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AznDude

10-20-2003, 02:02 PM

True true, but until you

find that special someone, this\'ll get them in the car, and the mones will finish it off. Call it a \"Test

Drive\" if you will /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

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A brand

new, Turbo 911 Prosche!

<hr /></blockquote> puke! No way!

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif Mind you depends what type of women you´re after

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Holmes

10-20-2003, 02:35 PM

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puke! No way! Mind you depends what type of women you´re after

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LOL. Yo, hold up! You dissin\' my ride, sista?!

Holmes

Sexyredhead

10-20-2003, 03:56 PM

I have to agree with

her. A Porsche wouldn\'t do a thing for me. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

What\'s that

song? There\'s just something about a pick-up man.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Holmes

10-20-2003, 04:10 PM

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I have to agree with her. A Porsche wouldn\'t do a thing for me.

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That\'s always refreshing to hear.

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif The whole \"being judged based on your slick-mobile\" deal gets

tiresome indeed.

\"Play aaaawn, playa...\"

Holmes

Sexyredhead

10-20-2003, 04:18 PM

Honestly, the

majority of people I know who are that picky about what people drive are guys.

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif Although it\'s not always the case, I think a lot of times this

is more something the guys are competitive about and blame it on women. I admit there are exceptions to this so

don\'t everybody start flaming me.

I think what most women are concerned about is that a guy takes care of

his vehicle, and that it\'s clean. Nobody wants to run around in a junk heap (read \'74 Pinto with one door and

no brakes), but really, some guys are obsessive about their vehicles.

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Holmes

10-20-2003, 04:33 PM

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I admit there are exceptions to this so don\'t everybody start flaming

me.

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Yeah, there are exceptions, unfortunately. (And don\'t worry,

no flaming. My blowtorch bought it whilst whipping up that damn creme brulee.) Thing is, are those exceptions

worth pursuing/knowing anyway?

Good point, though, that it\'s usually better if someone respects and looks

after the vehicle they\'ve got, whether it\'s a pimp-mobile or not.

Holmes

AznDude

10-20-2003, 07:00 PM

I agree too, and I\'d

much rather date a woman who\'s interested in a guy not based on his car. But I\'ve been around people (azn\'s

gals mostly) who are really into that. Not by assumption, but many of them litterally have expressed interest in the

guys with the suped up \"rice rocket\" vehicles. Now, that could also be due to the environment they were raised.

If they\'re from a neighborhood where cars mean success/stability and excitement, then that\'s what they\'ll

see unless something changes them.

Also, in a \"survival of the fitest\" sort of view, a nice car also

symbolizes financial stability (sometimes, cuz some people spend ALL their money on the car and nothing else) so

it\'s more of a first impression. Like a resume to an interview. Wow, impresseive resume (car, suit, house, etc)

so that gets you in the door. After that, it\'s still relative to how well you treat the lady and vice

versa.

This doesn\'t Always apply, I\'ve gone out with gals who are more for the love than the material

stuff. But the above does hold true in certain situations. So really, there\'s no ONE answer, just insights from

all of our experiences /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Honestly, the majority of people I know who are that picky about what people

drive are guys. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif Although it\'s not always the case, I think a

lot of times this is more something the guys are competitive about and blame it on women. I admit there are

exceptions to this so don\'t everybody start flaming me.

I think what most women are concerned about is that a

guy takes care of his vehicle, and that it\'s clean. Nobody wants to run around in a junk heap (read \'74 Pinto

with one door and no brakes), but really, some guys are obsessive about their vehicles.

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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CJ01

10-21-2003, 03:24 AM

Some guys I´ve known didn´t

even have a license, let alone a car because they simply couldn´t afford it. Did I give a toss? Nope. Mind you I´m

just not shallow enough I guess /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
I´ve never been bothered by such

trivia.
A nice car don´t equal nice guy and if I´m with someone who doesn´t treat me right he´s ditched quicker

than he can say bollocks /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

CJ

Sacogoo

10-21-2003, 09:09 AM

AznDude writes:

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A brand new, Turbo 911 Prosche!

