Muh Muh Muh My Corona (virus)

People's nerves are fried. This is why we need competent leadership.

 

So I should have listened to my own advice. I got mad at the poster who claimed a chiropractor was a legit medical source (above the WHO, CDC and thousands of others who are saying this is a big deal) for posting another thing about how this is just over reacting propaganda for the pharmaceutical companies. I just checked and I am banned from the group. I made three mistakes here 1) I engaged with a dipshit on Facebook 2) I engaged with a dipshit who was the moderator of the group 3) I reported two of the moderator's posts as false news to Facebook, which leads me back to mistake No. 1.

 

"Republicans have been trying to get rid of Social Security since 1935" is now considered to be 'fake news' on FB -- deleted instantly.

 

This one was old (like a 72 and this was 1980) leaked oil, and generally was beaten to death by its previous owner. Maybe 12-15 mpg. I think I paid $200 for it. The gremlin was like $300, and got at least 25 mpg. And, at least to me, much cooler. Abd my first car with a stick shift. I later had a pinto, another high mileage stick shift. I’m pretty sure I could rival anyone as far as crappy cars.

 

Novas usually got about 11-13 (if they were beat to shit and needed a tuneup) to 17 (if they were humming fresh out of the shop) mpg, but most GM cars in the Seventies except the Vega got well under 15, if not 10. Gremlins were usually mid-to-upper teens. You must have had a showroom model if it was getting 25.

 

Jackpot. She and my aunt tried out for what was either the $10,000 or $25,000 Pyramid. My mom was accepted and then they told her she could be on this other show instead faster and if she didn’t win anything she could be on Jackpot, which guaranteed every contestant was on for a week, she could be on Pyramid in the future. She won a Chevy Vega and a trip to the Caribbean but traded in the trip and upgraded the car to a Nova and paid the taxes.

The question where she won the car was about a vegetable with spears and they told her that her answer of broccoli was wrong and that it was asparagus. She raised a fit (as did my then 9 year old brother, who was thrown out of the studio), they called Zabar’s and confirmed that broccoli had spears. We never ate asparagus after that. My mom was the all time winner on that short lived show and my brother and I have tried at great effort and expense to get a copy of her appearance, but no luck so far.

 

I might be confused on the gremlin. I probably had the small car trifecta in the 80s. Gremlin, pinto and Vega. In the 90s I came into some money and bought my first new car, a 96 civic. Two weeks later I parked it in a super market lot with a downhill slope and it was hit with a runaway shopping cart. Huge dent in the door. It was a place I didn’t stop at often. A month later I drove by there and they had put up barriers to prevent it from happening again.

 

I've seen a candid discussion of Facebook's overmoderation on a private anthropology group.
This is a result of that 'dinner' that Fatty and Zuck had at the White House a few months ago.
One of these men had to invent a fake persona to tell the New York tabloids of his lovemaking prowess.
The other had to invent a website so he could communicate with women.

 

Fun and addictive game to play on road trips.
When you see a car, say the make of it out loud but put the word "anal" in front of it.
You get the picture when you see, for example ... an Explorer, Charger, Gremlin, etc.

 

I don’t think that would go over well with the kids in the car. Or my wife.

 

Thanks for that! Incredible story, from the upgrade(!) to a Nova to the broccoli spears. If I'm going to be a shut-in, stuff like this makes the experience much more pleasant.

 

@3_Octave_Fart, are you an anthropologist or just an interested human?