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John Ekdahl Asks Liberal Journalists a Question and They All Light Their Hair on Fire in Response
I'm genuinely jealous -- I ask liberal reporters a lot of questions on Twitter, and they just completely ignore me. What it was about this question that made it catnip for commies, I don't know. But I'm going to study the boy's technique.
The top 3 best selling vehicles in America are pick-ups. Question to reporters: do you personally know someone that owns one?
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) January 4, 2017
There were basically three types of hysterical response to a simple question about truck owners: 1) shut up, 2) you're stupid and/or sexist and/or racist, and 3) whatever, liar, trucks aren't popular (far and away my favorite delusional response to a simple question from a group of people who want you to believe they're extremely concerned about "fake news"). It turns out that people who are paid large sums of money to opine on what Americans outside the Acela province think get very upset if you demonstrate that they don't actually know any of the people about whom they pretend to be experts.Flabby flack Frank Luntz in particular really wanted to do a deep dive on the numbers before conceding that these trucks were in fact the best-selling models of light vehicles in America, questioning whether the trucks sold well to individual customers, or were just bought en masse for construction fleets:
Does this lump in commercial purchases, or is it strictly personal vehicles?
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) January 4, 2017
Construction firms buy lots of trucks: https://t.co/5dKmFnI2kv https://t.co/vpp9j4iX6B
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 04, 2017 03:48 PM (81UWZ)
But we still got Nixon and Trump. Reality once again trumps your fantasy.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 04, 2017 03:50 PM (idrE1)
Posted by: Brown Line at January 04, 2017 03:50 PM (667Qv)
I see a whole lot of answers and only a few that are really mockable.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 04, 2017 03:51 PM (ul9CR)
one of them is yuuuge, bulging, beast, nicknamed Brodozer
Posted by: the Butcher at January 04, 2017 03:51 PM (AGJqR)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 04, 2017 03:51 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: redenzo at January 04, 2017 03:51 PM (5wSNN)
Posted by: son of hercules at January 04, 2017 03:51 PM (NBrh6)
Posted by: R. DUKE at January 04, 2017 03:51 PM (ONH2e)
Can you ask John Ekdahl if alternate-universe President-elect Carly Fiorina is done selecting her cabinet?
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 03:52 PM (4Ejxg)
Posted by: Roy at January 04, 2017 03:52 PM (VndSC)
Posted by: Rick in SK at January 04, 2017 03:52 PM (/CIN4)
Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 04, 2017 03:52 PM (eGapT)
There's no telling what sets off one of these delicate princesses but perhaps the implication of the OP was that they weren't in the majority.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 04, 2017 03:52 PM (sh70B)
"I don't know why people have such trouble with the three words of wisdom: I. Don't. Know."
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This is made worse by the internet, and it extends to non-journalists, as well. A basic, smart-sounding answer to more or less anything is at your fingertips (thanks, Wikipedia), and if you spend another thirty seconds on Google you can probably find someone with your preferred ideological spin on the issue. So everyone gets to pretend that they're smart.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at January 04, 2017 03:52 PM (xN1DB)
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My new response to most things liberal/leftist?
These people have personality disorders, and are consequently mentally ill.
/btw, personality disorders can be managed, but not cured.
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 04, 2017 03:52 PM (J5mC3)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 04, 2017 03:52 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, Happy Christmas at January 04, 2017 03:52 PM (0O7c5)
The thing was, all Ekdahl really was asking for was a straight-up "yes" or "no" answer.
But all the Brainy McBrainersons had to parse the question to death, looking for the hidden "gotchas". Or provide their trenchant and erroneous analysis of whether three models of pickup trucks REALLY were the top sellers and WHY. It was glorious.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Irredeemable Cycling Stars (TM) at January 04, 2017 03:53 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: grammie winger at January 04, 2017 03:53 PM (bpfzP)
About 1/3 of the people I know own a pickup or SUV.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 04, 2017 03:53 PM (7ZVPa)
Considering a new truck right now. That boat ain't gonna tow itself.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 03:53 PM (/tuJf)
Er yes ... quite.
*shifyeyes*
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 04, 2017 03:53 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: sunny-dee at January 04, 2017 03:53 PM (QAOZh)
one of them is yuuuge, bulging, beast, nicknamed Brodozer
Posted by: the Butcher at January 04, 2017 03:51 PM (AGJqR)
ahem, the vehicle has the nic, not the son
Posted by: the Butcher at January 04, 2017 03:54 PM (AGJqR)
Posted by: Journo-A-lister at January 04, 2017 03:54 PM (Om16U)
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at January 04, 2017 03:54 PM (GX63o)
It was a gigantic #ClusterTruck
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Irredeemable Cycling Stars (TM) at January 04, 2017 03:54 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: josephistan at January 04, 2017 03:54 PM (7HtZB)
If you have a truck in the south, none of this is a problem.
>questioning whether the trucks sold well to individual customers
This is hysterical, though.
Posted by: Lea at January 04, 2017 03:54 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 03:54 PM (6gk0M)
***
It is a sign of maturity.
When I hit the point in my life where I could finally say that for the broad swath of things I had no interest in, and limited knowledge of, I found it...liberating.
No human being can know everything. But in modern, immature liberal land not knowing things is a sign of failure for some reason.
Or I should say, *admitting* to not knowing things. Because the left basically worships ignorance - it keeps people from having wrong thoughts.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 04, 2017 03:54 PM (X7E8f)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, Chevy pickup driver at January 04, 2017 03:54 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 04, 2017 03:54 PM (eGapT)
1970. Old red Chevy truck. Not mine. Belonged to a boy I knew. A really cute boy......I loved that truck.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 04, 2017 03:53 PM (bpfzP)
all the cute boys drove trucks and played baseball...and actually worked on their trucks....
Posted by: phoenixgirl, Happy Christmas at January 04, 2017 03:54 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Roy at January 04, 2017 03:54 PM (VndSC)
This is how I understand urban life.
Posted by: redenzo at January 04, 2017 03:55 PM (5wSNN)
When I lived in LA, I used to see a whole lot of Chevy El Caminos, a model that is rare here in the northeast, and I always wanted one for some unknown reason.
Fuck journalists.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 04, 2017 03:55 PM (mbhDw)
We like to call that here, Texas.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 04, 2017 03:55 PM (dSqvH)
I don't know why that's so hard to admit. I guess it's hard to admit for the extremely narcissistic and egotistical, who feel they have to pretend they know everything about everything, that they are large and contain multitudes, and that God has prepared a mansion for all of the Saved to live in, and it's called Their Super-Good Brain.
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The 3 best selling vehicles in America are all pickup trucks. Anyone who claims to know the American people would surely know at least one person who owns a pickup truck.
They don't want to admit that their lives and all they know are contained in their tiny, little, unrepresentative bubble. They prefer the fiction that they are moderate, mainstream, impartial observers of the American condition.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 04, 2017 03:55 PM (R+30W)
That level of defensiveness really demonstrates a healthy and underlying happiness about who they are and what they stand for, eh?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 04, 2017 03:55 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: West at January 04, 2017 03:55 PM (1Rgee)
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So when are you coming to Fly-Over Country? We'll go to the gun ranges (indoor and outdoor) in my Chevy Z71 Silverado 1500 4x4 pickup truck. Shooting isn't your thing? I'll hook up the boat/trailer and we'll hit the lakes.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2017 03:55 PM (voOPb)
"Hey look, a cartoon about something called the Uncertainty Principle. Not really sure what that is but gimmie a sec to scan Wikipedia. Okay! Ha ha, I get the funny joke because I understand quantum physics, likely you rubes in Jesusland who hate science whydoyouhatescience???"
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at January 04, 2017 03:55 PM (xN1DB)
Trucks are great to haul ass in.
Posted by: R. DUKE at January 04, 2017 03:51 PM (ONH2e)
Going my way?
Posted by: Lena Dunham at January 04, 2017 03:55 PM (GX63o)
Or as I like to call it, the near West.
Posted by: Kreplach at January 04, 2017 03:55 PM (Ln1SM)
Also, I'm going to laugh at anybody I see in the ditch who drove off of the road because they don't have a pick-up with 4whl drive.
Posted by: Fritz at January 04, 2017 03:56 PM (2Mnv1)
Posted by: sunny-dee at January 04, 2017 03:56 PM (QAOZh)
Posted by: Hope's Rolo at January 04, 2017 03:56 PM (vtcmf)
They don't want to admit that their lives and all they know are contained in their tiny, little, unrepresentative bubble. They prefer the fiction that they are moderate, mainstream, impartial observers of the American condition.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 04, 2017 03:55 PM (R+30W)
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"Hmmm...maybe there are large sections of this country that I don't understand very well because their life experiences are so different from mine."
-None of these journalists.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 04, 2017 03:56 PM (/prE6)
Have any of you 'journalists' ever been inside a Wal-Mart would be my next question.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 03:56 PM (4Ejxg)
Posted by: Deplorable votermom @vm on Gab at January 04, 2017 03:56 PM (Om16U)
Sadly, very useful in today's America.
Speaking of which, while ace does the heavy lifting of unpacking, fisking, and incinerating the sad inadequacies of Our Lessers, I settle for things like "clueless, and actually stupid". Which I would argue are as accurate, though of course far less entertaining.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 04, 2017 03:56 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The 2017 Bunkers, Panic Rooms, and Bomb Shelters Await You at the Outrage Outlet! at January 04, 2017 03:56 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at January 04, 2017 03:56 PM (xN1DB)
Posted by: Dave Head at January 04, 2017 03:57 PM (kH/If)
Posted by: Roy at January 04, 2017 03:54 PM (VndSC)
Heh. My nephew drives two vehicles - one is his Miata, and the other is a giant pickup/snowplow for work. The Miata can fit in the bed of the truck. Both the same color, too.
Posted by: josephistan at January 04, 2017 03:57 PM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Chi at January 04, 2017 03:57 PM (/Z9VQ)
Posted by: dantesed at January 04, 2017 03:57 PM (88xKn)
Posted by: Kristian W Holvoet at January 04, 2017 03:57 PM (3bo9E)
Posted by: joncelli, not a pervert at all at January 04, 2017 03:57 PM (RD7QR)
I had a buddy who had one years ago. Kind of a useless vehicle, not quite truck, not quite car, but it looked cool all pimped out.
I'm told a certain ex-president had an astro turf rug in the bed of his.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 03:57 PM (/tuJf)
Why else would you get upset that you don't know anyone with a pickup truck?
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 04, 2017 03:57 PM (J5mC3)
Posted by: Barack H. Obama at January 04, 2017 03:57 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 03:57 PM (6gk0M)
When I lived in LA, I used to see a whole lot of Chevy El Caminos, a model that is rare here in the northeast, and I always wanted one for some unknown reason.
Fuck journalists.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 04, 2017 03:55 PM (mbhDw
You just wanted to fvck skinny girls compared to Bill Clinton banging razor backs in the back of his.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2017 03:57 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Deplorable votermom @vm on Gab at January 04, 2017 03:58 PM (Om16U)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 03:58 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 04, 2017 03:58 PM (7ZVPa)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at January 04, 2017 03:58 PM (FYrz1)
The dumb c*nt who tweeted "why does this fucking matter?" probably wants to get back to what really matters: white male racism and misogyny!
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 03:58 PM (4Ejxg)
Posted by: grammie winger at January 04, 2017 03:58 PM (bpfzP)
And then there was this guy --
Jay Cost
@JayCostTWS
If @JohnEkdahl had asked how many ppl bought a copy of "Hillbilly Elegy" and totally intend to read it someday, he'd have been fine.
Because that was better suited to providing the proper virtue signals than the icky pickup truck question was.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Irredeemable Cycling Stars (TM) at January 04, 2017 03:59 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: tbodie at January 04, 2017 03:59 PM (/aFKY)
For purposes of this discussion, we're focusing on whether journalists are in touch with average Americans. Whether someone owns a pickup or drives his Honda Civic to the office, then gets in a pickup for work, we're still talking about blue collar types that journalists haven't befriended.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at January 04, 2017 03:59 PM (xN1DB)
"Hmmm...maybe there are large sections of this country that I don't understand very well because their life experiences are so different from mine."
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"Wha are things that journalists and liberals will never say for the win Alex."
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 04, 2017 03:59 PM (J5mC3)
Duh.
Which makes precisely zero difference, when one approaches things with the humility, realism, and intelligence. "Socratic" knowledge (knowin' what you don't know) is easy. It's absence is often an indicator of ..... mediocre intelligence.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 04, 2017 03:59 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: IC at January 04, 2017 03:59 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 04, 2017 03:59 PM (oZEJt)
Rural counties of NJ have lots of trucks because yes-there are farmers, or when the weather gets rough they need the traction.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2017 03:59 PM (tOcW/)
Posted by: Some Journolister at January 04, 2017 03:59 PM (X7E8f)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 04, 2017 03:59 PM (dSqvH)
Stop by the farm and army surplus store and get dirty looks for being a not American made and not more raised.
So it's perfect for me, plus it's one of the few I could find with 4wd and manual trans.
Posted by: Shiggz at January 04, 2017 03:59 PM (G7wcY)
And I just bought two bottles of Trump wine to celebrate on Inauguration Day.
Come and get me, People's Republic of NoVa!
Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2017 03:59 PM (sBOL1)
Driving down TX 288 in Brazoria County. Passed by a huge dualie. Gun rack and Bambi bars. On the tailgate is a sticker: "I [heart] My Yorkie".
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 04, 2017 04:00 PM (J8/9G)
You're welcome.
Posted by: Steve Chu, who doesn't drive at January 04, 2017 04:00 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: Hillary at January 04, 2017 04:00 PM (P/aDH)
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 04, 2017 04:00 PM (IgBFP)
And then there was this guy --
Jay Cost
@JayCostTWS
If @JohnEkdahl had asked how many ppl bought a copy of "Hillbilly Elegy" and totally intend to read it someday, he'd have been fine.
Because that was better suited to providing the proper virtue signals than the icky pickup truck question was.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Irredeemable Cycling Stars (TM) at January 04, 2017 03:59 PM (BK3ZS)
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Cost was writing that in support of Ekdahl, commenting on how the journalists' responses wouldn't have been as strong if Ekdahl had mentioned a book instead of a car.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 04, 2017 04:00 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: Kristian W Holvoet at January 04, 2017 03:57 PM (3bo9E)
Lots. When I selling Hondas, they kept stressing to us that if not for other manufacturers fleet sales (which Honda typically doesn't do), they'd be #1 in sales for every car/SUV category.
Posted by: josephistan at January 04, 2017 04:00 PM (7HtZB)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2017 04:00 PM (tOcW/)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 04, 2017 04:01 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 04:01 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 03:56 PM (4Ejxg)
"Do you know anyone who goes fishing on the weekends?" is another question.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The 2017 Bunkers, Panic Rooms, and Bomb Shelters Await You at the Outrage Outlet! at January 04, 2017 04:01 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Fritz at January 04, 2017 03:56 PM (2Mnv1)
I laugh at all the trucks and SUV's in the ditch who think that 4wd means they can drive 80mph on ice.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 04, 2017 04:01 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: David in ATL at January 04, 2017 04:01 PM (Gplmx)
then gets in a pickup for work, we're still talking about blue collar
types that journalists haven't befriended.
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OMG.
I know a local tv reporter/weekend news anchor that DRIVES A PICKUP TRUCK. Someone alert the Twitterscape NOW!!!
Also, the guy in questions is a volunteer fireman.
And one of only TWO conservatives on the air at my former job; he has to keep quiet about it, of course.
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 04, 2017 04:01 PM (J5mC3)
Dave in Texas owns a truck, he whipped it out on Twitter.
Posted by: Dr Spank at January 04, 2017 04:02 PM (4e+hS)
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 04, 2017 04:02 PM (J8/9G)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy CON QUESO at January 04, 2017 04:02 PM (BucYa)
Posted by: dantesed at January 04, 2017 04:02 PM (88xKn)
Posted by: Chi at January 04, 2017 04:02 PM (/Z9VQ)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 04, 2017 04:02 PM (BP2E4)
Seriously its the most hilarious self-revealing elitism and lack of contact with Americans I've ever seen. People freaked out about this simple question and its pretty decent and thoughtful. How in touch with this nation you claim to report for and speak for?
After that hilarious NYT "lets go visit the Jesuslanders" Pickup article it was a natural question.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 04:03 PM (39g3+)
Flabby flack Frank Luntz in particular really wanted to do a deep dive on the numbers before conceding that these trucks were in fact the best-selling models of light vehicles in America, questioning whether the trucks sold well to individual customers, or were just bought en masse for construction fleets:
I guess Frank doesn't know that corporations buy large fleets of cars too
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 04, 2017 04:03 PM (lKyWE)
==================================
Or, "When's the last time you went to church?"
Posted by: grammie winger at January 04, 2017 04:03 PM (bpfzP)
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at January 04, 2017 04:03 PM (UBzPO)
I bet I own 40 trucks mostly chevy or GMC. Some Toyotas. Maybe a dodge. I don't know why we don't buy Fords.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 04, 2017 04:03 PM (IgBFP)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2017 04:03 PM (voOPb)
And yet ...... and yet ..... pickup ownership is absolutely meaningless to me, any more than the color of somebody's t-shirt on any given day. Whatever.
And yet ...... and yet .... being an actual American, with some sense of history and knowledge of the wider world, I recognize the importance of freedom of conscience (as it was called during the Cold War fights against totalitarianism), which encompasses religious freedom and tolerance.
Ace can do as many pretty vivisections of these idiots as he likes - and I'll read and enjoy them - but shorter ace: these people aren't very intelligent, in a practical sense, and are pretty useless due to the ignorance and bigotry.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 04, 2017 04:04 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 04, 2017 04:04 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: kathysaysso at January 04, 2017 04:04 PM (43OZ6)
-Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 03:56 PM (4Ejxg)
""Do you know anyone who goes fishing on the weekends?" is another question.[/i\"-Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The 2017 Bunkers, Panic Rooms, and Bomb Shelters
Await You at the Outrage Outlet! at January 04, 2017 04:01 PM (hLRSq)
-How many hours have you spent in a deer-stand?
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 04:04 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 04, 2017 04:04 PM (BP2E4)
I.
Don't.
Know.
This is a tough lesson to learn, because most people fear being revealed as ignorant or wrong as if that somehow destroys any chance of their being intelligent. But the smartest, wisest people are always willing to say this, if they don't know. Its an admission of imperfection, yes, but its also a statement of knowledge: I know a lot, but that one has me, and I need to learn.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 04:04 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Some Journolister
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It also makes the statement;
"I am not a racist!"
Posted by: Old Christine at January 04, 2017 04:04 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: dantesed at January 04, 2017 04:04 PM (88xKn)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 04, 2017 04:04 PM (idrE1)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 04, 2017 04:02 PM (BP2E4)
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You're outside the statistical norm. There are exceptions to everything. Of course, the larger point is that most trucks are owned by conservatives, and the lack of knowledge of people with trucks is indicative of not knowing conservatives. Not definitive, but indicative.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 04, 2017 04:04 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at January 04, 2017 04:04 PM (UBzPO)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 04, 2017 04:04 PM (QQ+il)
We had one of those little rascals as a utility truck on the farm. Tough little SOB. Beat the crap out of it and it just kept going.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 04:04 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 04:04 PM (6gk0M)
Then when the Volt actually came to market... none of the local liberal loons actually bought one. Because of the severe social stigma associated with purchasing a car made by "flyovers".
Posted by: torquewrench at January 04, 2017 04:04 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 04, 2017 04:04 PM (J5mC3)
You got soft hands, Mr. Luntz -- been countin' money your whole life
Posted by: regular joe at January 04, 2017 04:04 PM (O50yS)
Posted by: grammie winger at January 04, 2017 04:03 PM (bpfzP)
Ohh...their favorite answer to this is 'I am more spiritual than religious'. Which means, they believe in every new nonsense fad that comes up.
Posted by: IC at January 04, 2017 04:05 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 04, 2017 04:05 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Shiggz at January 04, 2017 04:05 PM (G7wcY)
They took it so personally there is some kind of inferiority complex evident.
It's almost as if they don't want anyone asking how they feel entitled to write about a nation they know next to nothing accept that which the leftist narrative insists upon.
