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Money can't buy taste.

My home office.

Eldorado Biarritz. But yeah :

I don’t miss the fluorescent lights and beige cloth covered walls. I do sometimes miss the team lunches and team happy hours. Working out of the house, a free-range software engineer, a man without a cube.

My brother would do that to a Ferrari... he's covered his 740i w/ PepBoys/JCWhitney cheese...

Lincoln had handle-less doors with push-buttons in the '40s. Iconic, they are reproduced and are popular on customized vehicles today.

I don't mind the gensis's lighting; it shows continuity front-to-rear, which OEMs very seldom bother with these days. But I don't care for the grille (texture/proportion).

Looks nothing like any Benz in the front. Not in any way. I do agree about the read end though. Seems an afterthought and the taillight design just does not fit with the rest of the car. Still, not a bad looking ride overall even though it is part of the struggling sedan market. Overall, a solid B+. On a side note, I cant imagine where Benz got that coupe look sedan. Oh wait, I do.

I have thought about shopping for used office furniture and building a cubicle in my home office. I do have a name tag. (only semi-serious)

That's very true. I'm fortunate to still be able TO work. I need to because my wife is a hair stylist and she obviously can't work right now.

Had to get something to replace the Malibu lease end?

I bet you could in a CLS though.

MINNEAPOLIS-MOLINE! Awesome, thanks Balthy. Moline, Moline, Moline, MOLIIIIINE... I'm begging of you please don't take my man! Well if there is a ruckus to be caused...

Well, now that you mention it....?

ferrari = junk = OK.

It is not really true, many owners of Tesla report "phantom" or "vampire" drain. It seems parked Teslas loose about 30% of the charge in a month There is a lot of this discussed if you google the terms Tesla has 12V battery as well. However, when it senses that 12V battery is getting low it will use the main pack to recharge it.

I've noticed that with both of the older Cadillacs I've been around..the '00 DTS and '06 STS...I have to jump the STS if it sits too long (I start it every two weeks).

I disagree that the Aurora 'wasn't coupe-like'. It shed the traditional 3-box proportions of a sedan for a very fluid, flowing envelope, like many coupes did. [I eliminated the rear door handle / cut line on the Aurora and darkened the pic so we can focus on the profile/proportions]

Yes, I miss the little normal things. WFH full time, I enjoyed going out for dinner or breakfast. Or going downtown to some of the brewpubs, esp. once the weather gets nicer..sitting outside on the Cuyahoga River watching the huge cargo ships go by... or going to the beach.

Things helping us in the fight against COVID-19 - technology (more advanced) and information (for scientists to tap into and to keep people informed) Things hurting us in the fight against COVID-19 - mobility - 100 years ago (~ 1918) there were fewer cars, buses, subway vehicles, and commercial air travel was not an option - you just stayed in your neck of the woods I so badly would like to go out to get a cup of coffee or tea ... and sit in there while I'm doing that.

AAA is reporting that the National average for a gallon of gas has hit $1.997 per gallon. First time since early 2000's that gas has become this cheap. https://www.autoblog.com/2020/03/31/gasoline-prices-2-dollars-gallon/

Seems Jeep is moving forward with a Full EV / Hybrid assault as they will have the fastest and most capable off road and on road SUV's across the planet. Jeep clearly says there is a market and they will continue to make Hellcat versions of all their auto's, but they also need to move to cleaner emissions and that is where the EV's and especially hybrids will benefit everyone especially those that do go off road and need range plus the ability to power devices like cameras and laptops in the outback or on the Rubicon trail. Hybrid Wrangler will become the fastest on pavement and off road as it uses a pure electric drive train with generator for range plus increasing the ability that the wrangler can do off road by allowing the controllers to turn only those wheels that have actual grip giving better off road capabilities while reducing wear on the planet. Very cool tech coming. @Robert Hall Seems your next GC could be a high Mileage Hybrid that would get crazy gas mileage. https://www.autoblog.com/2020/03/31/jeep-hybrid-electric-plans/

One of the nicer office cube alternative arrangements I saw was back in '99 at the then-new Broomfield, Co campus of Sun Microsystems when I interviewed w/ them..they had small offices for all developers w/ sliding glass doors on each office and a glass wall, and two solid walls. I almost took a job w/ them as a sales engineer, but it was 100% travel. Back in '98 I interviewed at Object Space in Addison, Tx and never forget what one of the devs said to me..I asked him where are the cubicles--everyone was in offices--and he said it would be inhumane to put engineers in cubicles' or something like that...got an offer, didn't like what I saw of the Dallas area, too flat compared to Colorado.

