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Are the ones at Raisin Rack the real-deal or are they not worth it. I have a good friend looking into it due to some joint pain due to cancer treatments, etc. and she is not finding much in he way of relief from what she's been taking so far.

It's a big world, unless it's a money thing, I'm sure you should be able to find one in great condition somewhere.... However, between those two, I agree with Steve. You can fix the rust areas but you really have no idea what the real-deal is with the accidents. I'd believe nothing the owner is telling you.

Clay nailed it. tons of people go into lease deals with money down in order to get to a payment and by coming in late on their deal one gets to benefit from that and as a bonus have an even shorter commitment than the original driver. I have friend/coworker who took over an Audi A7 ($82k car) for $550 for 18 months. How sweet of a deal is that! Beautiful car for nearly 40% less than they would go for new.

On new cars, financially, most everyone is better off leasing anyway. If you're going to buy, buy used and keep it a while. It really all boils down to a cost to drive per month no matter how it's done and it's just a matter of priorities and what one is willing to pay to commute. Decent rule of thumb for leasing is about 1% of MSRP being a decent deal. Anything lower is a good deal and anything higher is just a premium that may be associated with a premium high demand car or one that is a little too risky for lenders. when I shopped back in Dec. new mid $60k Audi's were commanding a premium of $700-850mo lease, MBZ in the same to a little higher on a slightly more expensive car, but then along came Inifinit's giving away $64k cars for sub $600mo. My wife's car was the same way, <1% MSRP making it a really good deal. Key is to go in with ZERO down. never put a cap cost reduction on a lease. bad move. Stick to no more than 36-39 mos. OT with this Benz, it really is damn nice looking ride. Would love to have one. Just this week cruising in some rentals and then my car, I am coming to grips with the desire to have a larger more subdued ride that also has plenty of power. Larger land yachts that cruise like an airliner but have enough power to move themselves quickly are more of my interest now than smaller more nimble cars. Not that a 4,000lb turd is small and nimble, but yeah, larger with a softer ride and still oomph to put the pedal down......what I may be moving to in my next ride. Funny what age drives us to like.

If you want to continue to injecting race then move onto personal attacks as you typically do then by all means keeping floating your own boat. Your ego must need fed.

you ignore the facts too my friend but I won't call you a snowflake. again, step one of the program is for those you're defending to own up to their issues and be responsible, but apparently you don't care if they are or not. Kerry-on with making excuses for them and blaming others. The rest of us will continue on with our lives and raise our kids like responsible citizens who made that choice and own it.

pointing out your actions is attacking you?

No need reinventing the wheel since much of what Mike has posted is solid advice. Follow along with his thread here and you'll be good. It's a bit of a process but the results speak for themselves. https://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/2009-to-2017-how-to-articles-by-mike-phillips/27892-old-school-aluminum-slotted-mag-wheels-extreme-makeover.html

First injecting race then move onto personal attacks of some sort. Again, typical of your posts. Whatever you feel works for you and makes you feel good.

sounds like we should offer them tickets to a far away land so they can achieve their dream of living in a socialist society. let's see if they really enjoy it. I'm surprised Kerry hasn't moved out of country.

Did I say that? Is there a cost associated with not speaking English in both school and in the workforce? Who should shoulder those costs? Is there a limit on the numbers in terms of people or dollars? Should there be? Are we adhering to those costs or are we damaging society by irresponsibility bringing more burdens upon ourselves without ensuring we don't do that first? False nothing...I think the same responsibilities apply regardless. Parents who are involved and actually fucking parent can be found everywhere as can those that aren't. Perhaps I'm showing that there are indeed less fortunate ones in Scioto who are still involved and parent despite not being silver spoon people. Proves the point I'm making. My hatred for Cali is based primarily on many there who have a completely fucked up far-left irresponsible way of thinking that's bringing them and this country down. No fucks given. Let me know when you realize that those with problems need to first acknowledge the problem and it's source. Until then you're just spending the money of others on better cover-ups of the real problem. Who's hurting the kids? Me? You? Others? Don't think so Kerry. Again, when you man-up and realize that it's high-time individuals own what they create then perhaps you'll make more sense. It's those that you're letting "get out of it" vs my mindset that says they have no option of getting out of it but instead need to grow up and realize that the world they live in isn't happening to them, it's happening because of them. Most of the inequalities in life aren't because people don't care or don't want to help, it's because helping starts from within. You can lead a horse to water but the horse has to have the skill and WILL to drink. It's great that Lebron is opening a school. Great PR and it takes no real skill for a rich athlete to invest money. Let's see him roll up his sleeves and create real change within the community and among the members of the community to foster being better people. To not do drugs, to not get in trouble and go to jail, to sit and be a part of their kids lives, to perhaps not have kids if they have no means to support them properly, to make better choices, etc. You know....basic life responsibilities. That's the ultimate solution.