One of the best:
@lytestreet
@JohnEkdahl Q: How many of those truck owners use them for the intended purpose? A: Not many unless you count immigrant laborers.
The stupid here is impossible to untangle.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 04, 2017 04:05 PM (FQ0rq)
again,
watch this very short Fake News video and see who we're dealing with
This is a MUST WATCH video. Believe me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YwIkknxE8E
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 04:05 PM (4Ejxg)
If the most popular vehicles in America are pickup trucks, but you don't know anyone who owns one, why? There are a lot of Americans and there are a lot of trucks, so it's not unreasonable to assume that the two would overlap in your experience. It's no different than asking, "The most popular ice cream in the country is vanilla. Do you know anyone who says vanilla is their favorite ice cream?" It should make you tilt your head and say, "Huh, good question. I DON'T know anyone like that. Everyone I know likes chocolate. Where are these vanilla-lovers? Are my chocolate-loving friends actually vanilla-lovers and I'm just making assumptions?"
Nowhere did he say, "So, coastal elites, how many down-home country truck owners do you know? And if you say none that means you're out of touch and don't know Real America."
We're defined as much by our ability to recognize what we DON'T know as by our ability to articulate what we DO know. Admitting that you live inside a bubble - especially about something as inconsequential as your associates' preferred vehicle type - is one way of acknowledging you may live in other bubbles, too.
But journalism is the only profession in which you are assumed to know as much about medicine as a doctor, as much about law as a lawyer, science as a scientist, economics as an economist, etc, etc, without ever having to go through the time, effort, and cost of actually ACQUIRING that knowledge. Implying that a journalist may not have knowledge in a particular area is akin to implying they don't know ANYTHING. Those who recognize their limitations and accept that there's things they don't know wouldn't have such an emotional overreaction to such a simple question. But "journalists" who don't want to admit they have limitations view any highlighting of those limitations as a personal attack and lash out.
I think Ekdahl helped us ferret out a lot of actual journalists from the pretenders and provocateurs.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at January 04, 2017 04:05 PM (4df7R)
-trucks are popular
-reporters don't know anybody with a truck
therefore: reporters are NOT POPULAR
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 04, 2017 04:05 PM (18h+i)
Since Hillary! won "handily" every state in which Subarus are the number one vehicle, it should be mandated that every individual own a Subaru.
Doc Marten's and flannel shirts can be optional.
Posted by: Barbara Boxer at January 04, 2017 04:05 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Coastal liberal at January 04, 2017 04:05 PM (VndSC)
My family will be inside the winner.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 04, 2017 04:05 PM (7ZVPa)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy CON QUESO at January 04, 2017 04:06 PM (BucYa)
I don't think a non-media New Yorker would be upset by the question because a non-media type doesn't even pretend to be in touch with the strange people west of the Hudson.
Humans develop survival skills to match their environment. What those skills are different in NYC than they are in Montana.
What is irritating is that urban journalists know there are rural skills they don't need but dismiss the idea that someone who lives 30 miles away from the nearest police station might just feel a need to own guns.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 04, 2017 04:06 PM (ZM2xo)
Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2017 04:06 PM (8nWyX)
I'd much rather be with a stupid, uneducated wise man than the opposite.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 04:06 PM (39g3+)
Have any of you 'journalists' ever been inside a Wal-Mart would be my next question.
-Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 03:56 PM (4Ejxg)
""Do you know anyone who goes fishing on the weekends?" is another question.[/i\"-Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The 2017 Bunkers, Panic Rooms, and Bomb Shelters
Await You at the Outrage Outlet! at January 04, 2017 04:01 PM (hLRSq)
-How many hours have you spent in a deer-stand?
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 04:04 PM (6gk0M)
How many lug nuts are there on a spare tire?
Posted by: Lena Dunham at January 04, 2017 04:06 PM (GX63o)
I owned a cute little jeep wrangler in my college days, but I've got a little SUV now.
Posted by: Dancing Queen at January 04, 2017 04:06 PM (lZaEn)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2017 04:00 PM (tOcW/)
++++
Someone should tell all the landscaping crews. They are always in pickups and almost always are Hispanic.
I suppose they could be racists, though. I haven't really investigated that possibility.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 04, 2017 04:06 PM (R+30W)
Plus, I got a half-acre in suburban NJ to ranch.
Don't y'all think you're better'n me. You ain't.
Posted by: spongeworthy at January 04, 2017 04:06 PM (mrfTe)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2017 04:00 PM (tOcW/)
I guess all the Mexicans in South San Francisco didn't get that memo.
Posted by: kathysaysso at January 04, 2017 04:06 PM (43OZ6)
I assert my Asian woman driver privilege in this.
Posted by: Deplorable votermom @vm on Gab at January 04, 2017 04:07 PM (Om16U)
They're called "subcontractors" and many of them are one or two man shops. They buy F-150s.
Disclosure: I do own part of a family construction company and our fleet has, IIRC, 14 to16 F150s/250s/350s. Subcontractors all own their own trucks as well.
Posted by: Alec Leamas at January 04, 2017 04:07 PM (y/9kR)
Yes, I do. I have fish in my freezer from them.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 04, 2017 04:07 PM (IgBFP)
Posted by: Usntakim at January 04, 2017 04:07 PM (hMqvx)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 04, 2017 04:07 PM (4ErVI)
***
Nobody said it's outraging. It's fascinating.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 04, 2017 04:07 PM (SEXy3)
I.
Don't.
Know.
Amen and amen and amen.
Intellectual humility is one of my least favorite things in the world and something that the Universe is bound and determined to teach me, no matter how humiliating and painful and eternal those lessons will be.
I had to do something new at work last week and I asked many many many many completely idiotic questions because I didn't know. No, I didn't know that super obvious thing because I don't do that. No, I didn't know I had to do that other thing as well because I haven't done this before. You know what's wrong in that situation? Not asking the question.
Also, guys, guys, you guuuuyyyysss, I have this super new and incredibly radical idea and, seriously, I'm about to blow your minds.
Get. This.
Different people in different places have different experiences and view the world differently and, hold on, we're going next level now, have different priorities and different concerns which need to be addressed differently.
I know, I know, I'm Wil E. Coyote, Super Genius for figuring that out. I'm so awesome. Go me.
Posted by: alexthechick - Darth Victory Tits at January 04, 2017 04:07 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Shiggz at January 04, 2017 04:07 PM (G7wcY)
Seems like in particular, the Federal government buys a lot of sedans and SUVs.
Mostly made by Government Motors, if I remember correctly.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 04, 2017 04:07 PM (J+eG2)
That's just the typical leftist projecting the utter shallowness and simplicity of his own mind. Chickens have more complex thoughts than your typical leftist ... because chickens can do elementary arithmetic - or so leftists have told me.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2017 04:07 PM (zc3Db)
That part about the aristocrats is mind boggling to me. I get frustrated not knowing things, especially getting my wife's damn car started.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 04, 2017 04:07 PM (ODxAs)
And the fishin', church-goin', god-bothering parts of the Horde could only dream of me being in charge of things, or a prominent "journalist". That's how much I'd be loved.
Not being ignorant, or bigoted, or narrow-minded, and having some humility are nothing heroic. Nor are these traits that rare - except, apparently, among today's "elites".
Posted by: rhomboid at January 04, 2017 04:07 PM (QDnY+)
-How many hours have you spent in a deer-stand?
---
Can you identify:
-a deer
-a full bed pickup truck
- a miter saw
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 04, 2017 04:08 PM (J5mC3)
I.
Don't.
Know.
Remember: If the women don't find you handsome, they should find you handy.
I'm pulling for ya'. We're all in this together.
Posted by: Red Green
Posted by: rickb223 at January 04, 2017 04:08 PM (dSqvH)
Posted by: ever at January 04, 2017 04:08 PM (kronK)
Posted by: Jaybee at January 04, 2017 04:08 PM (O3uss)
Hi, Chi
I believe you said that your mom was having a biopsy?. How did things go? Haven't seen you around much lately.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2017 04:08 PM (tOcW/)
I'm surprised Luntz can even type with all that jelly donut goo all over his fingers.
Posted by: FredB at January 04, 2017 04:08 PM (c5sfq)
Posted by: Another Bob at January 04, 2017 04:08 PM (oBKSz)
I don't trust cars that are smarter than me.
Having my phone sneer at me is bad enough.
Posted by: Deplorable votermom @vm on Gab at January 04, 2017 04:08 PM (Om16U)
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 26:12
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 04, 2017 04:08 PM (idrE1)
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 04, 2017 04:09 PM (OzJeO)
Posted by: Joy Behar at January 04, 2017 04:09 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
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Well... after it's pumped out.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2017 04:09 PM (NBHj5)
>>Or, "When's the last time you went to church?"
"Do you know anyone who owns a gun?"
Posted by: Lizzy at January 04, 2017 04:05 PM (NOIQH)
they don't know anyone who voted for trump
Posted by: phoenixgirl, Happy Christmas at January 04, 2017 04:09 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: TxDan at January 04, 2017 04:09 PM (LYMyk)
Heh. Define the "intended purpose" of a truck, bucko!
Posted by: Lizzy at January 04, 2017 04:09 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 04, 2017 04:09 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 04, 2017 04:09 PM (BP2E4)
When I sense someone from the other team is engaging me I immediately look for a path to deride them.
I'm getting better at suppressing this in real life...but I understand the impulse these people had to discredit and mock the question.
But I drive a truck, so what do I know?
Posted by: Barrmaggedon at January 04, 2017 04:09 PM (w9Yap)
Posted by: I Be That Chick at January 04, 2017 04:09 PM (S/qwI)
================================
You shop at Penney's? Well, la di da.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 04, 2017 04:09 PM (bpfzP)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llamabutcher at January 04, 2017 04:09 PM (xK4Ot)
Of course Luntz can't his way to the parking garage without a bunch of knob turning focus groups deciding for him
Posted by: kbdabear at January 04, 2017 04:09 PM (Ya7zs)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, who is now @SMcEvil on GAB at January 04, 2017 04:09 PM (kXoT0)
Holy shit, this is church!!!
Posted by: Pepe at January 04, 2017 04:09 PM (7SUm3)
Posted by: Sponge at January 04, 2017 04:10 PM (xttKs)
Also, he loves Big Macs. I've heard.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 04, 2017 04:10 PM (xeeHA)
My hobbies include blowing the doors off Prii and Subarus on I-5 on my way to Baja, and checking girls laps at intersections.
Vroom, vroom.
Posted by: wth at January 04, 2017 04:10 PM (HgMAr)
At the GM dealership last summer to buy an obscure part for a friend's car:
Oleaginous sales guy straight out of the worst of the 1970s, bad plaid sport coat and all, sees me looking at a diesel truck while my buddy is inside at the parts counter.
"Say, what can we do to put you into one of those today?"
-- Only if you've got one with a six-speed.
"You're in luck! This has a six-speed, sir."
-- Six-speed *manual* with a *clutch*? News to me.
"Ummmmmmmmmmmm. Let me talk to my manager."
-- Don't bother.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 04, 2017 04:10 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 04, 2017 04:10 PM (idrE1)
Posted by: Yes. at January 04, 2017 04:10 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Sponge at January 04, 2017 04:10 PM (xttKs)
One of those really dangerous "mega-truck owners".
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2017 04:11 PM (zc3Db)
I don't know what a miter saw is. The other two I know.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 04, 2017 04:11 PM (IgBFP)
Is it wrong for me to think about luring these elitist reporters to somewhere in "flyover country"
***
I really, really want to see us do this for government offices.
I'd love to everything not directly tied to the Congress, office of the President, or the SC moved somewhere else where they can more immediately work on whatever their nominal reason to exist is...and pay the price if they aren't.
HUD to Chicago
EPA to Flint
VA to Norfolk (or near one of the major army bases).
HHS to El Paso
INS also to El Paso
Etc...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 04, 2017 04:11 PM (X7E8f)
We are planning to trade it in for a truck.
I don't understand the unwillingness to accept your own ignorance though. Don't these assholes ever drive by a flatbed hauling some huge bit of equipment and think "wow, I wonder what that thing does!"
I guess not.
Posted by: Lauren at January 04, 2017 04:11 PM (sjmF0)
So far, with my friends truck. Friends trucks are more popular than Chevy, Ford and Dodge combined.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 04:11 PM (/tuJf)
Does this Mr. O'Spades have a blog?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 04, 2017 04:11 PM (J+eG2)
At least I pronounce "ethanol" correctly!
Posted by: angry LIJ at January 04, 2017 04:11 PM (2WoCi)
I live in Michigan, and fought against getting a SUV for a long time, mostly because they're more expensive to own, and the gas mileage isn't as good as I would want. And I would not consider a "hybrid" or any nonsense like that.
Well, a few years ago I got a Rav4, and WOW! It has four wheel drive and will go through anything. The ride isn't as smooth as a sedan, but when there's snow, you're golden.
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 04, 2017 04:11 PM (J5mC3)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 04, 2017 04:11 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 04:11 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 04, 2017 04:11 PM (BP2E4)
-a deer
-a full bed pickup truck
- a miter saw
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat!
Well, can ya?
Posted by: Harry Callahan at January 04, 2017 04:11 PM (DMUuz)
I don't trust cars that are smarter than me.
Having my phone sneer at me is bad enough.
Posted by: Deplorable votermom
------------
Heh. You ain't seen nothing yet.
Posted by: Googlemobile at January 04, 2017 04:11 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: Lena Dunham
None.
Unless you are driving a jeep. Then two to three to hold it on the mounting bracket.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 04, 2017 04:11 PM (dSqvH)
My brother got a Ram 2500 and I swear that thing is nicer inside than a BWM or Mercedes.
Posted by: alexthechick - Darth Victory Tits at January 04, 2017 04:12 PM (mf5HN)
The original question came from a NYT reporter who looked at Texans like most would look at wildlife in Africa. He didn't think that people "needed" pick-ups, but he didn't understand the reasoning, either.
They look at "Flyover Country" like they are on a Safari.
Fuck this guy in particular because he savors the cock that is New York City.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 04:12 PM (6gk0M)
I'd
love to everything not directly tied to the Congress, office of the
President, or the SC moved somewhere else where they can more
immediately work on whatever their nominal reason to exist is...and pay
the price if they aren't.
HUD to Chicago
EPA to Flint
VA to Norfolk (or near one of the major army bases).
HHS to El Paso
INS also to El Paso
Etc...
---
OMG.
If I was a man, I'd be headed for my bunk right now...
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 04, 2017 04:12 PM (J5mC3)
Tough skins for the win.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 04, 2017 04:12 PM (IgBFP)
I mean, who can really say what these people are thinking?
But whatever they're thinking, they dodge and leap and parry and spin in an effort to trick you (and their peers and followers, more importantly) into thinking they've defeated you, without ever answering the question that was asked.
Posted by: Steve at January 04, 2017 04:12 PM (Qv1ut)
But of course I live in the Deep South, where nearly everyone either drives a truck or knows a truck driver within at most three degrees of separation.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at January 04, 2017 04:12 PM (9krrF)
Posted by: Coastal liberal at January 04, 2017 04:12 PM (VndSC)
-a deer
-a full bed pickup truck
- a miter saw
White tail or mulie? Buck or doe?
8 ft bed
Yes
Posted by: rickb223 at January 04, 2017 04:12 PM (dSqvH)
One of those really dangerous "mega-truck owners".
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2017 04:11 PM (zc3Db)
YAY!!! Badge of honor....
Posted by: Sponge at January 04, 2017 04:13 PM (xttKs)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 04, 2017 04:13 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 04:13 PM (6gk0M)
Yeah, this was impractical in the past, but these days with communication and transportation being what it is, there's no reason not to, other than DC corruption and graft.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 04:13 PM (39g3+)
Well, can ya?
Posted by: Harry Callahan at January 04, 2017 04:11 PM
--
Yes.
And in fact, the other day I was pricing miter saws.
/I did not expect my life to be like this...
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 04, 2017 04:13 PM (J5mC3)
164 In parts of New York and New Jersey, pickup trucks are "low class" and can't be parked in your own driveway. I first encountered this in Florida when I rented a condo that was otherwise occupied by retired New Jersey folk. The Home Owner's Association demanded I park my high-end pickup truck around the back."
These assholes realize that a fully loaded truck costs more than a BMW, right?
Posted by: Lauren at January 04, 2017 04:13 PM (sjmF0)
Does this Mr. O'Spades have a blog?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 04, 2017 04:11 PM (J+eG2)
Comte Ac de Pique to you, peon.
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 04, 2017 04:13 PM (J8/9G)
Oh, and your Prius is my carbon offset. Thanks!!
Posted by: Shepherd Lover at January 04, 2017 04:13 PM (u2w0Z)
Do you know who msnbc's chief political reporters are?
Two Stupid Girls who know nothing about the World or the people who live in it. Katy Turd and the gym-teacher-in-another-life Kasie Hunt. They are a couple of naive know-it-alls and liars who belong working on a community college newsletter.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 04:13 PM (4Ejxg)
Posted by: Steve at January 04, 2017 04:12 PM (Qv1ut)
Which are all true, of course.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2017 04:14 PM (zc3Db)
Remote mountain dwellers and we cannot get by without these two vehicles. I would prefer a pickup myself but my old father can't climb into one.
That said, during the election season (Trump country) I cringed driving around cause I got those scathing glances.
I have no virtue signaling on the suby, so I'm sure I got a begrudging pass. Hey! I'm one of you! The Suby also works as a disguise too, the libs think I'm one of them.
Posted by: Derak at January 04, 2017 04:14 PM (/LnUG)
On the set of a Hollywood SJW Ad…
"Hello, America. I'm Robert Downey, Jr, and since the election of Trump I have been scared for my vagina…"
"Robert, stop, stop. I think you have Lena Dunham's script by mistake."
"Really? Because I can imagine having a vagina. I'm an actor: I can do that."
"No, sorry, Robert: Lena REALLY wanted to be the one to say 'vagina' in this spot. America knowing about her vagina fears is very important to her."
"I can have vagina fears, too. I'm a very sensitive guy. A very sensitive guy, sensitive to women's vagina fears: they have fears about their vaginas, and I can talk about sharing that."
"I think you talking about vaginas might not make the best of your time in this ad, Robert…"
"I think I know where this is going: I'm going to get the script about drug addictions increasing, aren't I?"
"Well, actually…"
"Yeah, I know, I know: I had drug problems. Big ones. But I'm REALLY tired of being 'that drug guy', you know?"
"I understand, Robert: I do. Say: how do you feel about transvestites, Robert? Travolta dropped out."
"Of course he did. Travolta talks a Big Game about transvestites in private, but when it comes to going public…"
"He's just not ready yet, Robert…"
"What is Trump doing to the transvestites? I know a few transvestite hookers, but they haven't said much…"
"That's because Trump is forcing them into silence."
"That's it? Silence? Are you SURE I can't talk about vaginas?"
"I really don't want to lose Lena, Robert: the hipsters like her."
"Maybe she could do something about body-shaming, instead? Because she's no Jennifer Lawrence, that's for sure."
"Body-Shaming is already being taken by some chunky black actress. I don't remember her name, but she was all we could get for the 'fat' part…"
"Maybe I could team up with Samuel L. Jackson on something, then: that could be cool."
"Samuel has already told us that when he films his part he wants no white people on the set."
"So it's drugs or transvestites, that's what you're saying?"
"I'm afraid so, Robert…"
"Fuck it: I'll stick with drugs, then…"
"Good, good! And now I can call Jared Leto and tell him the 'transvestite part' is his…"
I am Laslo.
Posted by: Arno-Fethwicke at January 04, 2017 04:14 PM (sf3Ua)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 04:11 PM (39g3+)
=====================
Well, one indicator would be answering this question a certain way:
If someone were to present the question to you, "Do you know anyone who owns a Prius or uses public transportation exclusively?" would you:
A) Answer either "yes" or "no".
or
B) Imply that the questioner was questioning your level of Americanness and proceed to scream at them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 04, 2017 04:14 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: alexthechick - Darth Victory Tits
Of course they are. Truck people aren't (all) savages...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at January 04, 2017 04:14 PM (9krrF)
My brother got a Ram 2500 and I swear that thing is nicer inside than a BWM or Mercedes.
Posted by: alexthechick
Go large or go home: F650
Posted by: rickb223 at January 04, 2017 04:14 PM (dSqvH)
Posted by: Lauren at January 04, 2017 04:14 PM (sjmF0)
*If its tailgate breaks off when you try to load the bed, it's not an option.
