positon*
Posted by: It's dialectic; boogy woogy at December 15, 2012 10:03 PM (I88Jc)
If this van's a rockin', don't come knockin'.
Posted by: Frank Costanza at December 15, 2012 06:21 PM (nZvGM)
Posted by: Thorvald at December 15, 2012 06:21 PM (fS2Sn)
They're so simply built and easy to fix, I imagine you could get a million miles out of one
Posted by: kbdabear at December 15, 2012 06:21 PM (wwsoB)
They had ten years. Fuck 'em.
Posted by: ErikW on the damned phone at December 15, 2012 10:17 PM (0WOz6)
To be fair, at least you aren't Toronto.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 15, 2012 06:22 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Truman North (D) at December 15, 2012 06:23 PM (w+hCD)
Posted by: kalneva at December 15, 2012 06:23 PM (S+/pH)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 06:23 PM (XDC0v)
I can't remember where I saw it, but I do believe the new Mercedes are built in such a way that it is impossible to change your own oil.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Considering waiting until after March Madness. at December 15, 2012 06:24 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Admiral Akbar at December 15, 2012 06:24 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Molly k. at December 15, 2012 06:25 PM (9Cfw6)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 15, 2012 06:25 PM (piMMO)
I want to get it to 160K anyway.
Posted by: Truman North (D) at December 15, 2012 10:18 PM
Subaru Forrester or Outback?
http://tinyurl.com/ckluult
Posted by: kbdabear at December 15, 2012 06:25 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Butters at December 15, 2012 06:26 PM (NIZHJ)
Posted by: Sho Nuff at December 15, 2012 06:26 PM (jo0fs)
Posted by: no good deed at December 15, 2012 06:26 PM (mjR67)
We are a Honda family. My wife has a 2004 Pilot, 140,000 miles, I have an Acura MDX, 2008 with 100,000 miles. We were looking at a 2012 Civic Hybrid this morning to replace the Pilot and go from 20 mpg to 44.
Posted by: AndrewsDad at December 15, 2012 06:27 PM (vYJuY)
I have become a believer in synthetic oil. I now run MobilOne in every thing I own and the only engine problem I ever had was back when I was still running conventional oil. The cost difference is noticeable, but well within the reasonable range especially as I really think it increases engine life.
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 15, 2012 06:28 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: whiskey tango at December 15, 2012 06:28 PM (JvP2I)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Considering waiting until after March Madness.
Probably true. I guess if you can afford a Mercedes, you can afford to pay for an oil change.
Posted by: Ronster at December 15, 2012 06:28 PM (JgkPs)
Posted by: kalneva at December 15, 2012 06:28 PM (S+/pH)
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 15, 2012 06:29 PM (0fxcV)
Posted by: Whatev at December 15, 2012 06:29 PM (2t6Gz)
Posted by: Butters at December 15, 2012 06:29 PM (NIZHJ)
I see E-85 as a huge bonanza for tort lawyers.
Posted by: kbdabear at December 15, 2012 06:29 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: fluffy at December 15, 2012 06:30 PM (z9HTb)
spam. Just testing, I have had 4 comments rejected saying something to the effect that I am a spammer.
Posted by: Molly k. at December 15, 2012 10:25 PM (9Cfw6)
Were you trying to sell us lace wigs? Or machines?
Posted by: somebody else, not me at December 15, 2012 06:30 PM (nZvGM)
Posted by: Sho Nuff at December 15, 2012 10:26 PM (jo0fs)
Hahaha--you effed up. You trusted us!
Posted by: Karl Rover at December 15, 2012 06:30 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 15, 2012 06:31 PM (5B5zZ)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 15, 2012 06:31 PM (piMMO)
The Dodges and Plymouths that came with them? If you got 50K out of them I think Chrysler sent the marketing guys to your house
Posted by: kbdabear at December 15, 2012 06:32 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: fluffy at December 15, 2012 06:32 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: EC at December 15, 2012 06:32 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 15, 2012 06:32 PM (piMMO)
We're buying new next year to avoid the 'black box' Obama is gifting us with.
Re: boxing kitteh - he keeps looking at the camera and saying, "Get this kid the heck out of my face. Seriously. Do something."
Posted by: Pentangle at December 15, 2012 06:32 PM (fEkwe)
Posted by: Ronster at December 15, 2012 06:32 PM (JgkPs)
Posted by: It's dialectic; boogy woogy at December 15, 2012 06:32 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: Butters at December 15, 2012 06:32 PM (NIZHJ)
Posted by: whiskey tango at December 15, 2012 06:33 PM (JvP2I)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 15, 2012 06:33 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Molly k. at December 15, 2012 10:25 PM (9Cfw6
Are you trying to talk about a car? Is it a particular Chevy SUV that starts with the letters Bla, and end in zer?
Certain words are in the spam filter and using them in a comment will get the comment rejected.
Posted by: buzzion at December 15, 2012 06:33 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Whatev at December 15, 2012 06:34 PM (2t6Gz)
101Molly K, were you trying to paste in a link that still looked 'live'?........
...............
I didn't try to paste a thing!! Or try to sell anything for that matter. Let's just say whoever runs the spam detector must be a Ravens fan...
Posted by: Molly k. at December 15, 2012 06:34 PM (9Cfw6)
Another advantage of synthetic is the extended mileage between oil changes. I still try for 5000, but if things are too frantic, 6000 to 7000 in a pinch and I don't feel too bad.
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 15, 2012 06:34 PM (Cnqmv)
Flo is a statist bitch
Posted by: kbdabear at December 15, 2012 06:35 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: It's dialectic; boogy woogy at December 15, 2012 06:35 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: Ronster at December 15, 2012 06:36 PM (JgkPs)
I'm gonna try a few words I used to see if they get past the spam moniter
Baby mamma
Domestic violence
I'm sure this will end well
Posted by: Molly k. at December 15, 2012 06:36 PM (9Cfw6)
Posted by: Baldy at December 15, 2012 06:37 PM (opS9C)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 15, 2012 06:37 PM (yiIja)
drivin' it until it dies, man. Until it's as dead as me
Posted by: Zombie Slim Whitman at December 15, 2012 06:37 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: boulder hobo at December 15, 2012 06:38 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 15, 2012 06:38 PM (GEICT)
Mopars never had good suspensions in them. I had a Road Runner and a Demon that would go out of alignment if you so much as ran over a pebble. I finally decided that if it was close enough to steer, it was cheaper to buy tires than to keep taking it to the front end shop
Posted by: kbdabear at December 15, 2012 06:38 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Molly k. at December 15, 2012 06:39 PM (9Cfw6)
On anything with a turbocharger, for sure. The synth won't polymerize more as its fed to the turbo shaft bearings.
If its a car that sits for extended periods, maybe no. The synth PAG oils are more prone to absorbing moisture than dead dinosaur oils. Anything run with some regularity on synth will boil out any minimal condensation and/or absorbed stuff after a few minutes of running.
I've seen stuff rust even when its run with the pricy Klotz synths if it sits for a long time in a humid environment.
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2012 06:39 PM (G0eua)
Posted by: helofixer at December 15, 2012 06:39 PM (1q5k5)
I think I see your problem. You need a flush an occasional F-bomb, just to keep the fucking pipes clean.
Basic fucking maintenance :--)
Posted by: fluffy at December 15, 2012 06:39 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 15, 2012 06:40 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 15, 2012 06:41 PM (bxiXv)
Terrell Suggs
Posted by: Molly k. at December 15, 2012 10:37 PM (9Cfw6)
That's likely the problem. See there is a certain boot out there that used to get spam here to sell that looks a lot like his last name minus the first S. So sometimes the spam filter will identify that as spam.
Posted by: buzzion at December 15, 2012 06:41 PM (GULKT)
"What type of repair would make you buy a new one?"
Well, we finally broke down and got new vehichles when both the oil and anti-freeze (?) in the Tempo had been leaking for some time and the driver's seat back had had to be propped up with a board for over a year. Mostly we were afraid we couldn't drive it back off the dealer's lot. But it was given to us and we'd driven it about seven years. When the fourth baby was born we also got a 20 year-old van (for cash) but only drove it about 2 years because the King-pins could no longer be aligned.
Both current vehichles have been paid off two years and have needed some repairs, but by G-d, I'm not changing until I absolutely have to. After all, eight-seat minivans don't grow on trees.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, still a Hobbit at December 15, 2012 06:41 PM (wbeNt)
Posted by: elizabethe at December 15, 2012 06:41 PM (xzxDr)
I looked at buying an Eclipse a few years ago at an auction. No frigging leg room with a stick shift and I have a bad back, in L.A. traffic?
Not much arm room either. If I was driving one with a woman in the passenger seat, her boobs would have been sore just from getting bumped every time I shifted
Posted by: kbdabear at December 15, 2012 06:42 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: kalneva at December 15, 2012 06:43 PM (S+/pH)
Posted by: Baldy at December 15, 2012 06:43 PM (opS9C)
Posted by: Butters at December 15, 2012 06:44 PM (NIZHJ)
The synth oil itself is good for 100k+. Its the crappy filters that get farkled. A high-flow micron range filter (very pricy $100+) would allow for going 100k between changes.
Mobil wanted to advertise Mobil 1 as a 100k oil, but when they found out what a 100k filter would cost (prototypes that worked were actually contracted for and designed and built) they gave up on the idea.
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2012 06:44 PM (G0eua)
Posted by: CarolT at December 15, 2012 06:44 PM (z4WKX)
What year and which engine? Posted by: Ronster at December 15, 2012 10:41 PM
Road Runner was a 1969 with the 383 4 bbl with the 440 heads and a 4 speed
Demon was a 1972 with a 340 4bbl with the Torqueflite
I loved the 340 engine, everything else was barely scrap metal worthy even when it was new
Posted by: kbdabear at December 15, 2012 06:45 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at December 15, 2012 06:45 PM (NzBQO)
Posted by: Butters at December 15, 2012 10:42 PM (NIZHJ)
Drop the boots and just stick an S on the end of the first word and you'll see.
Posted by: buzzion at December 15, 2012 06:45 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Baldy at December 15, 2012 10:37 PM (opS9C)
Not at all too soon to make the gun shot ruling, but the semi auto rifle fire is a bit of political posturing.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 15, 2012 06:45 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Baldy at December 15, 2012 06:45 PM (opS9C)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 15, 2012 06:46 PM (JMmQ9)
It was from a legendary banning back in the summer of 2009
Posted by: kbdabear at December 15, 2012 06:46 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 15, 2012 10:42 PM (wwsoB)
Go with the younger ladies. Their boobehs don't hang that low.
Posted by: Ronster at December 15, 2012 06:46 PM (JgkPs)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at December 15, 2012 06:46 PM (NzBQO)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 15, 2012 06:47 PM (yiIja)
Posted by: Tobacco Road, stuck in the ditch at December 15, 2012 06:47 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2012 10:44 PM (G0eua)
Sounds like a great factory installed option for a new car. $100 for the filter would be lost in the noise, and I'd be willing to let the dealer change the oil at 100 kmiles.
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 15, 2012 06:47 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Baldy at December 15, 2012 10:37 PM (opS9C)
I had exactly the same reaction.
.223 vs. .357 in tissue and bone? I doubt he can say with any certainty whether they were all the rifle.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 15, 2012 06:47 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 15, 2012 06:47 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Baldy at December 15, 2012 06:47 PM (opS9C)
Posted by: Tobacco Road, stuck in the ditch at December 15, 2012 06:48 PM (4Mv1T)
Contrary to popular belief, Twinkies do not have the shelf life of gravel. The modern Twinkie is baked in 190-foot-long ovens operating around the clock. The Continental Baking Company forecasts sales and delivers only a few daysÂ’ supply. (Demand is remarkably stable. If youÂ’ve got a Twinkies monkey on your back, heÂ’s on a short leash.) Twinkies are discarded if they donÂ’t sell in four days.
