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I believe Tesla has the highest recall rate of all car brands. So I would be careful with that. I tend to stick with American-based car brands for patriotic reasons. My last three vehicles have been the Chrysler 300. It’s large, very comfortable, and none of them have given me an ounce of trouble. Chrysler stopped making the 300 late last year but you can still find some models on dealer lots. I bought mom’s Honda Accord from her two years ago as she doesn’t drive anymore. I use it as my second vehicle to knock around town and run errands. It too as been very reliable but I really hate the car. It sits far too low to the ground for me and it’s a tight fit when inside. Also a loud and rough ride. I personally would never get another one. Having said that, lots of people love the Accord and it sells well. with so many people driving pick-ups and SUVs (that sit higher up) you don’t want to be in a vehicle that sits too low. Happy car shopping!!

My issue with Mr. Dimon has nothing to do with politics. I don't even know what his political leanings are. It has everything to do with him predicting the US is imminently going to fall into a recession since November of 2020. So he's been wrong for over three years with his prediction. To me, he has zero credibility anymore. How he manages to hold the top job at JP Morgan/Chase is beyond me.

January inflation numbers have been released today. They show continued improvement but came in a tad higher than expected. The market is down as a result. We were due for a sell-off as stocks have been quite frothy so far this year. Overall, the trend is still in the right direction. Annualized January inflation numbers are less than half of what they were one year ago. I continue to believe there will be no interest rate cut in March. US consumer inflation cooled down in January, but less than expected | CNN Business WWW.CNN.COM Price hikes eased off less than expected in January, but still offered a hint of relief for Americans who have suffered through some of the steepest price hikes in four decades.

I'll be visiting Johnson's this week starting tomorrow.

State of emergency declared in Rio. Brazil Has a Dengue Emergency, Portending a Health Crisis for the Americas WWW.YAHOO.COM Brazil is experiencing an enormous outbreak of dengue fever, the sometimes fatal mosquito-borne disease, and public health experts say it is a harbinger of a coming surge in...

...and then there's this. Fox News hosts acknowledge that the economy is really good. Even they recognize things are going really well in the US economically speaking. It seems the 2-3 posters on here are the last ones to see the reality of what's happening in the heartland. Fox hosts forced to grudgingly admit Biden economy's booming NEWS.YAHOO.COM Fox cable hosts are doing the job of the chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, Jared Bernstein, by admitting that the economy under President Biden is... Full disclosure: This video is largely about the economy rather than politics.

Further to the above, the November/December2023 jobs numbers previously reported were increased by a whopping 126,000 jobs combined. So a truly spectacular three months of jobs reports. An analyst in the attached article repeats my prediction yesterday that a March interest rate cut is almost certainly off the table now. Things are just going too well for the US economy for interest rate reductions in the near future. Also, they comment that recent layoff announcements by companies such as UPS are a minor factor in the grand scheme of the larger job market. Basically, just a blip. Things are just going too well with the US economy right now. MSN WWW.MSN.COM

Another massively positive jobs report was issued today busting through expectations. With such a strong economy, robust jobs picture, and upbeat consumer sentiment…there is clearly no recession on the horizon. Labor market grew 353,000 in January, soaring past expectations STOCKS.APPLE.COM The gains were roughly double economists’ predictions of 177,000, reinforcing that the economy...

Huge profits announced today by Meta and also Amazon. The market surges. Then there’s this piece by Axios. Just a moment... WWW.AXIOS.COM The US clearly has performed better than the rest of the developed world since the onset of Covid. I’m actually concerned the economy is just too hot right now to consider interest rate cuts…even in March. Let’s see how things look once we get to March.

Just to help with comprehension. No-one said a strike occurred. The fact is that UPS lost a significant amount of business over concern there would be a strike in August 2023. Even though a strike was avoided, UPS still has not recovered all the business that they lost to other shippers in 2023. Therefore, Qtr4 results were still impacted negatively by events earlier in 2023. This was a quote from an analyst during the last seven days: UPS lost business last year as customers concerned about a possible strike by the Teamsters shifted shipments to rival carriers, such as FedEx. Although UPS said it expects to get most of that business back, it had won back only about 60% of that lost business.

