That's what im aferd of, paw. #their dentals

We're noshing Oreos. Such a unique fudgy flavor. I might have to get another car. Mr xs is hiccuping. He has a '92 camry his dad gave him secondhand. Its really beat up. He got dinged by a hit and run femme fatale. Boy he was mad when he came home. Almost purple. He would've chased her down, but she was in opposite direction. The radio doesn't work well either. Well, it needs some kind of repair. He'll be taking mine, then maybe renting one. I have a small honda fit I got in '10. Put on about 6k miles I think. Its not really a highway car. Too light. I like small, dinky cars. Like scion, yaris, mini Cooper. Fit had best ratings. I really like the car. But its too low. Barely clears road dips. Wouldn't mind a taller car. I sit on a cushion. Bucket seats. Anyway Mr x suggested electric car. Never having to gas up? # yes, please. One pal suggested tesla. I said, wasnt that a scientist? Looked up car. Very sleek. But I'm not a luxury car kind o gal. # makes me itchy. I liked the Cooper because of its square shape. I'm not ready to make car decision. I should've had a backup car in mind. # stupid, stupid, stupid. Like house plumbing starting to go tilt. Need to line up plumbing guy. More work.

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Kitty, you're obstructing my blow hole! So I'm looking at earphones on amazon. One brand is called, moonrock in ear. # comfy

Originally Posted by Dazzlingdreamberry

We're noshing Oreos. Such a unique fudgy flavor. I might have to get another car. Mr xs is hiccuping. He has a '92 camry his dad gave him secondhand. Its really beat up. He got dinged by a hit and run femme fatale. Boy he was mad when he came home. Almost purple. He would've chased her down, but she was in opposite direction. The radio doesn't work well either. Well, it needs some kind of repair. He'll be taking mine, then maybe renting one. I have a small honda fit I got in '10. Put on about 6k miles I think. Its not really a highway car. Too light. I like small, dinky cars. Like scion, yaris, mini Cooper. Fit had best ratings. I really like the car. But its too low. Barely clears road dips. Wouldn't mind a taller car. I sit on a cushion. Bucket seats. Anyway Mr x suggested electric car. Never having to gas up? # yes, please. One pal suggested tesla. I said, wasnt that a scientist? Looked up car. Very sleek. But I'm not a luxury car kind o gal. # makes me itchy. I liked the Cooper because of its square shape. I'm not ready to make car decision. I should've had a backup car in mind. # stupid, stupid, stupid. Like house plumbing starting to go tilt. Need to line up plumbing guy. More work.

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Kitty, you're obstructing my blow hole! So I'm looking at earphones on amazon. One brand is called, moonrock in ear. # comfy

My mother owns a mini Cooper and I have driven it several times and I think it would be a fine car for you. It's so compact, quick, and agile. My mother likes it so much that she had a Union Jack (that's the British flag) decal put on its roof. It even makes a pleasant low tone alert sound if you aren't buckled up as opposed to those loud, obnoxious, and irritating buzzer or dinging sounds that could send a Sunday school teacher into a flying rage. I remember my first Dodge Dakota and it had an annoying buzzer that came on whenever the door was ajar. The buzzer sound was coming from under the dash near the steering column. I finally found the little bastard and promptly plucked it out. It looked like a chip similar to a plug-in type fuse and so I gleefully layed this chip on the nearby concrete and took a hammer to it. Smash Smash! Pound Pound! Oh, what a relief it is. Ok, so that didn't rhyme. Who cares? Anyhow. Moving on.

To me, the mini Cooper's only drawback is that it seems to attract tailgaters. Or maybe I'm just paranoid about having other vehicles near me when I am in a car. Too close for missiles, switching to guns.

Ever play that video arcade game Spy Hunter? During this game of vehicular combat, you drive an armed sports car that is being pursued by other vehicles that don't exactly have your best interest at heart. Your car is equipped with guns, and an oil sprayer that leaves an oil slick on the road that causes pursuers to swerve off the road and crash. Also equipped on your car is a smoke emitter which creates a smokescreen and also causes pursuers to veer off the road and crash. The game was based on the James Bond movies but licensing could not be obtained.

It would be so cool to have a car like that. I've actually thought about how cool it would be to have a spike dropper to deal with annoying tailgaters. Another one of my ideas would be to drop about 200 marbles out the back end if being pursued. I've yet to see that idea of mine in any movie. Perhaps one day.

