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@David If you noticed, I am not that enthused by the MLB. Their collective ownership group and the people that run the MLB. I SHARE your thoughts on their greed. But Im also on the side of the fence that understands as long as our society as a whole worships the almighty dollar, crooks and cons will always exist. Nothing we can do to erase that. You might not want to be entertained by watching sports, and that is all fine, I do not want to change any of that of you, but I do want you to reconsider your position regarding your statements of athletes being overpaid. There exists another problem in our society... Where we have been bamboozled in thinking that the working man makes too much money... Keep in mind that athletes ARE the product that sports teams make their billions on. We are conditioned to think that unions are bad.... In India last week or two, some sort of accident happened that killed Indian workers. I dont remember what exactly happened because my ties to this shytty money at all costs society I live in lends me to IGNORE these kinds of stories... But I also havent TOTALLY ignored it either. Im aware... I also know that at the turn of the last century in North America at the start of the industrial revolution, many of these types of accidents happened often enough to have workers rev themselves up, start protests and DEMAND to be unionized for better working hours, conditions and safety... Our mayor, a lady, wanted to expand the subway system. Our Quebec Prime Minister said no as it would cost too much money for that project as Quebec has other needs and Quebec (City) and Ottawa cant afford such projects. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/new-metro-line-with-29-stations-would-cost-less-than-6b-projet-montréal-says-1.4348035 She said the cost would be less than 6 billion CDN dollars... OK...we all know that is false. Corruption and all that...it would probably balloon to 3 times that. 18 billion dollars. Lots of money right? Yeah... Richard Branson and Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are spending MORE than that on trying to reach the phoquing moon... Bezos and Musk are WORTH 100s of billions and I KNOW for a fact that Amazon pays NO taxes anywhere, Bezos pays his workers like shyte...but we dont say shyte about that.... We as a tax payer, will agree that expanding our subway lines is NOT worth the cost, yet we say nothing for the billions wasted on pet projects like going to the moon. We allow Bezos to skirt tax laws... Yet we focus on the sports leagues and its athletes... THAT is why I went all pissy on you David. Sorry. But I had to let it out...

I aint gonna tell you to watch sports or anything like that. But watching sports has NOTHING to do with supporting anybody. Watching sports is entertainment. Nothing more. Nothing less. Now...I DO agree with you that in MANY cases, billionaire sports teams owners and sports team leagues are GREEDY and DO play with the system. And yes...whiny athletes do exist from time to time. But...athletes are NOT overpaid. Sports is a BILLION dollar industry, several billion times over across the world, thanks in part to folk like me...but athletes ARE the product and THEY DESERVE ALL the money they get and quite honestly, they NEED to make MUCH more than they do... So...the ONLY thing I disagree with you on that last statement and I do find it inaccurate and not quite offensive but it does bother me to hear it, is that athletes are overpaid. They are not. They are most definitely underpaid. You could say that teachers and doctors are overpaid, but teachers and doctors are not working in a career where their respective industry is generating several billions of dollars of revenue. If you have contempt for sports and its athletes, then you must have the same contempt for the TV and movie industry and its actors and the music industry and its rock stars and rap stars. If it has taken you (personally) decades of hard work and training for you to reach the levels of your body building to where you are now, its the same thing for athletes. There are just as many greedy owners in sports as there are very generous ones. Some owners are greedy cons and crooks. While others are very respected members of society and contribute greatly to their communities in various ways including donating MILLIONS of dollars YEARLY to various causes locally and nationally. No different from Hollywood sexual predator casting couch directors, pedophilic rock-n-roll stars, TV evangelical hypocrites, tax evading, possible rape artist billionaire multinational corporation owners like a Bezos or a Gates and definitely like an Epstein... But for every shyte human businessman, there are just as many that use their influence, star media power and money to help others in need. And you dont hear about them because most of the time, they dont want and need the accolades.

