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Your body, your choice. @ccap41 It doesnt matter if one 95 year old has survived Covid and one 25 year has not. Hey, more power to you if you feel comfy that only 15 000 folk died from Covid aged 30-39 and folk older than than have higher numbers... You like to play the numbers game. Its all good. Problem is, you might not get to tell us if you DO catch it. I know. I know. The numbers tell you otherwise... It cant POSSIBLY happen to you... https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-area-man-who-died-of-covid-19-at-39-was-unvaccinated-but-had-just-booked-his-first-dose-1.5588192 https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/after-anti-vax-sentiment-seeps-in-three-die-and-a-tight-knit-community-near-montreal-is-torn-apart-1.5679029 LAVAL, QUE. -- When COVID-19 killed a 39-year-old Laval athlete in early September, it sent a shock through his tight-knit Greek community. Stefanos Govas was unvaccinated, and his girlfriend told media that his death had been avoidable—he’d been planning to get the shot soon anyway, she said. But tragic as Govas’s death was, it was only one part of a bigger series of losses that took two months to play out and have torn that community apart. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/after-anti-vax-sentiment-seeps-in-three-die-and-a-tight-knit-community-near-montreal-is-torn-apart-1.5679029 https://abcnews.go.com/US/30-year-man-dies-attending-covid-party-thinking/story?id=71731414 https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/father-urges-people-to-get-vaccinated-after-daughter-29-dies-of-covid-19-4692280 A grieving father who will bury his daughter this week is urging people to get vaccinated, warning that COVID-19 is a merciless disease And I could do this MORE than 15 000 times... As THAT number is ONLY US numbers. Its only numbers until it happens to you... Which I do NOT wish upon. Life is too short for me to discuss this any further... Do as you wish. I just wanted to point out that Covid does NOT discriminate between the young or old. Fit or unfit.

Im happy to hear the good news. Strep is a hassle, and it could lead to something more severe, but its better than the alternative!

B-52... Its a living legend. Some of them have been refurbished in 2013-2015 and are expected to be in service in 2050. 2050!!! First flight was in 1952. Went into service in 1955. If one does the math, the B-52 would be in service for 100 years!!!

Im sorry to bust your bubble, but there are all kinds of young, fit, healthy folk that have had serious complications from Covid. There IS no vast majority when it comes to how YOUR PERSONAL interaction with Covid will be. But its OK. I really dont care about all this. Im exhausted from all this shyte we are all going through. I only truly care about your well being. Even if I never met you in person for real. I hope to God you never catch it. I hope to God NONE of us catch it. But some of us will probably catch it. It will probably stay with us forever. I just hope when and if we catch it, Covid-19 will be just a nuisance rather than an emergency hospital visit. I just wanted to point out that Covid-19 hits hard on some people and Covid-19 does NOT discriminate between young or old, fir or unfit. Covid-19 shocks the body and its how YOUR body reacts or overreacts to course correct. And no science or math could predict what YOUR body will react to it. Its safe to assume the old and the unfit will be hit hard, but that is just a logical statement true for ANY disease. NOT just for Covid... Pretty mild up here as well. It was super cold 2 days ago. It will be super cold this week-end. But par for the course THIS time of year here. Oh...no snow though. And THAT is NOT par for the course. Sure, it kinda snowed yesterday and today, barely an inch in 2 days. I really dont know why I dont spring for a V8 Challenger....

I hope that you will never get it. I hope that you never got it. Its a nasty thing for some people. Which is what I wanna say: Has NOTHING to do with your age, fitness level for it to be a nasty thing. And nasty being for mild cases. Downright deadly for some... You could be a 95 year old, smoking 5 cigarette packs a day while welcoming shots of whiskey when not smoking and be asymptomatic and you could be a 25 year old decathlon athlete and die from it... I aint judging you by telling you this. I aint telling you to get vaccinated by telling you this. Im just making sure that you understand the rules of Covid more clearly. Because there IS a misconception about Covid. To this day. 2 years after. Especially when Delta is still around...

I see...a stain on that dress.

I like the stance and the hot pink and white top on this Caddy. Im not so sure about the headers/exhaust and blower coming out of the hood like that. Still a beautiful picture and a beautiful Cadillac otherwise.

I also like a paint job like this on a Cadillac.

Love that Cadillac. Im not sure about that firetruck red paint job on it nor the wheel choice. The wheel choice is fine, I guess its the gold that I dont like. Love the stance though. Id want that Caddy in black rather than red. Even in matte black. The wheels would be in black replacing the gold part. If it had to be red, I choose a dark candy apple red. And Id replace the gold part on the wheels with black again.

