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On 4/23/2021 8:19 PM, cshenk wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 1:58:42 PM UTC-10,
>> wrote:
>>> On Friday, April 16, 2021 at 10:17:33 AM UTC-5, Bryan Simmons
>>> wrote:
>>>> On Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 4:12:43 PM UTC-5,
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On 4/14/2021 7:38 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
>>>>>> On Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 5:42:10 PM UTC-5,
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 4/14/2021 6:21 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Mon, 12 Apr 2021 19:09:10 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 4/12/2021 6:28 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Monday, April 12, 2021 at 4:39:14 PM UTC-5,
>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> On 4/11/2021 8:32 PM, John
>>>>> Kuthe wrote: >>>>>>> On Sunday, April 11, 2021 at 6:54:33 PM
>>>>> UTC-5, wrote: >>>>>>>> On 4/11/2021 7:40
>>>>> PM, John Kuthe wrote: >>>>>>>>> On Sunday, April 11, 2021 at
>>>>> 6:37:10 PM UTC-5, wrote: >>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So now you're an armchair analyst too. Hating one's
>>>>> enemy is not a >>>>>>>>>> mental disorder.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --Bryan
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hating anyone for such a specious reason
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> John Kuthe
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nothing specious about it. You're a little bitch who
>>>>> just can't stop >>>>>>>> running your mouth.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jill
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Can you tell me precisely what Bryan hates me for?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> He seems reticent to explicate for me.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> He's told you many, many times, John. He did not
>>>>> appreciate your >>>>>> attempts to publicly "diagnose" him as a
>>>>> Narcissist. If you'd learn to >>>>>> keep your hands away from
>>>>> the keyboard you might still have him as a >>>>>> friend. Too
>>>>> late now. >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> That is precisely correct, Jill. He was warned over and
>>>>> over and over that >>>>> I would eventually retaliate. The
>>>>> option of friendship was over early on, >>>>> but I eventually
>>>>> went on offense. Questioning my character was one >>>>> thing,
>>>>> but claiming that he was professionally qualified to "diagnose"
>>>>> me >>>>> as mentally ill crossed a line. >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --Bryan
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I skipped that particular Usenet soiree but you've
>>>>> mentioned it often >>>> enough. Now he's in denial, pretending
>>>>> he doesn't know why you hate >>>> him. Fact is, he is not
>>>>> qualified to "diagnose" anyone with anything. >>>
>>>>>>>> Diagnosing mental disorders would be a severe violation of
>>>>> his >>> nursing license...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -sw
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It certainly would be if Bryan had been under John's care as
>>>>> a nurse. >> HIPAA regulations and all that. Unfortunately,
>>>>> it's just a bunch of >> Usenet ramblings about Bryan's mental
>>>>> health. >>
>>>>>> John got kicked out of his first nursing school for that very
>>>>>> thing. Usenet, even more than LSD, has been the vehicle of
>>>>>> his self destruction.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gee, I thought Bryan was going to be so busy with his son's
>>>>> new house, >> renovations, the rental property next door. Nope,
>>>>> John keeps dangling >> and he keeps yanking that Kuthe chain.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The result is a bit like watching 'The Family Feud'. Got
>>>>> popcorn? >>
>>>>>> My son has had other stuff to deal with. He got rear ended on
>>>>>> the interstate by a hit and run driver, and the damage to his
>>>>>> car is extensive. He was not hurt.
>>>>>> --Bryan
>>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry to hear about the accident and I'm glad he's not hurt.
>>>>>
>>>> The insurance company totaled the car. He's getting a few hundred
>>>> dollars more than he still owes on it, but it was in almost new
>>>> shape. We were going to take over the payments on it when he got
>>>> a new car. Now I guess we'll just keep our subcompacts and wait
>>>> until we retire to get a hybrid. Oh, I didn't mention, it was a
>>>> Sonata hybrid.
>>>>
>>> He got a nicer car this afternoon. We jumped on the deal. Except
>>> for a little work place on the inside of the driver's side door,
>>> the thing looks showroom new. Not even a tiny scratch, and less
>>> than 50K miles. This exact one.
>>> https://www.vmcautos.com/infiniti-g3...r-sale-c462796
>>>
>>> I wouldn't want one because of the poor MPG (18/25), but it's
>>> exactly what he wanted, and financing was only $1K down and $317/mo
>>> for 5 years for a damned near new condition luxury car, and he was
>>> more than $1K right-side-up on the Sonata, plus he'll get a sales
>>> tax exemption for the value of the wrecked car, so in a purely
>>> economic sense, the psycho hit-and-run driver did him a favor.
>>>
>>> When I was his age, I didn't even have a car, and had never even
>>> had a driver license.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jill
>>>>>
>>>> --Bryan
>>>>
>>> --Bryan

>>
>> It looks like a car more for old farts rather than a 19 year old.

>
> Hardly. It's nice.
>


The typical Infinity owner is in the mid 40s, but it is a decent car for
someone past the Hot Rod stage of driving.