trinacriabob

rabies

Since I anchor the "low tech" segment of the C&G population and I have the conventional stuff throughout, I'd say let your wallet decide. I don't like contraptions that are big, expensive and scream "conspicuous consumption." You're an archi, so your sense of style/scale will also tell you what looks good in the room(s).

animal instinct

You are in THE SOUTH? Doing what? If someone says "Boy, you have a purdy mouth"....RUN! (I'm sure the Southerners on the site are good-natured enough to handle the stereotyping jabs)

Jaclyn Smith (yes, that's how she spells it)

Don't name names, Charg...but do stick around and post your off the wall stuff. We never know where you're coming from next, so it's quite entertaining. Cheers.

Good eye...good comments. Been hanging around the architects in your frat a little too much? :AH-HA_wink:

I like the way SciGuy thinks! Angelina: Enough of those puckered lips. Are those real or collagen induced? The other thing is that, in some photos, she almost looks mulatta, like if she was really tanned, she would look like a light skinned black woman. Not that that's a bad thing (because Whitney looks good)...it's just that Angelina looks weird, as does Vanessa Williams with her blue contact lenses. Britney and Jessica basically look like cheap and slutty tarts...they better cash in now because their shelf life is limited. Brad: $h!. That has got to be the most mass-media packaged / force-fed actor out there. I was talking to my cousins overseas and we were talking about flicks that are out there. His name came up and I said he looked like "un benzinaio"...a gas station jockey. They laughed and agreed. Men that the media push ought to look distinguished...and the Brad Pitts and Leonardo DiCaprios of the entertainment world are anything but that.

I have been paying attention to the DTS lately. Not that I would buy one but, looking at the forward progress of its styling, there's a lot to praise. If you've heard me rant and rave about grilles, you know how much I like a grille that is sporty and is canted rearward. Kudos to Cadillac for a nicely executed sporty grille that is markedly Cadillac and fresh/youthful on their "beacon of the brand" model. I really like it. The roofline isn't bad either. The only part of the car that leaves me a little cold is the rear light assembly. Yes, accolades for the simplicity, but it's almost too simple relative to the front. I could think of a teeny bit more articulation ... thickening the metal deco strip between the taillamps, articulating or kinking the rear bumper as is done up front ... whatever. Inside, it has a fantastic cabin and, bingo, buckets with a console shift together with more instruments (read temperature gauge). Now, last night, I'm at SFO changing planes for the last "puddlejump" home and I go into the convenience store. I read the Lucerne review (CR can be jerks...the word coarse has now become overused). Behind it is a stand alone DTS review. It says many nice things, but says the handling is ungainly and braking distances are long. Well, it's not a CTS nor a STS. Just how clumsy is the handling? Do you like this car? Have you driven one or ridden in one? I think, at last, there is a wonderfully proportioned full-size Cadillac automobile that even a person younger than their typical demographic could get away with driving.

Jose' can you see... Happy 4th of July, folks

Pulp Fiction absolutely disgusting flick

Hey, that's where Venus and Serena Williams are from!You suppose they could turn into rappers after hanging up the racquets?

As long as it's "dabble, dabble" and not "gobble, gobble." I couldn't resist that play on words.

Kill Bill instead!

chicken canneloni

road kill

No. No can do. Do you like jazz?

chain link

My armchair pyschologist's take on things is that both heterosexuality and homosexuality are somewhat dysfunctional. Heterosexuality is dysfunctional because of the "battle of the sexes." It's always been there. It always will be. The divorce rate is at about 58%. That's a lot of people lining the coffers of attorneys. So sad. There is enough written on the different communication styles and needs of women and men. When the going gets really rough, the tough say "Adios." $h!, even the husband-wife team of "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" have split up. When I was in high school, I was no naive to think that girls were, yes, plumbed differently but basically processed things the way that boys/men do (I don't have any sisters) and that beyond the difference in appearance and reproductive tract, there was little, if any, mental difference. Was I wrong! That's probably why I have experienced so many disagreements with them...and I just walk away. The most explosive is when women I know have taken the side of another woman when the facts in the case clearly indicated I was right....and these were college educated working women. It almost makes me cringe to think about standing before a female judge in a courtroom, wondering if her professional judgment is tinged by estrogen. Homosexuality is dysfunctional because, in MY opinion, there is no balance in the 2 predators or 2 nesters pairing. I think there's a lack of complementarity (is that a word?). That's why men bond and hang out with each other. That's why women bond and hang out with each other. They were designed to be friends and collaborators. My friend from Long Beach was in therapy with his partner / boyfriend (whatever status) and the whole time I'm thinking: what's there to fix here...you can't even fix it....and you're lining this therapist's coffers? I remember what a PhD student I knew in Portland OR working toward becoming a counselor told me casually about his student case load or patient load -- "nowadays, you're lucky if 50% of the straight couples out there make it and you're lucky if 5% of the gay couples out there make it." Since I retain any kind of numerical info or statistics, I thought this was interesting...and probably true. About PB's post, yes we ALL KNOW what is exemplary in both genders. But American society bristles at that. A lot of European cultures have no hangups with that...but we do. In fact, when heterosexual women put on make up or buy clothing to look like a particular woman they admire or heterosexual men go to the gym to pump up to approximate the bigger quads or biceps of the guy next to them, that's an admission of a standard they aspire to within their own gender....and it is innately homoerotic. People just can't talk about it. Look around...you will always see straight women really check out a flawless woman and you will always see straight men size up another male that tends toward the exemplary specimen. I would bet that operates in other species of the animal kingdom as well. The solution is simple. We are born alone. We leave this world alone. There is nothing wrong with being alone. That's why God created dogs. Amen.

Paolino, now, now, listen to your big brother Roberto (though short compared to you). Buy the LaCrosse, from your predefined list, for one reason: dependability and the fact that it isn't uncharted territory. You keep a car a long time, watch your money (you're a teacher) and are trying to balance other things in your life. The LaCrosse, for you, just makes sense. Isn't it great to turn the key and have the goddamn car take you where you need to go, day after day, year after year?

busy :AH-HA_wink:

You still have to make THE PAYMENT. It's not like they give you the car for free. Sometimes, it's better to wait until you are ready than to cave into a low financing deal. I am planning to pay it outright, so I prefer to save more and wait.

I've been giving this some thought. I had a Monte Carlo this weekend in LA (I returned the Impala within 12 hours). Buick's overriding quality and the 3800 are top drawer. The LaCrosse will be the answer IF the front end is reworked. I can't stand the upright oval grille. I can wait since in May 2007 (10 months from now), I will park the car and head for foreign lands for the bulk of the summer. So, I could do 2008. If the LaCrosse is NOT mildly enhanced, I will go MC. I really enjoyed driving around the Southland the last few days in the Monte Carlo. The seats and the comfort level are great. The 3500 sips fuel. I am starting to rethink the spoiler issue. I don't like them, but the upright one is probably nicer than the flat one or no spoiler at all. If they could have designed the rear end WITHOUT the hump, the MC would be sweet. Then, if it had the 3800, it would be perfect.

detention

747 passenger/freighter