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Aw, don’t rain on the car show. I consider myself a feminist and I think this thread is hilarious. I just wish I knew more about cars so I could continue the ruse.

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Aw, don’t rain on the car show. I consider myself a feminist and I think this thread is hilarious. I just wish I knew more about cars so I could continue the ruse.

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Pig Gal here, classic late 60’s model (almost 70’s). I have leased to own my own model-another late 60’s classic with sleek but masculine lines and a 5 speed manual transmission that handles well, moves and grooves around town and on the highway and gets great gas mileage It’s the Lightening McQueen to my Ms. Sally.

Nonethless, it is good to know that there are connoisseurs and enthusiasts out there who appreciate that transportation is about more than the body work or headlights, that the engine, dashboard and even the trunk can all be signs of character and that sometimes the plush interior alone can be a little piece of heaven. Enjoy the road, Piggs!

So this thread begs the question, if you were a car, what model best describes you?

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Pig Gal here, classic late 60’s model (almost 70’s). I have leased to own my own model-another late 60’s classic with sleek but masculine lines and a 5 speed manual transmission that handles well, moves and grooves around town and on the highway and gets great gas mileage It’s the Lightening McQueen to my Ms. Sally.

Nonethless, it is good to know that there are connoisseurs and enthusiasts out there who appreciate that transportation is about more than the body work or headlights, that the engine, dashboard and even the trunk can all be signs of character and that sometimes the plush interior alone can be a little piece of heaven. Enjoy the road, Piggs!

So this thread begs the question, if you were a car, what model best describes you?

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Pig Gal here, classic late 60’s model (almost 70’s). I have leased to own my own model-another late 60’s classic with sleek but masculine lines and a 5 speed manual transmission that handles well, moves and grooves around town and on the highway and gets great gas mileage It’s the Lightening McQueen to my Ms. Sally.

Nonethless, it is good to know that there are connoisseurs and enthusiasts out there who appreciate that transportation is about more than the body work or headlights, that the engine, dashboard and even the trunk can all be signs of character and that sometimes the plush interior alone can be a little piece of heaven. Enjoy the road, Piggs!

So this thread begs the question, if you were a car, what model best describes you?

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Pig Gal here, classic late 60’s model (almost 70’s). I have leased to own my own model-another late 60’s classic with sleek but masculine lines and a 5 speed manual transmission that handles well, moves and grooves around town and on the highway and gets great gas mileage It’s the Lightening McQueen to my Ms. Sally.

Nonethless, it is good to know that there are connoisseurs and enthusiasts out there who appreciate that transportation is about more than the body work or headlights, that the engine, dashboard and even the trunk can all be signs of character and that sometimes the plush interior alone can be a little piece of heaven. Enjoy the road, Piggs!

So this thread begs the question, if you were a car, what model best describes you?

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Pig Gal here, classic late 60’s model (almost 70’s). I have leased to own my own model-another late 60’s classic with sleek but masculine lines and a 5 speed manual transmission that handles well, moves and grooves around town and on the highway and gets great gas mileage It’s the Lightening McQueen to my Ms. Sally.

Nonethless, it is good to know that there are connoisseurs and enthusiasts out there who appreciate that transportation is about more than the body work or headlights, that the engine, dashboard and even the trunk can all be signs of character and that sometimes the plush interior alone can be a little piece of heaven. Enjoy the road, Piggs!

So this thread begs the question, if you were a car, what model best describes you?

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[quote=UCGal]Congrats AFX! Parenthood if fun (sometimes.)
[quote=flu]
I think you/wife first thing you need to get over is caring about way the crib or any baby furniture looks..It will save your pockets… Generally, it’s gonna get thrashed, and specifically for the crib, you might end up not really using it for a long time…..At least it was for me.

1)In the first couple of months, the baby wants to be swaddled, so you probably are better off sturdy yet inexpensive bassinet.

2)In the next couple of months, you probably would want to get a co-sleeper to make it easier for your wife if she has to get up in the middle of the night.

