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With the certain exeption of an Italian restaurant that has needed to die in Columbus for a few decades now. You have travelled the world, and I would bet the title to my truck (almost) that the meal you had there was the worst Italian food ever. Getting wallpaper paste and red paint from Lowes and mixing them together would make better lasagna that what we were served. Bah humbug to all. And to all... A Horse. A horse would be an improvement at this point. And finally....the user name I use checks out!

Well, it's a good idea because it's very A to B in terms of from their kitchen to your table. Less overhead for marketing and fluff. Not only that, it helps smaller businesses succeed.

This would be more of a random thought than a spotting. This Texan had a Christmas wreath in front of his truck, but did its engine bay have a motor in it? I was more interested in getting this photo than asking him to find out.

Just got back from Costco, Ultimate sweet-n-Spicy yet crunchy Korean snack.

Small Business is the backbone of America and it is covered by all ethnic groups, a Strong America starts with a Strong Multi-Cultural Society that works together for better community.

Bah humbug...although i find the new generation of Hummer gorgeous. That scene is funny.

Happy Sunday: This is one of the funniest scenes in "Beverly Hills Cop." My college friends knew all these lines as well. This is 1 minute of Eddie's genius - he talked them into this improvisation .... "I think that would be best." Did you hear me? "I think that would be best." - - - - - Hey, he even got a street named after him in the California desert. Nah, it was already there. But, after the epic movie, I do laugh when I'm there and I see the sign. Ramon, or Ray, is a popular name among Puerto Ricans ... lots of Rays. But it took Eddie to make it funny.

Korea is on my bucket list. I eat almost exclusively at small independent restaurants. I am in a highly cynical mood. I wouldn't buy a Kia/Hyundai ICE vehicle, maybe EV. Honda is a no go for me as a result of the merger. European cars are a no go for me for reliability reasons, American cars are a no go for political reasons. I have owned my last domestic. So Kia/Hyundai EV, Toyota/Subaru, maybe Mazda but I am not a fan of current Mazda styling and such. Which makes things very simple. If something happened to the Ranger I would replace it with a Tacoma, built in Mexico by a Japanese company.

Denny's items have a uniform taste. What you get on your platter is it! I have had some good meals at Golden Corral - you can start out with putting together a salad and all sorts of vegetables on it or on the side of your plate, there are a lot of main dishes (at nighttime, you can also get small steaks grilled for you), and, then, taking it slow (in terms of time), I'll add a slice of cake and a few other desserts. For less than $20, with taxes. A drink is extra. I do this about once every 3 months.

It (thankfully) happens infrequently, but, "when Golden Corral calls, you listen!"

Reason # xxx as to why I love hockey and the players From the bruising hit that takes the opponent outside the rink and into the player's bench. To the player saying to his teammate to 'hit him' just before the hit happens. To that same player saying that he has got him by calling him chubby but helping him out of the bench area and back unto the ice to the player that got hit laughing it off and skating off to continue on playing as if it was just a minor inconvenience and finally to the athletic trainer just looking at the hit, the player that got hit and visually seeing on his face his thoughts: "yup dude, you just got plastered!" and casually puts the bench back to its place. The sportsmanship from all sides is incredible. Love it!!!

Very cool read and video on how Tires are made. Where Are Michelin Tires Made And Who Owns The Brand?

I got a better idea for Trump: Instead of Canada becoming the 51st state, Id prefer for the US to become Canada's 4rth Territory. Not even province status. In order for the United Stated Territories of America to become a full blown province, Americans would have to prove their allegiance and loyalty to the Royalty of King Charles the Third since Canada is a Federal Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy of the British Commonwealth realm. Trump's job and title would be a perfect revival for an old tradition. King Charles the Third's court jester. And we could throw him a bone...and have a playing card named after him since he likes those kinds of things