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The smart man takes the $110,000 that the 911 Turbo costs, buys himself a

Subaru WRX STi or Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 7 for $35,000 which gets you around the same level of performance (except at

the top end) as the Porsche and allows you to spend the extra $75k on a gym membership, personal trainer, a 32\'

Sea Ray for weekends at the lake, a nice home theater system, and a boat load of \'mones. Bingo, you\'re

covered.

Holmes

10-21-2003, 09:27 AM

That\'s right. Or he

invests the $110,000. Liabilities like the 911s and the Mr. T Starter Kits reveal either a tendency toward unhealthy

(or just annoying) exhibitionism, a compulsion to spend, or both.

Gene $immons

AznDude

10-21-2003, 09:56 AM

Not to mention with the

insurance on the 911, you could prob buy another car per year. But hey, it looks sweet

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif All shiny and stuff... hehehe.

Spend the money on a cruise as

well! Those things are soooo relaxing!

Well, u might gain a few pounds too. But bring a hottie there and whoo

hoo! You\'ll work it off /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

CJ01

10-21-2003, 11:52 AM

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The smart man takes the $110,000 that the 911 Turbo costs, buys himself a

Subaru WRX STi or Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 7 for $35,000 which gets you around the same level of performance (except at

the top end) as the Porsche and allows you to spend the extra $75k on a gym membership, personal trainer, a 32\'

Sea Ray for weekends at the lake, a nice home theater system, and a boat load of \'mones. Bingo, you\'re

covered.

<hr /></blockquote> /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif right.

Besides it´s a bit silly to put all your eggs into one basket. So he gets this Porsche and, perhaps meets a woman

who agrees to go out with him but can´t afford it cause he´s spent all his money on a bloody car

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif . But let´s

face it, if a guy can afford to drive a flashy car a woman expects more than a meal at Pizza Hut right, even if

she´s not picky, at least I would. I´d think god this guy´s stingy or something -

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AzMike

10-21-2003, 11:58 PM

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A brand new, Turbo 911 Prosche!

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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A song I heard on

the radio recently:
\"Girls don\'t like boys, girls like cars and money\"

I have no idea who\'s singing

this.

AzMike

AznDude

10-22-2003, 01:14 AM

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<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
A brand new, Turbo 911 Prosche!

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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A song I heard on

the radio recently:
\"Girls don\'t like boys, girls like cars and money\"

I have no idea who\'s singing

this.

AzMike

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Heheh, good one. I had thought about that song

too... dunno who sings it either. And I couldn\'t make out the lyrics all that well, so I thought they were saying

\"Cars and money\", or \"Guys with Money\"... but thanks for verifying

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Sexyredhead

10-22-2003, 04:21 AM

<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
A brand new, Turbo 911 Prosche!

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

<hr /></blockquote>
A song I heard on

the radio recently:
\"Girls don\'t like boys, girls like cars and money\"

I have no idea who\'s singing

this.

AzMike

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It\'s by Good Charlotte. A very good cd,

btw. You might want to check it out. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif And while you\'re at it,

check out the video. Much funny. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Whitehall

10-22-2003, 07:07 AM

I\'ve

driven a couple of Porsches, several BMWs, a Volvo, and a Saab. Porsches and BMWs do impress the ladies.

For

example, when I traded my BMW 325iS for a VW Cabrio, one gf just lost interest completely.

Don\'t tell me that

women are not attracted to men with \"status\" automobiles!

Of course, the Cabrio is known far and wide as

the ultimate chick car. (At least it\'s not that special \"Barbie\" model!) I\'m thinking of getting a

bumpersticker - \"It takes a REAL MAN to drive a chick\'s car.\"

Holmes

10-22-2003, 07:12 AM

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when I traded my BMW 325iS for a VW Cabrio, one gf

just lost interest completely.

<hr /></blockquote>

Sounds like someone really worth

knowing.

Holmes

Holmes

10-22-2003, 08:33 AM

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It\'s by Good Charlotte. A very good cd, btw. You

might want to check it out.

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\"Lifestyles Of The Rich & Famous

2\"?

