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QUOTE (Croc @ Mar 10 2009, 10:05 AM) OK, Carla... Who's Carla? (I can't hold a candle to you for pop culture) I hear this phrase at work to describe people who are (in reality) disliked. But wait, PCS is ok. Unique, that's for sure.

March 5th - had to drive down to the "South Bay," south of San Jose, so I took a rental car, a Hyundai Sonata which I will review. On that day, I saw a: (1) 1981 Cadillac Eldorado, from the 1Cxx### original (!) CA plate sequence, in that lighter subdued cream/yellow color. It was badged with the V8-6-4. I was thinking there was no way that could be the original engine, effortlessly humming along at 70 to 75 mph. They had probably dropped in something else. The license plate frame indicated it was probably sold in the East Bay. In it were 2 unusual ladies: the driver looked like Whitney Houston and the passenger was this pasty white lady in a bonnet and Jackie-O sunglasses looking like she was going on a picnic in the English countryside. The car and the 2 ladies in it were definitely "different." (2) Later that night, in a Safeway parking lot, I saw a mint 1975 Lincoln Mark coupe in the darker baby blue with the white top and oval opera window. The guy told me he was the original owner. I asked him if he remembered the Cutlass Supreme of that year. He nodded and smiled.

When I hear euthenasia, I think of something with more levity. While in HS in LA, one of my friends walks past the college counseling/career office and sees a flyer on a bulletin board. He tears off one of the info request stubs. It was about doing an exchange somewhere in China or Japan. He hands it to me and says: "Look...Youth In Asia." It became a stupid sophomoric inside joke.

Just think, Carbiz, once you master Portuguese, you can move onto Spanish, Italian and French. It's easy. Watch: Portuguese: merda Spanish: mierda Italian: merda French: merde Bottom line: $h! under a different name still smells the same!

You mean Joao Pessoa (sp) - that's hilarious, that means "John Person," but Pessoa is a common Portuguese last name anyway Sao Paulo e P-E-R-I-G-O-S-A. Don't underestimate that about Brazil. I've been to Rio once and the "look over your shoulder" concern didn't make for much of a vacation. Saw all the sights and got all my pictures, but it was a sigh of relief to land in Buenos Aires and actually have someone ask me for directions on la Peatonal Florida in the city center.

QUOTE (Pontiac Custom-S @ Mar 9 2009, 06:01 PM) I'm German on the inside (makes me smart), Italian on the outside (makes me handsome) ... - I'm smart and I'm not German - you mean that Teutonic belief in superiority hasn't abated? - handsome? with that monobrow? Nothing but love, PCS, nothing but love...

this is a keeper response to thread: PDA (public display of affection)

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QUOTE (Pontiac Custom-S @ Mar 9 2009, 04:07 PM) Only with those Southern Italians Bobby Boy ... Northern Italians on the other hand (che bella) ... Yeah, but your Italian 1/2 is Southern Italian...and your German side is hardly a dominant gene.

You and I can't think alike. We just can't.

Carbiz, Great to hear from you. Hey, I'm happy for you. Seriously. And I'm kind of jealous, too. I love South America, though Argentina or Uruguay would be more my style...Spanish speaking, less hot/humid and calmer. Where specifically in Brazil are you going to be "based?" Boa sorte e atelogo.

good: Venice, Rio de Janeiro, Lois Chiles bad: the parts of the film while "in orbit" - that was a low point for the series

And that brings up another line: Bond: Uptown, please. Cab driver (bad guy in disguise, 73 Impala): We headed into Harlem, man. Bond: (hands him $20) Cab driver: Fo' 20 bucks, I'll take you to a Ku-Klux-Klan cookout. Unbelievable. The 70s produced the most entertaining Bond movies with interesting international locales and the script lines that are most apt to be remembered.

Nao conheco. Seriously, right now I'm kind of burned out on cars after the exhaustive research and deliberating I did to purchase to LaX.

From reading a lot about the series, Lazenby's head swelled from this role and he was hard to work with. He was not asked back. I saw one Dalton film and thought he was competent. But, within the range of James Bond actors, he was kind of in the "mid-zone."

I used to think that the death penalty was the ultimate punishment, but now feel that life imprisonment (preferably in solitary) would be more wretched --- that you get to be alone with your thoughts, forever...

