Never mind the money or the maintenance costs; I’m not sure that I’d want any of the cars in this collection.
If pressed, I’d go with the Ferrari 288 GTO:
…simply because it was the last of the “slimline” Ferraris (before they got as fat as the Ford F-350 dually).
Feel free to weigh in with your choice(s). (People who are satisfied with their Toyota pickup or Ford Taurus need not participate.)
I see this little snippet:
Prices paid by U.S. households surged higher in September as a wide range of goods and services became more expensive.
Prices rose 8.2 percent compared with a year earlier, the latest Consumer Price Index showed on Tuesday, evidence that the price stability sought by the Federal Reserve remains an elusive and distant destination.
…and I ask myself: where the hell does that 8.2% come from?
Way I see it, inflation should be measured across categories which hit the average person the hardest: food, fuel and utilities (FFU). All the rest are pretty much non-essential, other than in an emergency situation.
In my case, when I scrutinize my budgeted vs. actual expenses spreadsheet, the FFU inflation is running at about 23%, comparing the latest two months of this year’s expenditures to the same two months of last year. Gasoline costs, of course, are about 28% higher, even with me cutting back on my driving; food is about 20% higher (once again, “buying down” in terms of quality/quantities), and utilities are about 15% higher (and Aug/Sep was actually warmer in 2021 than this year).
None of the above is even close to the “8.2%” (LOL) that all these shitheads are talking about.
We are being lied to, and I really don’t like it.
“Dear Dr. Kim:
“I thought my girlfriend was joking about her wish to become a ‘crazy cat lady’ but now I’m not so sure she was joking. We’ve been together for three years and moved in together one year ago. At that point, she already had two cats, and we’d specifically looked for a place where pets would be allowed.
“Things started to get stressful when she brought home two additional cats without discussing it with me first. This was initially supposed to be a short-term foster situation, whereby she would nurse the felines back to health before finding them permanent owners. However, six months on and they’re still there.
“Having four cats in the house took ‘a lot of adjusting’, and I did try to tell my girlfriend how she really should have spoken with me about her decision first. However, she became defensive and didn’t appear to see my point.
“Around one month ago, my girlfriend brought home a fifth cat, again without asking me whether this would be okay. Now she plans to take in a sixth cat, and I feel I’ve reached my limit.
“What can I do?”
— Surrounded By Cats
Dear Pussywhipped:
You spineless piece of shit. This has got fuck-all to do with caring for animals. This is really about her controlling your life and not giving a shit about you, and you enabling this behavior.
So she wants to be a “crazy cat lady”? Grant her her wish, and get the fuck away from her — far away. Or you can stay until the cat collection grows to twenty, or thirty, all the while asking her, “O please my lady, may I have another?”
I don’t know, but I’ll bet your sex life is terrible, too.
Grow some balls, and find yourself some better pussy.
— Dr. Kim
Apparently, there’s this Brit TV show called Our Yorkshire Farm, starring the matriarch thereof, Amanda Owens (45+). I use the “matriarch” term advisedly, as she has foaled no fewer than nine chilluns (!!!) while working the sheep farm.
Here she is:
When not in farm gear, she doesn’t look too bad, either:
When asked how she still manages to look so good, she apparently replied, “chasing lambs, fakery and underwear” (which automatically endeared her to me, by the way).
She and her husband have split up, incidentally, but she still works the farm with him.
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