Random Thoughts Thread

[oldshurst442]

I wasn't talking about you specifically, or one outburst. We all have our moments.

I'm talking about lazy, undisciplined, hateful mental sewer spackled on forums and message boards, spewed with fire-hose ferocity.

Gotcha.

 

And no...I did not think you were targeting me in any way....its just that I somehow needed to defend the Greek posts....for whatever reason...

Its a car forum...not a political one, nor a forum about ethnics and/or minorities...

So....I kinda felt that maybe...I may have crossed some bounds that should not have been crossed.

 

Lets have some fun, why dont we!!!

 

 

The Greek way!

 

OPA!!!

[El Kabong]

Sorry man. I gotta burn the midnight oil to, uh, get... oil. No rest 'til Sunday

[oldshurst442]

Keep pumpin' that oil, buddy.

 

We need to sell it to somebody.

Somebody's gonna buy it.

 Our friendly neighbors to the south might have a change of heart...

 

Until then...Sunday that is...

 

Oh, you can kiss me on a Monday
A Monday, a Monday is very very good
Or you can kiss me on a Tuesday
A Tuesday, a Tuesday in fact I wish you would
Or you can kiss me on a Wednesday
A Thursday, a Friday, and Saturday is best
But never never on a Sunday
A Sunday, a Sunday 'cause that's my day of rest

 

 

That would be my Greek side acting up again...

[Intrepidation]

No more RWD for our family.

[William Maley]

One of these days, I will start a blog.

One of these... days.

[oldshurst442]

No more RWD for our family.

That is truly sad.

 

But I dont feel that bad for ya....My family has stopped being a RWD consumer since 1986....when my dad's 1979 Impala joined the great car heaven in the sky and he bought a 1986 Celebrity....

 

But wait...there was a time when I bought a used 1989 Pontiac Firebird. But it was the 2.8liter V6 Firebird...

So...if I had to suffer all that pain....with Iron Duke FWD Celebrities and 140 HP High Value _{(was that engine family part of the High Value V6s? I thought this is the engine that made the others....in order...2.8 carb and multi port FI, 3.1 multi port FI, 3.1 SFI, 3.4, High Value 3.5, High Value 3.9)} V6s...then you could suffer a similar fate as me...I curse you with ecoboost from Ford and all that FWD glory...dont forget the 2.3 ecoboost RWD Mustang....hey...its got more HP than that 2.8 Firebird...hell, the 1.5 ecoboost has got more HP than that 2.8....you really dont have it THAT bad!!!

Edited August 29, 2015 by oldshurst442

[Intrepidation]

It's be sad since there won't be any more winter drifting antics. The Merc was a beast in the snow.

[G. David Felt]

Only ever had one FWD car and that was my 91 escort GT which was a blast till a moron truck driver rerended my wife totally it and hurting her bad. Loved the car, but glad it took the brunt and protected the wife. After that event in 1993, I went full size SUV and never looked back, only have 4x4 or awd suv's and want nothing else.

[balthazar]

Maybe one day I'll own a FWD car.

 

 

 

Nah.

[cp-the-nerd]

Bro's computer is complete and better than new. Windows 10 cut boot time in half, in addition to my streamlined program installation. WHAT A PAIN IN THE ASS.

[oldshurst442]

It's be sad since there won't be any more winter drifting antics. The Merc was a beast in the snow.

 

Two words:

 

hand brake.

 

Hell, even foot brake if you know how to master it.

[Guest Wings4Life(BANNED)]

Sorry to hear about your loss, Wings.

 

 

"and quickly put any past squabbles behind us and can now just hug and embrace and love, live and eat. And drink. LOL.   It's sad that sometimes we wait until extreme moments to do so.  Sometimes, extreme passion can swing your feelings in the wrong direction."

 

 

Yup, in my family, we are experiencing the same things...but a death in our family has not happened yet so we could actually make amends...aint that a stinker?

Cold mountain water....clean mountain water. Yeah...I miss Kephalonia. I miss her beaches.

 

Greeks are many things Wings.

Compassionate.

Emotional.

Tough.

Funny.

Friendly.

Spiteful.

And much more.

 

And we do all these things in extreme.

 

Its Great to Be Greek!!!

Doncha think???!!!

 

ABSOLUTELY!!!!

 

Yasas

[ocnblu]

Love Greek yogurt.

[surreal1272]

The down voting rage just shows that there are some pretty sad and pathetic individuals disguising themselves as adults around here. 

WOW! Now we down vote a random thought? Way to prove your maturity Mr. Down Voter. Simply pathetic.

