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- Fri May 24, 2024 4:13 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Car buying
- Replies: 603
- Views: 32549
Re: Car buying
I would just assume a broker has relationships with dealers and they essentially takes a percentage of what you could have negotiated down for yourself. Probably still worth it to a lot of people who don't want the hassle, but I don't think I'd ever trust they were working for me. This was the husb...
- Fri May 24, 2024 4:12 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: WHO DICKS THE DICKFUCKERS?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 336
Re: WHO DICKS THE DICKFUCKERS?
... something I did in 2019 while driving stick on the un-American side of the car and driving the car on the un-American side of the road (we were in Ireland). I damaged the wheel on my rental car in Scotland, just parking the damned thing. I found that was the hardest part of driving those backwa...
- Fri May 24, 2024 2:58 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Car buying
- Replies: 603
- Views: 32549
Re: Car buying
Daniel Tosh had a car broker on his podcast and he says you're a sucka if you pay the broker. He said in his 45 years of doing it he only took commission from the seller. I didn't even know those were a thing. I'm not sure that makes sense. I asked a guy to perform a service for me - go and find a ...
- Fri May 24, 2024 1:23 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Car buying
- Replies: 603
- Views: 32549
Re: Car buying
Likely won't help you in Colorado, or with a used model you've already decided on, but the last car we purchased was done with the assistance of thecarhaggler.com. This guy started haggling car purchases about 10 years ago for friends and turned it into a full time job. Pretty sure he charges $400 ...
- Fri May 24, 2024 1:21 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Doc: The Umentary Type
- Replies: 142
- Views: 2559
Re: Doc: The Umentary Type
Workin' and practicin'
- Fri May 24, 2024 12:35 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Culinary Hot Takes
- Replies: 960
- Views: 50988
- Fri May 24, 2024 12:33 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Car buying
- Replies: 603
- Views: 32549
Re: Car buying
I would travel for a CarMax deal, other than that... I guess I'm not seeing how i can get f'd going to a BMW dealership to buy a used Toyota truck. Like, they can't upsell me on an M61i or whatever, or even try to sell me on a different truck, since I can already see their inventory. And also, I re...
- Fri May 24, 2024 12:29 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Doc: The Umentary Type
- Replies: 142
- Views: 2559
Re: Doc: The Umentary Type
A friend and I were talking the other day about how it would be nice if there was a 'quota' you could reach in your life of unintentionally-heard musical artists, and once reached you'd never have to hear them again. Seger is the poster child for that movement for me. Not totally unpleasant, just b...
- Fri May 24, 2024 9:59 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Culinary Hot Takes
- Replies: 960
- Views: 50988
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Sorry, Nacho Cheese Doritos in tomatoey salsa are the best.
- Fri May 24, 2024 9:15 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
- Replies: 2100
- Views: 63149
Re: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
Only because they're dumb and/or bigoted enough to fall in line with the rich people steering. That’s how it used to be, sure. But just as the rich and powerful did in 1930s Germany, they’ve lost most of their control. Many of the not-massively-rich-but-comfortably well off have left the GOP. Eithe...
- Thu May 23, 2024 12:56 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Fontly Speaking
- Replies: 31
- Views: 475
- Thu May 23, 2024 11:42 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Netflix Suggestions?
- Replies: 1398
- Views: 91750
Re: Netflix Suggestions?
We just finished watching A Gentleman in Moscow on Paramount+.
I thought it was fantastic.
I thought it was fantastic.
- Thu May 23, 2024 11:41 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Fontly Speaking
- Replies: 31
- Views: 475
Re: Fontly Speaking
Yeah, I'm with PDX here. Computers do a fine job of making it work for reading. I've never once thought about the period being an abbreviation for anything. Imagine "anything." being a shortener. That said, legal document where there are likely a lot of different punctuation may be the is...
- Thu May 23, 2024 11:38 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
- Replies: 2100
- Views: 63149
Re: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
I think the principle is "liberalism is the greatest danger facing this country."
- Thu May 23, 2024 11:36 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 9037
- Views: 456994
Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Good lord, that sounds awful.
- Thu May 23, 2024 11:35 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
- Replies: 3922
- Views: 247529
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Okay, people who are 58 shouldn't die from falling in the shower.
I hope drugs were involved. Or at least others in the shower.
I hope drugs were involved. Or at least others in the shower.
- Wed May 22, 2024 9:24 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Fontly Speaking
- Replies: 31
- Views: 475
Re: Fontly Speaking
Oh christ. Is "still uses Calibri" going to become the new "two spaces after a period"? The 2 spaces after a period are way too ingrained in me now. There's no way I'll ever change that. My first boss out of law school beat that into me. She insisted every document was consisten...
- Wed May 22, 2024 9:21 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
- Replies: 2100
- Views: 63149
- Tue May 21, 2024 8:14 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Nature is Horrifying
- Replies: 373
- Views: 26839
- Tue May 21, 2024 9:27 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Twitter:The New Batch
- Replies: 1070
- Views: 41683
- Mon May 20, 2024 5:28 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Fantasy Euro 2024
- Replies: 3
- Views: 44
Re: Fantasy Euro 2024
I created a team using Autoselect. Is there a Swamp league to join?
Edit: Nevermind, I just had to click Continue one more time and it was automatic.