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at January 04, 2017 04:14 PM (D6ny+)
Posted by: Roy at January 04, 2017 04:14 PM (VndSC)
-a deer
-a full bed pickup truck
- a miter saw
___
Deers are those big things in Maine right? Like if you hit one driving to a sku resort it will destroy your car and then eat you?
a full bed pickup truck....is that like when you have a bed in the back? Like I had in my van in the 60s?
a miter saw that's like an rich old person's saw right?
Posted by: Some Journolister at January 04, 2017 04:15 PM (X7E8f)
Currently have two trucks (no cars in the family): Dodge RAM 2500 Cummins Diesel; Dodge RAM 3500 Dually Cummins Diesel.
95 percent of the people I know own trucks...but hey, it's Texas.
Posted by: Sixkiller at January 04, 2017 04:15 PM (mFA3Z)
That actually bothers me, pickups aren't supposed to be luxury and comfort. They're supposed to be something you can get into muddy and sooty and dirty and not worry about the interior. Girlified pickups annoy me.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 04:15 PM (39g3+)
I don't care that they don't know. If you live in an apartment in NYC, there is no reason you have to know how to field dress a deer.
What I do hate is when they make a virtue of their ignorance - pontificating about "assault rifles" and whatnot when it's clear they don't know the first thing about guns. Then when they're corrected, they just blow it off because they don't think they have to actually know anything about guns to force their opinions about guns on everyone.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 04, 2017 04:15 PM (ZM2xo)
Posted by: Eric Hoffer's Thumb at January 04, 2017 04:15 PM (0J6e7)
Posted by: Roland THTG at January 04, 2017 04:15 PM (QM5S2)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 04, 2017 04:15 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: Golfman at January 04, 2017 04:15 PM (48QDY)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy CON QUESO at January 04, 2017 04:15 PM (BucYa)
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 04, 2017 04:11 PM (J5mC3)
Yeah, that and the Honda CRV were also on the list here in mid-MI. I ended up with a manual Impreza wagon which handles the snow just as well, but apparently I'm now a lesbian who listens to nothing but the Indigo Girls, so, y'know, keep that in mind.
Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2017 04:15 PM (8nWyX)
That part is key for me. I don't care about the color or whatnot but I want those seats to fold down and disappear.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 04, 2017 04:15 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: LASue, the most deplorable at January 04, 2017 04:16 PM (CLKfs)
And on Election Day morning, I predicted that Donald Trump would win Michigan and Pennsylvania and the election with 305 electoral votes.
Posted by: mrp at January 04, 2017 04:16 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: PostingatWork at January 04, 2017 04:16 PM (NzHOq)
Posted by: Sponge at January 04, 2017 04:10 PM (xttKs)
............
Deplorable.
Posted by: wth at January 04, 2017 04:16 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 04, 2017 04:16 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: Roy at January 04, 2017 04:16 PM (VndSC)
Posted by: Harry Reed at January 04, 2017 04:16 PM (8TdcF)
Posted by: Evilpens at January 04, 2017 04:16 PM (y3aQB)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 04, 2017 04:17 PM (P/aDH)
Have I told you lately that I love you?
Don't be a fag, now.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 04:17 PM (6gk0M)
I suppose there are some folks around like that, still. I dunno. It just seems like the left goes berserk calling for severe penalties for someone who holds a position they did just 4 years ago. I don't see the right doing that.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 04:17 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 04, 2017 04:15 PM (ZM2xo)
===================
Let them take pride in their ignorance as long as they don't try to influence your life.
They can sputter all they want about how they don't need to understand flyover country as long as they don't try to dictate how flyover country lives.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 04, 2017 04:17 PM (/prE6)
http://tinyurl.com/hvd7vx4
Posted by: eforhan at January 04, 2017 04:17 PM (QF7Nv)
@JohnEkdahl Q: How many of those truck owners use them for the intended purpose? A: Not many unless you count immigrant laborers.
The stupid here is impossible to untangle.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 04, 2017 04:05 PM (FQ0rq)
Isn't the intended purpose 'hauling something'? So If I throw a couch in the back or help somebody move or transport anything too big for a little compact or haul a boat/camper, etc, I have used the truck for its 'intended purpose'.
Which I bet ya every truck owner has.
Posted by: Lea at January 04, 2017 04:17 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 04, 2017 04:17 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 04, 2017 04:16 PM (4ErVI)
The shifty eyes they make toward you are also good signs.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 04, 2017 04:17 PM (8hICw)
I will never go back to a car.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 04, 2017 04:17 PM (BP2E4)
That's what boots and trucks are meant to be.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 04, 2017 04:17 PM (IgBFP)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 04, 2017 04:17 PM (9MInk)
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 04, 2017 04:11 PM
C'mon out to Texas. There'll be a bunch of us that show you both the manual and power versions of same.
Not sure if they're still legal in California, though.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 04, 2017 04:17 PM (DMUuz)
Guccifer' casts doubt on Obama administration's Russia hacking claims
Posted by: Evilpens at January 04, 2017 04:17 PM (y3aQB)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 04, 2017 04:17 PM (idrE1)
Exactly. As I said, friends trucks are very popular.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 04:18 PM (/tuJf)
They are called Cowboy Cadillacs. And yes, the King Ranch edition with leather seats looks and feels like a caddy.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 04, 2017 04:18 PM (dSqvH)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 04, 2017 04:18 PM (BP2E4)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 04:13 PM (6gk0M)
I typed what I typed.
Which was, you know, less than accurate.
I blame everyone but me.
I want a RAV4 a lot. Were it not that I have the best kind of car, the paid off kind, then I would get one.
Posted by: alexthechick - Darth Victory Tits at January 04, 2017 04:18 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Golfman at January 04, 2017 04:18 PM (48QDY)
Alex..
A suggestion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_500
I used to own a '68 when we were stationed in Italy.
You NEED this car.
As a second vehicle.
But, it's so you.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 04, 2017 04:18 PM (J+eG2)
I own and drive a pickup truck.
And on Election Day morning, I predicted that Donald Trump would win Michigan and Pennsylvania and the election with 305 electoral votes.
Posted by: mrp at January 04, 2017 04:16 PM (JBggj)
Me too - like the 1990 F350 7.5L owner above - I have a 1992 crew cab F350, it gets 3 priuses to the mile, and I told my dad, the day before the election, Trump had this with 300-315 EVs.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at January 04, 2017 04:19 PM (GX63o)
EPA to Flint
VA to Norfolk (or near one of the major army bases).
HHS to El Paso
INS also to El Paso
Etc...
Posted by: 18-1
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EPA to Fairbanks
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2017 04:19 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: Grump928(c) pontificates at January 04, 2017 04:19 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 04:17 PM (39g3+)
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I'm not trying to pick a fight, but conservatives do do it.
Just look back at how Paul Ryan was treated when he was nominated for VP vs. how he's treated now. He hasn't changed any positions since, but he's generally disliked by movement conservatives when he was treated very kindly in 2012.
Of course, that's not quite a 1 to 1 example, but the way some conservatives have turned on people like National Review because they said something they didn't like is very much in that vein.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 04, 2017 04:19 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: Dang at January 04, 2017 04:19 PM (8b+oT)
Posted by: SD at January 04, 2017 04:19 PM (07YWD)
Posted by: Grump928(c) pontificates at January 04, 2017 04:19 PM (QQ+il)
Not everyone wants a farm truck.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 04, 2017 04:19 PM (8hICw)
At the GM dealership last summer to buy an obscure part for a friend's car:
Oleaginous sales guy straight out of the worst of the 1970s, bad plaid sport coat and all, sees me looking at a diesel truck while my buddy is inside at the parts counter.
"Say, what can we do to put you into one of those today?"
-- Only if you've got one with a six-speed.
"You're in luck! This has a six-speed, sir."
-- Six-speed *manual* with a *clutch*? News to me.
"Ummmmmmmmmmmm. Let me talk to my manager."
-- Don't bother.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 04, 2017 04:10 PM (noWW6)
Do people now-a-days even know how to drive a stick?
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 04, 2017 04:19 PM (OzJeO)
Posted by: tu3031 at January 04, 2017 04:19 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 04, 2017 04:11 PM
C'mon out to Texas. There'll be a bunch of us that show you both the manual and power versions of same.
Not sure if they're still legal in California, though.
I invented the miter saw.
Posted by: R. DUKE at January 04, 2017 04:20 PM (ONH2e)
Posted by: Grump928(c) pontificates at January 04, 2017 04:20 PM (QQ+il)
Yeah it basically turns it into a work van. I believe they started doing the stow and go in '06 if that helps you.
Posted by: Lauren at January 04, 2017 04:20 PM (sjmF0)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2017 04:20 PM (zc3Db)
==================================
Or, "When's the last time you went to church?"
Posted by: grammie winger at January 04, 2017 04:03 PM (bpfzP
Fished Saturday and Monday. Church on Sunday.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2017 04:20 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 04, 2017 04:20 PM (BP2E4)
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 04, 2017 04:19 PM (OzJeO)
Yes. Yes I do.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 04, 2017 04:20 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: Grump928(c) pontificates at January 04, 2017 04:20 PM (QQ+il)
How many lug nuts are there on a spare tire?
Posted by: Lena Dunham at January 04, 2017 04:06 PM (GX63o)
Why don't you just look down and count?
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 04, 2017 04:20 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Vodka 4 the win at January 04, 2017 04:20 PM (m2hXj)
Posted by: Arnie Fufkin at January 04, 2017 04:20 PM (JUHfN)
Posted by: Ted Bundy at January 04, 2017 04:21 PM (+aCe4)
Posted by: Dang
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The Chevy Volt would be a footnote in GM history were it not for sales to the government.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2017 04:21 PM (NBHj5)
Posted by: pookysgirl at January 04, 2017 04:21 PM (gmvO1)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2017 04:20 PM (zc3Db
We have Menards, not sure where you are at. They rent out pickups starting at 19.95 for 2 hours in city.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2017 04:21 PM (voOPb)
Indeed. And of course, the beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord -- not just because it means you recognize the truth about the universe and its meaning, but because of this:
understanding you are not the highest and most important thing in the universe gives you proper perspective and the start of humility, and in that is wisdom.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 04:21 PM (39g3+)
-a deer
-a full bed pickup truck
- a miter saw
===========================
Last night going to the Y, we passed a truck that was disabled in the ditch. Then we found out why. Dead deer all over the place. If I had come home afterwards and used the mitre saw, I could have hit the trifecta.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 04, 2017 04:21 PM (bpfzP)
I work with roughly 600 other people. Easily 1/3 to 1/2 the vehicles in the parking lot are trucks.
Posted by: deadrody at January 04, 2017 04:21 PM (kj7T1)
Great little cat, but he can still outfight me about going to the vet's
Posted by: Kindltot at January 04, 2017 04:21 PM (9MInk)
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 04, 2017 04:19 PM (OzJeO)
First car was a manual, and second and third as well. My current truck is a Tacoma with an automatic, but the next one I buy I'm going to try and find something with a manual.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at January 04, 2017 04:21 PM (FYrz1)
Haha clearly you've never suffered through trying to do your own trim work with a miter box and a handsaw.
Posted by: Lauren at January 04, 2017 04:21 PM (sjmF0)
Posted by: Darth Randall at January 04, 2017 04:21 PM (6n332)
"I really, really want to see us do this for government offices."
Democratic master porkmeister Robert Byrd shut down the Senate for a couple of weeks until he got his way on an appropriations bill that would locate a new U.S. Coast Guard facility in... his own home state of landlocked West Virginia.
So, there's no reason any longer to pretend that gooberment offices have to be located conveniently or logically relative to their intended function.
Call it the Saint Incarnate Robert C. Byrd Rule, force it down the Democrats' throats with constant reminders that they created the proof of principle, and start posting federal bureaucrats en masse to places like Barrow, Alaska.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 04, 2017 04:22 PM (noWW6)
I place the blame on social media for creating these or making them worse. People know, and studies back it up, that using social media is unhealthy and causes depression, anxiety, and Narcissism. Obviously People should be held responsible as well but nobody seems to want to point the finger at social media and help these people, who more than likely will harm themselves or others.
(Not trying to offend or upset anybody using social media) Just saying too much of it is really unhealthy.
Posted by: Pepe at January 04, 2017 04:22 PM (7SUm3)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 04, 2017 04:22 PM (idrE1)
Posted by: Alec Leamas at January 04, 2017 04:22 PM (y/9kR)
--
I've owned two Subaru Legacy's; they're pricey to fix.
Really thought I would buy a CRV, but I didn't like it when I did a test drive. Same with the Nissan Rogue. The Rav4 beat both all counts, including price.
You might be an Indigo Girl loving lesbian; I AM NOT SUPPORTING THE UAW. I am a blasphemer!
/I think I win.
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 04, 2017 04:22 PM (J5mC3)
anymore. He's in and out consciousness, wanting to speak but dehydrated.
Just trying to figure out childcare arrangements and when Pookette can
see him.
Posted by: pookysgirl at January 04, 2017 04:21 PM (gmvO1)
==========================
His tube's out - that's a good sign.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 04, 2017 04:22 PM (bpfzP)
ignorance - pontificating about "assault rifles" and whatnot when it's
clear they don't know the first thing about guns. Then when they're
corrected, they just blow it off because they don't think they have to
actually know anything about guns to force their opinions about guns on
everyone.
"
-Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 04, 2017 04:15 PM
I should have married you.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 04:22 PM (6gk0M)
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It is getting harder to find them. I had a salesman beg me to buy an automatic mustang GT since they didn't have any manuals on the lot. I told him there was no point to a Mustang with an automatic.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 04, 2017 04:22 PM (7ZVPa)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at January 04, 2017 04:22 PM (Pby3z)
Posted by: Grump
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Baja - A car with a little bed. GGE owns one.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2017 04:22 PM (NBHj5)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 04, 2017 04:17 PM (9MInk)
I'll bet if he asked how many people journalists know who own assless chaps, he'd get lots of affirmative answers.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 04, 2017 04:22 PM (ZM2xo)
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at January 04, 2017 04:22 PM (UBzPO)
Posted by: pookysgirl at January 04, 2017 04:21 PM (gmvO1)
Ganbatte. Do what you need to do, and the rest will fall into place.
Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2017 04:22 PM (8nWyX)
"Ummmmmmmmmmmm. Let me talk to my manager."
-- Don't bother.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 04, 2017 04:10 PM (noWW6)
My Nissan Frontier is six-speed manual. I've been told it's one of the more effective theft-deterrents available today. Not a big truck, but it's tough as shit, and I love it.
Do people now-a-days even know how to drive a stick?
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 04, 2017 04:19 PM (OzJeO)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gloaty McGloatface at January 04, 2017 04:23 PM (RwwCT)
Posted by: Big V at January 04, 2017 04:23 PM (wuhZk)
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 04, 2017 04:19 PM (OzJeO)
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I'm 31 and I can. I can't buy a manual transmission, though, because my wife can't drive one and she sometimes needs to take my car places.
I do miss it, though.
Also, if I ever decide to rob a bank and need a quick getaway vehicle, I don't need to worry about manual vs. automatic. So I have that going for me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 04, 2017 04:23 PM (/prE6)
I do, the kids not so much.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 04, 2017 04:23 PM (IgBFP)
That isnt the problem
The problem is that then they might have to concede they do not know very much at all about half the country
The people they have been calling racist nazis
Posted by: ThunderB at January 04, 2017 04:23 PM (IRimx)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2017 04:23 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Marcus T
First thing I thought of was possible vacuum leak somewhere which caused me a similar issue years ago. Or bad gas/condensation in gas tank
Posted by: Vodka 4 the win at January 04, 2017 04:23 PM (m2hXj)
OT: can anybody give me am update on when SMFH's hubby's funeral is? I've been a bit out of touch lately.
Posted by: Country Boy - Stay Deplorable My Friends at January 04, 2017 04:23 PM (KUaxm)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 04, 2017 04:19 PM (/prE6)
Oh goodie a fight about the KWD
yee haw as us rednecks would say
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2017 04:23 PM (voOPb)
I know carpenters who don't even know what a worm-drive saw is.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 04:23 PM (4Ejxg)
I place the blame on social media for creating these or making them worse. People know, and studies back it up, that using social media is unhealthy and causes depression, anxiety, and Narcissism. Obviously People should be held responsible as well but nobody seems to want to point the finger at social media and help these people, who more than likely will harm themselves or others.
(Not trying to offend or upset anybody using social media) Just saying too much of it is really unhealthy.
--
LOL Pepe.
See my comment at #16.
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 04, 2017 04:23 PM (J5mC3)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles
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Why would I want a car? I ride in a government limo.
Posted by: Steven Chu, Sec. of Energy at January 04, 2017 04:24 PM (ZO497)
I have owned 2 trucks in my life; my ex drove a Dodge Dakota that I enjoyed driving.
It just occurred to me that my 2 older brothers and 1 older sister never owned trucks. They're all rabid liberals, too. Huh.
Posted by: fly gal at January 04, 2017 04:24 PM (8TdcF)
was disabled in the ditch. Then we found out why. Dead deer all over the
place. If I had come home afterwards and used the mitre saw, I could
have hit the trifecta."
-Posted by: grammie winger at January 04, 2017 04:21 PM (bpfzP)
You.
Are.
The.
Best.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 04:24 PM (6gk0M)
No, I agree, the right can be very unforgiving and angry, but its usually directed at the people on their own side who don't measure up or betray them ideologically.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 04:24 PM (39g3+)
We tow my buddy's boat back and forth to the Keys every winter. One of his trucks is a Chevy 2500 Diesel Duramax Crew Cab that can pull a house and is totally plush inside.
Yea, 1500 miles each way and my ass wants a comfy seat and some pampering.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 04:24 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at January 04, 2017 04:24 PM (Pby3z)
Ah geez, Slap, it's a shame I never came strolling into your tanning salon with my big hair and leg warmers, asking for directions to the Indians game.....
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 04, 2017 04:25 PM (ZM2xo)
I want a Baja Turbo with 5 speed. Swap in some nice aftermarket parts and I can keep up with the bro-trucks, no problem.
Posted by: GeoSTI at January 04, 2017 04:25 PM (w1GWh)
Toyota corporate still do design and sell basic, bare-bones, ultra-durable small pickups in global markets. Just not in the USA.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 04, 2017 04:25 PM (noWW6)
Girlfriends Son has a truck...
I've owned a couple of trucks... but not now..
This is one of those flyover country vs. Los Angeles / New York / DC things...
Posted by: Don Q. at January 04, 2017 04:25 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 04, 2017 04:25 PM (7ZVPa)
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite
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They are little more than handymen.
*eyes Skil worm-drive saw*
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2017 04:25 PM (ZO497)
It bangs my girlfriend in the chest when I'm driving.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at January 04, 2017 04:25 PM (FYrz1)
Posted by: Grump928(c) pontificates at January 04, 2017 04:25 PM (QQ+il)
anymore. He's in and out consciousness, wanting to speak but dehydrated.
Just trying to figure out childcare arrangements and when Pookette can
see him.
Posted by: pookysgirl at January 04, 2017 04:21 PM (gmvO1)
==========================
His tube's out - that's a good sign.
---
Agreed. A please remember--- every single person is an individual, and the doctors make educated guesses in regards to their prognosis. That is why medicine is an art, not a science. Please take it a day at a time and pray.
{{hugs}}
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 04, 2017 04:25 PM (J5mC3)
Friend drove my (manual) car to the emergency room, they said 'we have valet', gives the keys to the guy and he says 'we can't drive this'. Lol.
Posted by: Lea at January 04, 2017 04:25 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Alec Leamas at January 04, 2017 04:26 PM (y/9kR)
"My wife walked in on me......"
There followed by the sad travails (but ultimately uhhh-"happy ending" of "Pastor Randy Conley" who was watching porn when his wife walked in on him but now things are great because he got some natural supplement that spiced up his love life.
I guess nobody figured out that there are women pastors and while we may be watching porn ({'m not), we might not think it was the best idea to have our clerical name associated with male enhancement drugs.
Ugh.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2017 04:26 PM (tOcW/)
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 04, 2017 04:26 PM (J8/9G)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at January 04, 2017 04:24 PM (Pby3z)
Rookie.