I especially like the line about the monkey.
Posted by: Splunge at December 15, 2012 06:48 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 06:49 PM (XDC0v)
I love my car, 91,000 miles still running like new. I crunched the numbers though and even owning it 10 years, leasing would have still been cheaper a month. I'm basically gonna have to own it 20 years before I come out ahead.
Unless you plan on keeping the car for decades, is there really any benefit to owning over leasing?
Posted by: Christina Hendricks's Mighty Jugs Are Now Decorated For Christmas at December 15, 2012 06:49 PM (+AV7H)
Road Runner was a 1969 with the 383 4 bbl with the 440 heads and a 4 speed
Wife bought a new '68 Super Bee with same engine and tranny. We still have it, but I tore it down to a million pieces. Don't know if I'll ever get it back together.
Posted by: Ronster at December 15, 2012 06:51 PM (JgkPs)
True enough, but some of the domestic makers' dealers will make your life about as expensive if you trust them to do your service, which you shouldn't. Lots of great independents out there if you can locate them.
Posted by: Splunge at December 15, 2012 06:51 PM (2IW5Q)
250k on the Dodge Ram with religious lil changes; every 5-6k miles. Pulls a 21' sailboat from the water like its nothing and still gets the same mileage it did when it was new.
I run Amsoil in the hog and it makes a huge difference. Shifts and runs quieter and runs cooler in the summer.
The single most important thing you can do to prolong the life of your vehicles is the scheduled maintenance.
Posted by: crotcheyoldjarhead at December 15, 2012 06:52 PM (QeXG/)
baked in 190-foot-long ovens operating around
the clock. The Continental Baking Company forecasts
sales and delivers only a few daysÂ’ supply.
Demand is remarkably stable.
Cash cow, Baby!
Posted by: IBCTG union at December 15, 2012 06:52 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Butters at December 15, 2012 06:52 PM (NIZHJ)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 15, 2012 06:53 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Lazarus at December 15, 2012 06:54 PM (q4ggw)
Posted by: fluffy at December 15, 2012 10:32 PM
They're pretty sturdy and always have a high safety rating, they're roomy and comfy too. Good quality interiors, not the cheap ass plastics that GM cars are cursed with
If she's into speed, it's not going to float her boat, although they have more power than they used to.
Posted by: kbdabear at December 15, 2012 06:54 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: kalneva at December 15, 2012 10:43 PM (S+/pH)
Several years ago, a moron with that name used to post here. He had a habit of getting into the cups, and one night he did and decided the Head Ewok needed to have some fucking knowledge put on him. Ace banned him. Several days later he decides to post from a friend's computer. Ace reminds him to get the fuck out. He doesn't, decides to doubledown, and gets into it again with Ace, on a Saturday night. Ace not only bans him, but makes even his name banned.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 15, 2012 06:54 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Tobacco Road, stuck in the ditch at December 15, 2012 06:54 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 15, 2012 06:54 PM (83wHT)
Now that guy got BANNED !!!
Posted by: George Costanza at December 15, 2012 06:55 PM (wwsoB)
IBCTG union at December 15, 2012 10:52 PM (z9HTb)
We milked it and milked it and then it died. Not sure what happened there.
Posted by: Teamsters Local 982, Brotherhood of Snack Conveyers at December 15, 2012 06:55 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: CarolT at December 15, 2012 06:55 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Christina Hendricks's Mighty Jugs Are Now Decorated For Christmas at December 15, 2012 10:49 PM (+AV7H)
Might depend on how much driving you do. Don't leases typically have a yearly mileage limit that you're not supposed to go over?
Posted by: buzzion at December 15, 2012 06:55 PM (GULKT)
1.) Don't buy a new car. Let some other sucker take the immediate depreciation hit driving it off the lot;
2.) Make sure when you can see the front end of the car from the driver's seat;
3.) Make sure you can see out your right window when you have a passenger in the front;
4.) Make sure you can see around the rear columns (which is becoming impossible in most vehicles nowadays0;
5.) Air conditioning vents in the back are helpful if you ever have passengers/dogs riding in the back; and
6.) Don't buy a car that incurs $3,000 or higher in damage when accidentally hitting a parking bumper at idling speed because the front end is too low.
Posted by: Professor Marius von Totenkopf (formerly Hoss Fuentes) at December 15, 2012 06:56 PM (aozUR)
Posted by: boulder hobo at December 15, 2012 06:56 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 06:56 PM (XDC0v)
These days, yea, it would be. 20 years ago I guess it seemed prohibitive. The filter system my friend designed for Mobil was interesting. A huge glob of very fine stainless steel mesh that started out about the size of a cubic yard and then got squashed down to filter size. It was micron grade and had huge internal trapping surface are so it wouldn't clog easily.
My own personal drill on a brand new or rebuilt engine is dead dinosaur oil for the first 5-10 minutes of running, then drain the oil and a filter swap. After 5-10 minutes the old oil is gonna come out looking like metallic paint there so much metal in it. Do that again after a week or so and switch to synth. The dead dino oils seem to promote initial breakin and ring seating a bit better.
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2012 06:56 PM (G0eua)
Posted by: It's dialectic; boogy woogy at December 15, 2012 06:56 PM (I88Jc)
I was joking about them being on your list of lesmobiles.
She perceives it as an anti-status symbol, or something.
Posted by: fluffy at December 15, 2012 06:57 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Tobacco Road, stuck in the ditch at December 15, 2012 06:57 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 15, 2012 06:57 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: wte9 at December 15, 2012 06:57 PM (6Tcdo)
Posted by: Ben Ghazzi at December 15, 2012 06:57 PM (j2YuD)
Posted by: Eddie Murphy at December 15, 2012 06:57 PM (2075p)
Posted by: CarolT at December 15, 2012 06:57 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2012 06:57 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 06:58 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Isaac Newton at December 15, 2012 06:58 PM (NIZHJ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 15, 2012 06:58 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: ErikW on the damned phone at December 15, 2012 06:58 PM (0WOz6)
Posted by: CDR M at December 15, 2012 06:59 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: t-bird at December 15, 2012 06:59 PM (FcR7P)
How often will I need to have it repaired?
Can I drive it to San Francisco?
Posted by: Annoying Hipster Artist at December 15, 2012 06:59 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2012 06:59 PM (LUnTP)
Just in case the law wants to stop your car. Public safety and all that.
And a GPS of course. So they won't have to go to the trouble of having to plant one on the frame to track you.
It will take about 10 years to turnover the majority of vehicles but by 2030, the gov will be able tell you when, where and how you may drive your car. And you won't be able to do squat about it.
It is a privilege you know.
/tinfoil hat off
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka Ol' 3 tooth) at December 15, 2012 06:59 PM (3E2th)
The only reason to lease a car is, well I can't think of one.
You pay for the car and after the lease is up and you still want the vehicle, you have to pay for it again.
I could be wrong.
Posted by: Ronster at December 15, 2012 07:00 PM (JgkPs)
Posted by: Eddie Murphy at December 15, 2012 10:57 PM (2075p)
Nope, it was your choice of movie roles that did that.
Posted by: buzzion at December 15, 2012 07:00 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: CarolT at December 15, 2012 07:00 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Kalneva at December 15, 2012 07:00 PM (S+/pH)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 07:00 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 10:56 PM (XDC0v)
I would think it has more to do with what casings and fragments have been recovered.
Posted by: somebody else, not me at December 15, 2012 07:02 PM (nZvGM)
Posted by: Eddie Murphy at December 15, 2012 10:57 PM (2075p)
yeah even if you have an open marriage some things are a little beyond the pale.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 10:58 PM (Z9EHQ)
Huge difference between blowing a tranny and getting blown by a tranny. Huge.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 15, 2012 07:02 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 15, 2012 07:02 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 07:02 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 07:03 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 07:04 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 15, 2012 10:07 PM (Zd/NW)
Someone talking about me?
Posted by: Sandra (That's a Man, Baby) Fluke at December 15, 2012 07:04 PM (3E2th)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 07:05 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2012 07:05 PM (G0eua)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 11:00 PM (Z9EHQ)
Eh, just go with a Honda, Most of the engines and cars are built in the US.
Posted by: buzzion at December 15, 2012 07:06 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 15, 2012 07:06 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Butters at December 15, 2012 07:06 PM (NIZHJ)
Posted by: EC at December 15, 2012 10:58 PM (doBIb)
No. bl@zer is "The Banning Word", "He Who Must Not Be Named" is another blogger who has search engines set up to look for his name being used on other blogs. He is referred to as Carlos Johanson by some.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 15, 2012 07:06 PM (Zd/NW)
Remember, UAW makes Fords too.
Posted by: EC at December 15, 2012 07:06 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Tobacco Road, stuck in the ditch at December 15, 2012 07:07 PM (4Mv1T)
221Of course, if I blow a tranny, MrsCaniac will probably divorce me.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 15, 2012 10:07 PM (Zd/NW
If you blow a tranny and your wife wants a divorce, we would definitely want you to contact our show.
Posted by: Head of Booking, Jerry Springer Show at December 15, 2012 07:07 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 07:07 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: It's dialectic; boogy woogy at December 15, 2012 07:08 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: buzzion at December 15, 2012 10:19 PM (GULKT)
You may get another 100k out of that car. My beater car was a '99 Century, it had 200k on it, running strong but looked like hell - dents all way 'round, blue-gray paint peeling, hubcaps in four states (NOT on the wheels) no a/c, back windows wouldn't go down. LOVED that car. Friend (slumlord) needed a $50 car so he has it now, still rolling. Thing is, when you pull out in traffic in that thing, people get OUT OF THE WAY. So true, so miss that thing, good times. I was in a 5 car pile-up in it outside of Philly and I couldn't identify which dents were new. All the newer cars just crumpled.
Posted by: Rural VA at December 15, 2012 07:08 PM (Lia4j)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 07:08 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 15, 2012 07:08 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2012 07:08 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: and irresolute at December 15, 2012 07:09 PM (DBH1h)
Posted by: Elizabethe at December 15, 2012 07:09 PM (xzxDr)
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2012 07:11 PM (LUnTP)
Werd!
Posted by: EC at December 15, 2012 07:11 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2012 07:11 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 07:11 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: booger at December 15, 2012 07:12 PM (HI6wa)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 15, 2012 07:12 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Elizabethe at December 15, 2012 07:12 PM (xzxDr)
What I always wonder about is:
1) diesels are just now going to get hit by soot requirements. They've enjoyed a free ride pretty much up til now.
2) the majority of wear and tear on our major highways is from trucks.
how about mandating some reorganization of the transportation rule and incentives to put more stuff on trains. (making them better money makers) and use trucks for local delivery. (the way it was originally imagined until the Teamsters came along.)
Oh yeah them. So much for efficiency and less wear and tear on roads.
Anytime you travel on a highway and run over some washboard like ridges? That's from overweight trucks. Also the grooves that they dig in asphalt is trucks also.
Yeah there's a lot of cars but trucks do more damage per vehicle than cars do.
Posted by: Sandra (That's a Man, Baby) Fluke at December 15, 2012 07:12 PM (3E2th)
Posted by: Elizabethe at December 15, 2012 07:13 PM (xzxDr)
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2012 11:11 PM (LUnTP)
My 2012 Tacoma was made in Meh-Hee-Coe.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 15, 2012 07:13 PM (lJJMb)
The problem with China is material substitutions.
