Re: OT: Judge Judy

On Sun, 9 Jun 2024, dsi1 wrote:

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>> On Sun, 9 Jun 2024, dsi1 wrote:
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>>> user wrote:
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>>>> On 6/8/2024 4:27 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>>> D wrote:
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>>>>>> On Fri, 7 Jun 2024, dsi1 wrote:
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>>>>>>> Bruce wrote:
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>>>>>>>> Recently, some of you expressed admiration for Judge Judy. Here's the
>>>>>>>> opinion of a female American judge whose diary I'm reading:
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>>>>>>>> "I doubt that there is a single female judge in all fifty states who
>>>>>>>> views Judge Judy as her role model. I have watched her show several
>>>>>>>> times and each time I was appalled. If I talked to parties the same
>>>>>>>> disrespectful way as Judge Judy, I would be brought up on ethics
>>>>>>>> charges by the Commission on Judicial Performance. She is demeaning,
>>>>>>>> sarcastic, ill-tempered, and just plain mean. It may be good for
>>>>>>>> ratings, but it's not real judging. I am disappointed that the public
>>>>>>>> thinks that Judge Judy's style is characteristic of woman judges."
>>>>>>>> Katherine Mader, "Inside the Robe"
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thank you, Ms Mader. 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> When I went before a Judge in CA, the guy went over the charge with me
>>>>>>> all the while keeping his face buried in a document on the desk. After
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> said my part, he paused a while, then looked up at me. It was the 
>>>>>>> first
>>>>>>> time I saw his face. I thought he looked like a young, non-crazy, 
>>>>>>> Brian
>>>>>>> Wilson. Nice beard. He said "Okay, case dismissed."
>>>>>>> I figure that he believed that justice should be blind and had already
>>>>>>> come to a judgement before he looked up. "The Judges here are cool" is
>>>>>>> what I thought. They wouldn't be very entertaining on TV though. When
>>>>>>> I'm before a Judge, I don't need entertaining banter and sarcasm. The
>>>>>>> only thing I want to hear is "Okay, case dismissed."
>>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sigh... you didn't even get to say "you want the truth??". Definitely 
>>>>>> nothing for TV! ;)
>>>>> 
>>>>> That happened to me in the San Francisco Bay area. My second brush with
>>>>> the law over there was late at night as I was entering onto the
>>>>> freeway.
>>>>> There was a car rapidly coming up behind me. That gave me some concern.
>>>>> I was in a Mazda RX-2 which was quite zippy so I brought my speed up.
>>>>> The car behind me was still approaching so I went a little faster. Then
>>>>> the cops pulled alongside me. "Slow down!" he said through his
>>>>> megaphone. What a scare! Then it zoomed off ahead of me and disappeared
>>>>> into the night. Ha ha, lesson learned.
>>>>> https://www.californiaclassix.com/Bernard/RX-2-1.html
>>> 
>>>> Better looking than the 2002, but maybe not that Giulia. But much less 
>>>> likely to need a flatbed home.
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>>>> https://www.topgear.com/car-news/retro/restomod-alfa-giulia-gt-has-503bhp-v6-giulia-quadrifoglio
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>>>> https://www.topgear.com/sites/default/files/2021/09/Interieur%20Alu-RET.jpg?w=892&h=502
>>> 
>>> I checked out a 72 GTV 2000 - molta bella! It had a wonderful new
>>> yellow/orange polyurethane paint. I would have committed to it except
>>> there were rust holes in the car so I reluctantly passed. That was a
>>> good decision. For a long while, I used to drive down the street and
>>> see
>>> that car parked on the guy's yard and dream about it. In the end, I
>>> bought Fiat 124 Coupes instead. It was an eminently more practical
>>> idea.
>>> If I didn't have a young son, we would have been happy as clams in a
>>> 124
>>> Spider. Those Fiats were certainly boss. 
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuTRThThcw8
>>> 
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>> Do you have any recommendations for a sporty and _quiet_ car? I'm
>> thinking about starting to drive to spain for vacation instead of flying, 
>> which would take about 2 days, and the thing that most annoys me when 
>> driving
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>> for long times is the noise.
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>> So my theory is that with a more upscale car, with comfortable seats
>> and
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>> complete silence when driving, would make me less tired after a day of 
>> driving, than my current budget car.
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> We're entering a new era of quiet cars I.e., electric cars. They would
> give you the quietness that you desire. Unfortunately, you might have a
> little problem reaching Spain! My prediction is that electric cars will
> soon have a range of 300 to 500 miles (and more.) They'll charge in less
> than half an hour.
> I was at a stop light the other day. There were 12 cars stopped, three
> of them were Teslas. That's so weird.
> I'm out of the car scene so I have no idea what vehicle would be
> appropriate for you. I too, seek quietness and am trying to procure a
> 2014 Lexus RX 350. These days, I like a nice, comfortable, ride.
>

Thank you very much for the advice. An electric is out due to climate 
(winters) and lack of infrastructure, price and how damaging they are to 
the planet from a complete life cycle point of view.

I had a look at it seems like a Mercedes S 500 might one of the more quiet 
cars around.