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driver100

jmonroe1 said:

@tjc78 said:

@jmonroe1 said:

@snakeweasel said:

@roadburner said:

I find that I spend a lot of time with novice students teaching them how to properly hold the wheel. It's amazing how little some students know.

I would say the best way is very carefully and with some good thick gloves.

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That could very well be the cutting edge of wheel technology.

jmonroe

Stick to waxing your Genny and leave comedy to the professionals. 😛😛😛😛😛

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I’ll try my best, honest.

jmonroe

He's better than most of the comedians who are around today. Especially this new JMonroe guy....much funnier than the last one.

explorerx4

Miata old wrap.


Miata new wrap.

kyfdx

Appears to belong to the owner of the WRAP business.

stickguy

Or someone that just went into hiding from the police.

kyfdx

stickguy said:

Or someone that just went into hiding from the police.

I was going by the license plate

stickguy

Idid not even notice that. wonder why!

qbrozen

is the 2nd actually a wrap? Or was that the original paint underneath?

explorerx4

I'm guessing it's a wrap since I haven't seen that color on a Miata before.

qbrozen

explorerx4 said:

I'm guessing it's a wrap since I haven't seen that color on a Miata before.

You are correct. Surprisingly, they have not offered any green color since 2008.

oldfarmer50

explorerx4 said:

Miata old wrap.


Miata new wrap.

Whenever I see a car wrapped I assume it’s covering up something bad like blasted clear coat or a bad Bondo job. I suppose some could just be because the owner wanted a change but the not knowing would eat at me.

venture

explorerx4 said:

Miata old wrap.


Miata new wrap.

That's one ugly color of green. I think I liked the before better.

oldfarmer50

I had an interesting inter-generational experience just now.

A few days ago I went shopping and after I got home I discovered that I had not scanned a 99 cent can of mushrooms at checkout. So today I went over to the service counter to pay and asked if there was sales tax on them so I could give the correct payment.

The kid looked at me like I had asked for the formula for turning lead into gold and muttered “I…I…don’t know”. When he continued to stare I asked if he could find out. He wandered off and after a few minutes another kid comes back with him and says “what?”. Finally they consulted with a third employee and came back with the answer “no, no tax”.

I explained how I had accidentally taken the mushrooms without paying and handed them a buck. The incredulous look on their faces told me that an honest person was something outside of their experience.

Or maybe they just thought I was a crazy old coot giving them money for imaginary shopping.

qbrozen

oldfarmer50 said:

I had accidentally taken the mushrooms without paying

That's just asking for a bad trip.

mjfloyd1

@qbrozen said:
is the 2nd actually a wrap? Or was that the original paint underneath?

That’s a wrap!😂

jmonroe1

@oldfarmer50 said:
I had an interesting inter-generational experience just now.

A few days ago I went shopping and after I got home I discovered that I had not scanned a 99 cent can of mushrooms at checkout. So today I went over to the service counter to pay and asked if there was sales tax on them so I could give the correct payment.

The kid looked at me like I had asked for the formula for turning lead into gold and muttered “I…I…don’t know”. When he continued to stare I asked if he could find out. He wandered off and after a few minutes another kid comes back with him and says “what?”. Finally they consulted with a third employee and came back with the answer “no, no tax”.

I explained how I had accidentally taken the mushrooms without paying and handed them a buck. The incredulous look on their faces told me that an honest person was something outside of their experience.

Or maybe they just thought I was a crazy old coot giving them money for imaginary shopping.

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I do that all the time. That’s why I like self checkout but unlike you I don’t even think about going back to pay for the item. Rib eyes taste better when they’re free.

Jmonroe

oldfarmer50

jmonroe1 said:

@oldfarmer50 said:

I had an interesting inter-generational experience just now.

A few days ago I went shopping and after I got home I discovered that I had not scanned a 99 cent can of mushrooms at checkout. So today I went over to the service counter to pay and asked if there was sales tax on them so I could give the correct payment.

The kid looked at me like I had asked for the formula for turning lead into gold and muttered “I…I…don’t know”. When he continued to stare I asked if he could find out. He wandered off and after a few minutes another kid comes back with him and says “what?”. Finally they consulted with a third employee and came back with the answer “no, no tax”.

I explained how I had accidentally taken the mushrooms without paying and handed them a buck. The incredulous look on their faces told me that an honest person was something outside of their experience.

Or maybe they just thought I was a crazy old coot giving them money for imaginary shopping.

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I do that all the time. That’s why I like self checkout but unlike you I don’t even think about going back to pay for the item. Rib eyes taste better when they’re free.

