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abacomike

I still enjoy the old “Columbo” series with Peter Falk.  They show the series on several cable channels every week.

My favorite shows are “Madam Secretary” and “Blue Bloods”.

cdnpinhead

berri said:

Heck, I remember Maynard G. Krebs on Dobie Gillis back from the beatnik era

Surely you jest.

snakeweasel

driver100 said:

Yeah. What's so interesting about a couch that just sits there and a lamp that ain't got a match? jmonroe

Yah, it would be a better story if he got chased around the couch. I think the moral of the story was, "Some stores put very high artificial prices on some items - like $225 for a lamp, so that they can advertise deep discounts.......like $200 off a $225 item".

Not sure if the lamp was worth $220.00 but I guarantee you they sold it at a sizable loss.

snakeweasel

bwia said:

So there was a BIG reason for the Edmunds sign-up change. This morning I received a sales promotion email from Edmunds with suggestions for Labor Day vehicle purchases; two SUVs, two sedans and two trucks with savings of 30% off. It was inevitable, the opportunity to monetize our participation in these forums was too tempting to overlook. Alas, there are no more sacred cows.

I got one too not soon after the change, went to the bottom clicked on the unsubscribe link and that was the end of those. 

But let's be honest they already had our email addresses, they didn't need the change to do it.

snakeweasel

tjc78 said:

I get at least 100 SPAM emails a day on my personal email account .... just another one to delete.  

Heck even my work account gets some because I’ve had to buy things for the office on commercial websites. 

I started to get a lot of spam at work and it's not because of any communication I have. A lot of company use certain name combinations for employees email addresses. Such as John Smith would have an email address of jsmith@company.com. Once someone knows your name and the company you work for your email address has something like a 98% chance of being one of a very few addresses. So if your real name and place of employment is out there someone is figuring out your email address.

snakeweasel

jmonroe said:

This has to be an age thing because I used to like going to the movies but then again I don't remember them trying to insult me very much. Even when watching the 007, Matt Helm and the In Like Flint movies. jmonroe

I remember watching those movies with my dad and having him point out the inaccuracies in them.

BTW just how many STD's does James Bond have?

thebean

Attn mods - clean up on aisle 4, I suspect.

https://forums.edmunds.com/discussion/52332/general/x/keep-your-car-smell-good#latest

Mr_Shiftright

thebean said:

Attn mods - clean up on aisle 4, I suspect.

https://forums.edmunds.com/discussion/52332/general/x/keep-your-car-smell-good#latest

"the bean, this is mod...acknowledge...mod unit on the way to check out the perp... stand by...."

bwia

What is the downside to listing a house below market to generate multiple offers and a bidding war?

I was watching the Property Brothers who bid $200k over asking with no conditions. The seller accepted but what the Property Brothers didn't realize is that the entire house was covered with asbestos.  Good outcome for the seller but not so much for the buyer.

And as to the Property Brothers, shouldn't they have anticipated a pre 1970s home would require asbestos remidiation and bid accordingly?

tjc78

snakeweasel said:

tjc78 said:

I get at least 100 SPAM emails a day on my personal email account .... just another one to delete.  

Heck even my work account gets some because I’ve had to buy things for the office on commercial websites. 

I started to get a lot of spam at work and it's not because of any communication I have. A lot of company use certain name combinations for employees email addresses. Such as John Smith would have an email address of jsmith@company.com. Once someone knows your name and the company you work for your email address has something like a 98% chance of being one of a very few addresses. So if your real name and place of employment is out there someone is figuring out your email address.

