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Halloween is nearing... and my front porch has been adorned fittingly.
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Mardi Gras pub crawl tonight! If I post anything really retarded, its probably because someone forgot to take my phone away from me before we hit the bars.
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This looks like a great book on American auto design. http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0932128076...j=1#reader-page About the authors: http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0932128076...s=1#reader-page
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I know that maybe some of us read but most of the time i love to i just dont find time and i try my best to read alot of books. Anyway i re-read George Orwells 1984 and totally understand it at a new level. It never ment much to me but I finally understand how and why he wrote it. You guys have read it right or am i the only one. if you havent read it you should! and i wont ruin it for you unless some people really want to discuss it. Other great books. Grapes of Wrath The great Gatsby Catcher in the rye- Caufield reminds me of BV in a way for some reason A Walk in The woods - love it to death
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Boomers: 3 ways the crisis whacks your retirement 10/17/2008 12:01 AM ET Link to MSN Money For the generation of Americans born between 1946 and 1964, the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression comes at the worst time imaginable. Baby boomers are nervously trying to navigate their nest eggs to a safe port in a stormy sea of wild stock market swings, falling home values and a weakening job market. It can take years for nest eggs to recover from heavy investment losses. But time is something baby boomers -- the oldest of whom turned 62 this year -- just don't have enough of. Here are the problems near-retirees now face and what (if anything) baby boomer…
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Happy Birthday, Booyah.
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It's your birthday, dawg! Have a good one, man!
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I attended the very last car show of 2012, as far as the shows I'm aware of at least. It was the BOP-APALOOZA (Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac) show held at the Atco Raceway in Atco, NJ last Saturday, November 5. Prior years this was a Pontiac-only show, this year it was opened to Buick and Oldsmobiles (however, a majority of the cars in the show were Pontiacs with an almost even split between BOP on the drag strip). I present approximately 60 pictures that I took:
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I've had my border collie for about 6 years now--we got her when she was about 6-12 months old from a shelter. She was extremely sick and severely underweight when we got her. Today, she's a healthy, happy, active girl that I can't imagine my life without. I've done a good deal of reading up about her breed, and most things fit. However, every now and then there's a question I have about a behavior she exhibits. Most recently, her behavior towards people diving in the pool. Anyone have border collie experience?
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Border security isn't the problem Washington Post The notion that the first thing to do is "secure the border" between the United States and Mexico -- and only then worry about comprehensive immigration reform -- falls somewhere between hopeful fantasy and cynical cop-out. It's a good sound bite but would be a ridiculous policy. Fact-based analysis is increasingly out of fashion, however, and so the border-first hallucination has become popular among politicians and pundits reacting to Arizona's new "breathing while Latino" law. The measure, which has sparked angry protests nationwide, orders police to act on "reasonable suspicion" in identifying, arresting and jailin…
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Found a few design sketches for the C5 Corvette, the 4th-gen Camaro MCE, VUE, Sunfire GT, etc. while probing the web. Enjoy! C5 Vette: F4 Camaro MCE Proposal: VUE: Sunfire GT: Why didn't GM put this interior in the Sunfire? Link to where these came from: http://draganelmagda.blogspot.com/
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Insanity. I mixed, cut, cooked and decorated a gingerbread garage and Studebaker Avanti. I did it just to say I could. I never really bake and never made a gingerbread anything before, but here it is:
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If you are from here or near here, you will love it! :AH-HA_wink:
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SO does anybody lhere like the show Boston Legal? It's one of my favorite shows on TV. Spader and Shatner are comedic gold and the sheer lunacy of some of the things that happen on the show, combined with provacative and dramatic trials ripped right from current day events makes this my favorite show hands down. Season 4 is coming in late september and I can't wait for it. "Denny Crane, lock and load!"
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So, we've had a good bit of new vehicle introductions postponed by this virus situation. Which new vehicle intro were you most looking forward to?