Jmonroe

Better be careful, I hear the IRS is making home visits now. You don’t want to get caught with all those steak bones in your trash when you told them you were broke.😎

roadburner

oldfarmer50 said:

I had an interesting inter-generational experience just now.

A few days ago I went shopping and after I got home I discovered that I had not scanned a 99 cent can of mushrooms at checkout. So today I went over to the service counter to pay and asked if there was sales tax on them so I could give the correct payment.

The kid looked at me like I had asked for the formula for turning lead into gold and muttered “I…I…don’t know”. When he continued to stare I asked if he could find out. He wandered off and after a few minutes another kid comes back with him and says “what?”. Finally they consulted with a third employee and came back with the answer “no, no tax”.

I explained how I had accidentally taken the mushrooms without paying and handed them a buck. The incredulous look on their faces told me that an honest person was something outside of their experience.

Or maybe they just thought I was a crazy old coot giving them money for imaginary shopping.

I did that a few years ago. Same response. .

snakeweasel

mjfloyd1 said:

@qbrozen said:

is the 2nd actually a wrap? Or was that the original paint underneath?

That’s a wrap!😂

I think we need to wrap this up.

jmonroe1

@oldfarmer50 said:
Better be careful, I hear the IRS is making home visits now. You don’t want to get caught with all those steak bones in your trash when you told them you were broke.😎

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That’s why I get rib eyes (no bones). When they’re eaten the evidence is gone.

BTW, I never told the IRS I was broke. They’re still trying to figure out what my income is and if my deductions line up with that.

jmonroe

driver100

roadburner said:

oldfarmer50 said:

I had an interesting inter-generational experience just now.

A few days ago I went shopping and after I got home I discovered that I had not scanned a 99 cent can of mushrooms at checkout. So today I went over to the service counter to pay and asked if there was sales tax on them so I could give the correct payment.

The kid looked at me like I had asked for the formula for turning lead into gold and muttered “I…I…don’t know”. When he continued to stare I asked if he could find out. He wandered off and after a few minutes another kid comes back with him and says “what?”. Finally they consulted with a third employee and came back with the answer “no, no tax”.

I explained how I had accidentally taken the mushrooms without paying and handed them a buck. The incredulous look on their faces told me that an honest person was something outside of their experience.

Or maybe they just thought I was a crazy old coot giving them money for imaginary shopping.

I did that a few years ago. Same response. .

Eating those mushrooms must affect your memory........

mjfloyd1

@snakeweasel said:
I think we need to wrap this up.

Wrap it up, I’ll take it

kyfdx

mjfloyd1 said:

@snakeweasel said:

I think we need to wrap this up.

Wrap it up, I’ll take it

I've seen The Fabulous Thunderbirds, in concert.

stickguy

were you Tuff Enuff to take it?

carnaught

stickguy said:

were you Tuff Enuff to take it?

Fabulous.

ab348

I have a sudden hankering to drive a Thunderbird.

driver100

I wish I knew what we were talking about

abacomike

I've been living here in my condo that my Dad left me since 2000. Each year at this time (Spring) there is a kind of huge olive tree that drips sap and ugly looking reddish/brown junk all over the hood of my car. This is the major reason I had several ceramic sealants applied to my G90's finish - to protect the paint from that junk that drops down from that darn tree as well as the turds the birds drop from their nesting areas in that same tree.

I've requested that the grounds department trim back the tree, but to no avail. But not all hope is gone! One of my elderly neighbors down the hall from me is no longer driving a car (she just turned 88). Thus, she does not use her parking spot which is four spaces down from where I park and is not under or near any trees. So I knocked on her door this morning and asked if she would mind if I parked in her space. She said that I could - but that she would let me know if her daughter will allow her to buy a car to drive and might need her parking space back. I agreed. Yeah!!!!!

But I remember that when she was driving, she had a Lexus RX350 which was always parked diagonally in her space due to her limited vision. It would seem that her daughter returned the lease to the Lexus dealer but won't let her mother drive any more for obvious reasons. I am lucky that she is allowing me to use her assigned spot.

abacomike

The G90 turned 2 years old today. The odometer reads 13,100 miles. That's about 6,500 miles per year. I remember that I used to drive about 15,000 miles a year way back when...! Now, all I do is drive up to Boca Raton to meet my friends - we have lunch together once a week - and then return home. With my bad back, I have not driven up to my brother's in Ponte Vedra in several years. I'm hoping I will be able to see him before one of us passes on, but at least we check in with each other on "FaceTime" on our Apple phones so we can at least see one another.