Holmes

Sexyredhead

10-22-2003, 09:06 AM

\"The Young

and Hopeless\" /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

CJ01

10-22-2003, 10:37 AM

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when I traded my BMW 325iS for a VW Cabrio, one

gf just lost interest completely.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sounds like someone

really worth knowing.

<hr /></blockquote> my thoughts exactly. like I said before -

it depends what type of person/woman you´re after.

Sagacious1420

10-22-2003, 11:02 AM

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\"The Young and Hopeless\"

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

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What did you

just call me? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif

Well, at least you\'re half right.

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Sacogoo

10-22-2003, 12:04 PM

Whitehall writes:
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For example, when I traded my

BMW 325iS for a VW Cabrio, one gf just lost interest completely.

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Why didn\'t you just go down and get yourself a sex change for crying out loud?! The girl probably lost

interest because she thought you were turning into a queen.

What size dress do you wear Nancy?

Now listening

to: Portishead\'s \"Dummy\"

AznDude

10-22-2003, 01:03 PM

LOL

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Sorry, it was funny

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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Whitehall writes:
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For example, when I traded

my BMW 325iS for a VW Cabrio, one gf just lost interest completely.

<hr /></blockquote>

Why didn\'t you just go down and get yourself a sex change for crying out loud?! The girl probably lost

interest because she thought you were turning into a queen.

What size dress do you wear Nancy?

Now listening

to: Portishead\'s \"Dummy\"

<hr /></blockquote>

AzMike

10-22-2003, 01:03 PM

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Some guys I´ve known didn´t even have a license,

let alone a car because they simply couldn´t afford it. Did I give a toss? Nope. Mind you I´m just not shallow

enough I guess /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
I´ve never been bothered by such trivia.
A

nice car don´t equal nice guy and if I´m with someone who doesn´t treat me right he´s ditched quicker than he can

say bollocks /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

CJ

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It\'s

quite likely Europeans have very different views on this than Americans. On average, Europeans are a little less

wealthy than Americans, more concerned about the environment, and pay much higher gas prices. European cities are

better designed for walking and mass transit.

In the U.S., people are a lot more car-oriented. I personally

don\'t feel the majority of women are hugely impressed by expensive cars, altho some are. But if a guy here

didn\'t even OWN a car, that would be a major negative for him, as far as almost all American women are concerned.

Maybe carlessness is a common thing in Europe, those of you over there can tell us across the Atlantic just how

common it is.

AzMike

AznDude

10-22-2003, 01:12 PM

In regards

to CJ\'s responses:

Keep in mind when I mentioned about the car, I also mentioned that it signifies some

financial stability in which the women may be attracted to. You know, lots of people are more interested in

successful (in one aspect or another) people to ensure a better future.

Like I said, the car is like a

resume... impressive to the interviewer (the date). It \"helps\" you get your foot in the door. But that

doesn\'t mean they\'ll keep you. After that, it\'s up to the rest of the person to do the right

thing.

Good car doesn\'t equal good guy. That\'s true! But tell me that if you saw two guys pull up onto

the drive way, one with a 1989 Hatchback, and another with a BMW Z3, and both are pretty decent looking, I think

your first reaction may be to check out the guy with the better car. It may not be the \"Determining\" factor of

whether you\'d stay with him, but you will probably notice him \"first\", giving him \"the edge\" (pun

intended). Tis all I\'m saying. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Elana

10-22-2003, 01:26 PM

I don\'t

care about his car, but I do care about his education.

AznDude

10-22-2003, 01:41 PM

Good

Education? Then how about this?

Good education may yield a higher paying job.

Higher paying Job will allow

better financial stability.

Good financial stability may equal better car (if not just for looks, then also for

it\'s safety features).

So see, A nice car (amongst other things) can give off a good impression of the

person... whether he/she really is a good person or not is another story... but I\'m just talking about first

impressions. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

CJ01

10-22-2003, 01:43 PM

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Good car doesn\'t equal good guy. That\'s true!

But tell me that if you saw two guys pull up onto the drive way, one with a 1989 Hatchback, and another with a BMW

Z3, and both are pretty decent looking, I think your first reaction may be to check out the guy with the better car.

