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Not the Adriatic sea....That would be North... Ionion sea...that would be South. Greek waters. Ionian sea. And yes...Zakynthos. My dad was born in Montreal. My grandfather, his dad, was born in Zakynthos. Ive never been to that beack. Navagio. My mom comes from the neighboring Island...Kephalonia. Both my mom's parents were born in Kephalonia. I recommend the movie... GOOD movie. True story. Most of the love story is true. My family knew the family starring in the movie. The movie itself, a couple of my friends are in it as extras. They visit Kephalonia on a yearly basis. I got a family house their too. Its in disarray as my aunts and uncles are squabbling in the division of my grand-parents lands, including the house. Nobody seems to want to renovate it either. My grandmother from my dad's side comes from Ithaca. Yes...Odysseus' Ithaca. Many historians now believe that Ithaca actually refers to Kephalonia and Ithaca too. Zakynthos, Ithaca and Kephalonia are side by side by side. They are close together. A swim away. And yes...there are several beaches in Athens. Around Athens is more accurate. A short drive away. Vouliagmeni is one. Ive been to it just once in my life. I dont really remember it. Many Italians visit Corfu. Brindisi. The port city of Brindisi has a direct boat ride to Corfu if Im not mistaken. Ive never been to Corfu. My wife's lineage...My father-n-law comes from Sparta. Ive never been. But Ive been to the Corinth Canal, duh...and Ive been to Olympia on the Peloponnese. My wife's momma comes from Rhodes. Which on our honeymoon, we went. We also went to Santorini and Mykonos and Turkey. Ephesus. I also took her to Kephalonia and introduced her to the literally crazy Kephalonians that inhabit this beautiful but chemically imbalanced island. I got lots of family and friends still living or vacationing there. Ive gone to Greece countless of times. Zakynthos and Kephalonia is where I spent many a summers...mainly Kephalonia. This year, finally, we as a family are going back to Greece. We are gonna introduce our kids to where our ancestors come from. 2 weeks. Only on the Aegean side. Rhodes, Mykonos, Santorini and Crete. It will be the wife's and my first time in Crete. Knossos we will visit. Thank-You for extending the olive branch. I appreciate it! I have a 1st world problem as I am excited to go to Greece this year. I am also not! As Ive been to Greece many times, was even baptised there. In Kephalonia. Agios Gerasimos chapel. The patron Saint of Kephalonia. I now am ready to see the world. Ive been to Boston many times. When a summer was not going to Greece, it was going to Boston. Ive been to NYC 3-4 times. I LOVE New York! I have been to Toronto. Just once. Barely. And that is it. I WANT to see Italy. All of Italy. Just like Greece. Italy has many different regions that are awesome and historical and not one region is the same. You cant go to Italy and just see the Colosseum. One HAS to go to Naples, Florence, Venice, Toscanna, Sicily...which many Greek descendants happen to be there. Many Ancient Greek architecture and temples are present. It is said that Sicily is the Island of the cyclops... Im a car guy...HELLO...FERRARI headquarters. HELLO...the Stelvio Pass. I played video games...HELLO, the Amalfi coast I want to see London...the one in England, NOT the one in Ontario, Canada. Paris. North of France. The South of France...Oh...the South of France...Anything that is on the Mediterranean I want to see. Spain. Italy, Egypt, Syria Jordan, Palestine, Israel...Yes...the last four countries too. Obviuosly on better economical and peaceful times!!! Hungary, Germany, Poland, Austria, Ireland, Scotland, The Netherlands, Finalnd, Sweden, Denmark. China...all of China, Japan, Australia. THE UNTIED STATES of America....other than Boston and NYC. CALIFORNIA. ALL OF CALIFORNA. NoCal, SoCal. Hollywierd. San Fran. Malibu, Venice...the Santa Monica Pier... see those big redwoods and sequoias...Death Valley...Tijuana Mexico right after I see San Diego!!! The OLD WEST. To see the history of Billy the Kid, the James Gang, the Earps..all those old Western Frontier towns starting in Colorado and head out west...west of the Pacos... But...Greece it will be. Not Maui or the French Polynesian Islands or Jamaica... At least Greece's beaches compare to Maui, the French Polynesian Islands and the Caribbean! Classic Greek movie. Classic Greek song . The song talking about...JAMAICA! How, they would get the little fishing boats ready to go fishing...far far away as far aways as Jamaica. Singing and dancing and drinking their wine with their girl...(more than girlfriend but not quite wife yet, but one day.)