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Originally Posted by Dazzlingdreamberry

We're noshing Oreos. Such a unique fudgy flavor. I might have to get another car. Mr xs is hiccuping. He has a '92 camry his dad gave him secondhand. Its really beat up. He got dinged by a hit and run femme fatale. Boy he was mad when he came home. Almost purple. He would've chased her down, but she was in opposite direction. The radio doesn't work well either. Well, it needs some kind of repair. He'll be taking mine, then maybe renting one. I have a small honda fit I got in '10. Put on about 6k miles I think. Its not really a highway car. Too light. I like small, dinky cars. Like scion, yaris, mini Cooper. Fit had best ratings. I really like the car. But its too low. Barely clears road dips. Wouldn't mind a taller car. I sit on a cushion. Bucket seats. Anyway Mr x suggested electric car. Never having to gas up? # yes, please. One pal suggested tesla. I said, wasnt that a scientist? Looked up car. Very sleek. But I'm not a luxury car kind o gal. # makes me itchy. I liked the Cooper because of its square shape. I'm not ready to make car decision. I should've had a backup car in mind. # stupid, stupid, stupid. Like house plumbing starting to go tilt. Need to line up plumbing guy. More work.

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Kitty, you're obstructing my blow hole! So I'm looking at earphones on amazon. One brand is called, moonrock in ear. # comfy

I almost forgot to tell you about Nikola Tesla. He was a brilliant electrical engineer who emigrated to the United States to work for Thomas Edison. He eventually quit Edison's employ and received funding for his experiments from Westinghouse. Tesla was the first to promote the idea of wireless communication. He was an amazing man. Google his name. It will be worth your while.

Today was a good day, Dazz. My inner river rat got a chance to emerge yesterday and today. Yesterday, I had completed my delivery to the Lowe's store in Bullhead City, Arizona and had some free time to float down the cool, green waters of the Colorado river. I like to float on my back without a silly innertube. While Bullhead City, Arizona is the hottest town in the U.S., it does offer river recreation along the Colorado river. This weekend there is a regatta going on. What happens during the river regatta is people build non-motorized water vessels to an Old West theme and float them down the river. It looks like a lot of fun to me.

So today, I am to pick up a load from the Sterilite plant in Lake Havasu City and haul it to northern California. But I had some more free time before the pick up appointment time and I decided to trek to the lake. Not knowing my way around I decided to just simply walk toward the lake. I had to follow a wash to the lake from the street I was walking on. I knew that a wash provides the most open path conducive to walking and would lead directly to the lake. The street I was on was only paralleled the lake's edge from a distance. With the temperature being just over 100 degrees, I was beginning to feel that my short walk to the lake was turning into a French Foreign Legion march.

After walking through the wash and dodging only a minimum of brush, I found an opening at the lake's edge. The public boat launch was only 60 or 70 yards away, but I had the area to myself.
I may not have been riding through the desert on a horse with no name, but I did see plants and birds and rocks and things. And I do mean things. Along the wash I saw a discarded Christmas tree stand and various other plasticy items including a blue recycling bin. I figure it probably came from a drunken boater. In the lake water itself I seen what looked to be dresser drawer of all things. At least it looked like a dresser drawer. Things in the water always look scary and hazardous and so I didn't thoroughly investigate it. Then I saw something else. You guessed it, I saw an old tire in the water. Heaven forbid that there ever be water anywhere that doesn't have an old tire in it.

Anyway, the shore was rocky and had layers upon layers of washed up and dried out lake weeds lying on the shore banks. So much so that it provided cushioning for your steps. Loud boats were aplenty and I saw for the first time in my life a dog with an orange life vest on. This pooch was peering over the boat's bow having a grand ole time.

My government teacher from high school told our class once that Arizona has the highest number of boats per capita than anywhere else in the country. I think he was right. With all the boat storage factilities and boat repair shops near Lake Havasu, I can offer little to dispute his claim.

Wow dazzle im having car issues too and i think we need another vehicle. what is it about cars wanting to break down during the summertime or around holidays ugh!!!

Originally Posted by Godessofwar000

Wow dazzle im having car issues too and i think we need another vehicle. what is it about cars wanting to break down during the summertime or around holidays ugh!!!

