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Science has discovered the heaviest element yet known to man. The new element is Governmentium (Gv). It has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lefton-like particles called peons. Since Governmentium has no electrons or protons, it is inert. However, it can be detected, because it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. A tiny amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction normally taking less than a second to take from four days to four years to complete. Gove…

Muhahahahahaha! Hide your daughters, wives and yes even your grandmothers! Der Börger is back in the US of A!

It's called "Kids of the Baby Boom" by the Bellamy Brothers and I heard it on the radio yesterday. For being written in 1976, It really resonates today in an eerie way, don't you think?

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/img_popup.jsp?car_id=271740663&photoIndex=0

Yup, I'm not dead but still without a functioning computer. Just on for a few minutes on a borrowed machine. Hello to all- I'll be back as soon as I can.

I just got done doing a mileage conversion for the Opel Zafira. The one sold in Mexico gets approx 32 mpg. The others sold throughout the world with the 1.8 4-cyl get 37 to 38 mpg with 140 hp on tap. The diesel versions get over 45 mpg! We would save over $170 per month in gas by owing a Zafira over the Suburban. Yeah, it's not as big, but with the money saved I could pay for the roof carrier, and get a decent hotel when we travel. Heck, a trip to LA in a Zafira compared to our Suburban would save us over $300!! Even with the bigger engine. GM I WANT A ZAFIRA NOW. Please get your act together and bring us the good stuff. Anyone know how hard it is to get a veh…

My wife collects Coke items, and our whole kitchen is done up in a Coca-Cola theme. She wants to do our basement in a 50's style with a Coke theme when we finish it. Odd thing is, she loves collecting Coke stuff but will only drink Pepsi. What does your significant other do that is a little bit odd or funny? Chris

A guy bought this Mr2 off an old lady. He said it was pretty dirty but he cleaned it up. It's all original. 1986, with 85K miles. Plenty of Vettes there. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v406/speedy_2/Vette_3.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v406/speedy_2/Vette_7.jpg

My son Joel has a really cool friend Paul who is 16 and learning how to drive. Paul's dad has a nice older Cadillac (similar to Sixty-Eights bannana boat). Paul was pulling into his parent's attached garage, being coached by his father. His father said "now hit the brakes gently." Instead of hitting the brakes Paul hit the gas by mistake. While people may debate the fuel economy and such of old caddies, one thing is for sure...they are just the cat's ass when it comes to destroying drywall and 2x4 studs. The car lurched forward, through the garage wall and into the living room. About six grand worth of damage to the house and a similar amount to the car. While it …

Detroit – In a remarkable, trendsetting move, the General Motors board unanimously voted in favour of re-appointing Richard 'Rick' Wagoner as CEO of the automotive corporation. "We're very pleased to have Rick back on board, despite his circumstances of having been dead for over two decades. The fact that he took the time to travel back from the future is testament to the man's devotion to our company" Wagoner, who died in the year 2035, was reanimated in 2054 through a combination of nano-technology and voodoo by the United States of Canada. The USC's hopes are that by sending Zombie Wagoner back to the past, he'll use his expertise to recoup bailout funds in a quick…

Encyclopedia Brown Just thought I'd share this with everyone. I was going through some of my old things and decided to look up one of the books I read as a boy. I don't quite remember this story though. By the way, this is the 6th link you get when googling encyclopedia brown.

OK, you are all probably going to think my whole family is crazy including me but...here's my situation. I got a fullride scholarship to my fallback school which as you can see is the University of Wyoming. In order to get me to accept it, my parents bought me a christmas gift certificate from my local GM dealer for 15,000 dollars, and said they could make payments on top of that. The catch is I HAVE to go to UW. Where as if I settle for a 2004 Alero Coupe, they will not pressure me to go to UW because the can get a LOT better deal on it... I only have until friday to use the certificate though...if I don't Emil refunds their money, and I get NO new car...every…

Anyone else listen to this, perhaps out in Cali?

How Immigration Crackdowns Backfire Reason Arizona legislators are fed up with being terrorized by illegal immigrants, and they have passed a law to get tough. Under the measure, passed this week and sent to the governor, police would have to stop and question anyone they suspect of being in this country without legal authorization. The bill passed after the fatal shooting of Robert Krentz, a 58-year-old rancher whose killer apparently entered illegally from Mexico. Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu says police are also under siege: "We've had numerous officers that have been killed by illegal immigrants in Arizona." Even Sen. John McCain, once a supporter of immigratio…

Datsun Ute (except it's been Redneck-ified) B) http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Datsun-1200-ute-mod...1QQcmdZViewItem

Well it''s an abnormally warm--hell it's a record-breaking warm Saturday. The sun is out and it's nice as hell. It's strange and not right but I think it's a great opportunity to give the cars a wash and vacuum them out. Maybe I'll take some picks when I'm done Anyone else got the same thing in mind?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1973-Pontia...A1%7C240%3A1318

Your wagon. . Mr. Camino

GO GET ELIMINATED!