Ill be quite the anal retentive a-hole on this. Pete Rose never cheated. Pete Rose bet on baseball. For his team to win. While he was playing and managing. Pete Rose was never charged let alone be found guilty of arranging baseball games... Pete Rose is the all time leader in hits. Played hard every single time he was at bat and running the bases. He stretched singles into doubles. Doubles into triples. Scored on runs that others would simply just stay on 2nd or 3rd base. Pummel the other team's catcher and give them concussions literally while trying to be safe at home trying to make the run count. Pretty hard to arrange losses when he played this way for all 162 games in a season, every season he played for 20 years. 3562 games played. 14 053 at bats. 4256 hits. batting average .303 Dont believe me? Charlie Hustle was his nickname. One could mistake the name hustle as him hustling his way through gambling...but with 4256 hits, the most ever in MLB history even to THIS day, I think hustle means that he played to win rather than play to lose. Catch my drift? And quite ironically and more hypocritically, like anything coming out of the MLB, gambling on baseball games has now become legal in all the American States and Canadian Provinces. No more a taboo gambling is. The 1919 ChiSox scandal Pete Rose is not and never was... Im not even sure one could call him an a$$h073 for playing the game hard as he did, but he did have haters for it.. If its any consolation, no runner could gun down the catcher anymore... but he is definitely not a cheater. And he DOES belong in the baseball hall of fame down in Cooperstown! Major League Baseball owners and leaders and decision makers have a pretty BIG and hypocritical baseball bat lodged deep inside their collective asses. MLB has colluded many a-time for keeping players' wages ridiculously low up until the players got a strong union formed. That would be sometime in the late 1980s to early 1990s. Baseball had reached its century mark and THAT is a far worse taboo and crime committed if you ask me...

^^^ 4 things 1. Yeah...it aint a 442 but its DEFINATELY close enough! 2. I LOVE the colour combo on it too! The Cutlass looks soooooo good with those colours 3. That Dodge Monaco and its Plymouth cousin the Fury, would be awesome candidates for cop car push bars up front and a Hellcat V8 powertrain swap along with modern brakes, steering and suspension upgrades... Not to forget an all black, everything blacked out, paint job. 4. Primer gray paint jobs whether matte, satin or gloss on any car is not remotely attractive and desired on my part. Its drab and depressing in my opinion. Id rather the plain vanilla white on that Charger.

I have posted this before... Then Stanley Cup is truly awesome! The league that presents it and awards it to the winners are truly awesome! The players that celebrate their victory with it, are truly awesome! The whole culture around the Stanley Cup is truly awesome! In some leagues...they get their panties in a twist... https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/sports/daughter-of-super-bowl-trophy-craftsman-wants-tom-brady-to-apologize-for-throwing-it/2383345/ Meanwhile the NHL... "Yeah...the Cup has been damaged. No worries, it will be sent back to Montreal for repairs and it will return shortly to resume celebrations. Let it be know, this is nothing new for the Cup as it has a history of it being dented, lost forgotten etc. Not the first time, not the last time." https://www.wtsp.com/article/sports/hockey/stanley-cup-bent-damage-history/67-a397c8cf-8336-4ba3-b202-3bef462fdde4 https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/7/13/22575399/lightning-dent-stanley-cup-tampa-boat-parade

Ive been on a Conan binge lately. Norm MacDonald, Bill Burr appearances and the like. I came across the Jordan Schlansky videos as well, and this one reminded me of @trinacriabob VIVA ITALIA!!! ESPECIALLY WITH THE EUROCUP VICTORY OVER ENGLAND YESTERSDAY!!! (not that I watch soccer...Im just proud that Greece's cousins won!!!)

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@daves87rs As soon as I read your post, tears are coming out. I am so sorry to hear this. My sincerest condolences. May I offer my sympathies to you and your family on your loss. May you find the peace and comfort you seek and let the memory of your wife guide you forever.

Its true....there IS something about those Buicks in black. While the potent powertrain does play a factor, that BUICK body style lends itself quite beautifully and quite menacingly in black. MORE so than its other corporate siblings. Even the Cutlass Supreme doesnt quite match the charisma that a Black Regal GN or GNX has.

I enlarged the pic to try to see those ventiports, didnt see them. I also noticed that on the side fenders, the turbo Grand National emblem is present and there is no GNX logo on the front grill. I came to a correct conclusion. Unless of course its a clone Grand National. (I dont think so. Its probably a legit GN) But... maybe the the first black Buick Regal in the series could be a clone... @surreal1272 Its a shame for reasons you stated. Yes. But I dont mind stuff like that. I only care if the person that restored a classic, cloned it but passes it off as a legit trim and wants to sell it top dollar passing it off as a legit top dog model. Some clones are done exceptionally well. Especially with today's aftermarket and what is available to restorers to produce clones. If I had the cash flow to do such projects, as you guys know, I want a '70 442 or '73 T/A SD455. If I couldnt get my hands on an original, Id have to build one from whatever Cutlass or Firebird/Camaro I could get my hands on. And yeah...Id clone it as a '70 442 W-30 or '73 T/A SD455. There are plenty of aftermarket sources that would allow me to do that. Fenders. Front ends. Badging. And if the restoration job would be done by a professional (not by me), to the naked eye, it would fool even the very best. Documentation would be the ONLY thing that would reveal the truth about my cloned muscle car.

