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  • machone
    machone Posts: 1,552
    Excellent!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,682
    bcwsrt wrote: »
    engie490 wrote: »
    Not an inspiring sight when you're in a Mazda...

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    I know this is a video and not a picture, but …

    https://youtu.be/klDe8iNwwxs

    There's a video after the one you posted in which mother nature demonstrates her powers. The one question I had after watching it, did no one check the weather forecast first?
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."


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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,879
    msg wrote: »
    engie490 wrote: »
    Not an inspiring sight when you're in a Mazda...

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    But an amusing one as you pass in a Tacoma B)>:)

    Aww. That's cute you think a Tacoma can compete on trails with a Jeep. :D
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,682
    OleBoot wrote: »
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    DAMN!!!
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."


    President of Club Polk

  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,937
    They must be pygmies 😁
  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 3,031
    audioluvr wrote: »
    msg wrote: »
    engie490 wrote: »
    Not an inspiring sight when you're in a Mazda...

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    But an amusing one as you pass in a Tacoma B)>:)

    Aww. That's cute you think a Tacoma can compete on trails with a Jeep. :D

    Jeeps haven’t been Jeeps since the ‘70s…
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,879
    Though I don't like what Fiat has done to the Jeep name when they took the helm in 2009 the Wrangler is still built quite well.
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    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)


    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,353
    treitz3 wrote: »
    aprazer402 wrote: »
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Many Home Depots are the same way with a lot of items now. PIA!

    Tom

    My brother is a mgr. at a local HD. They've been locking up power tool cartons in cages for a couple of years. He said the thieves knew where the Li-Ion batteries were placed inside each product box. They would simply slice the box open and steal the expensive battery and leave the box untouched on the shelf. He said he's already seen one person with wire cutters trying to cut open the cage fencing. He said the cages have definitely limited losses for the stores.

    His store is in a safe suburban area. Nowhere is safe anymore it seems. He has hundreds of theft stories.

    He gets so very upset that he can't do much. Each store has a few specialized personnel that are the only ones allowed to apprehend a suspected thief. They must know they have taken something and they must be stopped within the building. So very much is still lost, it's just sad!

    It has gotten bad. The other day, I had to pick up materials for a couple of houses. First locked cage? I went to the pro desk and had them announce that help was needed on isle "X". I waited 15 minutes.

    Then, I looked on the HD app to look for attic stairs......wasted time tracking down 4 or 5 employees who didn't know where they were. Finally sent my employee back to the pro-desk to have them physically take them to the attic stairs because all HD associates had no clue where they were. Another wasted 20-25 minutes.

    By the time I got to the electrical section to grab a 15' roll of Romex, I see that it's now locked up too.

    This time, I didn't bother to track down an associate. I stood there, in the middle of the isle and literally yelled, "is their an associate in electrical?". Within a minute, someone came by and gave me the Romex.

    Time is money and these damned criminals are wasting my time. I will no longer walk up to the desk. I will stand there in the isle and become my own personal broadcast system for the store. I know my voice is loud enough to hear from one side of the store to the other, so it is what it is.

    I don't have all day to shop and I'll no longer be "polite" about it. I simply don't have the time, nor do I have the patience anymore.

    At least they let me get a Red Bull (that story on another post) without paying for it first. I had a professional but very stern talk to them about that BS. They were hesitant but eventually made an exception when I told them my spending over the decades and why I should not be treated as a criminal. After our talk, they understood fully where I was coming from and agreed with me.

    Tom

    Tom, Sorry to hear about your struggles in the store. My brother that's been with The HD about 20 years is always telling me about the employee turnover. It's not that they're treated badly, it's the younger ones
    having no idea about any type of building materials etc. Many just do not want to work! The work can involve some heavy lifting but usually, not all day, every day. They had one employee, an old man in his eighties that outworked a lot of the young ones, He died recently. He's also had to warn several of the younger employees to "put your phone away" while working. He gives them maybe three warnings then
    they are let go. It's difficult to find workers all over right now. The Omaha MSA unemployment rate was projected to be 2.2% for May 2023, April's rate was 2.0 actual.
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,921
    daddyjt wrote: »
    audioluvr wrote: »
    msg wrote: »
    engie490 wrote: »
    Not an inspiring sight when you're in a Mazda...

