longtooth

Start paying my health insurance and I'll quit worrying about public health risks.

Following that logic, tiny car owners (well it's the former owners really) drive up auto-insurance costs for those that aren't horribly killed.

No no... I can post pics.

Not interested in seeing anyone's under-done Chuck Roast 'boi.

suction out the fat to make biofuel.

"Honey! The Suburban is below a quarter tank. Have a double whopper with cheese and hook up the shop vac!"

"Fight Club".

Sell their own fat @zzes back to them as soap.

Don't I know it.

We can just leave it at that!

comes spittle.

Beef: It's what's for dinner.

Even if they are born that way, we can change them, we'll just have to put them into special camps and make them pray a lot.

From the mouths of babes.

Yeah, but you don't have to eat it ...

Ah, ya missed the point.

Kevin Spacey's soliloquy from "Se7en"...(as John Doe)

So is shoving greaseburgers down your throat even after you can no longer fit in an airline seat.

It might be that the individual was born that way. With a predisposition for shoving things down their throats.

We see a deadly sin on every street corner...

The Seville STS, my man.

...or not.

Back and forth, back and forth...

At this point I have to wonder if it will even manage to be over when its over.

I'll tell you this: It isn't worth worrying about.

This is precisely the sort of collective thinking that offends me so much.

The sort we all should leave behind.

Freedom is messy and imperfect - get used to it.

Or surrender it.

The push to surrender to uniformity is on. Under the guise of freely expressing one's self.

They could still sell both side-by-side. (GMC & Chevy)

They both still sell the suburban, they just changed the name, though I'm not sure if you knew that and your point had more to do with names than vehicles.

All things equal, I'd rather buy a GMC than a Chevy. I'd probably pay a little more for it, too. Though right now, I'd rather have a Suburban than a Yukon XL due to styling - I just love the new Tahoe/'burban styling!

Just the name.

At one time there were GMC & Chevy Suburbans.

Chevy could have a Denali this n' that with de-contented LTZ-line offerings. Both Chevy & GMC sold the Suburban until the field became overly cluttered in the '90s. That's when the posturing aspect of owning a full-size SUV really took off.

I was surprised to see Dave Allen still there, thought he would have gone by now. I know Stan Plastik locked in his GM retirement like I did, and flew the coup ...

I scanned the first 5 minutes or so and I haven't been in the mood to watch the rest. Maybe tomorrow.

I know the faces (most of them) but not all of the names. I saw Bruce Mayberry in there in and he was instrumental in getting my most innocuous suggestion green-lit. (bungee cords screwed onto each cockpit retainer fixture so we wouldn't continue to misplace them, my shining moment)

Bungee cords were a medium of exchange when supplies ran low. Ah hell, you had to be there to appreciate it. Innocuous.

Perhaps not, GM may not have been as advanced as your ideas ...

Oh please.

Pretty decent flattery though PCS.

In retrospect, given the circumstances, I knew coming-in that what I smelled that first Monday in-plant was the smell of retirement and the end of my years w/GM. I did team up with my engineering mentor, Fred Schmidt and we set out to correct as many panel fit issues as we could tackle. Week by week. I've been out of touch with most of the organization since earlier this year. One other decent soul still working there, whom I knew from Trenton, is Mike Freeman. Paint specialist extraordinaire.

Unequivocally, I can certify (to the best of my knowledge) that those remaining on the job do take their jobs seriously and to heart. Very much so.

They had Peaches start the tour? Did Alice Petit retire?

I'm not sure. I didn't circulate much beyond the body shop and the 'cockpit' line.

But in looking at 'Peaches', she is a visually stunning lady. Her I remember. And that Susan-person. Maybe the most no-nonsense person in GM, extent. We had a discussion re: Fasteners one wet and windy Saturday during my orientation. I loved how my input was solicited then discarded. Tells me that I had a lot of $h!ty ideas. Slow learner's curve.

Neato.

Video showing many of the sights you guys may have already seen but here it is again.

Inside the Solstice factory. Look for Willie Wonka about 8 minutes in. (ha, ha)

http://www.fastlanedaily.com/episode/fld_20090408

The sun has been busy picking my pocket.

Thus, I am off to spend this evening in the race shop. :AH-HA_wink:

Have fun. When the weather breaks I hope you'll be busy until Christmas.

I plan to confront the early indications whenever I see them.

I intend to be vocal in my opposition until such time as something more is required.

Freedoms are like muscles and brains, they need regular exercise.

White flour and the Internet have robbed many of their vitality.

And $h! like XboX.

Now my prejudices come shining through once more.

Btw, where's the sun been lately?

I'll be there.

Beats living in the "brave new world" I see being endorsed all around me.

That it does though I'll side-step Armageddon until it does come down the street or tries to establish a beach-head. One if by land...

The tensions conspire to make people overwrought at times.

Do you feel that the financial reward was lacking?

Was there a financial reward?

Yes.

The thought police will have to pry my hands from another device...

Back when Chuck Heston was president of the NRA there was a good take-off on him as Moses and as head of the NRA.

See you at the Alamo.

They don't have that kind of time.

The thought-police with their agenda have all of the time they'll need.

You referring to Pontiac's present dilemma?