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I’ve owned several black cars, from shiny factory to rattle can flat, all a pain in the butt to keep nice and clean. I like the flat black rattle look for my car but if it ever gets a real paint job, flat, satin or gloss, it won’t be in black. I like the look but hate the upkeep.

Well I’m always cool with a flat/satin black, and if it’s done as the opposite of the red car that would be pretty cool. Two cars with different purposes but kind of tied together by the paint scheme. My car would be all flat black but the previous owner went to the trouble of cleaning the...

I really like that movie because of the practical stunts, sometimes I'll fast forward to get to that big chase at the end.

Thank you all for the well wishes and advice! Today was kind of interesting because my now former manager (who was also laid off) and someone from my team wanted to get on a conference call with me, they have never been in this position before and are a bit younger, maybe a lot younger. I echoed...

When I did it in the 90s it was a mixture of things, some were high-rise, but even on those I was just expected to hang out on the ground. I would either get killed or get in trouble doing security in this town.

I made a joke about that in the last meeting I ran. I wouldn’t do it tho even if I wasn’t in my mid 50s, my feelings on that are more complex than some would assume and that’s all I’ll say at the risk of this taking a political twist.

Thanks. I had a short career in construction because my dad did it and told me I’m doing it too until I find another job, and yes there was always the gap between jobs. After that I moved to construction security which could still have gaps. A good thing that I carried with me into the high...

Yeap, I have Corbeaus in my Corvette, some kind of Scion seats in the Ranchero and Procar seats in the Coronet. Except for the Dodge they don’t really match but I’m still happy every time I sit in them. It’s better for my back and makes the drive more enjoyable for me.

I grew up with stories from the other side, my dad was a little boy in WW2 Germany. He said one day someone came to the house and said his older brother is big enough to serve, he ended being killed when they moved on Russia. Same trip they pointed at my dad and said he was old enough to show up...

I think this is my second layoff in 25 years, there was an in between not quite a layoff when a company knew they were close to being sued which is like half a layoff. I am gonna avoid anything with a long commute. I spent years commuting a couple of hundred miles a day, I’d hate to go back to...

I don’t really eat breakfast but my fav cereal which I’ll occasionally have for lunch is Peanut Butter Capn Crunch with a table spoon of chunky peanut butter.

Today I was laid off. This will be like a OWP Story time. I'm a Software QA and for the last 4ish years I've worked exclusively from home, I lucked into the gig during the pandemic. Today I wake up, walk across the hall and log in, get coffee and sit back down and see an email marked important...

Well another warning. When ChatGPT first came out, I thought wouldn't it be cool if instead of using the website I had something like the old AOL Instant Messenger? With the help of GPT I had that working in an afternoon. Then I thought what if it had a button so I can just talk to it? Again...

One of the cats and one of the dogs (RIP Pinto) would hiss/ growl at each other. Then I walk in and see them sleeping with each other, when there wasn’t a person to compete over they just wanted a warm body for nap time.

I’ve had a dogs my whole life too, growing up some of the dogs were older than me, always at least one but usually more in the family. Then a couple of years ago the last one passed so for the first time in like 53 years I was dogless. It’s still a little weird at times, I won’t go looking for...

I had a friend like that back in the 90s, his back yard was filled with cars rotting away, but most of them started. He would start them every week or so. He had a couple of 68/69 Chargers, not 100% sure on the years, that were rusting along with some other desirable and not so desirable models...

Thanks. I'm as proud of it as any car I've had, including the shiny ones. I look at it as a different tier, more the Roadkill level. I love it just as much, but I don't worry about shopping carts dinging it as much. That alone makes it more enjoyable, constant worry over a shiny black Scat Pack...

I thought the story was going to go more like “The car is finally D.O. **** what’s that sound?”

Not nearly as gnarly as what happened to you but a long time ago a defective cutoff wheel went thru the skin on my knuckle to the bone. I didn’t have insurance so I butterfly’d it closed myself. For the longest time, like a year or so, it was stiff, especially in the morning. There is still a...

I have a friend who says that all the time (half jokingly) but luckily he can't afford to do that. It would be pretty selfish and wasteful to destroy a nice car just because he doesn't want anyone else to have it.