Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XIX

[Peelz]

I was just looking at Dodge incentives and saw a $20,000 rebate on Dodge Viper for employees. That doesn't include the employee price, so I went to Ebay motors and pulled up a $96,110 coupe.

Invoice                  $88700.00
Employee discount   < $4915.00>
Employee rebate     <$20000.00>
-----------------------------------

My cost $63,785.00

Damn!

~Brian

Almost makes it worth the expense. Knock off about 20 more, I'll consider it.   Sorry RK.

[Warren]

I was just looking at Dodge incentives and saw a $20,000 rebate on Dodge Viper for employees. That doesn't include the employee price, so I went to Ebay motors and pulled up a $96,110 coupe.

Invoice                  $88700.00
Employee discount   < $4915.00>
Employee rebate     <$20000.00>
-----------------------------------

My cost $63,785.00

Damn!

~Brian

must be nice.  :'(

[Flynbyu]

RK's dad would be pissed!

Buying it $4900 below invoice to start, and then another $20,000 in rebate BELOW that!

If the economy was better, I'd buy a vert to sit in the garage. What would scare me....If Dodge goes under.

Values will plummet!

~Brian

[Krandall]

I think initially they would go down. But in the end.... I would think having a last year dodge vehicles price will only get higher.

[Peelz]

I think initially they would go down. But in the end.... I would think having a last year dodge vehicles price will only get higher.

I agree Krandall. There will be  a niche market who will pay a premium for defunct marques. Just have to sit on it for a bit.

[Colorado700R]

like the Edsel 

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Jan 13 1943

Hitler declares "Total War".

Jan 13 1959

Raul Castro, brother of Fidel, lines up 71 Batista supporters in front of a trench and machine guns them. They are then buried by a tractor without any verification that the prisoners were killed.

Jan 13 1962

Television comedy pioneer Ernie Kovacs drives his "unsafe at any speed" Corvair into a utility pole on Santa Monica Boulevard, killing him instantly and turning The Nairobi Trio into a Duo.

Jan 13 1979



The Young Men's Christian Association files a libel suit against the Village People for their popular Y.M.C.A hit.

Jan 13 1987

New York mobsters Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno and Carmine "Junior" Persico sentenced to 100 years of prison for racketeering, along with six others. All were members of the Mafia "board of directors"

Jan 13 1991

Forty-two people are killed in a soccer stampede and melee at Johannesburg, South Africa.

Jan 13 1998

A woman taking a tour of the White House applies spray paint to two early 19th century marble busts modeled by Giuseppi Ceracchi. No clear motive exists for the vandalism, and it it not clear how spray paint was brought through White House security. Spokesman Mike McCurry stated, "it looks like a bad rouge job on the busts".