I don't see me getting another car. The G90 is going to have to last me until I no loner can drive. It has a new car warranty for 5 years, 60,000 miles, whichever comes first. If I still have the car in 3 more years, I will have to decide whether I want to extend the warranty. With so many nanny features on this car, I sure would need some warranty protection if I still own the car by then.

So far, after two years of ownership, it rides and handles great. I turn 79 years old in October, so whether or not I will be driving at 81 or 82 years of age remains to be seen.

explorerx4

@driver100,
It's Powerful Stuff, probably not for you.

carnaught

abacomike said:

The G90 turned 2 years old today. The odometer reads 13,100 miles. That's about 6,500 miles per year. I remember that I used to drive about 15,000 miles a year way back when...! Now, all I do is drive up to Boca Raton to meet my friends - we have lunch together once a week - and then return home. With my bad back, I have not driven up to my brother's in Ponte Vedra in several years. I'm hoping I will be able to see him before one of us passes on, but at least we check in with each other on "FaceTime" on our Apple phones so we can at least see one another.

I don't see me getting another car. The G90 is going to have to last me until I no loner can drive. It has a new car warranty for 5 years, 60,000 miles, whichever comes first. If I still have the car in 3 more years, I will have to decide whether I want to extend the warranty. With so many nanny features on this car, I sure would need some warranty protection if I still own the car by then.

So far, after two years of ownership, it rides and handles great. I turn 79 years old in October, so whether or not I will be driving at 81 or 82 years of age remains to be seen.

And you will !

mjfloyd1

@driver100 said:
I wish I knew what we were talking about

Wrap it up I’ll take it was a song by the Fabulous Thunderbirds as was Tuff Enuff and Powerful Stuff

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZsXaNyoohY

mjfloyd1

Here’s one for @andres3

https://www.autoweek.com/news/technology/a43431509/lower-speed-limits-safer-streets-in-seattle-iihs/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_aut&utm_medium=email&date=032923&utm_campaign=nl30998236&user_email=aa8fb836422a392012af3c9116972e4ed85fd20fd898fd1602bc92f77eeabc60&GID=aa8fb836422a392012af3c9116972e4ed85fd20fd898fd1602bc92f77eeabc60&utm_term=AAA -- High Minus Dormant and 90 Day Non Openers

driver100

mjfloyd1 said:

@driver100 said:

I wish I knew what we were talking about

Wrap it up I’ll take it was a song by the Fabulous Thunderbirds as was Tuff Enuff and Powerful Stuff

Thanks, I appreciate the explanation, the song is OK, I like the video even more.
But, I prefer this;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTUhnIY3oRM

andres3

mjfloyd1 said:

Here’s one for @andres3

https://www.autoweek.com/news/technology/a43431509/lower-speed-limits-safer-streets-in-seattle-iihs/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_aut&utm_medium=email&date=032923&utm_campaign=nl30998236&user_email=aa8fb836422a392012af3c9116972e4ed85fd20fd898fd1602bc92f77eeabc60&GID=aa8fb836422a392012af3c9116972e4ed85fd20fd898fd1602bc92f77eeabc60&utm_term=AAA -- High Minus Dormant and 90 Day Non Openers

Are you really sending me IIHS material? That's like Alex Jones at best.

and i really mean the AT BEST part.

andres3

mjfloyd1 said:

Here’s one for @andres3

https://www.autoweek.com/news/technology/a43431509/lower-speed-limits-safer-streets-in-seattle-iihs/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_aut&utm_medium=email&date=032923&utm_campaign=nl30998236&user_email=aa8fb836422a392012af3c9116972e4ed85fd20fd898fd1602bc92f77eeabc60&GID=aa8fb836422a392012af3c9116972e4ed85fd20fd898fd1602bc92f77eeabc60&utm_term=AAA -- High Minus Dormant and 90 Day Non Openers

But just for craps and giggles; it's so EASY to just pick it apart:

Quoting

"On residential roads, however, there was no significant change in the odds of an injury. The IIHS believes the narrow nature of Seattle's neighborhood roads makes drivers uncomfortable driving above 20 mph anyway."

Analysis: So even they admit changing the speed limit had ZERO positive effect on residential roads. The IIHS admitting the speed limit could be 150 MPH, 100 MPH, or 1 MPH, and it would make a hill-a-beans difference one iota any which way or the other, sort of proving and supporting the NMA (National Motorist Association) position along with my position that arbitrary speed limits don't work.

mjfloyd1

@andres3 said:
Are you really sending me IIHS material? That's like Alex Jones at best.

and i really mean the AT BEST part.