It may not be the \"Determining\" factor of whether you\'d stay with him, but you will probably notice him

\"first\", giving him \"the edge\" (pun intended). Tis all I\'m saying.

<hr /></blockquote> NO! Once again.
I´m less likely to get into a car like a Porsche than say a Pick-up truck!

Sitting in a Porsche feels like you´re wiping the road with your backside

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif but that´s not the main reason. Porsche has becaome so cliched

somehow too...
If one of these two cars were a nice oldtimer though - I´d certainly check the guy out more closely

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif but BMW or the like are just too common

Europeans are not

less wealthy than americans but we do care about the environment more that´s true (and we´re proud it, at least I

am). But europeans are still car nuts to some degree but we have to be older to get a license 17 - 18 most

countries I think, not so sure. Remember that BMW and Mercedes and VW are european cars.
Perhaps that´s why I,

for instance am not as impressed by these cars because they´re just about everywhere over here, they´re nothing

special for me.
What´s more important to me is whether or not I have a car - not the guy I´m seeing

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

In the UK, a

lot people I have known don´t have a lisence or a car but not because of the environment, it is just because they

simply can´t afford it, expecially in London ( if you can pay your rent you´re lucky already)- don´t matter really

as there´s nowhere to park anyway /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

PS I don´t put a Porsche

and a BMW into the same category, they´re worlds apart.

Cars here, cars there - I have a soft spot for bikers

myself /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

In the end it´s all down to personal tastes.

Elana

10-22-2003, 01:44 PM

or how about

this? I am college educated, and I want a man that is college educated as well. It has nothing to do with a car.

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Mtnjim

10-22-2003, 01:47 PM

Ah, yes! I

remember the first time I saw a Mercedes garbage truck! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Elana

10-22-2003, 01:48 PM

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Ah, yes! I remember the first time I saw a Mercedes

garbage truck! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

<hr /></blockquote>

Yep...that\'s all they have in Israel. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Sagacious1420

10-22-2003, 01:53 PM

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or how about this? I am college educated, and I

want a man that is college educated as well. It has nothing to do with a car.

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

<hr /></blockquote>

Me be a

collig gradiate! I gots me moore digreez then cummon since! I gots me meny cars...parkt rite in da frunt

yird.

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

AznDude

10-22-2003, 01:54 PM

But of

course. I\'m just saying a nice car gives a lot of people an edge, and we know it\'s true

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif I\'m not saying you\'ll like him JUST for the car.. just merely

a good impression that gives the guy notice... and the he may be doing something right to have gotten that car. (But

still those who just get a car from their rich family).

It\'s always good to hear and see people who can

care less about it. I was merely stating that a nice car can \"signify\" a successful life... I mean it could also

be the way the person\'s dressed, the house he/she has, etc. It\'s just the whole first impression thing.

<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
or how about this? I am college educated,

and I want a man that is college educated as well. It has nothing to do with a car.

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

<hr /></blockquote>

Elana

10-22-2003, 02:00 PM

I agree with

you that a nice car is very important to many women. I think the ladies here just want to drive the point home (no

pun intended) that there are also plenty of women that don\'t care much about it.

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Sacogoo

10-22-2003, 02:00 PM

Elana

writes:
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or how about this? I am college educated,

and I want a man that is college educated as well. It has nothing to do with a car.

<hr /></blockquote>

What type of college education? Do you want an engineer with a PhD who can\'t talk in

complete sentences, farts in public, and chews with his mouth open, but can devise a great circuit board and gets

paid mucho dinero to do it, or do you want the liberal arts grad who is able to eloquently converse on a multitude

of subjects, but is unemployed due to the fact that his Western Civilization BA degree just isn\'t in demand in a

poor job market (or any job market for that matter)?

In my experience, a college education doesn\'t mean jack

squat when your generalizing about the level of quality in people. I know people with PhD\'s who are absolute

morons (I got a buddy who has three Masters and a PhD, and he\'s a complete idiot), and I know people with no

degree whatsoever other than a high school diploma who are light years ahead of the general masses in terms of

conversational intellectualism and social interaction.