Birthdays today...
1334 - King Henry II of Castile (d. 1379)
1505 - Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1571)
1562 - Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (d. 1601)
1596 - Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter (d. 1656)
1610 - Maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1665)
1616 - Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic (d. 1680)
1635 - Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (d. 1705)
1651 - Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (d. 1694)
1683 - Christoph Graupner, German composer (d. 1760)
1720 - Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (d. 1808)
1749 - Friedrich Müller, painter and dramatist (d. 1825)
1777 - Elisa Bonaparte, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1820)
1787 - John Davis, 14th and 17th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1854)
1804 - Paul Gavarni, French caricaturist (d. 1866)
1805 - Thomas Dyer, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1862)
1808 - Salmon P. Chase, 6th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1873)
1812 - Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (d. 1883)
1832 - Horatio Alger, Jr., American minister and author (d. 1899)
1845 - Félix Tisserand, French Astronomer (d. 1896)
1858 - Oskar Minkowski, Biologist (d. 1931)
1859 - Kostis Palamas, Greek poet (d. 1943)
1861 - Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)
1864 - Wilhelm Wien, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)
1865 - Princess Marie of Orléans (d. 1908)
1866 - Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer (d. 1901)
1869 - Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (d. 1931)
1870 - Ross Granville Harrison, American biologist (d. 1959)
1878 - Lionel Groulx, Canadian nationalist (d. 1967)
1881 - Essington Lewis, Australian industrialist (d. 1961)
1884 - Sophie Tucker, Russian-born singer and performer (d. 1966)
1885 - Alfred Fuller, Canadian businessman, The "Fuller Brush Man" (d. 1973)
1886 - Art Ross, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (d. 1964)
1887 - George Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949)
1890 - Jüri Uluots, Estonian Prime Minister (d. 1945)
1893 - Roy Cazaly, Australian rules footballer (d. 1963)
1893 - Clark Ashton Smith, American writer (d. 1961)
1898 - Kai Munk, Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor, martyr (d. 1944)
1898 - Carlo Tagliabue, Italian baritone (d. 1978)
1899 - Kay Francis, American actress (d. 1968)
1901 - A. B. Guthrie, American novelist, historian (d. 1991)
1901 - Mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish historian and priest (d. 1978)
1904 - Richard Addinsell, British composer (Warsaw Concerto) (d. 1977)
1909 - Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist (d. 1934)
1910 - Yannis Tsarouchis, Greek painter (d. 1989)
1911 - Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (d. 2005)
1913 - Jeff Morrow, American actor (d. 1993)
1914 - Lord Ted Willis, British television dramatist (d. 1992)
1919 - Robert Stack, American actor (d. 2003)
1921 - Dachine Rainer, British writer (d. 2000)
1922 - Albert Lamorisse, French film director and producer (d. 1970)
1923 - Daniil Shafran, Russian cellist (d. 1997)
1924 - Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1994)
1924 - Roland Petit, French choreographer
1925 - Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (d. 2000)
1926 - Michael Bond, British writer
1926 - Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American feminist author (d. 2003)
1927 - Brock Adams, American politician (d. 2004)
1927 - Sydney Brenner, British Nobel Laureate
1929 - Joe Pass, U.S. jazz guitarist (d. 1994)
1930 - Liz Anderson, American singer
1930 - Frances Sternhagen, American actress
1931 - Ian Hendry, English actor (d. 1984)
1931 - Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor (d. 2007)