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    But an amusing one as you pass in a Tacoma B)>:)

    Aww. That's cute you think a Tacoma can compete on trails with a Jeep. :D

    Jeeps haven’t been Jeeps since the ‘70s…

    ahem.
    Since when?

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    ;)

    Meanwhile -- O. Henry would be so pleased...

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,921
    daddyjt wrote: »
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    I've got one of those in the basement!
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,921
    edited July 2023
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    Which is fine -- until someone whips out their viol de gamba. B)

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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,353
    ^^^^ I had to Google that. Interesting. Thx.
  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,682
    Many years ago I had an experienced off roader, having seen my FJ40 Land Crusier, ask me if I knew the different between it and a CJ Jeep. I replied in the negative, so he says it's like this. Say they both cost $15,000. The FJ40 has $10k worth of engine/drive train and a $5k body. The CJ has a $5k engine/drive train and a $10k body. I could not find fault in his assessment.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."


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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,353
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    I wish Toyota still made a Land Cruiser or even the FJ Cruiser.

    Not sure what this is going to be. \/ A Hybrid.

    https://www.hotcars.com/hotcars-rostislav-prokop-new-toyota-fj-cruiser/#:~:text=The Toyota FJ Cruiser isn,could be under another name.
  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,937
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    Absolutely gorgeous!
  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,986
    When I detail a car in the garage I listen to music

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    So do my neighbors. It goes to 11 😂

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,921
    edited July 2023
    aprazer402 wrote: »
    ^^^^ I had to Google that. Interesting. Thx.

    In all seriousness, it's a marvelous sounding instrument, and not all that commonly seen/heard. We happen to know someone who plays one. :)
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
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    Absolutely gorgeous!

    I was so freaking tempted to buy that sucker last summer. The asking price didn't seem outrageous ($22k).
  • charley96
    charley96 Posts: 340
    daddyjt wrote: »
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    Makes me think of the demon child that used to live across the street from me. He hurled one of those at my dad's groin.
  • OleBoot
    OleBoot Posts: 3,134
    You may think you're cool but you'll never be cooler than Spock driving around The Bangles.


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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,921
    The late Mr. Nimoy, born in (or near) Boston, narrated the remarkable IMAX demo film in the Mugar theater at the Boston Museum of Science -- seeing it, many years ago now, was my first IMAX experience. It's... remarkable. B)


  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,883
    Fascinating....
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,452
    audioluvr wrote: »
    msg wrote: »
    engie490 wrote: »
    Not an inspiring sight when you're in a Mazda...

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    But an amusing one as you pass in a Tacoma B)>:)
    Aww. That's cute you think a Tacoma can compete on trails with a Jeep. :D

    Well, if we're talking about which can fall over on its side faster, you win :D


    In all "seriousness", for as serious as this topic could be, which is to say, not very, I'm really only talking about the 80s Toyota 4wd Pickup on up through maybe the 2004 Tacoma. I have an 87 and an 02 Tacoma. I prefer the 87 for "duties" for a number of reasons, but the 02 is a better daily driver. I don't like its electronic 4wd engagement, though. It's slow. Give me manual hubs and two shifters any day.

    To me, the 2004 Tacoma was the last year of the Toyota 4wd truck form, though some would argue it ended well before that, when the solid front axle went away.

    Not to say I haven't seen some nicely built out "overlanders", as they're calling things these days, but it seems like there wouldn't be a lot of wheels-to-seat feedback in a lot of these newer vehicles. They seem plasticky and foofy, though I'm sure are more comfortable as dailies.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,987
    I still own my 14 Tacoma OffRoad and love it, it has got me through anything I’ve been in just fine. But I know what you’re saying..
  • bcwsrt
    bcwsrt Posts: 2,375
    charley96 wrote: »
    daddyjt wrote: »
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    Makes me think of the demon child that used to live across the street from me. He hurled one of those at my dad's groin.

    And then what happened? 😳


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