I have to disagree, I HATE Google and Amazon open space work area with all the noise and no privacy. I was at Legato which was bought out by EMC and we had the normal 5ft cubicle walls but every other cubicle was a different color as the company had 3 colors in their logo. They then had 4ft of clear plexi glass wall above so you could cut out the noise of the coworkers. All lights were day light equal indirect bulbs. So you had a sun equal bright work area with no direct harsh glare. It was great cause you could stand up, see people but the noise level was tolerable. I been in areas where you have sales folks and in an open concept, the noise is destructive as all those Alpha Sales peeps are talking louder and louder to be heard over everyone else. So for me, NO, I want walls and quiet. I loved my time at Microsoft as everyone had their own office, 450 sq ft of solitude and yet big open spaces in the center of the building for working with others when needed, plenty of meeting rooms, etc. There are better ways than the Google / Amazon cheap hell of open concept work space. Google and Amazon have started to build with clear Plexiglas office space that goes away from the open concept as at first it is very novel, but then the noise level makes it hard for many to concentrate. The open concept was very 1960's dictator type management and it has not worked as studies show productivity goes down. I wish you all the best when you go back in as I suspect in a few months after you been there, noise levels and distractions will affect over all productivity. Great deals and it does help with focus and removal of distractions as you go into work mode, sit down and you are away from your house distractions even when in your own house. Always good to have an office. Your back yard is big enough, consider adding another room as an office setup for you to optimize your work and have a door to the back yard so you can step out when it is nice to take a break.

I worked in a small office for 10 years. I guess about the first 2 I was in a cube, after that I was in 2 different single rooms/offices. Could never go back to that. - - - - - For 'blu : Afraid it'd be yellow, not green tho. Apologies.

The fluorescent lights and beige cloth covered walls can be soul sucking. If they design those spaces with people in mind, they can lower those beige cloth walls down to 3 or 3.5 feet and it opens up the room. I don't know if, in that industry, you need the walls to pin up a lot of information. File cabinets can also be tucked underneath. Cube city is just a cop out because it's mass produced and cheap. I don't think it's good for morale over the long haul.

Name: 2011 Ford Taurus SEL Category: Vehicles Date Added: 2020-08-19 Submitter: Olds Guy 2011 Ford Taurus SEL

They gave me a cube, but I am hardly there... ? I am all over the place.......

Back on topic... ? Video game

My wife is Korean, I went to college in Japan and Park Min Young is Korean actress, singer and Model, Triple threat who I discovered in the K-Drama "City Hunter" which I highly recommend. Good fun action show with cliff hanger endings. A good weekend marathon to watch the series on NetFlix or any of the streaming services. FYI, Amazing how long the legs look as she is only 5'4" tall.

Saw two interesting cars today: In the supermarket parking lot, a guy was getting into an "old" Riv that had temporary plates. I asked him if it was a '91 or a '92. It was a '92. He told me it was sapphire blue metallic (the darker metallic blue) and it had blue leather bucket seats. He said it had a little over 60,000 original miles and he got it for about $3,500. He was beaming about it. It all looked good except that it had the padded blue landau roof that cluttered up the lines of the side rear passenger window and the rear back lite. These cars looked better without vinyl tops. At a dealership to look for a part, I saw this classic. Wow. It was a 1983 and ran with the 5.0 (307 c.i.) V8. I didn't get a photo of it, but the Brougham interior was equally in perfect condition. It was hard to fit this Olds 98 (aka "la cathedrale roulante") into the photo.

I took the body off the frame on my B-59, never knew anyone before that that did that job. I may have read one article in a car magazine. Seemed common-sensical to me. I also fabricated / welded the dolly its on in the below pic :

I love "Craigslist" by "Weird" Al Yankovic (ccap's post made me think of it). It is the perfect choice of a parody in the style of The Doors (I feel like Morrison would have appreciated Al taking the stuffing out of a commercial entity like Craigslist).

This is my cat Calvin. I took out my phone to get a new picture of him to show my little niece, and he got real excited about my phone and grabbed it. Now my cat has a selfie. He also once stood up and gave me an unsolicited, completely deliberate slap-five for ripping on my girlfriend. She has been jealous of that moment ever since.

Bet @ocnblu is in the far back seat causing a ruckus!

I just wish I was working.....sucks to be laid off, even if it is temporary ( they say). And at both jobs. There is only so much I can do at home... ?