If you're not watching them 7x24x365 and testing each shipment of parts coming in, you're gonna get some stuff substituted with whatever recycled tuna can steel happened to be laying on the floor at a subcontractors shop.
If I had to take a guess, your valve guides went bad, valves started rocking, seals got whupped, and it started burning oil like crazy, right?
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2012 07:13 PM (G0eua)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 07:14 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2012 07:14 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 07:14 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 15, 2012 07:14 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 15, 2012 07:15 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: garrett at December 15, 2012 07:15 PM (uR3yC)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 11:07 PM (Z9EHQ)
Either way, I'm cutting my own hair with a rusty pair of child's scissors while she is "getting her hair done" at the beauty parlor with what used to be my money. No thank you. I'd rather fap and keep my money.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 15, 2012 07:15 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Elizabethe at December 15, 2012 07:15 PM (xzxDr)
Posted by: It's dialectic; boogy woogy at December 15, 2012 07:15 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2012 07:16 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: ErikW on the damned phone at December 15, 2012 07:16 PM (0WOz6)
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2012 07:17 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 15, 2012 07:17 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Elizabethe at December 15, 2012 07:18 PM (xzxDr)
Posted by: RWC at December 15, 2012 07:18 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: D. Hopper at December 15, 2012 07:18 PM (AVfT8)
Posted by: Increased Bearing Clearance at December 15, 2012 07:18 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: carolina at December 15, 2012 07:19 PM (dmqAl)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 15, 2012 07:19 PM (jPVBi)
Go for it. I love my RDX.
Posted by: EC at December 15, 2012 07:19 PM (doBIb)
I mean, what's to say.
Posted by: boulder hobo at December 15, 2012 07:19 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Elizabethe at December 15, 2012 07:20 PM (xzxDr)
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2012 07:20 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Tobacco Road, stuck in the ditch at December 15, 2012 07:21 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: boulder hobo at December 15, 2012 11:19 PM (QTHTd)
Spent my evening LP shopping on eBay. A guy without a life can score some good deals around midnight on a friday.
Posted by: garrett at December 15, 2012 07:22 PM (uR3yC)
I suppose that would make Mrs. Yankeefifth happy to know but hearing anything of her would probably outweigh the good.Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 07:23 PM (Z9EHQ)
I mean, what's to say.
Posted by: boulder hobo at December 15, 2012 11:19 PM (QTHTd)
Thanks for sharing that nugget of nobody gives a fuck. Now I have that doo-doo-dooooooo-doo-doo-doo-doo I don't wanna wait song stuck in my head.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 15, 2012 07:23 PM (lJJMb)
yet. .
Posted by: buzzion at December 15, 2012 10:19 PM (GULKT)
You may get another 100k out of that car. My beater car was a '99 Century, it had 200k on it, running strong but looked like hell - dents all way 'round, blue-gray paint peeling, hubcaps in four states (NOT on the wheels) no a/c, back windows wouldn't go down. LOVED that car. Friend (slumlord) needed a $50 car so he has it now, still rolling. Thing is, when you pull out in traffic in that thing, people get OUT OF THE WAY. So true, so miss that thing, good times. I was in a 5 car pile-up in it outside of Philly and I couldn't identify which dents were new. All the newer cars just crumpled.
Posted by: Rural VA at December 15, 2012 11:08 PM (Lia4j)
Um no. Its had the head gasket go bad on it already and I had to get them redone because I was not at a place I could just stop so they warped. Have had to get the water pump replaced at least twice. Have had the brake line on the front get a leak and almost cause me to wreck. I will not drive another 100k in it and will hopefully get rid of it before even hitting 100k.
Posted by: buzzion at December 15, 2012 07:23 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 15, 2012 07:23 PM (JDIKC)
What I always wonder about is:
1) diesels are just now going to get hit by soot requirements. They've enjoyed a free ride pretty much up til now.
2) the majority of wear and tear on our major highways is from trucks.
how about mandating some reorganization of the transportation rule and incentives to put more stuff on trains. (making them better money makers) and use trucks for local delivery. (the way it was originally imagined until the Teamsters came along.)
Oh yeah them. So much for efficiency and less wear and tear on roads.
Anytime you travel on a highway and run over some washboard like ridges? That's from overweight trucks. Also the grooves that they dig in asphalt is trucks also.
Yeah there's a lot of cars but trucks do more damage per vehicle than cars do.
Posted by: Sandra (That's a Man, Baby) Fluke at December 15, 2012 11:12 PM (3E2th)
Gas taxes average about 49 cents a gallon. Diesel averages about 55 cents a gallon. We start taxing it more, all of our goods will start to cost more.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 15, 2012 07:23 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Increased Bearing Clearance at December 15, 2012 07:23 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 15, 2012 07:24 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Elizabethe at December 15, 2012 07:24 PM (xzxDr)
Posted by: Lauren at December 15, 2012 07:25 PM (wsGWu)
Non union ofcourse.
Posted by: EC at December 15, 2012 11:11 PM (doBIb)
That's the Honda plant. There's also one in East Liberty that makes a lot of there SUVs I believe. And the engine plant is in Anna OH. And the Transmission plant is around Indian Lake I believe.
Posted by: buzzion at December 15, 2012 07:25 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: The Man From Athens at December 15, 2012 07:25 PM (RXQ2T)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 15, 2012 07:26 PM (GEICT)
Collapsed hydraulic lifter?
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2012 07:26 PM (G0eua)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 15, 2012 07:26 PM (JDIKC)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 07:26 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 15, 2012 07:27 PM (jPVBi)
More rural areas vote yes.
No final result yet......
Posted by: carolina at December 15, 2012 07:28 PM (dmqAl)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 15, 2012 07:28 PM (K3B0+)
Posted by: and irresolute at December 15, 2012 07:28 PM (DBH1h)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 07:28 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: garrett at December 15, 2012 07:29 PM (uR3yC)
Posted by: Increased Bearing Clearance at December 15, 2012 07:29 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: Bill H at December 15, 2012 07:29 PM (3sZO1)
Posted by: and irresolute at December 15, 2012 07:31 PM (DBH1h)
Some of the newerish VW's used a plastic impeller on the water pumps...that didn't work out too well. They rebuilt a lot of engines for free due to that clusterfuck.
I presume the bean counter who though that was a good idea is inventorying rolls of toilet paper these days.
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2012 07:31 PM (G0eua)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 15, 2012 07:31 PM (JDIKC)
Posted by: andycanuck
Meaningless in the larger picture. The SCoaMF scoamfs as only a SCoaMF can. All personnel follows.
Thus as it always has been, yea, as it always will be.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 15, 2012 07:32 PM (TtXjG)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 15, 2012 07:32 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Bill H at December 15, 2012 07:33 PM (3sZO1)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 07:33 PM (Z9EHQ)
Some of the newerish VW's used a plastic impeller on the water pumps...that didn't work out too well. They rebuilt a lot of engines for free due to that clusterfuck.
I presume the bean counter who though that was a good idea is inventorying rolls of toilet paper these days.
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2012 11:31 PM (G0eua)
Are you kidding? The way cars are today he's probably overseeing the cost savings of the entire engine.
Posted by: buzzion at December 15, 2012 07:33 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Tobacco Road, stuck in the ditch at December 15, 2012 07:34 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: garrett at December 15, 2012 07:34 PM (uR3yC)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 11:33 PM (Z9EHQ)
What's the story with the mufflers?
Posted by: Rural VA at December 15, 2012 07:35 PM (Lia4j)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 15, 2012 11:31 PM (JDIKC)
Do you play hockey, or worse, are you a hockey parent?
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 15, 2012 07:36 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 15, 2012 07:36 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 15, 2012 07:36 PM (JDIKC)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 15, 2012 07:36 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: kalneva at December 15, 2012 07:37 PM (S+/pH)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 07:37 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 15, 2012 07:37 PM (5B5zZ)
Posted by: D. Hopper at December 15, 2012 07:37 PM (AVfT8)
Posted by: yankeefifth
Big fan of bolts welded through the wheels, are you?
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 15, 2012 07:38 PM (TtXjG)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 15, 2012 07:38 PM (JDIKC)
(Clomp)
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John Kerry's first trip overseas will be to Vietnam, where he will bow to his communist masters.
Posted by: CraigPoe at December 15, 2012 07:39 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 15, 2012 07:39 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 07:39 PM (Z9EHQ)
That's a "silent recall" - they'll fix it for free if the customer bitches enough, but if you don't bitch, they won't.
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2012 07:39 PM (G0eua)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 11:37 PM (Z9EHQ)
GREEEEAAAAT. There's a rattle under mine and I'm afraid to look. Been living in denial about everything since November 6.
Posted by: Rural VA at December 15, 2012 07:40 PM (Lia4j)
Posted by: Bill H at December 15, 2012 07:40 PM (3sZO1)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 07:41 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 15, 2012 07:42 PM (JDIKC)
Posted by: Tobacco Road, stuck in the ditch at December 15, 2012 07:42 PM (4Mv1T)
John Kerry as Secretary of State.
I predict this will not go well ... at all ...
... then the Swift Boat Veterans will get involved again ...
Posted by: Arbalest at December 15, 2012 11:37 PM (5B5zZ)
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And then there's Teresa "Burp" Heinz to contend with.
Posted by: CraigPoe at December 15, 2012 07:42 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 15, 2012 07:43 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 07:43 PM (Z9EHQ)
Both. I'm asst coach on my son's team and playing in a Saturday night league. My three daughters also play, so weekends are a fuckin blur.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 15, 2012 11:38 PM (JDIKC)
Good for you - it's the best of the team sports for teaching both strength through unity and success through creativity and individualism. I played the game for years and coached high school for many years as well, but just got retired due to injury. Weird part about the last sentence? I'm 33.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 15, 2012 07:43 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 15, 2012 07:44 PM (JDIKC)
That would upset me too! I've been lucky with this 850 GLT. Don't think I would buy another Volvo now, with the change in ownership. I hope this one lasts another 17 years.
Posted by: carolina at December 15, 2012 07:44 PM (jjmSa)
Posted by: Increased Bearing Clearance at December 15, 2012 07:45 PM (I88Jc)
I did a contract gig at bn.com some years ago. Your story does not surprise me at all. Their IT staff were reckless gunslingers.
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2012 07:46 PM (G0eua)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 11:43 PM (Z9EHQ)
GREAT tip, thanks! I probably shouldn't wait until it drags the ground or something. UGH. Need to check it out.
Posted by: Rural VA at December 15, 2012 07:48 PM (Lia4j)
Posted by: booger at December 15, 2012 07:48 PM (HI6wa)
Posted by: Hanoverfist at December 15, 2012 07:48 PM (HiKk0)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 07:48 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Snotnosed Nuclear Sonic Punk at December 15, 2012 07:49 PM (Y+woW)
Some galvanized roof flashing, hi-temp silicone, and big stainless hose clamps will extract a lot more mileage out of a blown muffler
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2012 07:50 PM (G0eua)
So look. I guarantee they are coming for the guns. If I buy an AR this week, I'd hate to spend the money and then have it confiscated.
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thoughts?
Posted by: USS Diversity at December 15, 2012 07:50 PM (MPjT8)
Posted by: Tobacco Road, stuck in the ditch at December 15, 2012 07:51 PM (4Mv1T)
Thanks for the tip. I already go to Benz World on occasion. I really do spend wayyyyy too much time at AussieFrogs......
lurch is going to be another speed bump in the obama regime.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 11:39 PM (Z9EHQ)
Yah, I can see THAT being seared into his memory.
