It's not rocket science! by SignyM

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It's not rocket science!

POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Sunday, October 18, 2009 07:26
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Friday, October 16, 2009 11:39 AM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

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If you think this is odd, look up the playthings of the ultra-wealthy during the Great Depression. Deusenbergs were big, as were Bugattis. When a Model T cost $500, there were cars that cost over $20,000 - and they had a waiting list of ready buyers.

Didja notice the same thing is happening now? Ultra-expensive car manufacturers are UPPING their production, because the demand is still strong while the rest of us flounder.

What crisis? Luxury car sales in ČR not dropping

Ingolstadt/Brno – The German carmaker Audi raised its net profit by 9% from last year. The company announced last week that that it made EUR 3.18 billion. The sales of luxury cars, which are produced by a company that falls under Volkswagen, have been rising for the last 13 years. Last year, sales increased by 2% to EUR 34.2 billion.
http://praguemonitor.com/2009/03/17/what-crisis-luxuri-car-sales-%C4%8
Dr-not-dropping

The sales of luxury cars increase
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-136221239/sales-luxury-cars
-increase.html

Top marques for the rising sales of luxury motors

Sales of luxury cars in Dubai have seen record growth this year with consumers going on a buying spree of both new and used prestige marques – despite double-digit inflation.
http://www.business24-7.ae/Articles/2008/6/Pages/06272008_9b7d11c21eb4
4fc5a6c5923282f57f7e.aspx

I can't find the article I first saw, which said that the world's most outrageously expensive cars' manufacturers are actually INCREASING production because of high demand. Some of the prices they listed were of a million dollars!

Says something, don't it?

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Friday, October 16, 2009 11:46 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

I've heard of that about the Great Depression... that luxury cars sold better then than before or after. Nice to have it verified.

Bernanke said: "I didn't want to save Wall Street, I wanted to save Main Street. But in order to save Main Street I had to save Wall Street."

What a crock.

Eff Wall Street.

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Friday, October 16, 2009 1:19 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

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Originally posted by SignyM:
I've heard of that about the Great Depression... that luxury cars sold better then than before or after. Nice to have it verified.

Bernanke said: "I didn't want to save Wall Street, I wanted to save Main Street. But in order to save Main Street I had to save Wall Street."

What a crock.

Eff Wall Street.

Yup. He'd have done a BETTER job of saving Wall Street if he'd saved Main Street first, or at least tried.

Since we know that wealth DOESN'T "trickle down", and we know that it DOES flow ever upward, wouldn't it make sense to inject any bailout money (if you're going to do such things at all in the first place, that is) AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ECONOMY? It's going to find its way back into the pockets of the rich anyway - let it do some good on its way there!

Mike

Let the wild rumpus start!

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Friday, October 16, 2009 2:44 PM

FREMDFIRMA

Yanno, every time I hear the words "trickle down" i get the image of some medieval lord, during a drought, takin a whizz down onto the heads of his peons, thinkin he's doin em a favor.

Which is about how that works, innit ?

Speakin of idiotic luxury vehicles, more proof that Americans are fucking crazy
(just in case the deep-fried chocolate covered oreos didn't convince ya).
http://www.pickuptrucks.com/html/stories/international/page1.html
The International 7300 CXT

Dude, seriously, WTF ?!

-F

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Friday, October 16, 2009 2:58 PM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

Oh.

My.

Gawd.

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"If you brought this truck to the playground, you'd be king of the dirt pile."

What an aspiration. King of the dirt pile.

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Friday, October 16, 2009 3:20 PM

KWICKO

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(just in case the deep-fried chocolate covered oreos didn't convince ya).

That ain't shit. This year at the Texas State Fair, they unveiled....

(Wait for it)

DEEP-FRIED BUTTER!!!

I can't make this up.

http://www.slashfood.com/2009/09/03/deep-fried-butter-to-hit-texas-sta
te-fair/

And yes, when I first heard this, I threw up in my mouth a little bit.

