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I wonder if America has any Black surfers.

I would always get flyers from a bunch of Buick dealerships I never went to, even if I just went into one for service. Sometimes they would come from the craziest places because I had been driving long distances and got service. It's kind of like Catholic charities. My mom routinely gave to 5 of them. And then I wound up chasing away 25 of them after she passed. Those dreaded mailing lists that get passed around.

I've taken the Boeing assembly tour as an adult and, when I was a kid in scouting, United Airlines gave us a tour. There are 3 tours that I would really like to take to see how the processes work since I could probably understand them better today: 1) the USPS processing and distribution system 2) the waste collection system 3) the recycling system

Recycling can be aggravating in some places. I am very far from being a tree hugger, but I'm a big believer in recycling. When you're in a red state and/or an area where they just don't care, you may not even find the bins for it. Sometimes I find that I keep my recyclable things in the car until I find some bins. I couldn't believe how many rest areas in Florida do not have recycling bins, so the junk accumulates in my rental car. Then, I've been at libraries where they have the separate bins and watched the janitor pick up the trash ... only to watch him just throw all the recyclable stuff in with the regular trash.

Yes, and sometimes I miss my voluminous Greg Brady hair that went with that V8 engine. I still have it, but it doesn't look anything like that!

You should eventually do it. Personally, I don't think the place has a very good vibe, but I had to endure it. They have extensive agricultural areas because they offer that area of study and, when the wind blows the wrong way, you feel like you want to throw up. In some fields, they consider it on par with Michigan, but, for most fields, Michigan is much, much better. The freshman admit rate at U of I remains high. At Michigan, it keeps tightening up and getting lower. I think the latter is a much more attractive campus and college town. Within the last 20 years, I found out that I have a first cousin in New York I'd never met before who chose Michigan over Cornell, and he also got into Cornell. Hindsight is 20/20, isn't it?

I've been taking photos and need to slot them into their right spots. GM "full sizes" Buick LaCrosse (3rd and final generation) This picture turned out good and flatters it. It's about the same length as the 1st generation, but the sweep of the cabin greenhouse makes it look deceptively longer. I think there was a person inside, and they were wondering why I was taking this photo - - - - - Olds Ninety-Eight Regency (RWD, probably Olds 5.0 liter Rocket V8) Got it just in time! I'm thinking '83 or '84. I will always love these cars. This one dates back to July. The others are all recent. As I would say, "voila la Cathedrale Roulante." - - - - - Pontiac Bonneville At its very youngest, this is a 36 year old car. The last year for this rear light bar was 1989. I saw this in a valet situation at a hospital and didn't have a chance to talk to the parking attendant. This Bonneville is in outstanding shape. I did not like the rounded Bonneville that Pontiac marketed from 1992 through 1999. But I really liked the very last one which debuted in 2000 ... as long as the trim level didn't get carried away with the cladding.

Some days I miss the whoosh of a V8 engine from behind a commanding dashboard.

Thanks for this link. Very well written, detailed, chronological enough, and interesting. This is about how I understand it. The psychological twists and turns are going to be important. There will be a lot for psychological experts to chew on that we're not (yet) privy to.

I don't think indifference is right here. It was a calculated crime and a murder. When we first saw the video and didn't know a UPenn graduate with top grades pulled this off, it was shocking. Thompson got gunned down at 6:45 am in Midtown Manhattan. That's creepy. Personally, I don't think the CEO was a good guy. You can read some Machiavellian vibes from looking at him. You don't get to the top in such a big outfit without doing some bad things along the way. It's like the 23 y.o. blonde UK law student in Dubai who got busted for drugs. They are overly harsh over there. But, because of how she looks, people feel for her more - a 23 y.o. blonde in prison in Dubai ... that can't be. Now that they've put Luigi's face to this and it's all over the news, people have softened on what he did. The reports say that he was changing quickly and getting weirder ... Santa Monica to San Francisco to Hawaii ... and writing radical diatribes similar to the Unabomber from years ago. His mom was getting concerned before this happened. He had back issues and was in pain but I don't think he had his surgical claim denied ... nor would that justify it. Unchecked vigilante stuff can be dangerous.