Agreed. Also too, if some knucklehead signs up for something like “Zoom Info” your entire company’s address book can be swiped.   If you Google anyone in our company their name and title comes up on their site.   

snakeweasel

jmonroe1 said:

I had an abaco experience at the local post office. I dropped in a couple of bills and was going to get stamps out of the self-service mailing machine. I had noticed a man who walked out as I parked had carried out a small tripod like device. I thought, Hmmmm, odd that he's bring out things. Usually people take them in, use a box, tape or stick it closed and ship it. He came back into the small lobby with a rifle case. I looked and was debating running for the door. I had unlocked the car with my remote. Usually people don't go postal with only another customer in the post office however. He laid the case down and started unzipping it. He said something to the effect of would it bother you if I opened it and took a rifle out? I noticed there _was_ a rifle inside! I was ready at this point for Depends... He explained he weighed his competition rifle on the post office scale. The rifle has be under a certain weight. I suggested he should just go ahead on the scale where I needed to use the computer to purchase stamps. I'd buy stamps some other day or other week! and I headed for the door. I didn't even get to check our box for mail. As I left he was trying to figure out how to stand the rifle on the 12 in x 12 in square scale plate. Little old ladies pinching tomatoes in the grocery aren't nearly as scary.

I'll watch the news tonight to see if he did anything. Toronto is having a bad year for murders this year....almost 90 so far. Chicago, slightly smaller has almost 900.

Geezers, 900 !! Is there anyone still standing in that town? Has anyone heard from @Snake lately? jmonroe

I am in the distant southwest burbs. FWIW 90% of the killings in Chicago happen in 10% of the neighborhoods.

snakeweasel

bwia said:

What is the downside to listing a house below market to generate multiple offers and a bidding war?

I was watching the Property Brothers who bid $200k over asking with no conditions. The seller accepted but what the Property Brothers didn't realize is that the entire house was covered with asbestos.  Good outcome for the seller but not so much for the buyer.

And as to the Property Brothers, shouldn't they have anticipated a pre 1970s home would require asbestos remidiation and bid accordingly?

Wouldn't you think their offer would be conditional to passing an inspection?

thebean

bwia said:

What is the downside to listing a house below market to generate multiple offers and a bidding war?

I was watching the Property Brothers who bid $200k over asking with no conditions. The seller accepted but what the Property Brothers didn't realize is that the entire house was covered with asbestos.  Good outcome for the seller but not so much for the buyer.

And as to the Property Brothers, shouldn't they have anticipated a pre 1970s home would require asbestos remidiation and bid accordingly?

I think a lot of stuff on those types of shows is made up stuff done for drama. They had to know about the asbestos issue, and as @snakeweasel said above, an inspection would have been part of the contract, as is customary. I think these home shows tell the people to be extra annoying, and to want the world in a house for little money. My wife watches these, and even she says they are mostly fiction. Reality is boring, and no one would watch if they didn't spice it up with fiction.

driver100

abacomike said:

driver100 said:

jmonroe said:

ab348 said:

driver100 said:

I had Ozark on my list....a friend who knows every program recommended it. But, when you said "I couldn’t keep count of the bodies" I lost interest.

Likewise. That seems the case for many/most of these cable channel and online scripted series nowadays. People seem to have an unlimited appetite for blood, gore, violence and misery. I don't get it.

I haven't seen it myself, but a friend is absolutely ga-ga over the series "Billions".

You left out cars jumping over other cars and sometimes school buses and yet they continue to out run the car that is chasing it or it is gaining on the car it is chasing. Way too much fairy tale stuff for me. And if you go to the movies to see these flicks, once you are turned off and don't want to be insulted anymore, it's way too loud to fall asleep and people wonder why I watch black and white reruns of Perry Mason on MeTV. I couldn't tell you the last time I watched a show on the major networks and just about everything I watch today is put on the DVR first, so I don't have to watch commercials, even the nightly news.

This has to be an age thing because I used to like going to the movies but then again I don't remember them trying to insult me very much. Even when watching the 007, Matt Helm and the In Like Flint movies.

jmonroe

What you got there, a Motorola works in a drawer?

I like old Parry Mason's too. And I like Murder She Wrote but Jessica's relatives are all getting knocked off....I think she must be the killer.

