Re: OT: Judge Judy

On Sun, 9 Jun 2024, dsi1 wrote:

> 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.