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I wonder what I'd do! It didn't mention where this was. I'm guessing in and around Lake Tahoe. It's a beautiful sport but an expensive sport ... and I don't have time to keep up with the trendy apparel and equipment, not to mention an orthopedic mishap. It's like a group of any other animals crossing the road! I don't think black bears are looking to interact with humans. There are about 10 ski areas in and around Lake Tahoe. My favorite one was Sierra Ski Ranch ... now renamed, so that dates me. Northstar is very impressive and Boreal, next to I-80, is the easiest to reach. My least favorite of the 4 I've been to was Kirkwood. I was still under 30 and it was proof positive that a lot of way cool douchebag kids drop out (for a while) to work at ski areas.

AI is a pill. Too bad, that could have been a beauty with a real car. I remember that AI Cutlass Supreme "amended" with that split grille found on full-size Oldsmobiles. There's some weird stuff going on in the opera window and at the rear, but I can't say that the grille is all that bad. I wonder how many of our members drew or sketched cars when they were kids or teens. *raises hand* Now, above is a real '82 Cutlass Calais with a 260 c.i. (4.3 L) V8. They saved the more elaborate egg crate grille in '82 for the Brougham and the Calais. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Good morning This is what I really wanted to share. That's what Californians do ... share. Maybe not museum grade, but it works well. I don't know if that's a Ford, an AMC, or an old Buick Skylark!

Maybe I didn't use the right words. It's overly supple and overly assisted in parking lots and when driving slowly on smaller streets. It does not communicate much when there are lots of thick walls next to small roads and farms right beside me! After renting it, I read a review and it said that it doesn't corner or track very well, and that started getting annoying last night. I drove a Citroen C3 here somewhere between 2019 and 2021. I believe I reviewed it. First, I couldn't believe how smooth it was. It handled well in parking lots and was surprisingly smooth and agile on the highway, too. It's not like you get two times the smoothness because the car costs two times as much. I have a friend who went for civil engineering at ASU. He said that they used the same textbooks, for the most part, that they did at Berkeley. So, with Berkeley being so much more prestigious, and with a much lower acceptance rate, it's not like you get two times a better civil engineering education there. So my point is that for twice the money, the increase in drivability is not a ratable or linear relationship. I've come to see that the extra money in this BYD is all about the many bells and whistles that take about a week to learn. It's not that impressive on the highway and on rougher roads. I sort of like it on nicely asphalted urban streets at lower speeds and it has been getting respectable fuel mileage. I liked zooming around in that Citroen C3 with the side "Air Bump." I had asked them for a smaller car instead and they told me that if it had to be automatic, it had to be this one.

The "cute" little Nissan Versa fit that bill, surprising me via rentals that it was actually likeable, but production of it ended a few months ago. I was given this bloated BYD Seal SUV automatic last week and that's what I'm driving around Sicily in. It's a HEV, so I don't push down too hard, and it sips fuel. Except for its velvety and disconnected road to cabin and steering wheel communication at low speeds, I'm not so sure I like it. Give me a smaller Citroen C3 with an automatic which is smaller and rides smoothly.

Very nicely written tribute for your late friend Phil. We all need more folks like this in our lives. The cream colored Monte Carlo in the montage is beautiful. The 1981 to 1986+/- coupe was a real uptick for the MC. Belated happy New Year from across the pond. I'm enjoying the much slower rhythm so far and the people have been great.

No, I'm not going to weave in any Subaru jokes. When anyone first hears this, they know it's a good song - it's sort of catchy - and the voice is stellar. But the trippy part is the black and white video itself showing a strange stage act in this grande dame type theater. The people in the play look like something right out of a Jack Kerouac or John Steinbeck novel. It all leaves you hanging as to how and why it may all fit together.

The other one is when he holds a press conference and someone in the press asks him a question that he doesn't want to field and he just says, 'Next question.' That's because his entitled and corrupt a$$ is in gear, he doesn't want to be accountable, and they've let him get away with it for years. We're now in 2026. Does this mean Project 2025 didn't gel like they wanted it to? I can't believe how often he passes and makes nasty remarks to go with along with doing so.

Good morning ... Not versed enough in local politics, but she seems like more of a rag than not.

This was the background music for a YouTube. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=IuYsaw0qX9Y&desc_update=1&si=MkQYwojnMwVs6WkN It's in French. It's listed as Afro-Soul. I could NOT see this as relevant on yesteryear's "Soul Train." I'm picking up Brazilian vibes, which I definitely like.