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I've never been able to acquire much of a taste any type of Asian food and Asian restaurants have a nasty smell to me. I don't know what it is but it smells kind of rancid or something. I've also had several bad experiences with finding things in the food that shouldn't be there so that was enough for me. Italian, Mexican or Indian food is about as exotic as I get anymore.

Other than the front, I just don't think the G6 has a Pontiac look to it. I honestly think that the car was designed to be an Oldsmobile, but when the decision was made to kill the division, they took the car and put a Pontiac front end on it. The coupe came later and it looks more like it was designed to be a Pontiac from the start. It's all just a personal opinion.

The Solstice and the past-its-prime Grand Prix are the only Pontiacs left that were designed/styled to be Pontaics. The Vibe is a Toyota. The G5 and Torrent are Chevrolets. I'll always believe the G6 was designed to be an Oldsmoble but when the division was killed, they slapped a Pontiac nose on it. The G8 is a Holden. Pontiac exists in name only.

try tilting your head and looking at it sort of upside down. you can make yourself see it going in either direction.

Well, for what it's worth, time also moves slowly when you go out and when you get there, you wonder what you were thinking! I swear, sometimes I feel like I don't belong anywhere anymore. More and more I feel like I'm out of place or out of sync or out of time or something. 2008 has got to be a better year. Maybe I'll finally being to understand myself....

I wish I had more time to elaborate on this, but the past couple of months haven been not so good for me and that's another whole story I won't bother to go into. But I saw this thread and it hit close to home so I had to add at least one comment. So, for what it's worth, I don't think it's the decisions that are so difficult, it's the answers that we don't always like so much and why we try so hard to avoid the obvious.

So, I'm back home from another Saturday night on the town and it was pretty much like every other Saturday night for the last, oh, how many years? I've never been the type of person to go out with the intention of meeting anyone. That is just setting yourself up for for disappointment. I'm always open to the possibility, but I'm not the type to jump into anything on a whim. I have multiple 'bar' friends that I see regularly and talk to but, and I hope I'm not sounding like a complete jerk here, they aren't people that I want to do anything with on a social basis outside of the bar, much less anyone that I'd be interested in developing a relationship with. There just isn't anything more than a superficial connection there. It's hard for me to feel bad about that because it isn't something that I consciously decide, it just is. However tonight, I really got to thinking if it is me or just circumstance. I'm standing there, looking out over all those people in the crowd and I just kep thinking about how long it has been since I actually made a new, real friend. Now, I don't mean this to sound like a "Oh, woe is me, I'm so lonely" posting. I have mutlipe close friends whose company I truly enjoy. My social life, while not the most exciting, is good and I'm not complaining about that. The thing I find odd is that it has been so long since I've met anyone new that I would want to spend time with as friends or more. Is this something that happens as you get older or is it just the familiarity of seeing the same people all the time? In college, it seems like I was meeting new people I found really interesting all the time, but in the working world, not so much. To be fair, even with all the people I met in college, I only keep in touch with one person and even that is infrequent. This is just an observational question. I'm not looking for advice on meeting people, but I am curious if this is something other people run into or even think about.

I saw it when it first hit the theaters and that's been a while ago. From what I can remember, I thought it definitely had an axe to grind and GM took the brunt of it. They did talk about some of the other manufacturers, but not much. However there were some strange things in it that I think they should have followed up but they didn't. I might be off in what I am remembering, but here's a couple that come to mind: Didn't they show some guy from some company who claimed to have resolved the battery issue so that the EV-1 could go much farther on a single charge? Why did GM have to actually destroy the cars rather than let the people who wanted to keep theirs buy it? (Was there really a big safety issue the didn't want to become known?)

For what it's worth, while it can be good to tell someone that you love them, in the end they're just words and words are easy. Your actions towards another person are the most meaningful expression. Based on the little bit you wrote and the fact that it concerns you enough to mention it, it sounds like you were a man he would have been proud to have as a son. I'd bet he knew how much he meant to you even if you think you didn't verbalize it enough.

