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General Motors confirmed on Monday that it will no longer make 6 lines of cars, following Ford's lead of killing off all cars that aren't named Mustang, a couple months ago

They will kill the Volt (9 years after it's debut) the Cruze (8 years after it's debut) the Sonic the Impala Buick LaCrosse, Cadillac XTS sedan and Cadillac CT6 sedan. https://autoweek.com/article/car-news/report-ford-taurus-fiesta-chevy-sonic-impala-put-out-pasture https://www.wxyz.com/news/general-motors-ending-production-of-six-vehicles-including-chevy-volt no doubt Mazda, Honda, and Hyundai are looking forward to less cars competeing for the customers
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seems to hate imports

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David asked me yesterday why he's paying 4.20 a gal when oil just crashed to 50 a barrel... well, it's possibly the gas station you go to... this one, photographed minutes ago, hasn't lowered prices in years

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Yes, you can find 3.40 a gallon all over town. This station doesn't have any competition for about a mile in any direction, and the news just said oil is up to $51.55. in fact, this a 10 cents more a gallon than when oil was 69 a barrel 2 months ago yes, same station. https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2018/09/prices-on-gas-at-different-places-on.html and when oil was 33 a barrel, in Jan 2016, gas was 2.99 a gallon. So... riddle me that! How does the price of oil double, but gas doesn't?    https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2016/01/us-benchmark-crude-sank-2-or-56-to.html
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moving a big log with a big horse takes a set of big wheels

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the Exeter Racecourse hosted the Clydesdale racing charity fundraiser last week, for the Devon air ambulance. How that's connected, helicopter to horse racing, I don't know. But racing draft horses is a beautiful thing to see

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seems that there isn't a lot of work for horses anymore, and a lot of draft horses are now into competitions, even dressage.  http://www.horsenation.com/2014/10/09/5-clydesdales-who-are-letting-their-feathered-freak-flags-fly/ for videos on barrel racing, dressage, etc Devon Air Ambulance Trust owns and operates two Air Ambulances in the county of Devon. They respond to over 1,000 incidents a year. Proud to be independent of Government and National Lottery funding, the Charity relies on public generosity to keep its helicopters flying https://www.daat.org/
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they think they'll be selling this in 2 years... an electric truck. Ummm, where is the demand for a startup company that hasn't made a vehicle yet, to make electric trucks?

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https://www.foxnews.com/auto/the-rivian-rt1-may-be-the-american-made-electric-pickup-of-the-near-future thanks Gary!
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the British have a sense of humor that is often amazing - Monty Python for example, and sometimes more low key and subtle, such as naming their county road service trucks

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Cumbria County Council�s name the gritters competition had 200 name entries then chosen by a series of polls hosted on the council�s Twitter page, with the top-placing names in each poll being declared the winners. Gritter Garbo, Gritty McVitie, Ready Spreadie Go, Gritty Gritty Bang Bang, Spready Mercury, and True Grit were the best ones... Brad Grit, Bay Gritty Roller and Nitty Gritty all failed to make the cut for for the Cumbrian fleet. Last month Shropshire Council had 500 entries for their naming contest, and announced Gritty McGritface and Frosty the Snow Van made the cut. I was curious where Cumbria County was... so here's the map https://www.itv.com/news/2018-11-23/spready-mercury-and-gritty-gritty-bang-bang-top-gritter-poll/ thanks Steve!
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