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Got a new-to-me cheap daily. 2008 Infiniti EX35. Comfy, fast, agile, basically a G35 wagon with AWD. But what surprised me is the towing capacity... With how stable and strong this car is I'd expect at least some capacity, even an extremely conservative 1500lbs would be nice. Even a G35 with less ground clearance is rated to 1000lbs. Weird.
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VQ35 for me, VK56 for wifey. I did initially try to find a cheap 350Z. But in the end the EX35 is cheaper, larger, more comfortable, and didn't have dozens of owners.
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One of my nephews “helping” work on my truck a couple weeks ago. He’s my favorite assistant and a good listener and so far he knows how to use a screwdriver, hammer, wrench, socket/ratchet and I’ve showed him power tools but he hasn’t tried those yet. We did successfully get the spark plug back in and the time-sert holding well. For awhile I was worried I’d have to replace the head which I didn’t want to do.
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GR_CoB said:
@GON is this you? 🤔🫡😁
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Fascinating graphic. I know your post was humor and I appreciate that.

On a serious note----

In my case, I hadn't applied for a job in over 30 years. About to turn 60 years old, I surely did need to apply for a lot of jobs. Who wants to hire a 60-year-old guy?

Over the last 30 years I not only worked hard and volunteered for many additional duties, but I also continued to seek and complete advanced education, my last master's degree from a top 10 university at age 58. Sunday nights for almost two years were spent writing papers. Every single Sunday night. I also did credentialling in many states, essentially whenever I moved, I worked to get state credentialed, which involved very detailed testing.

I thought all men do what I did, to remain competitive and employable, regardless of age, location, or current economic climate. I applied for nearly 500 positions in the past 24 months, interviewed likely 20 times, and offered five positions....... The position I accepted was a position I wasn't expecting to get offered...... funny how life works..... I think I needed to apply for the first 100 jobs just to refine my resume, next 100 jobs just to present resume materials (cover letters, resume matching the job description, essays often required as part of the application, etc) in a manner to get an interview, next 100 jobs to get interviews but "blow the interview" as I hadn't interviewed since the 1980s. Essentially, the first 300 jobs I applied for were just to get trained up to apply for a job and get a interview and be competitive and desirable on the interview.

Old USMC saying, "preparing to win beats the will to win every time".

Many of jobs I applied for required written responses to question- this is one of the questioners I received:

Please answer each of the questions below using between 50 and 100 words per
answer. Return the questionnaire via email to me by September 16, 2024 at 5:00
pm MDT in pdf format. Ensure that you place your full name at the top of this
document. If you have any questions, please call or email me. My contact
information is provided in the email. If you don’t have experience under any of
the following questions, please state that you do not have any experience.

1. Describe your experience with managing human resources as it pertains
to supervision, hiring actions, and disciplinary actions.

2. Describe your experience in preparing Scopes of Work (SOW)/Performance Work
Statements (PWS), monitoring the work of contractors, and assuring compliance with
the SOW or PWS.

3. In which areas do you consider yourself to be a specialist, and how do you envision
being able to utilize your expertise within our organization)?

4. In the areas you do not consider yourself to be an expert (refer to Question 4), how
do you plan to manage those programs and issues that arise in those areas?

5. Describe your experience policy, procedures, directives, and protocols at the
organizational level for initiatives/programs.
 
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GON said:
Fascinating graphic. I know your post was humor and I appreciate that.

On a serious note----

In my case, I hadn't applied for a job in over 30 years. About to turn 60 years old, I surely did need to apply for a lot of jobs. Who wants to hire a 60-year-old guy?

Over the last 30 years I not only worked hard and volunteered for many additional duties, but I also continued to seek and complete advanced education, my last master's degree from a top 10 university at age 58. Sunday nights for almost two years were spent writing papers. Every single Sunday night. I also did credentialling in many states, essentially whenever I moved, I worked to get state credentialed, which involved very detailed testing.

I thought all men do what I did, to remain competitive and employable, regardless of age, location, or current economic climate. I applied for nearly 500 positions in the past 24 months, interviewed likely 20 times, and offered five positions....... The position I accepted was a position I wasn't expecting to get offered...... funny how life works..... I think I needed to apply for the first 100 jobs just to refine my resume, next 100 jobs just to present resume materials (cover letters, resume matching the job description, essays often required as part of the application, etc) in a manner to get an interview, next 100 jobs to get interviews but "blow the interview" as I hadn't interviewed since the 1980s. Essentially, the first 300 jobs I applied for were just to get trained up to apply for a job and get a interview and be competitive and desirable on the interview.

Old USMC saying, "preparing to win beats the will to win every time".

Many of jobs I applied for required written responses to question- this is one of the questioners I received:

Please answer each of the questions below using between 50 and 100 words per
answer. Return the questionnaire via email to me by September 16, 2024 at 5:00
pm MDT in pdf format. Ensure that you place your full name at the top of this
document. If you have any questions, please call or email me. My contact
information is provided in the email. If you don’t have experience under any of
the following questions, please state that you do not have any experience.

1. Describe your experience with managing human resources as it pertains
to supervision, hiring actions, and disciplinary actions.

2. Describe your experience in preparing Scopes of Work (SOW)/Performance Work
Statements (PWS), monitoring the work of contractors, and assuring compliance with
the SOW or PWS.

3. In which areas do you consider yourself to be a specialist, and how do you envision
being able to utilize your expertise within our organization)?

4. In the areas you do not consider yourself to be an expert (refer to Question 4), how
do you plan to manage those programs and issues that arise in those areas?

5. Describe your experience policy, procedures, directives, and protocols at the
organizational level for initiatives/programs.
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I'll take "What things guys of retirement age shouldn't be thinking for $100?" Alex
 
Snagglefoot said:
I was in Nepal when Chernobyl occurred. I heard about it up in the mountains on BBC short wave radio. A few weeks later I flew from New Delhi to Moscow with a refuelling stop in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Canadian embassy recommended I give Kiev a pass. :D I still glow.
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"How not to build a reactor - Lessons from the Soviet Union" - Chornobyl - a master class, lol.

I'm still shocked that they planned on building 12 of them at that site.
 
Pablo said:
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So many things wrong...

- You use Similac in your engine.
- You walk your Amsoil items without a leash.
- Worst of all - you actually use Werra tools, instead of sheepishly contemplating them behind a glass display, as they are supposed to given their price.

All this display of opulence is disheartening. THIS IS HOW THE 1% LIVES !!! What tool brand do you keep in your display case ?!? NEPROS ???
 
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