exactly my point. so it's BS because I chose to put my kids in Dublin schools? LOL. Can't really deem that as a result of white privilege given the make up of their schools. The solution to most anything starts with us as individuals. Feel free to keep looking to others to fix things if you wish. Go to any good school district and you'll find kids that are horrible and very likely their home life is a train wreck. :dumb: We do but invest all you want in the schools, if the family unit is fucked up and the parents aren't responsible and doing their job as parents, their kids won't likely do well despite all the investments. Not sure why you inject "no point in investing" as no where did I ever state such a thought. I guess fake news is contagious. :dumb: When the give-a-shit meter and involvement of parents is at zero that's the core issue, not what me or others do or think. Feel free to keep investing to change that. You'll win a few times but home life and parenting overall is more key to a child s success. Volunteer as much of your income to help the cause as you wish. I pay more than enough of my income into a broken system to fix what others should be stepping up to address as parents and individuals. No thanks on taking more of my money to help those that won't help themselves. He did. Good for him. Lot's of FREE stuff and that's great. It's a start but certainly not a solution unless you want to support free everything for everyone and feel the real BURN in your pocketbook. If that fucker has so much to say to Trump then perhaps he'll take him up on his offer to sit and talk with him. Last week he said he never would. Just like "the king" to put his ego first then bitch about Trump for doing the same. Yeah, he's really changed Chicago for the better.... Again, another generous move but not a solution. Let's see both of them make that a self sustaining solution that can perpetuate real change across the country. Again with YOUR injecting of race into a conversation. Not surprising. Yes to your point though. They get all kinds of Kudo's for doing good with their earnings. Charity is easy.....turn that shit into a solution that doesn't involve bleeding the rest of us to support a still-broken core problem and that's still not a solution. Have them begin to address their real core problem which is the families and parenting of all those they are helping. Change the individuals not just mask the problem with more money. You just don't like to try and address and discuss the core issue and would rather type books on everything else. You're no different than the politicians that do the same thing and perpetuate the problem. Again with race. Because it's only blacks that are impacted right? Who's in your way dude? Your free to go do what you wish. You think your ideas of bleeding the country for more taxes isn't something that's been done throwing good money at broken issues for decades is something you're being cock-blocked at? How's it working so far? I'm still waiting for the millions that are in bad situations to realize that the rest of us are indeed here to help, but many of us need for them to realize the first step begins with them. What's the first step in recovering from addiction? Same here. The real divide Kerry is because you have a group that wants the real issues addressed an is tired of same old political bullshit and the others that think the answer is for everyone to mask the real problem vs fixing it. Sorry pal, but no, I'm not going to stop holding people accountable for finally fucking being responsible people to society especially when it comes to their role in raising their children. I'm all about helping but it involves those that help themselves. I'm all about helping someone work through their troubles but I will hold them accountable for creating that plan (with some coaching) because it's only when they are following THEIR plan that they will indeed finally own the responsibility.