GREEEEAAAAT. There's a rattle under mine and I'm afraid to look. Been living in denial about everything since November 6.
Posted by: Rural VA at December 15, 2012 11:40 PM (Lia4j)
Don't let that go. A 100.00 fix now easily turns into a 500.00 fix 6 months from now. I do speak from experience. Posted by: Bill H at December 15, 2012 07:51 PM (3sZO1)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 15, 2012 07:52 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at December 15, 2012 07:52 PM (Y5I9o)
Posted by: EC at December 15, 2012 07:53 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Tobacco Road, stuck in the ditch at December 15, 2012 07:53 PM (4Mv1T)
Unless your name is Aaron A. Aaronson, they probably won't make it to you on the list.
Given the number of people who don't answer surveys, especially about things like this, there are probably 180-200 million people in the country who have guns.
It would take decades to actually disarm them without a bigger army than exists. They will go after sales first.
There have been a few confiscations, on the small scale. Test runs if you will. Wide-scale would be a war, hopefully they're not that stupid.Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 15, 2012 07:54 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: EC at December 15, 2012 07:54 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Hanoverfist at December 15, 2012 07:54 PM (HiKk0)
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at December 15, 2012 11:52 PM (Y5I9o)
It's actually bullshit all the way down.
Posted by: The Turtles are tired of being blamed at December 15, 2012 07:55 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at December 15, 2012 07:55 PM (Y5I9o)
osted by: The Turtles are tired of being blamed at December 15, 2012 11:55 PM (lJJMb)
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Indeed, those turtles do take an unfair beatingPosted by: JeremiadBullfrog at December 15, 2012 07:56 PM (Y5I9o)
Posted by: pashmr at December 15, 2012 07:56 PM (nlfBL)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 15, 2012 07:56 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: garrett at December 15, 2012 07:57 PM (ICDox)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 15, 2012 11:54 PM (bxiXv)
The bad boys they'd send after "us" would also be us. They know there are limits, and they hate it.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 15, 2012 07:58 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2012 07:58 PM (G0eua)
Posted by: Jeopardy at December 15, 2012 07:58 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at December 15, 2012 07:59 PM (Y5I9o)
Posted by: torabora at December 15, 2012 07:59 PM (I+Z9T)
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thoughts?
Posted by: USS Diversity at December 15, 2012 11:50 PM
Depends if you want to use it right away. If it's going to get as bad as expected, you should be really careful transporting across a deep body of water, etc. Then there's always the chance that they'll go with a buy back. But, maybe not.
Posted by: otho at December 15, 2012 07:59 PM (yBF/9)
So look. I guarantee they are coming for the guns. If I buy an AR this week, I'd hate to spend the money and then have it confiscated.
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thoughts?
Posted by: USS Diversity at December 15, 2012 11:50 PM (MPjT
Should be able to keep em if you already have them. Either that or it will be like "eminent domain" in that the government would have to reimburse you for taking your property.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 15, 2012 08:00 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: EC at December 15, 2012 08:01 PM (doBIb)
Nice, i had an mx 6 that i absolutely loved, great little car. I'd still have it if that drunk driver hadnt smashed into me.
Posted by: booger at December 15, 2012 08:01 PM (HI6wa)
Posted by: boulder hobo at December 15, 2012 08:01 PM (QTHTd)
What happens when you blow a seal?
Posted by: Hanoverfist at December 15, 2012 11:54 PM (HiKk0)
I go to Greenpeace jail.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 15, 2012 08:02 PM (Zd/NW)
How often will I need to have it repaired?
Can I drive it to San Francisco?
Posted by: Annoying Hipster Artist at December 15, 2012 10:59 PM
Of course. Just remember that Alfa Romeo is Italian for
"British Leyland"
Posted by: kbdabear at December 15, 2012 08:03 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Tard-is Traveller at 374 at December 15, 2012 08:03 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 15, 2012 08:03 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: RWC at December 15, 2012 08:04 PM (sqp6o)
They Are Not All Interchangeable.
Posted by: Merovign
Right, so is the S & W Sport able to accept after-market uppers?
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 15, 2012 08:04 PM (TtXjG)
Posted by: Tobacco Road, stuck in the ditch at December 15, 2012 08:04 PM (4Mv1T)
Catenary's look vaguely parabolic but have defined range on the X axis. If Y is large they'll look pretty asymptotic at the X limits
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2012 08:04 PM (G0eua)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 15, 2012 08:05 PM (bxiXv)
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The primary aim of modern warfare (in accordance with the principles of doublethink, this aim is simultaneously recognized and not recognized by the directing brains of the Inner Party) is to use up the products of the machine without raising the general standard of living. Ever since the end of the nineteenth century, the problem of what to do with the surplus of consumption goods has been latent in industrial society.
Posted by: Emmanuel Goldstein at December 15, 2012 08:05 PM (1c58W)
Posted by: EC at December 15, 2012 08:05 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: RWC at December 15, 2012 08:05 PM (sqp6o)
Apocalypse car if you could at least score some petrol? Old VW Beetle
Posted by: kbdabear at December 15, 2012 08:06 PM (wwsoB)
Like Kelo vs New London?
Posted by: EC at December 16, 2012 12:01 AM (doBIb)
Yes. If the government takes your property, they must pay you. The taking in Kelo to pass along to a private developer sucked, but if New London took the property for a library, it would be for the "public good". New London just needs to pay "fair market value" for the taken property. If the government takes your guns, they should have to do that.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 15, 2012 08:07 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 08:08 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: EC at December 15, 2012 08:08 PM (doBIb)
Do you really think so? I am sure they want to but appreciation of guns is nearly ubiquitous in the U.S. - even california has fairly reasonable gun laws and there are a lot of ars and aks in california. Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 08:09 PM (Z9EHQ)
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Personally, I think it's proof of time travel. The complaining customer was obviously a time traveller who wanted potato chips and knew what they were.
Posted by: Citizen Anachronda at December 15, 2012 08:10 PM (1c58W)
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2012 08:10 PM (G0eua)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 16, 2012 12:03 AM (5J54Q)
That makes me nervous since our "around town" car is an '04 Cavilier. I just had to have the starter replaced too. Were there any warning signs or anything I could keep an eye out for? Another problem with Cash-for-Clunkers is that there are going to be few reasonably priced older cars for new drivers. This means that I *really* want the Cavilier to survive so that Eldest Kidlet can use it as a learning car.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, still a Hobbit at December 15, 2012 08:10 PM (wbeNt)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 15, 2012 08:10 PM (wwsoB)
The shotgun sold for $35 new in 1928, and I got $1200 today. Which AR do I need to buy that will be recognized as a "classic" 40 years from now when my kids sell it?
Posted by: Tobacco Road, stuck in the ditch at December 16, 2012 12:04 AM (4Mv1T)
I think any AR will be a collectors item in 40 years with the way shit is going.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 15, 2012 08:11 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: MrCaniac
Of course the problem there is that the arms of the Federal government can and have 'adjusted' the price of property.
"Hey, we just found a gossamer unicorn hooded snail on your property. It's now an official protected domain. Yeah, you can't sell it anymore."
Boom. Zero point zero dollars.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 15, 2012 08:11 PM (TtXjG)
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thoughts?
Posted by: USS Diversity at December 15, 2012 11:50 PM (MPjT
I don't have any guns that anyone in the .gov knows about/can prove.
And I tend to drive cars until the wheels fall off of them, so I'll be Mustanging for years to come. I plan to be buried in that car so the kids don't fight over it.
Howdy roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 15, 2012 08:12 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2012 08:12 PM (G0eua)
Posted by: Tobacco Road, stuck in the ditch at December 15, 2012 08:12 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 15, 2012 08:15 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 15, 2012 08:15 PM (lJJMb)
The Bureaucratic Empire doesn't have to be smart about the short-term accounting.
All that matters is that individuals are numbered and accounted for.
They can knock on your door in a few years and describe how you are going to help them. After all, fair is fair.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 15, 2012 08:16 PM (TtXjG)
Posted by: Lawrence of MSNBCryia in a kilt at December 15, 2012 08:16 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: CarolT at December 15, 2012 08:18 PM (z4WKX)
Any good books you'd recommend for further reading on the subject?
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at December 15, 2012 08:18 PM (xHaTb)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 08:19 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: German 88 at December 15, 2012 08:20 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 15, 2012 08:20 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Lawrence of MSNBCryia
Someone needs to trident your ass.
Posted by: Ron Burgundy [/i] [/b] at December 15, 2012 08:20 PM (TtXjG)
Posted by: Tobacco Road, stuck in the ditch at December 15, 2012 08:21 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: German 88 at December 15, 2012 08:21 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: jdw at December 15, 2012 08:21 PM (11KLF)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 08:22 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: jc, whose dog unexpectely ate his homework so he can't testify either at December 15, 2012 08:23 PM (kfC1R)
Posted by: otho at December 15, 2012 08:23 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 15, 2012 08:23 PM (bxiXv)
One of his nicknames is Liveshot, because he used to show up at any opportunity to have his picture taken.
We want to get rid of him in MA but I think he would offend other countries as SOS. The man is a jerk. Posted by: CarolT at December 16, 2012 12:18 AM
I knew that after the divorce from his first heiress wife, he was bumming around sleeping on couches of friends. When he moved on Teresa before John Heinz's body was cold, he went from being the poorest to the richest Senator the minute he said "I Do"
Posted by: kbdabear at December 15, 2012 08:23 PM (wwsoB)
It's my understanding the people who lived in those houses got fuckall.
Posted by: EC at December 16, 2012 12:08 AM (doBIb)
My understanding is that after all the court fees and back taxes they didn't get anything, but they would have gotten fair market value.
Even after this case, all the changes in eminent domain laws haven't done shit for cases like this. The legislatures all changed their eminent domain laws to make it sound like these types of takings can't be done, but the exceptions they made in these laws still allow Kelo style takings to be done. Instead of it being an industrial/office development, it becomes a park that is being downsized from the original plans, so they sell the surrounding property to MrDeveloper.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 15, 2012 08:24 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Lawrence of MSNBCryia in a kilt at December 15, 2012 08:24 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: CraigPoe at December 15, 2012 08:25 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 08:25 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: EC at December 15, 2012 08:25 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 08:26 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Tobacco Road, stuck in the ditch at December 15, 2012 08:27 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: RWC at December 15, 2012 08:28 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 08:28 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 15, 2012 08:28 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 08:28 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 08:29 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Lawrence of MSNBCryia
I believe you are missing a verb in that sentence, but I'm just a poor duck affiliate.
Have you tried PHONICS FOR LIFE? Good stuff. Good Stuff.
Posted by: Ron Burgundy [/i] [/b] at December 15, 2012 08:29 PM (TtXjG)
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wasn't that the built-in constitutional solution that prevented the folly and bloodshed of the Civil War (aka The War of Northern Aggression) ??
Oh, right. When it is real money the constitution no longer applies. I forgot. Never mind.
Posted by: jc, whose dog unexpectely ate his homework so he can't testify either at December 15, 2012 08:30 PM (kfC1R)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 08:30 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 16, 2012 12:25 AM
Understood. But, I was referring to restricting buyers, not supply.
Posted by: otho at December 15, 2012 08:30 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: RWC at December 15, 2012 08:31 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 08:32 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: EC at December 15, 2012 08:32 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 15, 2012 08:33 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: CarolT at December 16, 2012 12:18 AM (z4WKX)
So we could send him to Bengazi...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 15, 2012 08:33 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 15, 2012 08:33 PM (Ai+tZ)
So we could send him to Bengazi...