Looks like I am sailing the ocean blue...

Not quite legal just yet. (But all this is naturelle for me. Dont need the drugs to feel good or to...um...hallucinate. Chocolate milk. Chocolate milk does wonders for my body, mind and soul.) Those words about us Canadians not being able to aim hockey pucks... Thems words are fightin' words. (I originally wanted to right that as Dems words are...but I was afraid Blu would downvote my post just because it contained the word Dem....as in Democr...OK...OK...Ill leave it alone) But Ill let you go as your women beat our women for gold at this year's Olympics and the Canadian men, well...I dont really remember what they did...did they actually play for the bronze medal let alone win it??? I honestly do not remember. Dont feel like googling that information either.

Yes. Yes. This is my little red Corvette. I used to race it all the time at the...races. Took it to France one year. I registered it at that 24 hour one. I raced it for...24 hours. Yup, I won...gold. I just traded it for the new Vette. The ZX-1. You know. The new new one. The top of the line fast one. I am planning to race cross country with it. You know, the race that a certain Burt Reynold's raced with a...Trans Am and won.... Yeah! Im one cool cookie!

Oh yeah... This one I HAVE to get rid of. One of my 150 ft. yachts that is docked at...um...Hon..Hong k...Hono...Honolulu...yes...Honolulu needs a new...um...tillermajig and my money is all tide up in stocks and bonds and stuff and well, to make a long story short, the folk that rent this place from me, well, they are a nuisance so I decided to cut them loose, so the house is up for sale. If you think this is a nice house, you should see the one I have at the Hamptons...

Ive got the Rain-X wipers too. I dont find them being all that different from regular wipers. But then again, I never did go through the trouble of using the wet napkins(or whatever was in that package) that come with the wipers to coat my windshield...so I guess I dont get that bead effect. Maybe I should have done it? Or not... But on the issues of automatic wipers... Im on Balty's side on that. Ill even quote him... Because whether the water beads on my windshield or not...what Balthy said!!! EDIT: I just realized you folk are actually talking about an actual Rain-X coating product.\ I did not know that existed. I thought it was just a brand of wipers that came with a one-time application... COOL! Next time Im at Canadian Tire, tomorrow basically, I will look for this and I will buy it!!!

Ive seen a couple of these Giulia's in my neighbourhood. Im starting to like it. I think its hot....for now. I did not like it at all when it came out. It grew on me to the point where I visualize myself owning one. \With an explanation. 1. In red, its one helluva nice lookin' ride. One of the better ones, especially in red as today's cars dont really look all that good in red. Yes very BMW knock-off--ish looks, but in red, very hot and wild. She is a temptress! LOVE, LOVE those classic Italian style wheels. 2. The Ferrari derived V6 sounds INCREDIBLE! 3. I will NEVER EVER BUY one or even lease one as I heard that the F part of the FCA equation, be it Fiat or Alpha Romeo, has really really shytty reliability. 4. I will probably start not liking it again by the time summer rolls around... But a coupe version may also start to pick at my curiosity! I welcome the thought of a coupe Giulia!

Escalade... Escala... Yeah...just by the name, I could see it being a SUV. Ill just be grateful that the actual name of Escala makes it and Johan does NOT change it to an alphanumeric. I have no real concerns if the Halo vehicle of Cadillac is indeed a SUV. However, I DO want Cadillac to produce a Ciel! A Cien would be nice too, but I really really would prefer that a Ciel would be a part of a Cadillac portfolio. And an El Miraj waaaay before a Cien gets a red light. If a Ciel and an El Miraj have to be lower on the Halo vehicle scale due to a Halo vehicle being a SUV...I gots NO PROBLEMS!!!!

Thanx for all this info!!! I laughed with this quote. Seeing that I LOVE the GM A-Body ( I also LOVE the ALL the GM fullsizers of that time too but dream car of all time is a 1970 442...) Im kinda embarrassed by that statement. I respect your opinion on cars, and I do NOT want that statement to be true! Ill just pretend I did not see you write it up... You see, in my own little world, the 1970 442 is just the greatest thing on earth. The Best Balthy! The Best! This statement had me not only LOL-ing...but LMAO-ing! Several notches above that actually. LMFAO level to be accurate. And yes. The Yaris SUCKS!