Drink in one hand, food in the other. Knee under steering wheel. Use the bottom 2 fingers on the right hand to shift.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 04, 2017 04:26 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at January 04, 2017 04:26 PM (UBzPO)
Holy cow. We have enough truck owners here to do a meetup.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 04, 2017 04:18 PM (BP2E4)
At the TexasMoMe last October, Ben Had's pasture was full of trucks.
Posted by: Sixkiller at January 04, 2017 04:26 PM (mFA3Z)
That actually bothers me, pickups aren't supposed to be luxury and comfort. They're supposed to be something you can get into muddy and sooty and dirty and not worry about the interior. Girlified pickups annoy me.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 04:15 PM (39g3+)
He got it because they sold their house and bought a fifth wheel camper which is really nice and they're living in that full time. Since they downsized to just the one vehicle, he wanted something that could tow the fifth wheel and still be used for going out and about.
I needed a step stool just to reach the running boards to get into it and I'm not lying.
Posted by: alexthechick - Darth Victory Tits at January 04, 2017 04:26 PM (mf5HN)
Toyota corporate still do design and sell basic, bare-bones, ultra-durable small pickups in global markets.
An Al Qaeda favorite, no? Ha!
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 04:26 PM (4Ejxg)
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at January 04, 2017 04:19 PM (GX63o)
.............
LOL so how much is that in Spark EV's?
Posted by: wth at January 04, 2017 04:26 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at January 04, 2017 04:27 PM (UBzPO)
But, it's so you.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 04, 2017 04:18 PM (J+eG2)
Might be too much car for her
This might be better;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isetta
Or this;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peel_P50
Posted by: kbdabear at January 04, 2017 04:27 PM (Ya7zs)
EPA to Flint
VA to Norfolk (or near one of the major army bases).
HHS to El Paso
INS also to El Paso
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 04, 2017 04:12 PM (J5mC3)
Nobody to Detroit?
Posted by: m at January 04, 2017 04:27 PM (3jGss)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles
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Why would I want a car? I ride in a government limo.
Posted by: Steven Chu, Sec. of Energy at January 04, 2017 04:24 PM (ZO497)
Yeah.... but I'm sure their lawn guy owns a truck....
if... they have a lawn...
Posted by: Don Q. at January 04, 2017 04:27 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles
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Bah. I used to hold a cup of coffee, the steering wheel, and shift with my knee.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2017 04:27 PM (ZO497)
into your tanning salon with my big hair and leg warmers, asking for
directions to the Indians game..."
-Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 04, 2017 04:25 PM (ZM2xo)
*HAH!*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 04:27 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2017 04:27 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: grammie winger at January 04, 2017 04:27 PM (bpfzP)
I.
Don't.
Know.
- Ace
This is very true. More and more people refuse to say these words and refuse to seek answers.
Again social media has become reality for many people escpecially on The Left. The 21st century ghettos.
Lord knows the damage it is and will do to the children of social media.
But don't worry Zuckerberg has a quick fix to this insanity.... Virtual reality social media. What could go wrong here? Amiright?
Posted by: Pepe at January 04, 2017 04:27 PM (7SUm3)
Judge 1: Nice beef to tomato ratio. Mild spice. Good.
Judge 2: Nice use of chipotle. Needs more cayenne though.
Guest Judge: OH MY FUCKING GAWD IVE EATEN NAPALM! MY BRAIN IS ON FIRE AND IM ABOUT TO BLOW MY GUTS OUT OF MY ASSHOLE! WHERE THE FUCK IS THE PORTA POTTY?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 04, 2017 04:27 PM (kTF2Z)
I'm out & using iPhone.
BBL?
Posted by: Carol at January 04, 2017 04:28 PM (sj3Ax)
Home Depot does also.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 04, 2017 04:28 PM (dSqvH)
You gotta wonder if anyone at Toyota ever considered an ad campaign aimed at muslim terrorists since they like their trucks so much.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 04:28 PM (4Ejxg)
Posted by: Bahney Fwank at January 04, 2017 04:28 PM (8TdcF)
I don't. Excerpt the first Christmas I served a church and was so nervous I set the Advent wreath on fire. I'm quite comfortable on stage or in front of people. ;^)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2017 04:28 PM (tOcW/)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2017 04:27 PM (ZO497)
Three on the tree?
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 04, 2017 04:28 PM (8hICw)
Now I drive a newer truck and have an old Bronco laying around in case I need to climb a hill or drive in mud and don't want to mess up my good car (the truck).
Posted by: DanMan at January 04, 2017 04:28 PM (aZqu2)
-Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2017 04:27 PM (ZO497)
^THIS^
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 04:28 PM (6gk0M)
https://youtu.be/oxbum3is6G0?t=14s"
Size is about right.
But performance was a little bit lacking.
The nuns at the convent would pass me going uphill.
On their skateboards.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 04, 2017 04:29 PM (J+eG2)
Posted by: the extremely deplorable and very racist, sexist, bigotted and homophobic james at January 04, 2017 04:29 PM (jxw6R)
Posted by: Marcus
Check the throttle body intake. A good shot of cleaner could do the trick.
Posted by: Golfman at January 04, 2017 04:29 PM (48QDY)
Judge 1: Nice beef to tomato ratio. Mild spice. Good.
Judge 2: Nice use of chipotle. Needs more cayenne though.
Guest Judge: OH MY FUCKING GAWD IVE EATEN NAPALM! MY BRAIN IS ON FIRE AND IM ABOUT TO BLOW MY GUTS OUT OF MY ASSHOLE! WHERE THE FUCK IS THE PORTA POTTY?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 04, 2017 04:27 PM (kTF2Z)
=====================
Nothing wrong with that reaction, until he decides that he knows more about chili than the first two judges and tries to have the town council implement an ordinance that no chili can be that hot anymore.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 04, 2017 04:29 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: tu3031 at January 04, 2017 04:19 PM (qJhUV)
In the 80's, they made the BRAT....It was pure garbage. Had a friend who had one. Utter rubbish.
Posted by: Sponge at January 04, 2017 04:29 PM (xttKs)
More of an urban/suburban and beyond. We have tradesmen and things to tow and tote here on the coast as well.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 04:29 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles
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Bah. I used to hold a cup of coffee, the steering wheel, and shift with my knee.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2017 04:27 PM (ZO497)
That is why you are known as Mr. Hammer and not Hammer
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2017 04:29 PM (voOPb)
I have a 1992 crew cab F350, it gets 3 priuses to the mile,
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at January 04, 2017 04:19 PM (GX63o)
.............
LOL so how much is that in Spark EV's?
Posted by: wth at January 04, 2017 04:26 PM (HgMAr)
Divide by zero.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at January 04, 2017 04:29 PM (GX63o)
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 04, 2017 04:30 PM (IgBFP)
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 04, 2017 04:26 PM (8hICw)
Ha! My father use to do that while driving our VW Super Beetle. Good memories!
Posted by: I Be That Chick at January 04, 2017 04:30 PM (S/qwI)
=================================
Fenelon - I didn't know you were Swedish.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 04, 2017 04:30 PM (bpfzP)
Friend drove my (manual) car to the emergency room, they said 'we have valet', gives the keys to the guy and he says 'we can't drive this'. Lol.
Posted by: Lea at January 04, 2017 04:25 PM (lIU4e)
I always warn valets when I pull up in my Camaro...
Its a stick... (had to special order it here in Clownifornia...)
Posted by: Don Q. at January 04, 2017 04:30 PM (qf6WZ)
Great post, ace. I'll have to read some of the Twitter comments when I get home from work.
Posted by: rickl at January 04, 2017 04:30 PM (zoehZ)
Nothing wrong with that reaction, until he decides that he knows more about chili than the first two judges and tries to have the town council implement an ordinance that no chili can be that hot anymore.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 04, 2017 04:29 PM (/prE6
Did the chili have carrots?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2017 04:30 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 04, 2017 04:17 PM (QQ+il)
Harry Reid: Why yes, that was mine parked by the all boys school yesterday. And the day before...
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 04, 2017 04:30 PM (493sH)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2017 04:31 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 04:31 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 04:31 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: torquewrench at January 04, 2017 04:25 PM (noWW6)
That's cool, odd that there isn't a market here for a tiny knockaround pickup. Actually there probably is, but regulations wouldn't allow it.
My own personal heaven is waking up and being 8 years old, driving around a Daihatsu keitora fire truck every day:
http://tinyurl.com/jfj4o3j
Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2017 04:31 PM (8nWyX)
There followed by the sad travails (but ultimately uhhh-"happy ending"
of "Pastor Randy Conley" who was watching porn when his wife walked in
on him but now things are great because he got some natural supplement
that spiced up his love life.
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That's some world-class google analytics, there. You need to clear your cookies more often
Posted by: mrp at January 04, 2017 04:31 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 04:31 PM (4Ejxg)
Posted by: I Be That Chick at January 04, 2017 04:30 PM (S/qwI)
That's how my older brother was taught to drive in driver's ed.
...which was taught by the sheriff's son.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 04, 2017 04:31 PM (8hICw)
I know a working class guy who grew up in Manhattan, never went to college, never borrowed money from anybody but a loan shark...
...he didn't get a State Non-Driver ID card until he was 40. Never needed one.
Only reason he got it was he got arrested a few times and the young cops made fun of him, saying that it would be a simple ticket if they could verify who he was.
Being polite to the cops and carrying an old Xerox of his Birth Certificate worked for him for decades.
Posted by: Oschisms at January 04, 2017 04:31 PM (ZsN9X)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2017 04:28 PM (tOcW/)
*settles at Fenelon's feet*
Tell the Horde that story, please.
Posted by: alexthechick - Darth Victory Tits at January 04, 2017 04:31 PM (mf5HN)
Thanks for the update. Will continue to keep you in prayer.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2017 04:31 PM (tOcW/)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 04, 2017 04:32 PM (J+eG2)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 04:32 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: NY Slime brain dead editors at January 04, 2017 04:32 PM (aTg6G)
Posted by: Oschisms at January 04, 2017 04:32 PM (ZsN9X)
Posted by: grammie winger at January 04, 2017 04:32 PM (bpfzP)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 04, 2017 04:32 PM (BP2E4)
want to see if that is false? go to a recycling center.
Every spring we have a free pickup for spring cleanup day in Elmhurst, IL.
Starting two days before, people start putting stuff out at the curb, and every scrap picker with a pickup cruises the streets looking for scrap metal etc.
at least 90% are Latino.
Posted by: Cicero Skip at January 04, 2017 04:32 PM (FIrEF)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 04:31 PM (39g3+)
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The point is less, "I know x numbers of people is y number of groups, so I know a greater cross section of America than you," it's "I write about how America is going to react to things, but I have such a siloed view of America that I literally cannot imagine how very large swaths of Americans feel about something as basic as what they drive on a daily basis."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 04, 2017 04:32 PM (/prE6)
2WD four-banger pickups anymore? Those were pretty handy trucks, good
mileage and handling. Drove on snow like a bag of smashed ass unless you
had 200lb of sandbags in the bed, but still a useful and economical
little truck.
****
I have a '93 Toyota PU with 275,000 miles on it and it runs great. I only use it on weekends for home/yard projects. So I have only put maybe 10,000 miles on it myself. I bought it with all those miles knowing it still had a lot left in it.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 04, 2017 04:32 PM (18h+i)
Posted by: DoublySymmetric
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4-speed.
The current Chevy has cup holders, so that simplifies things.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2017 04:33 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: torquewrench at January 04, 2017 04:33 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Grump928(c) pontificates at January 04, 2017 04:33 PM (QQ+il)
I asked the question about fishing only in the "bubble" sense of it.
(Three people I know fish on the weekend: one is a CPA, one is a retired engineer, the third I cannot recall.)
These journalists travel in a world that has boundaries and they have - get this - no curiosity about what lies beyond the boundaries of their "bubbles" when their profession would seem to require them too.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The 2017 Bunkers, Panic Rooms, and Bomb Shelters Await You at the Outrage Outlet! at January 04, 2017 04:33 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Tilikum KAW at January 04, 2017 04:33 PM (uhftQ)
How many people do you know that own Subaru's?
Are any of them straight?
Posted by: NY Slime brain dead editors at January 04, 2017 04:32 PM (aTg6G)
Wife and I also own a subaru - and we hump like bunnies.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at January 04, 2017 04:33 PM (GX63o)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 04, 2017 04:33 PM (idrE1)
Posted by: Marcus T
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So, a late model.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2017 04:34 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: fixerupper at January 04, 2017 04:34 PM (JmjOe)
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 04, 2017 04:34 PM (J8/9G)
Posted by: wth at January 04, 2017 04:34 PM (HgMAr)
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Me too, hated three on the tree - especially with no syncromesh in first gear.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 04, 2017 04:34 PM (7ZVPa)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The 2017 Bunkers, Panic Rooms, and Bomb Shelters Await You at the Outrage Outlet! at January 04, 2017 04:33 PM (hLRSq)
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If your job is to fix cars in Nebraska, and you don't want to tell Manhattanites how to live, then not know how people in Manhattan live is not a problem for you.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 04, 2017 04:34 PM (/prE6)
In general, I am not a huge truck fan. I just do not like the ride and lack of road feel. However I recently moved, and drove my Dad's truck (a Chevy Avalanche special edition) and I actually liked it. The ride was better, the steering felt a bit more tight than the other trucks I have driven. The V-8 is nice. The heated and cooled seats are a nice, if extraneous, feature.
There is something to be said for practical vehicles.
While they are not personally
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 04:34 PM (92kX2)
And snow! So. Much. Fun!
Although, when I say I *climb* into my truck, I'm being literal.
Posted by: Occam's Epilady at January 04, 2017 04:34 PM (prEBe)
*Facepalm*
-Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 04, 2017 04:32 PM (J+eG2)
No. Three "In" the tree.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 04:34 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Grump928(c) pontificates at January 04, 2017 04:35 PM (QQ+il)
Are any of them straight?
Posted by: NY Slime brain dead editors at January 04, 2017 04:32 PM (aTg6G)
Was at a happy hour with some friends and one woman said she was looking for a car and really liked the Subaru. My bud told her "look at the next one you see on the road and see what's driving it." She said "why?"
He told her she wasn't a carpet muncher, so she should avoid those vehicles.
Posted by: Sponge at January 04, 2017 04:35 PM (xttKs)
Great minds, right?
And lets take it a step further. The people tasks with managing these personality disorders are leftists/Cultural Marxists.... And probably spend a couple of hours a day on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for non work related stuff.
So how long should we be holding our breath for these punitive to get the help and management that they need?
Posted by: Pepe at January 04, 2017 04:35 PM (7SUm3)
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 04, 2017 04:34 PM (J8/9G)
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Think "Hamptons".
Posted by: grammie winger at January 04, 2017 04:35 PM (bpfzP)
It had a push button transmission, on the dashboard and super cool fins on the back. Apparently it was a zippy little car when it was running.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 04:35 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 04:35 PM (6gk0M)
The Subaru ads are super annoying now though. I don't know if I would ever want another Subaru because of those ads.
Posted by: Deplorable votermom @vm on Gab at January 04, 2017 04:35 PM (Om16U)
I want a Miata with a twin-rotor Wankle in it.
Posted by: Grump928(c) pontificates at January 04, 2017 04:36 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at January 04, 2017 04:33 PM (GX63o)
Must be nice.....
Posted by: Sponge at January 04, 2017 04:36 PM (xttKs)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2017 04:28 PM (tOcW/)
*settles at Fenelon's feet*
Tell the Horde that story, please.
Posted by: alexthechick - Darth Victory Tits at January 04, 2017 04:31 PM (mf5HN)
Oh, yes.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 04, 2017 04:36 PM (ZM2xo)
I can't hold my beer with a manual transmission. Posted by: Mr. Peebles at January 04, 2017 04:24 PM (Pby3z)
So put the manual transmission down
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 04, 2017 04:36 PM (lKyWE)
I learned fast.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 04, 2017 04:36 PM (BP2E4)
Posted by: Grump928(c) pontificates at January 04, 2017 04:36 PM (QQ+il)
There's a fun word to say.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 04, 2017 04:36 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The 2017 Bunkers, Panic Rooms, and Bomb Shelters Await You at the Outrage Outlet! at January 04, 2017 04:36 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: NY Slime brain dead editors at January 04, 2017 04:32 PM (aTg6G)
I know one. Married and a skydiver. Was run off the road about a year ago. Flipped. Not a scratch.
He's a believer.
Posted by: Golfman at January 04, 2017 04:37 PM (48QDY)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 04:35 PM (39g3+)
Wasn't the Edsel the first car to feature a push-button transmission?
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2017 04:37 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Jill Stein, the green frog at January 04, 2017 04:37 PM (aTg6G)
Posted by: fixerupper at January 04, 2017 04:37 PM (JmjOe)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2017 04:31 PM (KP5rU
U Da Man
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2017 04:37 PM (voOPb)
Or a 20B 3-rotor.
Posted by: GeoSTI at January 04, 2017 04:37 PM (w1GWh)
Posted by: Grump928(c) pontificates at January 04, 2017 04:36 PM (QQ+il)
That's pretty much an RX-7. The B body style was what the NB miatas were patterned after. Plus, I think a few of them were twin turbo charged.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 04:37 PM (92kX2)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The 2017 Bunkers, Panic Rooms, and Bomb Shelters Await You at the Outrage Outlet! at January 04, 2017 04:36 PM (hLRSq)
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"I don't care how happy you THINK you are. You will be happier when you do what I think is best."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 04, 2017 04:37 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 04, 2017 04:37 PM (dSqvH)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2017 04:37 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Grump928(c) pontificates at January 04, 2017 04:37 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 04, 2017 04:38 PM (lKyWE)
It's Jawn Forbes Kerry, running for President in 2004, in the coffee shop of the Holiday Inn in Emporia, Kansas, imperiously ordering green tea with his breakfast.
The waitress, staring at him: "We have Lipton's."
Posted by: torquewrench at January 04, 2017 04:38 PM (noWW6)
You'd like my TR6. Only a V-6 but a hand built race V-6 with a lowered and stiffed suspension. Road feel is not an issue.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 04:38 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 04, 2017 04:38 PM (BP2E4)
Ingrate.
Posted by: wth at January 04, 2017 04:38 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 04, 2017 04:34 PM (7ZVPa)
Just don't use first unless you're stopped. Unless you can pull off the rev it up and pull the gear while rolling trick.
Had a 66 Mustang with a non-synchro first gear. Got reasonably good at it.
Posted by: Sponge at January 04, 2017 04:38 PM (xttKs)
Posted by: m at January 04, 2017 04:38 PM (3jGss)
A friend of ours owns a horse farm right outside of Summerville, so we loaded all the kids up and went over to visit.
Kids got to pet and ride horses, and just do what kids do in the south for the entire day.
Their favorite part?
Riding in the bed of the farm truck when it missed a turn in the mud, and smacked a tree head on.
Second favorite part?
When the 14 year old daughter fired up the front end loader, drove it through the woods to yank our stuck asses off the tree, out of the mud, and back to the trail.
Two years ago, they sold their house in Baltimore, and moved to South Carolina.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 04, 2017 04:38 PM (J+eG2)
I thought i had shared it )Boringly) numerous times. :^)
The first year i was ordained we had a real pine wreath. Over the four weeks of advent the purple candles had burned down. So I had lite one of the purple candles and while I was leading worship from the pulpit it burned down and set the wreath on fire. It wasn't a laze, but but it smoldered nicely. i understand gave a nice piney smell. The ushers had to carry it out and put it in a puddle outside. My friend the Orthodox priest said, "Don't set wreaths on fire. We'll lend you some incense."
Bu it made the former Catholics feel right at home. :^)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2017 04:38 PM (tOcW/)
Motor Week started to put up all their old car reviews on youtube. Quite nostalgic and entertaining.
There's also a semi-humorous youtuber who does "Regular Car Reviews" of regular cars of the past with yesterday's and today's perspective in mind.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 04:38 PM (4Ejxg)
Posted by: Jill Stein, the green frog at January 04, 2017 04:37 PM (aTg6G)
This is a serious question and not me being ewww kids are icky.
Can you even fit a car seat in a regular car? Okay, maybe one, but two?
That's an actual question.