I posted this in another thread: Then realized that Mr. Opportunity looks like my freaking insurance agent, who is almost as big of a douchebag. It took a little work, but here is a pic for comparison.

Just checking to see if you got my PM tonight as the last one I sent you seems to have gotten lost in transit.

I have one available to me... automatic, matching numbers rebuilt trans and engine (351) solid body (just cosmetic rust), suspension, tires, glass, etc. No carpeting. Any idea what it would be worth?

Okay, yesteraday after giving the Dakota a good exterior cleaning at the car wash, I notice some pretty nasty areas on the roof and hood of the truck. Here. Take a look for yourself. The hood: The roof: Another part of the roof: Okay, yeah, I guess it could be much worse, but this still requires new paint on the roof and hood. I mean, just look at the roof. It's stripped down to the primer in one spot. I guess what I need to ask is, what will it cost to get the roof and hood repainted?

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Today, I saw a silver Tracker 4 door LT V6 in silver with altezzas and a ridiculous fart can exhaust. They belong on clapped-out old Civics. What is the most ridiculous application of the Fart Can you've seen lately?

I was watching this on the news and they mentioned a few towns where the gang had been active in drowning college students: LaCrosse, WI Dubuque, IA St. Cloud, MN Minneapolis, MN New York City Metro Detroit, MI Tampa, FL Canton, NY I didn't catch the rest... It's really disturbing to say the least. The RCMP and City Police in Edmonton and Calgary are going over their case files, it may be that there were a few done here in Calgary *cringes*. At the very least, I know I'm safe from these thugs. I'm a teetotaler for life and would never fit the profile of someone they'd go after, but still... Jeez, I get a pit in my stomach thinking about it. Next y…

Happy Birthday Farkas! Hope it was a good one. It was a VERY COLD ONE here today!

by Peter M. DeLorenzo The Autoextremist Stocking Stuffers - Were you naughty or nice? Detroit. Shopping for your favorite car guy or gal? Wondering who was naughty or nice in 2005 - the auto year from Hell? We'll be glad to sort it all out for you with our Autoextremist Stocking Stuffers! For Helmut Panke, a continued relentless focus for his organization (even though BMW is now the King of the World), fewer electronic gizmos by half, fewer design mistakes, the immediate end to the BMW minivan program and a Black M6 with a license plate that reads "CARCZAR." For Porsche's Wendelin Wiedeking, a stern reminder that he isn't running Chevrole…

good thing we locked the door. we thought she'd nap longer. crap, now i gotta wait for days on end again.

ferrari through paris pretty cool clip w/ pretty good sound, i looked it up on wikipedia and it had a 3.3L V12...wow that screams!

Well im basically doing a project and this basically sums up what I have to do: "Choose someone you know that has lived through an interesting period in American history before 1970 and interview him/her. Possible topics for the interview could be your interviewee's experiences in the great depression, ww2, the 1950s, civil rights movement, the 1960's, or the Vietnam War. Create a list of at least 8 questions to ask them. Your project will consist of the questions you have created and your written version of your interviewee's responses to each question. Remember you will need to have follow-up questions ready to encourage your subject to elaborate on im…

Basically, more things that resulted from boredom. As I was having a photo shoot of myself, haha, I played around with a few colored plastic film-things for my strobe light as well as a lense for my LED flashlight. Took some images of things in my room and of my Grand Am. Yes, I still have it, obviously. *sigh* I also played around in Photo Impression with a few. Also... here's a Grand Prix GXP I played around with.

sorry for the poor quality but all i have is a scaner but here it is that beautiful ass of a 60 buick

Pain management It said on your chart You awakened And we spoke Of country cabins Salamanders In the Spring House Your father-in-law And current events Winter cold I fed you ice cubes With a spoon Held your hand And rubbed your arm Softly. We said I love you And I gave a little wave A faint smile As I departed And you spent Your last night on Earth No longer able To fight the tide Carried away But forever I am A small part of you For JFW 1916-2013

just good quotes, if political stuff starts, then move it...? "And don't let anybody make you think that God chose America as his divine, messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole world." -MLK "A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan." "A right delayed is a right denied. " "All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem. " "Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better. " "At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love. " - page one, http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/author…

Got two copies of the same one today - looks very official. Just a heads-up.