1934 - Rip Taylor, American actor
1935 - Mauro Forghieri, Italian automotive & mechanical engineer (Scuderia Ferrari)
1935 - Elsa Martinelli, Italian actress
1936 - Renato Bruson, Italian operatic baritone
1938 - William B. Davis, Canadian actor
1938 - Tord Grip, Swedish football manager
1939 - Jacek Gmoch, Polish footballer and coach
1939 - Cesare Maniago, Canadian ice hockey player
1940 - Edmund White, American author
1941 - Pasqual Maragall, Spanish politician
1943 - Carol Cleveland, English actress
1943 - Richard Moll, American actor
1946 - Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish musician
1947 - Jacek Majchrowski, Mayor of Kraków
1947 - Carles Rexach, former Spanish-Catalan footballer and coach
1948 - Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur
1949 - Brandon Tartikoff, American television executive (d. 1997)
1949 - Rakesh Sharma, first Indian and 138th man to visit space
1950 - Bob Forsch, American baseball player
1950 - John McNaughton, American film director
1954 - Trevor Rabin, South African guitarist (Yes)
1955 - Paul Kelly, Australian singer-songwriter
1955 - Jay McInerney, American writer
1956 - Janet Hubert-Whitten, American actress
1957 - Lorrie Moore, American writer
1957 - Mark O'Meara, Major winning American Golfer
1959 - James Lomenzo, American musician (Megadeth)
1960 - Takis Lemonis, Greek footballer and coach
1961 - Wayne Coyne, American singer (The Flaming Lips)
1961 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress
1961 - Suggs, English singer (Madness)
1962 - Trace Adkins, American country music singer-songwriter
1962 - Paul Higgins, Canadian hockey player
1962 - Kevin Mitchell American baseball player
1963 - Kevin McClatchy, American businessman
1964 - Penelope Ann Miller, American actress
1964 - Ronan Rafferty, Northern Irish golfer
1966 - Patrick Dempsey, American actor
1966 - Shelagh Fogarty, British radio presenter
1967 - Annie Jones, Australian actress
1967 - George Paterson, Scottish singer/songwriter DMP
1968 - Traci Bingham, American actress
1968 - Mike Whitlow, English footballer
1968 - Chara, Japanese singer and actress
1969 - Stefania Belmondo, Italian cross-country skier
1969 - Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker player
1970 - Keith Coogan, American actor
1970 - Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004)
1970 - Shonda Rhimes, American screenwriter/creator Grey's Anatomy
1971 - John Mallory Asher, American film actor/director
1972 - Mark Bosnich, Australian footballer
1972 - Nicole Eggert, American actress
1972 - Atoosa Rubenstein, Iranian-born American magazine editor
1972 - Vitaly Scherbo, Belarusian gymnast
1973 - Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian ice hockey player
1973 - Gloria Yip, Hong Kong actor
1974 - Sergei Brylin, Russian ice hockey player
1976 - Michael Peña, American actor
1976 - Tania Vicent, Canadian short track speed skater
1977 - Orlando Bloom, English actor
1977 - James Posey, American basketball player
1978 - Ashmit Patel, Indian actor
1979 - Jill Wagner, American Actor
1980 - Krzysztof Czerwinski, Polish conductor and organist
1980 - Nils-Eric Johansson, Swedish footballer
1980 - Akira Kaji, Japanese footballer
1980 - Michael Rupp, American ice hockey player
1981 - Reggie Brown, American football player
1981 - Shad Gaspard, American professional wrestler, bodyguard, and actor
1981 - Darrell Rasner, American baseball player
1982 - Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player
1983 - Julian Morris, English actor
1983 - William Hung, American Idol contestant
1983 - Ronny Turiaf, French basketball player
1986 - Joannie Rochette, Canadian figure skater
1987 - Marc Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
1989 - Bryan Arguez, American soccer player
1989 - Triinu Kivilaan, Estonian singer
1995 - Qaasim Middleton, American musician and actor