Nah, he'd just get a couple of scratches and get sent home 6 months early.
Posted by: Alex at December 15, 2012 08:34 PM (o1kXv)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 08:34 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 08:34 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: EC at December 15, 2012 08:35 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: booger at December 15, 2012 08:35 PM (HI6wa)
Or just do something like Palm Beach did around the airport. A whole neighborhood was leveled for a claimed runway expansion that never happened. That was about 20 years ago...and the runway's the same as it always was, but a kinda slumy neighborhood that was annoying got removed.
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2012 08:35 PM (G0eua)
I'd wage your school jacket had no lapel or pocket to put in a signalling device for the queer, er--inquisitive boys!
Posted by: Lawrence of MSNBCryia in a kilt at December 15, 2012 08:35 PM (I88Jc)
The girls with gel bras would be screwed. Posted by: EC at December 16, 2012 12:32 AM
Sounds like a great occasion to set off a stink bomb at a Victoria's Secret show
Posted by: kbdabear at December 15, 2012 08:35 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 16, 2012 12:32 AM (Z9EHQ)
But then you have not answered the question of if it is right for one man to claim another as property, leave alone all the other "reasons" that have been given (here's a hint, every single reason comes back to slavery).
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 15, 2012 08:35 PM (yh0zB)
The odometer says 82K, but that car, with a perfect exterior, runs like a clean, mean 'chine.
No way we're trading it in.
We've also got a 1997 Honda Accord wagon with only 80K on it (wife uses it to go back and forth to work two-three times a week).
A couple of dents, but it's rust-free and doing fine. We're gonna give it to our oldest kid.
Oh, and it helps to have a great mechanic. If you've not got one yet, find one and hold on to him for dear life. Mine helped me jump through the hoops to get that Toyota rebuilt. I gave him a gift cert to a fancy restaurant for his help.
That's the way things are supposed to work here in the USA.
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at December 15, 2012 08:36 PM (9gW0q)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 16, 2012 12:32 AM (Z9EHQ)
Civil War already started when the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, and it only dealt with the slaves in the CSA, not in the Union states.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 15, 2012 08:36 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 08:36 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: CarolT at December 15, 2012 08:37 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 08:38 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Lawrence of MSNBCryia
Amigo, I'll see your wrestling singe and raise you a jockstrap.
Posted by: Ron Burgundy [/i] [/b] at December 15, 2012 08:38 PM (TtXjG)
He's the best we're gonna get our of Obama. Anything else will be much worse.
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2012 08:39 PM (G0eua)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 08:40 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Ron Burgundy [/i] [/b] at December 15, 2012 08:40 PM (TtXjG)
Posted by: EC at December 15, 2012 08:41 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 16, 2012 12:34 AM
Oh, sure. Recent years have shown that. But when the axe finally falls, afterwards will be a different situation. The restrictions on ownership and buying will likely come first. The move to take what's already out there will follow later. IF they go that way.
Posted by: otho at December 15, 2012 08:42 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 08:42 PM (XDC0v)
You mock me with that reference to my graeco-roman days!
Posted by: Lawrence of MSNBCryia in a kilt at December 15, 2012 08:42 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: EC at December 16, 2012 12:41 AM (doBIb)
All I have is a concealed weapons permit. That doesn't prove I actually have a weapon.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 15, 2012 08:42 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at December 15, 2012 08:43 PM (fjNx5)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 08:43 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 08:43 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 08:44 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 08:45 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: EC at December 15, 2012 08:45 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: DAve at December 16, 2012 12:44 AM (XDC0v)
Which, ironically enough, was my point...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 15, 2012 08:46 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, still a Hobbit at December 15, 2012 08:46 PM (wbeNt)
Come now, good sir. Rachel Madd-at-bio always brings the plastic.
Posted by: Lawrence of MSNBCryia in a kilt at December 15, 2012 08:47 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 15, 2012 08:47 PM (Ai+tZ)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 15, 2012 08:47 PM (5B5zZ)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 08:47 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: EC at December 16, 2012 12:45 AM (doBIb)
Which is why I'll buy a couple from a dealer. You know they will come to my house because of the CWP, to not have at least one or two guns for them to seize will just make them look harder. Give the .gov guy what he expects to see right up front and they will quickly go back to surfing internet porn on government time, exactly as it should be.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 15, 2012 08:48 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 08:49 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Lawrence of MSNBCryia
It was an accident, I assure you.
Still, a no-holds-barred event would excite the masses, no? I can see us mano-e-mano, locked in a combat grabbing for superiority ... for the children, of course.
What say you, grinning djinnie of MSNBSRCCNN?
Posted by: Ron Burgundy [/i] [/b] at December 15, 2012 08:49 PM (TtXjG)
Posted by: EC at December 15, 2012 08:49 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 08:50 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 08:51 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: RWC at December 15, 2012 08:53 PM (sqp6o)
Just a thought:
Is that really something you want to be broadcasting?
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 15, 2012 08:53 PM (TtXjG)
Also, I got a smart phone yesterday and I've been playing with it a bit. From everything I have experienced thus far I can't imagine why anyone in their right minds would want to try to use the internet on the damn thing except in extreme situations (IE, I need directions to the nearest ammo store). I got it mostly to keep Youngest Son from tying up my phone talking to his little girly friend (he's getting my old one for Christmas) and to have an E-reader, it looks like it will be capable of that, but I can't say I'm extremely thrilled with the (lack of ) battery life.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 08:54 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 08:54 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: EC at December 15, 2012 08:54 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 08:55 PM (XDC0v)
In theory, ATF is only in possession of 4473's and dealer log books of those dealers that closed up shop, and supposedly NICS doesn't retain info on whoever checks has been run against if they were OK'd.
So, in theory, they'd have to round up a bunch of 4473's and log books from FFL's.
But that's all horse shit. You know the NICS check results are being retained somewhere, and now they got this online 4473 shit.
First they'll start the low hanging fruit - those states and cities that require local gun registration.
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2012 08:55 PM (G0eua)
Posted by: Lawrence of MSNBCryia in a kilt at December 15, 2012 08:56 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 16, 2012 12:50 AM (Z9EHQ)
I have enough 7.62x54R to equip the average Russian peasant all the way through WW2. Or the above average peasant, giving the Russian's tendency to throw people at a problem until it goes away.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 08:56 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 08:57 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 16, 2012 12:53 AM (adaoe)
not anymore!
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 16, 2012 12:54 AM (Z9EHQ)
Sorry, bored wanted to see what ya'll were up too
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 15, 2012 08:57 PM (adaoe)
I have mentioned this before but so I apologize in advance, but I have
been wondering if the whole civil war thing might have been avoided if
the government had simply bought the slaves at a fair price instead of
pushing to free them without compensation.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 16, 2012 12:32 AM (Z9EHQ)
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1860 Census had about 4 million slaves. Auction price about $1000 / ea. So, about $4 billion needed to buy all. (assuming no price increases as supply dropped due to purchases leaving the available market)
Total yearly federal budget at that time -- about 80 million, or about 1/50th the amount needed. So, to take the economic route, taxes would have to be raised, and who would pay them?
In practice, it becomes a political impossibility. Slave owners would be the "beneficiaries" of sham transactions where they received their own taxes back, but the taking still occurred.
Everyone else would be steamed for another reason. Their taxes would be raised to pay slaveholders for behaving in a manner that they either could not afford, or of which they did not approve.
The constitutional process was available, but it was just never going to be politically possible.
Posted by: jc, whose dog unexpectely ate his homework so he can't testify either at December 15, 2012 08:57 PM (kfC1R)
Posted by: RWC at December 15, 2012 08:57 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 16, 2012 12:55 AM (G0eua)
Durham NC, for example.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 08:58 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 15, 2012 08:59 PM (Ai+tZ)
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 16, 2012 12:57 AM (adaoe)
You know, the usual. Stompy boots, recipe swaps, gun talk.
DPMS AR with quad rail, magpul furniture, 4 PMags, 2 regular mags, flip iron sights and cheap optics and a light for under $800.
Posted by: RWC at December 16, 2012 12:57 AM (sqp6o)
Very nice! One day I want an AR, just because.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 09:00 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: EC at December 15, 2012 09:00 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: RWC at December 15, 2012 09:01 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at December 15, 2012 09:01 PM (jts1f)
Posted by: EC at December 15, 2012 09:03 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Lawrence of MSNBCryia in a kilt at December 15, 2012 09:03 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: RWC at December 15, 2012 09:03 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 15, 2012 09:03 PM (Ai+tZ)
Posted by: Lawrence of MSNBCryia
Beer? I'll have you know that I only quaff the finest of Scotch whisky hard alcohol liquor that is restricted in 26 states!
Yes, with alcohol in it!
Compadre, you are tango-ing with the wrong dance partner. So let's agree to disagree... lest it become
The Forbidden Dance
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 15, 2012 09:03 PM (TtXjG)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 16, 2012 12:59 AM (Ai+tZ)
Hi all, ordered our wedding rings today, omg I cant believe I am nervous. We have lived together for 12 years, been together 14, sheesh.
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 15, 2012 09:04 PM (adaoe)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 09:04 PM (Z9EHQ)
Is it an Android phone? If so there's an app that might help battery life but of course i can't remember the name, search battery in the store and you should find it, the pic for it is a little shield.
Posted by: booger at December 15, 2012 09:04 PM (HI6wa)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at December 15, 2012 09:04 PM (jts1f)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 15, 2012 09:05 PM (Ai+tZ)
Posted by: EC at December 16, 2012 01:00 AM (doBIb)
Yep, for certain guns including handguns.
H. B. 566
CHAPTER 157
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR REGISTRATION OF PISTOLS AND SIMILAR FIREARMS BY OWNERS THEREOF IN DURHAM COUNTY.
http://tinyurl.com/chxvvcs
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 09:05 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 15, 2012 09:06 PM (jfSqj)
http://tinyurl.com/d82dnzm
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2012 09:06 PM (G0eua)
On the gun note, went shopping today, drove by the little gun store/shooting range, could not believe the cars in the parking lot, had to be 20 which is crazy, this place is tiny.
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 15, 2012 09:06 PM (adaoe)
In 1964 John Glenn was running for a Senate nomination. He was immensely popular, and regularly mentioned as a Presidential candidate. He had an altercation with a sliding glass door in a bathroom, fell, got cut, injured his inner ear, and spent a long time recuperating. It ended his campaign at the time. Later, of course, he ran against Metzenbaum again and again, and as things worked out he got into the Senate (even though he'd "never held a real job") in time to be implicated in the Savings and Loan scandal.
He wanted to be VP in1976 and President in 1984. The point is, every time his candidacy for anything came up, that bathroom fall became a major issue again. They let him back into the space program even with his inner ear damage, or whatever it really was, but never onto the top of the ballot. It's a mystery.
Now comes Hillary Clinton, falling down for odd reasons. In the hands of qualified name-callers and insinuators, she'll never be President. Whatever she's covering is worth that to her. Or, maybe she's sure the GOP can't attack her competently, although I have no idea where she'd get that notion.
Anyway I think Glenn's case is a more apt comparison than Ford's supposed clumsiness. In a just world, SNL would be advertising in Variety for her full-time pratfalling impersonator. Go upstairs to the network offices, and you'll find plenty already there.
Posted by: comatus at December 15, 2012 09:07 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: EC at December 15, 2012 09:07 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: RWC at December 15, 2012 09:09 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 16, 2012 01:04 AM (adaoe)
Congrats lou. 'Bout time you stopped living in sin.
