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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: Timothy on January 19, 2021, 04:48:01 PM
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Ever have a day where are you just wanna take the cell phones out of the peoples hands talking on them while they’re driving and figure out a way to shove them so far up their asses they will never find them again?
Discuss..,
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Every single time I leave the yard.
I definitely have a strong opinion against distracted driving...and cell phones top the list.
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Let's add to that those who use them at the mall/store/football game/movies/etc.
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Let's add to that those who use them at the mall/store/football game/movies/etc.
Yep.
I told someone a while ago after sitting and watching mall shoppers that people walking around with phones in front of their faces were the true zombie apocalypse.
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Spent the day in downtown Boston wishing I had on of those dart guns George Carlin talked about...some jerk cuts ya off, shoot his bumper with a suction cup dart!
When the jerk gets ten darts, the cops give ‘em a ticket for being an asshole!
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Spent the day in downtown Boston wishing I had on of those dart guns George Carlin talked about...some jerk cuts ya off, shoot his bumper with a suction cup dart!
When the jerk gets ten darts, the cops give ‘em a ticket for being an asshole!
I don't think I ever heard that one before but I like it. The guy slightly ahead of me and one lane to the left was hit broadside by a woman on a cellphone who thought she had a green light. I t probably was green the last time she looked up from her phone, but the light changed and we were going through the intersection.
P.S. I heard some comedian ask, why do people from Boston all sound like they have Down's Syndrome? I thought it was unfair to people with Down's Syndrome to compare them to people from Bahston.
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Ever have a day where are you just wanna take the cell phones out of the peoples hands talking on them while they’re driving and figure out a way to shove them so far up their asses they will never find them again?
Discuss..,
Frequently.
Crosswalks are usually involved.
How about reading a news paper ?
Applying make up ?
My favorite was changing clothes, somebody had fun THAT night judging by the undies.
( I can't spell langerie, don't judge me. ;D )
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Frequently.
Crosswalks are usually involved.
How about reading a news paper ?
Applying make up ?
My favorite was changing clothes, somebody had fun THAT night judging by the undies.
( I can't spell langerie, don't judge me. ;D )
How 'bout the woman that got arrested for shaving her privates while driving down the road in Florida years ago.
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Both of my cars will pair both of my cellphones by just bringing them inside the vehicle. You can then call hands off with voice activation. My wife keeps hers in her purse, so it "automatically" goes wherever she does. I never take mine with me around town. Only if I'm going on a trip out of town. At home I only use my landline.
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I use to spend at least 10 hours a day on the phone. I don't miss it at all.
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Spent another day avoiding European motor vehicles again in Boston! All set for a few months I hope!
Is it a requirement that Audi, BMW, Porsche, and Mercedes drivers be brain dead or just coincidental?
Update: I cannot forget the douche bags driving the Infinity, Lexus and other assorted Japanese crap..my bad!
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Bitch all you want.
But don't forget, unlike Ford the "Japanese crap" is American made.
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Thanks, I appreciate your permission to bitch!
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Bitch all you want.
But don't forget, unlike Ford the "Japanese crap" is American made.
Yep.
My current truck is the first Japanese vehicle I've ever owned. It was built in San Antonio, TX.
I've been a GM man my whole life and other than my first car that was gifted to me, GM vehicles are all I ever owned until 2019.
I do still have my 2003 Silverado that I bought new and it's rolling along at over 240k miles. It does need new rear gears but that's about it. It was built in in GM's Louisiana plant.
My last GM truck was a 2013 Chevy Silverado Z71 crew-cab. It was built in Mexico. At 120k miles the engine took a dump while were on vacation camping 180 miles from home. After some research, I found the main reason for the engine problem was due to an issue or two that GM had known about since they changed designs on the 5.3 in 2007 but refused to issue recalls (because of the overwhelming cost to correct the issue in so many vehicles....but they took the gubmint check though).