Famous deaths...
86BC - Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician (b. 157 BC)
703 - Empress Jitō of Japan (b. 645)
858 - King Ethelwulf of Wessex (b. 795)
888 - Charles the Fat, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 839)
1138 - Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076)
1151 - Abbot Suger, French statesman and historian (b. 1081)
1177 - Henry II of Austria (b. 1107)
1330 - Frederick I of Austria (b. 1286)
1363 - Meinhard III of Gorizia-Tyrol (b. 1344)
1599 - Edmund Spenser, English poet (b. 1552)
1625 - Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish painter (b. 1568)
1630 - Yuan Chonghuan, Chinese military commander (b. 1584)
1658 - Edward Sexby, English Puritan soldier (b. 1616)
1691 - George Fox, English founder of the Quakers (b. 1624)
1766 - King Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1723)
1775 - Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (b. 1693)
1790 - Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (b. 1712)
1796 - John H. D. Anderson, Scottish scientist and inventor (b. 1726)
1797 - Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, wife of Frederick II of Prussia (b. 1715)
1832 - Thomas Lord, English cricketer, founder of Lord's cricket ground (b. 1755)
1838 - Ferdinand Ries, German composer (b. 1784)
1852 - Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian explorer (b. 1778)
1853 - Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest, humanist and revolutionary (b. 1783)
1860 - William Mason, American politician (b. 1786)
1864 - Stephen Foster, American composer (b. 1826)
1882 - Wilhelm Mauser, German weapon designer and manufacturer (b. 1834)
1885 - Schuyler Colfax,American politician (b. 1823)
1889 - Solomon Bundy, American politician (b. 1823)
1894 - Nadezhda von Meck, Russian patroness of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (b. 1831)
1905 - George Thorn, Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
1906 - Alexander Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)
1915 - Mary Slessor, Scottish missionary (b. 1848)
1923 - Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (b. 1842)
1924 - Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist (b. 1834)
1929 - Wyatt Earp, American Western lawman (b. 1848)
1929 - H. B. Higgins, Australian politician and judge (b. 1851)
1932 - Sophia of Prussia, consort of Constantine I of Greece (b. 1870)
1934 - Paul Ulrich Villard, French physicist (b. 1860)
1941 - James Joyce, Irish writer (b. 1882)
1943 - Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss artist (b. 1889)
1958 - Jesse L. Lasky, U.S. film producer (b. 1880)
1962 - Ernie Kovacs, American actor and comedian (b. 1919)
1967 - Anatole de Grunwald, British film producer and screenwriter (b. 1910)
1971 - Robert Still, English composer (b. 1910)
1974 - Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor (b. 1906)
1974 - Salvador Novo, Mexican writer and poet (b. 1904)
1976 - Margaret Leighton, English actress (b. 1922)
1978 - Hubert H. Humphrey, 38th Vice President of the United States (b. 1911)
1978 - Joe McCarthy, American baseball manager (b. 1887)
1979 - Donny Hathaway, American musician (b. 1945)
1979 - Marjorie Lawrence, Australian soprano (b. 1907)
1980 - Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-born popular music conductor and arranger (b. 1901)
1982 - Marcel Camus, French film director (b. 1912)
1988 - Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (b. 1910)
1993 - Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer (b. 1907)
1995 - Max Harris, Australian poet, critic, columnist, commentator, publisher and bookseller (b. 1921)
2001 - Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1985)
2002 - Ted Demme, American film director (b. 1963)
2002 - Gregorio Fuentes, Cuban fisherman, reputed model for Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea (b. 1897)
2002 - Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian (b. 1916)
2003 - Norman Panama, American screenwriter and director (b. 1914)
2004 - Arne Næss Jr., Norwegian mountain climber (b. 1937)
2004 - Harold Shipman, British serial killer (b. 1946)
2005 - Earl Cameron, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1915)
2005 - Nell Rankin, American mezzo-soprano (b. 1924)
2006 - Frank Fixaris, American sportscaster (b. 1934)
2006 - Marc Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1967)
2007 - Michael Brecker, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1949)
2007 - Danny Oakes, racecar driver (b. 1911)
2008 - Sergei Larin, Lithuanian tenor (b. 1956)
2008 - Johnny Podres, American baseball player (b. 1932)

Holidays and observances...
In Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, in various Russophone communities, and in the Serbia, Montenegro, Republic of Srpska, Republic of Macedonia the Old New Year is celebrated (the New Year by the Old Style calendar) on the night of January 13/14.
Hilary of Poitiers

Have a great Tuesday.

~Brian

[Krandall]

Jan 13 1979

The Young Men's Christian Association files a libel suit against the Village People for their popular Y.M.C.A hit.




Don't be hatin!

[Krandall]

My car temp guage said -17. 


High of -4 today. woot. 

[Flynbyu]

Cold day up nort.

-18F at MSP

-33 Windchill.

Ouch.

~Brian

[Flynbyu]

Funny, I just looked that up....I saw it on CNN this morning.

Chicago has a buttload of snow.....Thousands stranded at ORD.

~Brian

[socalrappy700]

TON of snow here and cold as shit.

[Peelz]

Cold day up nort.

-18F at MSP

-33 Windchill.

Ouch.

~Brian

-2 with windchill of -19 here. Like I said, I am over it.

[Flynbyu]

The high here is supposed to be in the 40's today.

-20F colder than yesterday!



~Brian

[shookie]

It was -5F when i left for school this morning.