The Glade 4.0

Rant sulk pout scowl

So I understand the current economy blows

And I understand I have all the money in the world in my mortgage

And that my actual savings and liquid assets aren't *amazing*

But I have the cash on hand to buy a car
I want a car
and my her-in-doors is too sensible to let me blow it

Stamp Rant Scowl

Ok, realise its petulant. Still adjusting to not being able to whatever I like with the money I earn whenever I like to

Responsibility blows ;-p

I hear ya. I get yelled at for every irresponsible purchases I make (and there are many).

What are you supposed to be saving up for?

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I hear you. I have enough for my 'vette too, but the times, they are a changing and my wife is in charge of getting the car for me.

That's how we do it - we let the other know what we want (purchases over $100), then they decide when the times right. I have a kick-ass wife though who understands and supports my wants and desires...so it's just a matter of time.

Doesn't make it easier though

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In time, this too shall pass.

the Futurrrrrrrrrr

Shes more sensible than me, and less used to having readily disposable income. I've been fortunate enough to be continually employed for 15 years so I'm very used to my income.

(with apologies to anyone with anything actually, you know, genuine to rant about)

You don't actually have the cash on hand to buy a car...

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The Dude abides.

What will you wear on the other foot?

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In time, this too shall pass.

I'm European. We're not meant to have cars bigger than our houses ;-p

Nor cars that ARE our houses, either ;-p

No, but I have cash on hand to get mostly everything else I want.

BEEP BEEEP
VRRRRRRooooooooM!

That Citroen reminds me of a joke.

C'est l'histoire d'un chauffeur poids lourd qui arrive à un relais routier, se met au bar et commence à raconter :
- Il m'en est arrivé une bonne... Ha ! Putain de 2CV !
Et il crache par terre.
- Mon camion est sorti de la route à dix bornes d'ici... Ha ! Putain de 2CV !
Et il crache par terre.
- J'étais complètement planté dans les champs... Ha ! Putain de 2CV !
Et il crache par terre.
- Tout à coup arrive une 2CV... Ha ! Putain de 2CV !
Et il crache par terre.
- Elle était conduite par un pédé qui me dit : je vais vous sortir de là avec ma voiture... Ha ! Putain de 2CV !
Et il crache par terre.
- Alors je lui réponds : Si tu arrives à sortir mon camion avec ta deuche, j'te taille une pipe... HAAAA ! PUTAIN DE 2CV !!!
Et il crache par terre...

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HAHAHAH!

oh, wait... I don't speak French...in fact, I'm not even sure that's French - my other language skills run more to silicon intrepretation instead of human...

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In time, this too shall pass.

And Babelfish says

C' is l' history d' a driver heavy lorry who arrives at a transport cafeé, puts himself at the bar and starts to tell: -

It m' in good arrived… Ha! Whore of 2CV! And it spits by ground. -
My truck left the road on ten terminals d' here… Ha! Whore of 2CV! And it spits by ground. -
J' stays completely planted in the fields… Ha! Whore of 2CV! And it spits by ground. -
Suddenly a 2CV arrives… Ha! Whore of 2CV! And it spits by ground. -
It was led by a fag who says to me: I will leave you from there with my car… Ha! Whore of 2CV! And it spits by ground. -

Then I answer him: If you manage to leave my truck with your deuche, j' cut you a pipe… HAAAA! WHORE OF 2CV!!! And it spits by ground…

I don't get it.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Putain?? Isn't that french fries with curd cheese and gravy?? Or am I thinking of something else??

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"Said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use one!"~ Matthew Quigley

"nothing like a little meow in bed at night" ~ Bruskey

"I gotta float my stick same as you" Hondo Lane

"Fill your hand you son of a *****!"

Left hand wheel? Or is that just for us so we don't freak out?

Not a bad looking little car but it is a little too girly for me.

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Raell Kromwell

So you got it?

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Holy shitsnacks!

Google Translate comes up with a fairer translation of the joke, although it still has a few hiccups.

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That's a pretty car, sorry you can't get it.

I think that's why we all eventually have mid-life crises and get (Vettes/Citroens/pretty blondes with big boobs). We get tired of being frustrated and not in control.

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This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge

LOL...YOU get tired of being frustrated and not being in control....

My hubby made me quit a job I loved so he could work weekends on side jobs with his brother doing Japanese landscaping! That lasted about 3 side jobs! We refinanced our house 11 years ago to get a lower interest rate and so the mortgage would be paid off to coincide with his retirement date at age 65...he has since decided to retire three years earlier than planned! So 18 years of my part time income is gone as well as his side job income and we will still have a house payment to make every month for 36 months AFTER he retires! Sure I could have gone back to work when our son was older, he didn't want me to, he wanted a stay at home wife...

so guess who is very frustrated and tired of not being in control here!!

(and before any of you come in here bashing me, tell me this...how many of you would have stayed in a relationship for 28 years if there was no "marital relations" in the last 18 years??)

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"Said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use one!"~ Matthew Quigley

"nothing like a little meow in bed at night" ~ Bruskey

"I gotta float my stick same as you" Hondo Lane

"Fill your hand you son of a *****!"

Didn't see that one coming!

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"Dress cops up as soldiers, give them military equipment, train them in military tactics, tell them they’re fighting a ‘war,’ and the consequences are predictable." —Radley Balko

I ain't gonna bash, you're a saint, Jasmy.

But, yeah, maybe loss of control by both sides is what makes a marriage, hey?!

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This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge

Heh, Aethien I am no saint, as my outburst last night clearly shows! What I am is tired, frustrated, angry, worried, and scared! I'm married to a man that spends money like he hasn't had his paycheck cut due to furlough days the past 6 months and which will continue to be cut by furlough days over the next year until he retires!

Anyway, I'm through ranting! Sorry to rain on Sui's thread! Ya'll go back to teasing him about wanting to drive a Tonka toy!

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"Said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use one!"~ Matthew Quigley

"nothing like a little meow in bed at night" ~ Bruskey

"I gotta float my stick same as you" Hondo Lane

"Fill your hand you son of a *****!"

No worries, Jasmy. I think that's more like a Matchbox toy, though, from the U.S. perspective

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This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge

Pfff not my thread ;-p you're welcome Jasmy, hope he gets more sensible than me ;-p