I have coined the word “cargage” (alternative spelling cartgage) to cover these house-loan-like vehicle loans. “I just got a cargage to pay for my new F150".

Maybe it affects some people differently, they get a high they like or some calming endorphins. I feel sorry for the addicts though.

I believe that “able to learn not to follow a bad example” and “just copies whatever is around” are two important behavioral types, and most people are the second.

Exactly. Why does priming compound get a pass?

Does an  RSVP put us on a list to actually get in? I don’t want to fly across the country to be told “sorry we’re full”. 

You aren’t getting them already?

Or just being run over by a big truck.

Most Volvo cars are pretty boron.

Neither guns nor cars kill people, they are inanimate objects.

“Well, selfish Volvo driver, did you bring enough safety for eeeeeveryone?”

No one is actually saying it was great, they just say we should copy the concept.

His country house in WC was one farm up from us years ago. A very nice man and always loved a car chat. Often he drove these exotic things around so we saw them constantly. I don’t know one sports car from another but I think I remember that black pointy thing.

That stinks.

Watching my drunk grandmother, smoking father, and violent mother cured me of all three. We’re lucky aren’t we?

Steve Goodman was a national treasure-

Yes, he has a lot of subtlety if you care to notice. Thankyou for this little exchange, I’ve enjoyed reflecting and watching things for it!

“I always think there’s a band, kid”

Wheeee!

Greatest military success per cost of all time.

This is exactly the way I handle it- gather my stuff (stacking the trays so they are easy to carry) and unass the line to some slightly distant spot. Redress and bring the trays back.