3)Probably at a little over 1 year, do you actually need the crib. But then about 2 1/2, you can end up putting said baby in her toddler bed. At least that’s what I did.
Her original crib now holds all her toys and stuff animals after about 1 year of total use.

Effective crib use was very low in my case. She started sleep on a full size twin mattress at age 2.5 that was placed on the carpetted floor with no bedframe.

That, or you end up with a kid that wants to sleep in your bed with you and your spouse.

Furniture at places like Pottery Barn for Kids looks nice. But seriously, it’s overkill both in practicality of use and on your wallet.[/quote]
I have to agree with this… Cribs didn’t get used much in our house.
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Congrats on the baby…

I second the above assessment on baby items. Cribs are not all they cracked up to be. Neither of my kids ever wanted to sleep in a crib. They were in a bassinet when little, our bed a lot, and toddler beds until the moved up to twin beds.

The only benefit we got was the waterproof crib mattress (for the odd bodily function issue) but if they make waterproof twin mattresses, or you can get a waterproof cover, you could settle for a futon mattress or twin put on the floor for quite a while.

Of course, we all share this valuable information with you after the 10 hours you spent putting that puppy together!

Can I expand this to “Think dress/buy/parent Yiddish, dress British”?

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[quote=UCGal]Congrats AFX! Parenthood if fun (sometimes.)
[quote=flu]
I think you/wife first thing you need to get over is caring about way the crib or any baby furniture looks..It will save your pockets… Generally, it’s gonna get thrashed, and specifically for the crib, you might end up not really using it for a long time…..At least it was for me.

1)In the first couple of months, the baby wants to be swaddled, so you probably are better off sturdy yet inexpensive bassinet.

2)In the next couple of months, you probably would want to get a co-sleeper to make it easier for your wife if she has to get up in the middle of the night.

3)Probably at a little over 1 year, do you actually need the crib. But then about 2 1/2, you can end up putting said baby in her toddler bed. At least that’s what I did.
Her original crib now holds all her toys and stuff animals after about 1 year of total use.

Effective crib use was very low in my case. She started sleep on a full size twin mattress at age 2.5 that was placed on the carpetted floor with no bedframe.

That, or you end up with a kid that wants to sleep in your bed with you and your spouse.

Furniture at places like Pottery Barn for Kids looks nice. But seriously, it’s overkill both in practicality of use and on your wallet.[/quote]
I have to agree with this… Cribs didn’t get used much in our house.
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Congrats on the baby…

I second the above assessment on baby items. Cribs are not all they cracked up to be. Neither of my kids ever wanted to sleep in a crib. They were in a bassinet when little, our bed a lot, and toddler beds until the moved up to twin beds.

The only benefit we got was the waterproof crib mattress (for the odd bodily function issue) but if they make waterproof twin mattresses, or you can get a waterproof cover, you could settle for a futon mattress or twin put on the floor for quite a while.

Of course, we all share this valuable information with you after the 10 hours you spent putting that puppy together!

Can I expand this to “Think dress/buy/parent Yiddish, dress British”?

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[quote=UCGal]Congrats AFX! Parenthood if fun (sometimes.)
[quote=flu]
I think you/wife first thing you need to get over is caring about way the crib or any baby furniture looks..It will save your pockets… Generally, it’s gonna get thrashed, and specifically for the crib, you might end up not really using it for a long time…..At least it was for me.

1)In the first couple of months, the baby wants to be swaddled, so you probably are better off sturdy yet inexpensive bassinet.

2)In the next couple of months, you probably would want to get a co-sleeper to make it easier for your wife if she has to get up in the middle of the night.

3)Probably at a little over 1 year, do you actually need the crib. But then about 2 1/2, you can end up putting said baby in her toddler bed. At least that’s what I did.
Her original crib now holds all her toys and stuff animals after about 1 year of total use.

Effective crib use was very low in my case. She started sleep on a full size twin mattress at age 2.5 that was placed on the carpetted floor with no bedframe.

That, or you end up with a kid that wants to sleep in your bed with you and your spouse.