It's a commie plot. 😱

Originally Posted by the Cheshire Pisces

It's a commie plot. 😱

You have no idea how much I loathe those commie plots.

I think I'm protected from that particular plot cuz I don't drive yet :o
'Commie' tho. Sounds like a puppy breed doesn't suit its actual meaning

Originally Posted by PeeCock

I think I'm protected from that particular plot cuz I don't drive yet :o
'Commie' tho. Sounds like a puppy breed doesn't suit its actual meaning

Commie cars are easily identified on today's roads: The Toyota Prius is driven by urban/indoor commie types and the Subaru Forester is driven by outdoorsy commie types.

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Originally Posted by PeeCock

I think I'm protected from that particular plot cuz I don't drive yet :o
'Commie' tho. Sounds like a puppy breed doesn't suit its actual meaning

Oh, and the Honda Ridgeline and Chevy Avalanche are SUV's with birth defects.

I'll count the commie cars I pass by next bus ride to school

Lol..... OK guys. I'm61.
During the"red menace" &the Cold War, everything different from white republican elitism was a commie plot. Or socialist, or anarchy.
Most of the people calling out these names didn't even know what they meant. Still don't for that matter.
In time it got to b a joke. Like, u don't drink coffee??? Communists!!!! OK???

Happy Saturday! 3s a crowds on. With John Ritter. Its mr xs bday. Got him some dvds and some sporks! I'm betting he'll think the sporks are a cool implement. I want to make a wonton soup. But its so hot. And I really don't want to. We'll see. I was thinking I'd do a Chinese dinner. I used to do the cake thing. Got a cake with fishing theme on it once. He used to get me liquor cakes. Some orange thing. But I don't need the calories today.

Yesterday a coworker drove Mr x home. Guy had to pick up his daughter. He brought her inside. I got to hold and play with her. Shes 1. She liked my fidgit toys. Couple are downright baby toys. One an abacus, chipmunk rattle. She liked throwing the abacus on the floor. I'm not used to babies, but it was fun. Dad calls the baby, mama! I asked mr x what the dad calls the mother. Mama. Dad is Mexican, mom japanese. The dad was speaking to her in japanese and Spanish. Lucky kid will be bilingual. Bad thing is that the grandparents live in Japan and Mexico. Talk about over the hill and through the field!

I had lunch with mr go at ihop yesterday. They had new French toast on menu. He got that. I got vegetarian omelet and pancakes. I was shooting the idea of electric cars past him. He said he heard a replacement battery was $11k. My jaw dropped. Well that must've been a while ago, but its maybe $6k. Said 1/3 cost of car. Yikes.

Yes, godess. What Is it with cars going out at inopportune times? A secret handshake between car dealers and manufacturers?

Mr w, how cool your mum has mini! Is it a hatchback? What color is hers? The tailgaters are no doubt intimidators. Haven't played spy hunter. Do they perchance have a pink roadster? I'd be the waffle of the town in one!

I liked your arizona adventure! Think ill you tube to see if they put any of the race ol. But 100*? # falls prostrate and prone. Ridgeline? Avalanche? Dakota? Ye gods. Mountainous sizes!

Hi PeeCock! #welcome to our funhouse

Electric cars r a Commie plot to over throw the big oil companies& replace our plutocracy w a democracy... The fiends!!!!! Faint.... Flop!!!

Originally Posted by the Cheshire Pisces

Lol..... OK guys. I'm61.
During the"red menace" &the Cold War, everything different from white republican elitism was a commie plot. Or socialist, or anarchy.
Most of the people calling out these names didn't even know what they meant. Still don't for that matter.
In time it got to b a joke. Like, u don't drink coffee??? Communists!!!! OK???

The phrase "white Republican elitism" in and of itself was brought about by a communist plot.

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Originally Posted by Dazzlingdreamberry

Happy Saturday! 3s a crowds on. With John Ritter. Its mr xs bday. Got him some dvds and some sporks! I'm betting he'll think the sporks are a cool implement. I want to make a wonton soup. But its so hot. And I really don't want to. We'll see. I was thinking I'd do a Chinese dinner. I used to do the cake thing. Got a cake with fishing theme on it once. He used to get me liquor cakes. Some orange thing. But I don't need the calories today.