On Friday, I had the sniffles and a scratchy throat, and I feared the worst. But nothing came of it. During winter, every winter, I always seem to get the sniffles and a scratchy throat for a couple of days sometime during the season, so I didnt panic. These sniffles and the throat thing only lasted not even for a full day. I didnt push the panic button to cancel my rendez-vous for the booster and thank-fully my wife and I are good for now. Until we need a 4rth. But the word on the street is that once the Omicron wave subsides, the pandemic will be on its start of it winding down. Yeah! Like that! But hopefully NOT what @David has proved what @balthazar responded to me.

Are you sure its Covid and not the flu. Did you get tested? Im assuming you did test positive for you to say you got Covid, its just the wording you chose, "it seems", leaves it ambiguous. Hoping you get on your feet fast and yeah, you will be super immune. That is the good news!!!

"They" dont want us to know. "They" dont want us in the loop. Its a conspiracy...

Toyoter ownership is like a cult. LOL

Im kinda bummed out and disappointed. Just a sore shoulder for my wife and I but nothing much else to report. But why the sad? I was promised by some people out there that getting THE Covid vaccine would make me transmit 5G WiFi. All for free. Well, the fee being that I got THE Covid vaccine. Im on my 3rd vaccine now, but no 5G WiFi. What gives???!!! I SPECIFICALLY got THE Covid vaccine JUST so I could transmit 5G internet myself. Internet services are way expensive in Canada...

Ive had a few of these kinds of conversations with Toyoter folk myself in the past. And the denial and refusal to accept to the eventual bewilderment and shock as described by @David was eye-dentical!

The wife and I both got are 3rd shot 3 hours ago. Like @trinacriabob The 1st two were Pfizer but our 3rd was Moderna. We didnt have a choice as for some reason in Quebec, all folk above 30 years old receives Moderna for their 3rd. Hey, Covid! Here's mud in your eye! Hopin' we dont have to go to 4.

From your own link: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/competition-matters/2014/04/who-decides-how-consumers-should-shop Michael replied on Apr 25, 2014 12:22PM PERMALINK The FTC did not write this. It is the sole opinion of 3 employees of the FTC. And if you think this is the best way to buy a car, go for it. Let me know how it works out when you're paying $1500 more than you needed to because the manufacturer won't negotiate. Also, let me know how you like those cars that are put out by narrow minded engineers that don't fit the real world because they've had no input from dealers in the real world who are listening to their customers. And the link mentions Tesla. But Tesla has raised their prices ten fold since this shyte was wrttien By: Andy Gavil, Debbie Feinstein, and Marty Gaynor | Apr 24, 2014 11:00AM 2014 is when this shyte has been written. The Model S from Tesla has NEVER been discounted. The Model S came to market in 2012. 10 years ago yet the car has NEVER been MORE expensive to buy... yeah...I see a great future for us consumers when we have to deal with a direct to consumer company such as Tesla when just software upgrades happen and a consumer has to pay MORE for a 10 year old model than when it first came out. THAT shyte you posted aint helped you one iota, buddy...

