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    Tallest building in Oregon sold for pennies on the dollar.

    Yes I read about that. They literally just jingle mailed the keys. Its a whole city block I think? https://www.thestreet.com/travel/huge-hotel-chain-shuts-iconic-property-as-major-sports-team-exits
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    Tallest building in Oregon sold for pennies on the dollar.

    In 3 years all the entry level and admin stuff will have been replaced by AI, and they will have lots of space.
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    Tallest building in Oregon sold for pennies on the dollar.

    Yes excellent point. I have been to Gary, not that long ago, the Gary Works is still going, but its not the center of the steel industry it was all those years ago. Everyone that works there commutes in. No one I met actually lives in Gary. St. Louis used to be the gateway to the West, but...
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    Donate to BITOG Option Other Than PayPal?

    I try not to use them either, and I have complete understanding what paypal / fintech / payment processing is. There are like 5000 payment processors out there, why use the worst one.
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    Package damaged and discarded, has this happened to any one else?

    If there is a shipping department where you work go talk to the people there. All the carriers constantly deliver to the wrong place. You might receive 50 packages, one is not yours, and one you were supposed to have gotten is not there. How this happens with their supposed scanning is beyond...
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    Tallest building in Oregon sold for pennies on the dollar.

    They have tried this in a few places and failed miserably. The cost associated with the retrofit is much higher than you would think - the wiring is all wrong, the plumbing is all wrong, the windows are all wrong. Maybe if the building started out free - and there is still the problem of does...
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    Fererro buying Kellogg

    I am not talking fast food here. And yes, the Japanese invented bento boxes to make it look like there was more food because they were starving most of the time. But in most asian countries its a ton of rice, eggs, lots of vegetables and a small amount of meat and more rice. Or noodles. But...
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    Fererro buying Kellogg

    Overweight and sedentary lifestyle. Choose whatever reason for those you wish. Germany has very low diabetes. They drink like fish, put gravy on everything and eat processed meat for breakfast and lunch. But they walk or ride there bike everywhere, and almost no one is fat.
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    Fererro buying Kellogg

    The thing I cannot figure out is most of Asia essentially lives on rice, yet for the most part there historically very healthy. I haven't found anything to explain this. White rice has plenty of carbs and starch which turns to glucose, so its functionally no better than grain as best I can tell.
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    Tallest building in Oregon sold for pennies on the dollar.

    Behind a paywall, I don't get the full story unfortunately. At least someone bought it. I listened to a long podcast a year ago about how half the big buildings in St. Louis are abandoned, the owners bankrupt - no tax revenue turning the entire downtown into a "doom loop" outsiders are...
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    Fererro buying Kellogg

    Packaged food got big in the 1950's really. The ingredients might have been earlier. Growing up I ate plenty of sugary cereal, Kraft Dinner and other slop. If I ate that now I would likely puke. I do eat granola, sometimes with milk, sometimes yogurt. If you buy the big name brands of...
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    Am I overthinking 120,000 miles?

    Just send him a DM. He is a dealer in GA, and a active member here. His website is here: https://www.dashboard-light.com/author/slang/
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    Am I overthinking 120,000 miles?

    Since your in Atlanta, you should reach out to @macarose here - see if he can help you through a auction.
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    Need Advice on Tire Size

    I always found this website handy at visualizing size between two tires. https://tiresize.com/comparison/
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    Lets talk about new vehicles

    Wow, you had the 720 bucket seat upgrades. My neighbor (which where i grew up was like 5 miles away) had an old 620 I think - the earlier one. It had a bench seat that would make an old church proud. I road in it a few times and as a small kid I always remember it as feeling like I was...
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    Best penetrating lubricant

    The problem with most penetrating oils is there not actually a lubricant. The key to sneaking around seals is a lubricant with very low surface tension. In the industrial world we use low surface tension fluids for lots of things, and our problem is keeping it out of places it shouldn't be...
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    Mahle LX1607/1, 8 Years, 28.5k mi

    Darn thats a good idea especially here in the extremely wet south. I wonder if I can add one to mine somehow.
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    Am I overthinking 120,000 miles?

    I would check for pending cat codes at minimum. I feel your pain. I assume a small pickup with a commercial type cap would be too much to climb in and out of all day or load hvac equipment into. So your left with the oil burning tigershark, I think the NV200 all have CVT's, and the Ford has...
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    NEW Vehicle Advice / Recommendations: Anyone? Subaru or Toyota? What says the gang?

    There all doing it. Sheet metal gauge is down to 20 or 22 in some cases. It was 18 gauge forever, and even 16 many years ago. Better stamping process and rust treatment to prevent rust through, all in name of saving weight. Lots of use of aluminum and various plastics also. Better for...
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    Am I overthinking 120,000 miles?

    If the tigershark is burning oil I am guessing you might have problems getting it through emissions testing. When was it last tested?
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