Re: OT: Judge Judy

On 6/9/2024 11:03 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> user wrote:
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>> On 6/9/2024 2:42 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> D 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:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> "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.
>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.topgear.com/car-news/retro/restomod-alfa-giulia-gt-has-503bhp-v6-giulia-quadrifoglio
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> for long times is the noise.
>>>
>>>> So my theory is that with a more upscale car, with comfortable seats
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>> complete silence when driving, would make me less tired after a day 
>>>> of driving, than my current budget car.
>>>
>>> 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.
> 
>> Lucid Air and Tesla have that now.
> 
>>> I was at a stop light the other day. There were 12 cars stopped, three
>>> of them were Teslas. That's so weird.
> 
>> When they usually would be running into pedestriasn, lol...
> 
>>> 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.
> 
>> Just reskin those seats and wheel and you're good.
> 
>> I would buy:
> 
>> https://youtu.be/796xP_ifma0
> 
> My daughter rented a high end F-150 when we were on the mainland
> recently. Boy, I loved that ride. It felt comfortable, roomy, and safe.
> Beats me how you can make a truck with a ride like that.

As brilliant as the F150 is, the Ram 1500 is leagues ahead for interior 
refinement, technology and ride.

https://youtu.be/vgqdYazYjLM

But fixing it?

https://youtu.be/sJ3VQmW3_uE

Alternator on top of the block is a chilling harbinger of things to come.

Data hording = uncool.
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