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  1. Absolutely. But mostly for fast food, rarely for banking. The most important thing is that you look at the line ahead of time to see how long it is. If it's ridiculously long, then I won't use one. Two caveats: 1) I always look at my order when they hand me the bag of food. On a few occasions, they have forgotten the dipping sauce for my chicken nuggets... and I've had to tell them to pony-up 2) You had better look at the neighborhood and general environment of the drive through. Some people have fallen to attacks or confrontations since you are wedged into a limited space with not much wiggle room. Our controller at work told me that her son was in one of these late of night in a "middle" middle-class part of town and he had a fist come through the window which bloodied him up and caused him to go to ER. So, you have to scope out how it's laid out. Since hearing that story, I'm a little more cautious.
  2. Thanks Delta! Yep, the first one is my sled. That one looks like a '90 or so. Mine is a '92...though not a Gran Sport. It has been the best car I've ever owned. The second one is what could be my next sled. If they'd only fix that front end. What's really funny here is the "spread" of the W-body. Ifyou look at Chilton's, it runs the gamut from the Lumina that had a 4 cylinder in it with blackwalls, crank windows and very little in the way of options all the way to a LaCrosse CXS or a Grand Prix GTP with a DOHC V6 and DOD V8, respectively. That's a big spread. Also, I think the W-body was born in 1988, so it is about to turn 19. Actually, if you buy one of these, you should feel pretty comfortable that you've made a solid automotive purchase.
  3. These are gremlins. It would be better if it's a switch rather than a motor. Intermittent means it's probably not the motor itself. Either the switch or a short of some sort. For now, I am glad I have manuals. The only time I don't like them is when you want to roll down a window and talk to someone out the pasenger side.
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    Qualche giorno, ti daro' il mal'occhio! Hehehe.
  5. Wow. And if they introduced a regimen or started up the discipline, just think how that could play out. It's like "give an inch, take a mile." Good luck going "backwards" with this kind of stuff. I'm reading a lot of the dynamics here between my older brother and myself. (I take it you are older than her). He followed my parents blueprint and I refused to. But my stuff was more about picking which Catholic HS I wanted to go to, what classes I wanted to take, etc., etc. and not about partying, staying out late or avoiding chores. Except for the errant toilet papering and egging spree, I was a very good teenager. When my parents told him what to do (and they had no business doing so), he did it and resents me for telling them to 'eff off and doing what I wanted. In fact, my brother's motto ought to be: "Oh, he does what he wants" referring to his married male friends who do what they want, despite the fact that they are married and have kids. I often wonder how miserable he is since he has caved in to being "PW'd" by his wife (a bitch on wheels), something that my father (when he was alive) marveled at and something my father effectively trained me never to be. LOL.
  6. I have MANUAL windows in my 1992 Regal coupe. I wanted it that way. (Kind of funny considering it has the buckets/console, gauge package and alloy wheels). Reason I wanted it that way: didn't like paying to repair them in BOTH my previous Cutlass Supremes that had them. In a GM car, everything except that compacts (Cobalt size) and smaller, come with power windows as standard. I'll live.
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    To Brenda's prodigy and P from Long Island: See, you learn something NEW every day. I now know what a MULE is. If I was out of it or uncool before for NOT knowing, am I at least a LITTLE BIT COOLER now that I know this jargon? :AH-HA_wink: Thanks. Can't wait to see the LaX in 2008 get-up.
  8. Usonia: One more thing.... Given your screen name, are you connected with/interested in architecture or are you a resident of the "prairie style" states in the Midwest? You do know what "usonian" means, right?
  9. Of all the posters, you get the most personal. I can tell you this, though. The Strong Interest Inventory is a pretty darn good predictor used by the school system (h.s. through university or private counseling) for determining compatibility with a line of work or profession. I can also tell you this: I like my "Vitamin Z" given to me by my internal med primary cary physician -- low dosage, that is. I've gone off it...I prefer to stay on it.
  10. It depends. If I am really tired and have been working beaucoup overtime, I have no problem falling asleep...and for the whole night. If I am not that tired and a little anxious, I encounter a split-sleep cycle where I wake up at 3 am and can't fall asleep again, but I usually do at about 5 am. I have a prescription for this stuff called Ativan. It's cheap. I have a bottle with 30 of them. But it takes me a whole year to go through it, fortunately. Being unable to sleep sucks. Sidebar: Have any of you ever slept at some of the nicer hotels where they have those plump killer beds: Heavenly Bed, Sleep Number, Etc. In that case, I have no trouble getting to sleep and all the trouble in the world wanting to crawl out of bed.
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    I know. But look at how boring (relatively speaking) that one is...it looks like the more basic models. And, isn't LaCrosse/Allure supposed to get an all new grille (which is a drastic improvement and makes the car more youthful and competitive against its "enemies") as shown on other threads? If that's the case, when is THAT supposed to happen?
  12. The part that gets to me is how oblivious they are to having all those people around when they are in a quest for food. I guess it shows how fearless they are. Good thing he was "dispersed into the wild" by Mama Bear. None of this would have been very pretty had she been around.
  13. University of Massachusetts
  14. The ones at work function fairly well, except when they are out of paper and you send something from your desk. Now, at home, that's a different story. I have an HP 6110 All In One which I love. However, when I send something to print, about 25% of the time, it does nothing, shows that it's printing, essentially hangs up the printer (though not the computer) and I have to reboot and try to print again. I have no idea what conditions cause this to happen. I was on the phone with HP during the 1 year warranty period a time or two, but to no avail. Still, it's a great product (print/copy/scan/FAX) for $ 250 or so.
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