DarthGadget

At one point, the CX-5 was 60% of Mazda's sales...maybe still is. Solid car. Mazda is becoming (after they got un-Ford-ed) the cheaper and 'as reliable' Toyota.

BTW...not well known...the bigger CX-50 uses Toyota's 2.5L 4-cylinder engine, electronic CVT (eCVT), and hybrid system.

Non-Turbo Toyota/Lexus is almost a cant miss.

After that ...ahem....

Th GM 3.6 in their mid size SUV's is decent, EXCEPT for the mile-long timing chain is always a problem later...even with perfect maintenance.

Subaru's seem to be having problems lately.

I am almost convinced Nissan is going to make so much cash with the only decent non-turbo V6 small truck on the market and come out with a killer line up...or die.

Not that I am suggesting this one...but...I was in the same 'need an SUV ' spot a few years back. Got wife an Alfa Romeo Stelvio. Most amazing SUV ever; to include the X3. Alfa dealership closed a month after purchase, so did many others, and the brand collapsed in the US. Alfa's chance at redemption glory was blown. The car...103,000 and going strong. No problems. Extended warranty expires January 2027. Definitely not an Alfa of old; I am a car guy and am very glad we got to have a Stelvio. She loves the mid SUV thing -> probably a CX-5 incoming.

Very sad. The world is a tough place, and fame often exacts a high price.

Some wonder if they sell their soul to be famous...

Some think that is exactly what is taken.

I find that picture disturbing.

I agree with whoever said to outlaw plastic surgery.

Be Eva Marie Saint instead !

The end scene in "Please Remain Calm" where to they go in to open the sluice gates, and the dosimeters are going nuts while the lights drop out and it fades to black...the hairs on the back of my neck stood straight up !

Been a while since a TV show did that to me.

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Judges are sometimes really bad with technology.

There are still US Circuit and US District (senior lifetime Article 3) judges that are essentially baffled at anything beyond email. They are incredibly smart people, and have keen legal minds. Tech does not always fit that kind of brain, and they often have always had a clerk / wife / kid do the heavy tech lifting over the last 25 years. They are not going to learn tech at this late date in their judgeship.

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I would like to humbly apologize to the OT for *appearing* to defend His Rudeness. I was only attempting to possibly explain his frustration.

Judges are sometimes really bad with technology.

There are still US Circuit and US District (senior lifetime Article 3) judges that are essentially baffled at anything beyond email. They are incredibly smart people, and have keen legal minds. Tech does not always fit that kind of brain, and they often have always had a clerk / wife / kid do the heavy tech lifting over the last 25 years. They are not going to learn tech at this late date in their judgeship.

Legal people that are over 60-65ish today are the last group that will be able to work in that field without knowing more than how to email or Westlaw.

(well...except for maybe Samuel T. Cogley...lol)

"...but you should use discernment."

I think this is the best and correct way to look at it.

The new popular wave of the "claim trend" is certainly concerning. I see public behavior that is not the way it should be; but know I have done the same, so I better mind my own house.

Saturday night and Sunday morning have been very different at times...

I used to be a HUGE watcher, threw watch parties, it was a big deal.

I started to sour on the SPR snuff as well...it was not even close.

Meryl Streep getting Best Actress for The Iron Lady (2011) against Rooney Mara in Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was the last time I watched zee Oscars. Streep is amazing, but I did not think her work on The Iron Lady was more deserving than Rooney Mara in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Since then there have been years I did not see any of the nominated films.

So sad.

Do a couple of months as a helper...he will pick up valuable info.

Also...look at trailer manufactures...they always need welders.

From Wiki...rank / item / value in US millions of $

1 Cars 34,360
2 Unspecified commodities 19,107
3 Refined petroleum 15,541
4 Vehicle parts 10,633
5 Pharmaceuticals 9,308
6 Trucks 5,807
7 Pig meat 5,129
8 Aircraft, helicopters, and spacecraft 3,707
9 Non-Knit Women's Suits 3,658
10 Citrus fruits 3,580
11 Olive oil 3,281
12 Unglazed Ceramics 3,155
13 Wine 3,066
14 Aircraft parts 3,031
15 Rubber tyres 2,389
16 Insulated Wire 2,357
17 Other vegetables 2,303
18 Human or animal blood 2,302
19 Perfumes 2,269
20 Polyacetals 1,926
21 Berries 1,925
22 Iron or steel structures 1,910
23 Footwear 1,700
24 Biodiesel 1,648
25 Knitted/Crocheted clothing 1,642
26 Self-Propelled Rail Transport 1,601
27 Low-voltage protection equipment 1,594
28 Spark-ignition engines 1,548
29 Coal tar oil 1,544
30 Furniture 1,533

It appears most of this goes to Europe.

He needed the money...LOL Diceman Cometh





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