Cash for Clunkers Program - Page 11

xoxoxoBruce · 08-18-2009, 11:25 PM

Actually you got fucked out of $1250, feel better now?

lumberjim · 08-19-2009, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Actually you got fucked out of $1250, feel better now?

YOU DICK!

xoxoxoBruce · 08-19-2009, 12:24 AM

Cock, to you, Mister. :p

Griff · 08-19-2009, 05:24 AM

NPR is reporting that GM is bringing folks back to work and turning on the overtime spigot.

monster · 08-18-2009, 11:25 PM

no, you're not wrong, but that $250 ain't worth the stress it's causig you

monster · 08-18-2009, 11:36 PM

Money sure helps to make life nicer, but it isn't the be-all-and-end-all.

I had to delay our family vacation by one day because I needed to complete the tax return for a 501c3 org that was due while we were away, and for various reasons is became impossible to do on the scheduled day. I did feel cheated. We all did -the kids were packed and playing legos until it was time to go ..and ended up being sent to bed.... But it needed to be done and for a few minutes, i though fuck! I'm not even being paid for this.... and then i thought.... if i was, the "how much" would be something else to worry about!

Undertoad · 08-19-2009, 06:36 AM

If it helps any, I got $350 to work 32 hours in the sweltering heat of the folk fest.

jinx · 08-19-2009, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

If it helps any, I got $350 to work 32 hours in the sweltering heat of the folk fest.

When did they start paying for that? When we used to work it, it was for free meals and camping.

spudcon · 08-19-2009, 06:37 AM

The "stupid choice" idea is the governments, not mine. They think if you don't drive the kind of car they want you to, it's a stupid choice, as in "Police acted stupidly." The point is, why do I have to pay people to get a new car when I can't afford one? Where in the constitution does it say the govt has the right to do that?

Undertoad · 08-19-2009, 10:31 AM

I was hired, not volunteered. They had to introduce a separate rent-a-cop committee of the volunteers system, because nobody would do that job unless they got paid. Nobody wants to be the Man.

So it was 8 hours straight for four days straight, sometimes in direct sunlight, wearing a badge, searching people's coolers, no breaks except for bathroom, your lunch or dinner is delivered to you. The good thing, on Saturday night I worked at the merch tent, basically making sure people weren't taking anything without paying; and from where I was stationed, I could hear the main stage. (Decemberists: awesome. Iron and Wine: awesome.)

jinx · 08-19-2009, 10:46 AM

Ah, yeah, we were volunteers, had a lot of fun while were 'working'. My friends and I worked parking detail, which ranged from laying drunk in the parking lot tanning ourselves, to trying to direct shuttle busses in the dark with road flares while dodging state police cars (who didn't take direction from us at all) who were swarming the area looking for a sniper that turned out to be a stoned kid with a paint ball gun scared off his shit.

Jim worked security, checking badges mostly, to make sure no non-volunteers snuck into the tent where they fed us.

Good times...

I've heard good things about Iron and Wine, maybe I'll get to see them at some point.

Undertoad · 08-19-2009, 11:05 AM

It's ironic but Iron and Wine is really just one guy. Live, it was just him and his acoustic. On recordings he brings in a band. Kinda like James Taylor, or Simon and Garfunkel, you know, they could play all those songs with just voice and guitar, but on records they'd have a whole band.

Madman · 08-20-2009, 03:01 PM

I heard a rumor that Uncle Sugar is slow to pay the dealerships. It'd be funny if Obamanomics failed to produce the promise.

Guess he could call it a clerical error.

Maybe he'll give a speech or invite all the owners of the auto dealerships he fuked over to the WH for a brewski. He could even have the clerk there to apologize.

Clerk:

"Me tho thowy."
Oblama:

"It was in de best interest of all parties concerned that we meet today as citizens of this great country and settle our differences regarding this small oversight."
Dealer Reps:

Got any Coors?

lumberjim · 08-20-2009, 11:53 PM

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Secretary LaHood Announces Wind Down to Hugely Popular CARS Program

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Thursday that after a wildly successful run, the cash for clunkers program will come to a close on Monday, August 24th at 8 p.m. EDT.

