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Vincenzo Cotroni affiliated with the Bonanno family. Nicolo Rizzuto took over afiliated with...the Bonanno family. The Montreal mafia would be New York's 6th family. There is Montreal style pizza. The crust is puffy. Baked until the crust is golden brown. The tomato sauce would be a slight variation of the original tomato sauce of the original pizza. All kinds of toppings but the stereotypical toppings would be all dressed. Thin sliced pepperonin, thinly sliced green bell peppers, mushrooms and mozzarella cheese. And Montreal's Little Italy, original pizza is also a part of the scenery. If somebody visits Montreal...I BEG them to stop by Pizzeria Napoletana. Best pizza in North America. Many celebrities stop by. It is a Montreal landmark. It is part of pizza history too. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Mafia Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper of 20 years, Guido, has cheated him out of $10 million. Guido is deaf which is why he got the job in the first place. The Godfather assumed that since Guido could not hear anything, he could never testify in court. When the Godfather goes to confront Guido about his missing $10 million, he takes along his personal lawyer because he knows sign language. The Godfather tells the lawyer, “Ask him where the money is!” The lawyer, using sign language, asks Guido, “Where’s the money?” Guido signs back, “I don’t know what you are talking about.” The lawyer tells the Godfather, “He says he doesn’t know what you are talking about.” The Godfather pulls out a pistol, puts it to Guido’s head, and says, “Ask him again or I’ll kill him!” The lawyer signs to Guido, “He’ll kill you if you don’t tell him.” Guido trembles and signs back, “OK! You win! The money is in a brown briefcase, buried behind the shed at my cousin Bruno’s house.” The Godfather asks the lawyer, “What did he say?” The lawyer replies, “He says you don’t have the balls to pull the trigger.”
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LOL Computers and sensors and all kinds of electronic dood dads break down. Even moreso in shytty climates. And shytty when it comes to computers and electronics INCLUDE hot climates as well as cold. YOU are asking simple minded folk to upkeep expensive computers and sensors? YOU have that faith in people? The average age of cars in the US in 2022 was 12.2 years. The average in 2023 went up to 12.5. A vehicle that is 6 or 7 or 8 years old, YOU think that its in good working order? Let alone 10 or 12? Autonomous driving to happen means that ALL systems NEED to be not just functional...these systems, software, sensors, lidars, brakes, steering, tires... ALL need to be working 100% FLAWLESSLY. YOU have that faith in people? When we have ABS sensors that tell people that their tires are low on air because they are lazy to check for themselves and the tech we have today even tells us WHICH tire is low on air and we STILL dont fill it up... How many idiot lights are on a 6 year old BMW, Mercedes, Audi? Are the brakes and steering on a 12 year old Chevy pristine? YOU have that faith in people? LOL And that is one aspect of when talking about OLDER cars on the road. WHO will be responsible to FORCE people to MAINTAIN their vehicles SO these super sensitive, super improntant parts are working properly? In the aviation industry, every country in the 1st world have agencies like the FAA and keep a close check-up on airlines. When an airline has an accident, NTSB makes an investigation and it it finds that an airline cut corners in maintenance...huuuuuge problems for that airline... The FAA ENSURES that airlines's airplanes are safe. Is thsi gonna happen in the automotive industry too? LOL With all the dubious, nefarious, questionable, shady, corrupt people in automotive garages, used car salesmen, rednecked folk that redneck repairs... LOL The automotive industry WORLDWIDE is NOT a friendly place to follow rules and regulations for safety. LOL And THAT is when the vehicles are old. The tech itself is untrustworthy. In the air, the planes fly nicely in a vector. Not that planes fly straight. Winds and turbulence knock the flight path out of whack, but its easy to course correct. On the gprund...there are far too many obstacles for that to happen non-chalantly. Our softtware is waaaaaay to buggy to have a consistant safe automation let alone to course correct smoothly. In aviation, many accidents have occured and will continue to occur to add to comptuer strategy and knowledge. Meaning many peopel have died in airplane crashes for that data to have been collected. In automotive, there isnt enough data and there never WILL be enough EVEN for AI to account for everything. Besides, humanity will NEVER tolerate THAT many computer accidents to happen so data could be collected for autonomous driving to be safe. I could write more things about why autonomous driving will never be a thing. But what I DID write SHOULD be enough for ANYBODY to understand that autonomous driving is but a pipe dream...