How could I miss this thread. My favorite movies were "OHMSS" through "View to a Kill" Great lines: Diamonds are Forever: "Good shot." "I didn't even know there was a pool down there." Live and Let Die: "Who's funeral is it, anyway?" "Yours." Moonraker: "James Bond, you appear with the tedious inimitability of an unloved season." For Your Eyes Only: "Who are you, anyway?" "He killed my parents." Octopussy: "That should keep him in curry for a while." The World is Not Enough: "Put me down...put me down" (dumps him from helicopter into smokestacks)

You know, I've been over there (Europe) and rented them (European and Japanese makes). I neither like their styling, nor their appointments nor the way they drive. Heck, it's a stretch for me to get into a Ford or Chrysler product. When I get into a GM car, it feels like "home" and always has. Admittedly, while I like the Pontiac G8, once inside, it, too, feels kind of weird. But still, it's a beauty.

LOL is right! Seriously? But then, the typical personality profile of an architect is not E.S.T.J. It's one of the "I" profiles with other variables beyond. With my E.S. coming in lower at 1-1, I'm starting to resemble an INTJ.

I hope all goes well. I will keep you in my prayers. Right now, I can honestly say that a lot of people here can use prayers and that we ought to pray for others...and this is coming from someone who is not AT ALL a "holy roller." I'm cheering for you, Cort!

Four people: Larry King - at Nate 'n' Al's Deli in Beverly Hills - an institution for its deli-type food and large portions - took my cousin from Europe there - sheez, he's an ugly roach. James Garner - in Westwood Village part of LA - I was in my early teens, so I was shorter then - he's very tall, about 6'-4" Michael Dukakis - in LAX - he had lost the election a couple of years before - it was Thanksgiving weekend - he was in a running type outfit - the person seated next to me on one of the benches and I both looked at each other like "WTF" - it was definitely Dukakis and no security people around him Stanley Tucci - at Newark airport - I was returning from Europe summer of '07 (from which I posted pictures) and changing planes on Continental. He's one of those Italians that looks more Jewish than Italian* - maybe that's why he's cast as one quite a bit. (* two ethnicities that are often interchangeable, my Dad used to get "hit on" by Jewish ladies in LA at the supermarket all the time) I think there may be more...

Right...I remember these concepts/sketches...and was expecting the Intrigue to be released as the Antares. Still, I think both the final design and the Intrigue name were good choices!

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Wow, I try not to think about this. First and foremost, a lightly used GM car...but which one? Don't know. Out of the GM family: Mercury Milan Premier 4-cyl, Ford Taurus (2010) or Ford Focus sedan, if money was an object. Still, my heart wouldn't be in any of these cars, though they are respectable. Definitely NOT a foreign car.

My first two cars were Oldsmobiles - both hand-me downs within the family, and both Cutlass Supremes (the latter, a Brougham). The car that takes you on a coast-to-coast road trip across America, bringing you to and from safely and dependably, minus a flat tire in South Georgia right before entering Florida, will always be a big part of your life. The demise of Oldsmobile: 1) the offering of the diesel without being re-engineered from its cast iron low-compression Rocket V8 block 2) the perceived decline in value from declining size, yet increasing car prices - the 78 Cutlass was smaller and not as substantial as its 76-77 counterparts. However, the 81 refresh put it back in gear, with the sloped front end, beautiful grille and more Eldorado-ish/98-ish taillamps 3) the FWD offerings of 85 onward to a SMALL extent - they were a jolt to the system in terms of their small sizes, but we welcomed their nimbler handling and maneuverability. I still see many of these (all 3800-equipped) cars on the road, though a little frayed 4) the "didn't know what it wanted to be" Cutlass Supreme 5) and, yes, the "checklist" duplication with Buick products (many people in my parents' generation where somewhat indifferent between Olds and Buick) on a model-by-model basis. It was like opening up the same brochure with the names changed. The saddest part is that their most beautiful and promising car in decades, the Intrigue, came too late. Yes, they were being snatched up...they "sold themselves" one salesman told me...those commercials of this svelte car, in dark colors, taking on the twisties on Calif. 1 near Big Sur only added to what a convincing package it was. It's always a pleasure to see to a beautifully maintained Intrigue on the road, and I see about 1 a day. Many chapters close in our lives. This is also a chapter that sadly had to close.