However, a good liberal arts education will generally

allow a person to have a greater understanding of the world around them than not. (\"Professional\" degrees such

as engineering and business are not, in my estimation, college educations. They are training platforms forced on

institutions by the industrial revolution robber barons in order to obtain huge donations and the like. You want to

understand business? Screw the MBA, and start in the mailroom. Keep your lousy, money grubbing capitalistic

consumerisms out of my education.)

(BTW - I\'ve got two worthless BA\'s, and am trying to get out of the

Marketing/Sales business and do something productive with my life rather than schlepping crap people could do

without.)

Now listening to: Belle & Sebastian\'s \"If You\'re Feeling Sinister\"

AznDude

10-22-2003, 02:01 PM

Yes, and

those are the people I respect more!

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

<blockquote>Quote:<hr

/>
I agree with you that a nice car is very important to many women. I think the ladies here just want to drive the

point home (no pun intended) that there are also plenty of women that don\'t care much about it.

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

<hr /></blockquote>

Elana

10-22-2003, 02:05 PM

<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
Now listening to: Belle & Sebastian\'s \"If

You\'re Feeling Sinister\"

<hr /></blockquote>

Since when did you get the job as

Love-Scent DJ? My guess is Bruce would never have hired you if you didn\'t have those two BA\'s.

Sacogoo

10-22-2003, 02:16 PM

AznDude

writes:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
I\'m just saying a nice car gives a lot

of people an edge, and we know it\'s true I\'m not saying you\'ll like him JUST for the car.. just merely a

good impression that gives the guy notice

<hr /></blockquote>

I drove an \'85

Mercury Lynx (the \"upgrade\" from the Ford Escort) for 14 years until the SOB just kept breaking to the point

where fixing her every month cost more than a new car payment. Never seemed to have a problem getting hotties with

that ride (and I kept that baby straight stock, right down to the AM only radio).

A car to me is simply a

utilitarian device to get you from point A to point B. Any car currently available will do that. Sure some people

buy into the concept that a car is a status symbol and equate ownership with power and money and whatever else they

need to help them get through the day thinking they are a success. Personally, I think that there are a lot of

other things that one can spend their money on and get more enjoyment from - like my stereo system is about $35k,

but I can enjoy that year round and don\'t have to worry about getting jammed up in county for a couple of days by

some overzealous deputy who nailed me for going twice the posted in my $110,000 911 Turbo.

Now listening to:

Prefab Sprout\'s \"Two Wheels Good\"

AzMike

10-22-2003, 02:17 PM

<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
Like I said, the car is like a resume... impressive to the interviewer (the

date). It \"helps\" you get your foot in the door.

<hr /></blockquote>
What exactly do

you mean by \"foot\" and \"door\" here?

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

AzMike

Sacogoo

10-22-2003, 02:22 PM

Elana

writes:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
Since when did you get the job as

Love-Scent DJ? My guess is Bruce would never have hired you if you didn\'t have those two BA\'s.

<hr

/></blockquote>

One could do worse than mirroring my tune collection. I gots all the

good stuff.

Now listening to: Jumped from Prefab to Danzig\'s \"Danzig\"

franki

10-22-2003, 02:25 PM

<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
- like my stereo system is about $35k,

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/></blockquote>

Talk about status symbols,

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

belgareth

10-22-2003, 02:26 PM

<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
- like my stereo system is about $35k,

<hr /></blockquote>

Talk about status symbols, /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

<hr /></blockquote>

No kidding. I

can think of a few better things to spend my money on.

Sagacious1420

10-22-2003, 02:28 PM

<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
Elana writes:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
Since when did you get the job as Love-Scent DJ? My guess is Bruce would

never have hired you if you didn\'t have those two BA\'s.

<hr /></blockquote>

One could do worse than mirroring my tune collection. I gots all the good stuff.

