"The first requisite for a party is good liquor and plenty of it. Good liquor is not cheap. Cheap liquor is not good."

"There are only two kinds of people that understand Marines: Marines and those who have met them in battle. Everyone else has a second-hand opinion."

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"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock."

"There is nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes"

-unknown author

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15 VW Passat TDI
00 E420
98 E300 DT
97 E420 Donor Car - NEED PARTS? PM ME!
97 S500
97 E300D
86 Holden Jackaroo Turbo D
86 300SDL
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you can't drink all day ...
if you don't start in the morning ...

I was just telling that to a neighbor of mine Saturday as I was washing/waxing my car!!

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Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.

"Man will not be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest" Denis Diderot

With apologies to Stefano for putting this right after his post.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

First and always:

"The pessimist complains about the wind, the optimist expects the wind to change, and the realist adjusts his sails."

^^ I can't tell you how true that is. I can apply that to each person I have ever known. And I can measure their success in life almost perfectly by it.

Second,

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend"

When all else fails... look for the weak-spot.

No worries!

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Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.

"Strive for perfection in everything. Take the best that exists and make it better. If it doesn't exist, create it. Accept nothing nearly right or good enough."

Sir Henry Royce, co-founder of Rolls Royce

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

"Just because you understand it doesn't mean that it won't work."

"Jane -- you ignorant slut."

" Put something exciting between your legs, ride a Harley." my brother had a 59' shovelhead and an Indian....

I didn't know this about Diderot. (from Wikipedia).

Varied and incessant as was Diderot's mental activity, it was not of a kind to bring him riches. He secured none of the posts that were occasionally given to needy men of letters; he could not even obtain that bare official recognition of merit which was implied by being chosen a member of the Académie française. When the time came for him to provide a dowry for his daughter, he saw no other alternative than to sell his library. When Catherine II of Russia heard of his straits, she commissioned an agent in Paris to buy the library, and then requested the philosopher to retain the books in Paris until she required them, and to constitute himself her librarian, with a yearly salary. In 1773 and 1774 Diderot spent some months at the empress's court at St Petersburg.
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I can resist anything but temptation.

Oscar Wilde

The surest sign that there is intelligent life out there, is that they haven't bothered to contact us yet.

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It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. Robert A. Heinlein


09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

I didn't know that. That's quite a sacrifice on behalf of his daughter. David Hume and Lao Tzu were also librarians. Any other worthy librarians that should join the list?

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13