There is some fantastic stuff on Netflix, but, car chases, shoot em ups, digital readouts on bombs going off - doesn't do it for me anymore. Has to have real people in possible situations, and have some cleverness to it. SUITS has it, especially the cleverness.

I’ve been watching “Suits” for many years now.  I stopped watching the series because it has gotten very boring compared to a couple of years ago.

I hit 'like" instead of quote. Can I take it back. I admit, "Suits" hit it's stride around season 5 or 6, but still, it is exceptional and I would say 90% of the people who watch it like it a lot. (then again, I guess if they watch it they would like it. Put it this way, of the people we recommended it to, 99% have said they really like it).

driver100

abacomike said:

Just got a call from my cleaning lady - yes she works all holidays except for Thanksgiving and Christmas.  It’s so bad out with rain and surface flooding that she canceled my appointment for later this morning.  Some kind of tropical storm across the peninsula is dumping torrents of rain on us.

So, I won’t have to straighten up my condo until tomorrow.  I always “clean” the place up so she doesn’t think I am living in a pig sty! 

Saw that storm...just hitting the tip if Florida more on the West side of the tip, then heading up to Fort Myers and then up the Gulf towards the western part of the panhandle.

I find the most accurate way to find weather is radar weather on the Weather Network. It shows the clouds and the time they will reach you.

RADAR WEATHER - NEWS NETWORK

driver100

snakeweasel said:

jmonroe1 said:

driver100 said:

imidazol97 said:

I had an abaco experience at the local post office. I dropped in a couple of bills and was going to get stamps out of the self-service mailing machine. I had noticed a man who walked out as I parked had carried out a small tripod like device. I thought, Hmmmm, odd that he's bring out things. Usually people take them in, use a box, tape or stick it closed and ship it.

He came back into the small lobby with a rifle case. I looked and was debating running for the door. I had unlocked the car with my remote.

Usually people don't go postal with only another customer in the post office however. He laid the case down and started unzipping it. He said something to the effect of would it bother you if I opened it and took a rifle out?

I noticed there _was_ a rifle inside! I was ready at this point for Depends...

He explained he weighed his competition rifle on the post office scale. The rifle has be under a certain weight. I suggested he should just go ahead on the scale where I needed to use the computer to purchase stamps. I'd buy stamps some other day or other week! and I headed for the door. I didn't even get to check our box for mail.

As I left he was trying to figure out how to stand the rifle on the 12 in x 12 in square scale plate.

Little old ladies pinching tomatoes in the grocery aren't nearly as scary.

I'll watch the news tonight to see if he did anything.

Toronto is having a bad year for murders this year....almost 90 so far. Chicago, slightly smaller has almost 900.

Geezers, 900 !! Is there anyone still standing in that town? Has anyone heard from @Snake lately?

jmonroe

I am in the distant southwest burbs. FWIW 90% of the killings in Chicago happen in 10% of the neighborhoods.

Same with Toronto and same with Tampa.
I think it is the 80% - 20% rule. Most things are that way, 20% of the items in a store generate 80% of the profit. In this case, 20% of the area of a city, generates 80% of the murders.

driver100

snakeweasel said:

bwia said:

What is the downside to listing a house below market to generate multiple offers and a bidding war?

I was watching the Property Brothers who bid $200k over asking with no conditions. The seller accepted but what the Property Brothers didn't realize is that the entire house was covered with asbestos.  Good outcome for the seller but not so much for the buyer.

And as to the Property Brothers, shouldn't they have anticipated a pre 1970s home would require asbestos remidiation and bid accordingly?

Wouldn't you think their offer would be conditional to passing an inspection?

And, don't you have to disclose that?

driver100

thebean said:

bwia said:

What is the downside to listing a house below market to generate multiple offers and a bidding war?

I was watching the Property Brothers who bid $200k over asking with no conditions. The seller accepted but what the Property Brothers didn't realize is that the entire house was covered with asbestos.  Good outcome for the seller but not so much for the buyer.