Furniture at places like Pottery Barn for Kids looks nice. But seriously, it’s overkill both in practicality of use and on your wallet.[/quote]
I have to agree with this… Cribs didn’t get used much in our house.
[/quote]

Congrats on the baby…

I second the above assessment on baby items. Cribs are not all they cracked up to be. Neither of my kids ever wanted to sleep in a crib. They were in a bassinet when little, our bed a lot, and toddler beds until the moved up to twin beds.

The only benefit we got was the waterproof crib mattress (for the odd bodily function issue) but if they make waterproof twin mattresses, or you can get a waterproof cover, you could settle for a futon mattress or twin put on the floor for quite a while.

Of course, we all share this valuable information with you after the 10 hours you spent putting that puppy together!

Can I expand this to “Think dress/buy/parent Yiddish, dress British”?

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[quote=UCGal]Congrats AFX! Parenthood if fun (sometimes.)
[quote=flu]
I think you/wife first thing you need to get over is caring about way the crib or any baby furniture looks..It will save your pockets… Generally, it’s gonna get thrashed, and specifically for the crib, you might end up not really using it for a long time…..At least it was for me.

1)In the first couple of months, the baby wants to be swaddled, so you probably are better off sturdy yet inexpensive bassinet.

2)In the next couple of months, you probably would want to get a co-sleeper to make it easier for your wife if she has to get up in the middle of the night.

3)Probably at a little over 1 year, do you actually need the crib. But then about 2 1/2, you can end up putting said baby in her toddler bed. At least that’s what I did.
Her original crib now holds all her toys and stuff animals after about 1 year of total use.

Effective crib use was very low in my case. She started sleep on a full size twin mattress at age 2.5 that was placed on the carpetted floor with no bedframe.

That, or you end up with a kid that wants to sleep in your bed with you and your spouse.

Furniture at places like Pottery Barn for Kids looks nice. But seriously, it’s overkill both in practicality of use and on your wallet.[/quote]
I have to agree with this… Cribs didn’t get used much in our house.
[/quote]

Congrats on the baby…

I second the above assessment on baby items. Cribs are not all they cracked up to be. Neither of my kids ever wanted to sleep in a crib. They were in a bassinet when little, our bed a lot, and toddler beds until the moved up to twin beds.

The only benefit we got was the waterproof crib mattress (for the odd bodily function issue) but if they make waterproof twin mattresses, or you can get a waterproof cover, you could settle for a futon mattress or twin put on the floor for quite a while.

Of course, we all share this valuable information with you after the 10 hours you spent putting that puppy together!

Can I expand this to “Think dress/buy/parent Yiddish, dress British”?

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[quote=UCGal]Congrats AFX! Parenthood if fun (sometimes.)
[quote=flu]
I think you/wife first thing you need to get over is caring about way the crib or any baby furniture looks..It will save your pockets… Generally, it’s gonna get thrashed, and specifically for the crib, you might end up not really using it for a long time…..At least it was for me.

1)In the first couple of months, the baby wants to be swaddled, so you probably are better off sturdy yet inexpensive bassinet.

2)In the next couple of months, you probably would want to get a co-sleeper to make it easier for your wife if she has to get up in the middle of the night.

3)Probably at a little over 1 year, do you actually need the crib. But then about 2 1/2, you can end up putting said baby in her toddler bed. At least that’s what I did.
Her original crib now holds all her toys and stuff animals after about 1 year of total use.

Effective crib use was very low in my case. She started sleep on a full size twin mattress at age 2.5 that was placed on the carpetted floor with no bedframe.

That, or you end up with a kid that wants to sleep in your bed with you and your spouse.

Furniture at places like Pottery Barn for Kids looks nice. But seriously, it’s overkill both in practicality of use and on your wallet.[/quote]
I have to agree with this… Cribs didn’t get used much in our house.
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Congrats on the baby…

I second the above assessment on baby items. Cribs are not all they cracked up to be. Neither of my kids ever wanted to sleep in a crib. They were in a bassinet when little, our bed a lot, and toddler beds until the moved up to twin beds.