(hope you know I'm just yanking your chain)
booger, yes it's a 'droid. I'll look for the app, but for now I just leave it plugged in whenever I'm at home or in the car. Damn thing is huge though, just carrying it makes it feel like I'm lugging around a flat panel TV.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 09:09 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 09:10 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: RWC at December 15, 2012 09:11 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Conservatives want our children murdered at December 15, 2012 09:11 PM (7yu6O)
The Forbidden Dance"
Martin Bashir, I'd recognize you anywhere with your velvet-smooth tones of enticement. Stop reminding me about that moment we shared in the copier room during the Winter Solstice Party of '11.
Posted by: Lawrence of MSNBCryia in a kilt at December 15, 2012 09:11 PM (I88Jc)
might have been avoided if the government had simply bought the slaves at a fair price instead of pushing to free them without compensation."
***********
Where would the slave owners who sold their slaves to the government find replacement labor? Certainly not from Southern whites who would consider themselves as replacing negro slaves, especially if they were paid very little.
So stoop labor wages (to use the old term) would have to be high enough to attract new free laborers, white or black (mainly the latter).
That wage would necessarily have to be higher than the upkeep of wage-free slaves, and the increased costs would have to be reflected in the selling prices of the cotton and other crops bought by the mills, mostly in the UK.
If cotton from other slave-holding countries/colonies in the New World, as well as places like Egypt, was offered for less, the US plantations would lose in the world marketplace.
Southern plantations would see the offer to buy their slaves as a slow death for their businesses, wealth and influence.
From start to finish, slavery was all about economic advantage.
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at December 15, 2012 09:11 PM (9gW0q)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 15, 2012 09:12 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 09:12 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 09:13 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 15, 2012 09:13 PM (Ai+tZ)
Posted by: RWC at December 15, 2012 09:14 PM (sqp6o)
Clinton kinda changed all that. Now anything goes. Drugs, infidelity, gross incompetence, pathological liar, thief, traitor, commie, whatever.
None of that matters. I expect we'll see our first convicted serial killer president someday...
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2012 09:14 PM (G0eua)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 09:14 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 16, 2012 01:06 AM (jfSqj)
Durham NC, Jake. Thing is, the shitweasels in the statehouse had a chance to overturn this 1935 law with HB650, which was pretty sweeping legislation, but they chickened out and threw out the repeal of Chapter 157 along with deleting restaurant and parking lot carry. If you are packing in NC you can't take your gun in with you to any place that sells alcohol for consumption on-site (which leaves out most restaurants) and you can't have your gun even locked in your car in the parking lot anywhere it is posted. That means I can't legally drive to work armed because my place of employ is a Disarmed Victim Zone.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 09:14 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: EC at December 15, 2012 09:15 PM (doBIb)
oh what the hell is this? someone run out of paint to huff?
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 16, 2012 01:12 AM (Z9EHQ)
=====
hoping everyone's rights will be eliminated so it can experience free daily cavity searches.
Posted by: jc, whose dog unexpectely ate his homework so he can't testify either at December 15, 2012 09:15 PM (kfC1R)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 09:15 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 09:16 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2012 09:16 PM (G0eua)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 15, 2012 09:16 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 09:16 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: t-bird at December 15, 2012 09:17 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 09:17 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 16, 2012 01:12 AM (jfSqj)
Sadly...no.
The gun is your Moloch.
Posted by: Conservatives want our children murdered at December 16, 2012 01:11 AM (7yu6O)
Enjoy the gulag, comrade.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 09:17 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 09:18 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2012 09:18 PM (G0eua)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 15, 2012 09:19 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 09:19 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 09:19 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: RWC at December 15, 2012 09:19 PM (sqp6o)
If you're lucky, you get the gulag. If not, you get the wall like I did.
Posted by: Maurice Bishop's ghost at December 15, 2012 09:20 PM (G0eua)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 16, 2012 01:19 AM (Z9EHQ)
True, but of course we expect to be dead. "Oh Lord, if this be the day you call me home, please grant my last wish, to be found atop a pile of spent brass surrounded by the bodies of mine enemies..."
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 09:20 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 09:20 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 16, 2012 01:10 AM (Z9EHQ)
Absolutely
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 15, 2012 09:21 PM (adaoe)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 09:22 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 16, 2012 01:10 AM (Z9EHQ)
Absolutely
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 16, 2012 01:21 AM (adaoe)
My wife told me "don't get married, it ruins a man." Of course that doesn't apply to you, but...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 09:22 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: t-bird at December 15, 2012 09:22 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: RWC at December 15, 2012 09:23 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 15, 2012 09:23 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 15, 2012 09:24 PM (uis79)
On tonight's broadcast we have D'kembe. D'kent-state, how do you feel about guns?
[D'kembe] Um, I my community is being hacked by machetes because they're Christian--
[L.o.] So you're saying that guns keep the world unsafe? Thank you, D'lil kim.
Posted by: Lawrence of MSNBCryia in a kilt at December 15, 2012 09:25 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: t-bird at December 15, 2012 09:25 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 09:25 PM (Z9EHQ)
I just looked up Wake County's handgun rules and one needs a permit to have one there also.
Shit, up here in Roanoke they just do an instant check, when it comes back clean, you walk out with your pistol. Down there, you have to have the permit to even have the gun, and if you do a private sale, you have to make sure the buyer has a permit. That fucking sucks.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 15, 2012 09:25 PM (Zd/NW)
2001 buick regal. 281,214 miles 20k to 25k per year. Purrs like a kitteh.!
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at December 15, 2012 09:26 PM (WX65W)
Posted by: EC at December 16, 2012 01:07 AM (doBIb)
Just caught this...another NC moron? You would think a few of us could get together sometime...maybe I'll put the flag up again and see who salutes.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 09:26 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: t-bird at December 15, 2012 09:27 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 09:27 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Aud at December 15, 2012 09:27 PM (PGpgl)
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 16, 2012 01:25 AM (Zd/NW)
Not quite, one must have either a pistol purchase permit OR a concealed weapons permit to buy a handgun. This was the primary reason for me to get my CWP, so I didn't have to ask the sheriff's permission to exercise a Constitutional right. We are working to get that particular piece of Jim Crow legislation abolished as well.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 09:28 PM (yh0zB)
I got it from a guy who was divorced many times. He said once someone rolls it out and puts it on the table it is all over.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 16, 2012 01:25 AM (Z9EHQ)
Love this, Thanks
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 15, 2012 09:29 PM (adaoe)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 09:29 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 15, 2012 09:30 PM (jfSqj)
Which is why chattel slavery would not survive the Industrial Revolution in the US. But that would have taken many years to force the issue. Many would have been content to wait if they saw it coming but it was science fiction then.
If malaria had never found its way to North America there would not have been importation of Africans. Once malaria got established in the NA mosquito population the only labor force available that had any resistance were Africans, who had been living with the problem for thousands of years.
Up until then, slavery in NA was largely Indians who'd been enslaved by other Indians and sold to colonists. The Indians had been practicing slavery for millenia with about the same geographic lines as were in place when the Civil War broke out. Southern slavery was a common thing long before any Europeans came to stay.
Posted by: epobirs at December 15, 2012 09:30 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 09:32 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: RWC at December 15, 2012 09:32 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: epobirs at December 15, 2012 09:33 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 09:34 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 15, 2012 09:34 PM (uis79)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 09:35 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: The Dude at December 15, 2012 09:36 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 09:37 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 16, 2012 12:23 AM (bxiXv)
Was hoping for personal recommendations. That's how I picked up "Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors", and that was a sombering good read.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at December 15, 2012 09:37 PM (xHaTb)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 09:37 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 15, 2012 09:38 PM (uis79)
Posted by: Sprockets before Dieter danced at December 15, 2012 09:38 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 09:38 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 15, 2012 09:39 PM (uis79)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at December 15, 2012 09:39 PM (jts1f)
Posted by: Sprockets before Dieter danced at December 16, 2012 01:38 AM (I88Jc)
2.2, no Mitsu in the Omni platform cars. MOPAR or no car, there really isn't much of a difference...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 09:39 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 09:39 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 09:39 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at December 15, 2012 09:40 PM (jts1f)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 09:40 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 15, 2012 09:40 PM (uis79)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 16, 2012 01:39 AM
Yep. "Get it On".
Posted by: otho at December 15, 2012 09:40 PM (yBF/9)
Same down here in Jawja. Also, no classes or certification to get a GWL (Georgia Weapons License), just fill out the paperwork at the Probate Court, pay the fee, then Johnny over to the local LEO for fingerprints. In rural counties like mine, you have your GWL in less than a week.
Posted by: Country Singer at December 15, 2012 09:41 PM (svK4p)
Allpar citation or gtfo (the special-special edition Omni).
Posted by: Sprockets before Dieter danced at December 15, 2012 09:42 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 15, 2012 09:42 PM (jfSqj)
Y5, I was just eyeballing spam cans of 7.62x54 tonight on CtD, you never really can have enough.
My 86 Toyota Celica ST has 236k on it, burns a quart of oil a week and goes there and back. I can do any work needed on it and I'll never sell it. The 94 Thunderbird has 137k and it just got a new transmission so along with the new brakes and suspension I put in I think its good for another 60k.
Posted by: Gmac at December 15, 2012 09:42 PM (IanLz)
Not quite, one must have either a pistol purchase permit OR a concealed weapons permit to buy a handgun. This was the primary reason for me to get my CWP, so I didn't have to ask the sheriff's permission to exercise a Constitutional right. We are working to get that particular piece of Jim Crow legislation abolished as well.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 16, 2012 01:28 AM (yh0zB)
In Idaho, no NICS background check with a valid CCL.
Just fill out the federal 4473 and pay.
quickest gun purchase I've seen is 8 minutes. in and out the door
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 16, 2012 01:30 AM (jfSqj)
I looked up Wake's, and it didn't have the CWP part on it, but to have to jump through all those hoops is kind of a bitch.
When I bought mine in Virginia, I was out in about an hour, and that was without a CWP or CCL. That included the background check by the State Police.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 15, 2012 09:44 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: jc, whose dog unexpectely ate his homework so he can't testify either at December 15, 2012 09:44 PM (kfC1R)
Posted by: Sprockets before Dieter danced at December 16, 2012 01:42 AM (I88Jc)
As you wish. In North America the 1.7 was a VW engine, in Europe they came with a variety of Peugeot engines, everything else (including the special-specials) were 2.2 Chrysler engines.
http://www.allpar.com/omni/omni.html
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 09:45 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 15, 2012 09:46 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 15, 2012 09:46 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at December 15, 2012 09:48 PM (jts1f)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 15, 2012 09:49 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: RWC at December 15, 2012 09:49 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 16, 2012 01:32 AM (yh0zB)
Yeah, I kinda figured that when you said it was Durham County that had the law, and when I saw that Wake had something similar, I figured out that Rockingham and Caswell counties don't have that law.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 15, 2012 09:49 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Gmac at December 16, 2012 01:42 AM (IanLz)
True.
I looked up Wake's, and it didn't have the CWP part on it, but to have to jump through all those hoops is kind of a bitch.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 16, 2012 01:44 AM (Zd/NW)
Yes it is, which is why we (GRNC, if you are a North Carolinian gun owner and not a member you really should be) are working on getting rid of purchase permits. Keep in mind many of the county rules were overturned with HB650 a couple of years ago.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 09:50 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: t-bird at December 15, 2012 09:51 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Sprockets before Dieter danced at December 15, 2012 09:52 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: G. Washtington at December 15, 2012 09:52 PM (sZTYJ)
Toyota Sienna XLE 2004. $2300 for new AC this summer, $275 for some O2 sensor shit in November, and last week $400 for brakes. The latter was completely my fault. Some hungover SCOAMF lover hit her the morning after the election so she's been in the shop for that this week. Went to pick her up and the seat wouldn't move back up. The body shop has her until they fix that because it worked when I dropped it off.