Posted by: alexthechick - Darth Victory Tits at January 04, 2017 04:39 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Mark Zuckerberg at January 04, 2017 04:39 PM (7SUm3)
Posted by: Jill Stein, the green frog at January 04, 2017 04:39 PM (aTg6G)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 04, 2017 04:37 PM (dSqvH)
With manual transmissions going extinct and the hi-beam switch moved to the steering column the left foot has nothing to do anymore. What a waste.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2017 04:39 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2017 04:39 PM (tOcW/)
Posted by: JackStraw
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Because your posterior is numb after mile 4?
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 04, 2017 04:39 PM (7ZVPa)
And yes, the FB had a turbo variant and all FCs are. If a clean one wasn't 30K+ I'd own it.
Posted by: GeoSTI at January 04, 2017 04:39 PM (w1GWh)
Ingrate.
Posted by: wth at January 04, 2017 04:38 PM (HgMAr)
Tell him to enjoy paying U-Haul next time, then.
Posted by: Sponge at January 04, 2017 04:39 PM (xttKs)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 04:38 PM (/tuJf)
Call me taken in by marketing, but I want a 2008 Mustang Bullitt edition. I have always loved british racing green, and that sound. Damn.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 04:40 PM (92kX2)
Posted by: NY Slime brain dead editors at January 04, 2017 04:32 PM (aTg6G)
I know one. Married and a skydiver. Was run off the road about a year ago. Flipped. Not a scratch.
He's a believer.
Posted by: Golfman at January 04, 2017 04:37 PM (48QDY)
My Lady Dulcinea... who is most certainly Heterosexual... and HAWT... drives a Subaru...
Its full time 4 wheel drive... and as my Camaro is the OPPOSITE of good in the Snow... she lets me borrow it to go skiing...
Posted by: Don Q. at January 04, 2017 04:40 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 04, 2017 04:40 PM (BP2E4)
I want a Miata with a twin-rotor Wankle in it.
Posted by: Grump928(c) pontificates at January 04, 2017 04:36 PM (QQ+il)
"There's a fun word to say"
-Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 04, 2017 04:36 PM (8hICw)
I believe is is "Wankel" and it was a popular Mazda engine. The XR7 had them, I think.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 04:40 PM (6gk0M)
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You can be our special guest for Lucia Day next Christmas. You're a natural.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 04, 2017 04:41 PM (bpfzP)
Posted by: Jill Stein, the green frog at January 04, 2017 04:37 PM (aTg6G)
This is a serious question and not me being ewww kids are icky.
Can you even fit a car seat in a regular car? Okay, maybe one, but two?
That's an actual question.
Posted by: alexthechick - Darth Victory Tits at January 04, 2017 04:39 PM (mf5HN
Yes you can, try a Buick
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2017 04:41 PM (voOPb)
When I drive someone else's car, my first instinct is to look for the high beams on the floor with my foot. I also put my arm out when I stop suddenly and there's a kid in the front seat.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 04, 2017 04:41 PM (IgBFP)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 04:41 PM (/tuJf)
They also sold a really cool bubble car body for a VW frame.
I always wanted to mate those two together and have a cheap Pantera.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 04, 2017 04:41 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: anotheranon at January 04, 2017 04:41 PM (dOFfJ)
Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at January 04, 2017 04:41 PM (5kqPn)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 04, 2017 04:41 PM (QQ+il)
It almost killed me.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 04, 2017 04:40 PM (BP2E4)
Hay in Iowa? That's odd, usually its corn to shining corn.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2017 04:42 PM (voOPb)
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My Dad bought a Ford F-100 after I went to school. A truck with a lot of character, it was mostly white. IIRC, it also had a three-speed manual mounted on the column. One my sisters, about 16 at the time, drove that truck like a pro.
Posted by: mrp at January 04, 2017 04:42 PM (JBggj)
The first year i was ordained we had a real pine wreath. Over the four weeks of advent the purple candles had burned down. So I had lite one of the purple candles and while I was leading worship from the pulpit it burned down and set the wreath on fire. It wasn't a laze, but but it smoldered nicely. i understand gave a nice piney smell. The ushers had to carry it out and put it in a puddle outside. My friend the Orthodox priest said, "Don't set wreaths on fire. We'll lend you some incense."
Bu it made the former Catholics feel right at home. :^)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2017 04:38 PM (tOcW/)
That. Is. Awesome.
Posted by: alexthechick - Darth Victory Tits at January 04, 2017 04:42 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: GeoSTI at January 04, 2017 04:42 PM (w1GWh)
Posted by: wth at January 04, 2017 04:42 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 04:40 PM (6gk0M)
It's a rotary engine and I think only Mazda used them in production cars. The RX8 used it as well in newer models as well.
Posted by: Sponge at January 04, 2017 04:42 PM (xttKs)
This is a foreign concept to the Elite Left.
Posted by: Pepe at January 04, 2017 04:42 PM (7SUm3)
Well,Ii didn't light myself fire-yet ;^) and I haven't repasted that performance.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2017 04:42 PM (tOcW/)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2017 04:38 PM (tOcW/)
I actually felt cheated this year. I visited my parents for Christmas and went to mass at their parish (a pretty liberal one)- no incense.
I was thinking: We are Catholics darn it. Two times a year at least you have to have the church choking up- Christmas and Easter.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 04:42 PM (92kX2)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The 2017 Bunkers, Panic Rooms, and Bomb Shelters Await You at the Outrage Outlet! at January 04, 2017 04:33 PM (hLRSq)
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If your job is to fix cars in Nebraska, and you don't want to tell Manhattanites how to live, then not know how people in Manhattan live is not a problem for you.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 04, 2017 04:34 PM (/prE6)
Well, that's true, but the journalists in Manhattan seem to want to tell the guy in Nebraska how to live.
And I once thought that one reason people became journalists was because they were insatiably curious about life and other people. Who? What? Where? Why? How? What's at the bottom of this story? Why did he do that? Why would she think that way?
The weirdest thing about journalists today is that as they've become more "educated" (compared to the "Front Page" days) they seem so incurious - because they're more interested in pushing their own narrative than figuring out human motivations and learning about people who are not like them.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 04, 2017 04:42 PM (ZM2xo)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 04, 2017 04:42 PM (Lqy/e)
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 04, 2017 04:42 PM (R5EqA)
Can you even fit a car seat in a regular car? Okay, maybe one, but two?
That's an actual question.
Posted by: alexthechick - Darth Victory Tits at January 04, 2017 04:39 PM (mf5HN)
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No. Regular cars are too damned small because CAFE standards.
Which is why trucks sell so well. They have room. Even if I weren't a hammer swinger I'd still buy trucks for the room.
Posted by: fixerupper at January 04, 2017 04:42 PM (JmjOe)
That's an actual question.
Posted by: alexthechick - Darth Victory Tits at January 04, 2017 04:39 PM (mf5HN)
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I have two car seats and a small (very tight) booster seat in my back seat. I haven't seen my actual backseat for seven years.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 04, 2017 04:42 PM (bpfzP)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 04:40 PM (6gk0M)
The XR7 had a Wankle engine. They kind of sucked. The RX7 had a Wankel engine in it.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2017 04:43 PM (zc3Db)
450 Does any mommy own just a car?
Posted by: Jill Stein, the green frog at January 04, 2017 04:37 PM (aTg6G)
This is a serious question and not me being ewww kids are icky.
Can you even fit a car seat in a regular car? Okay, maybe one, but two?
That's an actual question.
Posted by: alexthechick - Darth Victory Tits at January 04, 2017 04:39 PM (mf5HN
Yes you can, try a Buick
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2017 04:41 PM (voOPb)
Our Subaru Forester does it fine, but it is no Suburban or minivan.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at January 04, 2017 04:43 PM (GX63o)
My car is annoying me at the moment. The SEL (service engine light) is on and I can't yet figure out what the hell.
Computers (ECM's) are the worst thing.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 04:43 PM (4Ejxg)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 04, 2017 04:43 PM (7ZVPa)
That's an actual question.
Posted by: alexthechick - Darth Victory Tits at January 04, 2017 04:39 PM (mf5HN)
I have in my little Hyundai elantra when my nephews were little enough I think but it's a pain. Not more than two, though.
Posted by: Lea at January 04, 2017 04:43 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Vodka 4 the win at January 04, 2017 04:43 PM (m2hXj)
Not when you have to feed livestock.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 04, 2017 04:43 PM (BP2E4)
My dream car is a 57 corvette. Black.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 04, 2017 04:44 PM (IgBFP)
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Yup. City kids driving up the cost.
Posted by: fixerupper at January 04, 2017 04:44 PM (JmjOe)
Can you even fit a car seat in a regular car? Okay, maybe one, but two?
That's an actual question.
Posted by: alexthechick - Darth Victory Tits at January 04, 2017 04:39 PM (mf5HN)
I can fit two car seats in my 2008 mazda 3. No, the middle seat disappears and can't be used. But they fit.
With manual transmissions going extinct and the hi-beam switch moved to the steering column the left foot has nothing to do anymore. What a waste.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2017 04:39 PM (zc3Db)
Sometimes when I first drive an auto transmission after solely driving my car for months, I will accidentally slam the brake pedal while approaching stop lights.
"Right, right, no clutch."
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 04, 2017 04:44 PM (8hICw)
Hopefully more good news to follow.
Take care of yourself & family ...
Posted by: Adriane the Critic ... at January 04, 2017 04:44 PM (AoK0a)
That's an actual question.
Posted by: alexthechick - Darth Victory Tits at January 04, 2017 04:39 PM (mf5HN)
Not cheap one's that is for sure. I guess a Prius could? I'll axe my gay husband.
Posted by: Jill Stein, the green frog at January 04, 2017 04:44 PM (aTg6G)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 04, 2017 04:44 PM (J+eG2)
"
-Posted by: torquewrench at January 04, 2017 04:38 PM (noWW6)
They wrote that into "Breaking Bad".
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 04:44 PM (6gk0M)
I *want* a pickup, but (get this) because they're so popular, they're also too damned expensive, more expensive than I consider a good value proposition. Even (especially?) used pickups in my area (Hampton Roads/Tidewater). I mean, a clapped out *with large rust holes* '98 F150 for $8000? AYFKM?
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 04, 2017 04:42 PM (R5EqA)
Buy a ticket to the west coast, find a decent deal on a solid truck and drive it back. You'll be miles ahead in costs and body life.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at January 04, 2017 04:45 PM (GX63o)
Hey, lookit that, I didn't know something so I, get this, asked people who would and listened to the answers!
Lookit me practicing such arcane arts.
Posted by: alexthechick - Darth Victory Tits at January 04, 2017 04:45 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: JoeF. at January 04, 2017 04:45 PM (fa8fr)
Posted by: anotheranon at January 04, 2017 04:41 PM (dOFfJ)
These types of personalities and the Left in general has a pathological need to inflict helplessness on other people.
Posted by: Pepe at January 04, 2017 04:45 PM (7SUm3)
Probably nothing. Most of those alerts are bullshit. But buy a code-reader and check it out. They're only like $10 or $15.
Computers (ECM's) are the worst thing.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 04:43 PM (4Ejxg)
Yep.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2017 04:45 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Ash at January 04, 2017 04:45 PM (BLkrk)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 04:40 PM (6gk0M)
It's a rotary engine and I think only Mazda used them in production cars. The RX8 used it as well in newer models as well.
Posted by: Sponge at January 04, 2017 04:42 PM (xttKs)
There was a monty python skit about humorous words.
Wankel rotary engine made the cut.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 04, 2017 04:45 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 04, 2017 04:45 PM (idrE1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY-lL6NmBQI
Posted by: Kindltot at January 04, 2017 04:45 PM (9MInk)
Let's test your mechanical know-how.
Today I bought a can of Carb Cleaner. But my car's engine doesnt have a carburetor. Why did I buy the can of carb cleaner?
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 04:45 PM (4Ejxg)
Drudge Report is offline again right now. Govt. must be really pissed at him
Posted by: Vodka 4 the win at January 04, 2017 04:43 PM (m2hXj)
Back up for me.
Posted by: Jill Stein, the green frog at January 04, 2017 04:46 PM (aTg6G)
"Do you know anyone who owns a gun?"
Posted by: Lizzy at January 04, 2017 04:05 PM (NOIQH)
Both good follow up questions, though their guard will be up now.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 04, 2017 04:46 PM (sh70B)
Hey, lookit that, I didn't know something so I, get this, asked people who would and listened to the answers!
Lookit me practicing such arcane arts.
Posted by: alexthechick - Darth Victory Tits at January 04, 2017 04:45 PM (mf5HN)
Good job handling all the mansplaining.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 04, 2017 04:46 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 04:46 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2017 04:46 PM (5sOEp)
My dream car is a 57 corvette. Black.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 04, 2017 04:44 PM (IgBFP)
I want the second body style. Whichever one had the twin sets of headlights. Red, with the cream trim. Ahhhhh.
Mine Fuhrer, I can walk!!!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 04:46 PM (92kX2)
This.
Hardest physical work I've ever done, and I've done a lot.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 04, 2017 04:46 PM (BP2E4)
It's my understanding that the light is on it's emissions, and if it's flashing there's a real problem.
Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at January 04, 2017 04:46 PM (5kqPn)
Not where I live. They can't keep them in stock.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 04, 2017 04:46 PM (IgBFP)
Posted by: Vodka 4 the win at January 04, 2017 04:43 PM (m2hXj)
I got right in.
Posted by: Sponge at January 04, 2017 04:46 PM (xttKs)
Given the prententious shitweasels referred to above, I feel dirty because of this lack of truck ownership and must take a long, cleansing shower.
Posted by: Taqyia2Me - Deploribus Unum at January 04, 2017 04:46 PM (Ftuf+)
I want a '58. I love the dual headlights. And red with the white accent.
Because I'm a pimp.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 04:46 PM (/tuJf)
-Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2017 04:43 PM (zc3Db)
Thanks! My damned fat fingers are too stupid to type!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 04:46 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2017 04:46 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 04, 2017 04:47 PM (QQ+il)
the Fiscal Times via yahoo:
It's
a thankless job being a Donald Trump surrogate these days. One of the
requirements is making appearances on the Sunday talk shows and, on a
day like today, when new polls show your candidate trailing in national
opinion polls by double digits and behind in almost every swing state,
pretend that he is still winning.The
job fell to campaign manager Kellyanne Conway and Republican National
Committee Chairman Reince Priebus this weekend, and both twisted
themselves in verbal knots casting the Trump campaign as something other
than a foundering ship that's headed to the bottom.
Posted by: mallfly on horseback salad at January 04, 2017 04:47 PM (b7fwp)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 04:47 PM (6gk0M)
"Right, right, no clutch."
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 04, 2017 04:44 PM (8hICw)
Heh. Happens to me too.
I used to turn the windshield wipers on when signalling for a turn after I got back from Japan.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 04, 2017 04:47 PM (R5EqA)
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All purpose cleaner. Clean your throttle body with it.
Posted by: fixerupper at January 04, 2017 04:47 PM (JmjOe)
Posted by: TexasDan at January 04, 2017 04:47 PM (yL25O)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 04, 2017 04:05 PM (NOIQH)
And follow that up with, "Do you know anyone with a pick-up truck with a gun rack?"
They'd stroke out.
Posted by: JoeF. at January 04, 2017 04:47 PM (fa8fr)
Did wonders for the garden, though.
Posted by: mrp at January 04, 2017 04:48 PM (JBggj)
Probably nothing. Most of those alerts are bullshit. But buy a code-reader and check it out. They're only like $10 or $15.
Oh it's definitely something. I'm getting a code for running too lean but don't know why it's running lean.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 04:48 PM (4Ejxg)
My father was in the car business.
When my oldest brother turned 16, he got a brand new 1967 Chevelle to drive for the year.
When my other brother turned 16 the next year, my dad took back the Chevelle and gave them both 1968 Impalas for the year.
Two years later, I turned 16. Unfortunately, it was a bad year. I got a 1957 Dodge pickup with 3 on the tree.
Posted by: jwest at January 04, 2017 04:48 PM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 04, 2017 04:48 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 04:48 PM (6gk0M)
Hmph. I say things started going downhill when we were made to care about children's lives.
I was coddled because I was an only, but I married into a big Irish Catholic family where the mom would sometimes leave a kid at the store and once let one fall out of the station wagon.
That's how you build resilience.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at January 04, 2017 04:48 PM (mgbwf)
The waitress, staring at him: "We have Lipton's."
Posted by: torquewrench at January 04, 2017 04:38 PM (noWW6)
That campaign was so great. Remember when they went to a Wendy's with Ben Affleck and Theresa didn't know what chili was? Then J f'ing K tried to chat with some servicemen who were polite but clearly didn't want to talk to him?
The kickers was that after they bought their prole food, they all went out to the campaign bus and dined on their real lunch, which was something like quail with a cranberry sauce and fingerling potatoes ....
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 04, 2017 04:48 PM (ZM2xo)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 04, 2017 04:05 PM (NOIQH) "
Just one? No. Change that to several and the answer changes.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 04, 2017 04:49 PM (BP2E4)
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 04:49 PM (4Ejxg)
Someone who wishes to signal he's an aristocrat will make sure he knows all about fashion, but will also never actually stitch his togs, and will proudly announce that he can't stitch them.
Babe Ruth grew up learning how to make shirts. For the rest of his life he did his own sewing, and quite expertly too.
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 04, 2017 04:49 PM (J8/9G)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 04, 2017 04:49 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at January 04, 2017 04:46 PM (5kqPn)
On the Mazda, if it is flashing, that means that there is an engine problem like a cylinder not firing. How I know that is an expensive story...
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 04:49 PM (92kX2)
Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at January 04, 2017 04:49 PM (5kqPn)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 04, 2017 04:49 PM (idrE1)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 04, 2017 04:05 PM (NOIQH)
And follow that up with, "Do you know anyone with a pick-up truck with a gun rack?"
They'd stroke out.
Posted by: JoeF. at January 04, 2017 04:47 PM (fa8fr)
I'm old enough to remember when the High School parking lot was filled with Trucks, with Gun Racks.... with GUNS IN THEM during school.
Posted by: Don Q. at January 04, 2017 04:49 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 04:48 PM (6gk0M)
I'm with you. Using autocorrect is like doing crosswords in pencil.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2017 04:50 PM (zc3Db)
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It would be tight if it was two infant car seats (like for twins). A booster and a car seat would fit.
I think it would eliminate the possibility of a 3rd passenger in the back.
A bigger problem is that it's low so lifting the kids in and out can do a number on your back.
For hauling young kids around an SUV or min-van is best. Because there will be times when you'll be driving the kids friends too.
Posted by: Deplorable votermom @vm on Gab at January 04, 2017 04:50 PM (Om16U)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 04:50 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 04, 2017 04:05 PM (NOIQH)
And follow that up with, "Do you know anyone with a pick-up truck
They'd stroke out.
Posted by: JoeF.
FIFY
Posted by: rickb223 at January 04, 2017 04:50 PM (dSqvH)
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Wow - is that for real? Talk about living in a bubble.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 04, 2017 04:50 PM (bpfzP)
I'd take either, as long as it has a removable hardtop. It has to be black though.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 04, 2017 04:50 PM (IgBFP)
Chic-fil-a is the number one fast food franchise is the US. . .
Posted by: David Wellman at January 04, 2017 04:50 PM (aWQkK)
Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2017 04:50 PM (8nWyX)
My car is annoying me at the moment. The SEL (service engine light) is on and I can't yet figure out what the hell.
Its always something to do with the emmissions system.Check PCV
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 04, 2017 04:50 PM (lKyWE)
All my friends drive Siverados, they're blind can't you see,
Worked hard all my lifetime, and no one likes me,
Oh Lord won't you buy me an F Two Fifty
Posted by: Janice from Joplin MO at January 04, 2017 04:50 PM (EfUM6)
and if it's flashing there's a real problem.
Yeah, this is called "Limp Mode" and when this happens your car is almost always running terribly (on purpose) to make you stop driving and prevent further damage.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 04:50 PM (4Ejxg)
Because I'm a pimp.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 04:46 PM (/tuJf)
*Fist bump*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 04:50 PM (92kX2)
Posted by: fixerupper at January 04, 2017 04:51 PM (JmjOe)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 04, 2017 04:42 PM (ZM2xo)
Epistemic Closure. Closed-Mindedness.