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I think nobody even gets to level 3... Autonomous driving is a pipe dream. Wait until any system of anybody goes haywire, and this whole experiment gets shut down for good. LOL Waymo has all kinds of problems and California keeps on limiting their testing boundaries... LOL Its criminal that ANY goverment allows Tesla or anybody else with this shyte. But judgement day for autonomous driving is just around the corner... Just a question of time when a real disaster will occur involving Tesla, GM, Mercedes or anybody else... POINT BEING... Aircraft after all these decades dont allow for level 3. Automatic pilot for airplanes is the equivalent of level 2 in the automotive world. Drones are a completely different animal as there are NO humans on board... So I do NOT want anybody mentioning drones to me. Although with airplanes, in the air, its a CLOSED circuit, and aircraft CAN fly autonomously, without ANY incidences, the systems in place are STILL not trusted enough. The flight IS done 100% autonomously, but the pilots are ALWAYS looking at what the airplane is doing. The airplanes are in fact landed by humans DESPITE the airplane being capab;e Although the article does claim that for airplanes...fully pilotless airplanes and flights carrying people is closer than it looks. But keep in mind, with airplanes, the circuit for flight paths are closed. Meaning, airplanes are programmed to fly in a specific flight path and it is predetermined. There are NO variations. Humans when driving do NOT at ANYTIME drive form point A to B. They drive to Point Z and them to point G and then they decide to drive to Point X before they want to arrive at their original final destination of point B. And all that is nice and dandy when the road conditions are perfect. And dont forget, airplane systems and controls are checked with EACH flight and maintenance overhauls are not only mandated but actually done at very strict and frequent intervals. We are supposedly even today, to check are tires EACH and every time we get into the car and drive off. LOL There aint NOT ONE son of a bitch that does that, let alone keep their car at optimal upkeep... Ive stated this multiple times. And Ill state it a million times more. https://canadianaam.com/2022/06/07/aam-aircraft-levels-of-autonomous-flying/ Today’s level of autonomy It’s well known that airplanes have autopilot. Even the 1980 movie Airplane! jokes about it, but in which level modern-day commercial airplanes are? On a commercial airliner, nearly the entire flight is flown on autopilot. The pilots continuously monitor the computer to ensure that it follows the correct programmed course and make sure that all of the programming is in order. Autopilot systems cannot takeoff, so taxi, takeoff, and other ground operations are done manually. The autopilot is usually engaged a few hundred feet off of the runway after departure. When arriving at an airport, the autopilot is usually used until the very last segment of the approach. When the runway is in sight, the pilot flies the plane to the landing. Some planes do have autoland systems, but these are generally only used in poor visibility when they must be used. With a certified autopilot, some airplanes can land after an instrument approach in zero-visibility conditions.
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This theme reminds me of some sort of covert detective and/or vigilante. A cross between a James Bond character and Inspector Clouseau without the clumsiness. But no military or government technology or help. Maybe like Batman but grounded in reality.
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Ill equate this theme song to the slick jewel thief in the 1st movie. The Phantom. Therefore my idea of what an under the radar, sophisticated, slick with a touch of Hollywood style fantasy thief's choice of ride would be.
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Kia News: EPA Has Announced the Range for the 2024 Kia EV9
oldshurst442 replied to Anthony Fongaro's topic in Kia
I have being saying this for a couple of years now. Yeah. 2 years. That EVs have almost achieved price parity with their ICE counterparts. Obviously 2 yeaers ago it wasnt that obvious, but as the years go by, and more and more EV models come to market from different manufacturers, the more choices and price brackets open up. Economies of scale being acheived. Slowly but surely. That does not mean that battery mining is getting cheaper. But the cost of battery manufacturing is inching downward slowly slowly. The holy grail of that 30 000 dollar EV is just about to be offered. But...price of ICE-Vs are going up in price too. So...maybe a 30 000 dollar EV might not be that holy grail price point that manufacturers NEED... Whether ICE-Vs are going up artificially or not, is not the argument. The point is, EVs are offered at the SAME price points as their ICE counterparts and are optioned out the same or better. And these EVs are not small EVs either. They are as functional for folk as ICE-Vs are. -
@David If you have any predispositions about women, that would be on you. Bulgari has sold the snake jewelery motif for 50,60, 70 years now. That first lovely lady in the black and white picture is Liz Taylor. She was THE actress back in the day before you and I were born and a sex symbol for the ages. She wore a snake watch. Its in the picture and Bulgari wanted to point that out with pride. I had known about the Bulgari Serpenti line and I realized that all the watches that were posted in this thread were all male oriented. So I decided to be inclusive and post something a lady would appreciate. And those of us who are of the male species could surely do the same and adore the beauty and elegance of these time pieces and the diamonds, emeralds, stones and gems. Who wouldnt want their better half to be adorned with such elegance and luxury to compliment their beauty? Over at the beautiful car thread, I continued to be inspired by this and I wanted to post watches, music, and cars with a theme of a femme fatale. Then I toned it down with the femme fatale thing and I just wanted to do expensive but elegant trinkets and cars with the assumption that a woman might enjoy those things that I posted. MY idea of what an elegant lovely lady would want to wear and drive.