Wow...our famous multi-poster can't even read and process information correctly. I guess I shouldn't be surprised though.

The main dynamic at play for UPS in 2023 was them narrowly avoiding a strike by workers on August 1 over wages and other issues. Negotiations went on for months and many shipping customers started re-directing their shipments through other channels to ensure delivery. UPS lost customers during this period so revenue and profits fell substantially. They have since recovered some of, but not all, the lost business which explains the weak Q4 results

To each his own. The fact that he loves pussy is no deal-breaker for me. His cock looks magnificent. As long as he can stay hard and shoot his load while I blow him…I would be all in. He’s been around for quite a while so I assume he is desired by many.

Burn this thread down. public assistance and Pile Driver just keep repeating themselves. Pizza?

I did go to Banos Senorial way back when I was traveling to Mexico City frequently. That was more than 20 years ago so probably not very relevant to what goes on there now. It certainly fun back then.

Exactly. These sort of attacks have been going on in Brazil for decades. I remember it being discussed when I lived in Sao Paulo from 2005-2007 and even before that. One can google "Boa Noite Cinderela" (good night Cinderela) and find ample information about it going way back. Apparently, it's still happening in Rio with female prostitutes using it on foreign tourists/customers.

Beware of troll here!

Why is the above poster still allowed to post on this thread? He just keeps saying the same thing over and over again without adding anything new or actually useful.

Boom! US economy grew at a shocking pace in the fourth quarter | CNN Business WWW.CNN.COM The US economy remained shockingly robust in the fourth quarter to close out a remarkably strong 2023 as consumers and businesses continued to spend, crushing expectations... ...and the crowd goes wild!!

One of the reasons I decided, in the end, not to attend her Detroit concert on Monday is her lousy timekeeping in getting her shows started. As others have already stated, it’s really disrespectful to fans. She wasn’t always like this. I saw the Girly Show, Drowned World, and Confessions concerts and they all started roughly on time. The late starts seemed to commence with the Sticky and Sweet tour. I saw that show in Houston and it started over two hours late. All of her tours since then have had these issues. It’s not right…and I’m a Madonna fan saying this.

Cute...but where's the beef?

Further to my earlier post, it's supposed to go down to 11 tonight where I live in Michigan. Low Sunday night is supposed to be 3. Let's see how my nighttime setting of 70 works in these frigid temps.

72 during the day and 70 at night during the colder months. Different settings during the summer.

😂😂😂. The prior post is laughable. Jamie Dimon has been predicting a recession since November 2020. Citing him as evidence of anything is such a joke.

My travel isn't what it once was prior to COVID. I stayed in Michigan for the first 18 months of COVID. No air travel at all during that time. Then I slowly started traveling again...but mostly domestically (although with the occasional trip to Montreal). Also, I have been taking care of mom so the trips I do are short and sweet so as not to be away for long. Mom moved into Assisted Living before Christmas so I may up my travel game a little but I still need to be around and available for her as I'm her last living relative close by. Depending on where one goes, traveling with a small dog seems doable. You can bring them on the plane with you in a carrier if they are small. Right before COVID, I was traveling from PVR to DTW and there was a woman in the seat next to me. She had a small dog in a carrier case under the seat in front of her. We got talking and I learned that she and her partner (who was not travelling with her) have a condo in Puerto Vallarta. They spend winters in PV and summers in Ann Arbor. She said the dog goes with her always. Anyway, I'm just considering things right now. Clearly having a dog will limit travel in terms of frequency of travel and destinations if you plan to travel with the dog. I'm 64 now so I don't see my travel being as extensive as it previously was. I can see a possibility of having a condo in a warmer location to travel to for the colder months and then returning to Michigan during the April-October timeframe. Doing that with a dog should be feasible. Thanks for asking!!