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Bourbon or Scotch?  It's easy to find a great bourbon in that price range.  For Scotch, it would be a little tougher.

LONG STORY SHORT:  Well, The 'Goatman' finally found something that was in his budget.  I found a 2016 Wrangler 75th Anniversary Edition.  Picked it up 2 days ago.  I could be wrong but, trimwise, it falls somewhere between a Sahara and a Rubicon?

SHORT STORY LONG:  I test drove it almost a month ago.  The numbers never got to where I was comfortable, so I said 'no thanks' and walked away.  This past Monday, the car salesman texted me, asking if I had made a purchase yet.  I said no then he told me that the Jeep I drove was still there.  I asked if the price had dropped at all or if they could budge on the price and get me where I want it.  He said there was nothing he could do.  The very next day, I got an email notification that the price went down by $1,000.  When I clicked on it and went to the site, the price was an additional $1,400 off.

So I contacted the salesman, asked him if the price actually did drop by $2,400.  He confirmed it.  I asked him if they could get it where I wanted it.  He checked with the sales manager, he approved it.  All the paperwork was prepared and ready for me to sign when I got there.  After about one hour at the dealer, I drove her home!

17 hours ago, Zathras said:

Foo Fighters tickets?  Dude, you're a great Dad!  

I never said I bought them!

Most of my time spent here was when they were toddlers and I'd put them to bed for the night.  Damn.

Forget Christmas, I have to buy a birthday present.  When I mentioned my youngest being 20, his birthday is actually Monday.  I'm thinking of buying him Foo Fighters tickets.  But, the concert in Cincinnati is sold out and the cheapest third party tickets are $159.  Holy hell.

I always buy an Arcade 1Up cabinet for Christmas.  They usually put some up for sale, so I bought the Marvel vs. Capcom table style cabinet.  The Star Wars cabinet wasn't on sale but I bought it as well because they're kinda hard to find.

My kids are sneaker freaks and Finish Line had some decent deals on Black Friday.  I got them all new pairs of New Balance 650s for 50 bucks.

My kiddos are all adults (oldest is 24, youngest is 20) but I still like to spoil them on Christmas.  It's more for me, now, than it is for them.  

Nobody listed Time Cop??!!

On 10/26/2023 at 12:37 PM, Lord Darth Hunter said:

Which brings up the question. At the Battle of Endor, why didn't the Rebel fleet fly to the other side of the Death Star away from the canon? It began its attack on the side it needed to stay away from. Sure, they thought it was not operational, but why even risk it? 

It's possible that the Death Star was pivoting toward the space battle every time it seemed to veer away from where the laser cannon is, not to mention the Emperor's convenient view from his throne room. 

I'm couldn't be.  I always worried Perry would pass away young.  Well, young-ish. 

1 hour ago, Darth Krawlie said:

Matthew Perry died!

I read this about an hour ago.  Reports are that he drowned?

Richard Moll, dead at 80.

Damn.  How do you keep the mileage so low?

2 minutes ago, Cerina said:

You missed the part about coming back to marry the little girl who always had a crush on you. And then watching her be killed as well. 

You mean watch her be killed because selling booze was more important. 

21 hours ago, Tank said:

I've already told my kid the second my mind starts to go to just drive me into the woods and leave me, guilt-free, and let nature take it's course.

And by nature I mean BEARS.

I think we all want to go out Legends Of The Fall style. 

And by that I mean killing your brother so you can get his woman, then leave her so that she marries your other brother then steal her back again.  

Did I get that right?  Close enough. 

Did you get it for 25.9K?

How does the Death Star laser aim?  Does the entire space station have to pivot in order for it to line up to it's target???  I figure there would be a mechanism in the dish that would be able to aim at least in the general direction that it's facing.

Are you guys counting the game outcomes that are pre-determined by draftkings?  

More car shopping….I saw a 2017 Jeep Wrangler Sport Unlimited for $25,900.  69K miles.  Best I’ve been able to find for the price that isn’t 90K miles or above. If it’s still available, I’m going to check it out Saturday 

20 hours ago, Tank said:

I wanted to love it more than I did, and I wanted it to do well. Mid-budget original sci-fi IP winning would have been so good for business. But sadly, I also found it super derivative with dialogue the was on the nose.

If you've watched more than a few anime, it was easy to know what was going to happen next. It felt to me like I was watching somebody else play a video game, you'd have a scene of on the nose dialogue where an objective would be stated, then you'd have a few levels of action and enemy clearing. 

All that said it looked amazing and it wasn't as aggressively bad as a lot of movies are. I was actually all aboard (despite it being "mid" as my son said) until the final act. Then it suddenly went WAY too fast. As if they realized they had another hour but the studio said "you got 15 minutes." I really couldn't get my head around the space station in the end. Its location and scale seemed to change scene by scene. You literally see it floating just above LA looking like a giant space ship, then it's in orbit, then its crashing over Eastern Asia, all the while targeting things across the world.

Gareth Edwards is definitely going to be in director jail now.

Director jail, eh?  Really?  I guess I was hoping that this movie would be a pivot point for studios and directors, showing how to make larger scale film on smaller budgets.....as long as it makes them some money.  I know The Creator isn't doing big business but did the industry really expect it to?  

Who's seen it?  I saw it last night.  A lot of hype behind this in my social media feeds but there's also a lot of people saying it's super derivative and meh, etc.  Derivative it might be, but it's nice to finally get a chance to see an original IP on the big screen.  The previews may present it as some epic, large scale sci-fi extravaganza, but it's really not.  It feels very much the opposite of that.  Some really great scenes in this but overall, it kinda feels a bit empty to me.  A little incomplete.  I really enjoyed the ending though.

Fake sports fans like you but true sports fans can’t stand you at all??

1 hour ago, Zathras said:

I don't know why, but I thought you were in Ohio.  My grandfather was from Fairmount, Indiana.   He used to say that some winters, they would get snow so bad, it would be up to the roof! Hard for an Arizonan to even conceive of.  LOL

I went up to Fairmount last weekend for the James Dean Festival.

8 hours ago, Jacen123 said:

The Alabama of the Midwest.

You're the Alabama of Nightly.

28 minutes ago, Hobbes said:

woah woah woah...stop everything.....your mortgage payment is like $750?????  That is incredible!!!

Where are you?  Aren't you in Alabama or something? 

 

Lol….Alabama??!!  Noooooooooo.   I’m in Indiana. 

Just as I thought.  They told me my monthly payment would be over 700 a month.  Lol....what a crazy world.  That's almost my mortgage payment.

Plus they told me I was upside down on my trade in, which is ridiculous.  I was never a fan of that particular dealership I visited anyway.  Keep dreaming, Goat.....keep dreaming. 

On 9/15/2023 at 4:35 PM, Hobbes said:

So I got my Jeep.  The one nice thing about it taking nearly six months to come is I got the discounted pricing as the new 2024 model just hit.  I actually paid 10% less the agreed upon price we had in April.

 

I had the most first world problem ever.  Here in the summer when it is relatively hot (like mid-80s), it still gets in the 40s at night.  I don't mind it, but the boys complained about the cold driving to school/work in the morning.  Even though the hard top panels are easy to take off, it is still a hassle so I bought this easy flip top that I can open and close in seconds. 

 

Not sure if I can handle the monthly payment but they're currently offering 10% off MSRP on the 2023 Gladiators, as well as whatever local dealer discounts are being applied.  I've read articles where people are saving almost $17K.  I might actually go test drive one in the next few days but like I said, I still may not be able to handle a steeper monthly payment.