The only benefit we got was the waterproof crib mattress (for the odd bodily function issue) but if they make waterproof twin mattresses, or you can get a waterproof cover, you could settle for a futon mattress or twin put on the floor for quite a while.

Of course, we all share this valuable information with you after the 10 hours you spent putting that puppy together!

Can I expand this to “Think dress/buy/parent Yiddish, dress British”?

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[quote=meadandale]I’d like to see Obama and his administration continue to ‘go off’ on BP and villify them. If their stock price continues to dive they’ll end up filing for bankruptcy. When Obama gets stuck with the cleanup bill because he’s driven BP out of business…it should get interesting.[/quote]

Huh-what? How did Obama drive them out of business and into bankruptcy?

I think they should ultimately go out of business for what happened under their watch. This is one of the biggest environmental disasters of our lifetimes. And there is ample evidence that they took a lot of shortcuts which are related to the spill (I won’t go so far as to say “caused”).

If they actually commit to paying for a real cleanup, I don’t see how they can stay in business. But the best we can hope for is that Obama or someone in power makes them pony up a superfund now (in real dollars, and with continued future payments into it) for all the cleanup that will need to be done for the next 10-20 or more years. It will be devastating environmentally so they could save a few thousands when they failed an inspection and bribed the inspector.

I highly doubt anyone will be able to force the money out of them. They’ll beggar off the cleanup, claim their assets are depleted and will then move their operations into some affiliated corporate shell or subsidiary and continue business as usual. It’s disgusting. I am more outraged about this than welfare fraud to the tune of $17k a year…

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[quote=meadandale]I’d like to see Obama and his administration continue to ‘go off’ on BP and villify them. If their stock price continues to dive they’ll end up filing for bankruptcy. When Obama gets stuck with the cleanup bill because he’s driven BP out of business…it should get interesting.[/quote]

Huh-what? How did Obama drive them out of business and into bankruptcy?

I think they should ultimately go out of business for what happened under their watch. This is one of the biggest environmental disasters of our lifetimes. And there is ample evidence that they took a lot of shortcuts which are related to the spill (I won’t go so far as to say “caused”).

If they actually commit to paying for a real cleanup, I don’t see how they can stay in business. But the best we can hope for is that Obama or someone in power makes them pony up a superfund now (in real dollars, and with continued future payments into it) for all the cleanup that will need to be done for the next 10-20 or more years. It will be devastating environmentally so they could save a few thousands when they failed an inspection and bribed the inspector.

I highly doubt anyone will be able to force the money out of them. They’ll beggar off the cleanup, claim their assets are depleted and will then move their operations into some affiliated corporate shell or subsidiary and continue business as usual. It’s disgusting. I am more outraged about this than welfare fraud to the tune of $17k a year…

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[quote=meadandale]I’d like to see Obama and his administration continue to ‘go off’ on BP and villify them. If their stock price continues to dive they’ll end up filing for bankruptcy. When Obama gets stuck with the cleanup bill because he’s driven BP out of business…it should get interesting.[/quote]

Huh-what? How did Obama drive them out of business and into bankruptcy?

I think they should ultimately go out of business for what happened under their watch. This is one of the biggest environmental disasters of our lifetimes. And there is ample evidence that they took a lot of shortcuts which are related to the spill (I won’t go so far as to say “caused”).

If they actually commit to paying for a real cleanup, I don’t see how they can stay in business. But the best we can hope for is that Obama or someone in power makes them pony up a superfund now (in real dollars, and with continued future payments into it) for all the cleanup that will need to be done for the next 10-20 or more years. It will be devastating environmentally so they could save a few thousands when they failed an inspection and bribed the inspector.

I highly doubt anyone will be able to force the money out of them. They’ll beggar off the cleanup, claim their assets are depleted and will then move their operations into some affiliated corporate shell or subsidiary and continue business as usual. It’s disgusting. I am more outraged about this than welfare fraud to the tune of $17k a year…

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