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The Bolt is not killed off. The Bolt will live on as an Ultium platformed vehicle and most probably be sold at the same price it is now. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a44639082/chevrolet-bolt-ev-second-generation-details/ There will be a second-generation Chevrolet Bolt EV, General Motors CEO Mary Barra confirmed today during an earnings conference call. Earlier this year, General Motors had proclaimed the Bolt dead as it prepared the hatchback's factory for a transition to assembling electric pickups. But the Bolt is not dead and is in fact getting better, with Barra revealing that the second-gen Bolt will use GM's newer Ultium battery technology. Also, the Equinox EV is also said to be starting at around the 30 000 mark as well. https://www.chevrolet.com/electric/equinox-ev GM WILL come back with a Bolt 2.0 The Bolt 1.0 was the only vehicle on that platform. Then the EUV came. But still no economies of scale. The Bolt 2.0 has 23 or 24 new EVs coming to help spread the costs of those batteries. $100 000 plus Escalades and Silverados. $350 000 Celestiqs. $60 000 Lyriqs. $50 000 Blazers and all kinds of Buicks not to mention the two Chevrolets called Bolt and Equinox @ 30K to help with those costs... Also...Honda will be using this platform which will also aid in keeping those costs down... Therefore... GM may NOT be like others to lose money on EVs... Also, Tesla is NOT making the money it NEEDS BECAUSE they DISCOUNT their EVs BECAUSE their market share is eroding. Classic automobile scenario... Worthless... All smoke and mirrors. Tesla is waaaaaaaaaay OVERvalued and THAT might bite MANY people in the ass. All kinds of investors and banks that have enjoyed the riches of OVER evaluating Tesla all these years. ESPECIALLY if Tesla's market share keeps eroding and Tesla continues on discounting their cars. Reailty WILL eventually settle in with Tesla's evalution... The chickens WILL come home to roost... I REALLY cant stress enough Tesla's need for 2nd generation of their S-3-X-Y line-up. Refreshes mean nothing when EVERYBODY will be offering NEW shinier and BETTER products... Take the Equinox EV for example. Or the Honda products that are the Equinox's platform brother. The Bolt 2.0 The Buicks All those and JUST from GM will give Tesla headaches. ESPECIALLY when GM products and their owners WILL be able to USE Tesla's supercharger network... Also...GM will be building their OWN network too. WITH BMW, Honda, Hyundai-KIA, Stellantis, MERCEDES-BENZ... https://news.gm.ca/en/home/newsroom.detail.html/Pages/news/ca/en/2023/jul/0726_seven.html Seven major global automakers – BMW Group, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz Group, Stellantis NV – will create an unprecedented new charging network joint venture that will significantly expand access to high-powered charging in North America Targeting to install at least 30,000 high-powered charge points in urban and highway locations to ensure customers can charge whenever and wherever they need With a focus on delivering an elevated customer experience, the network will provide reliability, high-powered charging capability, digital integration, appealing locations, various amenities while charging, and use renewable energy Charging stations will be accessible to all EV customers, offering both Combined Charging System (CCS) and North American Charging Standard (NACS) connectors First stations are scheduled to open in the summer of 2024 Elon also wants to colonize Mars. There is no oxygen nor water in space and on Mars. So...