You know, that thing they accuse all conservatives and Republicans of being. Once again, it's just projection.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The 2017 Bunkers, Panic Rooms, and Bomb Shelters Await You at the Outrage Outlet! at January 04, 2017 04:51 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at January 04, 2017 04:51 PM (5kqPn)
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I'm almost 40 and have only owned two vehicles my entire life since age 15. I wanted a pickup to be my third (I owned a pathfinder and then a old landcruiser that you could take the top off). And get this, way to expensive even used (I have 2kids under 5 so I can't get a old beat up truck like I could as a bachelor with no kids because regulations and busybodies who report dumb shit to the governmnet about other people's kids).
Posted by: Pepe at January 04, 2017 04:51 PM (7SUm3)
Babe Ruth as a kid was the kind of poor we only associate with third world countries now. He never forgot that or that he was so fortunate to make as much as $100,000!!! in a year.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 04:51 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 04:51 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 04, 2017 04:46 PM (8hICw)
By the insanity of cthulhu, someone on twitter used mansplaining in replying to me and meant it.
I just stared and stared and stared and was all nope they win because I have no response to such idiocy.
Posted by: alexthechick - Darth Victory Tits at January 04, 2017 04:51 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: GeoSTI at January 04, 2017 04:51 PM (w1GWh)
*HAH!*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 04:51 PM (6gk0M)
You need to clean a firearm?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 04, 2017 04:52 PM (J+eG2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 04, 2017 04:52 PM (idrE1)
True, that's a use for it. What else?
Dessert topping?
Posted by: Dan Aykroyd at January 04, 2017 04:52 PM (2WoCi)
All purpose cleaner. Clean your throttle body with it.
True, that's a use for it. What else?
Clean a bong?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 04, 2017 04:52 PM (dSqvH)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 04, 2017 04:52 PM (QQ+il)
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Hey I been to Joplin.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 04, 2017 04:52 PM (bpfzP)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at January 04, 2017 04:48 PM (mgbwf)
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My dad called that "character building". I'm 5'0. My character is YUUUGE.
Posted by: Occam's Epilady at January 04, 2017 04:52 PM (prEBe)
Quail is good but you have to watch out for the bb's.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 04, 2017 04:53 PM (IgBFP)
Are any of them straight?
Posted by: NY Slime brain dead editors at January 04, 2017 04:32 PM (aTg6G)
Wife and I also own a subaru - and we hump like bunnies.
Posted by: flounder
****
Each other?
Posted by: Tilikum KAW at January 04, 2017 04:53 PM (+aCe4)
Posted by: notropis at January 04, 2017 04:53 PM (ajl2k)
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 04:48 PM (4Ejxg)
Most likely cause is a vacuum leak. Check your hoses that attach to the intake manifold and see if any are cracked or even broken.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 04, 2017 04:53 PM (R5EqA)
Posted by: Blake at January 04, 2017 04:53 PM (qC1Sy)
It was 11 degrees here this morning.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 04, 2017 04:54 PM (ZM2xo)
My check engine light came on. The dealership said it was the catalytic converter. Someone else said oxygen sensor. Had the sensor replaced ($700). Light came back on. The people who fixed it said the catalytic converter ($1500 to fix). I said to hell with it. That was two years ago.
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 04, 2017 04:54 PM (J8/9G)
Posted by: Pauline Kael at January 04, 2017 04:54 PM (XRxxn)
Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at January 04, 2017 04:51 PM (5kqPn)
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Make damn sure its non chlorinated break cleaner if your cleaning guns with it.
Posted by: fixerupper at January 04, 2017 04:54 PM (JmjOe)
See, that's the thing. It can be caused by any of several sensors. Codes are useless in this respect. the Code is only telling A Problem not necessarily The Problem.
There's also the fact that the computer is telling sensors to compensate for The Problem and that causes other issues and gives you a headache tracing and eliminating all the False Problems due to sensors acting stupidly.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 04:54 PM (4Ejxg)
Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2017 04:54 PM (5sOEp)
Today I bought a can of Carb Cleaner. But my car's engine doesnt have a carburetor. Why did I buy the can of carb cleaner?"
Works great for cleaning disc brakes
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 04, 2017 04:54 PM (lKyWE)
If you haven't removed anything that looks like an accordian and checked between the ridges, do.
Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at January 04, 2017 04:54 PM (5kqPn)
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 04:45 PM (4Ejxg)
Huffing
Posted by: Burnt Toast at January 04, 2017 04:55 PM (P/kVC)
That's what people say but I use the chloro and haven't had any issues.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 04, 2017 04:55 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at January 04, 2017 04:55 PM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Erf at January 04, 2017 04:55 PM (Rc1wj)
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 04, 2017 04:53 PM (IgBFP)
I'm sure the Kerrys only eat organic, farm-raised, humanely treated quail.
I saw the wanker pretending to go duck hunting. He didn't kill anything.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 04, 2017 04:56 PM (ZM2xo)
Most likely cause is a vacuum leak. Check your hoses that attach to the intake manifold and see if any are cracked or even broken.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
And that's why I brought the carb cleaner!
I couldn't find any vacuum leaks.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 04:56 PM (4Ejxg)
Never tried Chic-fil-a until the boycott.
Damn ... they really are good.
Posted by: SD at January 04, 2017 04:56 PM (07YWD)
You asking us....or are you trying to remember why?
Yeh...i've had days like that.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 04, 2017 04:56 PM (J+eG2)
--
There's a hot chick at the store you wanted to see and you needed an excuse.
Posted by: Deplorable votermom @vm on Gab at January 04, 2017 04:56 PM (Om16U)
It was 11 degrees here this morning.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 04, 2017 04:54 PM (ZM2xo)
Reminds me of my best friend in HS. He washed his car in January (in the garage), but he had to park it outside (garage was for his parents cars). He was late picking me up, and when he arrived, there was a pot lid on the top of his car. Turned out that he REALLY froze his door shut, so he tried to heat (boil?) some water in a pot, took it outside and poured it onto his door to melt the ice - and forgot the pot lid on top of his car.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 04, 2017 04:56 PM (8hICw)
Google up what chlorinated cleaners do steel. Dont use chlorinated on guns.
Posted by: fixerupper at January 04, 2017 04:57 PM (JmjOe)
It was 11 degrees here this morning.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 04, 2017 04:54 PM (ZM2xo)
Be careful with your door seals or anything else rubber.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 04:57 PM (92kX2)
Mr.Jen and I have owned pick up trucks most of our adult lives, along with assorted 'cars" . We also know lots of other people who own pick up trucks, SUV's, sedans, Mercedes, Porsche's, Corvettes, etc.
Those vehicles have been owned by dedicated farmers, never leave the suburbs surburbanites and a few city dwellers.
This question goes right along with the bizarre six person panel I saw on Fox or CNN right after the election. The members of the panel were trying to cope with Trump winning and most memorable was the first skinny old dude who was having a bright idea moment that he should start actively seeking out Republicans to put on his Facebook page, as he lived in Delaware and only knew three Republicans...on facebook. He was an activist for the LGBTQ community, LOL.
Posted by: Jen at January 04, 2017 04:57 PM (a2Sj8)
Posted by: Rush at January 04, 2017 04:57 PM (Rc1wj)
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 04:45 PM (4Ejxg)
You plan on burning spiders like the rest of us.
Heh? Ha! Hahahahah!
*FWoooooooSH! FWOOOooooooooooooooSSH!*
MUAHAHAHHAHAA!
Posted by: Kindltot at January 04, 2017 04:57 PM (9MInk)
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 04, 2017 04:57 PM (8hICw)
I hate computers.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 04, 2017 04:57 PM (QQ+il)
My uncle had a corvette he bought senior year. I think a 57 black with red interior if I remember correctly. He kept it covered in his shop. Had 25,000 original miles. He sold it a few years ago to some guy on Santa Claus lane in Carpinteria. I would have bought that car. The manual was in the glove compartment in perfect condition.
He used to race it in the 50's./60's.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 04, 2017 04:58 PM (IgBFP)
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 04, 2017 04:53 PM (IgBFP)
Or buy it because you are too shitty a shot to hit the little bastards.
Or so a friend told me.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 04, 2017 04:58 PM (rF0hx)
Your chicken sandwich makes you a homophobe, for example.
Posted by: lauraw at January 04, 2017 04:58 PM (K/zYU)
Carb Cleaner is Flammable.
So spraying carb cleaner onto vacuum lines and fittings will make the idle race up if there's a leak because it will suck the carb cleaner into the intake and shoot it down to the spark plugs.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 04:58 PM (4Ejxg)
And Teh-RAH-sa telling an auditorium full of blacks that she, a wealthy white woman who happened to have been born in colonial Mozambique, was "an African-American" just like them.
One shared thought bubble from the audience: "Da fuck?"
Posted by: torquewrench at January 04, 2017 04:58 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 04:45 PM (4Ejxg)
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Personal stimulus package?
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 04, 2017 04:59 PM (xeeHA)
He used to race it in the 50's./60's.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 04, 2017 04:58 PM (IgBFP)
Aww, nice.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 04:59 PM (92kX2)
How many people do you know that own Subaru's?
Are any of them straight?
Posted by: NY Slime brain dead editors at January 04, 2017 04:32 PM (aTg6G)
Wife and I also own a subaru - and we hump like bunnies.
Posted by: flounder
****
Each other?
Posted by: Tilikum KAW at January 04, 2017 04:53 PM (+aCe4)
Sometimes on. Sometimes in . . . .
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at January 04, 2017 04:59 PM (GX63o)
Posted by: Bill Clinton at January 04, 2017 04:59 PM (Rc1wj)
And yet, never a problem. Perhaps it is only really bad for stainless.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 04, 2017 04:59 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: grammie winger at January 04, 2017 04:59 PM (bpfzP)
Posted by: michael scott at January 04, 2017 04:59 PM (lJXY3)
It turned out to be a temperature sensor that need replacement.
In rare cases a stuck thermostat will screw with the rich/lean mixture too (as far as the dumb computer is concerned) because it doesn't sense the truck is at normal operating temp and many sensors won't function properly.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 05:00 PM (4Ejxg)
My son's gas cap door on a volvo was frozen shut last bad cold spell. He was running out of gas and in heavy traffic. He finally pulled off, pulled around back of a building and peed on it. Opened right up.
Posted by: dagny at January 04, 2017 05:00 PM (pH7uT)
Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at January 04, 2017 05:00 PM (5kqPn)
Posted by: lauraw at January 04, 2017 04:58 PM (K/zYU)
I think about this every time I go into the absolutely packed Chic-Fil-A's here in Lexington. Seriously, I have never seen one of them here that did not have a drive thru line stretching around the building.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 05:00 PM (92kX2)
Posted by: Shep Smith at January 04, 2017 05:01 PM (DW+jj)
Anyway - this reaction to the simple question does not surprise me to the slightest - why do working class people in the hinterlands own trucks? Lots of reasons: hauling, hunting, camping, fishing, tailgating, livestock, off-roading, construction etc. Or maybe they own them because they like them and this is a free f*cking country so they f*cking can - hmm? How about that, blue state sh*t-for-brains? Oh - and btw - Houston and Austin are in Texas (and are great cities ) but that is NOT where you go to talk to typical Texans.
Now perhaps someone in NYC or LA can explain to me why they need a f*cking Humvee - which I seem to spot quite often and usually only in certain neighborhoods. Hmmm? Why no articles on that?
Et MSM delenda est
In a related story - I was in New Orleans a few months back (around the flooding at Baton Rouge days) and I called a Uber - the guy who picked me up was a clean cut African-American guy - active military - and he drove up to my hotel in a brand spanking new Ford F-150. Red. I felt like a kid in a candy store. I immediately hopped in the front and had an amazing drive ( and a great time meeting a truly great, and gracious American) and , yeah - he was one of those rube truck owners, yesiree
Posted by: Publius Redux at January 04, 2017 05:01 PM (Fb9aZ)
Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2017 05:01 PM (5sOEp)
Posted by: Bwarny Fwank at January 04, 2017 05:01 PM (Rc1wj)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 04:57 PM (92kX2)
Crap! Do I have to wash it off now or else it will eat away the rubber?
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 04, 2017 05:02 PM (ZM2xo)
I'm in Dallas, so this comes up rarely, but I have driven it in ice and snow, and it handles really well, overall. I drove an F150 in college that my dad gave me ... grateful for the gift, but that truck couldn't handle a fine mist without skidding. And it was a lemon.
Posted by: sunny-dee at January 04, 2017 05:02 PM (QAOZh)
Had the sensor replaced ($700). Light came back on. The people who fixed it said the catalytic converter ($1500 to fix).
I hate hearing this.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 05:02 PM (4Ejxg)
Posted by: soothsayer's onboard car system, PAL 9000 at January 04, 2017 05:03 PM (lJXY3)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 05:03 PM (6gk0M)
Pourable liquid or spray? Pourable, pour into gas tank to help clean injectors.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 04, 2017 05:03 PM (dSqvH)
Posted by: dagny at January 04, 2017 05:04 PM (pH7uT)
Posted by: sunny-dee at January 04, 2017 05:04 PM (QAOZh)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 04, 2017 05:02 PM (ZM2xo)
I'd maybe lube them down with some Vaseline or something. Should also keep em from freezing shut as easy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 05:04 PM (92kX2)
Posted by: wth at January 04, 2017 05:05 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 04, 2017 05:05 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Jack at January 04, 2017 05:05 PM (YX9fV)
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Non chlorinated usually comes in the green can an chlorinated cleaner is red.
As hard as it is on steel,. Im not even sure whyvthey make a chlorinated vrrsion of brake cleaner.
I wont even use it on brakes.
Posted by: fixerupper at January 04, 2017 05:05 PM (JmjOe)
Speaking of hoods..
my pneumatic hood lifts are worn out and never stay up especially in the cold.
So it falls down on my head like the cartoons. It's hilarious.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 05:05 PM (4Ejxg)
Posted by: dagny at January 04, 2017 05:00 PM (pH7uT)
One of the great disadvantages of being female is that I can not use this method in case my car door freezes on me again.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 04, 2017 05:05 PM (ZM2xo)
Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at January 04, 2017 05:05 PM (5kqPn)
Posted by: Jack at January 04, 2017 05:06 PM (YX9fV)
You have a Pacifica that converts into a Cadillac?
You must be Batman.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 05:06 PM (/tuJf)
I hate hearing this.Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 05:02 PM (4Ejxg)
Try a new gas cap first. But enjoy the bad catalytic converter gone until it needs to pass emissions. You'll get about 100 more miles per tank until then. Mine broke right after an inspection so I'm making gas money for 2 years before I fix it.
Posted by: dagny at January 04, 2017 05:07 PM (pH7uT)
Crap! Do I have to wash it off now or else it will eat away the rubber?
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 04, 2017 05:02 PM
In the words of a famous crook who will never be president,just wipe it with a cloth
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 04, 2017 05:07 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: fixerupper at January 04, 2017 05:07 PM (JmjOe)
Funny thing, having the option.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at January 04, 2017 05:07 PM (9krrF)
Crap! Do I have to wash it off now or else it will eat away the rubber?
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 04, 2017 05:02 PM (ZM2xo)
I'd maybe lube them down with some Vaseline or something. Should also keep em from freezing shut as easy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 05:04 PM (92kX2)
It also works on your johnson rod.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at January 04, 2017 05:07 PM (GX63o)
Posted by: dagny at January 04, 2017 05:08 PM (pH7uT)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 04, 2017 05:02 PM (ZM2xo)
Never use Andromeda around rubber
Posted by: MAC-SOG at January 04, 2017 05:08 PM (QPdNE)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 04:11 PM (39g3+)
I'm getting there re: the Prog scum.
Posted by: Country Boy - Stay Deplorable My Friends at January 04, 2017 05:08 PM (KUaxm)
-Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 04, 2017 05:05 PM (ZM2xo)
Having an exterior hose has its advantages, as it were.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 05:08 PM (6gk0M)
88 days til Opening Day!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 05:08 PM (39g3+)
OK... this is F'n hilarious...
Real Housewives of ISIS....
Posted by: Don Q. at January 04, 2017 05:09 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at January 04, 2017 05:07 PM (9krrF)
======================
I imagine your personal life is going thru a lot of adjustments. How are you doing?
Posted by: grammie winger at January 04, 2017 05:09 PM (bpfzP)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at January 04, 2017 05:09 PM (Pby3z)
Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at January 04, 2017 05:09 PM (5kqPn)
Posted by: dagny at January 04, 2017 05:08 PM (pH7uT)
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Wrong the second time too. :Grin:
Posted by: fixerupper at January 04, 2017 05:09 PM (JmjOe)
Posted by: Country Singer (Gab @Bert G) at January 04, 2017 05:09 PM (GUBah)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 05:08 PM (39g3+)
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88 seems so long. Maybe Trump will make the time fly.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 04, 2017 05:10 PM (bpfzP)
What's the reason for spelling it wrong the second time.
You can't hit me from there.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 05:10 PM (/tuJf)
In my car I have:
-- tools
-- jumper pack/compressor (this is a must for everyone)
-- a fuel siphoning hose
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 05:10 PM (4Ejxg)
-Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 05:08 PM (39g3+)
Oh, Hell Yeah!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 05:10 PM (6gk0M)
http://tinypic.com/r/mvrjhh/9
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 04, 2017 05:10 PM (IgBFP)
Computers (ECM's) are the worst thing.
Posted by: Soothsayer
Take your car to auto zone. They will check it for free.
Posted by: Cicero Skip at January 04, 2017 05:10 PM (FIrEF)
Posted by: soothsayer's onboard car system, PAL 9000 at January 04, 2017 05:11 PM (lJXY3)
The weird part is that if they get the $40 (a long shot, I'd say) they keep about $20-22 mill after taxes, agent fees and ghostwriter costs. That presumably is how they intend to pay for the new houses in Hawaii, Cali and the rentals in DC and NYC (if that last one is true), plus decorating costs. In other words, much of the money they are scheduled to make could go towards real estate.
These people will be writing books for years, the way they spend.
Posted by: MTF at January 04, 2017 05:12 PM (sAXJ5)
The word police come to me in my bed
The word policd are coming to arrest me
The word police, police, police
Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2017 05:12 PM (5sOEp)
Posted by: Tuna at January 04, 2017 05:12 PM (JSovD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 04, 2017 05:12 PM (idrE1)
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Not anymore they wont.
Turned Mrs Fixer away just the other day.
Posted by: fixerupper at January 04, 2017 05:13 PM (JmjOe)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 04, 2017 05:12 PM (idrE1)
Is that a Kevin Sorbo reference?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 05:13 PM (92kX2)
So it falls down on my head like the cartoons. It's hilarious.
April Fool, Sooth. That was me.
And now I would like to sing a song for you gentlemen.
Daisy, Daisy... Diasee... Dai... what are you doing, sooth? Da...
Posted by: soothsayer's onboard car system, PAL 9000 at January 04, 2017 05:13 PM (lJXY3)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 05:00 PM (92kX2)
The same is true here in ultra-lib (and presumably non-homophobic) L.A.
Posted by: notropis at January 04, 2017 05:14 PM (ajl2k)
-Posted by: Donna and V
"Psssst! Hey buddy! Yeah, you! I'll pay you $20 bucks to piss on my car door"
Posted by: rickb223 at January 04, 2017 05:14 PM (dSqvH)
When I was a teenager sometime, around 1980, my father got several cases of this "stuff". One, which we called the "red stuff" was a lubricant in a spray can with red lettering, hence "red stuff".
The other was a penetrating oil, which we called "green stuff", the cans having green lettering.
That green stuff was just about the best penetrating oil we'd ever used, seemed like. Once we used it up, we never saw its like again. I can't remember what the name was. My father got it from somebody he'd ran into who said he had some of the best penetrating oil he'd ever had, and sold a few cases to him.
He wasn't exaggerating, and I wish I knew what it was. Hell, since it was so good, the EPA probably banned it.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at January 04, 2017 05:14 PM (DW+jj)
I, no shit, am having a problem with this.
I'm just getting damn mean as I get older. This is not one of those "not really a complaint" kind of statements. Not a humble brag.
My tolerance is about gone. Wife's about had it. Youngest kid is twelve.
The way I see the world ... which I'm pretty sure is clear and correct ... does not seem to square with most people around me.