Yesterday a coworker drove Mr x home. Guy had to pick up his daughter. He brought her inside. I got to hold and play with her. Shes 1. She liked my fidgit toys. Couple are downright baby toys. One an abacus, chipmunk rattle. She liked throwing the abacus on the floor. I'm not used to babies, but it was fun. Dad calls the baby, mama! I asked mr x what the dad calls the mother. Mama. Dad is Mexican, mom japanese. The dad was speaking to her in japanese and Spanish. Lucky kid will be bilingual. Bad thing is that the grandparents live in Japan and Mexico. Talk about over the hill and through the field!

I had lunch with mr go at ihop yesterday. They had new French toast on menu. He got that. I got vegetarian omelet and pancakes. I was shooting the idea of electric cars past him. He said he heard a replacement battery was $11k. My jaw dropped. Well that must've been a while ago, but its maybe $6k. Said 1/3 cost of car. Yikes.

Yes, godess. What Is it with cars going out at inopportune times? A secret handshake between car dealers and manufacturers?

Mr w, how cool your mum has mini! Is it a hatchback? What color is hers? The tailgaters are no doubt intimidators. Haven't played spy hunter. Do they perchance have a pink roadster? I'd be the waffle of the town in one!

I liked your arizona adventure! Think ill you tube to see if they put any of the race ol. But 100*? # falls prostrate and prone. Ridgeline? Avalanche? Dakota? Ye gods. Mountainous sizes!

Hi PeeCock! #welcome to our funhouse

You were in my Dakota once, right? 'Twas quite manageable sizewise, don't you think? Mum has a red mini Cooper and all Coopers have hatchbacks. No pink roadsters in Spy Hunter. Your most lethal opponent there is the bully car. It's like an ingot of steel on wheels. It can't be negotiated with. It can't be bargained with. It has no feelings. It has no emotions. It will not stop!

Oh, sorry. I was doing my Terminator thing there.

Did you know that some cars are equipped with parts that are specifically designed to fail at a certain mileage? This is known as Planned Obsolescence. Those car manufacturers can be so much fun.

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Cap, I came across this quote and thought of you: "I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within".-Douglas MacArthur.

Why would they want the cars to fail at a certain mileage, their engines would probably sound like hurr durr
Thanks Dazzlingdreamberry! :D
Cheshire so when words get like a colloquial meaning different from their origin it must be fun seeing it happen

It's more like, you know you're old when no one remembers your cultural references. Some times the changes in English change. Names too. My real name is Kelsey. 61 yrs ago that was a guy's name. It started changing in the70s, but OK. I share.

Originally Posted by PeeCock

Why would they want the cars to fail at a certain mileage, their engines would probably sound like hurr durr
Thanks Dazzlingdreamberry! :D
Cheshire so when words get like a colloquial meaning different from their origin it must be fun seeing it happen

The only reason for designing a car with parts that fail at a certain mileage would be greed. Big, ugly, mean ole nasty greed. Because when a part fails, then you, as the car owner, have to shell out more money for parts and repairs. The car manufacturer is hoping that you will bring your veeeeeeehicle to one of their dealerships for repairs perhaps because so that they can "find" more things wrong with your car and can charge you even more money for repairs and parts replacement.

Adding even more fun to the mix is if you purchase one of their parts and bring it to a bring to a mechanic of your choosing, your mechanic may tell you that he can put on an after market part that is less expensive than the part you purchased at the dealership. Thinking that you have beat the system you return to the dealership only to find out that there is a lovely restocking fee. This is a fee to return something that you have already purchased and wish only to return. Quite the system, don't you think?

Guess what? There's even more!

When you return to your mechanic's shop and he has installed that aftermarket part, you soon learn that an inferior part has been installed in your car and that you should have had the better quality part from the dealership installed in your car.

What a wonderful world.

Originally Posted by Mr. Wrong

The only reason for designing a car with parts that fail at a certain mileage would be greed. Big, ugly, mean ole nasty greed. Because when a part fails, then you, as the car owner, have to shell out more money for parts and repairs. The car manufacturer is hoping that you will bring your veeeeeeehicle to one of their dealerships for repairs perhaps because so that they can "find" more things wrong with your car and can charge you even more money for repairs and parts replacement.

