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Samsonite

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  1. The automobile name, MG, was a blast from the past. Too bad the name is now owned by a Chinese outfit. Was that a Peugeot badge on one of those cars?
  2. OK, it has been a week, so "Road House".
  3. Looks like the engines on the 737 are in the reverse thrust position, which is used to slow the plane once it is on the runway. Of course, the engines are not really there.
  4. It is called, playing the float. The institution is holding the money and using it to make very short term investments, as short as overnight. In other words they are making money with your money before they make it available to you. I've seen this most often the large commercial banks, who are really a bunch of thieves in pinstriped suits. Not too many years ago I was getting a direct deposit to an account with a major bank. The money appeared in the account on payday, which was fine. I switched to a..... are they still called, credit unions? Anyway, a "savings bank" association that works fo
  5. It has been 10 days, so, Laurence Olivier.
  6. Amazing what one sees in Pattaya. We had one of these, as the family car, when I was a child, without the custom wheels and fender shirts. I just noticed it has right hand drive. Most have been exported directly to Thailand or, perhaps, it belongs to a British ex-pat?
  7. Ok, it has been a week. Tzi Ma has appeared in 40 movies, but is, perhaps, best known for "Rush Hour".
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