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HAL9000

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Yes, I do, unless you have some new sub-culture terminology that you just came up with......

No I just genuinely don't know what either of those terms mean, hence this entire conversation. As your not being helpful explaining yourself I found out that an "Impala Wagon" is an estate version of a car called a Chevrolet Impala, but I still have no idea what the other thing is.
 

cardiac

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No I just genuinely don't know what either of those terms mean, hence this entire conversation. As your not being helpful explaining yourself I found out that an "Impala Wagon" is an estate version of a car called a Chevrolet Impala, but I still have no idea what the other thing is.

I understand...

Hal, the picture I posted is of my 1966 Chevrolet Impala station wagon that I sold a while back.

"Ricer" is a fan of the Japanese/Asian cars....
 

HAL9000

Lifer
Oct 17, 2010
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I understand...

Hal, the picture I posted is of my 1966 Chevrolet Impala station wagon that I sold a while back.

"Ricer" is a fan of the Japanese/Asian cars....

Ahhh OK thankyou. In that case, I believe that JOS is a fan of European/ English cars (He's welcome to correct me if I'm wrong)...
 

Elias824

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angminas

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+1. Still can't believe he's gone. If he had played a more popular style, a lot more people would consider him the GOAT or very close. I'm pretty sure he wasn't even listed on that monolith of fail, Rolling Stone's 100 greatest guitarists list. Definitely at least in the discussion for being as good as Kirk.

Who's the guy in Away's pic? I feel like I'd recognize him from another angle. Shannon Hoon?
 

crab

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Chevrolet Caprice

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And I also miss the non Ugly Ford Econoline Vans

In the year 2008 Ford made those vans hideous My favorite style was from 1992-2007 with the 2003-2007 Grille as my choice
and last but not least the 7.3 Liter Diesel Engine (Was discontinued in 2003)

Oh man me too. I have an '03 that is pretty well unique. Check it out...they'll be canceling the full-size shortly if they haven't already.
 

crab

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I mainly miss the progression and excitement of computers in the late '90s to mid 2000s... I couldn't afford any of it back then, and when I could upgrade, holy shit. 3dfx, Athlons and GFDs...etc. Squeezing out all I could. Now I can afford whatever the hell I want but it just feels dead :(
 

Fritzo

Lifer
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I mainly miss the progression and excitement of computers in the late '90s to mid 2000s... I couldn't afford any of it back then, and when I could upgrade, holy shit. 3dfx, Athlons and GFDs...etc. Squeezing out all I could. Now I can afford whatever the hell I want but it just feels dead :(

I know what you mean. The problem is games and software got to the "good enough" level, where any graphical improvements are tiny compared to the past. It's to the point where only an enthusiast is going to notice something rendering faster, extra shadows, 16x AA, etc. It's the same thing that happened with Blu-ray vs. DVD. DVD got the quality up to the point where it is good enough for most people, so Blu-ray doesn't have the same success.

PC gaming is dying anyway due to the popularity of dedicated game machines such as XBox, PS3, and the Wii. People just want to put a disc in and play. PC's required tweaking, bug fixes, etc, that cost developers a lot of money and made gaming out of the reach of the general community (the average PC user barely knows how to turn their computer on much less troubleshoot bugs, update drivers, etc. Windows 7 and high speed connections have made this easier, but it's too late at this point). PC's today are designed to be disposable Facebook dispensers. Nothing more.