And as to the Property Brothers, shouldn't they have anticipated a pre 1970s home would require asbestos remidiation and bid accordingly?

I think a lot of stuff on those types of shows is made up stuff done for drama. They had to know about the asbestos issue, and as @snakeweasel said above, an inspection would have been part of the contract, as is customary. I think these home shows tell the people to be extra annoying, and to want the world in a house for little money. My wife watches these, and even she says they are mostly fiction. Reality is boring, and no one would watch if they didn't spice it up with fiction.

I sometimes watch those shows when I am exercising....doesn't require a lot of thinking or concentration. In every show they always hit some big unexpected snag....usually something they should have known about before remodeling the place. Like a wall ready to collapse, or termites, or a support beam right where they wanted to make it open.

qbrozen

driver100 said:

What is the downside to listing a house below market to generate multiple offers and a bidding war?

I was watching the Property Brothers who bid $200k over asking with no conditions. The seller accepted but what the Property Brothers didn't realize is that the entire house was covered with asbestos.  Good outcome for the seller but not so much for the buyer.

And as to the Property Brothers, shouldn't they have anticipated a pre 1970s home would require asbestos remidiation and bid accordingly?

I think a lot of stuff on those types of shows is made up stuff done for drama. They had to know about the asbestos issue, and as @snakeweasel said above, an inspection would have been part of the contract, as is customary. I think these home shows tell the people to be extra annoying, and to want the world in a house for little money. My wife watches these, and even she says they are mostly fiction. Reality is boring, and no one would watch if they didn't spice it up with fiction.

I sometimes watch those shows when I am exercising....doesn't require a lot of thinking or concentration. In every show they always hit some big unexpected snag....usually something they should have known about before remodeling the place. Like a wall ready to collapse, or termites, or a support beam right where they wanted to make it open.

I have only seen shows like that in doctor waiting rooms, but you reminded me of one that was on in my son's doc's waiting area a few weeks ago. They started tearing out a bathroom that had a tiled stall shower and they stopped and made a big deal out of the dividing wall having pipes in it. Really? If pipes in a shower surprise you, do you also think light bulbs are black magic? Maybe you shouldn't be remodeling a home but rather living in "a home."

isellhondas

ab348 said:

Saw this lovely Lacrosse parked on a dealer lot today. Hope it isn’t a trade-in. 

Vinyl top and everything! I'm surprised it doesn't have a Gold Kit!

ab348

isellhondas said:

Vinyl top and everything! I'm surprised it doesn't have a Gold Kit!

Oh, trust me, it did. You can see part of it on the grille emblem. 

snakeweasel

qbrozen said:

driver100 said:

What is the downside to listing a house below market to generate multiple offers and a bidding war?

I was watching the Property Brothers who bid $200k over asking with no conditions. The seller accepted but what the Property Brothers didn't realize is that the entire house was covered with asbestos.  Good outcome for the seller but not so much for the buyer.

And as to the Property Brothers, shouldn't they have anticipated a pre 1970s home would require asbestos remidiation and bid accordingly?

I think a lot of stuff on those types of shows is made up stuff done for drama. They had to know about the asbestos issue, and as @snakeweasel said above, an inspection would have been part of the contract, as is customary. I think these home shows tell the people to be extra annoying, and to want the world in a house for little money. My wife watches these, and even she says they are mostly fiction. Reality is boring, and no one would watch if they didn't spice it up with fiction.

I sometimes watch those shows when I am exercising....doesn't require a lot of thinking or concentration. In every show they always hit some big unexpected snag....usually something they should have known about before remodeling the place. Like a wall ready to collapse, or termites, or a support beam right where they wanted to make it open.

I have only seen shows like that in doctor waiting rooms, but you reminded me of one that was on in my son's doc's waiting area a few weeks ago. They started tearing out a bathroom that had a tiled stall shower and they stopped and made a big deal out of the dividing wall having pipes in it. Really? If pipes in a shower surprise you, do you also think light bulbs are black magic? Maybe you shouldn't be remodeling a home but rather living in "a home."

my wife likes those shows a lot so I see them a lot. They seem to follow the same pattern where they get the house, find something wrong then find a fix for it. 

driver100

ab348 said:

isellhondas said:

ab348 said:

Vinyl top and everything! I'm surprised it doesn't have a Gold Kit!

