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...and how do you know this?

BOOOOOOOOOFFET! Response to thread (*calming down*): Buffet

You and I can't like the same cities...it just can't be...

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I really liked the physical layout of the East Side. Where I lived, it wasn't "as Eastside," where Woodinville/Kirkland/Bothell come together, so the neighbors were ok and downtown Woodinville had some coffee places and a B&N...though too many of the neighbors had Subarus. I think the real East Side "problem" is in Medina, Bellevue (west of Bellevue Way), Kirkland, and "new" Issaquah. All one has to do is set a foot in Bellevue Square.

I didn't know what to expect with this one. Gee, some things never change. I'll comment about the college thing. A couple of things: business is the major for the masses...unless it's specific, like accounting or IS or a niche like hotel management. Guilty as charged. It was what I majored in. One friend said that a lot of business majors don't know what they want to do, but don't want a liberal arts degree, so they land in the business school. Also, those who flunk out of the sciences or engineering go to business, not the other way around. So what happens later? The beautiful people, with their low GPAs, get a job in sales or financial services...because attractive people like to hire other attractive people. That's right. I know that some of the "way cool" full-of-$h! people in my class eclipsed me monetarily (and I graduated cum laude) because they became stockbrokers or sold real estate in SoCal at the right time. I wouldn't want my livelihood to be rooted in being glib and superficial. My advice to anyone -- if you're going to bust your ass to get that high GPA to get to where you want to be, do it early on (in undergrad) because it will be behind you and you can then do what you want (doctor, lawyer, whatever). I went to grad school in a completely different field. The people I most admire are 2 that I know of that finished the business degree, did the coat-and-tie crap for a couple of years, did not like it, backed up to take the pre-reqs and are now doctors. Both of these people were really smart, but not really business types. They were smart enough to take a more "secure" path. I seriously doubt that anyone who bartends (or who works in a casino or entertainment venue) has the discipline to sock away a lot of money for a great future. I may be wrong, but that's generally not the profile.

I don't know how you'd like Seattle (or PDX). If you are a minimally outspoken Northeasterner, you won't like these places. The So Cal folks and Northeasterners who move to the PNW don't complain about the weather, they complain about the smug people. Up north, other transplants liked me but the locals never warmed up to me...don't know why. I know you like San Diego. As for Corpus Christi, I know two people who lived there (after-college jobs) and bailed out because the intellectual level was frightening...if one could reconcile the fact that they would be on the beach and close to SoPad, then it could be ok...

Right, I wonder what the expanded list looks like...with my parameters, Charlotte or Tampa should have come up as well...and they didn't So they have Austin and Portland, but they don't seem to have Charlotte or Sacramento which are similarly sized.

My list was similar, with Atlanta coming out ahead...

Funny, even when I put "West" in as the location, I still got Eastern locations. The only variables I messed with were: (a) air (b) crime © region I still got the same Eastern locations. I wonder if requiring the ocean and indifference as to ownership will bring up PDX, SEA, LAX and SAN...

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Happy birthday, JLGolden, who is in Houston, from what I recall.

Well, I know what I DON'T have and EXPECTED to have: The LaCrosse does not give instantaneous MPG. Maybe it was changed for 2008, because 2006s and 2007s I've rented, per my recollection, had the instantaneous readout. So I was expecting it. I still have average MPG and range, though. The GPs and MCs I've rented have it, and the MCs in 3.5 V6 base form show fantastic instantaneous MPG under some driving conditions. Maybe Buick deemed it as too distracting.

Answer the multiple choice questions and it kicks out the city that is best suited for you... Link to Blogthings - American city that's a best fit for you Then there's another one...it's which city you are most like... Link to Blogthings - American city you are most like I've got a problem here. As for the city that's a best fit, I took this quiz (#1) and manipulated the 3 questions which I'm "on the fence" about and still get: 1) Atlanta (duh...I lived there and loved it) 2) Honolulu (no interest in living in Hawaii) 3) Las Vegas (eh...for a weekend) 4) Miami (like the area a lot) 5) Austin (don't know much about it, but I've heard good things) As for the city that's most like me, this quiz (#2) gives only one answer, and it said: 1) Boston (based on their criteria, I could see that) What answers do you get?

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? e uma cidade universitaria perto de Denver e perto das montanas onde tem muita gente estranha: os granolas Response to thread: Rocket V8

I changed planes in PHX on my way to NC in February. I was looking out over the massive PHX metro area as we approached and thought "hmm..."Moltie" is down there somewhere." It's definitely not for me. Sure, who doesn't like a mission-tiled sprawling stucco 1-story home with a pool in the back, preferably on a promontory with some view? I have a friend who lives there who "summers" in Flagstaff to get away from the heat. Actually, my Ambien is working again. It was only pulling me through 3 or 4 am. Now, with a major milestone/project behind me, it takes me until the alarm clock rings. I know how it feels...

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My interest in GM, and the site, has to do with my loyalty to the brand...and to the site. I've had exceptional cars from the General and I've had a lot of good laughs on C&G. That being said, if I was in the market right now, it would be a 2010 Mercury Milan or a 2010 Ford Taurus. That makes me sad. There is NOTHING in the GM fold I would buy. Blame: (1) bad decisions in the 1980s and bad quality control (past tense) (2) poor cost control and looming overhead issues and (3) MOST OF ALL: the CamCord crowd who bought foreign iron and never gave American cars another look, save an SUV/truck here or there...in some cases, partly because it wasn't cool in their area (coastal Calif, Colorado, etc.) to drive an American car...you got the EEEEWWW factor. Camino, don't throw in the towel completely. But, still, I know how you feel...

I bet the rental rates won't be the most favorable....at least early on.... They get a little bit more coin out of people to have that Mustang convertible in SoCal or Fla for a week.

I've been feeling kind of apathetic lately. My job is "just there." I live for the weekend when I can sleep in and then go out and do stuff or take a day trip. Right now, my trip to 2-week trip to Europe in early July is keeping me going. Why this sentiment? -Recession seems too prolonged -Friends have lost jobs and/or getting weirder with their own problems -Lost some money in my 401 that was in WAMU (not a lot, but still) - that bank has been a "staple," is at every major intersection, and made me my townhome loan in a Seattle suburb -Chrysler bankruptcy -Pontiac elimination -GM uncertainty Does it all seem like TOO much? How are you holding up?

I would have never dated the "Creature from the Black Lagoon" in the first place.

LOL - add my departed Dad - 5'4" - and had Napoleon's birthday 8/15 response to thread: split personality

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