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Only Tesla? Everybody needs to sell $30 000 vehicles. Be it ICE or EV. North American consumer goods and services have gone through the roof price wise and wages have stagnated. All those manufacturers that want to bail on affordable cars will soon find out that pricey cars will rot on their dealership lots. And...doom their existence that much faster. Without straying too far away from the crux of this discussion...Tesla needs 2nd gen of their S-3-X-Y line-up. They dont need a $30 000. They would be going downmarket for no reason. They have already established themselves and their image as premier EV makers. They have established themselves in a price market where people do not think twice giving up their hard earned cash. And that price range is $50 000-$100 000. All Elon has to do is make sure the 2nd gen of their S-3-X-Y line-up is better than the 1st gen in every possible metric and let marketing do their job properly and they will maintian their market share quite easily. But they need those 2nd gens right now... Elon is foolin' around NEEDLESSLY with that Cybertruck and Roadster 2.0. If he had thought things through and ADVANCED his EV tech INSTEAD of putting all that money and energy into Twitter/X and Mars...Tesla tech would have continued to be 10 years ahead of the competition and threats from Lucid and Rivian and GM and Volks/Porsche and the Chinese companies would have been at bay. Cute projects like the Cybertruck and Roadster 2.0 could then be started after. Instead, its Ford and Dodge that truly re-imagined what the electric pick-up truck could and will be, and GM produced the concept dream poster truck made into production toy for the rich Hummer pick-up and SUV. And it was Rivian that swooped in with their vision the electric lifestyle offroader. The dream of going 0-60 in 1.9 seconds in electric style with the Roadster 2.0 has also been messed with because Elon had other things to do. And Ferrari, Lamborghini, Corvette and everybody else that has entered the elctric world, be it with hybrid thought or pure electrics, they all pushed Tesla aside. Ill repeat, when Elon was selling us his visions, these electric visions of speed and innovation and re-imagining new ways and change the old ways, every other OEM on the planet had no freaken idea where to start with EV development. And here we are today in 2023, Elon has pissed that lead away. And more market erosion will happen. Elon could price drop his current EVs, but Elon NEEDS that revenue. He cant afford to drop those prices. Sure, he sells more cars this way and maintains somewhat that 50% marketshare threshold. But monies arent coming in that Tesla DESPERATELY needs. 100% EV makers dont have any other kind of vehicle to sell. GM could price drop the EVs to maintain equal prices with Tesla. But GM ALSO sells ICE. GM has revenue coming either way. Ditto for Ford and VW and everybody else that produces their own EVs but produces ICE as well... GM has a history of 100 plus years of going toe to toe with price wars with its rivals. What Tesla is facing now about dropping prices to maintain market share, and GM, Ford AND Stellantis...ALL of Stellantis not just Chrysler, have been through this SEVERAL times and they know that this kind of thing NEVER ends good... Tesla is going to feel lots of pain. Tesla NEEDS 2nd gens of their S-3-X-Y cars. I CANT stress that enough... Tesla does NOT need to sell lower priced cars IF 2nd gen of their S-3-X-Y cars go on sale. Tesls has THAT vehicle price range ALL to themselves. But...they NEED those 2nd gens right now for them to continue to own that price range!!!
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Yes...even this one is torture DESPITE being a quite capable and interesting ENTHUSIAST car... Nothing to do with it being a hatch. Nor a 3 cylinder. But EVERYTHING to do with it being a Toyota...
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The Cybertruck wont do jack to stop Tesla's slip in market share. It wont even help in maintaining it either. Too many EVs from different manufacturers are going to hit the market like a bullet train. Many model EVs that are fresher and newer and most importantly, shinier then ANYTHING Tesla has got in its inventory INCLUDING the Cybertruck. The Cybertruck is old news by now despite it going on sale and delivered last month or two ago. LOL. The Silverado EV also just went on sale. The F150 EV has been on sale for some time. The Cybertruck has got too many established competitors (Ford and GM) in the truck market even if EV for the Cybertruck to mean anything to anybody. And guess what? The RAM EV is not available just yet. Just wait until THAT model goes on sale. Seriously...you actually think Tesla will make a dent in truck sales? The conservative anti-EV people hate anything EV. Chevy, Ford and Dodge will have a phoquing hard time to convince these people to buy into them. And these folk are HARDCORE Detroit consumers. They wont buy Tesla. They HATE Tesla. LOL. If they WILL buy an EV truck, it WILL be from their favorite brand. But you will have to pry their internal combustion truck from their cold dead hands before that happens. But it will be an EV truck from Detroit. Not from California. The Cybertruck wont even make Tesla Model S-3-X-Y owners budge. Oh...some will bite, but Tesla's shine is not nearly as bright as it once was. ESPCIALLY when Ford, GM, Stellantis and others have JOINED forces to USE Tesla's supercharger network. LOL. THAT partnership goes both ways. It solidifies Tesla as THE premier electricity provider and perhaps enhance their EV image...BUT...when Tesla has over riped fruit on their kitchen table and Elon's mouth just molds the fruit away people will buy elsewhere. When the EV charger issue for everybody else has now been rectified by them using Tesla chargers, now people have less worry for charging their non-Tesla EV. Telsa had an almost unsurmountable grip on EV market share just a short 5 years ago. But now...too many competitors are fighting for possession and their EV tech is just as good as Tesla's. But with shinier newer vehicles. The moron allowed for his competiton to catch up to him. He not only dropped the football, he fumbled it and we dont quite know just yet if Tesla recoverd the ball, or if the opposing teams have possession... Sure, there will be plenty of automakers that wont make it. But that also INCLUDES Tesla. Tesla DESPERATLEY needs 2nd gens of the S-3-X-Y line up. What Tesla does NOT need is a Roadster 2.0 or a Cybertruck. Those were needed 3 years ago. Those would have solidified Tesla dominance. Those never came. X and Mars were more important to him. LOL When all of the automotive world has shifted their excitement for hybrid old guard sportscars...you just know Tesla has lost their shine just a little bit...
