Well.... about that. Her dad left her mom/brother when she was 5 yrs old. He never paid child support and rarely ever saw them. I knew she was never going to save that money. I think this was her way of "getting back at him" for not being in her life. Her brother must of felt the same way because he bought a new Gladiator that same month. They're both smart people but logic wasn't in play with this situation. "Rednecks with money" was what I was calling them. They were both acting like they struck it big on scratch offs.
Really good post, BrotherIt is pretty much inevitable that the team would fall back this year...we just lost WAY too much offensive production and pitching to have a great team this year.
I have to say though, the first few weeks of the season had me hoping I was wrong, and I thought maybe Tony had somehow put another elite team together...but alas...Baseball showed it's cruel hand and brought it crashing back to earth..
I do however believe this team is actually better than they have shown the last month...we are a good team either way, but I think we could ge a really good team if the guys would just out of their heads.
This program as a whole has forgotten what it is like to struggle..to slump at the plate, on the mound and in the field...and all those things have weirdly happened to a lot of the team, and so it becomes a cascade failure....I've seen tons of good teams go in month long funks, but I've seen them flip a switch and right themselves literally overnight too.
It wouldn't surprise me for us to get knocked out the first week...but it really wouldn't surprise me for them to have one of those crazy couple of games where things just start clicking again for multiple players, and suddenly turns it around and go deep in the postseason either.
Tony will put more great teams on the field...I just don't know if he could ever put a historically great team like we've had in 2 of the previous 3 years out there again.
We have a ton of baseball newbs that don't understand how special those teams really were....just absolutely brutal lineups and staffs.
They are called "Historically Great" for a reason...they don't come around that often.
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My daughter is going with school. It’s an EF trip. You may be going with her.Fun fact about that too. We're heading overseas in June for 2 weeks for that very reason. We're in for at least $20k right now, for the 3 of us to go. My youngest just graduated and we're taking him. It was supposed to be "just him" with the school but it's morphed on me. My wife found out parents were welcome and started "negotiating" with me about getting to go.
*Cornbread was involved this time too.
**I ain't never going to get a 2017 Silverado!
Lol at least you own it. My wife is the opposite. I tried to suggest she trade in her 2005 saturn ion and she said I'd better never say those words again if I ever want "cornbread."That's true... we both grew up poor but she went to college and got her a pretty good paying job and I think her work peers influence some of her spending habits. We're "keeping up with the Jones" but she's the one setting the bar.
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Her dad passed away in 2020 and she got a little bit of money from his belongings in 2021. It was enough for us to pretty much get out of debt but not nearly enough to get out of debt and buy a fancy new car. Our youngest was turning 16 in a few months and we just replaced the AC in her 2013 Honda and we had spent $2k the year before on it. She wanted to get something newer and give the honda to him instead of selling it and getting him something cheaper. I tried my best to get her to lease her "dream car" for a year, just to get it out of her system but you know it is.... A pan of cornbread and some good loving will make a man do stoopid things, like sign for a $70000 vehicle.
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That sure was some good cornbread.
I'll buy a nice factory certified used car; wife's current car was a couple of years old. I'm fond of a warranty though, particularly given the repair costs of certain German brands.
If I had one car buying rule, it's never buy German. Holy smoke repair costs are insane. Never again.
That’s one of those rules to live by:Oh, ok. Yep, those "luxury options" add up quick. I never thought I'd ever spend that kind of money on a vehicle.
I got bamboozled before I ever got in to the car lot. Like I said, that was some dang good cornbread.
When Japan or the US builds a car like an M series BMW, I'll be happy to try it. I'm not opposed, I just haven't found anything I like better. But yes, that's why a warranty is a must.