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Lately I've gotten into the habit of drinking more and more water. I'm 16, and prior to this year, I rarely drank water at all. I've noticed that I feel healthier overall and have really learned to enjoy it. I drink both bottled and tap water (I don't prefer one over the other), but know people who refuse to drink tap. Personally, I have no problem filling up straight from the sink. Recently I've learned that tap water can actually be better for you than anything out of a bottle. According to some recent studies, bottled water can have more bacteria and less fluoride than regular old tap water. Moreover, bottled water isn't held to the same standards regarding fi…
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Caught part of a promo for the U.S. Top Gear latest episode- looks to up The Bar on Staggeringly Stupid. I saw a Roadmaster wagon filled with water, driving & dripping, and a Fiero intentionally rear-ending a circa '70 Cutlass. I struggle to imagine how they're going to top undercut this feat. Much like the Hasselhoff show- this train wreck should've been stopped after 1 episode.
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To be exact, I bought this kayak. Not the best money can buy, sure, but the color does come close to matching the color of my bike, so thats something. It'll be a good one to get some experience on, since I've only kayaked a couple of times. I wont have a chance to get it out on the lake this weekend, but sometime during the week I am definitely going out, all I need is a paddle, already have a PFD and waterproof iPod holder.
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Been super dead around here as of late it seems, So not sure how much action this will get. Do we still do the 'guess what I bought' game?? If so, any takers??
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Nothing was wrong with my 4 1/2 year old MDG (Canadian brand) desk top. It has a DVD burner that I added 2 years ago, 256 graphics card, operates at 1.7 ghz, has 768 mb RAM, operates on XP, but I was working on putting all my MPEG-4 movies from my trips to Brazil onto a DVD, interspersed with my digital pics , maybe even a soundtrack, but this proved to be impossible with the old system. Roxio and I had a falling out about 3 weeks ago, resulting in my smashing the original program discs into a million pieces (while my horrified partner and our dog watched), then uninstalled anything to do with Roxio. Nero is far more intuitive and user friendly, but I knew I was …
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Price was right, pulled the Solstice wheels and added a set of dipped SKY wheels. Not a Turbo I got this thing for under $10K before tax so I took it, wife loves it. Always liked the Solstice alot, it's just the SKY looks so much better. I kinda like owning two orphan brands, maybe I'll look for a clean Oldsmobile next.
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Well, I sold my Mustang Cobra on Monday, and picked up my new 81 Malibu today :-) Because of rain (And going to dinner with my girlfriend and her family), I wasn't able to start detailing it today, but I'm waking up REAL early tomorrow to get as much done as possible before going with Silvester to look at a car he might be buying :-P Just thought I'd share pics.... its a 229 v6 with 71,000 origional miles, painted a year or so ago, body is SOLID, no rot or any real rust ANYWHERE, and the thing runs and drives like a champ! Plans for now are to freshen up the interior, clean up the engine bay, and pretty much leave it stock until a year or two from now when I'd love to d…
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No....not more cars to drive (er, at least not yet), but "Cars" to watch! Tuesday, November 7, 2006 ... Election Day ... AND the day "Cars" debuted on DVD. So, I voted ... then hightailed it to a local store to buy my very own "Cars" DVD ... and the soundtrack CD. Once I can find someone or somewhere with a large-screen TV and DVD player, I'll plan a gathering to watch "Cars". Anyone interested? Cort:33swm."Mr MC" / "Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker MC:family.IL.guide.future = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/ "Got my pedal to the metal" ... Sheryl Crow ... 'Real Gone'
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Camino is now happy.
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What's everyone wearing these days? Boxers...briefs...thongs? Designer?...what's the hottest designer brand these days? Utility?...3 for 7.98 White?...colors?....car themed? Do you keep until threadbare? Commando?
