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Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

Somebody said, "You hear the Marines are dropping 0317's completely?"

And another said, "yeah....when Hell freezes over....".
I lived there for 34 years...that's not the first time I saw it snow.

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I worked on them all except the Mk 5. I did a shit ton of head gaskets on the Mk 3 turbo's. If you milled the head which most needed because the flame ring would etch into the head that little extra compression made a good deal more low end power. The cam's and hydraulic lash pivots on the 2's was a problem for a while but they fixed that. Those 2's were pretty reliable.
 

So, which one prevailed, ultimately? The snake looks like it has the markings of a "Canebreak/Timber Rattler" but without the orange stripe. But in the same location as a leopard? Unless this is Africa and it's a longer Puff adder or something... ???
 
Us Bronco owners aren't afraid of no snow. Get some!
What do you have?

That was my wife's Bronco. We sold it when we left CA in 2019 for $15K and the guy showed up with a cashier's check and never even tried to start it. It would go for about $25K now with the resurgence of interest after the release of the new Broncos..

This is mine that we still have.
Gatekeeper on Doran Canyon at the 35th Anniversary of the Bronco event. Centerfold of 4Wheel & Off Road.

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I would drive mine just like in the picture for the snow runs up in Big Bear. Just wore polypro and Goretex instead of a t-shirt..
 
It's not that hard to believe. I knew strippers well before I was old enough to get into a club, the illusion was ruined early.
I fully understand your thinking. Some of the girls are pretty rough and/or needy. I have never spent any of my own money in a strip club.

On occasion we would have pipeliners come into town for meetings and want to have a little entertainment. My expense reports were never questioned by upper management so I was the one who would go along to pay the bill. This kind of expense was put under the category “hammer repair”. I never personally had a lap dance nor would I tip. The girls at ”Rick’s” (in Houston) were young and very attractive, and made a lot money. It was always funny to hear the story that they were working their way through college.
I was lucky in that my wife was never bothered nor did she question what I was doing.

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What do you have?

That was my wife's Bronco. We sold it when we left CA in 2019 for $15K and the guy showed up with a cashier's check and never even tried to start it. It would go for about $25K now with the resurgence of interest after the release of the new Broncos..

This is mine that we still have.
Gatekeeper on Doran Canyon at the 35th Anniversary of the Bronco event. Centerfold of 4Wheel & Off Road.

DNyAmTt.jpg


I would drive mine just like in the picture for the snow runs up in Big Bear. Just wore polypro and Goretex instead of a t-shirt..
Back when the Broncos were real.
 
On occasion we would have pipeliners come into town for meetings and want to have a little entertainment. My expense reports were never questioned by upper management so I was the one who would go along to pay the bill. This kind of expense was put under the category “hammer repair”.

A friend told me of a time one of his junior engineers, working on a remote construction project, submitted an expense request with a line item for "Escort Services". Pretty high dollar item. The phone call went out and this employee was informed, in no uncertain terms, that escort services were not reimbursable. "But it was for the contractor". "What? That's worse, you paid for an escort for the contractor??". "Yes, he really needed it". "There is no way this company is paying escort fees for the contractor!!" "But, but they had flaggers, 2 pilot cars and everything."

Thank you,
MrSmith
 
Hope he can pay the note. Otherwise Ford gonna shut it down remotely.

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hmmm... Cell phone companies started transferring your incoming and outgoing calls to the collection department 25 years ago. People loved it when mom called and got "collections".

Shutting down the A/C may be going a little too far. I would think they would kill the ignition and send a repo guy when it hit 60 days. Maybe a collection's bot that replaced the music on the radio?
 
A friend told me of a time one of his junior engineers, working on a remote construction project, submitted an expense request with a line item for "Escort Services". Pretty high dollar item. The phone call went out and this employee was informed, in no uncertain terms, that escort services were not reimbursable. "But it was for the contractor". "What? That's worse, you paid for an escort for the contractor??". "Yes, he really needed it". "There is no way this company is paying escort fees for the contractor!!" "But, but they had flaggers, 2 pilot cars and everything."

Thank you,
MrSmith
that was funny

I never spent company money for entertainment without clearing it with our regional manager first. It was accounting that said to use “hammer repair” as the expense category. When our CEO. came to visit, on occasion, he would take the office group out to dinner. He would hand me the bill to pay, knowing that there would be no problems with accounting.
 
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I never spent company money for entertainment without clearing it with our regional manager first. It was accounting that said to use “hammer repair” as the expense category. When our CEO. came to visit, on occasion, he would take the office group out to dinner. He would hand me the bill to pay, knowing that there would be no problems with accounting.

This used to be pretty common practice, but then too many audits and then every company implemented T&E policy that the top person had to submit the expense reports.

I remember when my boss would have me submit all expense statements so that he could approve them. There was one "team building" exercise that would not go over in today's world.
 
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Hope he can pay the note. Otherwise Ford gonna shut it down remotely.

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other question -
If you pay your car payment (granted late) say by 10 days, does ford owe you pain and suffering for loss of usage of said vehicle and amenities?
if you owe for March, and you pay March 10, doesn't that CAR PAYMENT cover ALL of March?
so, wouldn't this constitute a 'taking' by FORD? Technically you paid for ALL of March, even though you were late.
Is ford going to compensate the loss of AC for those 10 days that the car owner PAID for?
 
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other question -
If you pay your car payment (granted late) say by 10 days, does ford owe you pain and suffering for loss of usage of said vehicle and amenities?
if you owe for March, and you pay March 10, doesn't that CAR PAYMENT cover ALL of March?
so, wouldn't this constitute a 'taking' by FORD? Technically you paid for ALL of March, even though you were late.
Is ford going to compensate the loss of AC for those 10 days that the car owner PAID for?
Only if you financed through Ford, right? Otherwise, why would they care? The banks own the title, not the dealer.
 
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Only if you financed through Ford, right? Otherwise, why would they care? The banks own the title, not the dealer.
Ford is a bank!
"Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, d/b/a Ford Credit, is the financial services arm of Ford Motor Company, and is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan. The predominant share of Ford Credit's business consists of financing Ford and Lincoln vehicles and supporting Ford and Lincoln dealers."