All I can say is until GM stops using that silly-assed AFM crap in the valve-train to try and save a mile per gallon, I'll never buy a gas GM truck again. If I wanted a 4 cylinder truck instead of a V8, I'd buy one.
Back on topic, Like BillT, our new truck is synced to our phones via blueteeth and connects as soon as it's started up if the blueteeth is turned on on the phone.
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I worked for GM as did my Pop!
Owned three, one new, two used! Two junk...my ‘64 Impala SS was cool and $125 bucks!
Last one Pop bought was a ‘63 wagon! From then on, all Ford!
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I like my 1990 f250. It has every option, and by today's standard its bare bones
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Had an Uncle that swept the floor at the Ford dealership in High School.
He retired as South East Regional Sales Manager for the parts division, MotorCraft ? Delco ? What ever.
Can't do that any more unless your damned lucky.
Read somewhere the average worker changes jobs a dozen times and complete new career at least once.
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My brother held two jobs. Six years Navy and 37 years at Electric Boat! I still have a few friends at EB from when I worked there in ‘82.
Damn rare these days for true!
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Had an Uncle that swept the floor at the Ford dealership in High School.
He retired as South East Regional Sales Manager for the parts division, MotorCraft ? Delco ? What ever.
Can't do that any more unless your damned lucky.
Read somewhere the average worker changes jobs a dozen times and complete new career at least once.
Our generation is the last generation to where long term service with a company was regarded as an asset. Today it is looked at as a financial liability. Long term employees get paid for more vacation time. And usually have more expensive, (read valuable), pension vesting, 401-K, or whatever. They also get paid for more sick days, etc.
So when they weigh it all out, they can hire 2 peons off the street, for what they could one long term employee. They're glad to see you go after 4 or 5 years. Out with the old, in with the new. People have become their most renewable resource, pure and simple. There is no contract to expire. It ends when the door hits you in the ass. The sooner, the better. And healthcare, which used to be a gimme with most ANY full time job, is now becoming a payroll deduction.... If it's even available at all. If it is, most of the low end peons can't afford it, so they just go without it.
We have become a nation of insecure job hoppers as a direct result. No one gives a damn anymore. You see this reflected in product quality and service. Most of the time you're lucky if you call a modern company, and a human being answers the damn phone. All of this stinks on ice, because no one gives a shit about anything or anyone anymore. Right back to hooray for us, and F*#K you.
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Our generation is the last generation to where long term service with a company was regarded as an asset. Today it is looked at as a financial liability. Long term employees get paid for more vacation time. And usually have more expensive, (read valuable), pension vesting, 401-K, or whatever. They also get paid for more sick days, etc.
So when they weigh it all out, they can hire 2 peons off the street, for what they could one long term employee. They're glad to see you go after 4 or 5 years. Out with the old, in with the new. People have become their most renewable resource, pure and simple. There is no contract to expire. It ends when the door hits you in the ass. The sooner, the better. And healthcare, which used to be a gimme with most ANY full time job, is now becoming a payroll deduction.... If it's even available at all. If it is, most of the low end peons can't afford it, so they just go without it.
We have become a nation of insecure job hoppers as a direct result. No one gives a damn anymore. You see this reflected in product quality and service. Most of the time you're lucky if you call a modern company, and a human being answers the damn phone. All of this stinks on ice, because no one gives a shit about anything or anyone anymore. Right back to hooray for us, and F*#K you.
And we can thank the government for most of that. I remember in the late 90's the gov made a law that company insurance was required to provide psychological services and drug rehab (inc. alcohol). The total cost on our monthly bill went from ~865 to ~950. Then when Obamacare came in it jumped from ~1145 a month to ~1925 a month and that increase was immediate a year before it kicked in. That was for a family of five. Now for two I'm paying out of pocket $1900 a month with a huge deductible, restricted services, etc.