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Well...it just proves that Mercedes-Benz EVs are engineered not to flame up uncontrollably. Im surelike you, dont think the other EV manufacurers are not willfully trying to BBQ their drivers either, but my concerns about this are slightly dissipated knowing that at least with not only Mercedes, but with other EVs as well, that an EV wont just go up in flames when in a collision. A collision that is at least calculated. Calculated as in accounted for in a controlled collision. Ill be cautious about collisions that havent been engineered. Because sometimes collisions dont exactly happen like in the tests they do. Same goes for internal combustion engines. The thing is, a battery fire seems to be more intense and harder to put out. And water just doesnt cut it. And those two things are what concerns me. And this is what I originally meant by 'elephant in the room'. Mercedes just proved that a collision is not enough short the batteries to ignite and cause a fire. Mercedes proved with this test that batteries can and are protected just as well as gasoline is in a gas tank in a car.
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Id like to show you that I can retract certain opinions that I hold. This is regarding the issue I had with battery fires especial in instances of accidents. I said that battery fires maybe a huge problem that maybe kinda nobody wants to talk about. I said that there are not enough EVs getting into accidents to actually say that there is no issue for EV battery fires. I said that battery fires could be a huge concern. Your assesment of this situation is correct, Id say! You said calmly that there is no issue... Mercedes Benz proves that their EVs at least and their batteries, are safe in accidents.
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I was watching that. It was pretty good. I enjoyed it. Was sad that it wasnt continued. Kinda like in the 1980s... Discontinued abruptly. At least in the original 80s version, there was a 2nd or 3rd season but ended shortly thereafter when that hybrid baby came along. It grew up (fast) I remember as a pre-teen or teen but then the show was canceled... Something like that. The reboot didnt last a season. I enjoyed the two part made for TV movie that spawn the TV series the most. I remember enjoying the 1st season a lot but then the subsequent stories and seasons (those were off and on again as well before being canned for good) were cheesiest. I mean, the whole V thing was cheesy, but it was good cheese. The last episodes of V were not as good is what Im trying to say. The reboot was not cheesy at all. If I rememer correctly, it followed the story beats of the original, but were nicely acted. It was a more grounded production. An interesting outlook on it, the movie Independance Day starring Will Smith in 1996 was EXACTLY the TV movie V for the first 40 or so minutes. The way the ships come into the Earth's atmosphere. The way the ships line up on top of chosen Earth cities. Is all the same. Up until the White House was blown up. In the TV series V, the aliens come down to earth to introduce themselves while sneakily disguising their intentions and their actual reptilian appearance. The movie Independance Day, we get to know the true intentions of the aliens when they destroy the chosen locations. And this is where the two movies separate.
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Yup. Pretty much that.
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You dont have to be such a Debbie Downer... There is no reason for it.
