Robert Hall
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Leaving work this afternoon, saw an eclectic mix, not unusual for Scottsdale. A slammed white Audi S5 coupe followed by a sharp dark blue w/ white interior '66 Buick Electra ragtop, top down (even though it's overcast and 56), followed by a slammed bright blue Audi S4 sedan. Then in the opposite direction a mile or so later, an orange McLaren P1 side by side with a red Mercedes AMG GT coupe. Then closer to home in Phoenix, I saw a dark bronze Aston Martin Rapide..
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That's cool...I lived for a decade of my childhood in Dean Martin's hometown....they have a Dean Martin Boulevard (Steubenville, Ohio).
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Found on Ebay: 1999 Mercury Grand Marquis Wagon
Robert Hall replied to Drew Dowdell's topic in The Lounge
Actually not bad, though the C-pillar and hatch area are pretty awkward...might have looked better using an older Taurus/Sable wagon, which were less bubbly....I think I've seen pics of something like that somewhere... -
I've seen a few i3s around..strange little car. The i8, though, is pretty slick.
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Jolt Cola...I remember that, had a few long ago. When I was at a startup in Colorado about 15 years ago, I tried Shock Coffee...was VERY STRONG...MADE ME HYPER
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I do like tea, English style, or Chai. I have to stop caffeine around 3pm or I can't sleep, even w/ my 500mg of Trazodone...(though an anti-depressant, I was prescribed it for my insomnia). Over two decades on prescription sleeping pills...
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Yeah, but coffee tastes so good...energy drinks are disgusting tasting, IMO...after 30 years on coffee, I can't imagine life without it.
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A Toyota would be worse, I would think.. Seems like it would be an ok 3-series alternative for a commuter lease...if you aren't hung up on the brand.. I've known a few Infiniti owners, they seemed happy w/ them, mostly were former Nissan fans that stepped up. One guy had a G37 coupe that experienced a manual transmission failure, which sounded really odd to me, though..
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Personally, I just hate overtime..if projects can't be done in a normal schedule, then they are being managed poorly. I avoid energy drinks...3-4 cups of coffee in the morning and water the rest of the work day.
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Texas Plumber Sues Ford Dealer After His Truck Ends up in ISIS' Hands
Robert Hall replied to ccap41's topic in The Lounge
Speaking of not leaving personal identifiable material with a car, I apparently left a registration paper in my '88 Bronco II when I traded in '00 on the Grand Cherokee...a couple months later, I got a phone call from a lady that was looking at it on a used car lot 30 miles away in a small town, asking about the mileage...I took a drive out there a week later, and sure enough, it was sitting on that lot. A couple years later, I was still seeing it running around town (it was a distinctive color combo and had specific dents that I put in it). -
At the time of that incident (4 years ago), this guy was 40...he had a small stroke and got shingles from the experience. I ran into him about a month ago (I'm on a gig w/ a different client in the same office tower), he's still with the same company, got a 'battlefield promotion' from that incident and no longer does death march projects. He's lost a lot of weight, after his second in-cube heart attack in a two-year period. When I worked a major bank, in a 6 month period 3 guys in my department of 25 people had heart attacks...1 fatal (was 32), and two recovered and got 'battlefield promotions'. I quit shortly after that, got tired of 65-76 hr weeks and driving nearly 60 miles a day round trip. Corporate life can really take it's toll. I'm taking daily 500mg of a prescription anti-depressant so I can sleep... Holy $h!, man. I've never been that stressed nor worked those hours in my corporate life.. It's still young though. The long hours are one of the reasons I've never aspired to go into management, and prefer contracting to FTE work..my current long term contract is pretty low stress, 40 hours week typically 4 9s and 4 hrs on Friday (40hr week), great rate and benes..
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Texas Plumber Sues Ford Dealer After His Truck Ends up in ISIS' Hands
Robert Hall replied to ccap41's topic in The Lounge
The dealer probably sent it to auction, one or more wholesalers bought/sold it and it ended up at a port somewhere in the Middle East, eventually ending up with an ISIS fleet buyer who wanted something larger/heavier duty than their Toyota Hilux fleet.. -
On the other hand, I've had no trouble getting Chevys at Columbus and Pittsburgh airports from Alamo/National this year...
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Texas Plumber Sues Ford Dealer After His Truck Ends up in ISIS' Hands
Robert Hall replied to ccap41's topic in The Lounge
Dude should have taken the signage off his truck before trading it... -
Nope, we're only getting the Infiniti QX30 apparently. Hmmm...well, small premium CUVs seem to be a growth niche, probably will sell better than the Q30 would.
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Cadillac News: Cadillac Faces A Conundrum With the Escalade
Robert Hall replied to William Maley's topic in Cadillac
Anecdotally, I do know of at least one example of BMW and Merc buyers that shopped Cadillac....friends in Denver that had a BMW X5 and Merc ML are now on their second Escalade after having kids... -
Anecdotally, the last time I was at a rental lot (Hertz #1 Club Gold, San Jose airport) a couple months ago, the selection seemed to tilt heavily in favor of Hyundai, Kia and Toyota....a couple years ago the same garage area seemed to have a lot of more Ford and Chrysler products.
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Definitely looks evolved from the G35 and G37 on the outside. Bland and generic inside. As far as entry level goes, Europe has the Q30 hatchback (FWD on the Merc A-class platform). I assume the US will get it or a sedan derivative...
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At the time of that incident (4 years ago), this guy was 40...he had a small stroke and got shingles from the experience. I ran into him about a month ago (I'm on a gig w/ a different client in the same office tower), he's still with the same company, got a 'battlefield promotion' from that incident and no longer does death march projects. He's lost a lot of weight, after his second in-cube heart attack in a two-year period. When I worked a major bank, in a 6 month period 3 guys in my department of 25 people had heart attacks...1 fatal (was 32), and two recovered and got 'battlefield promotions'. I quit shortly after that, got tired of 65-76 hr weeks and driving nearly 60 miles a day round trip. Corporate life can really take it's toll. I'm taking daily 500mg of a prescription anti-depressant so I can sleep...
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True dat. A few years ago on a death march project, the lead developer was downing at least 4-5 Monster drinks every morning and working 90-100 hrs a week...one day about 7 weeks in, he started bleeding from his nose and mouth in a meeting then passed out...ended getting carried out of the conference room on a stretcher by an ambulance team...
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Oddly, I never had those issues w/ 8....I upgraded to 10 from 8 on my current Toshiba laptop. Overall, I much prefer 10..it's way more stable (I used to have to take the battery out periodically to get Windows 8 to boot). The start menu is sort of back and much easier to use in normal mode (without the Metro tiles).
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I haven't had those issues, but persistent issues I've had w/ Win 10 include the volume icon and wifi icon dissapearing from the dockbar...Windows 10 did a huge update yesterday for me, w restarts it took about 45 min to install.
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Got a bit of nice cool weather here..was 75 a couple days ago, then 59 high yesterday and today's forecast is about the same..
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I do like where the new LaCrosse looks to be going...and like the Avenir concept. I think the 'quiet luxury' angle is a good way to differentiate themselves from Cadillac and the more 'flashy performance luxury' approach that the Germans focus on.
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He posted a pic of the car and a pic of the engine in an engine compartment of the same color. This guy presents himself on FB as a automotive know-it-all, but I think he's just another asshole. Supposedly has a large collection of vintage cars and is an heir to the Meijer store chain... I suppose a dealer could install a NOS or crate engine in a new car for one of their owners, but would a 3800 even fit in a Epsilon II?