That Grand National doesnt look like a GNX. I think its just a regular GN despite the front vanity license plate stating GNX. I would take that 1971 (Im assuming its a '71) orange with tan vinyl top Buick GS. In 2nd place would be that orange 2nd gen F-Body. I want to say its a Camaro. I wouldnt mind that '55 Chevy either.

Would that be a Charger native to Boston?

One of MANY reasons. 1. Do as I say, not as I do! 2. Im on TV 3. I get to 'heal' many folk in the name of God. 4. All for a fee, of course! 5. Ill be ordained therefore I get a free pass to heaven 6. I get to 'influence' many into doing things that I want them to do! 7. Ill have my very own singers and dancers dancing and singing in the background. Like I said, sounds like fun! (and lucrative)

-Akmed... Axel Foley - Ahhwell...is here to see her. He's an old acquaintance. -Cover this up. Its like (never have I understood what he says) to scrub for the customer. Its not sexy. Its animal! No. Its not sexy. - May I offer you something to drink? Wine, cocktile, esssspressso No thank -you! - I make it myself with a little lemon twist. Is good you should try it. - I see you look at this piece? How much does it go for? - ah hundred thirty thousand dollar. GET THE PHOQUE OUTTA HERE!!! - No I cannot! -Its a very important piece Ever sell one of these? -Yesterday! GET THE PHOQUE OUTTA HERE!!!! -Im serious. I sell it myself!

^^^ Yeah...I would have thought so

^^^ 1970 Challenger 440 1969 Charger Hemi 2015-2021 Challenger Hellcat 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner Hemi or 440 2024 Challenger EV 2024 Charger EV And THAT would complete the Mopar portion of my garage. No! Wait! 1997 Dodge Viper GTS 1955 Chrysler 300 1958 Plymouth Fury 1994 Dodge Viper RT/10 and there is more...

Bubblegum pop... interesting that you find that kinda tunage as catchy...

Id want to buy a Hellcat V8 Challenger BEFORE the EV version would come out though... But Id ALSO buy the EV version too so Id have both in my garage. All I have to do is dream....maybe it'll come true one day... And I just HAVE to post Heart's dream song too...

^^^ To think I didnt think about posting that song with that joke... Im disappoint with myself.

I love french too. French girls are AWESOME when one is coming of age (wink wink) French MILFS? Depending, but Ill tell you one thing...french girls between the ages of 15 (when one is also 15...) and 30, are just hot hot hot and a boy gets to learn a helluva lot about the female body and how it works with a french girl, if you know what I mean...

Somehow, I totally understand that statement...

2 thoughts 1. I want to poo poo on Tampa Bay's parade. But I simply cannot do that. 2 in a row! Back2Back! Good on the Lightning! AWESOME PERFORMANCE...AGAIN! Except 18 million over the cap will forever remain in my thoughts and I will ALWAYS place an asterisk on this Stanley Cup victory even if nobody else might not... 2. I wonder why one becomes a TV evangelist and how could I become one... Seems to be like a fun career! Lucrative too!

Ferrari or Lamborghini might want to challenge you on that statement. EDIT: I just realized you said sedan. Sorry! My bad! Yup...Tesla sedans burn faster than any other sedans. Maybe when/if the roadster 2.0 comes out to play, then Tesla could own the 2 door sports car fastest burning record as well stripping it away from the Italians.

Its been a long time since an interesting car coming through my drive-thru. But today I served a gentleman in his 60s driving an air cooled Porsche 911. Brown coupe from the early 1970s I assume. Light tan interior. I assume that it was from the 1970s because the seat fabric had a weird pattern to them. Fuchs wheels. I didnt ask him about his car. I did say to him that I liked his 911. He looked like he could be a doctor so I asked him if he was. He said close, dentist. So...a dentist with a brown 1970s Porsche 911 coupe came by to have a couple of hot dogs today. He made my day.

There is always Cornwall, Ontario. Hey look! A water tower!