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This is a short film that showed in 1959.. I heard it on the radio this morning and it's just absolutely hilarious how ridiculous their views were back then on homosexuality. This isn't being posted to offend anybody, but rather to look at a completely different culture from 50 years ago and how they viewed this "sickness." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi0HbrhM2hg&NR=1
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So the other day I had to stop for gas on the way home from DC. Trying to mind my pennies, I stopped at a 7-Eleven gas station and put about $20 in the tank of the Bonneville. Fast-forward to Friday, and as I'm driving to DC that morning/afternoon, my SES light comes on. Code: P0404, which is an EGR malfunction. So I'm like "aw crap" since I still have a pending SES light in my wife's Maxima that I need to get taken care of before we move in June. I'm looking up the code on the Internet to see what's required to fix the issue. Then I get a bright idea... how about I get gas from a real station? I fill up at a BP on the way home, and voilà, no more SES light on Sa…
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I just had my first ortho consultation. I decided that, with the flex spending plan at work, I would pop for braces this year. My uppers are right on. My lowers are crowded. I got this consult because only some dentists can do the Invisalign. He said it would take 12 months + up to 2 or 3 more months. The cost is $ 5600 for conventional ones (which he recommends for me) and $ 6300 for the Invisalign which will take 18 months. YIKES. I definitely need the remaining 2 consults. Two girls who work in my office went to the same, but different, ortho for quite a bit less money. Any of you gotten braces PAST your teenage years? Costly? Was it painful?…
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been sighted all over in the area where I live, Alberta, Canada. He's in the area filming a new western movie. They were sighted in a small city, Spruce Grove, north of here. I woke up to the front page in the paper, there they are coming out of a Safeway with bags of groceries, they pack up a pair of motorcycles and off they go, just the two of them....you have to imagine in an area where celebrities of this stature are not seen, the deli girl at the Safeway almost peed herself when they came up to the counter.
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Interesting article from Hot Rod magazine in 2017. Nutshelled : drilled/slotted rotors are akin to fake hood scoops.
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As I'm quite bored (there's nothing like pouring rain on a car lot to make things very slow and boring), I thought I'd pose a question. If you could resurrect one, and only one, now defunct car brand, which would you choose, why, and how would you do it? I've been thinking about this and it's a tough call. Part of me wants to say Pontiac, because I would love to see GM work harder on performance models, but my heart says Mercury. My first car was a 1982 Mercury Cougar station wagon, to me Cougar has always brought a feeling of excitement to mind (even in that wagon, at least a little bit, I'm not sure why, but that is how I thought of them as a kid and it never lef…
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Anyone care to name the brand that is quietly going around buying back its franchises....and promising not to return to their market? It's not Isuzu.....not Mitsu..... Bueller????
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http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/autos-luxury/10-luxury-car-brands-that-time-forgot/ss-AAfhCnL?ocid=UP94DHP Have to say the pictures are awesome, but also a bit surprising to learn about some beautiful auto's that the industry seemed to forget about and leave behind. Will admit that I did not know the Continental was an actual division of Ford, I always thought it was part of Lincoln.
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I'm really tired of not having a vehicle and driving the CRV (gag) on weekends. I want something cheap, and even though I'm not an SUV kinda guy, I need one for working on apartments. The CRV has served remarkably well in that role. I want something cheap because I don't want to spend much money before leaving for Germany (which seems to be eternally delayed). What about a final model Bravada? Anyone have any info on them?
