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On Mar 30, 10:45*pm, BAR wrote:
GC Boater wrote:
On Mar 30, 2:07 pm, "Don White" wrote:
Just picked up my new 2009 Toyota RAV4.
Bit of an ordeal these days...... the salesman spends about 45 minutes with
you going over every detail, al the options *etc....then it's the business
guys turn.
Too bad it's such a crappy cold, windy, damp day up here... wife & son are
working overtime tonight so it would have been a good opportunity for me to
hit the open road with the dog.

The lease return inspection went well...I had heard some horror stories
about the 3rd party inspection company (AutoVin) that a lot of car companies
are using now. *This guy was good...maybe the heavy rain mellowed him out.
I didn't have to pay for any excess wear & tear. *Odometer read 29902
kilometers...I was allowed 60096.

Well, isn't that special. *Why do you feel it necessary to post your
purchases here?

I purchased a Subway $5 foot long meatball and cheese combo for lunch
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Not as cute as a RAV 4, but nice just the same!

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On Mar 31, 5:10*am, HK wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Mar 30, 8:39 pm, HK wrote:
Tim wrote:
Yeah, way to go Don, that's the way to support the Canadian economy.
Send the money to Japan.
Well, I sent (not personally) a bunch of money to China today. But I'm
still supporting the economy. I helped a local gun dealer get a good
bulk discount. He needed the extra amount to qualify for a 25,000
round purchase .
I'm not a fan of Chinese small arms or ammo, but lots of guys are. I've
seen a couple of interesting Chinese semi-autos, but the stamped out AK
knockoffs, nah.

How much ammo you keep around?

Well, I'd say I have about 7-8000 rounds of 7.62x39, Cheap shooting.
The SKS's are crude looking, simple yet effective for what they are
but have some really neat features you don't find on about anything
else, like a chrome lined bore (fights corrosion) a bayonet that is
more than a toad sticker, it can be pressed into the ground and used
as a monopod and *they're very dependable, and danged cheap rifles *to
own shoot. *But true, they don't win the beauty prize.

I have over 3000 rd of 5.56 (223) and at least 1000 rd of 357, 44, and
45 in each caliber, and I'm not sure but I think I have about 1500 in .
303 Brit. and about 500 is 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser. I'm not sure Harry,
but I'd have to see what I've got in 30-06, .308, .30 carbine and .
243, not counting various various shotgun shells.

Crikey...You have a lot more ammo around than I have... * :)

Well, That's just from buying too much on sale over the years...

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On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:06:59 -0700 (PDT), GC Boater
wrote:



I bought some socks this afternoon at Walmart. Six pair for $12.65,
including tax.

Let us know how they wear. My wife bought some socks there and the
heels were gone after about five wearings. But she walks all day.

--Vic

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"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:06:59 -0700 (PDT), GC Boater
wrote:



I bought some socks this afternoon at Walmart. Six pair for $12.65,
including tax.

Let us know how they wear. My wife bought some socks there and the
heels were gone after about five wearings. But she walks all day.

--Vic

Good grief! I thought it was only me.
I bought a 12 pack of socks from Costco in the fall and already a number of
them are in the trash with some others showing small holes in the heel area.
I blame it on the loose fitting, slip-on style duck shoes that I'm forced to
wear this time of year...if it's not snowy, it's muddy in the park.

Doing my best to stimulate the economy
 

On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:45:44 -0400, BAR wrote:

GC Boater wrote:
On Mar 30, 2:07 pm, "Don White" wrote:
Just picked up my new 2009 Toyota RAV4.
Bit of an ordeal these days...... the salesman spends about 45 minutes with
you going over every detail, al the options etc....then it's the business
guys turn.
Too bad it's such a crappy cold, windy, damp day up here... wife & son are
working overtime tonight so it would have been a good opportunity for me to
hit the open road with the dog.

The lease return inspection went well...I had heard some horror stories
about the 3rd party inspection company (AutoVin) that a lot of car companies
are using now. This guy was good...maybe the heavy rain mellowed him out.
I didn't have to pay for any excess wear & tear. Odometer read 29902
kilometers...I was allowed 60096.

Well, isn't that special. Why do you feel it necessary to post your
purchases here?

I purchased a Subway $5 foot long meatball and cheese combo for lunch
today.

I hope you shared it with someone nice!
--

John H

"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government
results from too much government."

Thomas Jefferson

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On Mar 30, 10:55 pm, "Mike" wrote:
"Steve" wrote in message

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On 30-Mar-2009, HK wrote:

12/04/2008, 3:47 PM
SUV
Toyota opens SUV plant in Ontario

Despite slumping North American sales, Toyota officially opened a new
production facility in Woodstock, Ontario on Thursday.

It's predominantly an assembly operation as are all North American
foreign
vehicle plants. I was a supplier to the auto industry for 30 years, and
in
fact was involved with this operation while it was still a cow pasture,
I
believe it was called "CAMI" while it was developed, strangely, with the
aid
of GM of Canada,ironically now itself out to pasture.