I didn’t actually read it. I just wanted to hear your response 😂

tjc78

@mjfloyd1 said:

@driver100 said:
I wish I knew what we were talking about

Wrap it up I’ll take it was a song by the Fabulous Thunderbirds as was Tuff Enuff and Powerful Stuff

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZsXaNyoohY

So what 80s movie featured the song Powerful Stuff?

oldfarmer50

abacomike said:

I've been living here in my condo that my Dad left me since 2000. Each year at this time (Spring) there is a kind of huge olive tree that drips sap and ugly looking reddish/brown junk all over the hood of my car. This is the major reason I had several ceramic sealants applied to my G90's finish - to protect the paint from that junk that drops down from that darn tree as well as the turds the birds drop from their nesting areas in that same tree.

I've requested that the grounds department trim back the tree, but to no avail. But not all hope is gone! One of my elderly neighbors down the hall from me is no longer driving a car (she just turned 88). Thus, she does not use her parking spot which is four spaces down from where I park and is not under or near any trees. So I knocked on her door this morning and asked if she would mind if I parked in her space. She said that I could - but that she would let me know if her daughter will allow her to buy a car to drive and might need her parking space back. I agreed. Yeah!!!!!

But I remember that when she was driving, she had a Lexus RX350 which was always parked diagonally in her space due to her limited vision. It would seem that her daughter returned the lease to the Lexus dealer but won't let her mother drive any more for obvious reasons. I am lucky that she is allowing me to use her assigned spot.

How do you return a lease before the end? From what I’ve read even if you die you are required to pay until the end.

As to your parking space problem, have you considered a lightweight car cover?

imidazol97

The world's oldest airplane factory suffered fire damage in the last few days. The Wright
Brothers area had been added to since they first built airplanes there 100 years ago
and had been part of the Delphi area of buildings most of which were torn down in
the last several years.

https://www.daytondailynews.com/local/wright-brothers-historical-aircraft-facility-in-dayton-damaged-by-fire/D7W733VI7FAOBIBNH6KKN3KCMY/

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2023/03/27/wright-brother-dayton-ohio-airplane-factory-fire-damage/70051041007/

tjc78

You can get out of some leases depending on the finance company and if the vehicle is worth more than the payoff (or you chose to pay the delta).

mjfloyd1

@tjc78 said:

@mjfloyd1 said:

@driver100 said:
I wish I knew what we were talking about

Wrap it up I’ll take it was a song by the Fabulous Thunderbirds as was Tuff Enuff and Powerful Stuff

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZsXaNyoohY

So what 80s movie featured the song Powerful Stuff?

Cocktail

Michaell

mjfloyd1 said:

@tjc78 said:

@mjfloyd1 said:

@driver100 said:

I wish I knew what we were talking about

Wrap it up I’ll take it was a song by the Fabulous Thunderbirds as was Tuff Enuff and Powerful Stuff

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZsXaNyoohY

So what 80s movie featured the song Powerful Stuff?

Cocktail

What scene was that in?

mjfloyd1

@Michaell said:
What scene was that in?

You got me on that one

imidazol97

Saw a neat-looking RAM truck this evening. The letters R A M on the front were
lights. They looked great!

A few weeks ago I saw a Buick LaCrosse that had a lighted circle in the grill
with the Buick TriShield in it. I hadn't seen one of those before either. It reminded
me of MB's lighten grill embles. I didn't like it.

tjc78

@Michaell said:
What scene was that in?

The first night in the Cell Block bar where he does the poem.

Michaell

tjc78 said:

@Michaell said:

What scene was that in?

The first night in the Cell Block bar where he does the poem.

Ah, ok

driver100

@imidazol97
like this;
Looks good...I wonder what it will cost to replace when the lights fade out?

abacomike

@oldfarmer50 said:
How do you return a lease before the end? From what I’ve read even if you die you are required to pay until the end.

As to your parking space problem, have you considered a lightweight car cover?

With my back and the fact that I need a walker to walk, how would I be able to apply and take off the car cover? What about folding it up every day?

But thanks for the suggest.

imidazol97

@driver100
I like the one you found, but the one I saw was less instrusive. It was just a gentle glowing letter. No sign of its being LED individual bulbs making up the letter's glow. It looked more like the continuous LED glowing pieces used on more premium car model's taillights (Audi, e.g.).

Didn't look quite as large as this ebay offering, but may have been.



Here's the ebay link--don't know how to put it here without it being huge mess.
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explorerx4

Opening Day for baseball. Yanks on at 1. I'll try to catch the end of the game after walking the dogs.
Depends how much the clock speeds up the game.