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Re: REality is hitting home where it counts... [cooterbfd] by michaell
Jun 26, 2009 (5:29 am)
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Replying to: cooterbfd (Jun 25, 2009 1:12 pm)

They don't realize that jobs like fire and police can be back breaking, lethal jobs that have a short (20-30 years) career.
 
I hear you. My dad was a career firefighter in California. He spent about 20 years on the line, then had to switch jobs (he became a fire cause investigator, like Robert DiNiro's character in "Backdraft") for the last 13 years due to the accumulated crap in his lungs. The city still covers 100% of his health care for respiratory issues.
 
I remember that he used to do some work on the side teaching CPR and First Aid to the workers on the oil platforms off the coast of CA --- what was interesting was that he was paid a mind-boggling $20/hour to do this! I thought that was all the money in the world at the time.
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rockford fosgate... by iluvmysephia1
Jun 26, 2009 (2:16 pm)
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what is it, you and Miss Beth? What's grabbing at your heartstrings, man? Are you really through with us? All of us? New Mother Nature?
 
It can't be true...is this what the British Navy went through when they had conquered all of the world at the time...complete, utter...boredom? You aren't one to give up the battle that easy, are you?
 
Come on back and tantalize us with some more pro-UAW blather, rock.
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I agree with by marsha7
Jun 26, 2009 (4:19 pm)
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iluv...my internal stress levels have been mounting since rocky left...they say it does a man good to punch a punching bag solely to relieve stress, and I have had no one to punch, so I am slowly becoming visibly violent...I miss rocky and his pro-UAW rants, even though he lives in a fantasy world... ...
 
Then, again, iluv, maybe gagrice and I have convinced him about the truth of the UAW, and he has nothing else to say...
 
Or, Beth hasn't been selling any cars, now SHE'S depressed, he's divorced, and she needs someone to comfort her in her misery...in other words, MAYBE ROCKY IS TOO BUSY FOR THE LIKES OF US IF HE HAS HER...
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Re: I agree with [marsha7] by gagrice
Jun 26, 2009 (5:35 pm)
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Replying to: marsha7 (Jun 26, 2009 4:19 pm)

MAYBE ROCKY IS TOO BUSY FOR THE LIKES OF US IF HE HAS HER.
 
That would be a good thing for him. Of course we miss him.
 
I see the crazy UAW guys at Bell are still being stupid. Not much sympathy from locals in the DFW news paper blogs. Justice would be 2500 deserving people getting a good new job and 2500 UAW workers left out with their signs and ignorance.
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Re: I agree with [marsha7] by chetj
Jun 26, 2009 (6:17 pm)
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Replying to: marsha7 (Jun 26, 2009 4:19 pm)

when is rocky making his triumphant rteturn, he was the best...Well i am putting my money where my mouth is and buying a uaw G5 tomorrow...the car is assembled in ohio with engine and transmission made in USA...i like to support what little mfg we have left despite the union that helped the domestics lose so much market share since late 70s
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It's been a long time by m4d_cow
Jun 27, 2009 (7:46 am)
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since the last time I had time to post anything here. Work consumed all my time.
 
GM is finally on ch-11, wow... big "surprise"...
 
Quoting Will Smith: Somehow "I told you so" just doesn't quite say it anymore.
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martha7... by iluvmysephia1
Jun 27, 2009 (4:40 pm)
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yep, I'm in the same boat you are as far as rock goes. Pound-pound-pound the punching bag! Come back rockylee!
 
Of course, as gagrice says, he is part of our Edmunds "family" by now, and for those newbies out there on Edmunds, you'll know when you're part of the Edmunds "family." I don't want anything bad to occur to that boy, he's fae-ma-ly. Some women(and even some men)seem to give it a faaa-mmee-muuull--llyyy twang to it, if you happen to catch my drift!
 
I spose 1,000 posts or more is a good starting point to try and guage that by.
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Re: Buy a Cadillac DTS... [roadburner] by cadillacmike
Jul 01, 2009 (9:58 am)
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Replying to: roadburner (Jun 08, 2009 2:22 pm)

What do you do, drive 50 miles per month? Go back and recheck your numbers. you are shooting your own credibility to zero with such nonsense. With that logic i could say my wife's CTS costs $15/ month in running costs, and my Eldorado is costing under $10, but it cos't more than that for her to pick up her niece and nephew for an afternoon.
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Re: Buy a Cadillac DTS... [cadillacmike] by andre1969
Jul 01, 2009 (10:04 am)
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Replying to: cadillacmike (Jul 01, 2009 9:58 am)

By "running costs" he probably means maintenance/repairs. Not including gasoline, registration fees, insurance, loan payments, etc.
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Re: Buy a Cadillac DTS... [cadillacmike] by jimbres
Jul 01, 2009 (10:27 am)
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Replying to: cadillacmike (Jul 01, 2009 9:58 am)

I've read enough of Roadburner's posts to know that Andre's interpretation is correct: Roadburner's numbers don't include fuel costs.
 
Remember that Roadburner was replying to Lemko's assertion that every German car is hours away from a breakdown that will bankrupt its owner.

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