At least for a while. My Tahoe tried to kill itself yesterday by bleeding oil all over the place. It's in the barn and parked until I can find the source of the leak - what a huge mess!

Okay the time has come I have been promising myself some sort of real GPS for my rides but have kept waiting till prices come down. Well after much thought I am seriously considering a Garmin Nuvi 650. Anyone have any thoughts? Experince with one? Or feel free to suggest something different but I think I am prolly getting a Garmin. I have a Garmin E-Trex for hiking and biking and just love it. I have owned it for about 4 years and it has been on many a trip out west. So feel free to chime in.

Benz-El 1977 Mercedes Benz 450SEL 6.9 + El Camino = classy

A pic is worth a thousand words ...

Well I am sort of considering getting a 1999 or 2000 STS. My question is are there any Northstar performance parts out there? This engine seems perfect for modding and I am surprised there arent more parts out there. Anyone know where i might find some parts? Thanks

So - I was biking a rather tough trail and decided to try this rocky downhill. The first rock took me off guard, and off the seat. Rather amusing things resulted. I was laughing even, despite the pain. The pain was just temporary and I'm OK. I made this awesome (heh) Paint diagram to share it with all of you.

US OKs $150 million to help Yemen fight terrorism WASHINGTON – The Pentagon has approved $150 million in military assistance to Yemen, the country where al-Qaida linked militants planned the failed Christmas Day airliner attack over Detroit, The Associated Press has learned. Administration officials said the money was approved Friday by Defense Secretary Robert Gates and is more than double the amount of U.S. aid to Yemen last year. It will pay for military equipment and training for Yemeni forces. U.S. officials worry that Yemen is becoming the next significant terrorist staging ground, amid ongoing signs that lower-level al-Qaida operatives have been moving into the …

This is a great documovie and it makes me miss when the guys ran real cars or had some sort of personality that was different from corporate smiles. If there was emotion and personality in NASCAR it would be better today in my opinion.

None of my MCs are show-stoppers. Each one has "blemishes" ... scratches, dents, dings, "beauty" parts missing, etc. ... and I don't claim to keep them 100% spic'n'span clean like I should. But ... each time a new "blemish" pops up ... a little part of me cringes.... Thursday of this week, a new "blemish" for the '87 MC LS "appeared". Somewhere between home and work, the passenger-side front wheel "hubcap" came off ... the one seen in this pic: http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/newpics/DSC07667r8_jpg.html In a way, I feel lucky that I managed to go from October until May without losing any wheel covers, given the rough roads I travel between Elgin and Schaumburg. Sti…

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I've noticed that it slows down a lot here on the weekends and not just because there is less auto news or things to talk about so I thought I'd ask this question. I'm thinking a lot of you post on C&G at work, which means (gasp) you aren't being as productive as you could be.

You don't always have to f*ck her hard, in fact sometimes thats not right to do Sometimes you gotta make some love, and f*cking give her some smooches too Sometimes you gotta squeeze, sometimes you gotta say please Sometimes you gotta say 'hey' I'm gonna f*ck you.. softly I'm gonna screw you.. gently I'm gonna hump you.. sweetly I'm gonna ball you.. discreetly And then you say 'hey I brought you flowers' And then you say 'wait a minute Sally' I think I've got something in my teeth Could you get it out for me? Thats f*cking teamwork! Whats your favourite posish? Thats cool with me, its not my favourite but I'll do it for you Whats your you favo…

I'm a huge fan of local music and supporting it. Perhaps it's because I come from MoTown, The Motor City, etc and this state (metro-Detroit really) is so rich with hot music and promising bands that I can't help but appreciate the smaller (for now) guys. Obviously everybody knows how I feel about JoCaine & 75 North whom I feel will be mega stars before the end of' 06 if not before the end of summer '06. They've had their music featured on CSI and in several movies. Jocaine & 75 North But, there's also a band the "Paper Street Saints." These guys rip it too. They have a nice modern sound ala Nickleback especially with their latest song "A Fool TO Lie" which is c…

I saw 3 birthdays today: MGZ06 - he lives in Windsor, Ontario, it seems...he has Detroit's RenCen in his signature Buickman - well, I won't open that can of worms as this can get heated Another member I've never seen post Happy birthday, guys!