You DO have a choice. SEVERAL. #1 choice: Haggle price and price hike. Like usual when buying from a dealership. #2 choice. Do NOT buy from that dealership if the dealership refused YOUR offer and counteroffer. They have that right as YOU also. #3 Choice. Go to another dealership. Repeat. Haggle price and price hike. If THAT fails, ask yourself why 2 dealerships refused to do business. If it didnt fail, you just bought a new car at a price that YOU deem fair... Winner winner chicken dinner. #4 Choice if 2 dealerships refused to do business with you. You also have the right to NOT buy a new car. Buy used. You will have to deal with a price hike there also as cars right about now are experiencing this craze. Haggle price on used car. You will eventually find a car to suit your transportational and financial needs one way or other from one dealership or the next or from a private seller. But the private seller will ALSO try to price gouge you. Yeah...you are a believer in Toyoter reliability. That private seller will up sell you how reliable a Camry is especially his since it was only driven on Sundays to church... Hey, you might have paid MORE than you wanted, but if YOU have exhausted all other avenues and to NOT find a seller of a car more in line as to what the prices were before Covid and the chip shortgage, maybe YOU have to ask yourself why that is... Maybe its because it wasnt all greed? But, if you DID find a place where the price hike was waived off, hey, you just exercised YOUR right to buy a commodity to what YOU deem is right and fair. But, please refrain from believing that a business does NOT have the right to price its commodities as how they see fit. Now...with Uber, they asked ME if I wanted to join THEM. I did NOT go to them. I exercised my right to tell them to phoque off! I havent campaigned that they need to go away. They DO supply a service and a need. For a fee. The fee is fair to what they charge the customer. What I dont find fair is what THEY want to as a fee for their service when it comes to MY end. If a business agrees to that 5% or 7% or whatever THEY negotiate, GREAT! But as when negotiations arise between two entities, there will be a winner and a loser on the money side of things. And a small family business gets it in the ass as a small family restaurant cant afford its own car delivery service but needs it because the big corporate restaurant has partnered up with Uber. Partnering up with Uber with a shytty deal and the small family restaurant LOSES money on that deal and its the restaurant that has to deal with the risks and expenses. The buying and preparing of the food. The paying of the bills. Gas and electricity and payroll. The employee insurances. The wear and tear of the equipment. The bloody wrapping and bags for take-out. The mistake if the delivery driver made a delivery mistake and the restaurant owner has to redo the order... Remember, the delivery driver is NOT the employee of the restaurant to say thaat its the restaurant's fault, yet if the driver phoques up, the restaurant has to deal with the mistake both with a redo of the order AND the reputation being sullied because the customer doesnt really give a shyte WHO made the mistake. The customer only knows that he ordered from a certain restaurant and his ordered was flubbed. Sure, there is a rating system where the customer rates the driver and the restaurant AND the OWNER of the restaurant ALSO has the option to rate the driver...but as an OWNER of a restaurant...I dont have the time to deal with a 3rd party contractor to deliver MY food to MY customer. its a money loser and a time waster for me, at MY restaurant... Uber offers me what? A delivery service for 7% of the price that I made for MY profits to cover MY expenses... i have the RIGHT to refuse such shyte. Uber doesnt have those risks. I do. Its a smart business plan. But I see through the sleaziness... Other family owned restaurants dont really have the choice to be leached off of Uber... So...when YOU say its all about the choices... Yeah...I heard YOU loud and clear. But you still wanna continue to shovel that shyte?

Your words ARE meaningless as you havent offered ANYTHING of substance... Saying dealerships are greedy and just repeating that is SMK levels of delusions. Keep at it. And about the downvotes. Just repaying you in kindness...

Sure, Canada's laws allow for this to happen. Still sleazy as phoque. But you can complain that a clearly written price hike is scummy and greedy. Sure. As far as I know, and I havent heard or seen otherwise, I havent seen ANY dealership NOT respect its legal obligations towards its employees and the State, Province or country they do business in. I guess I view those things differently than either of you... Now that this conversation has run its course, lets actually talk about Alternative fuels... https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/07/05/canadas-laws-allow-uber-lyft-to-avoid-paying-as-much-as-135m-a-year-in-taxes-says-advocacy-group.html Ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft could be avoiding up to $135 million in Canadian taxes each year by classifying their drivers as contract workers instead of employees and using other legal tactics to reduce their financial obligations, according to a new report. The report, which was published by the progressive non-profit advocacy group Canadians for Tax Fairness (C4TF) and shared exclusively with the Star ahead of its release Monday, concluded it’s impossible to know for certain how much the companies pay because of a lack of transparency in the Canadian tax system. But using publicly available data, the organization estimates the two companies avoid up to $81 million in payroll taxes as a result of their controversial decision to categorize drivers as independent contractors. Additionally, C4TF estimates the firms’ federal and provincial corporate income tax obligations total about $54 million each year, but it’s not clear how much of that amount they pay, if any, because companies operating internationally are not required to publicly report earnings or tax payments on a country-by-country basis, allowing them to shift profits around the world to lessen their tax burden.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/04/amazon-had-to-pay-federal-income-taxes-for-the-first-time-since-2016.html

Should I laugh at that as how you laughed when I answered your question as to why I am defending delearships when I answered that I am a business owner? To which Surreal really hasnt caught on and thinks I am being hypocritical on pointing out yours and his hypocrisy of the weird stance you both take on from really really sleazy middlemen such as Amazon and Uber. Contrary to what you and he thinks, I dont think Uber and Amazon shouldnt exist. If there is a service that they provide and somebody is willing to hire their services, more power to them. But there is a BIG difference in a CLEARLY marked sticker price for a price hike and a HIDDEN business tactic from ordinary people that makes Uber and especially Amazon billions of dollars of profit. No cap on profit making. But sleazy as phoque especially when Amazon and Uber skirt their responsibilities regarding their employees and them paying their taxes. A dealership cant get away from not paying their employees a wage and they are faced with tax fraud if they dont pay their taxes. Amazon literally does not pay taxes in all the countries they do business in, including the US of A...