trinacriabob

Great job. Very talented dude, to be sure. I have Z to thank for my sig. When my cousins in Italy saw the sig, they had to put the phone down they were laughing so hard. Frank's da man!

Affordable: LaCrosse CX sedan or Monte Carlo LT coupe Toward the expensive: Cadillac DTS (and a stocking stuffed full of prepaid gas cards to help me feed it for a handful of years, if I may be so bold)

declaration

Agree. The W-body has been my best car ever in terms of reliability. I don't care that it's old school. I love its reliability. Disagree. I think the Chinese LaCrosse is awkward, with a lot of little quirky styling cues that don't work well together. I think the LaCrosse on this side of the pond is quite fixable, with a few nips and tucks here and there. I had the opportunity to live with one for a week in Montreal and loved the damn car. Happy holidays, guys!

You're funny.

libel

Well, here I am packing for tomorrow afternoon's flight up to PDX. I will stick around Friday night and all of Monday, the 25th, before flying out. Sat and Sun will probably be a jaunt to Seattle, overnighting up there. I can only stay near my Mom for very limited doses as she is both a pain-in-the-ass and stupid...sorry. (I was told, "I hope you bring up some nice clothes and go to Mass on Christmas day." ) I can't believe that someone who can't do ANYTHING would need to instruct me...I have no problem with the Mass part, as I will probably find a parish to duck into and go to church, but the apparel part is out of control. At any rate, how will you be spending the upcoming holiday weekend? (Today I was wondering about moltar and the blast of snow which closed down Denver, a major air hub).

Pee Wee Herman

Glanced at it real quick...it takes work to put one of these together. A couple of people here at work (generally the under-30 crowd) have these. The part that jumped out: "don't want kids" --

Thanks, guy! Remember: 260 V8, rally II wheels and crushed velour 60-40 or buckets/console set-up. How can I forget, since we're in a Minnesota state of mind, I could meet WMJ and Regfootball at the same time, bitching about "archi-torture" with the latter of the two.

Get it again, this time in PA...what's to stop you?

Five C&Gers to hang out with: Ones I've met (and I'd visit with them again): 1. Rivieraranch - during my vacation in So. Florida 2. Razoredge - during my vacation to Montreal and upstate NY Others I haven't met but definitely would: 3. Flybrian - he lives in Florida and I'm going again in mid-May 4. Bobo - went to U.C. Berkeley, so he's obviously very smart, plus he lives in California 5. Any of the N.Y. / Northeast Italians on the board (though Paolino probably would steer clear of me seeing how curt he's been with me, for whatever reason, over the last 6 months or so... :AH-HA_wink: love you, too, P ) And, of course, there are a host of others I would want to meet for all the "right" reasons (profession in common, geographics in common, ethnicity in common, interests in common). Realistically, there are no more than 3 or so I wouldn't want to meet, given less than optimal vibes that have gone back and forth.

Grand Bahama

I'm Catholic, dude. Guilt is my middle name. Now, if I was Jewish, that sentiment would be amplified exponentially.

obtuse

Which movie...again, the 1980's ? "Most men are little boys ... once they get a whiff of it they trail you like a hound."

sharp

leg warmers

high maintenance

Last line in "Gone with the Wind" - extremely controversial to have used the word "damn" in a movie in 1939! How times have changed. What about someone answering my quiz up above?

Is it Hilary Swank in "Million Dollar Baby"? My turn - it's from the mid-80's: "I've got a trig test tomorrow and I'm being chased by Guido the killer pimp!"

desperate (ocnblu, that is)

major

I think that when ocn wrote that, he intended for me to epitomize bitterness....interesting that he "knows" me as well as he thinks he does ... from nearly 3,000 miles away...

New England