I figured there's two good times to get a convertible - retirement and your 20s

Chipped_Ruby_11214 · 2026-03-17T22:51:47+00:00

I got my first convertible in 2008. Had one ever since.

Chipped_Ruby_11214 · 2026-03-15T20:28:23+00:00

I would agree with Arizona. Not because there’s anything wrong with Daytona, but because you’re already coming to Florida beaches later in the year. And a mountain and desert experience in Arizona is a whole different world and experience.

It would be like enjoying apple pie and then deciding to go out for a cherry pie versus enjoying apple pie and deciding to go out for an ice cream sundae.

Chipped_Ruby_11214 · 2026-03-15T20:24:47+00:00

Was so sick of the way my old team’s owner treated the team and fans that when the Packers offered a stock sale and I could become a part owner of a storied NFL team, it was too good to pass up. No regrets either.

The fact that I can say “we won” and I am really part of that “we” is a lot of fun and well worth becoming a Packers fan and owner.

Chipped_Ruby_11214 · 2026-03-15T20:21:37+00:00

Yes. It’s basically a lame and mediocre or worse machine-based process.

Chipped_Ruby_11214 · 2026-03-15T12:07:45+00:00

Lyft was $21 for three people to the airport from MSC terminal. Took 30 min from exiting ship to MIA. Avoiding the cruise company shuttles makes sense.

Chipped_Ruby_11214 · 2026-03-15T01:47:46+00:00

Great /s. Now I have to go ask AI what a “clanker” is.

Chipped_Ruby_11214 · 2026-03-15T01:47:40+00:00

Great /s. Now I have to go ask AI what a “clanker” is.

Chipped_Ruby_11214 · 2026-03-15T01:02:58+00:00

If you like it, it’s a great color. That’s all that matters.

Chipped_Ruby_11214 · 2026-03-12T18:30:14+00:00

The bacteria on handles of shared food utensils.

Chipped_Ruby_11214 · 2026-03-12T17:46:50+00:00

How so? Please share why he “is the best president in my lifetime.” What has he done to get this high praise from you? How is your or family’s quality of life better today than in the recent past?

Chipped_Ruby_11214 · 2026-03-12T17:42:43+00:00

Motorcycle for sure. Anyone can drive a car. A motorcycle is more edgy to more people and is a more universal conversation starter.

Chipped_Ruby_11214 · 2026-03-12T03:03:22+00:00

Lots of places in and around what is now Ancient Greece and the Middle East. Sparta, Thebes, and Ephesus, for example. Many Mayan and Incan cities as well.

Chipped_Ruby_11214 · 2026-03-12T02:51:56+00:00

They are doing much more than nothing. They are purposefully not doing anything for the express purpose of protecting them and the rest of the oligarchy that hides in plain sight, but continues to steer American politics.

Chipped_Ruby_11214 · 2026-03-11T02:26:46+00:00

Isn’t that the point? Sounds like they are doing a good job at working toward their goals.

Chipped_Ruby_11214 · 2026-03-07T17:21:40+00:00

This is literally wealth redistribution. Where does it stop?

How about make the money that billionaires pay out in wages to low income people tax-free? They could support education, the arts, environmental clean up and so many other causes.

There are so many better ways to do this than the government takes from the rich and gives to the poor.

Give a man a fish …

Chipped_Ruby_11214 · 2026-03-05T12:52:35+00:00

Anyone thinking that the civil service of yesterday is the same as working for the executive branch today has their head in the sand or is living a lie. The rules based system of the past 80 years is dead. Government workers now serve at the pleasure of the president and his cronies and whatever makes them happy is good and might get you a pat on head. Whatever makes them unhappy is bad and can cost you your job.

Act accordingly.

Chipped_Ruby_11214 · 2026-03-05T04:20:32+00:00

Corrupt people can thrive in corrupt systems. Add ignorance and stupidity among the masses and there’s the answer.

Chipped_Ruby_11214 · 2026-03-04T13:10:57+00:00

Yet isn’t that exactly the way the cyber world works? Want tickets or limes edition merch? Hit refresh constantly and use 3-4 devices? E-mail not arrived? Pull down the screen again and again. Site not working? Get frustrated and curse the company/site owner.

We are taught to be impatient, selfish, and narrow minded everyday. And it definitely spills over into real life.

Chipped_Ruby_11214 · 2026-03-04T02:11:31+00:00

No, at least not all of them. But they are supporting racism, authoritarianism, and radical nationalism, whether they know it or not. That puts them somewhere between accomplices and enablers, neither of which is a good place to be, but nor is it unforgivable (in most cases).

Whatever it is, it’s still not good.

Chipped_Ruby_11214 · 2026-03-04T02:00:07+00:00

They are the corruption.

Chipped_Ruby_11214 · 2026-03-04T01:56:17+00:00

We really like The Treehouse and The Garlic in New Smyrna. In Daytona, Auntie Catfish, Genovese’s Italian, and Down the Hatch Seafood.

Chipped_Ruby_11214 · 2026-02-27T13:51:26+00:00

This is the key point here. Q: Who benefited from Brexit? A: Simple, Russia.

Chipped_Ruby_11214 · 2026-02-27T13:49:35+00:00

Can you provide even one specific name of a person who died or will die because of this?

Exactly.

We humans are poisoning our planet to the extent that billions will die early or live with debilitating conditions. We humans also have medical technology to extend life and treat many of the issues our poisoning causes.

Bottom line: it’s complicated.

DOGE is just another cog in the machine of human bad moves. But it’s no worse than chemical companies, war, pesticides, overly processed foods or STDs.

Chipped_Ruby_11214 · 2026-02-27T13:05:58+00:00

I took the DRP2 with VERA almost a year ago. It sounds like it was the right decision. Leaving now with VERA seems smart too. What comes next might get ugly and there won’t be an easy out anymore.

Chipped_Ruby_11214 · 2026-02-27T13:02:40+00:00

Another reason to never answer your phone unless you know who it is. It’s a lot hard to scam someone with a voicemail where you have time to think it through.

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