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You (ocnblu) can use one every now and then.

you are raising the bar, here...My response: ampersand (I think that's how it's spelled)

Oh, believe me, it shows. That's why I got moved from a cubicle into an office with a door. Still, the clients who "turn one's stomach" are a constant and I find that I have to bite my lip because it would be a departure from my normal way, which is keeping it professional, though not uptight.

Happy birthday, fellow pre-Christmas babies.

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Typical reg, she is N-O-T HOT. She does not have a weight problem, nor is she thin...normal...but N-O-T HOT. She managed to snag herself a rich husband, though.

Choice 2, the Maverick. As much as I hate Ford, it's better than the others...if you end up with a 170 c.i. or 200 c.i. L-6, it most likely will be all cast-iron. (I wish I could say the same about the Vega ) And this is a joke, right?

There is a lump sum budget for the project and it has a decent chunk of money in it. The scope was never defined as to this kind of crap (gee, we want to lease this office, can you compute the square footage of that part of the 2nd floor?). The fee and the budget were set by my old boss who walked with a handful of others and started his own outfit. I am sort of stuck with the fee and my boss did not create a category for variable crap, so I can't come back and change the situation/contract. She is taking a little bit of advantage of it, though I am getting shorter and shorter with this. If I am running the project, I ask for more money or tell them it's not in the budget. I did that with a bank remodel and they ponied up the money. I am generally very polite. They are then taken aback when that stops.

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I took another look at this. The interior is stellar. Reintroducing color and fit/finish like color-keyed piping is top notch. The volumes all across the dash are really nice. I was looking at the exterior. Eh! It's too reminiscent of the new Chrysler Sebring which has a lot of the same touches. The overall silhouette is not bad, but the C-pillar is Impala thick and both the front end and the grille, if I can fill in the gaps as I think they may turn out, don't cut it. The pinhole Chevy rear lights (a la Cobalt) don't provide enough surface coverage and continuity across that tall trunk lid. The upper and lower divide in the front grille appears to draw too much from past Silverado trucks, for God's sake. Can they rise to the challenge of inserting some Chevrolet cues without necessarily borrowing them directly from another car or other type of vehicle?

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Please explain. Others have fleshed out their arguments a little more.

Where do I begin? Gawd, I hate those marketing types who want to schmooze and can't do anything remotely technical to save their lives. It's the more detail-oriented people (some of them who tend toward the nicer end of the spectrum) who get all the work while they PLAY...

Thanks for the post. It's pretty detailed. I will do this after my evening class finals (in a few weeks).

I just asked myself this question dealing with a client today. ARRRGGGHHH. I once posted a thread about rude customers. (I had one contractor/client go for my jugular last spring because of a few things I didn't pick up on a floor plan after our firm went through a mutiny - 15 % of the staff walked out in 1 day - and a lot of us were scrambling to keep everything in check). I would have gone off on him but I kept cool thinking: braces to be paid for with cafeteria plan - check, vesting schedule for 401 K is higher in April - check...you get the idea. Today, I would tell him to 'eff off. This is a different client I'm talking about now. Our projects with this client are winding down. She calls on the back end of the project looking for extra work for free - can you move this wall, can you help with evaluating this...(not billed). As I have moved on to other projects, I return her calls within 1 to 2 days instead up picking up the phone. Since she notices the difference from 6 months ago, she has gotten a little testy. In short, being the polite, polished and always at the client's beck and call routine was starting NOT to pay off, so I changed my m.o. I believe in being nice...but firm. If you are nice and NOT firm, that's not a good spot to be. I don't think being an a-hole is the way to go, either. They can only get away with it for so long. Post your opinions and stories if you like.

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Happy birthday, Vipes! Is it snowing there?

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Ok, you guys will think I'm a geek. I voted just OK. It's not THAT distinctive...looking too much like the Infiniti SUV/crossovers one sees on the road. Plus, I'm not a fan of bulbous styling and it definitely has some of those contours. You can do a more slabbish car/SUV/crossover and still inject personality into it. Still, I hope people buy them and Buick fetches increased market share!

Bingo, of that set of quadruplet coupes (Regal, Cutlass, GP and Lumina) to ride on the W-body platform in the late 80s and early 90s, the Regal was "the looker!" I agree wholeheartedly. That's why I've treated it so well. Thus, if someone wants that body style, there aren't many around to choose from.

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