Or a Bonneville GXP...(the Stinger is a tad more luxurious than a W-Body Grand Prix ever was. The Stinger is closer to a late 1990s early 2000s GM FWD H Body in terms of luxury but closer to a mid 2000s W-Body in terms of performance.) Or what a modern Buick Wildcat could be. I could see Infiniti hammer out a car like this with ease.

That...and just maybe...the Sonic is simply just...a shytty car! Is a Mazda 2 a shytier car? Quite possibly. Is a Nissan Micra an equal pile of...? I dunno. Maybe the Sonic is a good little car, all I know I wouldnt be caught dead seen in one let alone me buying one.

And the reason why a Fusion might surplant the Taurus as a SEDAN cop car (as the Explorer is doing a fine job as a police interceptor model really the one to replace the Taurus) is that the Fusion Interceptor is sold as a hybrid.

The Infiniti grill just inspires Buick to me. For whatever reason. I also see those angry, tilted headlights as a shout out to a 1960 Electra 225. Actually, the whole car just screams a modern interpretation the the 1960 Buick Electra 225 to me. I also see Infinitis as 'heavy' and hefty luxo cars. No matter what vehicle it may be. Be it the Q60 and Q70 coupe and sedan or the QX70 SUV. Personal luxury vehicles. Like a Buick Riviera. I could easily see Infiniti's design language as a perfect fit for American arrogant and in your face styling that Cadillac and Buick was always famous for.

Could it be that the washer was an aftermarket affair? Or could it be that my memory is foggy and Im remembering the headlight dimmer instead? I was born in 1973. My dad totaled the GTO in 1977. I was but 4 years old. Yes, I do remember the car. Very faint memories, so the details are fuzzy. But I swear I remember stepping on it myself and windshield washer fluid would spurt out. (Out of somewhere because that detail is forgotten.) Would it be two black nozzles on the hood where the hood vents were. Just above those hood vents? yes. blue square. You triggered another memory there!

I think Acura should just concentrate on being what they always were. A mid-luxury brand that effectively replaced and shut down Oldsmobile. They need to do this with sport sedans that had a mix of European flair and a whole lot of dose of Japanese mojo! Coincidentally, I think Buick needs to do the same thing, continue on where Oldsmobile left off and be like Acura was in the 1990s, but with American mojo. Sadly for us though, Buick is more geared to Chinese tastes, because Americans are too dumb to realize the history of Buick and what Buick means to America. Buick in America is as good as dead, in my opinion. I dont think the Regal will sell. Sadly! (Is the Regal geared towards American tastes or is it geared to Chinese tastes or is it a pseudo European American concoction? I LOVE it, but I dont think many Americans will embrace it) This is where Infiniti comes in. I think Infiniti could get real traction and build REAL MODERN Buicks for us Americans as Buick is building Chinese Buicks for us Americans. You know... MODERN versions of Buick Wildcats and Rivieras and 1957 Buick Specials and 1950s and 1960s Electra 225s and Buick GS and Grand Nationals...(even if those vehicles are of the CUV/SUV kind) The QX70 is a very aggressive and sexy looking American styling SUV. They should ditch the Alphanumerical and give it an American landscape or landmark name. Yes with the vehicles should have AWD. Yes with turbo V6s. Yes with Hybrid electric tech or 100% all-out electric. Yes with aggressive AMERICAN Infiniti styling married with the current Italian curvaceous lines. Yes with the proper AMERICAN focused marketing and needs. Yes with American landmark names. I think Infiniti has life here in America if they could effectively replace Buick. They have to target Buick and take them out for good! Its saddens me to say this...but its just a thought that I have.

The bolded part reminded me of a Superbowl commercial of a long time ago.

