Bought my first car this week!

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EM- sorry you feel that way..... It is fun being able to fix old cars yourself, That is why
we also have stuff around 1990 in our stable. Rust is the only thing that really will beat
you, as it did me for my old '72 & 3 mustangs. My roof on the '72 looked better than
yours right now, but eventually got soft, see they don't paint under vinyl, and they don't
paint where you can't see.... So Sorry for the bad news you will eventually loose.....

My '88 serves it's purpose, less than 2,000 miles/year, getting coal, trips to HD, etc.
And since I owned it '92 I think, no break-downs, still original starter too.

My break with tv repair was more or less I break from a job, actually a change in job.
From what I thought was going to be a tv repair career to landscaping which turned
my health around. At 53 I have not seen a doctors office in 20 years. But I always
liked the "tv set" and now with a house, stability, I picked up a few sets to play with.

When the frame rotted out on my Rustang I got a '89 Prelude because a friend at
college had one and it was really really fun to drive, ran great, very comfortable.
I didn't care for the Styrofoam bumpers, but cars now are all about protecting YOU
in a wreck, at 53 and seeing the decline in driving skills, it's something you may
think one day might be worth it.... When I was a kid, I got all the parts for my cars
at the junkyard, in there I always looked and studied cars that were in wrecks,
2 door cars that got t-boned for the most part had blood inside, you could see
especially in firebirds, the car squished the drivers seat as if there was no protection
at all..... It all made me think a lot.

Still good luck with whatever you do with the car, just hate to see you go through
lots of work on that car and loose out on it with rust, and time, and money....

Healthcare is not so much a let the market find a price, and screw those who can't
afford it. Eventually everyone will need it. The $10. aspirin story, is not a
pharmacudical industry price, nor patent thing, it is actually a story over 40 years
old, originally I think from 60 minutes. And it's the price people in the hospital
were charged for a single aspirin. (I would imagine today, it's closer to $70.
and hidden so 60 minutes can't do another update with the new prices.... )So with all the
layers of stuff that people pay for in a hospital stay, it drives costs to something so
outrageous that it shows up in itemized things like that little 20 cent item being
delivered to the patient at the cost of $9.80.

At your age, you should really broaden your views on the world, cable tv news has a
lot of crackpot views, and money behind all that you hear. In the USA there are groups
that go around with free medical care days in tents like they do on other third world
countries, and the lines are miles long. A few of these were on shows like Frontline,
ha, ha, not a Fox show.... This happens because there are soooo many people here
who can't afford even the simplest of medical care items, You should find this episode
and watch it. You can choose not to buy a $100,0000 tv set, you may not be able to
choose not buying a $100,000 medical procedure, it'll just happen, and you'll file
bankruptcy a few years later..... Our healthcare system is rated last among developed
countries, and I think they rate Cuba's better, or near same, and they are a communist
country.

You do understand Communism is only an economic system. In communism, the
Government owns the means of production. We have things here that are done
under that system, think roads, prisons, public safety, sky safety, I bet there are
many more. And they are done that way because it's the best way to do it. Imagine
if the company in Floridah decided they were gunna charge $1/mile for their roads
if all roads were privatized, and for profit. Others were within market, say .08/mile.
How many jobs do you think would be in Fl..., if more states adopted it how quickly
do you think trains would make a come back. Frontline, Dam them, did a few shows
on for profit prisons, you should watch that one too.... Profit driven convictions ended up
putting those who set up and run that thing in prison themselves.

Communism is hated be those who pull the strings, as you get older, and hopefully
learn more than soundbytes about how and why things are the way they are, your
views will be softer, and more enlightened. More "Commycrat" like..... When I was
in my 20's I thought more protectionism like, USA Right all the time, Business should
run it like they want, etc. In time I saw them ruin a lot, politicians all suck, the two
of them got us here today. A world where you are less likely to have a life as good as
your parents....... It started in high gear when Regan began breaking labor in mass....

Sorry for prolonging this off topic discussion.....
But then we are in the off topic lane, right.....
I guess this thread will be closed soon....

Good day.

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