El Kabong
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I am amazed by how some folks think being long-winded and wordy automatically makes what they say smart. Reality check: wordy foolishness is still foolishness. After all, Forrest Gump wore a suit, right?
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On the contrary man, I totally believe that too. I thought I made it clear in my rambling about it. Total cheapskate behaviour from Wolfsburg.
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"Full disclosure: I love Shelbys. I've owned, driven, and raced them for years. I wanted to love this Shelby and its numbers. Unfortunately, that didn't happen." "The Super Snake is definitely a fast car. The numbers it laid down at our test track are strong by any measure. Problem is, they should have been better. A stock Camaro ZL1 is quicker... the car's 12.3-second, 116-mph quarter-mile run speaks to a horsepower number far less than 750, let alone 850. Confused? So were we. Consider the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, with its SAE-certified 707 hp and a curb weight 627 pounds above the Shelby's. The last Hellcat we tested did a 12.0-second quarter-mile at 124.8 mph-enough to make any old drag racer doubt the Super Snake has anywhere close to the Dodge's beans." "Super Snake can definitely stop. What the numbers won't tell you is how difficult the brakes are to modulate. They're nearly an on-off switch... With a mass-produced car, these things are all carefully tuned. The Super Snake's software is struggling with its hardware." "On the skidpad, the Shelby returned numbers you'd expect from a 2015 Mustang with big tires, stiff springs, and big anti-roll bars. The only issue we encountered was a disturbing one-the car was virtually impossible to keep from spinning once it stepped out." ...and all yours for a mere 50 grand, plus the cost of the donor Mustang. Erm. More at the link: http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/road-tests/a26666/shelby-super-snake-road-test/
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Cant really divulge too much. It was more of a vent post. Let's just say that I'm gonna hug the wife extra hard tonight.
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Band-aid solution to a deeper problem.
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A rather disturbing reminder this evening that I have a dangerous job. All's well that ends well, but still...
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If you had a parrot and it fell in the sink, when you dried it off would it be pollyunsaturated?
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I fearlessly predict that Sergio's not too worried right now. He's probably booking a flight to Wolfsburg as we speak.
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Harper is the only logical choice, which is why he's a coin toss to get back in. The closest example I can think of to the F-35 dilemma is the F-111 Aardvark. It kinda turned out well. Mostly. Eventually.
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"He has a problem with his poisons/but he knows they'll find a cure" -Neil Peart
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I am ashamed to admit I smiled when I read that.
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But this is where I'm actually happy with Harper: in that one statement, he was able to crystallize the place that Quebec truly has in Canada without nearly blowing up the country like Mulroney did with the Constitutional tweaking. They ARE a separate nation-people group- within a United Canada. As are the First Nations-people groups-within a United Canada. Plus, the man is unspeakably boring. I find this perversely funny. The F-35, sadly, is not shaping up to be what it was billed to be. This is not Harper's fault, or Trudeau's or Mulcair's for that matter. All I know is that our military-and those of many other places-will have to choose between stealth or agility as the prime criteria for a fighter. IMO, Harper's decision to push forward on buying them is probably the better idea.
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As much as he was a lout, Rob Ford was, money-wise, the smartest mayor Toronto had in decades. If he didn't hit the pipe and get the cancer, he'd still be in that chair. Quebec needs to be happy with Steven Harper's (politically risky for him, remember) admission that "Québécois are a nation within a united Canada." They can separate, but the money will then dry up. I'd rather not have a Canada United so cynically, all the same. Finally, Greece, again: it takes two to tango. Neither side looks great, but sometimes you gotta struggle outta the crap. Just ask the Irish. Or the Newfies in Alberta...
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And the downvote confirms. Either you're that... Uh, guy, or you act just like him. Either way, you have my condolences. Me any my immoral truck... ROFL :D
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Some more boring/bland observations on a hot-button topic: -Greece wanted in, otherwise it wouldn't be in. -non-industrial economies can be lost in the shuffle if the population is also relatively small. Trust me-this one I know first-hand. -"transfer payments between provinces" now mostly means money sent from Alberta, Sasketchewan, and Newfoundland (!) to Ontario and Quebec because governmental drunkenness and play-nice money, respectively. -I love Northern Alberta. But I am not here because of the scenery. I am here to work. And while I understand that agriculture and whatnot are seasonal things, I am increasingly tired of throwing good money after bad. Needless to say, Trudeau and Mulcair will not be crossed off on my ballot in three weeks.
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Buying North American is fine. No arguments there at all. But, again, I'll be the wet blanket: whoever was in charge of Greece's finances was pretty dumb. And whoever rubber-stamped their financial plan in Brussels was pretty dumb. The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money. And when everyone else's Euros were all burned through, they went to the Germans who, whatever issues they may have, are pretty good for work. Now, Germany has what they have desired since the days of the Kaiser: control of Europe. And unlike the Kaiser or the Idiot, they did it accidentally, in the most boring way possible.
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Anyone here ever have a toilet spray up when you flushed?
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Guy... Not forgiving and forgetting in 1918 was largely what led to 1939. And while VW screwed up royally, the Nazi stuff really is a bit much. If the Israeli navy can buy German U-boats for their ballistic missles then we all can buy Jettas with a clean conscience.
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This isn't "Days of Our Lives," man. If you want drama there's a PVR for that
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Devastating news for VW. Given the size of VW relative to the German economy you have to think that Angela Merkel will have to step in at some point.
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And to think that all you used to have to worry about with old VWs was the electrical systems
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Yup, good old Matlock... all about the semantics. Sure glad we don't have folks like that over here :D
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Like the hi-po engine possibilities. And... well, that's about it. Whatta letdown