NAEP Report Cards show differently for 2017. My daughter is in middle school and I'm glad she's not in California. Grade 8: Mathematics California Ranked 33/50 states Reading California Ranked 29/50 Science Calfronia Ranked 42/50 Writing California Ranked 35/50 Education Week Quality Counts Report from 2015 wasn't good either. Here's a brief write up summarizing it. http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2015/01/17/california-public-k-12-compared-to-other-states/ Kerry, it's not you me or the gov't that needs to make people better parents. Our plan? No...it needs to be THEIR PLAN. There are decades worth of planning and countless resources for coaching people on how to be better parents. None of it means shit unless people take control of their own lives and begin to formulate and execute a plan of their own. Plan wise, IMO needs to start at the schools and within the smaller communities that make up those schools. It takes a village as they say... You're correct but it's not a false argument. When grown adults choose to have kids, they alone own the responsibility of raising them and being a proper responsible parent. Otherwise, I would agree, their kids are the ones who will pay the price first, along next with the rest of us in society. There's no social program out there going to fix those that don't want to parent especially if we as a society keep funding them with subsidies that do nothing but encourage or at the very least don't discourage bad behavior such as parents who aren't fit in many ways to have kids from having them. Good luck with that. Overall, we have a ton of great educators in this country and they will greatly side with the fact that they can only do so much. The real impact is based on the parents. ultimately Kerry the dregs of society will burden us all to some extent but in the end, no, they aren't my problem and I'm here to do my part which is what my expectation of everyone else is and that's raise your kids and be a decent parent. not too much to ask of a grown adult looking to be treated with respect from the rest of us around them. I do feel bad for the kids but they are the responsibility of their parents not me. Perhaps those parents need to actually parent responsibly. people much smarter and more motivated than you or me have been trying to figure it out but can't. the reason lies in what I noted above. there's no magic "policy" or economic solution to this Kerry. Not unless you want those kids to all be children of the state. parents and people need to be responsible if your dream of utopia is to come true. until then, the inequalities will continue and the root cause is those you're trying to fix through social programs when all they have to do is grow up themselves. Don't have kids if you can't afford them or take the time to raise and educate them. The solution lies within each of us Kerry. We can drum up more coaches but even the assholes bitching won't step-up to coach. Where's LeBron James and Michael Jordan and Jesse Jackson in terms of helping inner city Chicago kids? All talk, no action on their part and they sure as hell could do a lot more good than any Gov't program you want to drum up and have the rest of us pay for. If you're looking to me or anyone on CR to come up with a "solution" then keep dreaming. Again, don't wait around for gov't to help you or me be a better parent. That's no their role, it's ours as individuals.

This is a good read and shows that it's less about funding than about how the money is spent. https://www.lincolninst.edu/publications/articles/school-finance-property-taxes Personally I see the goal you're trying to achieve by pooling spending dollars, but I'm less for it given our systems fucked up wasteful spending of tax dollars overall. Until that's fixed there's no sense in rediateubuting wealth and hurting those areas that are doing fine. Add to it the absurdity out immigration issues play into this it really makes no sense. Just look at California and ask oneself if their system is really what we want. No fucking thanks. Also, add in your favorite topic of personal responsibility and parenting to the mix. Sure, there are kids and families that want a good education, but there are many many more that don't fucking parent or even give a shit if their kids study. There needs to be a way to hold families to being better so that the system helps those who help themselves. Otherwise its wasted effort leading a horse to water if all they are going to do is piss in it. In the end however, it's up to the parents and kids as families and individuals not the rest of us to make that happen. Again, we are in control of our lives way more than those around us are. The family unit is what's broken. We can take 1950s textbooks add it a mediocre teacher and a modern cell phone that every kid has and they should be able to apply themselves and pass the basic standards and minimums testing. They don't and aren't for a lot of reasons and those reasons have little to nothing to do with the lack of school funding. Wealth redistribution and lowering of the bar isn't the answer. Sent from my Galaxy Note 8 using Tapatalk

Agree. Americas poor and "oppressed" don't know what oppression is Sent from my Galaxy Note 8 using Tapatalk

Then I guess millions of people have learned to be even stronger and have overcome its impact while others still continue to be the victim. Again, welcome to life. Because you make everything a race thing yet hate when anything is based on race. You like it both ways we know it. Both sides are racist to a certain degree and both just as much as the other. Like it or not right or wrong, again, its life. So what. We all have to overcome issues that stem back generations. The difference is I'm not going to continually apologize for the sins of the past or constantly look backwards. That time has far past its necessity. Because there's no magic wand to make everyone's life situation equal and we all as individuals need to begin to stop playing victims and move forward with the hand we have to play now. To continue the fucking around with past matters isn't fixing anything and only making matters worse. Agree but how society and individuals ascribe those things are just factors in life we have to deal with. Laws help but at a core they won't change the fact that inherently racism will still continue within everyone. The successes come from those that recognize that and move on creating success not constantly looking back or playing victim. Don't want to be a victim of what you see as an unjust legal system the stay the fuck out of trouble. Pretty simple. Fix that broken tail light don't assault cops and stay out of drugs, educate ones self and be a productive person in society. I hang out with people who create their own life experiences and deal with that which they don't control that happens come their way. Likewise in terms of those walking around with the character flaw of being a perpetual victim. What you call victim blaming is really just having an expectation of accountability and responsibility. People who go around playing victims and those who take control and make their own successes will each continue to achieve what it is they shoot for. May they both enjoy what they get. If not perhaps they will begin to realize the main driving force in the results is based more on what they do for themselves vs what others are doing to them. Sent from my Galaxy Note 8 using Tapatalk

