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Haven't done any of that and I grew up in L.A. I wouldn't have even known where to get any of these things...you know, being a geeky A-student and all. Oh, well. Alcohol? I know that it doesn't count - I have probably have had less than 50 alcoholic drinks in my ENTIRE life. I get teased about this. It's not a religious conviction...it's just that I don't like the taste of anything alcoholic. Instead, I might have ended up in front of the judge for property related destructive mishaps perpetrated in my late teens - early 20s, but my friends and I never got caught. We can laugh about that now. I am not so sure drugs and alcohol would elicit the same comic response.

That...or a krinkly seashell...or a "hooded gondolier"...

I saw your birthday listed but I deferred to ocnblu to start the thread. Are you happy now, PB? Happy birthday!

Exactly. All those tabloids and stupid magazines at the check-out stand wouldn't be in business if they depended on my revenues.Obviously, people consumed with Britney, Kevin, Jessica and Nick must not have much going on in their lives.

She is/was both an icon and a joke. An icon for many of the wrong reasons and a sad joke because she most represented the two values that haven't helped society much at all: superficiality and greed. I think her death is sad, as was her son's, but the biggest sadness is that her death orphans a 5 month old girl who will grow up without her mom.

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Consult wpbharry and become more confused....

No, I hear you, but you turned over 300,000 and you're complaining. Please don't. Now Cappy's story, that's time for .

Granted...that's a good vantage point but it doesn't look THAT good all the way around. It just didn't blow me away.

Lord Stafford was definitely a "case"...smart but eccentric. Don't know why Razoredge disappeared...I actually had dinner with him about 3 months ago as I was transiting from Montreal through N.Y. state...he's actually not that pessimistic and he's a regular dude...it's just that when you're past high school or college age, most of us have seen some things that really open our eyes so the "rose colored glasses" are off.

currency (as in "shilling")

Way different story here. I'm about to wrap up a night time Masters in mid-May while working 50 hrs. a week, will take the whole summer off in Europe and will buy a 2008 MY vehicle. I plan on switching jobs / careers when I get back, so I want about 4 or 5 years without having to as much as think about my vehicle. As such, I plan to snag one last and very familiar W-body...so here goes: 1. 2008 LaCrosse CX 3800 V6 If the 3800 is ditched in favor of the 3.6 OHC V6 and the front grille stays upright and oval, then: 2. 2008 Monte Carlo LT 3500 V6 or 3. 2008 Grand Prix 3800 V6 The last 2 would be tempting if there were super-duper incentives and a bump-up on my GM Card accumulation of $ 2,250.

Where's "budman3"?

The immediate outskirts of where I live front the foothills of the Sierra and it is a prime mountain lion area. Though rare, the 1994 attack of a woman runner on the Western Endurance Trail at Auburn CA was weird. These bastards pounce from overhead or from behind and go for the neck. She didn't know what hit her, but she did put up a fight. She didn't make it. They said that if the elderly man in North Coastal California had been alone a couple of weeks ago, he wouldn't have made it either. His wife saved him. A big state park east of San Diego called Cuyamaca Rancho is a major mountain lion hangout, with a few reported deaths and nonfatal attacks as well as numerous sightings to the point that the park is periodically closed to do some "purging." I guess it creeps me out a bit because I've gone hiking or swimming in the lower Sierra quite often and most of the time by myself. I am now going to get both a walking stick and a blade instead of just a cooler with water, Cokes and breakfast bars. If one hangs out outdoors at all, he or she should probably become familiar with any defense routines.

It's called the Hyperion treatment plant in El Segundo immediately south of LAX ...and if the breezes go the wrong way, well then....otherwise that whole area gets a great sea breeze...that's why it's so desirable...and expensive

No, sir, you are not alone. This is my favorite genre of car...the mid to full size personal luxury coupe. I don't think any domestic manufacturer offers one anymore, so my choices are also narrowed.

I voted "middle of the road." I was expecting more. I'm not saying it's poorly crafted. I'm sure it will be a fine car. I think that so many of the "pieces of the puzzle" look like they've been tried before. The front end is carryover Pontiac. The greenhouse is BMW 3 series sedan. The rear lights look like the ones on that Mitsubishi Stealth-type product. The shapes in the dashboard are extremely conventional, having been used on so many cars that didn't even register with me. It is cohesive, though, just not provocative. Since this was going to be the flagship replacing GP and Bonneville, I did not want such a bland and blunt rear end. I was expecting a longer trunk lid and more of a roofline flow. If people like it and buy it, I'm happy (for the value of my GM shares, if anything). I don't see it as my kind of car, though.

Growing up, we used to do "the triangle" but it takes a long time to drive. From LA, we would go to Lake Tahoe. Then we would head over to the Bay Area (SF and surroundings) and then drive down the coast back to LA. This was always a "must do" upon graduating from high school. Natural beauty: Lake Tahoe, Yosemite Park (if it's not summer when it's mobbed), the central coast between Morro Bay and Big Sur, Santa Barbara coast Cities: Los Angeles (the usual haunts you hear about but add Malibu, Santa Monica and the South Bay beaches), San Francisco (cable car ride, the Wharf, Marin view of the Golden Gate, Twin Peaks viewpoint), SD (La Jolla, the Zoo, the beaches, Balboa Park), OC (Laguna Beach, Newport Beach)

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Happy birthday! Stay warm, ok?

If I recall, my first car (a hand-me down Cutlass Supreme) did not have a front license plate for quite a while. I never got nabbed. I think the assembly that held it in place got kind of screwed up from some "acoustical parking." I finally managed to ram the front license plate into the sleeve and put it back on.

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