I see the appeal it has on people. I just dont see the sex of it. (sex-appeal) Yes. I do not like it. I acknowledge its sexiness, it just does not do anything for me. I acknowledge its performance credentials. I respect those. I just wouldnt buy one. Even if I had money. If I was married into wealth and my father-n-law gave ME a dowry, Id tell him thanks! But Id trade-it in for a used 1996 Dodge Viper GTS when he wasnt lookin'. YEAH! Even with that shoddy build quality. Look at those headlights. OUCH! Out of line they are! But there is a reason why I mention the Viper of the 1990s. Something about a merger of equals. And yes! I DO prefer a 1996 Viper GTS over a 2018 M-B AMG GT. Any day, every day!

Since Im going down memory lane, the dome light from 1970s GM vehicles is also what I miss. I remember putting my little finger in the middle of that star pattern. I also remember the 1979 Impala having circle rings as a pattern instead of a star. Good times!

I think automated wipers are supposed to be luxury things to which entitled and cuddled folk dont have to flick a switch or toggle a button or swipe a lever to switch on the wipers for the wipers to sweep back and forth to clear the rain from the windshield. Too much work apparently. Also, if Im not mistaken, the Cadillac and Buick versions from the 1990s also adjusted automatically, the frequency of the back and forths so as not to disturb the driver for him to adjust the frequency himself. Too much trouble to set the intermittent switch. Yes. Yes. the intermittent frequency is NEVER accurate no matter what level you set it on. I guess automatically, problem is solved? If the Yaris comes with automated wipers, Its a big leap forward for when I remembered this one or very similar. The button itself rings a bell to me if not the whole set-up. I remember it on one of my dad's 1970s GM vehicles. Was it the 1974 Impala or the 1979 Impala? I know the 1970 GTO he had did not use this switch as the washer function was on the foot-well on the bottom. On the left. Am I jealous that a lowly Yaris will have automated wipers? Nah! I love to be in control. In total control of my vehicle. I love to drive. Me. Drive. And do all the things by myself. The only thing manual I dont like is manual transmissions. The ONLY automated part of driving I prefer is the automatic transmission. I even dont mind me cranking up the roll up windows. I remember this crank fondly! 1979 Impala had this. The 1974 Impala had electric windows...and a white vinyle top. Good times!

Fuel efficiency? Those targets COULD be met. Question is...there are a couple of questions actually... 1. Do we as a society WANT to change? 2. Do we as a society WANT to sacrifice? 3. Do we as a society ACCEPT the responsibility and do we ACKNOWLEDGE the shyte we are doing? Or do we as a society just say, "not my problem" and just go out of are way to do what the phoque we want to do and just damn the phoquing planet because either 1. #fakenews 2. Wont be around when it is truly too late I aint a tree hugger by any means But... I cant seem to forget the message in that 1960s movie either... I love me some 707 horses. But I could live with just 1 if it would come down to it. If it meant that we needed to. Im not sure our selfish society would want to do the same. *SIGH* And no...its not all about doom and gloom. But the thing is..going forward into OUR future...the whole phoquing planet has become selfish. Oh well...not my problem I guess... 1. #Fakenews 2. Ill be loooooong gone to see if doomsday is truly a reality or not.

Sure...but isnt that how the bubble burst in 2009? Great...but didnt deregularization of Wallstreet in the 1980s by a Republican cause all that greed and shyte to hit the fan and send all of our jobs elsewhere and in the process creating a throw-out society which eventually led to the aforementioned bubble...oh...the de-regularization of mortgages in the 1990s by a Democratic also lead to that and now this current guy in power wants to bring back the jobs... I guess it would be a radical idear.... To have no limits JUST BECAUSE we can...because 'Merica Godammit! because obviously we humans have self-control and our leaders and our barter entrepreneurs care about the welfare of our being and are responsible and in no way do all of us as a species destroy the very phoquing planet we inhabit... I dedicate this song to you, because birthday

I put a damper on things, didnt I? That last thing I said... was meant in jest...as in if you have an ounce of a sense of humour, you would appreciate the ironic and sarcastic twist I just did... So...if it seems like Im angry...I AM NOT! Just trying to enlighten some of you...that while joking around is fun...we must tread very carefully on how we approach said humour. Sometimes...the jokes do hurt.

