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Before we got married, me ex-wife had the brilliant idea to purchase a Ford Tempo.
It drank more oil than gas, ended up using 20/50 to keep the consumption to less than a quart weekly.
Director of Transmogrification Services
Shinobi of Query Language
Master of Yoda Conditional
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1980 something Chrysler LeBaron Turbo. Bought it from my grandmother in law (took it and gave money, cuz she couldn't see at night and still drove by following the white lines on the side of the road) with 32k miles in 1997. Drove in such a way as to never engage the turbo cuz the car shook like crazy when under acceleration. Parked in the garage one night shortly after having bought it. 15 minutes later our garage was on fire. The fuel line had broken and dripped onto something hot and ignited. Burned the garage and part of the kitchen. The grandmother in law, when she found out we got more in insurance for the car than what we paid her, wanted the extra money. She was a piece of work too.
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"Ambassador - Mark IV". Made in India. The only part that was quiet and never made noise was the horn.
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Dodge Intrepid, which was constantly stalling, had to have both the transmission and rack & pinyon steering replaced after the 36,000 mile warranty ran out and before it hit 40,000 miles.
Second worst: Mitsubishi Lancer GT Manual. The clutch went at 30K miles. I replaced it with another standard transmission car where the clutch was still going strong after 100,000 miles when it was totaled by hail.
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Every Ford and Jeep I've ever owned, and I've had two of each. Never, ever again will I buy anything other than a Toyota. I drove my '99 Taco for 15 years and almost 400,000 miles, nothing ever broke on it, ever, until the AC compressor finally gave out at mile 393,000 and something. My 2015 now has nearly 80,000 on it and again, no problems whatsoever (knocking on wood as I type).
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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My Ferrari FXXK. Every time I come out of the store, there are four or five super-models around it, and the cab is quite compact so I can never get more than two in the passenger seat at a time. How can so many people think that we wealthy folks' lives are always perfect.
Explorans limites defectum
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Have you tried putting one or two in the trunk? That worked for me until the police stopped me one time and wanted to open it. Boy, was that embarrassing!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy Fold - BBC News[^]
£1800.
Let me just repeat that for the "gotta be a typo" bunch.
One thousand, eight hundred pounds sterling.
Even with the current state of the pound, that's a daft amount of money for something that's going to fall into the toilet at some point. 
So ... anyone pre-ordering?
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Blimey! That's $2349.95 American.
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Just think of it as the monthly mortgage payment on quite a nice house, or 1/15th of a Ford F150 ... 
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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MarkTJohnson wrote: Blimey! That's $2349.95 American.
Sure, but on 2nd October, it'll only be four dollars, so pre-order now.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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My PAYG Nokia 1 by comparison: £59.00. 
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u could by a high end pc for that price... let alone a folding phone...
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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Send me your phone and I'll fold it in half for half that price.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Must be 20.22 times better than mine, then.
Admittedly mine doesn't fold but it seems to be okay for phone calls and stuff and it does the internet and photos ...
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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Mine ... mine ... makes and receives phone calls inside the house!
Since the previous one only worked at the bottom of the garden if you stayed very, very still this is a major bonus. (18" thick stone walls have disadvantages as well as advantages).
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: 18" thick stone walls
Your Lordship resides in Plumpudding Castle?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Pardon the dumb 'merican question: is there a pound non-sterling?
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Oh yes - Egyptian, Lebanese, Sundanese, Manx, ... Pound (currency) - Wikipedia[^]
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Thank you. I knew that if I asked enough questions on here, I would get the codez.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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I loved my Galaxy S4. I despise my S9. Never buy Samsung again
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Where the bloody hell did you come from and what have you done with the real CG.
Been a long time since we saw a post from you, how are thing going?
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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OriginalGriff wrote: One thousand, eight hundred pounds sterling.
Now that is a rather improbable typo.
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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So Samsung and Apple both believe there's a sucker born every minute.
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