Now listening to:

Jumped from Prefab to Danzig\'s \"Danzig\"

<hr /></blockquote>

Got any Ween in

that mix? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

AznDude

10-22-2003, 02:32 PM

<blockquote>Quote:<hr />

Personally, I think that there are a lot of

other things that one can spend their money on and get more enjoyment from - like my stereo system is about $35k,

but I can enjoy that year round and don\'t have to worry about getting jammed up in county for a couple of days by

some overzealous deputy who nailed me for going twice the posted in my $110,000 911 Turbo.

<hr

/></blockquote>

Yeah it\'s all about preference. There are people who say money spent on

a nice car could be spent elsewhere, and there would be people saying a 35k stereo system could\'ve been spent

elsewhere. In my personal opinion, a safer vehicle is more important to me than any stereo system... The nice look

and speed is a bonus. So it\'s all just our personal interests.

Now I\'m thinking you can power a CLUB with

your stereo system and make some buck back from it, heh.

Sacogoo

10-22-2003, 02:34 PM

franki

writes:
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Talk about status symbols

<hr

/></blockquote>

Not really. I\'m not some pretentious prick driving it down the

street. The sucker is firmly rooted in my front room, and there ain\'t many people other than top level

audiophiles who would even recognize any of the stuff in my stereo system. It\'s not to impress anybody, but

simply to allow me to listen to recordings as if the performer was right in the room. To get there, it costs a few

bucks, but I certainly didn\'t put it together in order to impress anyone other than myself when I listen to

music.

If I really wanted to impress someone with a status symbol, I sure as hell wouldn\'t have drove a

crappy Mercury Lynx with only an AM radio for 14 years, or chose a Subaru Outback as it\'s successor.

Mtnjim

10-22-2003, 02:41 PM

\"One could

do worse than mirroring my tune collection. I gots all the good stuff.\"

Nerev heard of any you are listing. How

about Lad Zep, Wynton Marsallis, or Pavarote?

tallmacky

10-22-2003, 02:41 PM

I

don\'t care if a girl only has a elementary education, as long as she is there. Smart, witty, understanding. I

doubt there is much growth in college. Our intelligence is not that manipulative, or elastic. College is another

social status and important one now (due to jobs). Many view it as the next step in evolution from high school.

Sacogoo

10-22-2003, 02:41 PM

Saggy

writes:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
Got any Ween in that mix?

<hr

/></blockquote>

The Mollusk just got cranked up.

tallmacky

10-22-2003, 02:47 PM

BMW has

a terrible past during WWII, along with some other I believe mainly German

companies.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe

/1218908.stm (\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1218908.stm\")

Elana

10-22-2003, 02:49 PM

<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
BMW has a terrible past during WWII, along with

some other I believe mainly German

companies.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe

/1218908.stm (\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1218908.stm\")

<hr /></blockquote>

I would never drive a German car.

EXIT63

10-22-2003, 02:52 PM

<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
I would never drive a German car.

<hr

/></blockquote>

I concur....Give me a Rice Burner any day!

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tallmacky

10-22-2003, 02:53 PM

Not only

did this go on but, it took forever for anyone involved in the company to live up to this (if they are even now).

Many of the survivors are still alive, as I saw on one episode of \"The Awful Truth\" with Michael Moore, they

went down to the headquarters to complain and such. The fact that they prospered is the problem with little lashback

from anyone. That should be taken into consideration along with Nike\'s sweatshops which even then don\'t seem

as bad.....

Elana

10-22-2003, 02:56 PM

I didn\'t

even read the article. I am way too sensitive when it comes to this subject, but I know the background of these

companies. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif

EXIT63

10-22-2003, 02:56 PM

Yeah, I

don\'t wear any clothes that weren\'t sewn by an 8 year old. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif

EXIT63

10-22-2003, 03:02 PM

<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
I didn\'t even read the article. I am way too

sensitive when it comes to this subject, but I know the background of these companies.

<hr /></blockquote>

I hope you don\'t take Bayer aspirin. Or drive a Chrysler. Or buy cd\'s fom BMG.

Are

you sure that wasn\'t you in that Scorpions video back in \'88?!

