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82-T/A [At Work] AUG 14, 09:46 AM

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Originally posted by cliffw:

Now they hide them, .




LOL, yes they do.

My 2009 Ford Explorer has a buzzer that goes off due to a failure in the trac system. It's been like this for over a year, but I almost never drive it, and it drives amazing... so I don't feel like spending the $700 for a new ECM at this point. But I removed the gauge pod, and the buzzer is soldered to the back-side of the pod. LOL!
cliffw AUG 14, 09:50 AM

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Originally posted by rinselberg:
It's a sad thing to witness, but I'm glad to say that I don't expect that to be the future.



Typical leftoid.

Infecting a good organization which is a political neutral organization to affect change. Will you be alive when it happens ?
cliffw AUG 14, 09:56 AM

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Originally posted by olejoedad:
This Forum also has members that post long screeds that say nothing of any meaning to those that spend their time reading them.

Brevity in writing is an art form in the communication world.
If one can get their message point across with few words, the reader appreciates the time savings.



Ah yes. If you can not dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullzhit..
cliffw AUG 14, 10:00 AM

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Originally posted by rinselberg:
Too few words makes for a text that is cryptic and difficult to parse.



Communication is an art. You are not an artist.

Read-O-Meter ... six seconds.
cliffw AUG 14, 10:05 AM

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Originally posted by rinselberg:
That's funny. Although I saw a report that the VP has been working to improve her informal or "off the cuff" remarks, and perhaps also her more formal statements.



Yeah, she was ready on day one and still is not ready now.
rinselberg AUG 14, 10:36 AM

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Originally posted by cliffw:
Typical leftoid. Infecting a good organization which is a political neutral organization to affect change. Will you be alive when it happens?


That was addressed to me, and I'd appreciate a follow-up on it.


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Infecting a good organization which ia political neutral organization...

Organization? Does that mean the Pennock's forum?


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to affect change.

I have never equated my online conversations via Pennock's, which are now the only online conversations that I have, as any kind of political activism or any attempt at being an online "influencer."

I think anyone who thought that way about their online conversations on Pennock's would be having an hallucination—a mystical and mirage-like delusion of grandeur—about what they are doing when they engage with the Pennock's forum. It would be evidence of a narcissistic psychological disorder, and I don't believe I have that kind of psychology, and certainly, not to the extent that I would be succumbing to that severe of a level of self-deception and "daydreams."

(An argument could be made for saying "affect change"—as you have it—but I think what you really wanted to say is "effect change." But that's really neither here nor there, as the old bromide reacts... because what else would a salt compound comprised in part by the element Br be able to do?)


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Will you be alive when it happens?

Probably not. Although I'm not too clear about "it." What is the "it" that is referenced by this question?

Does saying "leftoid" instead of "leftist" put a little extra dill in your pickle? (So to speak.)

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cliffw AUG 14, 10:40 AM

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Originally posted by fredtoast:
Claims of omniscience are a sign of a narcissistic disorder.



Wow ! You claim to be a lawyer. Why did you not also claim to be a psychologist ?
williegoat AUG 14, 11:03 AM

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Originally posted by cliffw:


Wow ! You claim to be a lawyer. Why did you not also claim to be a psychologist ?


That was yesterday. Today he is identifying as a fictitious 14th century Italian Friar.
MidEngineManiac AUG 14, 11:42 AM
Friar Chicken or Friar French-Fries ? Maybe Friar mars bars ?
82-T/A [At Work] AUG 14, 12:11 PM

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Originally posted by MidEngineManiac:

Friar Chicken or Friar French-Fries ? Maybe Friar mars bars ?



A bit random, but... in much of Europe, they eat French fries with mayonnaise. Since I more or less grew up with this, I eat my fries with mayo... don't judge me, it's delicious.