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The Rocky Horror Picture Show thematic Friday evenings were quite popular here in Boston in the 80's - Cambrige actually at the Harvard Sq. Theatre.
I went once with rice, toast, and toilet paper but knew one person who went dressed as Dr. Franknfurter. I ran into him recently - selling Hondas.
http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/americangothic/index.html
Bob
Thanks for that. I knew it was American something but worked my way through all sorts of positive names first.
Cheers
Graham
-juice
-juice
Flights from Boston to Sao Paulo run about $900 for economy. Are you connecting beyond a major city?
I usually go DC -> SP on United, then -> Recife on a smaller brazilian air lines (though Varig is a mess, so TAM?), and usually pay $1100-1300 or so.
I've given my agent until the end of the month to get a better price, then I start shopping elsewhere. We *hate* connections, though, so I am willing to pay more to avoid those.
-juice
We hate connections as well but don't mind stops. It helps to get the kids off the plane for a little while.
That was when the Plano Real came out and the Brazilian currency was very strong compared to the dollar. All the brazilian tourists came to the US. A dollar was only worth about 0.86 Real, something like that. The dollar peaked at 4 Reais (so the planes emptied, and that flight path was cancelled), and today sits at a little over 2.
Pretty wild fluctuations there.
-juice
Better than 20 years ago though.
Any charter operators that can get a better price?
Depends on what side of the fence you were on.
If you earn your salary in dollars, hyper-inflation was actually a good thing, in a way. At one point, a single dollar would get you 20,000 Cruzeiros. You were basically rich.
The dollar was so strong that we took 7 people out to dinner for Lobster at the fanciest restaurant in town, with champagne and wine, and the bill was something like $7 per person.
Now, for a brazilian to come up here, it was the opposite, extremely expensive. So were any imports, most electronic stuff and things like that.
So oddly enough I liked it. I was a broke college student here, but when I went to Brazil I was in the Jet Set. :shades:
It was crazy, though. We exchanged money just $100 at a time, because from one day to the next the brazilian currency would lose value. So basically we went to the bank every day.
It's much more stable now, but things aren't as (relatively) cheap as they seemed when the dollar was stronger.
-juice
http://www.imba.com/news/news_releases/09_06/09_06_subaru_tcc.html
-juice
That's a new demographic!!
if you haven't built a nest yet, I'd say that's probably a bachelor / bachelorette.
~Colin
Shoot, and I was already to apply...
Bob
Nah, you guys are having too much fun. :surprise:
-juice
-juice
Hope all is good.. I know it's been awhile but I still have love for ya
Go to Nabisco if you wish... seems like there's finally a sense of what the new WRX will look like.
Have fun!
Elmer
Bob
ateixeira, "Subaru Crew - Future Models II" #18319, 13 Sep 2006 8:42 am
I know I'm probably late in the game compared to some of you but I just wanted to share that I'm part of the IE clan now... lol! - And also to bump this thread since its hybernation
If I need Java or Flash, I use IE6 with all that crap enabled.
~Colin
MNSteve
I did a comparo with FF browser open/close vs. IE 7 and it was using more memory than IE 7... don't know why but hey.. so far IE 7 is working fine and all I needed to do was add 2 extensions and it's all good. As much as I'm not a fan of Microsoft, I have to say they did their homework on this version of IE.
I would expect things to go just the opposite--down every year. Libery Mutual started at about $900 annually in 2003 and now they are asking almost $1100 for an 03 Forester XS. All with no complications--no points, no claims, nothing.
Geico is a couple hundred cheaper. Esurance is quoting a hundred below Geico even.
Is Liberty Mutual trying to line their pocket?
John
~Colin
Insurance agents have to pay for gas, too.
Age doesn't help, because it's often harder to get replacement parts that might no longer be made. For example - pop up headlights for my Miata.
-juice
The flip side is that the retail value of the car is way down from new. So instead of $20k+ out of insurer's pocket maximum collision, it is now only $10k or so exposure.
Now, our 2002 Mazda MPV has gone down every year. Only the Forester is still climbing.
John
My Miata's insurance has gone up...
-juice
The NYS attorney general and local law enforcement have broken up dozens of major insurance fraud rings, which has driven down costs and prompted State Farm/Allstate to re-enter the marketplace. They've always offered insurance in the New York City area, but I doubt they sold much of it at the astronomical prices I was quoted -- $3000-4000/year, and that was for bare bones liability/collision/comp. We live in a safe, nice neighborhood, both drivers are over 35 with unblemished driving histories, high credit scores, etc.
When we bought the car, we insured it with Geico at an annualized rate of $1900. I switched to State Farm this February, and our rate is about $1700 -- but I've maxed out all liability/uninsured/personal injury protection (in no small part because of reading the insurance thread on Edmunds). And now Geico is bombarding me with offers to switch back. The last quote I got from them, with full limits on all coverage, was something like $1500.
I'm not sure how much of the price decline is related to depreciation and how much is due to the reforms and added competitiveness in our market. But in Feb 2007, when our car is 3 real years and 4 model years old, I'd better see a significant drop from State Farm or I'm going back to Geico.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/287776_cartheft06.html
Cheers!
Paul
What car company uses a group of 6 stars from the Pleiades star cluster in its logo?
The contestant got it, but had to use a phone-a-friend.
It was either the $25,000 or $50,000 question.
On a side note, some college kid hit the rear quarter panel of my wife's Pilot. :mad: I still don't understand how it happened, she was sitting at a light and this kid hit her car and one other. The body shop is getting to know me on a first name basis! Although, at least this time it wasn't the wife's fault.
Oh yeah, not to rub it in, but so much for the Yankees!
Have a good week everyone!
tom
hehe... go Tigers!
Cheers!
Paul
Very sharp looking car... I bet they get more than a few unsuspecting boy racers trying to challenge it.
The Subie dealer I use luckily rents Subarus and they use the same vehicles as loaners. I much rather be driving a Subaru than some beat up old Ford Focus!
Ken
A good friend had Geico in 2001 and hit a deer. We are in Wichita, KS and Geico had to send an adjuster from Kansas City. The adjuster didn't come to Wichita for over a week.
I'll pass. I want to actually be able to use my insurance when I need it.
~Colin
-juice
The catch with low cost offers, no matter the product, is that you get what you pay for. In insurance, you are buying a product to proect you when a crisis happens. You don't need a drama overlaid on it.
If the price seems particularly competitive but you are happier with your existing insurer, try ringing them to explain that you have a better offer, quote the lower rate and see how far they can go toward matching it. From your current insurer's perspective it usually makes more sense to retain a customer than to seek to replace one when you change insurers.
It does not always work but may be worth a try. This is especailly the case if you place your insurance through a broker or agent who will see the personal sales incentive of retaining your business.
Cheers
Graham
But I suppose it depends on where you live. If you don't live in a major metropolitan area it might be different.
tom