GOLD KIT

Oh, trust me, it did. You can see part of it on the grille emblem.

 

And the small emblem on the rear quarter pillar - part of the lovely vinyl roof.
It would look even better with one of those fake convertible roofs.....that they put on a 4 door car!

explorerx4

Just finished the book, Disrupted.
It's chronology about a guy in his 50's trying to fit in at a start up company.
Lot's of funny stuff, although has a dark turn towards the end.
I remember reading about it, although at the time I didn't know it was going to be this book.
Also, you need to check out the company's stock price and P/E ratio when you are done with the book.
Kind of shocking.

oldfarmer50

iluvmysephia1 said:

As the clock slowly counts down to one year from now, that's when I start drawing my Boeing pension while I keep working, saving the monthly pension payouts for a year so we can buy our car in cash, I am disappointed that I can't find a 2017-18 Nissan Sentra SR Turbo 6-speed for anything lower than $15,000.

The more I compare the Nissan to the Ford, the better the 2013 Ford Focus ST turbo 252 hp looks ta me. $12,500 for that car with 51,500 miles on it. I've thoroughly researched it - that price is unbelievable. Similarly- miled rigs are selling for $17,500. I think they call deals like this one "priced to sell."

Sounds too good to be true.

oldfarmer50

iluvmysephia1 said:

Meggy May, our Chow Chow, seems to like the deal, too.

Dog approved? Maybe better to buy a Subaru.

henryn

I do admire the way Subaru supports animal rescue organizations. Not enough to make me buy one (I have zero need for 4WD), but I do appreciate it and wish more companies would follow their example.

oldfarmer50

ab348 said:

Saw this lovely Lacrosse parked on a dealer lot today. Hope it isn’t a trade-in. 

Why do they still put those things on cars? My BIL bought an Altima with a roof years ago. He got a good year end deal because it was unsaleable. Are dealers so desperate to build in extra profit that they will risk a car sitting 6 months or more on the chance some sucker will pay an extra couple of thousand for an option that ruins the car?

oldfarmer50

imidazol97 said:

I had an abaco experience at the local post office. I dropped in a couple of bills and was going to get stamps out of the self-service mailing machine. I had noticed a man who walked out as I parked had carried out a small tripod like device. I thought, Hmmmm, odd that he's bring out things. Usually people take them in, use a box, tape or stick it closed and ship it.

He came back into the small lobby with a rifle case. I looked and was debating running for the door. I had unlocked the car with my remote.

Usually people don't go postal with only another customer in the post office however. He laid the case down and started unzipping it. He said something to the effect of would it bother you if I opened it and took a rifle out?

I noticed there _was_ a rifle inside! I was ready at this point for Depends...

He explained he weighed his competition rifle on the post office scale. The rifle has be under a certain weight. I suggested he should just go ahead on the scale where I needed to use the computer to purchase stamps. I'd buy stamps some other day or other week! and I headed for the door. I didn't even get to check our box for mail.

As I left he was trying to figure out how to stand the rifle on the 12 in x 12 in square scale plate.

Little old ladies pinching tomatoes in the grocery aren't nearly as scary.

I had a positive little old lady story yesterday. Went to Paneras to get by breakfast sa dwich and as usual i get stuck behind an old woman buying begals one at a time. "And I'll have a poppy seed fkr uncle Joe and I'll have ..." you get the idea.

So after waiting behind her for forever they tell her the bill is $23.48 and she says "but $23 is all I have" and starts begging for a senior discount. This was all I could take and took out two quarters and placed them on the counter without saying anything. Suddenly I was her hero. All I wanted was to get my breakfast but I was her "fairy godfather".