[surreal1272]

I love the Phoenix area but the red light runners around here are something else. To the one who almost t-boned me yesterday, just give me...

 

Edited August 29, 2015 by surreal1272

[surreal1272]

Random thought: it is too hot today to be doing yard work. Time for a much needed break.

[oldshurst442]

Love Greek yogurt.

Me too...its just that Im sick and tired of hearing about Greek Yogurt all the time.

Im peeved that Greek ypgurt has achieved fad food status...

 

Greek yogurt...its just a fad right now...

Greek yogurt this and Greek yogurt that...dudes....its just yogurt that is strained longer...less water...its just....THICKER...BIG DEAL!!!

 

I mean....I grew up on the stuff...my momma made her own yogurt to make her own tzatziki, and that is how I grew up on the stuff...its not because of the so-called health benefits...its just because that is how GREEKS eat thier yogurt and that is how Greeks make their dips...with THICK yogurt...

 

And its not only us that eats yogurt this way...all of the bloody Middle East does so as well...

 

OK....Im flattered that its actually called "Greek" yogurt....but it aint entirely Greek is alls Im sayin'....

 

Like I said....its a bloody fad...

Besides..what else are they gonna call it?

 

Lebanese yogurt?

Syrian Yogurt?

 

It just wouldnt catch on with the North American public...duh!

[oldshurst442]

Ill tell you one thing though...

 

Greeks themselves dont call it "Greek" yogurt....they just call "Greek" yogurt...just yogurt...

 

What they have Hellenized though is oil....Olive Oil to be exact. 

 

Eλληνικό λάδι

 

Translation: Hellenic oil....Greek oil...as in olive oil.

 

For me personally, If there is a natural product on earth that I would love the world call it "Greek" by nature....its olive oil...

Edited August 29, 2015 by oldshurst442

[Guest Wings4Life(BANNED)]

 

The down voting rage just shows that there are some pretty sad and pathetic individuals disguising themselves as adults around here. 

WOW! Now we down vote a random thought? Way to prove your maturity Mr. Down Voter. Simply pathetic.

 

 

Although I was not the one, perhaps somebody else feels that a random thought should not include insults to others.

 

Just sayin

[El Kabong]

That one was on me, just for the hypocrisy.

...it's warm out today.

Edited August 29, 2015 by El Kabong

[surreal1272]

 

 

The down voting rage just shows that there are some pretty sad and pathetic individuals disguising themselves as adults around here. 

WOW! Now we down vote a random thought? Way to prove your maturity Mr. Down Voter. Simply pathetic.

 

 

Although I was not the one, perhaps somebody else feels that a random thought should not include insults to others.

 

Just sayin

 

Show me the insult here. Oh, and thanks for giving yourself away.

Nothing like a little Batman:Arkham Knight to kill a few lazy hours. A much welcome relief from the 110 heat outside today.

[ocnblu]

Jeez olds, I wasn't trying to induce you into slinging your yogurt all over my screen.  I guess I just have that effect naturally.

[surreal1272]

 

 

The down voting rage just shows that there are some pretty sad and pathetic individuals disguising themselves as adults around here. 

WOW! Now we down vote a random thought? Way to prove your maturity Mr. Down Voter. Simply pathetic.

 

 

Although I was not the one, perhaps somebody else feels that a random thought should not include insults to others.

 

Just sayin

 

I'm sorry but did someone just throw a stone from their glass house? Seriously?

[oldshurst442]

Jeez olds, I wasn't trying to induce you into slinging your yogurt all over my screen.  I guess I just have that effect naturally.

I guess you do...

 

You bring out the worst in me. You a bad influence on me, brotha. LOL.

 

PS: I wasnt directing that rant towards you, its just that as I was reading your post on Greek yogurt, take a wild guess what commercial was playing on TV?

 

But that rant....its real...I REALLY AM FED UP WITH ALL THE GREEK YOGURT COMMERCIALISM!

[ocnblu]

Syrian yogurt is da bomb tho.

[Guest Wings4Life(BANNED)]

 

 

 

The down voting rage just shows that there are some pretty sad and pathetic individuals disguising themselves as adults around here. 

WOW! Now we down vote a random thought? Way to prove your maturity Mr. Down Voter. Simply pathetic.

 

 

Although I was not the one, perhaps somebody else feels that a random thought should not include insults to others.

 

Just sayin

 

I'm sorry but did someone just throw a stone from their glass house? Seriously?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Throwing stones?

 

I was simply and politely trying to help you solve a puzzle is all. Don't know where you see stones at.  