Next set of tires, she's a trade in.
Posted by: Hazchic at December 15, 2012 09:53 PM (BrORD)
Posted by: Donna V. at December 15, 2012 09:54 PM (BStAJ)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 15, 2012 09:54 PM (jfSqj)
gotta get to bed pretty soon though, got a big football day tomorrow, going to the Cardinals-Lions game
Posted by: chemjeff at December 15, 2012 09:55 PM (aWt7q)
Posted by: Barky McFuckstick at December 15, 2012 09:55 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 15, 2012 09:56 PM (adaoe)
I really really really want to pay cash for my next car though so I am resisting the urge to trade it in at the moment
Posted by: chemjeff at December 15, 2012 09:58 PM (aWt7q)
Posted by: Sprockets before Dieter danced at December 16, 2012 01:52 AM (I88Jc)
You know what's funny, I had the trans in and out of the Rampage five times (I put a lot of junkyard 5 speeds in that 4 speed trucklet before finding a good one) and only dropped the K frame on the last one. It really did make things a heck of a lot easier.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 09:58 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 09:59 PM (Z9EHQ)
So, you can have access to YouTube but be unable to reach big chunks of the listed content. If your ISP is having trouble reaching certain locations that can cut off big chunks of YouTube.
Posted by: epobirs at December 15, 2012 10:00 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Donna V. at December 15, 2012 10:01 PM (BStAJ)
Posted by: RWC at December 15, 2012 10:01 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 16, 2012 01:57 AM (aWt7q)
watching the new Berserk and writing the gaming post
Posted by: The Dude at December 15, 2012 10:01 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 10:03 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 15, 2012 10:04 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: RWC at December 15, 2012 10:06 PM (sqp6o)
Not much to do tonight.
Ate some delicious butternut squash which I spiced the ever lovin' hell out of.
Damn, now that's good eatin'!
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2012 10:11 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: RWC at December 15, 2012 10:13 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: The Dude at December 15, 2012 10:13 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: jc, whose dog unexpectely ate his homework so he can't testify either at December 15, 2012 10:16 PM (kfC1R)
dammit...
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2012 10:17 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: t-bird at December 15, 2012 10:17 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 15, 2012 10:18 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 10:18 PM (Z9EHQ)
dammit...
Posted by: Robert at December 16, 2012 02:17 AM (4ixH5)
==
get her addicted to drugs.
Posted by: jc, whose dog unexpectely ate his homework so he can't testify either at December 15, 2012 10:18 PM (kfC1R)
Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2012 10:18 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 15, 2012 10:19 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Wings Fan at December 15, 2012 10:19 PM (jts1f)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2012 10:19 PM (hWrM7)
Posted by: jc, whose dog unexpectely ate his homework so he can't testify either at December 16, 2012 02:18 AM (kfC1R)
Think I could get all her prescriptions replaced with a single daily hit of meth?
Sounds good to me.
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2012 10:19 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: The Dude at December 15, 2012 10:19 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 10:20 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 16, 2012 02:19 AM (jfSqj)
Mmmmmm, I feel like I would be giving it more to myself.
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2012 10:21 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 10:21 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Sprockets before Dieter danced at December 15, 2012 10:21 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: Museisluse at December 15, 2012 10:22 PM (SsWgR)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2012 10:22 PM (hWrM7)
Posted by: Sprockets before Dieter danced at December 16, 2012 02:21 AM (I88Jc)
bye bye videogame thread when that happens
Posted by: The Dude at December 15, 2012 10:22 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 10:23 PM (Z9EHQ)
Woody Allen in Sleeper on VW Beetles, "Can't kill the things."
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2012 10:26 PM (hWrM7)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 15, 2012 10:26 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Sprockets before Dieter danced at December 16, 2012 02:21 AM (I88Jc)
You could always go here, too: http://gearsandgridirons.blogspot.com/
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 10:26 PM (yh0zB)
Weekly or biweekly. Something to keep the content coming on mostly dead weekends.
Weekly/biweekly movie/TV reviews would be kinda neat.
Mary Poppins already posts great Hollyweird stories in the morning news thread, just clip the best ones and slap 'em up. Toss in a couple of reviews from some Morons with some halfway decent writing skills and there ya go.
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2012 10:27 PM (4ixH5)
Head shots at 100 yards and under are pretty doable, if the wind is not crazy
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 16, 2012 02:26 AM (jfSqj)
I have a Marlin model 60 that is a tack driver. I want a Marlin 795 for an Appleseed gun.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 10:27 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 16, 2012 02:22 AM (hWrM7)
It'll also protect her from zombies.
Posted by: buzzion at December 15, 2012 10:28 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2012 10:28 PM (hWrM7)
Rest assured. Will the burgeoning pool of Morons/Moronettes be waxing nostalgic of about their console/PC games or automotive tools?
Posted by: Sprockets before Dieter danced at December 15, 2012 10:28 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 10:28 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: RWC at December 15, 2012 10:28 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 16, 2012 02:23 AM (Z9EHQ)
Ever see Sin City?
The bit with the gun toting hookers?
That would totally be me.
But with a saggy ass.
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2012 10:29 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Robert at December 16, 2012 02:27 AM (4ixH5)
it will just end up with people spamming about how they are shut ins who won't do anything with watching it
Posted by: The Dude at December 15, 2012 10:29 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 10:30 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 10:32 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: RWC at December 15, 2012 10:32 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2012 10:33 PM (hWrM7)
Jumping in....
(stares at keyboard for 2 mins thinking why the hell did I get stuck in Calibonya when I could have been long gone in 2006...)
got nothing,
Jumping out...
Posted by: Richard at December 15, 2012 10:33 PM (98kcW)
Posted by: The Dude at December 16, 2012 02:29 AM (tw6Ar)
So we'll need to make a sort of hybrid thread. The biweekly movie/tv/survivalist thread.
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2012 10:34 PM (4ixH5)
Mountain troll, "Everything tastes like chicken, except the chicken."
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2012 10:35 PM (hWrM7)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 16, 2012 02:32 AM (Z9EHQ)
If you screw a hot post-op tranny and you don't know she's a he was the encounter really all that gay?
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2012 10:36 PM (4ixH5)
Wondering if this empty empty 34 ounce bottle will suffice.
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2012 10:37 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Robert at December 16, 2012 02:34 AM (4ixH5)
then you just get people posting about how this isn't conservative enough (ie Chuck and Justified threads)
Posted by: The Dude at December 15, 2012 10:38 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Robert at December 16, 2012 02:36 AM (4ixH5)
yeah, it's a subtle 3D but it worked (looks better in 48fps)
Posted by: The Dude at December 15, 2012 10:38 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Wings Fan at December 15, 2012 10:39 PM (jts1f)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 15, 2012 10:39 PM (sZTYJ)
The kicker of the story is, the mistress used to be a guy. But had all the operations and knew how to be a killer in heels. So fooled everyone. Husband and post-op mistress are serving long prison sentences.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2012 10:40 PM (hWrM7)
Posted by: Wings Fan at December 15, 2012 10:40 PM (jts1f)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 10:40 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2012 10:42 PM (hWrM7)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 10:43 PM (Z9EHQ)
I will certainly not! Any man who could value a life beyond all the happiness a Roadrunner or Demon could bring has nothing to speak to me.
Posted by: Sprockets before Dieter danced at December 15, 2012 10:43 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2012 10:44 PM (hWrM7)
Posted by: The Dude at December 16, 2012 02:38 AM (tw6Ar)
The 3D provides depth, not crap in your face antics.
Posted by: Wings Fan at December 16, 2012 02:40 AM (jts1f)
Kewl.
48FPS is only showing in a handful of theaters, no? Pretty sure my local theater doesn't have it.
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2012 10:45 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 10:45 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at December 15, 2012 10:48 PM (jts1f)
Posted by: The Dude at December 15, 2012 10:49 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2012 10:49 PM (hWrM7)
Posted by: jc, whose dog unexpectely ate his homework so he can't testify either at December 15, 2012 10:49 PM (kfC1R)
WA/PO opinion. To solve our debt crisis lets just sell Alaska! Instead of using the resources that will generate revenue, just do a storage wars scenario that will help no one except the buyer. Hell, why not throw in the Palin family as a rider on the sale!/sarc
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at December 15, 2012 10:50 PM (WX65W)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2012 10:50 PM (hWrM7)
Posted by: The Dude at December 16, 2012 02:47 AM (tw6Ar)
Thank you very much, Dude!
Ohhhhhh, there's a FPS screen in Mission!
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2012 10:52 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: jc, whose dog unexpectely ate his homework so he can't testify either at December 16, 2012 02:49 AM (kfC1R)
her in Sin City....yum
Posted by: The Dude at December 15, 2012 10:52 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: RWC at December 15, 2012 10:52 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: jc, whose dog unexpectely ate his homework so he can't testify either at December 16, 2012 02:49 AM (kfC1R)
*Thumbs WAY up*
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2012 10:53 PM (4ixH5)
The eagles saving them in the nick of time again was too much Deus ex Machina. You are more discerning on what makes a good story than most.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2012 10:55 PM (hWrM7)
Crosby and Bowie's "The Little Drummer Boy":
http://youtu.be/DiXjbI3kRus
Posted by: Sprockets before Dieter danced at December 15, 2012 10:58 PM (I88Jc)
They are quoted as saying: "Westboro will picket Sandy Hook Elementary School to sing praise to God for the glory of his work in executing his judgment"
http://exm.nr/WcETLr
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 16, 2012 02:39 AM (sZTYJ)
scum sucking bottom feeding shitbags.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 10:59 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 15, 2012 10:59 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at December 15, 2012 10:59 PM (WX65W)
Posted by: RWC at December 15, 2012 11:00 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at December 15, 2012 11:00 PM (jts1f)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2012 11:02 PM (hWrM7)
Posted by: RWC at December 15, 2012 11:04 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2012 11:04 PM (hWrM7)
Posted by: RWC at December 16, 2012 02:52 AM (sqp6o)
Posted by: RWC at December 16, 2012 03:00 AM (sqp6o)
Though it's played up a little more than I remember in the movie, The Hobbit is a funny book
Posted by: The Dude at December 15, 2012 11:04 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Sprockets before Dieter danced at December 16, 2012 02:43 AM (I88Jc)
I wanted a brand new Challenger (what can I say, I must have had a grudge against myself http://tinyurl.com/crj793m ) but they never made a convertible like they were supposed to, so instead I got a brand new 5.0 Mustang convertible. I'm not disappointed.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 11:06 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at December 15, 2012 11:08 PM (jts1f)
The BH had friends over for making candy all day today, so I've been hiding out. It was raining, as well, so it really wasn't conducive to anything.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 15, 2012 11:08 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: jc, whose dog unexpectely ate his homework so he can't testify either at December 16, 2012 02:49 AM (kfC1R)
*Thumbs WAY up*
Posted by: Robert at December 16, 2012 02:53 AM (4ixH5)
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No, really, don't try to talk me out of it. I'm serial this time.
Posted by: jc, whose dog unexpectely ate his homework so he can't testify either at December 15, 2012 11:09 PM (kfC1R)
Posted by: jc, whose dog unexpectely ate his homework so he can't testify either at December 16, 2012 02:49 AM (kfC1R)
I approve of this message.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 11:09 PM (yh0zB)
http://youtu.be/lyNOZWZzTeE
Posted by: Bah Humbug at December 16, 2012 03:07 AM (I88Jc)
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based on what we've heard about the Jacksons there is a pretty good chance they saw more than that.