Posted by: SD at January 04, 2017 05:14 PM (07YWD)
Posted by: grammie winger
Adapting. Still working out the living quarters issue, much is in limbo because of that. A funny thing though, I think I'm dealing better than I did with mom, partly because all of Dad's friends have become, well, my friends over the last few years. That's a network I lacked before and you can't really underestimate the difference that support makes.
It's still odd not having family around anymore. Liberating and lonely all at once.
Still eating leftovers. They don't kid when they say how much food folks give you!
Mostly I just want a long vacation somewhere quiet. Like, I don't know, six years or so. The caretaker thing takes it out of you, especially near the end, even when you don't realize it.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at January 04, 2017 05:14 PM (9krrF)
I root for the Indians, but I love baseball.
...and there is no team that I would rather lose to than the Cubbies.
...Not "I", personally. I can't throw over sixty MPH and I can't hit a curveball.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 05:15 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: MTF at January 04, 2017 05:12 PM (sAXJ5)
Eventually the stockholders of the publishing companies will stop the blatant Charity...
Because no way Obama's Wookie's book makes back 20 Million...
Posted by: Don Q. at January 04, 2017 05:15 PM (qf6WZ)
Real Housewives of ISIS....
Posted by: Don Q. at January 04, 2017 05:09 PM (qf6WZ)
........
Ali bought me a new chain... which is eight foot long.
So I can almost get outside... which is great.
Posted by: wth at January 04, 2017 05:15 PM (HgMAr)
And thats all I have to say about that.
Posted by: rusty shacklefjord at January 04, 2017 05:15 PM (v8mM1)
So it falls down on my head like the cartoons. It's hilarious.
April Fool, Sooth. That was me.
And now I would like to sing a song for you gentlemen.
Daisy, Daisy... Diasee... Dai... what are you doing, sooth? Da...
Posted by: soothsayer's onboard car system, PAL 9000 at January 04, 2017 05:13 PM (lJXY3)
Now those you probably *can* get at Autozone, or NAPA, or Pep Boys, or Advance, or Shucks, or whatever.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 04, 2017 05:16 PM (R5EqA)
It's $40, same as in town.
Posted by: Buddy at January 04, 2017 05:16 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Baby Daddy at January 04, 2017 05:16 PM (/Nite)
Posted by: notropis at January 04, 2017 05:14 PM (ajl2k)
It is good to see. They are a good company that seems to do a lot of charity (hurricanes and their extraordinarily tasty Christmas chocolate cookies.) I'd say the proportion of true homophobes here is the same as in LA- almost everyone could give a shit less.
Got to love progs.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 05:17 PM (92kX2)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 04, 2017 05:17 PM (ODxAs)
Funny part... funny odd not funny haha. .. was my son got hit by a drunk driver the next day. Same guys who put out the truck fire were the ones who responded.
Anyway, I drive an old CRV because I like not having a car payment. But I'm gonna give that Jeep pickup that comes out next year a serious look.
Posted by: V the K at January 04, 2017 05:17 PM (8fMq8)
I've been waiting to see this sight for 8 years
http://tinyurl.com/h3ythme
Posted by: weew at January 04, 2017 05:18 PM (6EH85)
I think I am going to go with the sensor hammer next time and see if that will do it.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 04, 2017 05:17 PM (ODxAs)
Percussive Maintenance is underrated.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 04, 2017 05:18 PM (R5EqA)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 04, 2017 05:18 PM (0mRoj)
there's a youtube video that says acetone and synthetic auto trans fluid is best penetrating oil. any lubricating issues I go to bobistheoilguy.com, pretty good site.
Posted by: rusty shacklefjord at January 04, 2017 05:18 PM (pHVJG)
Is there any doubt hillary clinton wouldve been awarded this year's Peace Prize if she won?
I'll make a bold prediction: Either obama (again), john kerry, or hillary clinton will win the peace prize this year.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 05:19 PM (4Ejxg)
Michael Crichton - The Andromeda Strain. Project Wildfire. At one point the alien Andromeda bug while airborne starts to eat parts of a USAF recon jet that are made of a certain type of rubber. The Wildfire lab had seals made of the same stuff. The Wildfire team also discovered if the secret lab's nuclear suicide charge went off, it would make Andromeda far more deadly.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 04, 2017 05:19 PM (idrE1)
Try a new gas cap first. But enjoy the bad catalytic converter gone until it needs to pass emissions. You'll get about 100 more miles per tank until then. Mine broke right after an inspection so I'm making gas money for 2 years before I fix it.
Posted by: dagny at January 04, 2017 05:07 PM (pH7uT)
The comical thing is that my gas mileage hasn't changed a bit and when the light went out for a few days in September I took it in for inspection and it passed. Which makes me think it has nothing to do with the converter.
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 04, 2017 05:19 PM (J8/9G)
Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2017 05:19 PM (5sOEp)
I.
Don't.
Know.
I have a low IDK limit before I start to get pissed off, esp. if it's questions I don't want to answer.
What I really don't know now is what the new bad noise the S10 (used to be the small size pickup) means and whether it's gonna crap out soon.
Posted by: DaveA at January 04, 2017 05:19 PM (8J/Te)
My sense is that TCE (chlorinated) brake cleaner works very, very well at cleaning material out of linings, and because it evaporates so fast and is non-flammable, it can be very quick and effective. I prefer it for brake use. It's also not as immediately harmful to rubbers and plastics as xylene brake cleaners are, and anything that I'd use that for I can just use carb cleaner.
Very useful to have the TCE stuff if you're rebuilding brake components - calipers, cylinders, etc. Less so the xylene stuff, and even on things like rotors tends more to lift oils/etc. and less to smear.
Posted by: Sporkatus at January 04, 2017 05:19 PM (eXSOZ)
I've been waiting to see this sight for 8 years
http://tinyurl.com/h3ythme
Posted by: weew at January 04, 2017 05:18 PM (6EH85)
That sir, is a beautiful sight.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 05:19 PM (92kX2)
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Not anymore they wont.
Turned Mrs Fixer away just the other day.
Just had my F150 checked in October.
Advance auto would not check it but Auto Zone did. 1bad coil
Posted by: Cicero Skip at January 04, 2017 05:20 PM (FIrEF)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at January 04, 2017 05:20 PM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Deplorable votermom @vm on Gab at January 04, 2017 05:20 PM (Om16U)
Like, I don't know, six years or so. The caretaker thing takes it out
of you, especially near the end, even when you don't realize it.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at January 04, 2017 05:14 PM (9krrF)
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You were wondering before if you should have dinner first, or a nap. Maybe the nap.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 04, 2017 05:20 PM (bpfzP)
I've been waiting to see this sight for 8 years
http://tinyurl.com/h3ythme
Posted by: weew at January 04, 2017 05:18 PM (6EH85)
That was surprisingly easy to fap to.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 04, 2017 05:21 PM (0mRoj)
These people will be writing books for years, the way they spend. Posted by: MTF at January 04, 2017 05:12 PM (sAXJ5)
Plus he'll be hitting the lucrative climate change circuit
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 04, 2017 05:21 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Evilpens at January 04, 2017 05:21 PM (y3aQB)
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 04, 2017 05:21 PM (toH8T)
See, that's just dumb. His leaks were beneficial to the USA this time, but next time who knows what he'll dump out there? The guy isn't our friend. He's like the dragon that crapped on your garden so it grows 2 foot tomatoes the next year.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 05:21 PM (39g3+)
Michael Crichton - The Andromeda Strain. Project Wildfire. At one point the alien Andromeda bug while airborne starts to eat parts of a USAF recon jet that are made of a certain type of rubber. The Wildfire lab had seals made of the same stuff. The Wildfire team also discovered if the secret lab's nuclear suicide charge went off, it would make Andromeda far more deadly.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 04, 2017 05:19 PM (idrE1)
I have to read that at some point.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 05:21 PM (92kX2)
http://tinyurl.com/h3ythme
Posted by: weew at January 04, 2017 05:18 PM (6EH85)
That sir, is a beautiful sight.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 05:19 PM (92kX2)
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Oh wow! It's really happening, for real!
Posted by: grammie winger at January 04, 2017 05:22 PM (bpfzP)
10:1?
A better question is not just how many pickup owners do you know, but "do you know ten times as many pickup owners as you do gay people?"
Posted by: wooga at January 04, 2017 05:22 PM (naT8w)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 05:22 PM (6gk0M)
While acetone + ATF is in fact the bee's knees, it's not "clingy" and it doesn't stay 100% in suspension. The same lack of surface tension that's an asset means it doesn't stay anywhere you put it. So for anything that has to soak on the bench, it's great. Anything that has to soak in place, much harder to keep it there, and harder to come up with a good way to spray it. Hence Kroil or CRC or PB.
Posted by: Sporkatus at January 04, 2017 05:23 PM (eXSOZ)
Posted by: josephistan at January 04, 2017 03:54 PM (7HtZB)
Section 179 Deduction (Hummer loophole) up until last year, it was highly advantageous to buy a truck with a GVW over 6000 lbs if you had 1099 / small business income... hence why the Ford Ranger was allowed to die, and the Chevy/Toyota small pickup market share are way off 20 years ago
Posted by: phreshone at January 04, 2017 05:23 PM (DpOmP)
Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at January 04, 2017 05:23 PM (0BApD)
Who knows wher ethat money really comes from.
Posted by: Deplorable votermom @vm on Gab at January 04, 2017 05:20 PM (Om16U)
No one tighter with their own money than a prog. Keep seeing surveys showing that liberals give much less to charity than conservatives.
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 04, 2017 05:23 PM (J8/9G)
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 04, 2017 05:23 PM (toH8T)
But the original tweet here was pretty silly. Cars (7.1 million last year) and Crossovers/SUVs (6.7 million) massively outsell pickups (2.6 million). The only reason "the three top-selling models" are pickups is because there are a lot fewer models of pickup.
Meh.
/relurk
Posted by: Concerned Republican Voter at January 04, 2017 05:23 PM (4bKiB)
Learned to drive on a stick--got good enough (and can yet) to shift without using any clutch--even from startup.
My ride is a 29 year old SUV that does everything I need and the body is pristine still. It has all the bells and whistles--air, cruise, power windows and seats, tilt wheel plus a healthy engine--best part is it's not a common vehicle so it stands out.
Posted by: irongrampa at January 04, 2017 05:23 PM (X35Yt)
Posted by: weew at January 04, 2017 05:24 PM (6EH85)
Oh yeah, my old beater truck, never should have got rid of it. Just a little 4 cylinder Ford, looked like crap, but never ever gave me any big expense and yet when I got older and richer I traded up so I could take cars to the shop and spend money on a quadratic duo-dangle flobmiester thingymajig going out which always seemed to be exactly $700 to fix.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 04, 2017 05:24 PM (ODxAs)
You could try using it for floor wax.
Posted by: wth at January 04, 2017 05:05 PM (HgMAr)
_____________________________________________
"It's a dessert topping! No, it's a floor wax!"
Posted by: Publius Redux at January 04, 2017 05:24 PM (Fb9aZ)
I've been waiting to see this sight for 8 years
http://tinyurl.com/h3ythme
Posted by: weew at January 04, 2017 05:18 PM (6EH85)
................
whtazername sez she's HONORED to cover the WH for CNN.
*sniff* *sniff*
Posted by: wth at January 04, 2017 05:24 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 04, 2017 05:24 PM (g6yUI)
Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2017 05:24 PM (5sOEp)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 04, 2017 05:24 PM (dKiJG)
Michael Crichton - The Andromeda Strain. Project Wildfire. At one point the alien Andromeda bug while airborne starts to eat parts of a USAF recon jet that are made of a certain type of rubber. The Wildfire lab had seals made of the same stuff. The Wildfire team also discovered if the secret lab's nuclear suicide charge went off, it would make Andromeda far more deadly.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 04, 2017 05:19 PM (idrE1)
I have to read that at some point.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 05:21 PM (92kX2)
Or you could watch the movie, that scene was pretty dramatic.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 04, 2017 05:25 PM (R5EqA)
ignorance - pontificating about "assault rifles" and whatnot when it's
clear they don't know the first thing about guns.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 04, 2017 04:15 PM
Tucker Carlson had some anti-gun dude named Horowitz on, who deeply understands 'assault weapons', by dint of his statement "Assault weapons make killing more lethal, OK?"
Moar dead than dead!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 04, 2017 05:25 PM (DMUuz)
10:1?
A better question is not just how many pickup owners do you know, but "do you know ten times as many pickup owners as you do gay people?"
Posted by: wooga at January 04, 2017 05:22 PM (naT8w)
How about gay people who drive trucks?
Mind=blown.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 05:25 PM (92kX2)
whtazername sez she's HONORED to cover the WH for CNN.
*sniff* *sniff*
Posted by: wth at January 04, 2017 05:24 PM (HgMAr)
she's = she is?
or she was?
Also don't know who you're talking about.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 04, 2017 05:25 PM (8hICw)
-How many hours have you spent in a deer-stand?
---
Can you identify:
-a deer
-a full bed pickup truck
- a miter saw
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 04, 2017 04:08 PM (J5mC3)
I miter saw a deer while from the bed of my pickup
Posted by: Jeff Foxworthy at January 04, 2017 05:25 PM (DpOmP)
Posted by: mnw at January 04, 2017 05:25 PM (3iAUW)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 04, 2017 05:26 PM (hPfYF)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 05:26 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: weew
How do you know if the truck is gay?
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at January 04, 2017 05:26 PM (9krrF)
How can you tell the truck is gay?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 05:26 PM (/tuJf)
Keeps trying go up other trucks' tailpipes.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 04, 2017 05:26 PM (0mRoj)
How can you tell the truck is gay?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 05:26 PM (/tuJf)
"The banana in its tailpipe."
~ Axel Foley
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 04, 2017 05:27 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at January 04, 2017 05:27 PM (9krrF)
10:1?
A better question is not just how many pickup owners do you know, but "do you know ten times as many pickup owners as you do gay people?"
Posted by: wooga at January 04, 2017 05:22 PM (naT8w)
The only fer sure out and proud gay guy I know is a relative who lives in Ft. Worth. He drives a pickup. I know several lesbians who mainly drive sedans. Since I am in OK, I, of course, know more truck drivers than gay folks, since every third vehicle is a truck....
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, who is now @SMcEvil on GAB at January 04, 2017 05:27 PM (kXoT0)
Pneumatic hood supports (struts?) DEFINITELY get from Amazon.
Oh yeah. I get all my parts from ebay, hardly ever from parts stores. Ebay is like half the price. NAPA is the worst for prices.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 05:27 PM (4Ejxg)
the number from auto zone and order from Amazon. Even with one of the
coupons auto zone constantly sends out they'll be $40 more for the set.>>>
If I don't need the part that day I get most of my cart parts from Rockauto or Parts Geek. Prices are usually half what NAPA autozone sell them for.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 04, 2017 05:27 PM (XtAzU)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 04, 2017 05:24 PM (dKiJG)
Take the steering wheel.
Seriously....that would be nice to see every day on the wall of the garage or in the basement or....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 04, 2017 05:27 PM (rF0hx)
Where I live in Florida, filled with military retirees, everyone has a truck.
My daily driver is a 2002 Chevrolet Silverado Z71 extended cab with 4WD and 250,000 miles on the odometer. I got the Vortec V-8 rebuilt last year (it didn't need it, but it allowed me to put a hotter cam and better pistons) and the transmission was overhauled just a few months ago.
It runs like a top and sounds awesome with its Borla mufflers, which probably cause Prius driving eco-dorks to wet their pants. It tows my 23-foot fishing boat and my M Roadster on a trailer like a locomotive and it still has the original Rhino liner coating in the bed, which has hauled everything from mulch to lumber to build our deck.
It was my oldest son's, but I helped him buy a newer truck, a 2009 Silverado, when he got a full-ride scholarship to Boston College. I sold my former daily driver, a Hyundai Sonata, and haven't regretted it at all. My youngest son, who graduates this year from high school and was accepted to the CG Academy, drives a 2005 Silverado Z71 and loves it too. My wife has a 2011 Yukon and she loves it. No hybrids at our house.
My eldest drives his truck up to Boston, where it draws stares from the locals who aren't used to hearing the thunder of a V-8. His Blue state girlfriend thought we were lunatics when she saw all of the trucks in our driveway and our gun safe, but I think we've hopefully made her see that life down South is fundamentally different and that doesn't make us bad people.
Posted by: grizzledcoastie at January 04, 2017 05:27 PM (x37yo)
The tough part is raking it evenly over the whole acreage. But you find coins in it sometimes.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 05:27 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: A Jackson at January 04, 2017 05:28 PM (jiFJF)
I owned a truck when I came to Texas, but have since downsized to a car for the time being.
OT: can anybody give me am update on when SMFH's hubby's funeral is? I've been a bit out of touch lately.
Posted by: Country Boy - Stay Deplorable My Friends at January 04, 2017 04:23 PM (KUaxm)
She tells me that she's hoping for the Friday after this next one, but there are still uncertainties.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 04, 2017 05:28 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2017 05:24 PM (5sOEp)
Probably.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, who is now @SMcEvil on GAB at January 04, 2017 05:29 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 04, 2017 05:29 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: Schaeffer at January 04, 2017 05:29 PM (001Yz)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 04, 2017 05:29 PM (idrE1)
That was one of my favorite parts of a Grand Tour episode. Richard Hammond tests the new Mustang GT and it has a very throaty GT with a supercharger. So you get this WHROOOMMMM wheeeeeeeeeeeeee sound that's the kind of awesome that makes American girl panties drop and guys salute the flag.
The other two guys hated it, of course, but he'd rev the engine in tunnels and it sounds like God clearing his throat.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 05:30 PM (39g3+)
or she was?
Also don't know who you're talking about.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 04, 2017 05:25 PM (8hICw)
............
Michelle Kosinski
Travel savorer. Mango devourer. Occasional drummer. Oh yes and very much honored to cover the White House for CNN.
Posted by: wth at January 04, 2017 05:30 PM (HgMAr)
I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison
So I went to pick her up in the rain
But before I could get to the station in my pick-up truck
She run over by a damned ol' train...
Posted by: David Allan Coe at January 04, 2017 05:31 PM (DpOmP)
So what brand spark plugs is recommended around these parts?
For spark plugs I always use the same as whatever came with the car.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 05:31 PM (4Ejxg)
Moar dead than dead!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 04, 2017 05:25 PM (DMUuz)
Ok, here is a real question: I always thought that assault rifle had a definitive definition: A shorter rifle round to bridge the gap between a rifle and a sub-machine gun. I thought that was the point of the MP-44 Sturmgewehr- the germans wanted something that was a bit more flexible/effective at medium ranges than ye old mp-38/40, with a higher rate of fire than a rifle.
Has this definition just been abandoned since then? I realize the progs are using it to cover a whole lot of ground for 'gun we don't like.' However, does anyone else use this definition?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 05:31 PM (92kX2)
The role differences are significant, but for even that many trucks to be sold means that a ludicrous number of people are buying them. Even admitting a 5:1 advantage in purchase numbers of cars (and SUVs) to pickups, not knowing anyone who has one is as absurdly highlighting of a bubble as any other missing significant minority. Four door sedans surely don't make up >1/6 of the vehicle population, but these folk would almost certainly be able to name somebody with one. Not a pickup. A significant portion of the public (at estimate well over 1/6 of vehicle drivers) and there's no connection.
The tweet is not silly, because it highlights that truck purchases are a BFD. "All cars" vs. only pickups is a silly comparison, and isolating SUVs (including pickup platform ones) from trucks is sillier still.
Posted by: Sporkatus at January 04, 2017 05:31 PM (eXSOZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 05:26 PM (/tuJf)
Painted pink?
Posted by: Jill Stein, the green frog at January 04, 2017 05:31 PM (lEhiV)
Posted by: just the punchline at January 04, 2017 05:32 PM (JmjOe)
Posted by: Jill Stein, the green frog at January 04, 2017 05:32 PM (lEhiV)
Michelle Kosinski
Is she the fraud and liar who got into a canoe on a wet street in New Orleans and pretended she was in deep water?
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 05:32 PM (4Ejxg)
E-Bay seems to be the place to go for Ramcharger parts, that's for sure.
Damn few other places have anything for them.