Adding even more fun to the mix is if you purchase one of their parts and bring it to a bring to a mechanic of your choosing, your mechanic may tell you that he can put on an after market part that is less expensive than the part you purchased at the dealership. Thinking that you have beat the system you return to the dealership only to find out that there is a lovely restocking fee. This is a fee to return something that you have already purchased and wish only to return. Quite the system, don't you think?

Guess what? There's even more!

When you return to your mechanic's shop and he has installed that aftermarket part, you soon learn that an inferior part has been installed in your car and that you should have had the better quality part from the dealership installed in your car.

What a wonderful world.

Bingo!!!!

Dollie doesn't have a drinking problem. She drinks. She falls down. No problem.

Help, I've fallen&ican't reach my beer ��

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Herds my camels across your thread 🐫🐪🐫🐪🐫🐪🐫🐪

Yikes I have been gone almost a week! Got to tidy up. Hi Mr w! I was in your black truck. Is that the Dakota? I've never driven a truck, but it actually might be easier than these small bubble cars. Im assuming you can see the hood. I cannot see my hood so I can't tell how far I am from next car. I always keep wide berth. Probably too wide. Didnt MacArthur smoke corncob pipe? Who is dollie? Why, I bet its Your vacay time:)

Its Friday, yay! Such a long week. Backing up to Mr xs bday last Saturday. I was going to make a wanton, wonton soup. Well, it was just too hot to turn on stove. I thought, I'll do it Sunday. But Sunday turned into me making ol reservation for a rental car for mr x. Drove him early Monday. He got a Hyundai accent. Small bugger. Very similar to my honda fit. On Tuesday met Mr go at park during lunch. Wednesday we got fro yo. My sugar bounced from that and I had a 2 day headache. Yesterday was my dentist. He said I have some small chips on front tooth. Have another appointment next week. Today hit tjs. They had chocolate bacon bar. Wow! Last nite had small carton of coffee haagen daas. My frozen nemesis. Haha, mr x just found his rum raisin one. It shrunk. Used to be 16 oz. # the blighters

It's supposed to hit 90s this weekend. I plan to sit in front of vortex fan. And I'm now obsessed with audio books. Wear my small fuchsia kindle around neck and up the volume.

Hi lady di! How to be a minimalist, eh? Very interesting topic. I'm adult child of hoarders. I'm on an fb hoarder support group. Everything they mention I'm familiar with. So I grew up in this chaotic, cluttered mess. It took 7 yrs for my bro and me to clean out folks hoard. I inherited lots of stuff. Only now getting handle on it. So, I Am interested in minamalism and its philosophy. If you've ever moved, you run across benefits of being minimalist. I used to have obsession with bar soap. Every time id shop id get excited if I saw a new scent or sale. Then there were inklings wed be moving. I had a wall of soap! So I declared a moratorium. No more soap. Sundries. Those accursed shampoo and conditioner bottles. Go down to one! Let the stores store it for you. Notice every time you buy something, it's so exciting? Then you bring it home and it becomes a dust catcher. Theres lots of stuff you don't need or want anymore. Yard sale. Give it away. Go ol and look at minimalistic living. Its so soothing! The most basic of furniture. Theres no paperwork out. Nothing out of order. Thats what I aspire to. Like when you go to a hotel. Notice how little you have? Just a suitcase. That's how I want to live. Im going to put my photos in cloud storage, dispose of books. Good luck to you:)

Busy, busy, busy!!!

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Yes, MacArthur did smoke a corncob pipe. But it faded away 😏😏😏

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You know I was wondering if u&the rest of the mobion refugees have gone elsewhere.

That was indeed me Dodge Dakota. And guess what? It's vacation time again. I will be in your neighborhood tomorrow so if you actually REPLY to your text messages from me we can meet up and consume desserts that we shouldn't eat.

And yes, Cap is correct once again. General MacArthur did smoke with a corncob pipe. Now, we have all seen those photos of Mac wading to shore along with his fellow soldiers. What I did not know was that he was carried to shore when there were no cameras present. My grandfather, who is 94 and served in the navy during WWII told me this.

Another iconic moment shot to hell. 😨😨😨😨

Originally Posted by the Cheshire Pisces

Another iconic moment shot to hell. 😨😨😨😨

Rank has its privileges.