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Brazil’s public health system will begin providing free sex-change operations in compliance with a court order, the Health Ministry said Friday. Ministry spokesman Edmilson Oliveira da Silva said the government would not appeal Wednesday’s ruling by a panel of federal judges giving the government 30 days to offer the procedure or face fines of $5,000 a day. “The health minister was prompted by the judges’ decision,” Silva said. “But we already had a technical group studying the procedure with the idea of including it among the procedures that are covered.” Article continues: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20323334/
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This is one of the weirdest cases ever - almost to the point of having been forgotten. The little girl was slain in Colorado. Evidently, the family hails from the Atlanta suburbs, moved to Colorado and has since moved back. It also appears that her mother has passed away due to illness in the intervening time such that she isn't around to see someone brought to justice. Obviously, with no leads, the parents were viewed as suspects. The person that has been captured is a 42 year old school teacher from another Atlanta suburb. What a relief to see that someone may be brought to justice. What a sick individual to have done something like this. What a weird situta…
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Break through. Like a rock. Let's motor Successful tag lines help define brand for consumers and company By LILLIE GUYER | AUTOMOTIVE NEWS AutoWeek: http://autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?...E/60306014/1041 Break through. Like a rock. Let's motor. Drivers wanted. The ultimate driving machine. Zoom-zoom. Consumers know the vehicle brands these tag lines promote without being told. (For the record, they're Cadillac, Chevrolet trucks, Mini, Volkswagen, BMW and Mazda.) By contrast, some tag lines do little to speak to consumers, advertising critics say: Dream up. Moving forward. Inspiration comes standard. Designed for action. (In this order, they are: Buick, To…
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I guess I'm conservative with cars...DUH. Well, I think about the rental cars out there. Once put into service, they don't know who will be driving it and how and I think they change the oil the very first time at around 7,000 miles, per the owner's manual. When I got my new car, I drove it real "easy" the first 1,000 miles or so, mixing both city and highway driving. Then, I took it in for a "break in" oil and filter change at about 1,500 miles and then returned to a regimen of changes every 2,500 miles or so. The car has been awesome. I really believe that any "impurities" in the oil or the engine will be flushed out with an early oil change and that things will…
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So I drag my sorry butt out of bed at about 4:30 this morning so I have time to get ready to go downtown for the invitation only GM get-together at the Philadelphia Auto Show. It takes quite a while to deal with the dogs in the morning so I wanted to get an early start as we had to be at the show at 7:00A.M. First order of business is to let Zora out. While he is outside I start to do my normal morning ritual which includes feeding Arkus. I want to get this done before I hop in the shower. Well, it comes time to switch dogs and Arkus bursts through the open door with his usual lack of grace as Zora comes back in. I look down at Zora and his face is sopping wet and he i…
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It would be nice if Toyota would follow the ingenius marketing model of Ford. Ford 500=Ford Taurus Mercury Montego=Mercury Sable Toyota Camry=Toyota Blandry Honda Accord=Honda Imbored LOL!
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<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3zb64y6Nvs0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> I forget which news channel I saw this on. CNN?
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On the front page of my paper, and all over the news: http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Matilda+spared+Calgary+death+sentence/2906219/story.html HOLY F*CK WE HAVE SOMETHING OTHER THAN NEW PLAYGROUND OPENINGS TO REPORT ON!!!
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On CNN now.. http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1338294.html
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Just to show that your name is not mud around here, on behalf of all of us who read and enjoy your dutiful postings, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/14737866/detail.html
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I guess now would be the perfect time to admit that I am only a 15 yr. old boy and the breeze and saturn are my parent's cars, but I have a great deal of care for them.... Anyway, my dad was driving home from work(its raining) and he went to turn off of sunrise highway at our exit and some guy in a little toyota ramed the breeze in the rear passenger side door....the whole door is caved in(luckily no interior damage or window damage) but the panit is all scraped up and I cant even call it a dent it is so big...Thank god for insurance! The police said that the accident was the other guys fault. *pics coming soon*
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So has anyone ever heard of Brewster as a car brand/manufacturer? I was talking to my friend's uncle at Thanksgiving dinner and he was telling me about one of the cars he has, a 1934 Brewster Town Car. Seems to have only been built between '34-'35 and had Ford mechanicals beneath a custom coach built body...which was produced in Long Island City. It looks like this:
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Seriously. This has 'SEXY' written all over it. Well. No. Not yet. But it does have lots of rust! You gotta read the listing. And the price. 1994 Dodge Caravanarangosine 3.3 liters of FURY!
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I really don't care to much for the NASCAR CEO Brian France, but at least he is trying to help I suppose. http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/headlines/...s.ap/index.html
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Another quick question for the gamers here... I just picked up a free PS2 today (old style), and I'm trying to remember if these came with "bricks" or not. (My PS2 slim does) My slim seems to have an "hour" issue-sometimes it just shuts itself off after an hour, and I know the brick itself is fine.. Here's to hoping...
