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Looks like I am sailing the ocean blue...

[balthazar]

[Robert Hall]

[ccap41]

1 hour ago, oldshurst442 said:

 

 

Looks like I am sailing the ocean blue...

I don't get it..

[oldshurst442]

14 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

I don't get it..

 

At that point in time...I had 1492 love points. (Not that I look at those, but I like to observe numbers...and when I do, I see and relate to them in different ways...

In 1492, Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue. 

A little ditty that helped us remember in history class what year Christopher sailed and discovered...America. 

Edited April 6, 2018 by oldshurst442

[oldshurst442]

And because I mentioned the words "a little ditty".

I would now like to recite to you a little ditty about Jack and Diane. 

Jack and Diane were two American kids growing up in the heart land.  Jack was to be a football star while Diane lost her virginity in the backseat of Jack's car. Just to say...that life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone.  We might as well hold on to sixteen as long as we can, we are only young once you know, never regret a thing you do, repent and marry the girl you love, even if you had pre-marital sex countless of times with her. Treat her right. Life goes on. Yup...Jack and Diane, doing the best they can!

Now...Im gonna sing it you. Well. Not me. A nice American boy by the name of John, THE cougar, Mellencamp will.

I forgot...you now must throw a little rock. You got to let it roll!  Rock on! 

 

 

Edited April 6, 2018 by oldshurst442

[Robert Hall]

37 minutes ago, oldshurst442 said:

  Just to say...that life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone.   

 

Maybe one of my favorite lines ever in a song...that resonates so much with me as I get older.  Another line by Mellencamp I also like is  'little pink houses for you and me'---a variation of that was my mantra in my house hunting in 2016, but it was 'little brick suburban houses for you and me'....

[balthazar]

• Was in another $1.4M home today- no street-view pic; it's buried behind trees.
Got a few weeks of work coming up in there.

I'd like to slow down tho : M,-T, Th-F would be nice. Other than the house addition I did a few years ago, I've never had this much work stacked in my Inbox before. Finding it stressful.
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[daves87rs]

12 hours ago, Cubical-aka-Moltar said:

Love that color!

[balthazar]

[ocnblu]

Just in case it drifts up against the building down the street.  Protection.

[A Horse With No Name]

40 minutes ago, ocnblu said:

Just in case it drifts up against the building down the street.  Protection.

Indeed!

[Drew Dowdell]

Best Pothole of 2018 Award goes to Pittsburgh!

 

This happened about a mile from my house. I used that highway all the time.

[G. David Felt]

5 hours ago, Drew Dowdell said:

Best Pothole of 2018 Award goes to Pittsburgh!

 

This happened about a mile from my house. I used that highway all the time.

Did the rain and snow cause it to give way?

[ocnblu]

[Drew Dowdell]

4 minutes ago, dfelt said:

Did the rain and snow cause it to give way?

Yeah, a lot of runoff would build up on the high side. And the retaining wall on the low side has been there since 1929.

[trinacriabob]

Do you sing in the shower or elsewhere in your abode?

Do certain places remind you of certain songs?

When in Pensacola, I always think (never fails) of Jimmy Buffett's song "Creola," (great, smooth flowing Jimmy Buffett song obviously about the South) and I might sing it in my hotel room.  Not loud or anything, but sing it nonetheless.  What's weird is when the housekeeper hears you and you know she has.

[ocnblu]

[balthazar]

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Edited April 9, 2018 by balthazar

[daves87rs]

14 hours ago, Drew Dowdell said:

Best Pothole of 2018 Award goes to Pittsburgh!

 

This happened about a mile from my house. I used that highway all the time.

 

Dang!

 

Give it a month or so, and you'll see that on I-94 just outside of Detroit.........

[G. David Felt]

Had no idea till this morning when I saw this email from GM Performance that this year is 100 years of Chevy Trucks!  

[ccap41]

2019 Camaro refresh is out and it looks worse, imo. 

[G. David Felt]

http://www.theblock.com/?article=968f871f-254a-4c82-b52a-c3000644a0df#news

The build story of the C10 pickup with detailed pictures of doors, etc getting the treatment is awesome. Check it out!

[Robert Hall]

2 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

2019 Camaro refresh is out and it looks worse, imo. 

SS front end looks like they were inspired by the 2019 Silverado.. ick.

Edited April 9, 2018 by Cubical-aka-Moltar

[ykX]

6 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

2019 Camaro refresh is out and it looks worse, imo. 

I have to agree, I think it looks worse

[Robert Hall]

And the SS shows the Silverado influence...busy, overwrought plastic cheese...

 

Edited April 9, 2018 by Cubical-aka-Moltar

[Drew Dowdell]

Body color bumper one is fine. Blacked out bumper is terrible

[ykX]

8 minutes ago, Drew Dowdell said:

Body color bumper one is fine. Blacked out bumper is terrible

I think previous design looks a bit better

[trinacriabob]

I anxiously await being able to look at, and sit in, a 2019 Ford Focus and the next-gen Dodge Charger.

Edited April 9, 2018 by trinacriabob

[Robert Hall]

I'm really wondering where Jeep goes with the next gen Grand Cherokee (and hoping they don't screw it up--no transverse 4cyl).   And what about the rumored Ram based Wagoneer/Grand Wagoneer--will that ever happen? 

Edited April 9, 2018 by Cubical-aka-Moltar

[daves87rs]

1 hour ago, ccap41 said:

2019 Camaro refresh is out and it looks worse, imo. 

Yeah.....the SS kinda scared me a bit. I hope that's for cooling or something-looks really strange otherwise.