^^ this. If you do that let me know when and you can stop by my house which is not far from there and I'll take care of the scratches Sent from my Galaxy Note 8 using Tapatalk

Privllage isn't racism. But feel free to conflate actual racism in various scenarios with basic normal differences between individuals. Continue to leverage race in just about every topic you discuss as the irony by doing so grows stronger every time. You bring up and add skin color to more things than anyone here including those that are likely black. I don't see skin color as a privilege nor a hindrance in life. Ones race is what it is and the way they choose to live and succeed in life has more to do with them as individuals than others around them and how they react to one single aspect of who they are such as their race or skin color. You choose to see the opposite and honestly that's sad as you seem to always be a negative Debbie Downer about shit. Maybe it's the company you keep. In my life I have plenty of successful non white people around me. Most of which take offense to being lumped in with your victim mentality view. Welcome to life dude. Plenty of differences in how whites grow up too. Not everyone has a silver spoon in our mouths as kids. Look at it negatively if you wish but I prefer to hang with winners who overcome life and see it more about what happens because of them vs walking around like a loser thinking shit is always happening to them and playing victim all the time. Plenty of each in this world and the latter isn't going to get a free ride or have a pity party anytime soon. Because in most every case it's some crack whore loser in the shit hole areas vs a successful congressman contributing far more ro society as a whole than the dregs of people you like to hold up as the perpetual victims of everyone else's actions. Again, choose to hang and defend them if you wish. That's your circle to hang with I guess and i suppose if anyone is to do it then let it be you. Sent from my Galaxy Note 8 using Tapatalk

Kerry there are all kinds of privileges that individuals in this country have that others do not. There is nothing wrong with that. The problem with society is many try and make out privilege as a bad thing and it is not. They do so by trying to spread it across large swaths of people when in fact it really impacts us each as individuals not as groups. Everyone in life has a different starting place and a different set of variables to deal with. Welcome to the world Jim Jordan hasn't been proven guilty of shit. Contrast that the criminal in your example where once again you lead with race, yes he's a turd and I don't give a fuck what color he is. If the crap that Jim Jordan is being accused of associating with was important than it should have been brought up during the statute of those limitations. To wait all those years and bring it up now is bullshit. Yes, I question the timing of it all. Sent from my Galaxy Note 8 using Tapatalk

Interesting how you continue to lead with race and skin color. Sent from my Galaxy Note 8 using Tapatalk

"Could" still say but until then burn him at the stake anyway. Gotcha. Sent from my Galaxy Note 8 using Tapatalk

So the reality is he really has nothing to be "cleared" from other than in the court of public opinion. That's what I thought. Sent from my Galaxy Note 8 using Tapatalk

I know thus why I said he is still butt hurt and forever embarrassed of his comments and arrogance prior to Trump winning. Keep ass-uming things though. Perhaps at some point Colbert will wait for results to make dumb jokes that further embarrass him. Once again the real joke is on him. People asking him shit about Jim Jordan is what is weak. Jim is a solid guy who the left is just pissed about as he is a pit bull going after their FBI/justice dept. scandalous bullshit. Balderson should have just told the dude to come back after the Jim Jordon shit is finalized as until then he is innocent of anything being alleged. Sent from my Galaxy Note 8 using Tapatalk

Trump won and Balderson won so I guess Colber is still butt hurt. This one is funnier, and completely forever a Classic: https://youtu.be/PxpUKLu7IG0 The entire over the top reaction to Trump being POTUS is right up there to the bullshit of Y2K back in 1999. Laughable. Sent from my Galaxy Note 8 using Tapatalk

In Pitts proper or where abouts? I have travels that take me out east and can look at the schedule/drive. Sent from my Galaxy Note 8 using Tapatalk