trinacriabob

You have to stop relating them. It's a handicap. I did the same thing. This is corny but think of yourself in another body, walking around a street in Spain or in Latin America. Don't you have a large Hispanic representation on LI? About 1/3 of my friends in LA were from Spanish speaking families, so that helped. I had NO problem with the Spanish accent...none. Reason: I learned it "clean," in college and from good profs. As for Italian, one of the biggest disadvantages is having had to learn Sicilian prior to Italian. It has made me extremely self conscious (since I am in Northern Italy right now) in that I try not to let out a "meridionale" cadence. (Don't get me started) In fact, people here ask me where I'm from. Instead, in Spain, they told me my Spanish was excellent. In fact, one person said "Usted habla un Espanol correcto...no es el Castellano." It appears that the non-lisped clean Latin American Spanish, as might be spoken in Colombia or Venezuela, is more of the standard than is the Castilian.

Disagree. Only Pontiac could pull off full size looks with rallye wheels and it would look good. It would not have worked for the equivalent years of Olds and Buick.

I dunno. It might look like $h!. Just kidding.

I remember when you posted this. Hopefully, you peeled back on your hours somewhat.

Oops, Carbiz, I hope I didn't come across as a jerk. It's very UN-Catholic of me, but I think the Dual Income No Kids route is the way to go. I've had too painful and prolonged of a climb.

C'mon, B, you mean when your wife says "Jump", you don't respond with "How High?" and THEN use that as an opportunity to take off/get into your pants.

She seems (seemed) like a good hearted Southern lady, much like Dolly Parton.I don't know much about her, but am sad about this. The gaudiness, make up and her get-ups make her unforgettable.

Listen to your gut instinct. You shouldn't go to one because you feel you have to....you should go to one because you want to.

Be careful of what you ask for because you just might find it! You list a couple of attributes and demographic conditions and they just might be met. Nothing went wrong per se, it's just that I don't want children and this became an issue. I was honest within a matter of months. I think she was very hurt. I know that she threw herself into her work (has an Ivy League MBA and made more money than me at ANY point in time) is apparently still single. Once I got into my early 30s, I no longer wanted kids. And if I don't want my very own, I certainly don't want anyone else's.

stuffy

Wow, wow, wow. OK. I differ with you on this. I am a control freak and thus am not crazy about operating out of a briefcase and being perched in someone else's office. My first foray into the business world was during college where I worked for the controller of a hospital at 2 different hospitals (this person changed jobs halfway through college). I liked going to the same place every day. Then came the big surprise...working for an auditing firm for a couple of years and then onto a smaller firm for a couple more before making a big career switch. I hated the auditing firm because I didn't like the time budgets within which to accomplish the work. I am a perfectionist and wound up EATING TIME (working and not billing it) so I would both keep my job (LOL) and look good. I liked the smaller accounting firm because I rarely traveled, knew all the clients and, basically, it was just more down to earth. Consulting is certainly a big challenge but it always seems to land people great opportunities at other junctures. Do you have an MBA as some of those names appear to be snooty (I know of 3 of 4) though you do have technical expertise? Do you plan to leverage that as your foot in the door and then ask to move out of engineering?

I have been meaning to call him. I will do so when I come back across the pond.

Rolls Royce Car or airplane engine, it's all good... Hey, dudes, we need to keep this thread alive...we owe it to our precocious friend Chargerino who, at 12 or 13, was bold enough to start to most popular thread ever on this site.

Razor is cool and a lot less intense in person. I had dinner with him while transiting from Montreal down into NY state to visit relatives. I told him to intercept me somewhere along I-87 and I would buy dinner. He brought his new Pontiac G6 coupe.

If you don't like that, something is wrong with you! (Not you, 98). However, they didn't check the box for color-keyed belts...what an eyesore without them. Edit - other fixes: coupe format nicer color combo whitewalls Rallye II wheels Hood ornament

Oh, brother, you can be such an ass...

dough

uppity

With that, I award you an honorary doctorateresponse to thread: Delaware

...just a bunch of Spaniards speaking their lingo at an internet joint in Valencia. Oh, you meant music....

boring

These are everywhere in Europe...especially in Spain. In the Canaries, they were in rental fleets quite a bit. They have a nice roofline and silhouette.

Should have bought Boeing stock when it was in the 40 or 50 range. Should have bought more GM stock when it was down to 18.

naked (in the movie, that is)

All of the plaques and such in the post office indicate a lengthier processing time. My last one, in 2000, took no more than 1 month, if I recall.At any rate, there´s plenty over here to bitch about (will be a separate thread)...namely the prices. Take everything you see in Euros and multiply it by 1.39. That´s 1.37 for the exchange and .02 for the c.c. tag-on. I am cancelling my circle of the Veneto and the Dolomites to save 4 nights hotel, a rental car charge of 170 E, gas and tolls and will head back to Florence to the relatives to take day trips. In fact, I am trying to see if I can come home a week early, which could be tricky on a frequent flyer ticket.