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Elana

10-22-2003, 03:02 PM

I take my

boycotts seriously. I still won\'t touch a Pepsi product because they refused to put a plant in Israel because the

Arabs threatened to stop drinking it if they did. Coke, on the other hand, told them to f*ck off. That was YEARS

ago, and I am still not over it. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

AznDude

10-22-2003, 03:02 PM

I would

have to humbly disagree. I have found, in all cases of my encounters with a HS educated person vs a College educated

person, that the College educated person had more of an open mind and understanding of world... ability to adapt

better to change, etc. But thus far, that\'s just me.

I\'m not saying EVERYONE is all that, in college.

I\'ve met brilliant and \"special\" people in college. I\'m just saying if you took the exact same person

under HS education, then put him/her through College education, there will be a difference. Whole new different

scenario, and education system, with a much more diverse environment of people of all ages, etc.

That\'s not

factoring in various personal problems that could hinder the learning experience.

<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
I don\'t care if a girl only has a elementary education, as long as she is

there. Smart, witty, understanding. I doubt there is much growth in college. Our intelligence is not that

manipulative, or elastic. College is another social status and important one now (due to jobs). Many view it as the

next step in evolution from high school.

<hr /></blockquote>

Sagacious1420

10-22-2003, 03:05 PM

<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
Saggy writes:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
Got any Ween in that mix?

<hr /></blockquote>

The Mollusk just got cranked up.

<hr /></blockquote>

That\'s a tasty

selection. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Sacogoo

10-22-2003, 03:10 PM

Mtnjim

writes:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
Nerev heard of any you are listing. How

about Lad Zep, Wynton Marsallis, or Pavarote?

<hr /></blockquote>

Top Ten classic

rock recordings in my collection (in no particular order):

1. The Who - \"Who\'s Next\"
2. Led Zeppelin -

\"Led Zeppelin\"
3. Beach Boys - \"Pet Sounds\"
4. Beatles - \"Revolver\"
5. Jimi Hendrix - \"Are You

Experienced\"
6. Johnny Cash - \"Live at Folsom Prison\"
7. Pink Floyd - \"Dark Side of the Moon\"
8. Allman

Brothers - \"Live at Fillmore East\"
9. Elton John - \"Madman Across the Water\"
10. Rolling Stones - \"Exile

On Main Street\"

Top Ten Jazz:

1. Bill Evans - \"Sunday at the Village Vanguard\"
2. Jazz at the

Pawnshop
3. Miles Davis - \"Kind of Blue\"
4. Sonny Rollins - \"Way Out West\"
5. Paul Desmond - \"Desmond

Blue\"
6. Miles Davis - \"Bitches Brew\"
7. John Coltrane - \"A Love Supreme\"
8. Stan Getz - \"Getz &

Gilberto\"
9. Dave Brubeck - \"Take Five\"
10. Charlie Hunter Trio - \"Bing, Bing, Bing\"

Now listening

to: Radiohead\'s \"Pablo Honey\"

tallmacky

10-22-2003, 03:11 PM

Boycott

Ford too.

Well corporations for the most part aren\'t trying to better the world.....It sucks if there are only

a few companies out there and you may feel attached to them...what can ya

do?
-----------------------------------
AznDude, you have some valid points and for the most part I agree, I was

thinking of the more negative side of it all.

Elana

10-22-2003, 03:12 PM

<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
I would have to humbly disagree. I have found, in

all cases of my encounters with a HS educated person vs a College educated person, that the College educated person

had more of an open mind and understanding of world... ability to adapt better to change, etc. But thus far,

that\'s just me.

<hr /></blockquote>

For the most part I have found this to be true

too.

tallmacky

10-22-2003, 03:14 PM

Louis

Armstrong - What a wonderful world

Elana

10-22-2003, 03:14 PM

Take Cash

out and put Bowie in.

Mtnjim

10-22-2003, 03:18 PM

<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
Mtnjim writes:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
Nerev heard of any you are listing. How about Lad Zep, Wynton Marsallis, or

Pavarote?

<hr /></blockquote>

Top Ten classic rock recordings in my collection (in no

particular order):

...

Top Ten Jazz:

...

<hr /></blockquote>

NICE

collection!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif