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Does sum it nicely. Having owned 15 ish used ICEVs in USA (1 new truck), and include hippie dippy van, to station wagons, family sedan, domestic & imports, trucks, sports car & luxury cars, I think I can speak from experience. Include the 4 new ICEVs bought here / TH, and our BEV, same make / model as one of the ICEVs owned here (MG ZS), I can honestly say, there really is no comparison. BEV being far superior in every way. Only 1 exception, the Caddy was a damn comfy ride. Aside from that, a POS. And I didn't just drive cars in the USA, being poor, I tore apart & repaired them myself. From simple maintenance, tune ups, set points, tach & dwell use, to engine, trans & rear swaps. All served me well, as expected at least, and a couple, damn fun to drive. Some good, some you get what you pay for. With that, I'd never buy another ICEV.

Julianne Phillips might agree with me, and not you

What is the painted surface material. If drywall / gypsum board, be careful. For a finished coat, use the thicker, fluffier roller, as it hides the imperfections better.

Another celebrity of high caliber ... ... divorced because cheating on his wife ... earns respect from me. That's OK, he knows what's best for us He supported obama also, though not a lot of truth, transparency and integrity in that admonition ... IMHO ... "Springsteen supported Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, announcing his endorsement in April 2008. He appeared at several rallies in support of Obama's campaign throughout that year.[150] At one such rally in Ohio, Springsteen discussed the importance of "truth, transparency and integrity in government" - wiki

They should also be deported ... IMHO

Only because of the Brit Dynamics Engineering team 👍

Interesting how non Yanks, don't want illegal immigrants in their home country, but think it's OK for the USA to be invaded with them ...

She's on record as saying she wants to help undocumented immigrants in the USA, (criminals) an easier path to citizenship .. ... Deporting undocumented people Q: Should all undocumented immigrants in the U.S. be deported? A: When running for president in 2020, Harris promised to close private immigration detention centers, limit deportations and fight for a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants in the United States.

Kind of hypocritical, considering she mentions how she fought crime as a prosecutor in CA, but now want to give 100s of thousands of criminals a pass. Once they cross the border illegally ... THEY ARE CRIMINALS

Bummer ... as I think it's well established, that was BS and didn't exactly happen as LBJ reported to Congress. USA planned on a war in VN even before that, just needed to con the masses for approval.

Thoughts from another thread, but off topic there ... VIETNAM WAR 4 from my hometown came back in boxes ... what a waste of lives source for casualties About 30% of the dead, didn't sign up to go there ...

Moved reply to here ... ...as a bit off topic in this thread.

Thanks ... all OK, but definitely affected a bit. Everyone accounted for 👍

I'm have a vision .... HAPPY NEW YEAR Honey ... you going to pass that, or bogart it all night ...

Not much starting up again in Oct, the few I watch ... ... Shrinking ... Oct 16 .. The Lincoln Lawyer ... Oct 17 ... Blue Bloods ... Oct 18 ... The Diplomat (US) ... Oct 31 Take a peek at this site, for some movie ideas, streaming now or soon in Oct, so should be available for torrents soon.

hmm .... Brain Dead ... obviously talking from experience, if he can remember what the term means

NO ... did sign up for the draft, mid 1975 Although one year later (1976), I did enlist in the US Army. Even though I was 18 at the end of 1972. I would not have gone to Nam if drafted, Canada sounds better, since Nam has nothing to do with defending USA. My brother, 1.5 yrs older, got a low number in the lottery, so he enlisted in the Air Force, and spent all 4 years in the UK.

These ratings are great comic relief ... So almost 2/3 of the countries & territories are left out, and all things being equal, all of 191 people in 89 countries were surveyed. Ask 191 AN members about TH, and it would be on bottom of any list "based on insights from approximately 17,000 respondents across 89 countries" Saying that, in my worldly inexperience, these numbers aren't too far off the mark. .... source

Neither need that either. After the election, when harris is president, only power trump will have, is listening to himself talk, and trying to get his handicap down. Musk doesn't need to boost his power, he's already "ALL POWERFUL"

That's because it rarely (only once, I think) has had major flooding in that area. Coincidently, I did see something about one of the largest lithium reserves (King Mt) in that area, wafting to be developed. And if wearing you conspiracy hat, since that area is not in a 'flood zone', makes you wonder how many folks actually had flood insurance. hmm ... Wouldn't that be convenient for any lithium company investors. Especially since I already read a blip about locals fighting mining rights in the area.

Neither need to score points. Neither are looking to have a job to enrich themselves, as already have more than they can spend in a few lifetimes.

Killed those two child terrorist ...  along with killing and injuring 100s & 1000s of innocent bystanders. Well done 👍 ... "At least 32 people, including two children, were killed and thousands more injured, many seriously, after communication devices, some used by the armed group Hezbollah, dramatically exploded across Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday. In the latest round of blasts on Wednesday, exploding walkie-talkies killed 20 and injured at least 450 people, according to Lebanon's health ministry. The explosions occurred in the vicinity of a large crowd that had gathered for the funerals of four victims of Tuesday's simultaneous pager blasts, which killed at least 12 people and injured nearly 3,000."

USD skyrockets against the THB, breaking new record high, for this week We can all go shopping now for a treat, now that back over 33. If I didn't jinx it ... oh crap Maybe a Lao Dark instead of Archa

My brother's wife has family there. Let's just say, she's not happy about the govt assistance or lack of, to be more specific.

Don't know about MAGA types, but Congress (dems & reps) seems to have no problems spending 100's of billions, if not a trillion overseas and in USA on non US citizens, when tax paying USA folks could use a bit of help. Think they all need to check their priorities, and seem to forgot who they actually work for. If that's not bad enough, they are 'borrowing' the money to do so, as the deficit continues to climb. Guess they never heard the expressing ... "live within your means"