 

You're welcome btw.

[surreal1272]

 

 

 

 

The down voting rage just shows that there are some pretty sad and pathetic individuals disguising themselves as adults around here. 

WOW! Now we down vote a random thought? Way to prove your maturity Mr. Down Voter. Simply pathetic.

 

 

Although I was not the one, perhaps somebody else feels that a random thought should not include insults to others.

 

Just sayin

 

I'm sorry but did someone just throw a stone from their glass house? Seriously?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Throwing stones?

 

I was simply and politely trying to help you solve a puzzle is all. Don't know where you see stones at.  

 

You're welcome btw.

 

It's always tough to see the stones when you've thrown them all out. Sorry but I've heard more believable statements from Pinochio. What you were being was your normal condescending self with that and now this remark. Again, glass houses considering the issues you've had here with down votes, and the ten different excuses you've had for it. 

 

Again, thank you for outing yourself on this though (you and one other poster). Still waiting on that insult you claimed I made too.

Edited August 30, 2015 by surreal1272

[surreal1272]

It's alive!!

[FAPTurbo]

lol the person downvoting others isn't who you all think it is

[surreal1272]

lol the person downvoting others isn't who you all think it is

I'm right regarding one of them. It's just very childish that some can't use that wonderful "ignore" feature and just move along.

 

At least I'm man enough to admit that I down voted some of his.

Edited September 1, 2015 by surreal1272

[Drew Dowdell]

The server was in bed for 2 days, sick of all the downvoting.   Now see what you did!?

[surreal1272]

The server was in bed for 2 days, sick of all the downvoting.   Now see what you did!?

My bad.

[ocnblu]

I have a tip for the server...

[Guest Wings4Life(BANNED)]

Might I suggest that the act of down-voting is viewed as less of a problem to the server, than the whining that ensues.

 

Just a thought.

 

[El Kabong]

I upvoted that because I've seen some PMs :D

[Guest Wings4Life(BANNED)]

Still kind of new around here, and a bit green, but the one single time I continued a small spat in PM here rather that drag it through public threads....I got reported and the mods slapped my wrist.

 

So I ask then, where does one turn to disagree with another, in a civil manner as I did, of course, so that others don't have to view dirty laundry?

I asked and never got an answer.

[cp-the-nerd]

Still kind of new around here, and a bit green, but the one single time I continued a small spat in PM here rather that drag it through public threads....I got reported and the mods slapped my wrist.

 

So I ask then, where does one turn to disagree with another, in a civil manner as I did, of course, so that others don't have to view dirty laundry?

I asked and never got an answer.

 

Use the BLOCK feature. That's exactly why it's there.

I have a tip for the server...

 

[surreal1272]

Still kind of new around here, and a bit green, but the one single time I continued a small spat in PM here rather that drag it through public threads....I got reported and the mods slapped my wrist.

 

So I ask then, where does one turn to disagree with another, in a civil manner as I did, of course, so that others don't have to view dirty laundry?

I asked and never got an answer.

That's because you don't speak in a civil manner via PM. Your PM was condescending, insulting, and deliberately inflammatory and you know it so stop trying to play coy. You also did not "continue" the small spat. You started that one all on your own. What do I know though, with my "Ivy League grammar"? Shall I repost it for proof or do you actually want to act like the adult you proclaim to be? 

 

Still kind of new around here, and a bit green, but the one single time I continued a small spat in PM here rather that drag it through public threads....I got reported and the mods slapped my wrist.

 

So I ask then, where does one turn to disagree with another, in a civil manner as I did, of course, so that others don't have to view dirty laundry?

I asked and never got an answer.

 

Use the BLOCK feature. That's exactly why it's there.

I have a tip for the server...

 

 

Exactly. He has been on my ignore list for two months so that I can choose to see his posts or not. He clearly has not done the same because he secretly likes the conflict and the act of trying to bait people into non-sensical arguments.

Edited September 2, 2015 by surreal1272

[El Kabong]

I got a PM once form a guy who referred to himself as "the legend."

I could reference Sigmund Freud at this point but I won't.

[surreal1272]

 

Still kind of new around here, and a bit green, but the one single time I continued a small spat in PM here rather that drag it through public threads....I got reported and the mods slapped my wrist.

 

So I ask then, where does one turn to disagree with another, in a civil manner as I did, of course, so that others don't have to view dirty laundry?

I asked and never got an answer.

 

Use the BLOCK feature. That's exactly why it's there.

I have a tip for the server...

 

 

Love that show btw!

[G. David Felt]

I have a tip for the server...

