zeitgeist57

Kerry's been a friend to me. However, I hear ya Marc - I've told him on numerous occasions that he needs to "know his audience" but he hasn't quite gotten the memo: when he finds a channel to provide his opinion on myriad topics, including cars, he'll use it until it wears out. As long as his freedom of speech is unencumbered, Kerry is a happy Kerry. Others may not be able to tolerate him as long as I have.

I didn't catch that before (Kerry is tough to keep up on). He types out 15 pages of material and expects everyone in CR to have read every word, like it's Scripture or there's a final exam on it later. LOL.

FWIW, I'm the director of finance for our church Childrens Center, one of the few 5-star rated NAEYC facilities in NW Columbus...and it's tough to stay compliant with Step Up 2 Quality and still make money over paying wonderful staff to support daily activities. We also have pricing for every grade covered, with ghost-shopped numbers from surrounding facilities. It's a good business but thin on margin. I'm not down on entrepreneurs or franchising, but you seriously need to know good educators that would work FOR YOU. This isn't fast food or an oil-change place: the curriculum and teachers make the facility, and State of Ohio checks yo sheeeeeeit...

No, but I'm not in HR...and at this point I believe any access to information that people make public can be used against them. I second-guess making posts on FB about happy hour/social get-togethers simply because it could be used against me if someone wanted to. With great power (control over our lives and unfettered access to information), comes great responsibility.

I do agree with you that we have "overcriminalized" elements of society, which contributed to the poor getting poorer (black and white). I remember hearing an interview recently where a 30-year police captain was saying how America has had a DARE/criminalization-of-drug-use policy for decades, which generationally affected black people in America - but once opioid abuse (think Oxycontin, Methadone) went mainstream in the heartland of white America and Chillicothe started shooting up each others' meth labs, now we preach tolerance and understanding for drug use. Lots of people make errors in personal choice back before '00s that would've been brushed under a rug by our friends/family prior to social media being in everyones' faces. Still, America is a land of salvation for many in today's world. I see people cleaning buildings, picking up trash in a jetliner when I'm exiting a flight, and doing more menial - though vital - jobs for society (think Mike Rowe and "Dirty Jobs"). In many instances, these are people that are only 1-2 generations into their lives in America, and doing a job without complaint that white/black America wouldn't touch.

I work with the Mid-Ohio Food Bank and Greater Cleveland Food Bank, and the demand hasn't been this high since the Great Recession for community assistance. I do think the infrastructure development is a very good thing (not necessarily a drain on society) but you cannot say that the economy is getting better. Tax revenues are going up, but the costs of societal support are climbing even further. Kerry, for a guy that types A LOT on this forum, you need to back up your comments on decreasing public need. To touch upon Joe's lamentations: I work with a lot of companies that cannot manage their growth because of the lack of qualified candidates. Sounds like a great job market, but if young people have inflated expectations about how much they can make, their continued freedom to use drugs, and where/when they can work, they're going to be disappointed and corporate/manufacturing productivity will decline.

There's a whole lot of d*ck-sucking in this thread...I would challenge that business development/sales is as entrepreneurial as you can get while still having the "safety net" of group health benefits and product/service competitiveness through a corporation in a highly-competitive business landscape. IMO, you can make smaller McSteaks and still learn from them; no need to go full-blown failure to claim that you took sufficient risks to succeed. I don't like how everyone claims some series of Facebook inspirational messages about failure is the key to success to justify blanking out in their lives. Sorry, Brad...we can still meet, I just had to say something.

EDIT: deleted my long, rambling response. Let me know if you want to grab coffee/lunch/beer to talk sometime. As Dicky Fox said: "Roll with the punches. Tomorrow is another day."

Since posting, I've sold WMS and PG for 10-12% gains in less than 8 months' each. Not trying to be too greedy. Square is an interesting play - disruptive tech that's been widely adopted. Where do they go? How will they continue providing shareholder value? You gotta like someone that's in the single digits from a price-per-share standpoint, AND close to the 52-week low...

Quoted for fucking truth. Sorry I'm so busy that I can't post on FaceBalls/Iggygram/SnatchChat like everyone else lounging on a sofa.

As I've said on many occasions: Now in my 30s, with a family and a career I love, I have time/energy/resources for a few things: 1) Myself 2) My family 3) My business 4) A few causes that are close to my heart (local and global) The rest of the world can go fuck itself. :kisses: Just because social media and a 24/7/365 media spotlight shows so many problems in our society and world in general, doesn't mean I should, would, will, or COULD care. Not ageist, generational, racist, sexist, etc...just can't heal all the wounds with the resources I control. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The less we share of personal beliefs on CR, the better. Be Kerry: invite open discourse by asking others to share, and then shoot down their beliefs and values for non-conformity based on his own lens of the world around him.

Jesse, I love my BMW but the car I'd get hands-down to replace it is a 996 convertible. Getting a really good one sub-$20k may be tough until the fall when people are selling their fun cars instead of storing. http://www.mercedesexpert.com/inventory/view/7615927/1999-Porsche-911-Carrera-Cabriolet-6-Spd-Manual-Naples-FL

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/orlando-shooting-omar-mateen-father-seddique-mateen-taliban-god-punish-gays/ I would submit that there ARE NO credible sources in mainstream media outlets anymore.

I'm a 5-gal tank and two Viair compressors into airbagging the Lincoln, and I openly admit to enjoying the "other side" of car culture: stance, bosozoku, lowrider/donk/bubble... Great weather this time of year for cruising. Nice little video...like a low-buck Petrolicious production

Dude, I gotta say I've never seen that bad of a rim roast, and it was kewl. P.S. Ramchargers - Those are the next "classics" to blow up in value once Grand Wagoneers/Broncos/Scouts plateau...

Welcome to the site! Theres a lot of WRX's at CC&C Pics to show yours off would be helpful. :thumbup:

I'm a fan.

Congratulations, guys!

Damn...that could be a great deal...

I blasted the fittings and some of the lines with brake cleaner. Blasted the open carb and it idled down for a moment. So...wasn't able to find the vacuum leak underhood. Can you explain this process a little better? What do I do, disconnect lines and pour a bit in with a funnel? Is it supposed to smoke, or seal the leaks?

You love your new job...and I dig it.

More like... an OZBAG OF DICKS.