Robert Hall
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Those bridges remind me of one I walked across w/ some friends in 2000 over the Genesee River in Letchworth State Park in western New York. Beautiful place. The thing I can't get over in these pictures is how green it is... I guess I've gotten used to the arid West and forgotten how green it is in the East....
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Ok...is there any difference between the '08 or '07 or '06? I don't think I'd notice that one was an '08...
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Customer service / call center horror stories
Robert Hall replied to trinacriabob's topic in The Lounge
Not a horror story, but back in the late '90s I worked for MCI and was a developer of the system that routes incoming phone calls to specific phones in call centers..so when you called, you call was routed using my software.. -
Breaking news: I35 bridge collapses in Minnieapolis..
Robert Hall replied to Robert Hall's topic in The Lounge
Big country, lots of busy people...things like this (condition of infrastructure) are out of sight, out of mind for most people.. it seems like we have to have some big, highly visible w/ lots of media attention incident to occur to pay attention and realize it could happen anywhere.. On a small scale, it's the same way with cars...many (most?) drivers don't maintain their cars, they go along oblivious until a bald tire or no oil causes a problem.. -
Do you want to know how the bridges STAND or NOT in you state?
Robert Hall replied to Oracle of Delphi's topic in The Lounge
Surprising that Iowa has so many bridges...lots of rivers? I remember crossing the Mississippi when I drove I80 across Iowa, but that's all I noticed.. -
Breaking news: I35 bridge collapses in Minnieapolis..
Robert Hall replied to Robert Hall's topic in The Lounge
Wasn't resonance frequency why the Tacoma Narrows bridge went down years ago? Speaking of resonance frequency, I read a bit about problems with it as far as airplane parts vibrating together during the development of the 747 (Joe Sutter's book '747' is a great read, finished it the other day). -
Wierd wheels and tires on that Lincoln, but I love the style of the '60s Lincolns... the '60s Lincolns and one of those massive Mopars would make neat weekend cruise toys. (for myself, I need something late model for a daily driver).
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Breaking news: I35 bridge collapses in Minnieapolis..
Robert Hall replied to Robert Hall's topic in The Lounge
I wonder if current traffic volume had an affect on the bridge's structural integrity due to the weight, etc...I'm sure the volume today is much higher than it was when it was built (or was built to accomodate)... this is a problem I've seen with bridges and freeway overpasses, etc around here..the traffic volume today is much higher than when the roads were originally built. -
Interesting... I never realized Delaware was considered a southern state...always thought of it as an east coast state, like New Jersey..
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Breaking news: I35 bridge collapses in Minnieapolis..
Robert Hall replied to Robert Hall's topic in The Lounge
That editorial seems right on the money...spending on infrastructure in this country has been ignored for a long time, while money has been wasted on nonsense like Iraq, new stadiums, etc...the article seemed pretty balanced...both political parties are to blame for ignoring infrastructure investments (this is true nation wide). -
Looks like the old GM model is still alive..overlapping models that result in each brand competing with each other...brilliant.
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On CNN now.. http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1338294.html
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The staples went THROUGH the steel roof?? Powerful gun...
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Interesting...the Trueno/AE86 was sold in the US in the early '80s as a Corolla, IIRC? I know there is a whole subculture of fandom around them, largely due to the Initial D anime.. (I saw the Initial D movie, fun flick).
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Hmmm... I'd be down with this, as long as we can split it up into the 'The United States of Canada' (Canada + blue states) and 'Jesusland' (red states) ala some maps I saw after the '04 election..
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It's certainly nicer than GM's tired FWD rentals...
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I seem to recall somewhere reading that the '63-65 Riv was on a shorted B-body (it had the wierd X-frame like Chevy and Buick B's, didn't it?)
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Interesting trivia..
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I'm sure...when I was in Italy, I drove a Merc A-class diesel one trip, a Vectra diesel another trip...my Grand Cherokee felt huge when I came home...(the Grand Cherokees I saw in Rome looked huge, compared to the tiny Fiats, etc).
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That's funny...my buddy George that drives a G35 coupe kind of fits that description...a Canadian of Greek ethnicity, thinning hair in a buzzcut, wears gold chains and fancy shades, goatee, open collared shiny shirts (not tucked in)... used to run a restaurant in Saskatchewan but is now a software project manager.
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Welcome back..try and rest for a few days... I always find the jet lag to be brutal when coming back from Europe (I always end up flying London to Denver or London to Phoenix and getting in on a Sunday evening, and back to work the next day...next time, I'm going to take a couple days off before going back to work to recover).
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It's going to come up short, though, if shoppers compare a 4cyl auto Malibu against the competition....
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Interesting....I thought Alpha was a rumoured RWD platform...so now it's FWD? The Excelle's platform sounds more like a Delta II from the description...
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It's not insane if they pay for themselves... besides, wouldn't Alpha be too big for a compact 2 seater?
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I'd consider the Ridgeline.. I normally don't like trucks, but the Ridgeline is different enough to be interesting (if Chrysler would offer a version of the Grand Cherokee with a bed like that, I'd be interested). No way I'd drive a Kia, though.