This is what Andy Palmer said, the dude of what the article in the link is about. "Hybrids are a road to hell. They are a transition strategy, and the longer you stay on that transition, the less quickly you ramp up into the new world," Palmer said. "If you just delay transitioning to EVs by diluting it with hybrids then you are more uncompetitive for longer, and you allow the Chinese to continue to develop their market and their leadership. I honestly think it's a fool's errand," he added. And him being the dude that helped engineer the Nissan Leaf and was later the dude in charge of Nissan's EV department, I am 100% in agreement with him. And I would also like to add: The Chinese government pushed and pushed hard for EVs. Pushed hard not only on the global stage but MOSTLY got ALL Chinese people ON BOARD with EVs. They had several reasons to do so. China has lots and lots of minerals and important ingredients to make said batteries. An essential part of EV transition. But most IMPORTANTLY, China WANTS to REPLACE the USA for being the defacto country in political, social, economical influence in the world that the USA enjoyed since the end of WW2 in 1945. And since they knew they lacked behind in ebery metric that would push them to that status, they had only one move to make. It was a Hail Mary pass, but kit was to dominate in the the tech world and it happened to be in the automobile realm. EVs. And while China was seeking to dominate in this arena, and CAREFULLY nurtured it, the USA phoqued themselves over. Idiot Americans were fooled to believe ALL the negative commentary on EVs. Uneducated morons liked the drill baby drill commentary. Smart but greedy fools failed to see what was coming next and failed even further to see the threat that is China and ITS technological breakthroughs. ALL from morons that had biased reasons to be anti-EV. From the Joe Rogans and Alex Jones of the world that thrive from clicks for the podcast youtube and other shytty platforms to anti-EV biases from Big Oil. And lastly, stupid politicians that failed American citizens in different decades from keeping Americans poor and stupid by not giving them educations. By PURPOSELY DEFUNDING the American school system, by PURPOSELY lying to them on DIFFERENT subjects and while these American politicians were greedily looking to make America into a fascist, oligarch world, they failed to see and acknowledge the OTHER threats the world was giving to the US OTHER than the war threats. The technological warfare. Exactly the OPPOSITE of what the Chinese regimes were on about EVs. And if Trump decides to cut EV subsidies, even of only to allow Tesla to sell, the Chinese are building European factories to build EVs there. Slowly. They are FLOODING the market with Chinese EVs as we speak in Europe. The next step is to flood North America with Chinese EVs. The starting point IS Mexico. If one is educated, one could see the disaster that is to come for GM, Ford. Stellantis is going to get the disaster first in Europe. Chinese EVs are going to flood Mexico. INEXPENSIVE Chinese EVs. Then WILL come the factories in Mexico. So much for the "NOBODY WANTS EVs" rhetoric that the uneducated, wrongfully informed Americans (and Canadians to some degree) keep on spewing... Its really IS a big deal. I SEE that rhetoric play about the failure of VW and Stellantis and even GM when these fools squeal about how they are failing because they have put all their monies on EVs. The thing is, they didnt put their monies FAST enough on EVs and also concetrated on producing ICEVs when they should have just NIXED them waaaay before. Of course that is Monday morning quarterbacking from me as I say that, but I ALSO saw the writing on the wall about EVs being THE future. Had Americans NOT been LIED to about this whole thing about scare tactics about EVs, GM and Ford would have ALL the working EVs RIGHT NOW not ONLY to shut down Tesla, but to even shut down Chinese EVs. Elon Musk could have TAKEN China ALL to himself if he was 5% the visionary he thinks he is. But he was too busy STILL selling us on colonizing Mars... Whatever happened to that super loop thing anyway? Yeah...a billion dollar boondoggle that had everybody fooled. Chinese politicians, engineers and all around smart folk must be STILL laughing at all the gullible Americans and greedy fools that the US has churned out the last 15 years... But hey... Now lets keep on shopping because its the Christmas season and we should all consume because its good for the economy while we wait for tariffs to hit us because Canada and Mexico reasons, because our eggs are expensive while we get fleeced by insurance companies but we dont want healthcare because communism and education education education but Ivy Leaguers they too smart so they elitist but Democrats wanting to forgive student debt no good but keep on having insanely expensive school tuitions while other areas in the country and young folk not having ACCESS to an education while calling some countries of the world as shytehole countries while ALSO keep on having school shootings because teachers arent packing but also those shytehole country folk are eating the dogs and they are eating the cats.