I'm posting this from work.....look at the clock. it's tomorrow.

i have 6 more deals to recap before I go home. This was an interesting program. I expect that tomorrow and Saturday will be retardedly hectic......I will be working Sunday again to get all the the claims in....and Monday.....will suck. You just know that they will have some ass that knows someone important decide he wants in at 6pm on monday....then we'll have a 'beat the clock' scenario entering his claim. and Tuesday we won't sell a car.

TheMercenary · 08-21-2009, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

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and Tuesday we won't sell a car.

All's well that ends well. Time to bury it.

08-18-2009, 11:25 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Actually you got fucked out of $1250, feel better now? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-19-2009, 12:24 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Cock, to you, Mister. :p __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-19-2009, 05:24 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	NPR is reporting that GM is bringing folks back to work and turning on the overtime spigot. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-18-2009, 11:25 PM	#5
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	no, you're not wrong, but that $250 ain't worth the stress it's causig you __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-18-2009, 11:36 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Money sure helps to make life nicer, but it isn't the be-all-and-end-all. I had to delay our family vacation by one day because I needed to complete the tax return for a 501c3 org that was due while we were away, and for various reasons is became impossible to do on the scheduled day. I did feel cheated. We all did -the kids were packed and playing legos until it was time to go ..and ended up being sent to bed.... But it needed to be done and for a few minutes, i though fuck! I'm not even being paid for this.... and then i thought.... if i was, the "how much" would be something else to worry about! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-19-2009, 06:36 AM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	If it helps any, I got $350 to work 32 hours in the sweltering heat of the folk fest.

08-19-2009, 06:37 AM	#9
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	The "stupid choice" idea is the governments, not mine. They think if you don't drive the kind of car they want you to, it's a stupid choice, as in "Police acted stupidly." The point is, why do I have to pay people to get a new car when I can't afford one? Where in the constitution does it say the govt has the right to do that? __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

08-19-2009, 10:31 AM	#10
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I was hired, not volunteered. They had to introduce a separate rent-a-cop committee of the volunteers system, because nobody would do that job unless they got paid. Nobody wants to be the Man. So it was 8 hours straight for four days straight, sometimes in direct sunlight, wearing a badge, searching people's coolers, no breaks except for bathroom, your lunch or dinner is delivered to you. The good thing, on Saturday night I worked at the merch tent, basically making sure people weren't taking anything without paying; and from where I was stationed, I could hear the main stage. (Decemberists: awesome. Iron and Wine: awesome.)

08-19-2009, 10:46 AM	#11
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Ah, yeah, we were volunteers, had a lot of fun while were 'working'. My friends and I worked parking detail, which ranged from laying drunk in the parking lot tanning ourselves, to trying to direct shuttle busses in the dark with road flares while dodging state police cars (who didn't take direction from us at all) who were swarming the area looking for a sniper that turned out to be a stoned kid with a paint ball gun scared off his shit. Jim worked security, checking badges mostly, to make sure no non-volunteers snuck into the tent where they fed us. Good times... I've heard good things about Iron and Wine, maybe I'll get to see them at some point. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

08-19-2009, 11:05 AM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It's ironic but Iron and Wine is really just one guy. Live, it was just him and his acoustic. On recordings he brings in a band. Kinda like James Taylor, or Simon and Garfunkel, you know, they could play all those songs with just voice and guitar, but on records they'd have a whole band.

08-20-2009, 03:01 PM	#13
Madman has left the building. Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 455	I heard a rumor that Uncle Sugar is slow to pay the dealerships. It'd be funny if Obamanomics failed to produce the promise. Guess he could call it a clerical error. Maybe he'll give a speech or invite all the owners of the auto dealerships he fuked over to the WH for a brewski. He could even have the clerk there to apologize. Clerk: "Me tho thowy." Oblama: "It was in de best interest of all parties concerned that we meet today as citizens of this great country and settle our differences regarding this small oversight." Dealer Reps: Got any Coors?

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