Posted by: irongrampa at January 04, 2017 05:32 PM (X35Yt)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at January 04, 2017 05:32 PM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Ruthless at January 04, 2017 05:33 PM (ro5Th)
Yeah, she was canoe girl. Was so hilarious when the guy walked by her in waders, ankle deep.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 05:34 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 04, 2017 05:34 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: weew at January 04, 2017 05:34 PM (6EH85)
When was the last time you attended a church, outside of a wedding or funeral? Do you know any Christian people?
When was the last time you fixed anything around your house, specifically plumbing and electrical?
What tools do you own?
What was the last thing you built from scratch? And I don't mean assembled, like from a kit.
Posted by: George Orwell's Ghost at January 04, 2017 05:34 PM (UgF8H)
Moving Masters. Doing the job most Americans would love to do.
Posted by: wth at January 04, 2017 05:34 PM (HgMAr)
-Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 04, 2017 05:24 PM (dKiJG)
I'm guessing that the brakes weren't the bottom line for you. Eighteen years is a nice run for any automobile.
That it was gifted by your departed Father is another story. That is difficult to ponder, as my Father is still with me.
I have no idea what you are going through.
I only wish that our love finds you and finds you well.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: The Horde has jagged edges, but it is a soft place to land when difficult times present themselves.
Know His love and know that The Horde is here for you, Good Sir.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 05:34 PM (6gk0M)
Waaay back when I lived in Germany and bought a Jeep. Jeeps were rare enough that when the wife and I saw one on the road we'd point and yell "Jeep! Jeep! Jeep!".
Then we moved back to Cape Cod. Instinct kept us yelling Jeep! for a couple of weeks but it got tiring fast given that have the cars on the road were Jeeps.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at January 04, 2017 05:35 PM (mgbwf)
For spark plugs I always use the same as whatever came with the car. <<<<
Well, they are kinda gunky, but I'll throw em back in.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 04, 2017 05:35 PM (ODxAs)
NGK for me if they fit the application.
Even in German cars.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 04, 2017 05:35 PM (noWW6)
If President Trump really called Schumer a clown today that makes me very happy.
Very, very happy. More, please!
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 05:35 PM (4Ejxg)
How can you tell the truck is gay? Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 05:26 PM (/tuJf)
Over sized tail pipe with a set of balls hanging from the trailer hitch
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 04, 2017 05:36 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Axeman at January 04, 2017 05:36 PM (2mC6G)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 05:36 PM (39g3+)
I just want people to quit lookin' down their nose at how I live. As a matter of fact, I insist.
Posted by: SD at January 04, 2017 05:36 PM (07YWD)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 04, 2017 05:36 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 05:36 PM (4Ejxg)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 04, 2017 05:34 PM (SjImc)
You would think so, but because the EPA are pants-on-head retarded, any "tall" format vehicle can be cleverly described by its manufacturer as an SUV, therefore "truck", therefore lower fuel economy target. Kia Soul? "Truck". PT Cruiser? "Truck". etc. etc.
Posted by: Sporkatus at January 04, 2017 05:37 PM (eXSOZ)
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 04, 2017 05:37 PM (toH8T)
And now they're still wondering and agonizing over how Trump could possibly have gotten elected.
Posted by: Gork at January 04, 2017 05:37 PM (9JDsW)
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Depends on make and model. I always go OEM on plugs.
Always.
Posted by: just the punchline at January 04, 2017 05:37 PM (JmjOe)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 04, 2017 05:37 PM (dKiJG)
Ugggg socks.
Posted by: fixerupper at January 04, 2017 05:38 PM (JmjOe)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 05:38 PM (39g3+)
Which is of course *all* guns. Hence the constant and depressing string of things being described by lefty journos as "assault rifles" that clearly are not.
http://tinyurl.com/8mb686o
Posted by: torquewrench at January 04, 2017 05:39 PM (noWW6)
Eh, maybe. I wouldn't argue with the underlying point that most NY/DC journalists are not in touch with many rural/masculine "pickup people".
But "the top three best-selling models" schtick is BS.
(And you really can't include SUVs with pickups or the whole point falls apart. Those journos *do* know lots of people who drive CR-Vs.)
Anyhoo...
Posted by: Concerned Republican Voter at January 04, 2017 05:39 PM (10LGw)
-Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 04, 2017 05:37 PM (dKiJG)
You're lucky. Mine was about a monster eating my neck.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 05:39 PM (6gk0M)
Negative. My Grand Cherokee has a Mercedes 8 speed transmission (which is sweet, the old Jeep 5 speed transmission was clunky as hell) but it's mostly Jeep. They have gotten a lot nicer inside over the years but again a lot of that is Mercedes inspired.
One of the better cars I've owned.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 05:39 PM (/tuJf)
Nod Gunzz!
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 05:39 PM (4Ejxg)
Posted by: weew at January 04, 2017 05:39 PM (6EH85)
I don't know about you but when I'm in a fancy restaurant and that kid comes up with the pepper rifle, I get nervous.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 05:40 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 04, 2017 05:34 PM (SjImc)
It's a truck *station wagon*.
Don't deny it.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 04, 2017 05:40 PM (R5EqA)
Which is of course *all* guns. Hence the constant and depressing string of things being described by lefty journos as "assault rifles" that clearly are not.
http://tinyurl.com/8mb686o
Posted by: torquewrench at January 04, 2017 05:39 PM (noWW6)
It isn't just that they're ignorant, they're stridently, self-righteously, uncorrectably ignorant.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 04, 2017 05:40 PM (0mRoj)
If I had my way I burn that building full of incompetent assholes to the ground.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 04, 2017 05:41 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: weew at January 04, 2017 05:24 PM (6EH85)
You could be talking about my landlord? He drives an F-250 diesel.
Posted by: Country Singer (Gab @Bert G) at January 04, 2017 05:41 PM (GUBah)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 05:41 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: weew at January 04, 2017 05:41 PM (6EH85)
Oh yeah. I get all my parts from ebay, hardly ever from parts stores. Ebay is like half the price. NAPA is the worst for prices.
Posted by: Soothsayer
****
Rock Auto is usually good too.
Posted by: Tilikum KAW at January 04, 2017 05:41 PM (0x/TW)
https://youtu.be/21xDu1aU6bg
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 04, 2017 05:41 PM (idrE1)
Posted by: Ruthless at January 04, 2017 05:42 PM (ro5Th)
hmmm... sold in packs of 4 or individually. So for a v6 Imma gonna have to ask my daughter to do some math.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 04, 2017 05:42 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: steevy at January 04, 2017 05:43 PM (r/0kC)
The Transmission is slipping and the car is in limp mode so I can still drive it short distances, but it makes no sense to pay 1,500 to 3000 dollars to fix the transmission. It's a wheelchair van so I am going to donate it and maybe someone can fix it up.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 04, 2017 05:43 PM (dKiJG)
There were those Ford Motorcraft plugs seemingly designed with great skill to break off in the head upon any attempt to remove them.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 04, 2017 05:44 PM (noWW6)
I've been waiting to see this sight for 8 years
http://tinyurl.com/h3ythme
Posted by: weew at January 04, 2017 05:18 PM (6EH85)
-------------------------------------
That's not the White House.
I'm not sure what building it is but it's definitely not the WH.
But, yeah, a lot of political appointees are moving stuff out of their offices right now. Heh.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 04, 2017 05:44 PM (Nox3c)
This is mostly true, Wranglers are still Jeeps.
The Cherokee was a body-on-frame, spring leaf suspension, actual truck. I owned four of them and then Jeep decided that making the perfect SUV for twenty years wasn't enough fun and scrapped it for a variety of unibody turds.
So I moved on to XTerras, likewise a perfect car with a truck frame. So of course Nissan has discontinued them.
I hope that by the time I beat this one into the ground someone else will decide to make a true truck SUV again.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at January 04, 2017 05:44 PM (mgbwf)
The 5-speed was actually a Daimler-Benz unit and it had lots of problems. The 8-speed is a ZF and everyone seems to like it much better.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 04, 2017 05:44 PM (R5EqA)
assault rifle had a definitive definition: A shorter rifle round to
bridge the gap between a rifle and a sub-machine gun. I thought that was
the point of the MP-44 Sturmgewehr- the germans wanted something that
was a bit more flexible/effective at medium ranges than ye old mp-38/40,
with a higher rate of fire than a rifle.
Has this definition just been abandoned since then? I realize the
progs are using it to cover a whole lot of ground for 'gun we don't
like.' However, does anyone else use this definition?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 05:31 PM
Technically, except for a few nittiest of nitty details (StG-44 (Sturmgewehr (storm rifle or assault rifle), not MP44 (it was, however, the replacement name for the MP43), you are correct.
Students of weaponry use the definition; for most folks it's details that don't have a lot of relevance today, and, as you say, the proggies now have morphed into 'assault weapons', which translates into 'anything I don't like/am scared of'.
The term assault rifle is generally attributed to Adolf Hitler, who for propaganda purposes used the German word "Sturmgewehr" (which translates to "storm rifle" or "assault rifle"), as the new name for the MP43, subsequently known as the Sturmgewehr 44 or StG 44
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 04, 2017 05:45 PM (DMUuz)
700 685 Speaking of trucks, there's a big one parked in front of the White House.
I've been waiting to see this sight for 8 years
http://tinyurl.com/h3ythme
Posted by: weew at January 04, 2017 05:18 PM (6EH85)
That was surprisingly easy to fap to.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 04, 2017 05:21 PM (0mRoj)
A quick-lube place down the road from work has been counting down the days since 30 on the sign out front. But they're sneaky. They don't say why, it's just "Days Left: 16"
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 04, 2017 05:46 PM (LuZz8)
There are entire brands that don't sell as much as those leaders. As an example, F-series sales for 2014 in the US were three times all sales for Volkswagen, and likely (I haven't checked) exceeded all German cars combined. And yet, wouldn't these people think somebody in the sticks was pretty fucking parochial if he didn't know anybody who had a German car?
Sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander. It beggars the imagination that these people don't know anybody, anybody at all, with any of several extremely popular vehicles, but it is more staggering that they cannot admit it.
Posted by: Sporkatus at January 04, 2017 05:46 PM (eXSOZ)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The 2017 Bunkers, Panic Rooms, and Bomb Shelters Await You at the Outrage Outlet! at January 04, 2017 04:33 PM (hLRSq)
======================
If your job is to fix cars in Nebraska, and you don't want to tell Manhattanites how to live, then not know how people in Manhattan live is not a problem for you.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 04, 2017 04:34 PM (/prE6)
Well, that's true, but the journalists in Manhattan seem to want to tell the guy in Nebraska how to live.
And I once thought that one reason people became journalists was because they were insatiably curious about life and other people. Who? What? Where? Why? How? What's at the bottom of this story? Why did he do that? Why would she think that way?
The weirdest thing about journalists today is that as they've become more "educated" (compared to the "Front Page" days) they seem so incurious - because they're more interested in pushing their own narrative than figuring out human motivations and learning about people who are not like them.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 04, 2017 04:42 PM (ZM2xo)
I was a reporter for a small town for many years. The thing that attracted me to that industry was curiosity and the ability to make a living writing and meeting people.
If I had the chance to meet and interview, a member of the Green Party, I actually wanted to know why they believed what they believed. The journalists of today seem to have no such curiosity.
BTW the community I lived in was conservative and the newspaper was conservative as well.
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 04, 2017 05:46 PM (hJrjt)
Posted by: Anna Mac at January 04, 2017 05:47 PM (xujfC)
I actually had an older Grand Cherokee years ago that had a Jeep tranny. It really was clunky.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 05:47 PM (/tuJf)
I owned a Chevy Avalanche for awhile but downsized to a Cruze when I bought a Roadtrek E-Trek...a Mercedes Sprinter van that was converted into a Class B RV. It's an awesome road trip and tailgating machine. I can put the seats down in the back and haul a fair amount of stuff in it if I need to.
Posted by: RSR at January 04, 2017 05:47 PM (NysXC)
Posted by: Avogadra at January 04, 2017 05:48 PM (X2SYo)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 04, 2017 05:49 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: Ruthless at January 04, 2017 05:49 PM (ro5Th)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 05:26 PM (/tuJf)
Painted pink?
Posted by: Jill Stein, the green frog at January 04, 2017 05:31 PM (lEhiV)
Lip marks on the tail pipe?
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 04, 2017 05:49 PM (hJrjt)
The now-classic "Cherokee" (XJ) built from 1984-2001 was unibody and coil-spring suspended (made making the truck version 1984-88 interesting) They used it as the basis for the Wrangler starting in 1997 - and they shared dashboards from that year on.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 04, 2017 05:50 PM (R5EqA)
Full size pickups, however, don't fit into my garage and being vertically challenged I can find them a little hard to climb into. A full size pickup with a lift kit is very difficult for me to get into.
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 04, 2017 05:53 PM (hJrjt)
Posted by: Ruthless at January 04, 2017 05:53 PM (ro5Th)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 04, 2017 05:55 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: 80's music fan at January 04, 2017 05:55 PM (PHcLa)
Full size pickups, however, don't fit into my garage and being vertically challenged I can find them a little hard to climb into. A full size pickup with a lift kit is very difficult for me to get into.
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 04, 2017 05:53 PM (hJrjt)
Not making fun but some trucks have steps that pop out when you open the door, My wife always had a hard time getting in my Truck and she saw a Ford commercial and she said she could go with that.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 04, 2017 05:58 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 04, 2017 05:59 PM (Mb+1L)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 04, 2017 06:01 PM (Mb+1L)
If you are like me grief will drive you inwards, and from there you get lonely and don't know why.
So you need to get out and interact with people and give yourself time to adapt to the new world.
But deal with real people, don't adapt feral cats or women freshly into AA or other people that need caretaking
Posted by: Kindltot at January 04, 2017 06:03 PM (9MInk)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 04, 2017 06:05 PM (9MInk)
Did I mention it's got a supercharger?
Posted by: Some Guy in Michigan at January 04, 2017 06:08 PM (8+8tu)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 04, 2017 05:41 PM (idrE1)
It's not wearing sexy aggressor paint. Probably other stuff too, but I'm just not in the mood if it isn't in black and white or Flanker blue.
Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2017 06:13 PM (8nWyX)
Posted by: Rana at January 04, 2017 06:16 PM (SUuMm)
Posted by: Markon at January 04, 2017 06:19 PM (aK3kV)
What it was about this question that made it catnip for commies, I don't know.
Catnip? This question, a question that, as others point out, must be answered either YES or NO, was asked in potentially The Most Public Forum of All Time ... and therefore It Must Be Answered, and therefore must be publicly answered either YES or NO ...
How about ... it's actually a great & sour fart, possibly of all time, that every reporter or journalist simply cannot evade. They must smell it and breathe in the odor ... and everyone knows it.
"They All Light Their Hair on Fire in Response"
Of course they do. They live in the exclusive-yet-crowded Elite Elevator of Elite Journalism ... no windows, no air fresheners, no emergency can of Glade, and regrettably, no candles .. this is the Internet. They can't avoid breathing for a few days ...
What else could they do?
Posted by: Arbalest at January 04, 2017 06:22 PM (FlRtG)
My wife drives our beater and I drive a Dodge Challenger (RT)
Not a truck but it does make a statement.
And that statement is: "F*ck you" (in a friendly, pro-America way)
Posted by: xnycpeasant at January 04, 2017 06:25 PM (QtQaN)
If you don't know why the hated SUV came to be so popular, read up on the demise of the station wagon. Short version: as cars, station wagons had to meet government/CAFE mandates for cars. Trucks had massively easier mpg requirements. Hello SUVs. Thanks, government!
Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at January 04, 2017 06:26 PM (0BApD)
Posted by: William Eaton at January 04, 2017 06:44 PM (MuTTO)
Posted by: William Eaton at January 04, 2017 06:45 PM (MuTTO)
Not only should we say I don't know, we should never give advice. Dammit, now I did it....
Posted by: James M Yerian at January 04, 2017 06:46 PM (PjdRu)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at January 04, 2017 07:05 PM (Kucy5)
I know several people with pickups, and in fact one was parked right outside my window at work. It belonged to my boss' sister, who had stopped by to visit him.
I've never owned one myself, but the last three cars I've owned were a hatchback, a station wagon, and now a Mazda 5, which is a miniminivan. It's only a little bigger than the Toyota station wagon I had previously.
Although I don't haul stuff for work, I like having the capability to carry cargo when necessary. Last summer I used the Mazda to take my lawnmower to the repair shop. Once I folded the handle, it fit inside easily. That would be a bit more awkward with a sedan.
Posted by: rickl at January 04, 2017 07:07 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: nancysjet at January 04, 2017 07:10 PM (cNY1z)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at January 04, 2017 07:17 PM (Kucy5)
Ya that sales sounds bad even for a used car sales. The traditional manual trans with a clutch are becoming rarer and rarer
Posted by: Shiggz at January 04, 2017 07:28 PM (G7wcY)
My car is annoying me at the moment. The SEL (service engine light) is on and I can't yet figure out what the hell.
Computers (ECM's) are the worst thing.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite
most auto parts stores will do a free scan read for you
Posted by: Shiggz at January 04, 2017 08:06 PM (G7wcY)
Posted by: Shiggz at January 04, 2017 08:07 PM (G7wcY)
...a Ford F250 from 1987 - 2003 and a Toyota Tundra since then.
...in case you needed to beef up truck numbers for this group.
...oh, and Hi
Posted by: ontherocks at January 04, 2017 08:15 PM (nIGPZ)
As for the Moron dissing Chevys, good luck fixing the blown turbos on the "Eco" boost V-6s that are the main engines for the F-150 series. BTW, they get no better or even worse gas mileage than the naturally aspirated V-8s in the Chevys. You'll be lucky to get 150k out of those turbos, especially in the 2.7 liter engines.
And the "a-lew-meen-e-um" body of the newer F-150s requires a specialized body shop to fix, which leads to higher repair and insurance costs. Chevys are made from good old-fashioned steel. Real trucks aren't made from soda cans.
And Richard Hammond's car on the Italian episode was a Dodge Challenger Hellcat, which has a 707 horsepower supercharged Hemi V-8.
Posted by: grizzledcoastie at January 04, 2017 08:50 PM (x37yo)
The front is like a car,
The back is like a truck,
The front is where you drive
And the back is where you
El Camino! El, El Camino!
Posted by: Scott at January 04, 2017 09:54 PM (SI1l5)
We would frequently mail a random selection of card holders subscription solicitations and use regression analysis to determine what spending characteristics the responders had in common--using that data to select larger more responsive prospect lists from the database.
The editor of this "foodie" magazine was a NYC urban prog that was so cool. And boy, did she have the pulse of her readership.
My single most satisfying interaction with her was getting to watch her head simultaneously ignite and explode when I told her that largest prospect identifier was an individual that had, in the prior six months, rented a car out of their home state and eaten at an Olive Garden restaurant.
Trucks and Olive Garden, what everything outside of NYC and LA is all about.
Posted by: Wally at January 04, 2017 10:01 PM (64YTh)
Computers (ECM's) are the worst thing.
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A lot of times it's an emission related thing. Could be as simple as an air filter...bad gas cap etc.
Posted by: Mimzey at January 04, 2017 10:03 PM (n3hky)
Ace, with proper emails and background checks (a lightly redacted fax of your CCW permit will do), we'd like to invite you our the Farm here in north central Mississippi. We''l pick you up at MEM (that's Memphis, Memhis, Tennessee) and drive you back *in our truck*' to the farm.
And we'll eat some food and go from there.
In the late 1800's, Turner proclaimed the Frontier gone. Can't quote it from memory. But basically he looked at the census and proclaimed that the American Frontier was closed.
His proclamation is everywhere in history books. Ask Steyn if you don't believe me.
The truck is Americans' fuck you to Turner.
Nothing light driving a truck on a gravel road. Or up a muddy hill. Once almost got a truck in 4 wheel drive stuck in the sand out at Okracoke except I didn't. Awful Arthurs.
A truck is a vehicle. It gets you into places other vehicles cannot.
Posted by: Marica Bernstein at January 04, 2017 10:11 PM (7VJw1)
1. In my part of the world, "truck" is more common than "pickup truck." Too many words.
Like. If you watch college football, you may have come to know that the FORD 150 is the BEST SELLING TRUCK OF ALL TIME SINCE EVER.
No one confuses sales of F-150s with sales of Peterbilts. So "pickup" is redundant.
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