Posted by: jc, whose dog unexpectely ate his homework so he can't testify either at December 15, 2012 11:10 PM (kfC1R)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at December 15, 2012 11:11 PM (jts1f)
Posted by: RWC at December 15, 2012 11:12 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at December 16, 2012 03:11 AM (jts1f)
though still condensed, I thought the extended editions did a pretty good job in telling Lord of the Rings
Posted by: The Dude at December 15, 2012 11:13 PM (tw6Ar)
"So dude what did you do this weekend?"
"We watched all the LotR and Hobbit movies back to back. Suzy got septicemia from sitting so long. And Jack had to have a leg amputated. But it was awesome."
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2012 11:15 PM (hWrM7)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 11:15 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at December 16, 2012 03:08 AM (jts1f)
eh, don't think it hampers a kid's innocence as it's good high fantasy. If it was S and S, then you would be right
Posted by: The Dude at December 15, 2012 11:16 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2012 11:16 PM (hWrM7)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at December 15, 2012 11:17 PM (jts1f)
Posted by: jc, whose dog unexpectely ate his homework so he can't testify either at December 16, 2012 03:10 AM (kfC1R)
Now presenting the lost Jackson 5 classic, I Saw Michael Kissing Santa Claus.
Posted by: Robert at December 15, 2012 11:18 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at December 16, 2012 03:17 AM (jts1f)
only thing that I wished were in the EE versions was the damn poetry.
But having a couple of songs in The Hobbit was very nice though
Posted by: The Dude at December 15, 2012 11:19 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2012 11:21 PM (hWrM7)
Posted by: The Dude at December 15, 2012 11:21 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 11:22 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2012 11:22 PM (hWrM7)
Any pointers for what to read to learn more about US artillery in WWII?
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at December 15, 2012 11:22 PM (xHaTb)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 15, 2012 11:23 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: RWC at December 15, 2012 11:28 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at December 15, 2012 11:29 PM (jts1f)
Posted by: rickl at December 15, 2012 11:29 PM (sdi6R)
http://tinyurl.com/cgk288y
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2012 11:30 PM (hWrM7)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 11:31 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2012 11:32 PM (hWrM7)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 11:33 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at December 15, 2012 11:33 PM (jts1f)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 11:33 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at December 15, 2012 11:34 PM (jts1f)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 11:35 PM (Z9EHQ)
780 10,000,000 million cable channels and not a single thing on.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 16, 2012 03:33 AM (Z9EHQ)
That's why I've got netflix on.
Posted by: buzzion at December 15, 2012 11:35 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2012 11:36 PM (hWrM7)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 15, 2012 11:36 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2012 11:37 PM (hWrM7)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at December 15, 2012 11:39 PM (jts1f)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 16, 2012 03:36 AM (Z9EHQ)
Well I'm watching one of John Pinette's Comedy specials. He's a funny fat guy, as opposed to someone like Ralphie May who is an annoying fat fuck.
Posted by: buzzion at December 15, 2012 11:39 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: The Dude at December 15, 2012 11:40 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: jc, whose dog unexpectely ate his homework so he can't testify either at December 15, 2012 11:43 PM (kfC1R)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 16, 2012 03:21 AM (hWrM7)
Gulf Coast? That sounds like a great idea! We could converge on Pensacola FL and go to Biloxi.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 11:45 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at December 15, 2012 11:47 PM (jts1f)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 11:49 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at December 15, 2012 11:51 PM (jts1f)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2012 11:52 PM (hWrM7)
Oh, one thing I bought was a data reader. This is the thing that you plug in to the connector under the steering wheel when your engine (or other warning) light comes on. It tells you what is the problem. And most importantly, it turns the fucking warning light off. Costs about $35, well worth it. This is good thing to have since about two thirds of the time the warning light tells you to bring it in to the dealer so they can charge you $200 to turn the warning light off. In other words, it is all bullshit and an income generator for the dealer.
Posted by: navybrat at December 15, 2012 11:53 PM (wo54F)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2012 11:55 PM (hWrM7)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 11:55 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 15, 2012 11:56 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at December 15, 2012 11:58 PM (jts1f)
http://annapuna.blogspot.com/2010/06/midway-to-victory.html
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2012 11:58 PM (hWrM7)
My MoPar righteousness can ignore easy K-car bashing because of all the Chevy Citations and Ford Escorts that fell by the wayside while Reliants and Ares K still roamed.
Posted by: derit at December 16, 2012 12:01 AM (I88Jc)
http://tinyurl.com/cgk288y
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 16, 2012 03:30 AM
Zaloga's stuff is pretty good. Got a few of his.
Posted by: otho at December 16, 2012 12:01 AM (yBF/9)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 16, 2012 12:05 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 16, 2012 12:06 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 16, 2012 03:16 AM (hWrM7)
Sorry for the delay in the reply, but the BH left the place a bit of a mess and I noticed we were getting ants.
No, no special voodoo candies. They were all using the kitchen anyway.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 16, 2012 12:06 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 16, 2012 12:08 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at December 16, 2012 12:09 AM (3Y7RV)
Geez Y5, the Air Force gets little respect as is...
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 16, 2012 12:09 AM (hWrM7)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 16, 2012 12:09 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: derit at December 16, 2012 04:01 AM (I88Jc)
My Aries was...adequate. It died a horrible death by Jeep but was still drivable when the insurance man gave me more for it than I had into it, including the purchase price and all the repairs I had made in the 2 years I owned it.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 16, 2012 12:13 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at December 16, 2012 04:09 AM (3Y7RV)
85/86, I graduated AFTA and checked out the day the space shuttle exploded (the first one). Yeah, I was a push button, but I did ace my second class exam.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 16, 2012 12:16 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Truman North (D) at December 16, 2012 12:17 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Truman North (D) at December 16, 2012 12:18 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at December 16, 2012 12:19 AM (3Y7RV)
http://annapuna.blogspot.com/2010/05/memorial-day.html
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 16, 2012 12:21 AM (hWrM7)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 16, 2012 12:22 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 16, 2012 12:24 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at December 16, 2012 12:25 AM (3Y7RV)
It was never meant to rival an Imperial (pre-Dynasty/AP body, of course).
Were it not aimed at giving the impression of a contemporary car (hey, that show "Hunter" would be a great showcase!), like the VW Beetle, it could have become more iconic.
Posted by: derit at December 16, 2012 12:25 AM (I88Jc)
Picked up a hardcover copy of Cernan's book 'Last Man On the Moon' at the museum gift shot autographed by him. Mere $75. Worth it.Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 16, 2012 12:28 AM (hWrM7)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at December 16, 2012 04:25 AM (3Y7RV)
That's awesome. I think he would be an interesting fellow to have a beer with.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 16, 2012 12:29 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at December 16, 2012 12:30 AM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at December 16, 2012 12:31 AM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 16, 2012 12:32 AM (hWrM7)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at December 16, 2012 12:34 AM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at December 16, 2012 04:31 AM (3Y7RV)
Oh, I got that. I just think it would be interesting is all.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 16, 2012 12:35 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 16, 2012 12:37 AM (hWrM7)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 16, 2012 12:42 AM (hWrM7)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 16, 2012 12:43 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 16, 2012 12:43 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 16, 2012 12:45 AM (yh0zB)
rides could gather sometime in the spring or perhaps in October for
Cruising the Coast.
Lovely idea -- I may even be able to help set up some hotel rooms. They get a little thin during tha Cruise. It's kinda a big deal around here.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 16, 2012 12:46 AM (ccXZP)
last year, new struts, shocks, brakes. All new EGR and water hose rubber under the hood. New leather on the front seats and headliner. Cost $3500
You can't buy a car like this anymore for under $36000
Posted by: Dept. of Accuracy Dept. at December 16, 2012 02:33 AM (BAnPT)
Re: car...
Have a 2001 Chevy Silverado, 166,000+ miles. Had a few things wear out (power steering pump, rear engine seal, pulley), but she has been an absolute tank other than parts wearing out that you would expect. Driven her as far as Texas (live in WA), and multiple times to Cali & Utah. Heated seats, hauls whatever is needed. LOVE HER - the way she feels, the way she drives, everything. Would rebuild her top to bottom before selling. When something is good, wears well and you're happy why trade it for an unknown? (That's not to say I wouldn't mind also owning oh, I don't know... a Porsche Panamera, but a girl can have several cars, right?)
Might get something newer in addition if the economy was better but don't see the point of having a car payment with Zero in the White House and SMOD looming.
Posted by: Linlithgow at December 16, 2012 02:56 AM (Gim9y)
Posted by: Infidel at December 16, 2012 03:01 AM (z/wx3)
Posted by: Conservative Crank, in work purgatory at December 16, 2012 03:12 AM (FqcJu)
Posted by: Infidel at December 16, 2012 03:13 AM (z/wx3)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at December 16, 2012 03:17 AM (uhAkr)
Obama wants to tax two teachers in New York City, or a couple of IT workers in California.
Posted by: Miss Marple at December 16, 2012 03:19 AM (GoIUi)
When that isn't enough....taxes on those who make over $250,000
When that isn't enough....taxes on those who make over $150,000
When that isn't enough....taxes on those who make over $75,000
Posted by: Dept. of Accuracy Dept. at December 16, 2012 03:24 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at December 16, 2012 03:29 AM (uhAkr)
Pretty hard to get any message about that out this weekend, you know. TV is wall-to-wall coverage of the Connecticut murders.
Posted by: Miss Marple at December 16, 2012 03:31 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: theworldisnotenough at December 16, 2012 03:39 AM (AlIAz)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at December 16, 2012 03:46 AM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Herculean Effort at December 16, 2012 03:49 AM (bS6uW)
Posted by: Infidel at December 16, 2012 03:49 AM (z/wx3)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at December 16, 2012 03:50 AM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at December 16, 2012 03:53 AM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Infidel at December 16, 2012 03:54 AM (z/wx3)
Once the cars interior starts going to shit and the big expenses start to kick in it's time to trade in for a new one. I got a 7500 trade in for my Hyundai Santa Fe for a Honda Fit.
The Santa Fe was in need of new tires, struts, shocks, brakes, etc. I totaled up the cost of getting all of the work done and what I could get for it in trade in as is and it really was a no brainer.
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 16, 2012 03:54 AM (0fxcV)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at December 16, 2012 03:56 AM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Infidel at December 16, 2012 03:56 AM (z/wx3)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at December 16, 2012 03:58 AM (3Y7RV)
And in the category of 'What a hell of a way to spend Christmas' OTD in 1944 the Battle of the Bulge began. We haven't learned to like Nazis either.
Posted by: Retread at December 16, 2012 04:02 AM (zxitI)
We finally traded it in on a used Jeep Cheorkee, which I am currently driving. I hated to see her go, but there was no way to keep it and the body was just terrible. I was afraid that one day I would stop and the body would just break off and keep moving forward, like a cartoon.
That Ford Explorer made 5 trips to Missouri, 3 to Florida, and one to Virginia. We hauled furniture, bushes, and even a riding lawnmower in it. I just loved it, and if I ever see a 91 Explorer with a good body I will buy it just to have it.
Posted by: Miss Marple at December 16, 2012 04:04 AM (GoIUi)
In 1970, I purchased a Chevelle Malibu and drove it for 36 years and 676,000 miles before finally retiring it in 2006 when I bought the GT. One engine replacement at 345,000 miles...the original 350 and a restoration in 1999. It now has classic plates on it. I do all the work myself on the cars which, in my opinion, helps.
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