Now I need to learn who my players are.
Edit: Nevermind, I just had to click Continue one more time and it was automatic.
Now I need to learn who my players are.
- Mon May 20, 2024 5:24 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 9037
- Views: 456994
Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Am I making this up or did there used to be some sort of ask or rule (I"m talking about back in the 80's or 90's) that credit card companies tried to enforce about not allowing vendors to charge a fee for using a credit card? I remember hearing that, too. But it was probably just wrong, becaus...
- Sat May 18, 2024 10:39 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Major League Soccer (MLS) 2024
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1212
Re: Major League Soccer (MLS) 2024
Colorado has learned that 2-0 really is the most dangerous lead in soccer.
- Sat May 18, 2024 2:47 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9400
- Views: 511045
Re: Random Politics
Taunting the AZ AG was stupid enough. But doing it while in Arizona?
(Edit - apparently he was in Florida.)
I guess he’s the mayor America deserves.
(Edit - apparently he was in Florida.)
I guess he’s the mayor America deserves.
Re: MLB 2024
I guess I was mixing up in my head the Seaver game, where he got the last 10 to set or tie the then-record of 19.
Anyway, I hope Pirates fans are enjoying today ...
Edit: It hurts to see Kyle Hendricks this bad.
Anyway, I hope Pirates fans are enjoying today ...
Edit: It hurts to see Kyle Hendricks this bad.
Re: MLB 2024
It's probably not going to be today (even though he's K'ed each of the first 6 Cubs he faced), but Paul Skenes is going to put up a 20-K game before his career finishes if he doesn't completely destroy his UCL multiple times. The only thing that will stop him today is his pitch count. Is the record...
Re: MLB 2024
It's probably not going to be today (even though he's K'ed each of the first 6 Cubs he faced), but Paul Skenes is going to put up a 20-K game before his career finishes if he doesn't completely destroy his UCL multiple times. The only thing that will stop him today is his pitch count. Is the record...
- Fri May 17, 2024 2:03 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Electric Vehicles
- Replies: 166
- Views: 4763
Re: Electric Vehicles
To be fair, so will human drivers.blundercrush wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 1:09 pmAlso full self driving will absolutely kill you/your family, and your neighbors, so if you are stupid enough to use that shit you deserve what's coming to you.
- Fri May 17, 2024 2:00 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Pittsburgh Pirates
- Replies: 187
- Views: 17240
Re: The Pittsburgh Pirates
Skenes has faced 7 batters. He has 7 Ks.
To be fair, he's facing the Cubs.
To be fair, he's facing the Cubs.
- Fri May 17, 2024 11:53 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9400
- Views: 511045
Re: Random Politics
This one too:
- Fri May 17, 2024 11:51 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9400
- Views: 511045
Re: Random Politics
Still, anything that gave us "bleach blonde bad built butch body" can't be all bad.
- Fri May 17, 2024 11:44 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random personalized license plate thread
- Replies: 379
- Views: 15690
Re: Random personalized license plate thread
I passed a car this morning with LVL XNG.
So today I learned there's a local brewpub called "Level Crossing".
So today I learned there's a local brewpub called "Level Crossing".
- Fri May 17, 2024 10:48 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: A non-majors Golf Thread for 2023 and beyond
- Replies: 211
- Views: 3620
- Fri May 17, 2024 10:25 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Return of Confessions
- Replies: 1353
- Views: 81575
Re: Return of Confessions
My wife is an amazing cook, so bringing in her leftovers trumps fast food most of the time. Mine is that I rarely want the thing I just ate. That's my main issue as well. I find I eat less when I know it's something we've made enough for leftovers that we'll eat for lunch the next day, so I guess t...
- Fri May 17, 2024 10:23 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: A non-majors Golf Thread for 2023 and beyond
- Replies: 211
- Views: 3620
- Fri May 17, 2024 8:59 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9400
- Views: 511045
Re: Random Politics
Fuck Greg Abbott. I want him to die in a way that causes the most suffering. I really want someone to simply knock over his wheelchair. Then he gets hit by a train. Train is too quick. A slow moving one. Where it drags him for 100s of miles into west Texas. And he dies from bleeding out and dehydra...
- Thu May 16, 2024 2:30 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Major League Soccer (MLS) 2024
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1212
- Thu May 16, 2024 12:42 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: College Visits
- Replies: 611
- Views: 24981
Re: College Visits
So, my oldest is done this month as well. He'll have his H.S. diploma and almost enough dual enrollment credits to have an AA. We toured Embry Riddle a year or so ago, as he wants to be a commercial airline pilot. Roughly $75k/yr, and you still need 1000 flight hours after graduation to get your co...
- Thu May 16, 2024 12:05 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: College Visits
- Replies: 611
- Views: 24981
Re: College Visits
The Boy just got notice this morning that he got into Rutgers Business School off the waitlist. So glad he already accepted at Rutgers (School of Arts and Sciences), otherwise he'd have to rescind an acceptance at another school and resubmit his commit announcement on his school's Instagram page. T...
- Thu May 16, 2024 12:02 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Major League Soccer (MLS) 2024
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1212
Re: Major League Soccer (MLS) 2024
Fun time last night.
I love it when I have a good soccer team to watch.
I love it when I have a good soccer team to watch.