I think I know how you feel. I try my best to always tell the truth because when I don't, there is a gnawing in my gut that eats away at me and drives me crazy. I hate that feeling. I know all too well that telling your parents is a scary thing but if you told your dad that you're gay, what do you think he would do? Is he the old school type who couldn't handle it or is he the type to look beyond that and accept you and love you for who you are?

I don't know how this was considered newsworthy, but a long time ago I read in our local newspaper a short blurb about a woman who named her daughter 'Formica Dinette'. She said she saw it in a furniture ad and liked the sound of it. Who knows if it was really true, but it's things like these that make people start to question the truthfulness of what you read in newspapers.

I've read through this thread again and this time, two things have me puzzled and don't make sense. 1. If this kid was so upset the you 'outed' him, he must be fairly deep in the closet. If that's true, I don't believe there is anyway he would do anything at work to anyone that would call attention to his sexual orientation much less anything as extreme that would result in a sexual harassment complaint. 2. Why would you bother to even post a story, purposely written in a way that makes you look like the bad guy?

Dude, you are seriously messed up. I hope you actually realize what you've done someday and feel the anguish you've caused another human being.

I don't claim to be anything special, but I know I'm not really in the mainstream on most things. So, I have to ask, do people really respond to these celebrity endorsement type commercials? Maybe I'm just cheap and don't want to admit it, but I typically don't buy anything that some celebrity is pushing unless it is a specific product I truly need. I always question if the price is inflated just because someone famous it tied to it. I don't think this holds true for something like cars, but I would never buy sneaks with someone's name attached to it.

I've seen all of the movies but I have to admit that I haven't read any of the books. I've heard that the books contain a lot more than the movies. I do enjoy reading and maybe I'll read them someday, but that particular series just isn't high on my list.

They tried to make me go to rehab, I said no, no, no...

My decision to get a Maxx was a compromise at best. However, it has really grown on me and I'm actually disappointed there won't be a Maxx version of the new Malibu. A standard sedan doesn't do it for me. I want something more versatile.

Hey Ocn, Not to hijack your thread, but since you've had your truck for a while, are there any options you would change if you had it to do again?

Ah, the French Dukes of Hazzard, oui?

I would have thought the statues on Easter Island would have made the list.

There's just something about seeing a group of these big balloons hanging silently in the air that gives me goosebumps. Part of me would love to go for a ride, but with my fear of heights, I know I'd just be curled up in the fetal position at the bottom of the basket.

I read this, and I'm concerned. This is the same guy, who, if I remember correctly, was supposed to bring style to the redesigned minivans. I'm not seeing it in those vehicles, especially in the interiors. So, if he is the dude in charge of the looks of the new Ram, I hope he does a better job this time around. I'm also curious if this new truck (is it new, or just a revamp of the current model?) will benefit from Chrysler's admission that their interiors are not keeping up with the competion.

Ay-carumba. That hurts me just looking at it. I broke my right arm in three places when I was a kid. I don't remember much about it, but apparently I screamed A LOT!!

Happy 4th to everyone! The weather is very cool and rainy here in Rochester too. Most of my friends are away or already have plans so I'm not doing much of anything today. However, I will be getting together with a few people tonight to see fireworks, assuming they don't get rained out. I'm actually feeling a little somber this 4th. I've been out of town for the past week and a half for work. When I was coming home, I had a layover in Atlanta and there was a lot of military personnel passing through. I saw too many young guys with healing wounds on their faces and necks. The whole war in Iraq had always been sort of unreal to me because my only connection to it had been through seeing stuff on tv which never seems real. Seeing these guys in person and how young they looked hit my like a ton of bricks. It's so sad that anybody has to go through anything like this. It also got me to thinking back to when I came very close to joining the navy but changed my mind at the last minute. I've always been curious as to how I would have been different as a person if I had gone through with it and had the experiences that being in the military would have given me...

That is too cool!! I'm very jealous...