Mike

Let the wild rumpus start!

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Friday, October 16, 2009 3:39 PM

KWICKO

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Originally posted by SignyM:
Oh.

My.

Gawd.

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"If you brought this truck to the playground, you'd be king of the dirt pile."
What an aspiration. King of the dirt pile.

The sad part is, even with that truck, you wouldn't be.

Watch the Rooskies do it, with what appear to be awfully similar to trucks that used to cart nuclear missiles to the ass end of nowhere...

Boys and their toys.

Mike

Let the wild rumpus start!

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Friday, October 16, 2009 3:42 PM

RUE

I have a vote and I'm not afraid to use it!

DEEP-FRIED BUTTER!!!

Hungarian cooking is so much a better use of a stick of butter per serving ...

Rakott Krumpli

6 large potatoes, boiled, peeled, and sliced
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon paprika
3 hard-boiled eggs, sliced
1 cup melted butter
2 cups sour cream
2 small Hungarian sausages (kolbasz) sliced

Place about 1/3 the sliced potatoes in a buttered baking dish and sprinkle them with approximately 1/3 of the salt, pepper, and paprika. then put in half the hard-boiled eggs sliced the same way. Pour 1/3 the butter and sour cream over them and add a layer of sausages. Repeat once more, ending with a layer of potatoes. Pour the remaining butter and sour cream over the dish and sprinkle with paprika. Bake Rakott Krumpli uncovered for at least 40 minutes in a 350 degrees F. oven. Serves 4-6.

When you cut a square of it and put it on a plate, it literally oozes butter until the bottom of the plate fills up.

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Anyway, way, waaaayyyyyyy off topic ... but it gave me an excuse to look up the recipe.

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Friday, October 16, 2009 5:00 PM

BYTEMITE

I think I had a heart attack reading that.

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Saturday, October 17, 2009 6:28 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

Here's another Hungarian artery stiffener (yanno, just n case your arteries are too soft & pliable, and they need a bit o' hard lining):

dough:
1 lb butter
1 lb flour
1 lb sour cream
1 t salt

filling:
apricot jam

Mix dough ingredients. (Unlike pie dough, there is no such thing as overmixing. There is SO much butter in these things they turn out flaky not matter how much you manhandle them). Divide up into small balls, chill, then roll out thin, top with apricot jam, seal into small half-circles and bend into crescents, and bake at 350 deg until just golden. I made these once, very good but very tedious.

BTW- If you're wondering about Rue's & my connection through Hungarian food, we know the same mad Hungarian.

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Saturday, October 17, 2009 11:40 AM

FREMDFIRMA

Is it bad that I am cribbing these to my recipe book, which I defend as rabidly as my blackmail archives ?

-Fremthedietkiller.

ETA: You do know saying "mad" hungarian is kinda redundant, yes ?

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Sunday, October 18, 2009 6:30 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

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You do know saying "mad" hungarian is kinda redundant, yes ?

Er.... yes.

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Sunday, October 18, 2009 6:40 AM

GEEZER

Keep the Shiny side up

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
Umm, we already DO stuff like that.

Set up shop just outside the legal limits, or nearby on someones property with their permission in exchange for a cut of the take, and make signs to order, as well as having a wide selection of buttons, pins and bumper stickers.

http://comics.com/prickly_city?DateAfter=2009-10-11&DateBefore=2009-10
-18&Order=&PerPage=1&Search=&x=25&y=6&Page=8

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Sunday, October 18, 2009 7:26 AM

KWICKO

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Originally posted by Geezer:

http://comics.com/prickly_city?DateAfter=2009-10-11&DateBefore=2009-10
-18&Order=&PerPage=1&Search=&x=25&y=6&Page=8

"Keep the Shiny side up"

I still like my Che Guevara t-shirt better. We used to print 'em for a local store that sold 'em for $30 each. :) Capitalism's great - even for selling images of communists revolutionaries!

Mike

Let the wild rumpus start!

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