For what its worth, I have a huuuuge sense of humour. Problem is...ONE MORE TIME... That THAT was NOT a joke. Its distorted reality. Its what your POTUS calls #fakenews. You talked about your parents feeling the ALLIED bombs... MY mom's mother had to feed German soldiers in her home... But THAT was 70 some odd years ago... Two different men...GREEK men...in Greece... I wouldnt be dismissing this...I wouldnt be all sooo phoquing snug about how YOU got a sense of humour and I dont! Why am UI taking this this far? Well...A simple Im sorry would actually would do. A simple I did not know how you felt about this would be suffice. A little EMPATHY and COMPASSION about how phoquing severe austerity measures in Europe actually are... A little phoquing research would go along way instead of relying on your POTUS' own words #fakenews... From Italy, albeit not as instense as in Greece... From Spain Just as intense And yes...when the punchline is that Germany picks up the tab, because Italy and Spain and Greece are the punching bags...yeah...it pissed me off...knowing that GERMANY IS A HUUUUUUUGE REASON FOR THE DOWNFALL... Sure there was corruption in all three countries to which led to billions of dollars being pissed out the window...the corruption of the German money machine is far far worse... So...nada on that being a joke... We live in the USA and in Canada where all that did NOT affect us... Let's put it this way...something that hits you home...RECENTLY (because OBVIOUSLY YOU FORGOT HOW BAD IT WAS IN AMERICA WHEN THAT VERY SAME BUBBLE BURST HERE!!!!) Make a joke about that!!! When there has been people hurt from the joke you are about to crack...

I understand that fully... problem is...young Greeks dont forget... Yes its a joke in a...joke thread... But like I told you... http://en.protothema.gr/10-600-archaeological-findings-that-were-stolen-by-germany-during-wwii-return-to-greece/ And that is just with the looting...the bombing of infrastructure, the Greek POWs, the strain the Allies and the Germans put on our national identity pitting us against each other with the communist accusations and the like... Oh...it seems like young Italian millennials have NOT forggotten either... He dont seem too happy with the Greek government on how the Greek Government is handling the issues...Im guessing he sees Italy's economical affairs in the same way...you know...the heavy austerity measures taken by the EU (Germany) and the poor Greeks and Italian civilians paying for German arrogance...By the way What is this doing at the Louvre? And why havent these been returned to Greece? And the Brits call these arrogantly the "Elgin marbles" Greece owes billions to the EU because Greece is socialist? Because Greeks are lazy? Yeah...real funny joke. Now...I dont get riled up on politics or on jokes involving political shyte, I laugh...but, I dont see where the joke is in this. Nazi Germany and MODERN Germany has really put the strangle hold on Europe, even France has felt that choke hold, Britain left the EU...BREXIT (mistake on their part or not), its telling that that joke really is not a joke, but a propaganda tool meant to silence the people that are pissed off... And you, being Italian, I wouldnt be making that kinda joke either. Germany has phoqued Italy plenty of times... It took the GREEKS during the end of the war to protect you in Greece from the Nazis!!! So...without this going deeper into poitics, I assure you that the "joke" you tried to tell, well, reality of it all is that Germany is the one that OWES billions to Italy, Spain and Greece for not playing fair... All the VW, Audi and Mercedes plants, Siemens and the like are all in Germany...Opel too. You know, formelly known by General Motors. Spain has VW owed SEAT that builds cars in Spain while Italy has its own automotive manufacturing. Greece relies heavily on olive oil and feta cheese. And tourism. And when the EU decides to buy these products on the low side of the price scale, you know, for the good of the EU, for Germans to eat, and when the economic bubble burst and Europeans and North Americans cease to travel, the billions that Greece makes from tourism is all but gone, and the billions that is owed to German banks for the Olympics and the infrastructure improvementfor Greece to host the millions of tourists...well, Greece gets into a funk...and Germany wants its money...through hell and high water...Germany wants its money. Germany wants to bleed the Greeks dry! Its not enough the looted her, bombed her, now they want all her money and treasure and bl;ood! But Im supposed to sit here and laugh? Because its a joke, right?

Yeah... Problem is... The Spaniard and the Italian had some sort of ties with the German in the past... The Greek, not so much... I would laugh at that "joke" if it werent for this... If Germany would actually pay Greece for all that above, plus all that Germany did during the first one in 1914...then Id have pity for Germany... And dont get me started with Greece's other European "allies" either...