Like the rear-other two models I saw were not bad though......

[ccap41]

1 hour ago, Cubical-aka-Moltar said:

And the SS shows the Silverado influence...busy, overwrought plastic cheese...

 

This just looks so much worse than what they currently have... 

I've already seen a photoshop job where they used body color for the black grille area and it looks much better. 

The bow tie on the bumper instead of the grille looks turrible. 

[Robert Hall]

Body color sounds better...or maybe they should embrace the cheese and chrome it up, do a Camaro LTZ trim.  

Edited April 9, 2018 by Cubical-aka-Moltar

[Drew Dowdell]

9 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

This just looks so much worse than what they currently have... 

I've already seen a photoshop job where they used body color for the black grille area and it looks much better. 

The bow tie on the bumper instead of the grille looks turrible. 

Is that even a photoshop? Is that not the RS?

[Robert Hall]

I think the one with the bowtie in the center of the blacked out bumper, while the SS, was attempting (and failed) to go for an homage to the big grille 2nd gen RS front end...instead it looks like a '19 Silverado Trail Boss wannabe...

[ccap41]

31 minutes ago, Drew Dowdell said:

Is that even a photoshop? Is that not the RS?

The one I saw was on a Facebook group and it was the SS, not the above pictured one. I'll try and save it and post it here. 

This is what I was talking about, @Drew Dowdell  

[Robert Hall]

The red one appears to be a base w/ the 1LE trim?     The blue one is the SS, at least according to the pics I've seen here and on the internet, like these on Motor Trend.

http://www.motortrend.com/cars/chevrolet/camaro/2019/2019-chevrolet-camaro-first-look-review/

[G. David Felt]

2 hours ago, ykX said:

I think previous design looks a bit better

I will be honest that I do not follow the Camaro or any pony car that close, as such, I thought the two above were the same model year, just different packages. So your saying the one above is the 2017 and the below is the 2018 model?  

2 hours ago, Cubical-aka-Moltar said:

I'm really wondering where Jeep goes with the next gen Grand Cherokee (and hoping they don't screw it up--no transverse 4cyl).   And what about the rumored Ram based Wagoneer/Grand Wagoneer--will that ever happen? 

I am highly concerned that Jeep will get screwed up with the Alfa crap platform garbage and that the Wagoneer / Grand Wagoneer will never happen till a new CEO or Owner comes in and realizes the need to clean house and shut down some brands.

[G. David Felt]

After Looking at the Motortrend link, I think the RS looks better than the Roman Soldier helmet look that I HATED on the Chevy Full Size trucks. This is just sucky!

[ykX]

40 minutes ago, dfelt said:

I will be honest that I do not follow the Camaro or any pony car that close, as such, I thought the two above were the same model year, just different packages. So your saying the one above is the 2017 and the below is the 2018 model?  

Yes, but 2018 vs 2019 

[G. David Felt]

22 minutes ago, ykX said:

Yes, but 2018 vs 2019 

WOW, talk about a mess. Thank you

[A Horse With No Name]

4 hours ago, Cubical-aka-Moltar said:

And the SS shows the Silverado influence...busy, overwrought plastic cheese...

 

I actually kind of like all three of the current Pony cars right up until the point that I don't.  Have lived with the rehashing of a 1960's idea my whole life. Am really really really amazingly astonishingly bone crushingly overwhelmingly ungodly mind bending skull f#$%^&@ ready for something different.

Would take a GTI in the new green (sexy as hell IMHO) Golf R, WRX/STI, or a lot of other cars over this.

That being said....for what it is....I actually really like it.  But a hundred times more ready to have my enthusiasm go a different direction.

1 hour ago, dfelt said:

After Looking at the Motortrend link, I think the RS looks better than the Roman Soldier helmet look that I HATED on the Chevy Full Size trucks. This is just sucky!

I actually kind of like it in a way, but as stated elsewhere, I am ready for something different.

 

1 hour ago, dfelt said:

I am highly concerned that Jeep will get screwed up with the Alfa crap platform garbage and that the Wagoneer / Grand Wagoneer will never happen till a new CEO or Owner comes in and realizes the need to clean house and shut down some brands.

Given FCA ability to screw things up and persist at Screwing things up, Jeep will be shut down in 2039 given current rate of management.

4 hours ago, trinacriabob said:

I anxiously await being able to look at, and sit in, a 2019 Ford Focus and the next-gen Dodge Charger.

Both cars I have no interest in really even looking at...but I value your opinion so interested in what you think.

[A Horse With No Name]

On to some positive...

 

 

[balthazar]

7 hours ago, Cubical-aka-Moltar said:

 

I do like this one overall vs. the red job with the matte black hood. That one has a 'Chesire Cat' grin, and Camaros shouldn't be grinning- they should be angry. Those blue 'blades' thrusting forward are interesting.

[ocnblu]

I love the new SS Camaro.  I like the new LT/RS Camaro.

[balthazar]

[ocnblu]

Still proud, among ruins

[daves87rs]

22 hours ago, trinacriabob said:

I anxiously await being able to look at, and sit in, a 2019 Ford Focus and the next-gen Dodge Charger.

The Focus should be interesting (where ever they build it), but I am very curious about the next charger as well...

[ccap41]

44 minutes ago, daves87rs said:

The Focus should be interesting (where ever they build it), but I am very curious about the next charger as well...

It's slated to be built in China. 

2019 Ford Focus Reveal

[G. David Felt]

13 hours ago, ocnblu said:

I love the new SS Camaro.  I like the new LT/RS Camaro.

But it is not a Jeep! Nor is it Green!