trinacriabob

Most of my friends were from my own college, followed by CSU folks (Northridge, Long Beach, Fullerton), UCLA (geographically closest to my childhood home) and some USC people. The dude I launched the thread about is the same one I complain about...he is the same one that tries to find houses for you and tells you how to invest...his financial profile is too risky for my comfort zone, and he has incurred major losses in his life because of this. It's sort of the same thing with 1 or 2 people I've known in the past...they drink, you are more than happy to go to a happy hour with them ($1.99 food specials + a refillable Coke or Sprite, all for under $5) and then they have an "issue" that you are NOT drinking with them. So, I guess, they all want a co-addict on some level...

delicious

Over here in California, doing laundry and preparing for work slightly after midnight, the forum index indicates it's ZL-1's birthday. Aqui em California, fazendo lavandaria e preparando pelo trabalho depois de meianoite, o index do forum indica que e o aniversario do ZL-1. For those of you who get irked by the foreign language stuff, I'm entitled a "waiver" to (attempt) to wish one of our long-time members a happy birthday in Portugal in Portuguese. Have a great birthday, Pedro!

I was thinking about the consistency with which I liked GM brands. I was looking through a classic Pontiac magazine at Borders last night. Pontiacs had the most interesting styling, both externally and internally. - My Dad's 70 LeMans coupe (with an inline six) looked better than Cutlass/Skylark/Malibu of the same year. - Except for 77-78, I always liked the Firebird over the Camaro. - The 70s and 80s Cutlass Supremes were cleaner, but the Grand Prix and Grand Le Mans had commendable Pontiac grilles and dashboards. - Pontiac put out nicer full-sizes in the 70s and 80s than did the competition, particularly in 75 and 76 when the Grand Ville and Bonneville sported the 5-spoke Pontiac rally wheels. - The 80s Grand Prix handled a little bit better than did its stablemates. - Lately, the Bonnevilles have been the nicest FWD full-size (2000-2005). - The G8 is outstanding, from every angle. My answer is Pontiac. Next would have been Oldsmobile (for 76-77 Cutlass and 82-84 Cutlass + all Intrigues). Next would have been Buick (for 88-96 Regal coupe and for 08-09 LaCrosse). No Chevrolet or Cadillac products have been of extreme interest to me. What's wrong with my judgment, though? My 2 favorites are no longer around. well, not that funny.

Lower Manhattan

blowhard

working under the table (an expression more so than a word)

I think I say this because the other cars I considered during my last purchase cycle, other than the LaX, looked best in white (IMO): a 2007 Monte Carlo LT with alloys and the upright spoiler a 2008 Grand Prix base sport sedan And cars that I look at today look great in white, though I wouldn't necessarily buy them at this point: the new Mercury Milan the new Lincoln MKS the new Mustang coupe, with its sequential turn signals WOW, to all of them. However, it's always been, when I was in college or living in the ATL, "oh, yeah, Robert drives the blue Cutlass ... or, remember the blue Camaro you had," so I strongly associate the metallic (lighter) blue colors with my first cars. @moltie: absolutely...if I lived in AZ or FL, I would want a white car with a light colored interior...

Boeing 747

always

Very appealing and also unique...a great color for this car...too bad there was no blue interior to go with it...

White is usually effective in showing off a car's good lines... be it a G8, a new Camaro, the last-run of the MC, etc.

insomnia

Ok, so I'll be a curmudgeon, what kind of people personally annoy you (thread readers) in the workplace, or at your school? I've had more criticism that I've had answers, so please feel free to vent.

sweaty palms

It's been a while since we've polled on this...and we usually do it in poll form. So without a poll, pick ONE car color that you could apply to any and all of the cars you like. You can pick: ( a ) color, ( b ) basic depth - light, medium or dark, ( c ) metallic or enamel No need to describe your back-up...just ONE. My pick: Light Metallic Blue Why that choice? Both of the Cutlass Supremes and the Camaro I had were this color. I think it worked on all the cars I've owned, or would consider owning. Unfortunately, Glacier Blue Metallic was no longer a 2008 offering on LaCrosse, or I would have picked it. Why the poll? I went to my local B-(P)-C-GM and looked at the color choices for Cadillac...there was no more Ice Blue Metallic...not even on the more traditional DTS...

Cute dog. How old (remembering I have to "multiply by 7"). Any time that someone jokes around about spiking someone's food, I think of the scene in "The Pope of Greenwich Village" where Mickey Rourke and/or Eric Roberts spike the a-hole cop's food with horse laxative. Though generally a dire movie, that scene was funny and "Summer Wind" is one of the (only) two Sinatra songs I like.

detest

Well, all Italians like a little bit of drama, but, what I find, as a common denominator, is that I have a big problem with people who make other people their "project." Those kinds of people, fortunately, are the minority. Plus, the jerk is a UCLA grad...you think that could be part of the problem?

Wish I could help, DF. In 98 or 99, the firm I was working for got new chairs. The bastard owner was going to go on the cheap, but we ended up with $300 dollar chairs because some of us did the "you must be kidding" routine. Don't remember the manufacturer, or I'd tell you, but they more than paid for themselves in terms of comfort and increased productivity. So, my advice, if it goes over your price point by a little bit and you like the chair, buy the chair.

anger management

wood

ace in the hole

Makes me all that more determined to drive an American car, which I like anyway. And I thrive on being a nonconformist to begin with. I was thinking about these characters at work, anyway...the common denominator is that they are male or female versions of Mrs. Kravitz on "Bewitched" (for those who remember either the original or the re-runs......."Abner, Abner...")

Scarface ("...look at you now") actually more disgusting than funny