No more than 25 to 30% of the "content" is domestic - the rest is Asian.
If
it makes you feel better, the Korean vehicles "built" in North America
are
less than 10% domestic content.

Hey, what the hell, you can always work at Walmart!

Check the material suppliers, the tooling companies and capital
equipment
operations in Mississauga and Windsor. Dead. Why's that??????? See
above.

But you get good mileage!! hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahaha

Careful... when someone has harry beat, he resorts to 3rd grade insults. I
hope you have a thick skin!! lol

--Mike

Like your thick head?

Another zinger from slammie. That one hurt!

--Mike

Doing my best to stimulate the economy
 

On Mar 31, 10:27*am, Vic Smith
wrote:
On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:06:59 -0700 (PDT), GC Boater

wrote:

I bought some socks this afternoon at Walmart. *Six pair for $12.65,
including tax.

Let us know how they wear. *My wife bought some socks there and the
heels were gone after about five wearings. *But she walks all day.

--Vic

They're pretty thin.

Doing my best to stimulate the economy
 

On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:46:14 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:


"Vic Smith" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:06:59 -0700 (PDT), GC Boater
wrote:



I bought some socks this afternoon at Walmart. Six pair for $12.65,
including tax.

Let us know how they wear. My wife bought some socks there and the
heels were gone after about five wearings. But she walks all day.

--Vic

Good grief! I thought it was only me.
I bought a 12 pack of socks from Costco in the fall and already a number of
them are in the trash with some others showing small holes in the heel area.
I blame it on the loose fitting, slip-on style duck shoes that I'm forced to
wear this time of year...if it's not snowy, it's muddy in the park.

The ones she bought were just trash - probably Chinese.
Nothing to do with her shoes. Getting hard to find good socks.
Reminds me - last year in a Florida flea market I saw a 3-pair bundle
of socks for 5 bucks. Long heavy duty winter work socks.
We were getting "Florida mementos" for the kids.
I bought them for my son who mechanics in a garage that gets cold.
Wife said "Hey, I was thinking of this keychain shaped like a gator."
I said "No, he'll love these socks." He did.
She still doesn't get it.

--Vic

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"Don White" wrote in message
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"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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"GC Boater" wrote in message
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On Mar 30, 9:45 pm, BAR wrote:
GC Boater wrote:
On Mar 30, 2:07 pm, "Don White" wrote:
Just picked up my new 2009 Toyota RAV4.
Bit of an ordeal these days...... the salesman spends about 45
minutes with
you going over every detail, al the options etc....then it's the
business
guys turn.
Too bad it's such a crappy cold, windy, damp day up here... wife &
son are
working overtime tonight so it would have been a good opportunity for
me to
hit the open road with the dog.

The lease return inspection went well...I had heard some horror
stories
about the 3rd party inspection company (AutoVin) that a lot of car
companies
are using now. This guy was good...maybe the heavy rain mellowed him
out.
I didn't have to pay for any excess wear & tear. Odometer read 29902
kilometers...I was allowed 60096.

Well, isn't that special. Why do you feel it necessary to post your
purchases here?

I purchased a Subway $5 foot long meatball and cheese combo for lunch
today.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I bought some socks this afternoon at Walmart. Six pair for $12.65,
including tax.

I bought a can of PVC glue at the local, independented owned, True Value
Hardware associated lumber yard.

Wife get tired of dressing you with the old smelly , hole filled ones?


WTF?

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On Mar 31, 3:37*pm, "Mike" wrote:
wrote in message

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On Mar 30, 10:55 pm, "Mike" wrote:



"Steve" wrote in message

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On 30-Mar-2009, HK wrote:

12/04/2008, 3:47 PM
SUV
Toyota opens SUV plant in Ontario

Despite slumping North American sales, Toyota officially opened a new
production facility in Woodstock, Ontario on Thursday.

It's predominantly an assembly operation as are all North American
foreign
vehicle plants. I was a supplier to the auto industry for 30 years, and
in
fact was involved with this operation while it was still a cow pasture,
I
believe it was called "CAMI" while it was developed, strangely, with the
aid
of GM of Canada,ironically now itself out to pasture.

No more than 25 to 30% of the "content" is domestic - the rest is Asian.
If
it makes you feel better, the Korean vehicles "built" in North America
are
less than 10% domestic content.

Hey, what the hell, you can always work at Walmart!

Check the material suppliers, the tooling companies and capital
equipment
operations in Mississauga and Windsor. Dead. Why's that??????? See
above.

But you get good mileage!! hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahaha

Careful... when someone has harry beat, he resorts to 3rd grade insults.. I
hope you have a thick skin!! lol

--Mike
Like your thick head?

Another zinger from slammie. That one hurt!

--Mike

I thought I was " plonked ".