Bad times in Texas
May 26th 2009, 3:23 pm
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Re: Bad times in Texas
Crime is going through the roof because people are hungry.
Even the Mexicans are going home.
May 26th 2009, 3:27 pm
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Re: Bad times in Texas
Hey, but that's just me.
I'm planning to move back to the US in a few years, and Texas is on my short list of possibilities.
Also, if food is so expensive, why can't your girlfriend squeeze herself into a seat belt? Something doesn't make sense here...
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May 26th 2009, 3:28 pm
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Re: Bad times in Texas
You also seem to have forgotten about the NHS and SS benefits the UK provide.
May 26th 2009, 3:31 pm
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Re: Bad times in Texas
Famed Italian coachbuilder and design house Pininfarina is most widely recognized for designing stunning cars like the Ferrari 599 but the company also dabbles every now and then in the area of coachbuilding special one-off creations for wealthy clients. Back in 2006 we saw the personalized Ferrari 612 P4/5 based on the Enzo supercar and today we have details about the new ‘Golden Ferrari’ based on the 599 GTB.
While the mechanicals may be borrowed from the modern 599, the styling is a not-too-subtle throwback to the lines seen on the Ferrari 330 LMB model that first appeared in the early 1960s.The front of the car also shares some similarities with the 612 Scaglietti, which in itself was a throwback to the front-end designs seen in classic ‘60s Ferrari models.
Perhaps most astonishing, however, is the open-topped design and the classically styled roll-bar, and while Pininfarina has not released much information about the car we expect a large number of resources went into this aspect of the vehicle.
So just where can people see this one-off, 620hp (462kW) throwback to the famous Ferrari 330 LMB? Perhaps next time they pull into a Wal-Mart parking lot, in light of the fact that Wal-Mart's CEO Rob Walton is allegedly the lucky owner of the car.
While the mechanicals may be borrowed from the modern 599, the styling is a not-too-subtle throwback to the lines seen on the Ferrari 330 LMB model that first appeared in the early 1960s.The front of the car also shares some similarities with the 612 Scaglietti, which in itself was a throwback to the front-end designs seen in classic ‘60s Ferrari models.
Perhaps most astonishing, however, is the open-topped design and the classically styled roll-bar, and while Pininfarina has not released much information about the car we expect a large number of resources went into this aspect of the vehicle.
So just where can people see this one-off, 620hp (462kW) throwback to the famous Ferrari 330 LMB? Perhaps next time they pull into a Wal-Mart parking lot, in light of the fact that Wal-Mart's CEO Rob Walton is allegedly the lucky owner of the car.
May 26th 2009, 3:33 pm
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Re: Bad times in Texas
No we do not pay A LOT less in vehicle taxes...it is less but not A LOT. I presume you are joking about insurance...when we came here we paid per month what we paid in the UK for a year. I got a quote in the UK a few months ago...it was A LOT less than we pay in the US.
May 26th 2009, 3:33 pm
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Re: Bad times in Texas
So the moral of the story is don't come to the US if you're only qualified to stack shelves and have a fat girlfriend fiancee as fatties have more health problems?
Personally I've found food to be cheaper and bought a house when I'd have been lucky to buy a 1 bedroom flat in the UK.
Personally I've found food to be cheaper and bought a house when I'd have been lucky to buy a 1 bedroom flat in the UK.
May 26th 2009, 3:35 pm
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Re: Bad times in Texas
No we do not pay A LOT less in vehicle taxes...it is less but not A LOT. I presume you are joking about insurance...when we came here we paid per month what we paid in the UK for a year. I got a quote in the UK a few months ago...it was A LOT less than we pay in the US.
May 26th 2009, 3:36 pm
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Re: Bad times in Texas
I am still interested to know what visa you had to go to the US and get a GC.
May 26th 2009, 3:37 pm
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Re: Bad times in Texas
No we do not pay A LOT less in vehicle taxes...it is less but not A LOT. I presume you are joking about insurance...when we came here we paid per month what we paid in the UK for a year. I got a quote in the UK a few months ago...it was A LOT less than we pay in the US.
