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Yesterday I went to my dad's for a family picnic. Today I am invited to my neighbor's for a cookout, but each guest has to cook their own steak on his smoker. Yippee. And I have to buy a water heater because mine is leaking into my garage. Hoorah. I hope to take off for somewhere fun tomorrow, maybe Baltimore's Inner Harbor, Annapolis, or one of the coastal Maryland/Delaware beaches. Then it's back to hell/work on Tuesday. Bob, say hi from all of us at C&G to Harry while you're in West Palm. And please don't take any pills if he offers, you might wake up feeling like you've had a medical exam of some kind.

A rollerskate with headlights, to be sure, but all reports say the thing is fun to toss around.

Don't tell

You could try heating the bumper cover, which sometimes allows the plastic material to regain its memory (seriously). Unless there is hidden damage to metal parts (impact bar, mount brackets to frame rail) there should be no rust problem.

Since the damage appears to be on the face of the bumper cover and not the sides, your color match concern should not be a problem. The body shop only has to take off the bumper cover, repair the surface damage, put color only over the primered area, then clearcoat the entire cover. They should have enough space to blend the teal basecoat within the face of the cover. A color match problem would only show at the sides of the bumper cover, where it fits up to the quarter panels, and most clearcoats are pretty clear.

"zzzzing....." Anyhoo, glad it went "well". And "auntie ocn" will never be heard from again. It's back to our regularly scheduled "uncle ocn". Ahem.

Bolero would be a good name for something like a Kappa Buick, but it doesn't really fit a luxury car, imo.

I like Invicta better than "Statesman", which only conjures up images of George Washington. Sure, he's a revered figure, but he's so "1776". I prefer the Invicta name, a reinforcement of Buick's identity.

Those are song lyrics. I love the song, and I should have credited it, but I don't know the name of the band. The song is called "Crazy".

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Massey-Ferguson

You're a crazy bitch But you fu*k so good I'm on top of it When I dream I'm doin' you all night Scratches all down my back, keepa right on...

Auntie ocn/You put a rubber on, right now, young man!/auntie ocn.

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hehehehe... WALT! Mr. Fly, I forget... is the lower, dark portion of your bumper smooth, or textured? If it is textured, is there any damage down there? Because I don't know of a way to repair textured plastic parts. This is insane. Hopefully everything will be repaired to your satisfaction.

I like it. It looks sort of retro in a good way. Very SAABish. The corporate radio blends in pretty well, imo.

Happy 13th Birthday to Charger4U! Have a good one (but you'll always be Chicken to me.)

Freddie Prinze, Jr.

Lot-hopping is fun, isn't it? I mean, maybe you're doing it with a bit more anxiety right now with your pending family situation and the sudden loss of your recently-purchased Solara, but it's still fun to consider all the possibilities. Please don't become an "old man" though. You can still sport your mullet and be practical at the same time, eh? That Fusion sounds good, actually, at least you'd have the piece-of-mind that comes with a new car with a warranty. And no, I don't want to see any videos of Satty with a double chin and bottle-blond hair tooling along in his SUV with a munchkin on his lap. *shiver*

OH NO YOU DIDN'T! I mean, I'm not jealous or anything, I've just been wanting to find a car like that in like 40 forevers. You make me sick! Just playing. Seriously though, I love the '78-'88 GM G bodies, and your powerplant plans sound awesome. Best of luck with it.

Technology is moving forward for all engine configurations, not only 4s and 6s, so I don't understand this "technology will render the V8 obsolete" argument. The current and future LS V8 engine is a world leader in smoothness, longevity, power and efficiency. It is the ideal engine, and I look forward to it becoming available widely as an option in the Zeta cars when they hit the market. Naysayers have been wrong before. This kind of Chicken Little prediction gets recycled on a predictable basis.

I wonder if a baby seat will fit on a Sky decklid...

Tucker? Tatra? Skoda?

ooo, burrrrrn.... That's good news there, sNosage. Hope all's well this time.

Yo Nick, a Happy Birthday to ya, sir.