trinacriabob

tundra

Another chance to start a birthday thread.... It's aaaantoine's birthday today. HAAAAppy BirthdAAAAy, AAAAntoine. Ocn, you're slipping....

camshaft

rocker

kick

half time

motel

Moltie, I was meaning to ask who that is in your Av? Agreed...we don't want a repeat of a Texan candidate, now do we? I was thinking during lunch....strange names are indeed a liability. Hell, America wasn't even ready for Mario Cuomo 10 years ago...most people couldn't have imagined a President named Mario. It's kind of funny when you think about it.

Are these Medicare Mabels or (supposedly) competent people? What's the deal?

randy

damsel in distress

minister

Loser? No. Economically prudent and/or an aficionado? Yes. When you analyze old money versus in-your-face money, quite a FEW affluent people don't give a rat's ass about what others think about what they are driving. The nouveau riche, however, do care. As for the others, I have owned my dwelling twice and am looking to relocate after the summer. Relationships? I choose to keep my life UNcomplicated. I could handle an UNcomplicated relationship, though. Is there such a thing? Wishful thinking.

inquisitive

It's not a W-body, but it is nice for what it is. J/K. Compliments on the color and the wheels. It has a nice, clean front end. I see that the standardization of dials (light switches) has spread throughout the GM line. Those have showed up on many Chev products I've rented. How long did you keep your previous truck, anyway?

I really like the DTS. I was oblivious to them but, on vacation in Pensacola FL last June, I checked some out at the Cadillac dealership there. It really hits the "sweet spot"...that of being a large Cadillac but still having styling that isn't bombastic and bloated. It has become rather svelte for as large as it is, with nicely tapered contours. And it shows that Cadillac has modernized and moved with the times, bringing its flagship right along with them. I'm such a die-hard W-body consumer but, if full-sizes were my bag, I would love to own one of these. I couldn't think of a nicer road-trip car. I thought the STS might make a big splash and it hasn't, so this is the epitome of Cadillac IMO.

I'm wondering if a new name was needed, as well. But, I'm sure they conducted their marketing research. At first blush, the Malibu is better looking than either Camry or Accord...by a wide margin.

It will be. People tend to be very "knee jerk" on this kind of stuff. And great chunks of this country are still very conservative.

I tried Ambien about 4 or 5 years ago. It works. It's expensive. And they don't like to pay for it. I have tried Ativan (Lorazepam) and it's cheap. You have to take it about 10 hours before you need to wake up to avoid the grogginess factor. It takes me about a year to go through a bottle, so I'm not prone to dependency. Masturbation? Cheap, healthy and effective. LOL. PB, you need to get the 20-something old dude out of your head. It's self-defeating. You'll sleep better.

Hillary Clinton? I need to move to Portugal, Italy, Uruguay, somewhere.... I'm non-partisan, though more of a Democrat in ideology. I'd like to vote Democrat, but I'd like to see the party run a mainstream candidate that doesn't polarize. Why are Republicans SO conservative and why are Democrats SO liberal? I don't like her...AT ALL. I don't expect any politician to be nice...neither male nor female...however, this one is vile...accounts of her treatment of staff/etc. at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue as depicted in various books do not paint a good picture...in fact, they point to some serious abilities to kick-start her vibrator....vroom...vroom...since we know her and Bill don't do "the nasty" very much, if ever. I think the Clinton dynasty needs to end...just as the Bush dynasty needs to end. What is she doing in NY, anyway? She adopted it as a domicile. It's absurd...as absurd as it would have been for Giuliani to run for governor of Arkansas.

snooty

Just got back from Chico, but it's still your b-day in this time zone. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Frank!

eccentric

Sharon Stone

I can't stand stupid women. The problem is that a lot of available intelligent women push it too far...to the butch side / "gotta compete with the male enemy" mentality.On the flip side, many others are looking for a "free ride" and are an albatross because they have focused entirely on looks and not developing any kind of depth..plus it makes me wonder how an intelligent man could relate to a woman like that, let alone respect them.