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Indeed I am, sir. It has been a long time since we've seen people in important roles act the way they're supposed to.

I saw a refreshing and appropriate level of humility and dignity all across the board, and for the whole world to see, today. I felt relieved. It was a good thing.

Thank you! This is the best "Chicago" song, IMO, because of its significant "urbane" stand-alone instrumental segments.

It's a sunny day in our nation's capital ...

Within this last year, I learned that BLM does not mean Bureau of Land Management ... as much.

I definitely know "Gamma." I sort of expected the third letter to start with a "C" sound, though, so I thought Gamma might be somewhere else in the Greek alphabet. And Omega being last makes sense, in line with the religious concept of "Alpha-Omega." As for this photo, what's the likelihood that 1) two scuba divers will illegally drive their Olds Omega onto a California beach, and 2) that demographic would even set foot into a showroom to buy an Olds Omega? Also, I know we have some members here who just love multilingual discourse ...

The Cadillac Catera was a mess, along with its "the Caddy that zigs" ad campaign. Its saving grace might have been that the Cadillac Cimarron was worse! I only knew one person who went out and bought a Cimarron and their head wasn't right on all levels. It's beyond the scope of C&G, though definitely soap opera material.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry when I see current news photos of this "thing:"

Help me out. Alpha ... beta ... (?) ... delta. I don't want to cheat and look it up: what is the (?)? I'll probably recognize it. I'm not sure if omega is the last letter, as in alpha-omega. It's probably zeta. Well, have I got a "looker" for all of you ...

Oregon plates and green cars go together. Wow to both of these.

Hippiesh, no doubt about that. Incredibly odd but definitely interesting lyrics, though.

However, there is an abundance of lighthouses along the Great Lakes photographed under those conditions to "shock and awe," for lack of a better description. I am always fascinated by the possibilities in icicle formations. - - - - - Ford stock? Upward potential? Or does one just say "F"* it? (* F is its ticker!)

I had to look up what it looks like because I have an "if you have to ask the price ..." situation with Escalades. Well, it gives the expression "long in the tooth" a new meaning.

13 years of sled today! It's officially a teenager. I checked the odometer upon getting into it today - 103,310 miles ... of very reliable motoring across those miles. When my last car hit the 13 year mark, it had approximately 215,000 miles on the odometer. It's amazing how life changes.

I am driving along, minding my own business, and I see this. Is this for real? Unique. I've never seen anything like this before!

You're funny! Is the top photo Victoria Falls? As for the lower photo, that could be the Dolomites in Italy, but also Austria, Switzerland, or Bavaria. If it's the Dolomites, I have driven the Great Dolomite Road twice and it is incredible!

I went to the post office today. In the parking lot exit, a burgundy late(r) model Mercury Grand Marquis was in front of me. It was spotless and there was a beige baseball cap on its rear shelf. It was a tall senior gentleman who had also been inside the post office. Ahead of him was an older BMW where the driver was being overly cautious to go out into the traffic of a major 4-lane road. The Grand Marquis driver began to honk in repetition. The Grand Marquis driver finally got into traffic and chose the right lane. As someone slowed down to turn into a gas station about a block further down, he started repeatedly honking at that person, too. This guy was slightly dysregulated. I pondered the beige baseball cap on his rear shelf. Oh, yeah ... I forgot where I was going. Nice 4.6 liter SOHC V8!

What happened? Comedies are nowhere as good as they used to be. The epic ones like this one stay with you for a lifetime!

I recently happened into this and it's pretty damn funny ... hello Jersey Shore. It brings up the notion as to whether most stereotypes have some accuracy. If enough people didn't notice them, they wouldn't exist. I guess that means "yes."

It seems LaCroix specialty water is now a cool way to go to quench thirst with flavor, no sugar, and no sodium. HOWEVER, some flavors of LaCroix are really, really bad.

As for airline and automaker cards, they encourage different spending patterns. I think the automaker cards are actually safer. With airline cards, you visualize wanting to go on a trip annually. Then, they offer spending bonuses. Airline cards tend to have maintenance fees every year - not to bad, at about $60. I took some good trips and got rid of them. As for an automaker card, they don't kick in until a person is in the market. The only bonuses that seem to come along are top-off offers. Agreed that the ridiculous price points of SUVs/CUVs make the earnings on the card useful. They'd make a top-off offer useful, too. The price points and product lines may push me away from GM products. As for SS-based, I'm guessing you're thinking of the now gone Chevy SS or Pontiac G6, but possibly a little larger. I don't see it happening, though I think that would be decent. I think other automakers will steer clear of the Charger/300 twins rather than muscle in on their proven mastery within that small market. David, I wouldn't even go near a vehicle with a sticker of $ 51 K. Not my thing. Even with a massive discount. The more basic Envisions sticker out at about $ 35 K with FWD and $ 37 K with AWD. It would be easier to consider them when starting the discounting process on those vehicles at around those prices. I also like the outgoing Envision. Simpler, too. I have to warm up to the new one, if I ever will. That said, I'm not in the market. The mileage on my current car is too low. I'm looking out a ways. That's why I am keeping tabs on what Chevy is doing with sedans and on the Charger/300.

The Olds announcement came on December 12, 2000, IIRC. Not the sort of news I wanted under my Christmas tree. Back to the Malibu and without talking about EVs. Hold that thought. The final model year is likely to be 2024. That means it will arrive in the fall of 2023. They are supposedly budgeting for a refresh in 2022. (Please get rid of that noxious kink in the rear C-pillar ... thank you.) What would you see them doing to it while still an I.C.E. vehicle for those last 2 years? Here's the problem with SUVs and CUVs for me. As others had stated, I don't like the way they look. Then, it's about money. At the price point of what used to be a decent heirloom GM sedan, I'd be forced into a crappy SUV or CUV. I do not like the Trax and the Encore ... clumsy looking, too rounded, small engine that gets poor mileage when in that sort of platform, and poor visibility. The one CUV I sort of like - the Envision - is too highly priced and I'd have to get the base engine and FWD. Again, let's not talk EV because I am not interested at this point. I would want an I.C.E. that has been around for a while. The reason this stuff is even interesting to me is because I got an automotive loyalty credit card instead of an airline miles credit card. I didn't see this happening. Now I'm wondering if I would have been better off with an airline miles credit card.

Even if it hasn't technically happened, it is very much a reality and has been for years.

@Robert Hall I will say that both the Cisco and Sun Microsystems logos are cool. It would have been a huge marketing gaffe if Cisco had instead gone with Frisco.

Did the group E.L.O. use General Electric?