Luigi is front and center right now. When a reporter was in front of the courthouse in New York, she was drowned out by all these people chanting in support of Luigi. Our prepster has to have his nice sweaters, argyle socks, and loafers suited to his taste. There's no denying that this is yet another type of cult. While it's fairly certain that he did do it, from what I can read and see, there are still so many unanswered questions as to why. I'm very interested in the psychological dimensions of this situation and what might have snapped.

I also like black cats. I flew on a 747-400 within the last year or two. I think it was about 25 years old. It's an incredible machine. I'm always a happy camper (without a Subaru) when I'm aboard one.

Just say ... ... YES Did someone own this cat? Some of them have great personalities.

1. Yes, lose the white trash billionaire 2. Stereotypes? 20,000 Frenchman can't be wrong. Often substantiated by numbers. We've all seen the big truck owners, and their purchased testosterone, and the Soobie ladies way too many times 3. Misty and Crystal may very well live in nearby double wides 4. Even lower than that if it's purple or lime, but you're on the right track And that was a nicely plated Thanksgiving meal. On the other hand, I helped myself to quite a bit of the hummus and avocado on pita and chips prior to several plates of turkey and accompaniments. I also went to Trader Joe's prior to going to dinner and bought those small bags of dark chocolate and peanut butter cups for all the attendees in addition to the requested bottle of wine.

Now Then - - - - - For a moment, I thought I was seeing double ...

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It's that I don't like being in the kitchen, minding the sequences, buying and stocking up on ingredients. I never got into it when I should have. On the other hand, if I liked my own cooking, I might have a problem on my hands!

For me, cooking is a very trying and traumatic experience. LOL.

Join me in wishing @G. David Felt a HAPPY BIRTHDAY on this Thanksgiv!ng Day!

Persimmon metallic - translation: rust metallic Cutlass Salon Canyon Copper metallic Cutlass S Spectre Blue metallic Cutlass Supreme This is when I got smitten with automobiles, so it's no surprise I remember the exact names of these Oldsmobile colors. This was my favorite car. How I'd like to have one of these today!

Silver and burgundy will always be #1 for me ... a dark burgundy, so not really red. The only gray I like is the one like the old "dove gray" offered by Buick and Cadillac. My dad had a Buick sedan in that "dove gray" (the closest thing to it would be the one offered by the more recent Pacifica) with the gray velour buttoned cushion interior. I borrowed it a lot. Well, I found it for him! It looked good and felt like you were driving around in your living room. But that's it. Life is funny. In their youth, some of these immigrants could have never imagined sitting in a plush velour car interior and looking at the road ahead through a hood ornament!

Big time concrete was the thing back in the seventies when the brutalist movement was in full force. Certain buildings at University of Washington, UCSD, and the Salk Institute are like that, and I can't stand them. It was even in the "Bambi and Thumper" custom house in the desert, where James Bond battled them! In more recent years, it's more of an L.A. thing to have nasty concrete walls in high end modern houses. Having white wall paint doesn't bother me too much. I have a thing against white mill work in kitchens, and even in bathrooms, because it reminds me of the very few negative things about Atlanta. I never leafed through a Southern Living magazine, but I've seen their covers in the supermarket, and it seemed like the locals aspired to that look and all that goes with it.

Here's how I roll on this: Parchment colored (warm color palette) wall paint, white raised panel doors and white baseboard, white ceiling, wood flooring or tan colored deep pile carpeting depending on the room, and mill work in kitchens, bathrooms, and niches, if you have any, in a medium shade like maple or thereabouts. I like a warm color palette and wood stains throughout a dwelling to make it feel homey. Eternal and safe - may not be the trendiest, but won't jump out as out of style, either.

Random thought: I cannot stand kitchen or bathroom millwork painted in battleship gray or "distressed" nautical blue

That's Al Capone. I learned from the visitor center at Hot Springs.Arkansas that he used to come down there with his fellow gangsters to soak at the different resorts and get away from Chicago. He only lived to forty-eight. He wasn't murdered, nor did he die in jail. He had this debilitating illness, and he was able to spend his last years in a mansion on one of those exclusive islands off of Miami.