Not sure how to take that but glad I could make some woman's day for 50 cents.

ab348

driver100 said:

It would look even better with one of those fake convertible roofs.....that they put on a 4 door car!

I think that's what it has. Look at the fake snaps for the boot cover on the chrome trim at the base of the C-pillar.

oldfarmer50

Just wondering how you edit posts under this new system. I noticed some typos and there is no edit button any more. Where did they move it?

Mr_Shiftright

driver100 said:

ab348 said:

isellhondas said:

ab348 said:

Vinyl top and everything! I'm surprised it doesn't have a Gold Kit!

GOLD KIT

Oh, trust me, it did. You can see part of it on the grille emblem.

 

And the small emblem on the rear quarter pillar - part of the lovely vinyl roof.
It would look even better with one of those fake convertible roofs.....that they put on a 4 door car!

The Full Punta Gorda Package!

explorerx4

I posted a few hours ago and can still see the gear/sprocket in the upper right.
Of course, I did pay my dues for this month on time.

jmonroe1

oldfarmer50 said:

imidazol97 said:

I had an abaco experience at the local post office. I dropped in a couple of bills and was going to get stamps out of the self-service mailing machine. I had noticed a man who walked out as I parked had carried out a small tripod like device. I thought, Hmmmm, odd that he's bring out things. Usually people take them in, use a box, tape or stick it closed and ship it.

He came back into the small lobby with a rifle case. I looked and was debating running for the door. I had unlocked the car with my remote.

Usually people don't go postal with only another customer in the post office however. He laid the case down and started unzipping it. He said something to the effect of would it bother you if I opened it and took a rifle out?

I noticed there _was_ a rifle inside! I was ready at this point for Depends...

He explained he weighed his competition rifle on the post office scale. The rifle has be under a certain weight. I suggested he should just go ahead on the scale where I needed to use the computer to purchase stamps. I'd buy stamps some other day or other week! and I headed for the door. I didn't even get to check our box for mail.

As I left he was trying to figure out how to stand the rifle on the 12 in x 12 in square scale plate.

Little old ladies pinching tomatoes in the grocery aren't nearly as scary.

I had a positive little old lady story yesterday. Went to Paneras to get by breakfast sa dwich and as usual i get stuck behind an old woman buying begals one at a time. "And I'll have a poppy seed fkr uncle Joe and I'll have ..." you get the idea.

So after waiting behind her for forever they tell her the bill is $23.48 and she says "but $23 is all I have" and starts begging for a senior discount. This was all I could take and took out two quarters and placed them on the counter without saying anything. Suddenly I was her hero. All I wanted was to get my breakfast but I was her "fairy godfather".

Not sure how to take that but glad I could make some woman's day for 50 cents.

That would never happen to me because I don't like Paneras. I think they are over priced and I particularly don't like their bagels. As for the little old lady, I can't believe you let her con you like that. That's one of the oldest con schemes going. If you don't believe me get behind her again.

jmonroe

driver100

ab348 said:

driver100 said:

It would look even better with one of those fake convertible roofs.....that they put on a 4 door car!

I think that's what it has. Look at the fake snaps for the boot cover on the chrome trim at the base of the C-pillar.

Possible, but usually the fake convertibles have ridges and ripples built into the roof too. I think the molding around the rear roof could be used on a convertible. or on the fake landau type of roof.

driver100

jmonroe1 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

imidazol97 said:

I had an abaco experience at the local post office. I dropped in a couple of bills and was going to get stamps out of the self-service mailing machine. I had noticed a man who walked out as I parked had carried out a small tripod like device. I thought, Hmmmm, odd that he's bring out things. Usually people take them in, use a box, tape or stick it closed and ship it.

He came back into the small lobby with a rifle case. I looked and was debating running for the door. I had unlocked the car with my remote.

Usually people don't go postal with only another customer in the post office however. He laid the case down and started unzipping it. He said something to the effect of would it bother you if I opened it and took a rifle out?