There is some culpability to those who had the insurance. When someone else pays who out there do you know really challenges the charges? With sick children we were aghast to see $10 charges for a tylenol and $10 for a diaper along with $75 to $100 for the chicken poo water dispenser and plastic cups they "give" you. We started bringing our own.
And then there is the greed factor that was enhanced, at least in Louisiana where we lived then, by the government in the 80's. Under Gov. Edwards last fling in office hospitals were allowed to be for profit. It had not been that way in that state prior to the change in the law.
I'll never forget under Reagan when Ed Meese led the charge to define retirement funds as owned by the companies sponsoring them...not the employees. My Gulf Oil retirement was sucked up by Chevron and instead of getting...or around $800 a month for 10 years of service at age 55 at age 65 it's $212 a month from Chevron.
Write this one down. Janet Yellen the new Treasury Secretary said the US dollar value should be market based. Here's the reason, the politicians get to blame the future dollar inflation and collapse on bankers and Wall Street...the Dodd-Frank bill did the same thing.
And remember this also, Janet's speeches in the last week or so included two things. Using accounting doublespeak parsed in political terms she confirmed the Biden administrations has thrown in the towel on the debt. She also confirmed that the debt is going to increase. So by the end of the year we'll see inflation....perhaps hyper-inflation. If you hold a loan then you should call it as soon as you can. If you have cash...well, buy something that will retain value and have some liquidity. If you are buying a house....do it quick and lock in a 30 year and don't be an idiot and get an adjustable rate loan. If you currently have an adjustable rate loan dump it for a fixed loan right away.
Despite their best efforts, our economy has not crashed yet and Wall Street is still foolishly hopeful (well, they did support Biden...they are in denial). The economy will suffer with the weight of new regulations and taxes we are promised. Not only personal taxes, but corporate taxes will increase and those corporate taxes will be paid by an increased cost on the goods you and I purchase...just like always. For he new personal taxes, also expect a huge new round of fees. The leftists are setting up fees on banking and stock transactions. Every time you cash a check you pay a fee, when you make a deposit you pay an additional fee, when you make a withdrawal you pay a feed and when you buy or sell a share of stock...you pay a fee.
If you own an AR15 or other "assault weapon" expect to pay a tax just like you would for a silencer, SBR or a machine gun. Oh yeah, that is in the works too. And huge tax increases on ammo and guns.
Also, watch for new taxes on 401k's and IRA's. Those are what is called by the government "qualified funds" so the gov thinks they own that. I would only put money in a 401K if it had a corresponding match from your employer...otherwise no. I am hoping the taxes they raise this year are not retroactive for qualified funds (they will be for other things) so I can dispose of the qualified funds I have. If you have a child with an IRA/401k buying a first time house that there is $10k they can withdraw paying only the tax and not a 10% penalty (Roth excluded) and they should do that this year to get that 30 year fixed rate.
I am hoping this is just normal liberal stupidity but I am afraid it is more than that. It appears thought through...which would be total communist/totalitarian plans to absolutely crash the economy and cause a crisis. Government's are toppled during such crisis. We may lose our Constitution.
There is no firewall. They have the administration and congress. The Supreme Court will fold like a cheap deck of cards. We are entering a time at least as dangerous as WWII for our republic.
Good fortune to you all.....
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WW II never endangered the US.
Democrats can't say that.
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Rastus touched on many raw nerves in my body, and Tom made a great follow up point. As I reflect on what happened on the 6th, and listen to people from all sides rant on it, one thing is missing. I don't hear any serious conversation on what really drove this. Nobody is talking about the responsiveness of our government to the wishes and will of its citizens. Oh, sure, when it was BLM last year, and when it was the protests over the 1%er's before that, we heard how the government needed to act to benefit the people. But, today nobody is recognizing the symbolism of the citizenship storming the government with demands.
