Garbage Time

 The Biden criminal enterprise and fellow travelers are doing their worst to cement their garbage policies ahead of #47. May we hope the next four years will see them prosecuted?

Merge, merge merge,

Mergers are in the automobile news.. Stellantist is shedding car companies world wide. Honda is picking up Nissan. Great news!

Toyota is picking up Subaru. I’ve mixed feelings about that.

Stellantist is a case of bean counters making manufacturing and engineering decisions with the immediate bottom line the only consideration. The result is unreliable vehicles with horrible repair costs.

Will Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge/Ram survive?  Some dealers are sitting on two years of unsold vehicles. The vehicle reliability and quality suck.

A YouTube channel worth watching is CarEdge. Good information. I wouldn’t pay a penny for their services. As someone who sold cars for decades, I loathe their advice.

“What is your bottom line out the door price?”

Come to the dealership, face to face, and find out. Otherwise, fuck off and stop wasting my time.

I was selling Fords when Henry II checked out and Petersen took over as President. He implemented, “Quality is Job One”. Two years later Ford made a greater quarterly profit than the rest of the industry combined. All those electronics gewgaws mean nothing if the car won’t start or breaks down on your way to work. Worse, when there are so many engine failures that your vehicle sits at the dealership for ninety days because no replacement engines are available.

More Wolves

Show my surprised face that the Colorado State Mandarins aren’t keeping their promises to local livestock growers. 

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Who might have guessed Federal Laws were broken? That calls for a full fledged FBI investigation. Might as well, they aren’t busy doing anything important.

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Now a group is trying to get an initiative on the 2026 ballot repealing the law that created wolf introduction. I wish them well but am not holding my breath.

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Oberrodenbach

LSP writes fondly of London while discussing cities he likes. I have a hazy fond memory of this German town.

During my tour of Germany (1964-1966) the Kennedy Half Dollars were issued. The Germans were huge Kennedy fans and would pay around 5 Marks for one. (The exchange ratio was around 3.80 DM to one US Dollar). My parents would send me rolls of 50 cent pieces and I would sell them to the Germans. That made for some nice pocket money and some interesting social interactions. One night a buddy and I stopped in this German town. The locals were holding a Sekt Fest (sparkling wine) to raise money for some cause. We were asked to buy drinks for the servers, local townspeople volunteers. My buddy, more fluent than I, determined the their goal was to raise 400 DM. We coughed up 300 DM, declared an open bar, and got all the volunteers and attendees  drunk after some of the locals, not to be outdone by GIs, opened their wallets. We, of course, stayed somewhat sober (of course, WSF). Our good fortune was  being E-5s  on a weekend pass. Somehow we were able to sign in before 0600 Monday morning.

 Sorry, LSP, lower standards, and all that. Might we suspect you weren’t always a model soldier?

Press on Regardless

 

A rally the Detroit area SCCA sponsors. The name always struck a chord with me as that is my approach to life, in general. However, recently while running some errands I skipped grocery shopping. 

“Self”, I told myself, “You are retired, have no pressing commitments, have ample food in the apartment, and can come back when there are fewer shoppers”.

Someday I might embrace being semi-retired. Old Air Force Sarge will be my role model.

Starting the New Year with peace of mind

Cackles wasn’t elected. My rent increase was less than my social security increase. The difference might buy a Happy Meal; not complaining. My next washout check from my paper hanging gig will let me zero out all credit cards. My sons are doing well and my grand kids all seem to be on a positive path. I’m breathing air and taking nourishment.

Los Angeles Fires

It shows a lack of character not to have sympathy for people who have lost everything. That’s me. For once the elites are hit by their own stupid policies instead of hard working families in the Sierras.

I’m reminded of a California transplant, years ago, who was in a ditch off a snow covered road in her new Jeep Wagoneer. We drove her Jeep back on the road with no problems after we read and implemented the 4WD instructions on the dash placard.

My devout  hope is those now homeless LA residents don’t relocate in Colorado.

As always, YMMV