trinacriabob

Yes, it is the point of a forum and, even though this thread was probably designed to be less intense, I can't tell someone how to use it. I don't read your posts because they're just too much. That's because, when I once did a long time ago, it was a heated thread supporting your belief that replacing air filters on cars is unnecessary. We don't need to rehash that and I'm not interested in a regurgitation of the facts you presented. It went on and on and on. All I know is that, for $ 14.99 or less, I go to a chain auto parts store, come back home, take a screwdriver to loosen up the intake assembly, put it in, and I have peace of mind, which is worth a lot more than $14.99 to me. Then, more recently, when we've never really interacted before, you come on to tell me, out of the blue, that you think the QM2 (Queen Mary 2), as seen on my signature photo, is piss poor. And, you were right in that you are entitled to your opinion. However, in your volley, you inserted that you were assigned to either the Princess Grill or the Queen's Grill to dine. And the food was below par? That was a convenient way for you to drop the hint that you popped for among the most expensive cabins on the ship. The vast majority of QM2 travelers are eating in a massive restaurant with a name the likes of the Britannia or the Columbia (or similar names as the ones on the preceding QE2). And, here, I'm saving my pennies to travel on it someday in the shortest and least expensive way just to sample this grand ship. So, what I'm trying to say is that your posting style tries to show that you know it all and also features thinly veiled but noticeable amounts of conspicuous consumption, self-righteous conservatism, and elitism.

@dwightlooi Why do you come here to constantly argue and debate?

February 13 This is yet another unique color available for the Dodge Charger. Kudos to the make and the model for many color choices when the trend is toward contraction. I don't know if I'd buy one in this color, but it has grown on me. It looks right at home in sub-tropical South Florida. You don't have to be or drive "granola" to go green.

I feel very alone in this regard: I have always found this song painful to listen to. So, I sometimes listen to it for a laugh and to think of the metalheads who thought they were "too cool for school," doing "air drums" while listening to this or singing it. They didn't like it too much when I (sometimes with a friend or a coworker) would parody its wailing refrain: Aa-ah-ah ... ah! Aa-ah-ah ... ah!

I'll join in on the number crunching, but mine will be simpler and even useful for some C&G folks. Ok, so you've got Costco tires. They credit you back what part of the treadwear you don't attain. It is based on the price of the current tires on your car that you bought at Costco, and not that of the prospective tires you plan to purchase. So I thought, "Cool, just time the replacement with when your preferred brand of Costco tires is couponed or on special with the $ 150 off for a set of 4." No can do! I learned you only get one or the other. For most people who don't need a hazard repair or replacement, that makes the treadwear guarantee worthless if you did fairly well with your tires' longevity. Michelin Defender unit price of current tires (ea.): $ 130 Attained treadwear down to 2 mm remaining (of previous 90,000 mile warranty): 65,000 miles Proportion used: .7222 Reciprocal owed to you as a credit: .2778 Total purchase allowance owed to you: $ 130 x .2778 x 4 (tires) = $ 144.46 You actually come out about $ 5 ahead by just taking their coupon / featured special rather than claiming the credit for your unattained tread life, given that you cannot "double dip." - - - - - What? And this is what I got a full-fledged undergraduate degree in business for? You can figure this out with a mere minor in it, and with marginal grades.

You know this vehicle. Sort of like I know the year to year details about Cutlass Supremes. I have heard that term "modular" about this engine, but I don't know what they meant by that. Assuming the high school reunion was enjoyable to begin with, taking a TC to one's high school reunion on the Florida Keys might have made it even more memorable.

@David I like the chick peas better as hummus. I like the lima beans better in purist form. I just had some tonight. So good.

February 11 I see the rounded Town Cars every now and then, but how often does one see these formal, boxy ones with that real thin opera window in the rear sail panel? On Atlanta's north side, in Sandy Springs, GA. Probably a 4.6 V8. Spotless.

February 10 Last rendition of the Monte Carlo, in LT form, having its ~ 15 y.o. VVT V6 propelling it around the Perimeter (I-285) seemingly effortlessly.

I'm digging up photos ... February 9 Green like the Georgia pines. Has seen better days. Probably a '73. Near the Stone Mountain area of Atlanta.

I find it hard to tire of garbanzo beans, and especially lima beans. Not only that, they're really good for you.

Hence the nickname "Taxachusetts."

I feel like I'm being taunted today by being pelted with "colonnades." That's ok. Bring it on! - - - - - For lunch today, I had a corned beef and swiss cheese omelette, potatoes, and sourdough toast with strawberry jam. And, FYI, (it might be app or sent via e-mail or text) IHOP is featuring a two stack of green pancakes for $ 1 for at least the rest of the day. I ought to work at being less cheap.

Right. It is Benedict, now that I look. Ratzinger was an untimely and uptight Pope from the stereotypical "old school" Germanic mold. Popes are not supposed to "retire." He's still kicking. The Vatican does a lot of hushed things. They educated me for 16 years - grade school, high school, and undergraduate. Instead of German uptightness, I got treated to some nasty Irish nuns. I try to laugh about it and still celebrate St. Patrick's Day.

My eyes are feasting on that immaculate '84+ Cutlass Supreme Brougham coupe back by the fence dressed up in black (looks good on this particular car) and with alloy wheels. Beautiful. Today, and especially today, one doesn't need to drive an EV to go green. Happy St. Patrick's Day, C&G folks.

Thank you. I will return them, then. They are now back to giving samples inside small paper bags through a plexiglass box office type slot. It's great that they are trending back to the Costco lunch. It's just that the current samples are small! I'll just buy Bosch wipers again when that time comes around. I've done well with the Bosch wipers before.

I was stunned to see that, since the last time I went in (you know, no more Costco lunch), Costco now has self check-out. It didn't take cash and I haven't been "following" Costco around with all their credit card changes. But it is for those who have their VISA or want to use debit cards. * Windshield wipers by Michelin at Costco are currently $ 5.99 each. I'm good for this season. I bought a pair for next. *

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Random throught(s): Mask prices are coming down. I have too much hand sanitizing lotion around.

Mon Dieu, monsieur Grecque. Je pense que je connais tous cets places dans toi photos, aussi dans les photos vielles. Je pense que ceci et dans le Vieux-Port, a cote' du musee "nouveau" Pointe-a-Calliere, n'est-ce pas? I do this without looking at a translator. Pardon any mistakes, given that I took only took it in high school. I occasionally talk to myself in French just to keep it up.

Probably got gas here at least once when I had a newly minted driver's license and my friends and I were finding random places to go on road trips to spread our wings, just like this places is spreading its wing ... as the Palm Springs Visitors Center instead of as a 76 gas station.

Happy Sunday AND random thought: Spring ahead ... right back to bed.

@Robert Hall Probably so, since the "franchise," as they now call series, was obviously going to pick up some critical mass. Which leads me to the random thought that Mercury should have considered using Miss Moneypenny as their spokesperson in their Cougar commercials.

Woohoo - I did good, then. Got it - in a TV adaptation. So I got the ones on the movie theater screen correct, and possibly even in the right order. Since I've never read Ian Fleming, what did the James Bond persona look like, if described in his novels, and which person playing him best approximates Ian Fleming's intent?

There have been so many different Mr. Bonds: Niven, Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton, Brosnan, Craig ... Did I miss one?