steve from amherst

53 minutes ago, ActionfigureJoe said:

From 85% rate of growth to 2.1% rate of growth in 3 quarters. 

Thats because the people who wanted in already bought one. The question is , do they come back for seconds?

3 hours ago, XCR1250 said:

$6,000 to paint a Pickup truck?? I had 1 of mine painted for $800 and another for $1,300 including some rusty body work.

I had a crinkled pick up bed repaired,  insurance paid $5800

9 hours ago, ActionfigureJoe said:

The French pumped a lot of money into America during the revolution. You’d be licking the queens ass had it not been for their assistance. 

And then what , we bailed them out 3 times?

1 hour ago, Voodoo said:

Why is he a Karen when he points out issues in our manufacturing economy?

I prefer to buy parts made by my friends and neighbours, but it is becoming far more difficult to do so.

I bought a used Kubota tractor a couple years ago. It’s well built, Japan is one of our solid allies and the dealer close to me had already served me well on other machines.

I avoid Chinese shit as much as I can. 
My industry has gone down that road. It will pay the price of cheap vs quality.

I see that daily. Poor quality Chinese components. 
 

At least I’m just the guy fixing it…the anger can go towards the manufacturers.

How old is the Kubota? That may be American made.

What is the long term plan? Ukraine isnt going to win. Russia can drag this thing out for as long as they and we dragged out afganistan. 

Do we dump 350 billion over 3 or 4 yrs and then walk away ?

8 hours ago, Blackstar said:

 

I'm self-employed so I'm a POS to banks anyways. I know if I want to buy anything that requires a loan, I will need to put down 35%.

Need to be creative. Im self employed and I bought my home with $100 down.

19 hours ago, ActionfigureJoe said:

I’ve had the same credit card for 25 years. That’s probably what’s holding me back. Zero debt and one lonely credit card. Now a Home Depot card.  
6 more cards and I’ll have perfect score. 

Pretty much . I stopped paying in full and leave 8-10 $ a month on them and it went up.

21 hours ago, Blackstar said:

I've never checked mine. Why would I want to know?

Because if you use credit and your a 775 . may want to boost it above 800. There are many offers to people with a score above 800 that are not offered to others.

Just now, ckf said:

Sorry to hear that, Steve. I wish her well while she kicks it's ass

Thanks John , been a tough few months around here.

On 4/18/2024 at 2:42 PM, ckf said:

I hope your wife is on the mend.

I just looked this afternoon and there are 2 of the 12 tomatoes are above ground. I'll check again tomorrow to see how many more have germinated.

She had 2nd round of chemo last wednesday. Fucked her up a lot worse then the first did. Hope they dont get progressivly worse.

820 , 821

1 hour ago, ActionfigureJoe said:

Talked to some colleagues last week and there’s a major purge in the SSDI program. First time in numerous years. There’s also new rules going into effect that tightens requirements. Approvals have been cut almost in half. Seems like the gravy train is ending for some. 

good , about time . Maybe the days of a 15 yr old having his parents sign him up because he has adhd and then staying on it for life will end.

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1 minute ago, ckf said:

I think that you are thinking about Riverside Speedway just north of Lancaster in Groveton.

A friend and his son that @Angry ginger and I used to ride with used to race there. They probably still do as the last I knew they were both still involved in racing.

yep, thats it. Ive never been

2 minutes ago, ActionfigureJoe said:

The electoral college is going no where. As it shouldn’t. Without it the country would cease to exist. 

Exactly, it is what keeps people outside of cities involved.

1 hour ago, ckf said:

As a kid we used to go to Beach Ridge Speedway in Scarborough, ME for the most part. I went to Lee once or twice and Bryer's Motorsports Track in Loudon several times before it was scrapped for the Magic Mile.

Hudson , lee ans star is where we always went. Everytime Im up north in summer I think about going to Lancaster.

Cool for him. There are centurians everywhere but when you look at groups of people who tend to live longer then most, it appears those residing in high altitude areas get the win.

Did anyone start and ribeye and beer fund all can donate to for these gentleman?

Some folks are being left out of this economy. Yes it is booming for many. For others it is just dropping them down further.

I was working in Concord mass the other day ( ya know the whole lexington concord , start of the revolution thing)

Customer I was talking to just moved in last yr. Medicore home. in historic district , could be nice but hasnt been remodeled in 50 yrs. 

They paid 1.6 million for it.

It is quite obvious that any firefighter or teacher that works in that town can not afford to live there.

Southern NH still has a few along with one up north. When I was a kid pops took me about once a month. 

ALways loved motorsports.

You could strap a gas motor to a turtles ass and I would watch em race.

They are just pissed that the pres of Columbia didnt fold to them like penn and Harvard did.

Fuck the hairy goat rapists

According to democrats, pussy bad , cock good.