Tbf, might be a simple matter of wanting to make sure the family was notified first formally.

I’m a photographer who gets 90% of her income from weddings and I want so badly for everyone to just elope. The wedding industry is just the grossest.

“Biker RV’s” is the best description of them!

I remember those “Liar’s Poker” days. I was at the tail end. We were one of the first regional dealers to get a Bloomberg and Michael was still at Solly. It was an experience. I remember on slow days guys would shave their heads for cash. I knew a guy who would lose and gain 50 pounds at a shot on a bet. The primaries…

Heinlein was a very complex man, but the general consensus seems to be that he was a real mensch.

Less “advocation” than “investigation” or “exploration.”

I am so sick and tired of morons claiming Heinlein’s Starship Troopers was “right wing” or “pro military”. if you want right wing militarist sci-fi read yourself some Jerry Pournelle.

have any of you ever read it? it profoundly questions everything about the society it depicts and even that society is not really right…

I always feel like Heinlein gets mischaracterized a lot as a right-wing nutjob b/c of Starship Troopers, when that’s very far from the truth. When you think about it, it’s pretty amazing that the guy could’ve written essentially both the right-wing bible (Troopers) and the left-wing bible (Stranger in a Strange Land)…

I could tell you all about the ins and outs of the industry but you probably wouldnt trust it anyway. So i’ll sum it up simply. Pawnbrokers dont want your stuff. They want your money. If you ask any broker worth his salt, thats what he’ll tell ya.

All opinions and viewpoints aren’t equally valid, which is why you let them be expressed and the good ideas win out. Basic memetics. Basic scholarship, really. Back when I went to school (late 80s, early 90s) we would periodically have people much like the WBC come and speak on campus. I certainly didn’t invite them.…

The Deliverator’s car it ain’t.

haha, that’s fair. I grew up in “Delmarva”, even more “competitive” down that way. :)

Oh man. I never, ever would’ve guessed that.

He really was being a bit of an elitist fuck, and I say that as a self-defined snob on several issues.

Also. Hayburners can make new hayburners. Cars, not so much.

Those are hepatitis causing viruses. Hepatitis comes from a myriad of causes, for example Alcoholic hepatitis is very common, autoimmune hepatitis has been known to occur. Also common is hepatitis from toxins for example pesticides as purported in this article and from bush teas.

I started selling Fords in 2001, here is the take I got on it;

I had the great good fortune to have a supervisor who was also a liscensed auto dealer on the side. He set me straight on the whole NADA/KBB thing in the sense that banks - and as I understand it, insurance companies - base their rates and such on a particular vehicle model based on NADA so you may as well use what…

This idea is born of timidness and jealousy. Someone buys a car; They signed on the bottom line without researching, and without trying to get a better deal. Later, they spoke with a friend or family member or coworker who criticized their decision and informed them of their mistake. Rather than realizing their own…

I'd like to see how you think they make a living ripping people off.