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I remember well what it felt like to walk across this monster, no matter who you were you got to know vertigo quite well. It was an amazing structure in an exceptionally beautiful setting, until a tornado destroyed it in 2003. Here's a link to some good pictures: http://www.worldisround.com/articles/15433/ Be sure to check out the view looking down!
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I hope your day is good, sir.
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You may see it below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKTOyiKLARk
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In the course of a conversation at work today, I invented something brilliant. The blueprints are in my head. What I'm thinking is a really big t-shirt cannon that will shoot out hoodies. I'm thinking a potato gun with a big freaking barrel will do the trick.
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If you want to see fanboyism, this is your video. Notice how he quickly passes by the GM dealer with a shaky camera declaring that nobody is there, yet pulls into the Toyota and Nissan dealers who were having tent sales luring people in with food and whatnot. Apparently this tool had a role in "Who Killed the Electric Car." Guess this video can't explain why GM's retail sales were up last month while Toyota was down. Even though he berates GM for discontinuing the EV1, notice how he parks next to a Tundra? Gotta love it. One of his quotes: "GM could make a difference, if it were honest and had not crushed the EV1. GM is evil, and has no intention to make the Volt. L…
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Wow! You have got to check this out. I love her voice! The Buzz Log From Yahoo!
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Discuss
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Madness. George Orwell must be rolling in his grave right now. This is on top of all the other oppressive stuff the British government has been imposing the last couple years. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10...ds-say-MPs.html
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From 2006 Britain will be the first country where every journey by every car will be monitored Britain is to become the first country in the world where the movements of all vehicles on the roads are recorded. A new national surveillance system will hold the records for at least two years. Using a network of cameras that can automatically read every passing number plate, the plan is to build a huge database of vehicle movements so that the police and security services can analyse any journey a driver has made over several years. The network will incorporate thousands of existing CCTV cameras which are being converted to read number plates automatically night and …
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GO K-FED! GO K-FED! MSN Britney is the consummate whore. But K-fed is a complete loser. Its a shame they bred. Britney could have done far better.
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IMBHO: DTS
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IMBHO: Merge LaCrosse/LaCrosse Super into NG LaCrosse, ditto to Lucerne and Lucerne Super
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IMBHO: Chevrolet Express
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IMBHO: Redesign the Aura, Astra(s)
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IMBHO: Pontiac G5, Pontiac Torrent
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BRO...-05-13-20-20-33 A 12 year old girl was "was traumatized by the movie and had to undergo psychological treatment and counseling" after a substitute teacher showed Brokeback Mountain in class. LOL, if this girl needed counseling after seeing a movie about gay cowboys, she has MUCH BIGGER problems to deal with than this.
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I went to a screening of this movie last week. I know most people are going to dismiss it as the "gay cowboy movie", and if you can't get past one short sex scene (which doesn't show anything), you won't like it- but Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway have nude scenes (and are quite fine), so it's something for everyone. This is a movie that makes me glad that I still on occasion work with actors. Everyone involved gives incredible performances. I never thought I'd say this, but Heath Ledger should get an Oscar. It's a great movie.
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Last night, my wife and I took a trip of about 100km to another city. I got off the highway at my exit and pulled up to the stoplight at the end of the ramp. All of a sudden the dash lights up like a christmas tree (Service Engine light, Engine Power Reduced light, Service Vehicle light, Traction Control light) and "CODE 84" shows up in the DIC. Engine power was extremely limited, I limped off the road at about 20 km/h. Pulled over, checked the fluids, everything looked fine. Tried restarting the car a few times, same thing kept coming up. I started to call GM customer service, then realized I couldn't remember what the number of the code was, so I started the car back up…
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An interesting little Californian company started in 1970 by Curtis Brubaker. Here is his sporty mini-van based on a VW chassis, the Brubaker Box.