As we slide down this slippery slope, and as we pick up speed with the new Administration that is not blind to, but ignoring half the legal nation, it is time to remember the phrase: Those who don't remember, know and understand history are doomed to relive it. The British are in power (I use the term power, because I don't believe they ran for and took office to serve us), and they are going to tax and restrict us to mold the society they demand. For the last four years we heard and read the hate addressing "King Trump." Well folks, I fear King Biden and his puppetmasters far more than Pres. DJT.
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I for one have stopped giving a shit for at least half the population and nearly 100 percent of the population between 18-40 years old!
As I’ve already stated, I served a country that no longer serves me!
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Just f....k stop already.
Quit whining already.
If you( Conservatives) really gave a shit there would be a shit load more bodies.
Just a bunch of sniveling cry babies.
"It's not fair" WAAAH.
You had your chance and you (conservatives) had empty chamber's like the posuer phonies you are.
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Just f....k stop already.
Quit whining already.
If you( Conservatives) really gave a shit there would be a shit load more bodies.
Just a bunch of sniveling cry babies.
"It's not fair" WAAAH.
You had your chance and you (conservatives) had empty chamber's like the posuer phonies you are.
As much as I hate to say it Tom, the more I hear you talk like this, the more sense you make. It's really starting to piss me off when I hear these so called "conservatives", start making excuses for what happened on the 6th. Much like the only problem that happened at Kent State in 1970, was the National Guardsmen should have been shooting the professors, and not the students. The only problem at the Capitol is they forgot the gasoline.
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<snip>when I hear these so called "conservatives", start making excuses<snip>.
Well maybe these "conservatives" constituents will take primaries seriously now. McConnell, Graham, Lankford, Romney, Murkowski, Collins, Wicker, Blunt, Kevin McCarthy of the lower house, etc.
Oh wait. November 2020 established that there shall be elections based upon the Soviet, Chinese and Venezuelan models....dumping RINO's is just a self delusion...pardon me.
EDIT: In the "you can't make this stuff up category" Jeff Bezos's Amazon demands in person voting to determine if some of their Alabama workers will unionize because of the potential of fraud with mail in votes.
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/amazon-demands-person-union-vote-after-arguing-mail-ballots-raise-risk-fraud (https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/amazon-demands-person-union-vote-after-arguing-mail-ballots-raise-risk-fraud)
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I used to ask "How stupid can they get?"
I don't ask any more, I don't like the answers I've been getting.
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I used to ask "How stupid can they get?"
I don't ask any more, I don't like the answers I've been getting.
I don't mind the answers. It is the demonstration to prove their point I can't take.
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I don't mind the answers. It is the demonstration to prove their point I can't take.
I believe it was Ronald Reagan who said: "Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so."
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Yes, Ronnie did say that.
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I believe it was Ronald Reagan who said: "Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so."
Today we call it, "confirmation bias". I have a friend who literally closes his eyes and tightens his whole boddy when I point out the WHO guidelines for viral infections states that masks are of negligible use. I like him & don't want to risk a cardiological event, so I don't point out the Alachua Chronicle report or the recent UK study. Might be too much for his system to handle.
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I used to ask "How stupid can they get?"
I don't ask any more, I don't like the answers I've been getting.
Tom, it's not even the answers... It's that so many of them take it as a challenge.
Crusader Rabbit
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Every time I think people can not get any dumber, some one proves me wrong. The funny thing its almost always a highly educated ( or at least they should be) person.
Got a phone call from my former foreman( he is the only person from the company I will talk too, retired seal, type a go getter, etc). They are dealing with water damage now, where a doctor was trying to hang a heavy mirror using lag screws. He hit a nail plate. Instead of going" oh hard metal, I should go some place else" he pull out a drill, drill a hole in the nail plate and screwed right into his bathroom water line.
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Tom, it's not even the answers... It's that so many of them take it as a challenge.
Crusader Rabbit
That's exactly the answer I'm not liking .
I used to know this guy, circumstances had us hanging out for years.
Every time I have mentioned his name out loud he'd show up like the damned Candy man.
I don't say that name any more.
"How stupid can they get" has made that list.