Didn't want to steal GMPartsGirl's thread so I figured I would start a new thread to discuss this. My better half wants me to get a motorcycle to drive back and forth to work on decent days. Now, understand that I have never ridden a motorcycle in my life and am now 40. Tammy's reasoning is that it will save on gas money. This is true but it would take a while to save enough to pay off the bike in the first place. I would be looking at a used motorcycle, one without too much power, since I am a novice. My brother (who does ride) suggests that I limit it to about 500cc and buy something that I wouldn't be too upset if I laid it down. I have seen a couple that would…

http://www.monkys.jp/e/ucar/mega.htm Wonder why they didn't rebadge this as a Lexus...

My older 4 MCs made their long-awaited 2007 debut today, June 16. This is the LATEST in the year I've "waited" to get them started. Too bad I'll be waiting a bit longer to drive them. On the positive side, all 4 of them started virtually perfectly. After checking the oil, the battery, tire pressures, etc., they all started just fine. The '76, however, needed a bit of a boost for the battery; actually, I think it will need a new battery sooner rather than later. And, with the '72, I tried to start the car ... before I had hooked up the battery. For a while, we couldn't figure out why it wouldn't start. Then, the guy who owns the garage happened to look at the batte…

These antique cars are true works of art .. Visitors to Rockefeller Center recently were intrigued, bemused or simply mystified by what looked like a bunch of old cars painted silver. But the cars constituted a major work by internationally acclaimed artist Nam June Paik called "32 cars for the 20th century: play Mozart's Requiem quietly." Actually, there were only 16 of the 32 cars in Paik's work on display at Rockefeller Center. They appeared with another major Paik work, "Transmission," an outdoor laser presentation. Organized by Public Art Fund on behalf of RCPI Landmark Properties and Tishman Speyer Properties, owners of Rockefeller Center, the exhibition expose…

Does anyone know where i can pick up the front glass, the front driver quarter panel, all the drivers side doors and a turn signal assembly for a 95 cutlass supreme? the blue stock color preferabley

What were you thinking it was? Toss the golf clubs in by the nitrous James!

Have a good one dude! You're officially a man.

Today has been awesome so far. I was called back into work after being laid off. During lunch I checked my miles from NorthWorst Airlines and I have enough to cover 4 tickets to Australia and back. So If i can get a new passport and permission to leave the country and AU will allow me to visit I think i will go out there for a week or two. I just have to decide who i want to take. I guess either My daughter and her BF or my parents. Or the highest C & G bidder...

I can not beleive someone would try to stop this scumbag from being executed!!! Bush is not only a moron but also a hypocrite! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071007/ap_on_...exican_national

Today on my way back from school I saw a 2007 Acura RDX proto. It had black tape over the rear lights and badges but it was silver. It looked pretty good but I didnt see too much of the front. I sucks how when you see something like that and dont have a camera on you. That happened when I saw a red '66 Cadillac Limo in my town. I guess the RDX was testing because we are only about half an hour from the Alliston Honda Plant.

saw this last night when we were coming bacl from fudruckers and had to stop for photo op. no joke its real taken on a blackberry phone

I have had a dish since December 2002 and the service went from around $37.95 to now up to $52.00 total with all the taxes and phony fees thrown in. I live in Southeast Florida. What other cheaper alternatives exist for decent programming that includes kid channels, Turner Classic Movies, History, A&E, TNT, etc. I understand that they have to start offering a la carte channels instead of loading up stupid channels that nobody watches.

hey all you younger guys that have this and maybe some of the older guys remember this . . . you think those SADD demos actually make a difference in driving? they put out a car that was all messed up from a drunk driver crashing and dying . . . the artery clamp and hat was still on the seat . . . think it makes a dif? i keep thinking someones gonna wake up with a hangover in that thing and be like OMG MY CAR!?!?!? cuz their buddies put them there . . . yah i keep thinking that . . . nevre happened to me

Post your sweetest rides or power point shows of sweet rides. Sweet Rides Pterry amazing rides.

Anyone heard about this as well? I heard it on the radio the other day. Wondering if that means they're going to sell a bunch of Impala 9C1s, 9C3s and Crown Vic PIs.

What was the song called that was in one or more of the Austin Powers movies when they dance in the beginning? I know it was a One Hit Wonder who produced the song in the early 90s. Does anyone know the name or artist?

So anyways I got the job detailing cars and started last Friday. It was mostly a learning experience, but basically my job conists of inspecting the new cars that just came off the car hauler to make sure they don't have any damage, finding new cars on the lot that need to be washed and washing them, waxing/cleaning the inside of people's cars who have made appointments for detailing jobs, and checking the "spindle" to see if any salespeople have requests for cars to be washed if they have customers coming to look at a certian vehicle. I also dust off the cars in the showroom every morning. It's pretty easy and the time goes by a lot faster than I thought it would, and…

My housemate saw an ad for a 2002 Grand Prix GT, and we might be going to check it out later this week. The price seems a bit cheap though, $6995. http://toronto.craigslist.org/car/211740568.html Anything in particular to look out for?