Sending a Christmas eve chuckle your way: Here's Dyan Cannon, who has again poured herself into her clothing to attend a Lakers game, which she does often. It looks like she can easily fit down many chimneys. Maybe even into a Christmas gift stocking. I find the different chapters of Dyan Cannon humorous.

@Drew Dowdell @Robert Hall @trinacriabob @A Horse With No Name @ccap41 @surreal1272 @oldshurst442 And including all of the C&G members that are here that I do not interact with often enough or those I have forgotten their handles. Wishing each and every one of you a Merry Xmas Eve and Merry Xmas. To those that do not celebrate Xmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Holidays, Happy time off. Wishing each and every person here a restful end to the year, one of love, respect, relaxation to you and your families. Wishing all the best!

She was on the BBC Oh..stop that!!! The British Broadcasting Corporation is what I meant and she had fame. He had fame and that means both were meant to be at that fame crossroad. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03g4wl6 You guys have a dirty mind Maybe that song of his, super freakay, was a reference to her

She can afford it ... whatever that may be. Money talks and bullshit walks, as they say.

Looks Great for her age!

Happened to stumble into this buried somewhere on my homepage. The Linda Blair of current times, in front of the famous poster for this landmark movie. It's a classic and only jarring the first few times you see it. I'd like to get that poster. They've redone that house in Georgetown to drive away the looky-loos. The big money caused her to leave her native St. Louis. She supposedly lives on a spread of high desert land north of L.A. where she keeps horses and dogs. There's no husband and there are no kids. She seems to prefer the slow lane because she was once in the fast lane. Shacking up with Rick James would be considered the fast lane. What was she thinking? What was she on?

Las Vegas is a resort. Yes ... point taken. I've gotten safes in some FL hotels that could hold a 14" to 16" laptop and other stuff layered in. It comes with the territory that, when there are resort fees, there will be other cheesy ways to jack up the tab. The issue I'm lamenting is when there isn't one in the room, yet the location and price point call for it.

Who said Germans don't have a sense of humor? Happy Sunday.

@Robert Hall Thank you. There is now some "advertising" in hotel websites calling out a "laptop safe" when it's bigger than a regular one. What is really off-putting is when it's a brand of hotels that should have in-room safes ... and they don't. Or, worse yet, when the description shows that there is a safe and, then, it's not there because the website description hasn't been updated: they're either transitioning to another model or they've removed them altogether.

Random thoughts: Saw many German imports sporting medium enamel grey exteriors with darker red leather interiors in affluent desert communities and this combination looks nice. Was following a recent Dodge Challenger on the freeway tonight and I love that rear light bar, so I think it's the best looking of the 3 pony car rehashes. Saw an immaculate black 2007 or 2008 Cadillac DTS on the freeway tonight and they still look good, even timeless. I happened onto a dog video last night and it had "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan in it. I read about him and he once ran a "Dog Psychology Center." Ha. He does not have a degree in psychology, animal husbandry, or anything. Then, L.A. douchebag groupthink shines through. The list of celebs who used him (one refers or copies another celeb) is lengthy. Remember when celebs were snapping up Priuses, almost as if to make a statement? About 40% of my music collection consists of African-American artists. I notice this as I surf Bluetooth. Some of my friends joke that I was Black in a previous life. Come on. Some white artists - even hard rockers - are more starched than many Black artists ... smooth, earthy, sassy, passionate, gravelly, and/or powerful ... that's what I like in music and they put out some great musical tracks. Happy Friday.

This is way too funny, I have to say the Circus next year is going to be amazing to watch. ‘President Musk’ talk infuriates Trump officials amid spending bill negotiations I like cheesy pasta, and this makes a dish easy to make. The only think I would do differently is dice up the garlic and onions more, so they blend into the pasta better and use a variety of cheeses, like Mozzarella and Smokey Gouda plus the parmesan. The pasta recipe we all need in our life | Watch