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Sparked by the (hideous) Chevy Spark, there was an interesting chat session yesterday where a bunch of pics of unusual, little cars were tossed up. These are NOT my preference in vehicles, so in a way, I'm looking at these in order to find something I like design-wise. Bill Mitchell once said (...something derogatory about small cars, can't find the quote). Anyway, the Gub'mnt seems determined to get each & every one of us into one of these at some point, so maybe I can adapt to the idea if the design works for me (then again, I'd rather drive a '60 Fury). Gonna start off with one of Swordfish's favored models, the very very first saab from 1946, 92001: From this …
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A friend of mine was talking about an 83 year old man who shot and killed another man over a property dispute. He quipped at the end, "How do we know that wasn't just the last thing on his bucket list?" That got me thinking about making up my own bucket list, which is quite the morbid thought at 24. This is all I could ceom up with. --Have sex in zero-gravity
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I'm getting pretty damned old so my car jones has been acting up a lot more lately. I started a list of cars I'd like to have before it's too late. You'll notice my choices ain't particularly exotic or even necessarily pricey. I've never been a fan of the hoity-toity, high-priced machinery that only the execs of fortune 500 companies can afford...anyway, here's my first crack at the bucket list. Laugh if you want. In no particular order: 1956-’57 Corvette (doesn’t need to be FI or even dual quad; these were simply gorgeous cars) 1956 Plymouth Fury ('nuff said) 1956 Mercury Montclair (had the looks, performance & handling of its “Mexican Road Race” Lincoln cousins…
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For the NJ members... some good news about the economy. The article is Here.
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/14/busch.rea...=rss_topstories http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/14/anheuser....v.ap/index.html not that i drank that rice beer p155 anyways, but again, it goes to show our business community failing us all and how used we really get. note how much more bud is worth than GM. more profits we'll send overseas......
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So earlier tonight my girlfriend pointed out that the cat was staring at the overhead light. There was this strange looking fly thing on it...it was long and skinny and had wings. Didn't look like anything I'd seen (or killed) before. So, I did what any logical person (who enjoys fire) would do: I used my little Bernz-O-Matic lighter (which works like a torch) and put the flame to it. It fell off and landed on my tool box on the floor. Not satisfied, I torched it a couple more times to ensure it was proper dead. It was cool because every time I did it the thing would singe and light up. But I ended up stopping because it smelt really bad! Then I vacuumed it up. I'm not …
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The Safe Bugatti: The Ultimate Gift for Enthusiasts Date posted: 01-02-2006 MUNICH — German manufacturer Stockinger Safes is one of the few non-automotive companies to enter into a cobranding agreement with Volkswagen's Bugatti subsidiary. Unfortunately, it doesn't make anything you can drive. To coincide with the launch of the new Veyron 16.4, Stockinger is offering its "Safe Bugatti" to store your most prized valuables, say that favorite Bugatti leather handbag or the keys to your Veyron. The safe stands just over 4 feet tall and measures about 2 feet wide by 2 feet deep. It has 2.9 cubic feet of storage inside, including drawers lined in — what else? —…
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Well they came for the Pontiac Grand Prix GXP today, she is on her way to Zürich, Switzerland (Swaziland for ocnblu). My new job starts on October 1, 2007, until then I will be driving the 1969 Pontiac Custom-S. Here is some information on the company shipping the GXP. http://www.aaat.com/ I can't wait until I take the GXP across the border into Germany and hit the German Autobahn! :AH-HA_wink:
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Okay, I'm going to be corny and unoriginal by posting the same kind of thread that Camino did a while back. Basically this is you opportunity to influence what I buy when I trade in 1997 Cadillac STS. Before we start here's a few ground rules: RWD is pretty much a must, that's the only thing that is not negotiable. Rear-biased AWD however is okay. A FWD car would have to be extremely unique/original/rare to even be considered. You guys know I'm RWD obsessed, let's not get into semantics. Other than Lexus I will consider any RWD Car... and for the right price a GS might, I said MIGHT be tempting. A V8 is not a must but a pushrod V8 or inline-six would be prefered, esp…
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I am crazy about Buick and it's incredible history. I have much hope for the future of this great marque. 1937 Buick Boat tail custom body. 1960 LeSabre Convertible 2006 Lucerne
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It doesn't snow here often, and when it does they don't clear the roads. Well, the Buick decided to go one way and I wanted to go another. Unfortunetly the Buick headed towards a dirt wall. I hit it hard enough to crack up the driver's side fender, mess up the bumper and I'm sure more. When there is more light I'll be able to check it out better. For the record, this is my first on road accident.