 

Would it be a big one or little one? Remember no Chunky Tips allowed!

[William Maley]

Summing up me and purchasing cars.

[El Kabong]

You have won the Internet for the day. Don't use it all in one shop.

[Guest Wings4Life(BANNED)]

 

Still kind of new around here, and a bit green, but the one single time I continued a small spat in PM here rather that drag it through public threads....I got reported and the mods slapped my wrist.

 

So I ask then, where does one turn to disagree with another, in a civil manner as I did, of course, so that others don't have to view dirty laundry?

I asked and never got an answer.

That's because you don't speak in a civil manner via PM. Your PM was condescending, insulting, and deliberately inflammatory and you know it so stop trying to play coy. You also did not "continue" the small spat. You started that one all on your own. What do I know though, with my "Ivy League grammar"? Shall I repost it for proof or do you actually want to act like the adult you proclaim to be? 

 

Still kind of new around here, and a bit green, but the one single time I continued a small spat in PM here rather that drag it through public threads....I got reported and the mods slapped my wrist.

 

So I ask then, where does one turn to disagree with another, in a civil manner as I did, of course, so that others don't have to view dirty laundry?

I asked and never got an answer.

 

Use the BLOCK feature. That's exactly why it's there.

I have a tip for the server...

 

 

Exactly. He has been on my ignore list for two months so that I can choose to see his posts or not. He clearly has not done the same because he secretly likes the conflict and the act of trying to bait people into non-sensical arguments.

 

 

Indeed, please, please do post it. I mean, you have brought it up many times already, and even shared it with others.....so why not. I thought it was a rather funny poke at a high point when you focused only on me and others commented on that fact.  And that was why I PM'd it, rather than degrade threads.  Who would have known you can't take a small joke in PM, and who would have known you can't have some mild fun in PM.

 

So post it.  That was my original intention, but I chose not to degrade threads.  But you seem to be above that thought.

 

And regarding always ignoring me with the block feature.......Yeah.

 OK

[El Kabong]

Yup. Still warm out.

[ccap41]

Yup. Still warm out.

We're getting hot and humid again.. We had a crazy last two weeks though. Highs in the high 70's-low 80's with very little humidity. We didn't have our A/C on for almost two weeks, absolutely perfect weather.

[G. David Felt]

Washington has the second lowest electric rate in the country at 7.38 cents per kilowatthour. Makes having a Heatpump / AC system worth it.

[cp-the-nerd]

My fiance loves the Awkward Yeti comic. She says it's written about her life, even though she's not a Yeti or a dude.

[ccap41]

"Arriving at dealerships this fall, the new 3.0-liter turbo-diesel V-6 will command a $1500 premium over the gasoline-powered supercharged V-6 Range Rover Sport. Dubbed Td6, it makes 254 horsepower at 4000 rpm and 440 lb-ft of torque at 1750 rpm. Interestingly, this 60-degree V-6 is a design that dates back to 2004 and the days when Ford owned Land Rover—in fact, Ford still builds the engine for Land Rover even though it doesn’t power any product with a Blue Oval." http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2016-range-rover-sport-td6-diesel-first-drive-review

 

Why the hell does Ford not use this is something of their own????

[surreal1272]

@Wings,

No one was just focused on you. That is all in your imagination of your "me, me, me" attitude while saying it's not about you (yet another lie). You did not send that as a joke to anyone but yourself so again stop trying to play coy about this. It was a dick move and you know it. You are being 100% full of it as far as your intentions because it was this kind of non-sense that got you booted form a certain other place (that you will of course deny but we all know the truth). Sorry but the only joke around here Wings, is you. You are a permanent punch line and don't even realize it.

 

"Rather than downgrade threads"? Seriously? Did you type that with a straight face with the amount of downgraded posts you have made already? HAHA! Now that was a joke!

 

Seriously. Back up your talk for once and click on the "ignore" button for me. You'll feel better and come off as being slightly less full of crap.

 

Oh and I don't really need to post it because everyone already knows. Drew also doesn't want that mess here and I'm going to honor that. Harassing PMs are your "MO" and will not be tolerated in the future.

 

And please stop acting like you have some honor around here with that "So post it.  That was my original intention, but I chose not to degrade threads." non sense. You didn't post it here because you knew it would get you in trouble, not because of what you "chose". That is the biggest joke of all and I'll tell you why. Who in their right mind would send a condescending PM to someone who has clearly expressed no interest in hearing from you whatsoever? Only a narcissist like yourself apparently. 

Edited September 3, 2015 by surreal1272