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Old 06-28-21, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by genejockey
One advantage of sunglasses - nobody can see you rolling your eyes.
That's one thing I liked about a mask--it hides expressions.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
My head is swimming with the implications.
IKR?

Imagine if you were Velo Vol?
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Vancouver waters are turning greene!

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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
Thinking of heading over to the quad cities this weekend. I just thought I'd stick that in here for conversation.
I'm trying to talk the little lady into moving in to this house in Tri-Cities

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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
I'm trying to talk the little lady into moving in to this house in Tri-Cities
Oh? Which one?


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Originally Posted by LAJ
IKR?

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You're just trying to make me lose sleep tonight, aren't ya?
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Oh? Which one?


Kennewick.
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Just found out the wife of a friend of mine passed away a month ago. Cause of death complications from the moderna vaccine. She was only 27. He was at work when it happened.

I have no clue what I would do.
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Old 06-28-21, 04:45 PM
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That's terrible Bam. Too much bad jue jue going around lately.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
See Dallas/Fort Worth. You go to Dallas, Fort Worth, or the Metroplex. You don't go to "the cities."
I spent 3 years in Dallas, never stepped foot nor tire in Fort Worth.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
That's one thing I liked about a mask--it hides expressions.
Expressions like this one?
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Oh, funny mildly amusing story from yesterday.

At the hotel, the boy and I pack our bags and head downstairs to check out. A guy gets in to the elevator with us, and everything about him screams military - the posture, the haircut, the cool, confident demeanor. That, and it didn't hurt that he's wearing a Blue Angels jumpsuit that reads "Crew Chief, USMC" I chat with him a bit, tell him about how much fun we had on our trip the the airshow the day before, ask him about his day ahead, etc, before we exit the elevator. After checking out at the front desk, my son and I head over to another elevator that connects the hotel to the parking garage. The Crew Chief is waiting for that elevator, too. He asks me if we're going back to the show, and I tell him that we're heading back home to "the cities." This kicks off a short conversation about the region and colloquialisms, etc, as we all head to the garage before parting ways.

During both of these exchanges, my son was completely silent, so when we get to the car, I'm like, "wasn't that cool? Getting to talk to one of the Blue Angels Crew Chiefs?! I can't believe that you didn't talk his ear off!"

"Wait - that was a real uniform and he was really with the Blue Angels?!" he says, in shock.

Yeah, my son thought that he was just another spectator wearing some fan apparel, so he just ignored him. :facepalm:
Awesome.
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Old 06-28-21, 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Even easier here--we don't have them.
Naturally
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Originally Posted by BillyD
I spent 3 years in Dallas, never stepped foot nor tire in Fort Worth.
You missed the better part of the cities.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Pass.
We’re good with that. 😝
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Just found out the wife of a friend of mine passed away a month ago. Cause of death complications from the moderna vaccine. She was only 27. He was at work when it happened.

I have no clue what I would do.
That’s sad.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Kennewick.
Must be a new suburb.
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Old 06-28-21, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
Expressions like this one?
Yes.
Originally Posted by BillyD
I spent 3 years in Dallas, never stepped foot nor tire in Fort Worth.
Why not?
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Must be a new suburb.
The turn of the century saw the creation of the city's first newspaper, the Columbia Courier. Kennewick was officially incorporated on February 5, 1904. and the name of the newspaper changed to the Kennewick Courier in 1905 to reflect this change.
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#PopQuiz

Without googling, can you name something worth seeing in Fort Worth?
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
#PopQuiz

Without googling, can you name something worth seeing in Fort Worth?
Maybe a historical oil derrick or cattle corral?
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
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Without googling, can you name something worth seeing in Fort Worth?
The fort.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
The fort.
Is there an actual fort? We have a Fort Sanders area, but the fort is long gone.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Is there an actual fort? We have a Fort Sanders area, but the fort is long gone.
They keep rebuilding Fort Vancouver




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Originally Posted by ksryder
It's kind of a shame, Suzuki made some fun cars, but from what I gather they couldn't support their dealer network in North America with enough inventory and interested customers went elsewhere. They were kind of in a middle ground between big enough to mass produce vehicles but not big enough to gain enough traction on this continent.

I don't pay that much attention to the auto industry but I remember reading things around the time Isuzu or Saab went away to the effect that a combination of a requirement in the U.S. for higher safety requirements in vehicles than in other countries (driven mainly by the fact that the U.S. requires auto manufacturers to attempt to design cars to protect un-seatbelted people) and various tax and regulatory requirements that heavily penalize the smaller auto manufacturers meant that all smaller manufacturers' days were numbered in the U.S. The article I read predicted Volvo would be next but so far they seem to be OK.

Anyway I like having more choices so this is a bummer. Sure Honda is a good car but I don't want to drive the same thing everyone else drives.
Isuzu is big in Belize and Suzuki is common here in Mexico. Neither country has air quality standards at all. And neither country sells cars like the US sells cars.
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