I buy cars that are 3 to 4 years old. It is a great time to buy as the interest rates have caused havoc and car inflation is through the roof. Right now, 2020s are in abundance but 2021s and 22s will make things tight as these were the COVID years. So I think there is a window of good deal getting if you pay cash.

I am looking at the German small SUVs
The low end I am seeing is $25k for the Q5 to $40k for the GLE. My experience is that their body integrity is much greater but ongoing maintenance is higher. To me, they just feel safe as compared to the Japanese cars. I still. don't trust the USA makers. I hear great things about the Korean cars but they feel like tin to me.

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Obliviax said:

I believe that non-competes are unfair when the employee is faced with right-to-work laws. With these in place, an employee takes a job for a week and can be fired with no ability to make a living somewhere else. This is even true if they were experienced and brought that skill set with them. This is the way I attacked these clauses: I already had the experience and the company is covered by intellectual property rights. For example, I can't share internal documents or lists. But the company can fire me, after taking my IP, and bar me from working in the industry. Screw that.

But this will be challenged.

Chamber of Commerce Sues to Block FTC’s Non-Compete Ban

Business groups led by the US Chamber of Commerce sued the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday seeking to block a rule finalized this week that would outlaw non-compete provisions that prohibit workers from switching jobs within an industry.

www.bloomberg.com

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Yes, what the FTC decision is really about is this. If I learn how to sew shirts and go to work at a shirt factory, the factory can't make me sign a noncompete to prevent me from getting a better job at another shirt factory. If I learn how to bake bread, a bakery can't use a noncompete to prevent me from working at another bakery.

The only thing you can use to prevent me from working for a competitor would be an employment contract. And that's the way it should be. That is capitalism.

But I'm still not allowed to take trade secrets and use them to improve the design of shirts at the second factory or the bread at the second bakery. IP still applies.

Yes it's true that most of the noncompetes out there were unenforceable, but the thing is, most of the employees who signed them didn't know that.

How many people didn't know they could quit for better jobs, and didn't get decent raises because of that lack of knowledge? The number is incalculable but it's big. No wonder the Chamber of Commerce cares about this -- they represent a lot of shitty employers who want to get away with shitty pay and shitty benefits without having to worry about their employees quitting for better jobs. The Chamber of Commerce talks a big game about the free enterprise system but they don't actually believe a word of what they say. They don't want free enterprise when it comes to employees.

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My advice is to follow the rule of law regardless of the student's status. This is a fairly low-end event as prosecutors always overcharge as it sets their negotiating position when they offer a plea. The devil will come down to the details, which none of us knows. My bet is that he settles with the driver and pays some kind of fine and this goes away.

fastlax16 said:

Considering the 4runner and LC as a replacement for my wife's bronco sport. Don't see a reason to go with the LC over the 4runner. Same platform. LC doesn't get the 6 cylinder since they saved it for the Lexus. No third row.

Markups are BS but its on the consumer to not pay them or shop around. My last 2 purchases were vehicles with markups at my local dealers. Called around and tracked down good dealerships selling at msrp or less several hours away. I doubt they last on any of these since Toyota is going to make as many as they can sell.

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I think the 4runner looks really nice.
And at least they should be able to pump these our once production begins.

4runner is also priced right and value stays around.

LdN

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Nitlion1986 said:

Friend of mine, Ray Bennett wrestled for Redbank Valley and graduated in 78 or 79.

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Ray sounds familiar. I wrestled Mike Dinger and a couple of the Kundicks of Redbank Valley back in the day. If I remember correctly, I believe Dinger ended my Fr, So, and Jr seasons, LOL!

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LandoComando said:

That was over a decade ago. Not even remotely comparable. People need to stop living in the past. We're evaluating the incident in 2024 not 2012 or 2000 or 1986.

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Also if memory serves me that was like Oaans 3rd or 4th incident ….

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bdgan said:

You didn't feel that way when Vicky Triponey criticized Paterno for assuming authority over how to discipline players.

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Based on what's happening on many college campuses right now, and particularly this week, it doesn't appear as if students are being disciplined for blatantly violating university rules by the feckless administrators, mainly because the tail now is in charge of the dog.

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District four said:

Like I said you have an opinion that's all. MY EXPERIENCE trumps your bullshit opinion. If you think it's not possible to train naturally to get to 250 pounds then go **** yourself who cares what you think obviously you THINK you know something about weightlifting but you are WAAAAY behind the times and it shows with your stupidity. Genetics plays more a part than anything else. Keep accusing people of juicing dumbass it's just shows everyone who you really are lmfao.

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You are letting yourself get too pissed off over over an extreme Hawkeye Report parody. He obviously has taken multiple HR idiots, blended them together and came up with the extreme of all of them into a single, really stupid and obnoxious internet idiotic entity.

He obviously can remove the clown suit and engage in interesting conversations, but it is also obvious being the HR clown is more entertaining to him.

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LandoComando said:

Why not lineup Singleton in the slot?

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Certainly. For whatever reason, we didn't see both Allen and Singleton in the lineup last year. But if you put Singleton in the slot, you've got to have someone in the backfield as an RB. Who would that be? Singleton and Allen have proven themselves out of the backfield and the team is searching for a way to get the ball into the talented Freshman's hands. So putting him in the slot makes sense.

KCLion said:

How about those Flying Dutch, Howdy from a fellow D9 (Ridgway). Our paths may have crossed as I graduated HS in 1978. Knew quite a few St Mary’s wrestlers from that time.

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Friend of mine, Ray Bennett wrestled for Redbank Valley and graduated in 78 or 79.

m.knox said:

Couldn't agree more. Watching Kennedy Blades upset Adeline Gray was as powerful as Brooks and Taylor (though I was less invested for sure).

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Especially after Blades crashed out so hard after starting out great in Final X last year.

I've been to several Final X events and the OTTs over the last 7 years that have been mixed mens/womens freestyle and the women's portion has been just as entertaining as the men's - at times more so. If I were faced with a choice of seeing women's locally (i.e. within a drivable/public transportational distance) and traveling out of town (having to obtain lodging, etc.) for men's, I'd go for the women's. There are enough outstanding women wrestlers out there and coming up to make for a great event.

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