trinacriabob

Just my guess, they look like they could snap at someone they didn't know who might try to pet them. As for National Take Your Dog to Work Day, and assuming it's widespread, I wonder if any psychology or business faculty has studied how much work really gets done in places that go through with it. I'd be wanting to visit with people's dogs. So, if it's a large employer, one might as well add it to the roster of annual holidays (Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, etc.)

I was checking out automotive websites yesterday, on the hunt for any news of an impending Dodge Charger redesign. Somehow, I find myself at the Chrysler site. And, to my surprise, the Chrysler 300 is present this year. I was surprised to see that. I thought it would be gone by now. Has the discontinuation of the 300 been confirmed? In print? In looking at the "gallery" photos for 2020: what a fine looking interior environment. Nice! It would be great if they kept both the Charger and the 300 going with the next refresh, but I doubt that will happen. Still tapping my fingers for any news to break ...

Yaris is a well known Toyota nameplate in Europe. For their purposes - compactness, efficiency, economy - they seem to work. They were really ugly when they got introduced to the U.S. They've become less so over the years. However, they're on their way out.

Macchu Picchu

runs

We want to keep the cars we really liked at one time in the present ... but it's both impractical and expensive to do that. That's exactly why, at the end of the day, my perusal of maintained, low mileage '98 Intrigues, '94 to '96 Caprices, early '80s Grand Prixs, and mid '70s Cutlass Supreme coupes remains just that ... perusal.

This reminds me of this: Wally World, here we come!

Random thought of the day: Today is a good day. It's National Take Your Dog to Work Day.

I'll do this in YouTube - the first two cars I went bonkers over were different animals ... the Pontiac Firebird and the Cutlass Supreme coupe, of roughly the same period. I'd sketch them an awful lot. I found a couple of these on YouTube ... beautiful. 1.) '75 Cutlass Supreme coupe - great color that year - swivel out buckets - crank windows (fine with me) misses: no dual body color sport mirrors, no gauge package when there's a console, black seat belts (didn't pop for the upcharge), whitewalls would have looked better, and these metallic rust ones looked better with white vinyl landau roofs the price was way too much IMO (see windshield) but someone went for it 1.) '75 Cutlass Salon coupe (top of the line) - great color combo but landau roof should have been burgundy or silver, not black - crank windows (fine with me), gauge package comes with this trim level misses: black seat belts (would have expected color ones with this trim level), didn't like the exhaust note since that's not what a stock one with an intact exhaust system should sound like sold ... price unknown ... this thing is a dream, a true icon of Americana at its best circa the bicentennial Those were the days.

747 * ( ... of the Skies)

bohemian

Sounds like it's a "yes" to Eastern Michigan University.

Q: What do you call a dog that can tell time? . . . A: A watchdog

cholesterol

With some of his solo songs, Peter Gabriel fits the bill when you WANT to be depressed. Now this here (^) is what you want to listen to when you are on a road trip and want to be put in a good mood. Epic Pointer Sisters lyrics: "Someone stole my brand new Chevrolet And the rent is due I've got no place to stay" - - - - - I looked around with the title and actually found this one. People I knew who also studied French would laugh at this, which is a different spin on a "Lady Marmalade" type song. It's a unique hybrid of disco - vaudeville - New Orleans jazz. Here is "Cherchez La Femme," which could mean "look for (a) wife" or "look for (the) woman." Compared to the bigger disco classics, this one is an underdog. Not only that, these songs took a lot of coordination to merge vocals and instrumentals and, more so than any other genre of music, its performers appeared to have the most fun while performing them.

Are you going into establishments as states begin to open and wonder what is going to be different? I am, to some degree. We can anticipate the paper menus and disposable utensils. Then, as I embarked on my first meal INSIDE an Arby's, I was thinking that one additional thing would be different. I just knew it! I often ring the bell upon leaving. I couldn't ring the damn bell!

I don't know about that, specifically. Mostly, I wouldn't want to risk being "someone's" meal.

If you are going to somehow bookend Seattle's King County, I think it's way better to be in Snohomish County than be in Pierce County. And it makes it even easier to go to Vancouver BC (more frequently). The number of counties in Texas and FM labels on their roads may be interrelated. FM means "farm to market," I believe. So, counties could only be so big so people could navigate them (on horse, in a Model T, I don't know). The only county in Texas I know fairly well is Harris, which is where the city of Houston is located. Also, the top end of Houston has the major artery FM 1960, which crosses Lake Houston on a causeway. You don't want to even think about swimming in Lake Houston. No you don't.

I plan to in about a week. I am not seeing their usual coupon. I guess they're wanting their full revenue for their services. Can you blame them?

Do you mean the state university in Ypsilanti?

bagel

nonpayment *(whore moans)

This was exactly what I was talking about. Beautiful! The best GM full-sizes during that decade. It would have been nice if they could have started them out with a 350, though. Definitely sufficient. Once they downsized them, they downsized their base engines, too.

Unbelievable stats. How did it even pencil to have an option like this, with no economies of scale, on their production line? Literally, a few. I would hope that someone hung onto these as relics. I'll say this ... that, by about '75, Pontiac was the best division at producing full-size (premium) vehicles that could pull of the sporty look, thanks to things like their dashboards and wheel options.

Georgia plates! If I recall, Georgia has something like 148 counties. California definitely only has 58. The Atlanta metro area is counted so many different ways, with some far flung hick and unpopulated counties sometimes thrown into the expanded equation. As far as I'm concerned, the bulk of Metro Atlanta lies in the counties of Fulton (city of Atlanta is within it), DeKalk, Cobb, Gwinnett, and Clayton (where the airport is). The others are more tentative. Still ... 148 counties seems wasteful. Even Florida has nowhere near that many. Also, this sled ^ makes more sense in Florida than it does in Georgia.