fr33manator

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Less than number of beers you can drink?

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You underestimate the amount of beers I can drink

When the dozer would throw a track, we had to fix it.

This means changing the lynchpin when the track was reset.

I had to hold the pin that drove the lynchpin in. About as wide as a silver dollar.

It was terrifying holding that, with the old man swinging a 20lb maul full strength at it, but he never missed. Could have taken my head off if he had.

Better not miss when it's on the line. That's what he taught me

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Exactly what I’ve done in the past, but every time the dealer magically finds me a better rate.

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It's gotta be just like wholesalers can get better rates from distributors due to volume buys versus joe blow down at the market.

Economies of scale.

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Just hate the whole car buying experience. Has it gotten better in 15 years??

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Probably depends on the dealership, your salesman, and you.

Don't have a champagne taste on a beer budget, don't negotiate in bad faith, and don't be an a-hole, and it's been my experience there are reasonable deals and good experiences available.

Mine was pretty damn simple, I got what I wanted for a price, rate and note I was satisfied with, I got good treatment, the coverage I wanted and I absolutely love my vehicle (dealer demo).

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No one is traversing the Texas desert in sandals.

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There's a certain term for these women who fall in love with convicted murderers.

I'd think that if nothing else, they'd draw the line at somebody who had killed their previous wife.

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Bluebeard Syndrome

I'm in it to win it

So...overpriced joy buzzers?

You want to know how good we have it?

There was a time where cinnamon was so prized, so expensive that men would kill to get it. Wage wars and take over countries in order to secure it.

Now it's so cheap that ghetto kweenz can dump heaping spoons of it down their gullets for internet challenges.


Somewhere, the representatives of the East India Company are looking on, aghast.

I had a sky king song at one point. Let me see if I can find it

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Kings had no indoor plumbing, no air conditioning, no TV

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I wrote this back in 2022.

Kings of Old

The kings of old, in castles grand,
Would shiver in the night,
A poor man, I, in humble home,
Just flick a switch for light,
I press a little button,
And the furnace roars with heat,
I plug a warming blanket in,
That king, I’ve got him beat,

The kings of old, in grand châteaus,
A fortune spent on spice,
I buy it at the grocery store,
A pittance is the price,
For foreign fruits, their servants sent,
To distant, far off lands,
And I can get, a better spread,
Down at the produce stand,

The kings of old, in summer heat,
Would sweat incessantly,
Yet I can fill a cup with ice,
And turn on the AC,
Though little more than pauper,
I possess a wealth untold,
My luxuries they rival,
Even that, of Kings of Old