Last week in a tight Rehoboth Beach parking lot mid-day, I THINK I may have hit the spare tire tread on the back of a CR-V with the very bottom corner of my Av's rear bumper...didn't notice a thing until someone pointed out a scuff & scratch later. Friend in car said close, but didn't think I was that close...or someone just hit me. Hard to tell from how it actually looked & where I was. Rag, quick detail spray, scratch remover, touch up paint for 2 chips, gone. Still weird being under the bumper edge mostly...I think someone hit me in the lot. Rear camera alert...love it. Then today...my mother out driving back from X-rays in her Camaro "ran off the road a littl…

Getting into some big guns at this point. Let's see some lists!! Rules- 1) Production cars only. 2) These are your only vehicles. 3) Maximum of 5 choices. 4) Any era and market is allowed. 5) Cars MUST have MFR's rating of AT LEAST 500 hp, but NO MORE THAN 599 hp.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,379301,00.html Not a huge news story...but I loved Toyota's response.

i have a wonderful friend who is selling a 1999 Ford , Yellow/Custom Paint/Yellow, 56000 Miles *Custom* Award winning, 35th Anniversary 1999 Ford mustang A ford nationals winner out of 4,000 cars in its class. Best of show out of 20,000 other show cars. Exterior: Lambo doors, custom $8,000.00 paint job, ground designs2000 black widow kit, cobra R wing, billit grill, clear tails,Piaa hyper white headlights, 18x9.5 tsw Heaven 7's, and tinted windows. Interior: Audio, and Video- PS2, 2- t'vs (7" motorized in the front, 13"in the trunk), 155 decibal sound system (2- eclipse 15's in a custom made ported box '1" mdf', 2- phoenix gold ZX600 amps, and a Phoenix gold 15 Fer…

Happened across this... thought you guys might enjoy wandering though some of Salem's police photos of car crashes and stuff. http://salempd.org/OldPhotos.htm Edit: A few photos I saw were pretty brutal, but nothing majorly gory... as least what I saw.

Ugh...my Y key on my laptop just broke off, so now everytime I want to press it, I have to fumble around for the little rubber nob that it originally stuck to. Pain in the ass. I'm really tempted to take a tiny dab of superglue and put it back on myself, but since this is a lease laptop, I should probably just do it the correct way and have it taken in to get fixed. You'd be amazed how often you use the letter 'y' and don't even realize it. Oh well, at least another vowel like 'a' or 'e' didn't break off, otherwise I'd be even more frustrated. Ironically, the y key broke off when I typed the word "Camry" in my last post. Damn you, Dell. I've only had this for a …

This took me way back to way back when...my first Internet experiences were w/ CompuServe, age 13, 1983. I didn't have a computer then, but one of my buddies in jnr. high did, and a bunch of us used to go over to his house and go online. I didn't get my own internet access until college in '88. article: CompuServe article

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=119336 RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — Get ready to burn some lavender. In one of the stranger tech stories of the year, Kumho Tire USA says it has developed the world's first scented tire. The tire is targeted at female buyers who drive such vehicles as the Chrysler Sebring, Ford Taurus, Honda Accord, Subaru Outback and Toyota Camry, the company said. The punsters at Kumho say the aromatic tire is the "fruition" of more than a year's worth of research and development to deliver "an alluring aroma tire that replaces the normal 'black rubber' smell with heat-resistant oils in the scent of lavender, and in later versions, n…

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Struggling computer company to shed 10 percent of its workforce. DALLAS - Dell Inc. said Thursday that earnings fell slightly in preliminary first-quarter results, and the computer maker planned to lay off more than 8,000 employees over the next year as part of an ongoing restructuring. Dell said it earned $759 million, or 34 cents per share, in the three months ended May 4. That compared with $762 million, or 33 cents per share, in the year-ago period. First-quarter sales rose nearly 1 percent from the year ago period to $14.6 billion. Analysts, on average, expected earnings of 26 cents per share on sales $13.95 billion, according to a poll by Thomson Financial. Del…

Anyone who would like to add me to their MSN Messenger, please send me a PM and I will give you my e-mail address I use for MSN Messenger, so you can add me. Have a great day!

How reliable is an Oldsmobile 88 Royale from 1994? I believe it has the 3.8L. The car has 170,000kms and it is in excellent condition. There is not much rust or any rust at all. My grandparents' friend from church is selling it for about $2000 or so. Yes they are over 60 lol.