Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
So Buck fell asleep in front of the TV, and as a result we get a reference to one of the best South Park episodes ever.
If patriotism involves being smug about what you drive, I need to be jailed for treason. I haven’t even been shopping for anything. Cars…to me, they are like deoderant. They get the job done, or they don’t. If the old one is used up, you buy a new one. Eighteen years I’ve been waiting…it’s still going…no need to buy a new one yet. Maybe if Ol’ Bessie could talk, she’d beg to be put out of her misery. But she still goes.
Now, if we’re talking smugness because of odometer readings, that’s a different thing entirely (I’m 5th from the bottom).
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Wow, Morgan! 300K two years ago? What are you up to now?
I’m a buy and hold kinda guy, too. My current ride turned six in October…a 2001 Miata, bought in Oct of 2000. My previous four-wheeler, Chevy, was around for seven years. And since I now drive a Miata, I wasn’t throwing rocks at folks who choose to drive Japanese cars. That said, my “Buy American” attitude (even though I’m not all that good, in practice) is a throw-back to the ten years I spent in Dee-troit, working for EDS, then a subsidiary of GM. I drove Chevvies (plus a four-year fling with a SAAB) during that period of time…it was a cultural thang, ya know…
Thanks for the link!
- Buck | 12/10/2006 @ 16:27Oh, I could make up quite a post on that one topic. It wasn’t even my idea to get her in the first place, it was my not-yet-wife-at-the-time. She was all excited about it, and you might say I got hold of two girls, only one of them worked out.
I’m at 328,7 something something now. You’d be surprised what is original equipment. The tappet cover gasket had to be replaced at 150k and again at 300+something. Other than that, the engine hasn’t been touched, just oil changes. NO tune-ups. Except the timing belt had to be replaced at 219. That’s kind of a tune-up of sorts, isn’t it.
Clutch was replaced at 230. It got a whole bunch of new equipment at 209 when thanks to some poor judgment on my part it got in a fight with a tree. The tree won. This doesn’t take nearly as much tree as you might think, since the car is all plastic…kind of like a rake handle. So a lot of the cooling system got replaced there, along with the hood. It went on the third radiator somewhere around 290. The other complaints people have, I don’t have. For 18 years, every time I turn the key, I got a motor running one second later. No exceptions to that, unless I’ve worn out the battery. Which means everyone else can do the same thing. But people have to replace their cars every three years. Go figure.
- mkfreeberg | 12/10/2006 @ 17:01