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Whew. Somehow I feel excluded from that fold, so thank you. I will be more than happy to continue as the designated pedant.

That's very thoughtful of you to commemorate her the way you have. It's great to have people in one's life who shape it with the positive though, sadly, we will always have some who try to inject the negative. I'm sorry for your loss. That's a nice photo of her and she clearly radiated positive energy.

No, 300 is not to my liking ... pref 400, or 350. I am not in a home charging situation. Until that situation settles, I will not be considering an EV.

Three items for me that would be highly important in deciding which, and when, for an EV: 1 Price 2 Range 3 Ease of charging ... I'm talking availability of places and time to do it Honorable mention: Attractive enough ... it can't be dowdy, looking like some appliance or robot

I don't know. I have no doubt Mexico City is interesting. I learned to speak Spanish from college courses, traveling, and living in California, and I don't know if I'd go. Acapulco, which was always painted like the Honolulu of Mexico while growing up as well as a preferred stop for ships, is now really sketchy. The border towns are definitely sketchy. I went to Rio de Janeiro for 4 days almost 20 years ago. I had one dicey situation that I read and got away from, but I can't get the place out of my head. That said, everyone, including Brazilians, have told me it's now even worse. It's stunning, but I'll pass. As much as I hate organized tours, I feel they might the way to go if checking out "fringe" places. I'd say Madrid over Mexico City. Madrid is an impressive city, but so damn hot and dry during the summer.

Fortunately, most people view Elon negatively. Sadly, some people may have "listened" to him. "Listening to Prozac" might be better than doing that.

@G. David Felt I had forgotten all about the exploding pen! - - - - - Crossing the Apennines in a rental this evening and going through some cool mountain tunnels, this came on: I had forgotten all about its existence. Isn't music in the New Millennium mostly garbage?

No, everything should be left as is. It's much like how Seattle's outline has all these different areas to explore. And that most people don't know about. It just reminds me of how many more things I need to see in NYC that are unchecked on my list. Each borough, other than Manhattan, has some nice beaches. Jamaica Bay, mostly in Queens, is huge and is protected as a park or wildlife refuge.

I randomly think of and daydream about New York City, with its 5 boroughs and abutting areas, often.

Random thought ... ... a recurring one!

Ding - ding - ding I've been to Hot Springs, Arkansas. What a cool place with an interesting history, complete with gangsters. There's a scenic viewpoint you can drive up to for a view over the town as well as that other tower in the town you can go to the top of for a 360 degree view for a little bit of coin. It was on a Missouri trip that looped into and out of STL during the pandemic and fall colors. I wasn't expecting Arkansas to be as beautiful as it is. I came into its NW border from south of Branson, MO. Eureka Springs was a cool hippie-dippy town with the usual coffeehouses and gift shops. It's the location of the nondenominational architecturally unique Throrncrown Chapel. Stunning places and views at Mount Magazine State Park as well as a precipice you have to drive down a graded dirt road to get to its parking lot: Hawksbill Crag. I was going to turn back, but I'm glad I went ahead with it. Very nice photo of you two!

Ok, thanks, but what would be the gain or loss related to the Timeline as a specific feature? Why they made a bifurcated yes/no decision on desktop versus phone is weird. I will continue to use Google Maps. Remember Mapquest? Yikes. Not to digress, but I use the Moovit app with great success when it comes to planning rides on transit. It resets itself to the metro area you are in and seems to do a slightly better job than Google Maps.

With all this discourse, I need some input. I have put off ... and forgetting about ... my election for the Google Timeline, which is about to sunset. People seem to say it's phasing out for desktop, but will stay on phones. Like others have said, they get more mileage out of it on their desktop/laptop than other their phone ... ditto for me. Who really benefits from the Timeline? I've looked at it a few times, mostly to be amused. What election are you or people you know making? What is/will be salvageable? What do you recommend?

It all comes rushing back when I see one on the road, see it on YouTube, or similar. I miss what could have been - like influencing my parents on their choices. They could have just as easily gone with buckets - the big, comfortable kind - in that first colonnade coupe. I'm talking the Salon or S/R type buckets. No one ever sat where the armrest was and there were rarely more than 3 occupants in the vehicle. I miss what was - there was nothing quite like the ravine dash with full instrumention in the '88 to '94 Regal coupes (changed for '95 and '96) that I enjoyed looking into as a daily driver for a good number of years, and in a car with stellar reliability. In general, I mourn the loss of all the personality and luxurious creature comforts older cars had.

It takes something not feeling right (suspected sprain, crick, etc.) to push me to getting to get a massage, so less than a handful of times. The ones that hurt just a little are usually the ones that resolved the issue. (I'm not referring to anything remotely kinky.) I know baking is something you appreciate. You wouldn't have wanted me to make you a cake. My mom didn't bake many "American" things, so I once decided, as an early teen, that I could make what I wanted and keep it on hand: the marriage of two phenomenal flavors ... orange and chocolate. I'd drool over the boxes in the supermarket aisles with the photos on the cartons. I bought the orange frosting mix and chocolate cake mix. I was salivating in anticipation of the finished product. I don't know what went wrong. I followed the instructions. The result was kind of hard and dry. The frosting was not moist and shiny. I still ate it over the next few days, but never attempted to bake anything again. Anymore, people often go to get their cakes made for them.

It was a joke. I think I've put up that same photo before saying she'd make a formidable 007 film villainess and needs to go to a casting call rather than just be useless and high maintenance. When I see her, I think of an Eastern European foe of James Bond and the main 007 theme goes through my head.

Q: What are you listening to? A: The James Bond theme!

Join me in wishing @Drew Dowdell a happy birthday. Have a great day!

I agree, can imagine, and sympathize. The Dow may be up, but I wonder if that's because it foretells that the rich may get richer and the poor may get poorer. I may benefit some when the market is up, but it's not all about me. At any rate, I'm glad we're back up and trust that some redundancy is there or will be bolstered to shore things up.

They want them as side dishes but not for anything serious. When in the U.S. or Canada, they might bend that rule to some extent. In SoCal, they bent that rule a lot ... if the wallet was thick.

Good morning ...

This came up again as featured in one way or another, so I watched it again. Riviera: what a storied nameplate ... one with highs and lows. The high of its introduction. The low of being a 1977 and 1978 dressed up LeSabre coupe. While I really liked the 1989 to 1992, I mostly like this last attempt. Car design is like surgery. Millimeters matter. I think that more millimeters in some areas and less in others could have made a difference. For one, I think the length of the rear could have been slightly shorter so it wouldn't have had those equal volumes. The sturdy rear flanks look great as this Riv is slaloming around. I also loved the dashboard and the feel of the cabin of this model. It would have been even better with a 3800 that was either a Series I or Series III because of their better reliability. I very much miss American coupes.

Today's big divide in America here instead of on the joke thread ... Q: What do you call a person who speaks 2 languages? A: Bilingual Q: What do you call a person who speaks 1 language? A: American - - - - - Carry on ...

Q: Who is Heloisa Pinheiro? Don't look. A: . . . . . . . . . . Okay, I'll tell you This is an ageless gem in world music.

I'm sorry ... I saw this when I was looking for a good image of Suze Orman and was doubling over laughing, so here it is. https://amp-includes.tmz.com/videos/0-c6cbtqbv/ I've seen this TMZ org before. I looked it up and it means "thirty mile zone," or a 30 mile radius from Beverly Blvd. and La Cienega Blvd. That would mean they altogether miss Santa Barbara and Palm Springs. As you can see, they stoop fairly low in dispensing ET, or "entertainment trash."