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http://www.everactivecomputers.com/roadmasterburnout.wmv
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Hmmmm...I wonder where Jag got their inspiration from...
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Here's a wild El Camino conversion: The Buick Grand Camino
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Alright, the old Lumina is getting long in the tooth (210,000) and it is time to start looking for a new ride. I have been looking at the LaCrosse as a potential replacement. I really like the 3.8 for the balance of gas economy and power. I will use this car for my daily driver and I average 200 miles a day for work. Does anyone here own one or have any experiences with the LaCrosse? I was looking at the CXL trim level and will most likely buy one that is off lease <30,000 miles.
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On base working his butt off. I went to a 15th annual ALL BUICK show & bought home 3rd place for 61-72 Buick skylark Verts lol. http://pnwcc.com/gall/gallery/Buickmeekerdays This is one of the little shows (just shy of 200 cars) that happens during the Puyallup Meeker days weekend (pontiac is the following day)
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I have a regal and was going to paint the Power 6 logo, and the words Buick on the valve covers. Anyone know where I can get a good sized logo I could use for a stencil? And anyone know what font the "BUCIK" is in? Im looking at this logo:
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Anyone with info to share on the 1990 & 1991 Buick Reatta (coupe or convertible, it doesn't matter)? Of course I know that you should stay away from the '88 & '89 models with the touch screen radio & hvac controls (this option disappeared for the '90 model year). I'm looking for whatever info you can provide. TIA!!!
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Ok at first you might think it's not so bad being that they are on a Buick....but just make sure you look at all of the pics.... Click
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Motoring Memories: Buick Wildcat, 1962-1970 Story and photo by Bill Vance Buick was long known as a somewhat conservative car, the type favoured by people like doctors and bank mangers. It used overhead valve straight-eight engines exclusively from 1931 to 1952 (its overhead valve V8 came in 1953), and carried an image of muted prestige - more than an Oldsmobile, but not quite the ostentation of a Cadillac. Occasionally however, there was a stepping out of character, and into the performance arena. Examples were the 1936 Century, named for its 161 km/h (100 mph) top speed, and the audacious, turbocharged 1982 Grand National. Another was the Wildcat, an unex…
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I just signed up and noticed all of you who rant and rage concerning buickman and his ideas re: GM ? He believes in GM and wants them to return to greatness, attends the shareholder meetings - has a plan for GM, starts generalwatch etc... All I know about most of the others is that you sit and complain --- what have YOU done?? Maybe its easy to be a SIX time salesman of the year for Buick in the country and MAYBE NOT --- have you done anything that compares ? All I've seen in my very short time here is complaining regarding him - its easy to sit and type isn't it? I would like to be # 1 - you should listen and learn that atleast. I look forward to your comment…
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http://www.derekscottsautopark.com/lesabre.html :lol:
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It's interesting to see American automobiles in a different context and the fan base that exists in other countries. Here's Buicks in Sweden: http://www.buicksinsweden.se/
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Siegen's comment about no one buying a $40,000 minivan had me thinking, so I did this... Note these buildouts don't include things like engine block heaters, handsfree phone packages (unless part of an equipment bundle), and all those DIOs like mudflaps, door trim, etc. Just factory options. Toyota Sienna XLE Limited w/AWD - $44,567 Lexus LX470 - $73,464 Mercedes R500 - $85,265 Most surprising: Ford Ranger FX4 Level II - $29,895
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Here's the rule. You must use features, designs, and components from currently available vehicles. Stuff from out of production cars doesn't count. For example: Crown Cic body with a FWD CVT mated to a VW 4 cylinder TDI. The interior would feature a center gauge console and column shifter.
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The design might not wow you... but the pictures of the construction will either make you LOL or cry... Link. This is an older article, but I've never seen it posted here...
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