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You too, can enjoy what you enjoy... Subjective. remember...YOU are the one to judge. Sure. But that is the reality of...ARENA rock. You know...the rock-n-roll OF the 1960s all the way to the early 1990s. Started by the likes of THE Rolling Stones in the 1960s and perfected by all sorts of bands in the 1970s like Pink Floyd and Kiss and was THE standard in the 1980s. Bud, that would be almost 30 years of rockers rockin' in venues like that. And you kinda missed the point. Those types of venues were NOT about the accoustics... Pink Floyd, well, one member started loathing himself and the band and life and the band broke up because of that. And yes. YOU do you. NOBODY told you to do otherwise. But you got to understand, KISS and The Rolling Stones do well in huge venues. The artist you chose to highlight to us is NOT Arena rock. She wont do well in that environment. Guess what though. Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis jr. wont either. Please put some percpective in what you wanna whine about. And it would be YOUR choice to do so. I too, enjoy that. But yet again, a big blockbuster of a movie was meant to be enjoyed in a movie theatre. Shawshank Redemption, which I saw in the movie theatre, was more enjoyed by me at home in MY home theatre environment. But ALL blockbuster movies, you name them, from ALL Star Wars movies to James Bond to Arnold action movies to everything that has to deal with huge production costs and special effects are better enjoyed IN a movie theatre. You could choose to say that you would prefer your home, your choice, your freedoms, but please dont put your prefernces on me. Because THAT is exactly what you are trying to do. Poo pooing huge production movies and Arena rock performances with legendary groups perhaps performing for the very last time is not a very open minded kind of thinking. Your choice your freedoms. Im guessing you were NEVER the type to enjoy all that to begin with. Still subjective... Like I said...it seems to me you NEVER enjoyed that to begin with...
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Its nice to see the trusted PIT maneuver, or any variant form of, outside of the USA with the same American problems plaguing other countries. Maybe the shytty arrogance of Eurotrash snobbiness will dissipate when THEIR societal problems make OUR headlines and pop culture, music and movies in general will talk about THEIR inequalities and lowlife individuals... Now...I CAN be down with some comparisons of which police car has the best PIT maneuver capabilites. That Audi in the video or the legendary 1990s B Body Caprice and last gen Fox body Ford Crown Vic. I put my money on the American cop cars.
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All Im hearing...is that you are not really a Rolling Stones fan and would rather see what your personal tastes are in concert. Which is fine. Like you said, Personal choice as I would rather see Mick Jagger and Keith Richards wrinkley and old @ 80 live in the cement block named Olympic Stadium in Montreal who Pink Floyd famously wrote a hugely famous song about than watch a young, perky vibrant Keiki Matsui. Nothing wrong with that either. But I wrote it like that because you seem dismissive of what I said earlier When legendary performers such as The Rolling Stones, Kiss, Def Leppard, AC/DC and many others, chalk up Bruce Springsteen and Bryan Adams too, when they do a concert, and their vocals or performance falls short of expectations, even kind of like Vince Neil of Motley Crue or Axl Rose of Guns and Roses, really, it does not matter. At THAT point its NOT aboutn the show. Its about seeing them one last time before they are gone. Vince Neil and Axl Rose may not be legends, and therefore your assesment IS correct about them retiring. And when I say gone, I really mean dead. Tina Turner, Tony Bennett... Even Tony didnt sound as good when old as when he was young... Its REALLY about seeing them ONE. LAST. TIME. But the conversation is NOT about those people. Its about The Rolling Stones. ANY concert with them IS worth it. They bare STILL on top of their game. And it IS worth seeing them beofre THEY are gone. And THAT is not a personal choice IF you are a fan. ITS a bloody fact. IF you are a fan. If you are NOT a fan, you will say stuff like: but at least you course corrected somewhat... And at least you have acknowledged that you are an odd duck concerning these things.
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Poll: Did you pass your driver test the first time?
oldshurst442 replied to Drew Dowdell's topic in The Lounge
Yes. Passed my theory test and the actual driving test on both of my first tries. In Quebec, there are three parts to the theory exam and... nobody gets 100% because as soon as you get to the minimum passing grade, off you go to the next part. I forget what the percentage is per part, I think its 75%. So if there are 20 questions per part, one needs to answer 15 questions right. As soon as one answers 15 right, off to the next part. If one gets 6 answers wrong. Bye Bye. One could answer 15 correct answers in a row and one could get 6 answers wrong in a row. On my first two parts, I got no answers wrong. On the third part, I answered everything correct in a row and just needed 1 more, but then I got 4 or 5 wrong in a row and the sweats started going. But I got the following answer right and the thoeory part done with. My driving test was a breeze. I think my wife past on her 1st tries. My daughter as well. She got her driver's license just before the summer started and past both on her 1st tries. My son just started doing his driver's ed. Hopefully he too, will be like his sister and parents.