Beasty
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Why not? It's a gift with a challenge. Maybe he's just keeping things fun.
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Madeleine
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Maybe, if that’s the kind of person he is.
If not I’d feel like he doesn’t REALLY want to give me that money so I’d tell him if you don’t really feel free to give me that money then don’t bother. I guess the person who is in a relationship with that guy knows how it’s meant...
Beasty
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Okra sounds good right now, with some squash and some of that shrimp pasta and salmon I had yesterday.
Madeleine
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That sounds good. I want something hot&spicy for dinner.
Beasty
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Lol. That could be anything. Mexican? Spicy I could do, but hot doesn't agree anymore. My favorites are seafood and Italian paired with red wine or simply whisky and wings.
Thanks to you this will be a catfish and okra day.
Madeleine
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A roasted half-ripe plantain with pepper sauce would be nice. But it ain’t there, so I had to compromise.
Seafood makes a lot of sense where you live.
samson1701
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My mother bought me an 1974 Datsun 260Z as an early graduation present for my senior year of high school. It was a little more than a decade old at the time but was in great shape. Later on I bought a 1982 Toyota Supra with the sun roof. The Supra was cool. But, the 260 was my girl. I loved that car. So much fun to drive. Plus, it looked great. Always turned heads. Wish I still had it today. Even though I can't drive it.The Supra has been out of production almost 20 years and they bring it back adding only 15hp from the factory for an incredible 335 horses. lol. To compete with what exactly???
People usually get these cars to keep for the long term but this one is made from BMW parts, which german maintenance is known to be excessively expensive as the car ages. Not only that but german manufacturers are notorious for trying to thwart DIYers.
The way I see the sports/muscle car industry is
German: luxury
Asian: Handling
American: Straight line
People that like Japanese sports cars aren't going to go through the extra maintenance issues for the luxury that they don't need or want.
Also, the car looks like a Scion, and the sealed vents bruh...... here is a quote:
"The Supra's lead engineer, Tetsuya Tada, told Road & Track in a Wednesday report that the blocked off plastic vents can turn functional, and were developed with a Supra race car in mind. The chief engineer explained his team built a Supra race car halfway through development of the production road car and the vents all over the sports car's body are leftover from the race car's design."
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/automoti...-fake-vents-can-be-made-functional/1708076052
Really? You built a race car from this model then where is it? and why TF the sports road version only has 335 hp?
You want 50K for that???
There is also no manual option. Is this really what Toyota and BWM came up with when they put their heads together?
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Yeah BMW's are nice, but would you pick this over one? I'd rather find a clean Supra from 2000 -2002 and buy that.
Personally I'm waiting to see how the new Z car turns out (Thank goodness Nissan isn't retarded) Also there is a mid engine Corvette coming out soon enough. I'm curious what the price point is going to be. Corvettes have always been a good value.
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K
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They've really been promoting elderly taking classes to stay engaged. I thought they were more doing outreach to senior centers and such. They are also recruiting some as mentors. But truth is, more and more people are having to gain skills and get back in the workplace in later years too.
I'm old enough and was taking a few classes at the local JC, nervous that I would really stand out. But there were people waaaay older than me on campus. A few that had to be in their 80s with walkers! LOTS were in the 65ish range looking for their next job/career after retiring. California and Florida have very high elderly populations.
Beasty
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The 260's are nice, I like every model of the Z so far. What I don't like is the direction they are going with cars these days. The new Supra is the worse of them all tho. I'm expecting it to flop. The Genesis coupe costs about 15k less and has more HP lol. I love the Z cars tho. I still have my fair lady 350z.
Hopefully the new Z doesn't drop the manual option. It's supposed to be 4wd. If the body style is decent it's a must have. Not much out there that I like now days with most newer model cars.
WOW that is crazy! When I seen them they were all coming out of the same building walking to their cars. Since it was already a strange day, I decided not to force my plans and skipped out....lol.
I can't imagine them getting around on campus and carrying laptops lol. It would make more sense for them to take on line classes but I bet most struggle with computers. JC makes more sense for them than a University since it's more immediate hands on skills. Will they be taking student loans? lol.
I don't know what they were doing there. Elderly people in FL seem to never come outside, it's easy to forget that they are even here.
I'm trying to imagine them in a class with laptops lol. Honestly the worse job I ever had is when I worked technical support. Trying to assist elderly people over the phone is a no go. LMAO. At least I got to laugh when I audited other people's calls. It was hysterical!!
At that age, the only thing I want to be doing is sailing, and hobbist work in my own garage.
K
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LOL!!! Maybe they were taking some sort of computer class? Who knows! There's definitely some money to be made in teaching them technology, for those who have the patience.
Bookworm616
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I took an over 2 year break from here. I would pop in occasionally and read some of the threads that were available to read without logging in. I think Tarshi's thread in the Welcome section inspired me to log back in. I had to search in my email for my password. LOL.
Nothing much has changed in my life. I did get a dog. He's awesome.
Other than that, I'm currently searching for a house or condo to buy. Fingers crossed I can find something.
I hope everyone is doing well!
Nothing much has changed in my life. I did get a dog. He's awesome.
Other than that, I'm currently searching for a house or condo to buy. Fingers crossed I can find something.
I hope everyone is doing well!
samson1701
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My very pro-black, used to running things, big(but tiny) older sister is coming to visit my gf and I for a couple of days.
Wish me luck.
Wish me luck.
Thump
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As a man with my own tiny older sister, I know how it can be. I have grey hair in my beard but she still sees her baby brother.
Madeleine
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So I had my Nigerian mother in law and older sister in law here with us for 4 weeks last year. It wasn’t easy.
Your own case is just a few days...this too shall pass!
As for the used to running things part, your girlfriend should be nice and respectful and all but sometimes one needs to also draw the line...
That’s my take. Most of all,enjoy the time! It’s your sister after all.