I noticed there _was_ a rifle inside! I was ready at this point for Depends...

He explained he weighed his competition rifle on the post office scale. The rifle has be under a certain weight. I suggested he should just go ahead on the scale where I needed to use the computer to purchase stamps. I'd buy stamps some other day or other week! and I headed for the door. I didn't even get to check our box for mail.

As I left he was trying to figure out how to stand the rifle on the 12 in x 12 in square scale plate.

Little old ladies pinching tomatoes in the grocery aren't nearly as scary.

I had a positive little old lady story yesterday. Went to Paneras to get by breakfast sa dwich and as usual i get stuck behind an old woman buying begals one at a time. "And I'll have a poppy seed fkr uncle Joe and I'll have ..." you get the idea.

So after waiting behind her for forever they tell her the bill is $23.48 and she says "but $23 is all I have" and starts begging for a senior discount. This was all I could take and took out two quarters and placed them on the counter without saying anything. Suddenly I was her hero. All I wanted was to get my breakfast but I was her "fairy godfather".

Not sure how to take that but glad I could make some woman's day for 50 cents.

That would never happen to me because I don't like Paneras. I think they are over priced and I particularly don't like their bagels. As for the little old lady, I can't believe you let her con you like that. That's one of the oldest con schemes going. If you don't believe me get behind her again.

jmonroe

I thought jmonroe1 was gone....I believe you said he wouldn't get email ads because he was now history. Too bad, I was getting to like him.

jmonroe1

driver100 said:

jmonroe1 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

imidazol97 said:

I had an abaco experience at the local post office. I dropped in a couple of bills and was going to get stamps out of the self-service mailing machine. I had noticed a man who walked out as I parked had carried out a small tripod like device. I thought, Hmmmm, odd that he's bring out things. Usually people take them in, use a box, tape or stick it closed and ship it.

He came back into the small lobby with a rifle case. I looked and was debating running for the door. I had unlocked the car with my remote.

Usually people don't go postal with only another customer in the post office however. He laid the case down and started unzipping it. He said something to the effect of would it bother you if I opened it and took a rifle out?

I noticed there _was_ a rifle inside! I was ready at this point for Depends...

He explained he weighed his competition rifle on the post office scale. The rifle has be under a certain weight. I suggested he should just go ahead on the scale where I needed to use the computer to purchase stamps. I'd buy stamps some other day or other week! and I headed for the door. I didn't even get to check our box for mail.

As I left he was trying to figure out how to stand the rifle on the 12 in x 12 in square scale plate.

Little old ladies pinching tomatoes in the grocery aren't nearly as scary.

I had a positive little old lady story yesterday. Went to Paneras to get by breakfast sa dwich and as usual i get stuck behind an old woman buying begals one at a time. "And I'll have a poppy seed fkr uncle Joe and I'll have ..." you get the idea.

So after waiting behind her for forever they tell her the bill is $23.48 and she says "but $23 is all I have" and starts begging for a senior discount. This was all I could take and took out two quarters and placed them on the counter without saying anything. Suddenly I was her hero. All I wanted was to get my breakfast but I was her "fairy godfather".

Not sure how to take that but glad I could make some woman's day for 50 cents.

That would never happen to me because I don't like Paneras. I think they are over priced and I particularly don't like their bagels. As for the little old lady, I can't believe you let her con you like that. That's one of the oldest con schemes going. If you don't believe me get behind her again.

jmonroe

I thought jmonroe1 was gone....I believe you said he wouldn't get email ads because he was now history. Too bad, I was getting to like him.

You must be the only one.

jmonroe

driver100

OK, here is what I am wondering....because this could happen to almost anyone here. Let's say there is lots of rain like they are having in the mid-west right now. Sometimes they show regular private cars sitting in water half way up the door. I assume that water is going to leak into the car. What can you do at that point? Can the car be restored? Does it affect the upholstery, carpeting, engine? Do these cars become used car bargains?

abacomike

driver100 said:

OK, here is what I am wondering....because this could happen to almost anyone here. Let's say there is lots of rain like they are having in the mid-west right now. Sometimes they show regular private cars sitting in water half way up the door. I assume that water is going to leak into the car. What can you do at that point? Can the car be restored? Does it affect the upholstery, carpeting, engine? Do these cars become used car bargains?

See all those cars in that flooded area?  That’s what happened here over the weekend to low-lying areas in Southwest Miami-Dade County.  We had 12” of rain in parts of south Florida.

stickguy

If the water gets in, cars become salvage. You can, sometimes, dry them out and restore them but once electronics get wet will never be the same.

imidazol97

The used car operators try to disguise the damage from the flood water. Finding it sometimes requires an expert. They check things such as the edges of seat tracks and seat metals where rust may show and look for water lines and dust residue from mud in water that show up under the dash and in other places the used car sales folks can't hide or clean easily.

These cars are often moved into other areas. After the floods in Florida, Texas, and other areas, we get warnings here in flyover country from car folks about watching out for cars that have been moved here, where we don't expect to find flood damage.

The electronics will never been the same. After a period of time poor connections and other problems start to show up. I recall someone who had their car flooded at the Grand Ole Opry hotel in Nashville years ago. They were able to drive it home--I don't recall if it was immediately or after a period of time when they went back for it. But this was about 9 months later and he was getting the ghosts and gremlins starting to show up.

driver100

Makes me very leery about buying a used car from an indie lot or private person. Too much can go wrong. I wonder about iluv's Focus.
I would rather pay a few $1000 more and get a car with a warranty and a dealer that has to preserve their reputation, than chance spending $11000 on a car that is a gamble. What is that saying about buying a pig in a poke?

abacomike

driver100 said:

Makes me very leery about buying a used car from an indie lot or private person. Too much can go wrong. I wonder about iluv's Focus. I would rather pay a few $1000 more and get a car with a warranty and a dealer that has to preserve their reputation, than chance spending $11000 on a car that is a gamble. What is that saying about buying a pig in a poke?

It’s more about economics, driver.  You have the resources to pay more for a car that makes you feel more at ease.  Many people do not have those same resources.  $2000-$3000 is a lot of money to many people.

abacomike

Still raining here off and on.  We keep getting those bands of thunderstorms via Tropical Storm Gordon.  Enough already!

imidazol97

You're not even getting the hurricane level storm and you're complaining? LOL...

abacomike

imidazol97 said:

You're not even getting the hurricane level storm and you're complaining? LOL...

Rain is what we are getting - many surface streets are flooded - this morning I passed a couple of small shopping nooks that are completely flooded.

imidazol97

I understand the continuing rain and problems. I just wanted to point out the weak hurricane is missing Florida, this time. It's been a mild season.

snakeweasel

abacomike said:

imidazol97 said:

You're not even getting the hurricane level storm and you're complaining? LOL...

Rain is what we are getting - many surface streets are flooded - this morning I passed a couple of small shopping nooks that are completely flooded.

As long as you don't see animals walking by two by two you'll be fine.

graphicguy

abacomike said:

Still raining here off and on.  We keep getting those bands of thunderstorms via Tropical Storm Gordon.  Enough already!

Heading down that way next week for work. I'm actually flying in to, and then driving from Ft Lauderdale to Miami. Hope the bad weather has passed by the time I get there.

iluvmysephia1

To me it would be getting in to a car with built-in performance capability that gets glowing reviews from owners and reporters alike.

We're a one-income couple and I earn the money and drive. She doesn't drive. The car and all associated maintenance and all of the driving is done by me. It's a car I could get financing for and the 2011 Kia Soul is a car that could be traded in and get resold. The man selling the car is also of the same religious denomination as we are and he is honest. 

He's a man of his word. Imagine that in today's climate!

Also, I don't think a 2013 Ford Focus ST with 51,500 miles is done for, either. Still getting started.