I know this site attracts the most frugal, tightwad, non-materialistic curmudgeons on the entire planet. But, if you are so inclined to buy something this Christmas and don’t want to get run over by the obese hoards roaming the malls across zombieland, you can just click the Amazon button on the top right hand side of the page and order the shit you don’t need with the the money you don’t have while sitting at your computer.
I will receive 6% of every purchase and it won’t cost you a dime more. Think of it as sticking it to multi-billionaire Jeff Bezos, who will lose even more money on every sale.
You’d be surprised what you can buy through Amazon. I’ve seen junk silver, ammo, survival gear, and even red dildos (you know who you are ladies) bought through my Amazon button.
So enjoy your holiday season by never having to interact with the ignorant masses, while keeping TBP alive and fighting.
Here is the button in case you are too lazy to look for it on the side.
KB,
Back in The Before Time, I had the opportunity to go to a couple pretty cool schools… advanced driving courses put on by Mercedes and BMW. They taught us how to do things like the Pit Maneuver, J-Turns, Bootlegs, Power Slides, how to defend against the Pit Maneuver, go through roadblocks, etc…
Mercedes had the better school. They had this paint. White paint. When it was wet, it was literally like driving on snow. Slippery as hell. Also had what we called “The Skid Plate”. You got going about 40mph and when you crossed the Skid Plate, it would kick your rear wheels either left or right, sending your car into a spin… and you had to catch the car in the spin, countersteer and keep going… thing was, you didn’t know which way you were going to be thrown…
We drew cars by lots. They had random cars there. Big sedans. A station wagon. (Mercedes gave the school free cars. The students would tear the cars to pieces, then Mercedes would take them back, figure out what broke and why, then improve the design…)
I ended up with an SLK 230 Kompressor. All engine and rear wheel drive. Like driving a bullet. I folded my big ass into that teeny car. After 3 attempts at the Skid Plate, I realized I had one helluva headache… turns out, every time the little Kompressor was tossed to the right by the Skid Plate, the left side of my head would smack into the frame above the drivers side window…
So… sometimes I like to see if I still got the chops… especially power slides. In a turn, you hit the throttle until the rear wheels break loose, then float the throttle and countersteer your way through a turn… too much power, you end up sideways. Too little and you take off in the wrong direction…
Call it a weakness…
I should probably add, that quite frankly, prices on many of the things I had been looking at over the last 30days ish, were actually up from what they were priced earlier in Nov.
As long as this consumerist empire keeps chugging along, it almost pays to watch those sales long term. Without a 1Y perspective, its pretty hard to debunk their “sale of the year” claims. From what I’ve been watching, most of that is false.
BTW, upon seeing that *unnamed chain store” did not have the sales as promised, I protested by buying nothing but shit on clearance. Dropped a tad over $59 for $258 worth of normally priced goods.
I doubt they earned much more then a penny.
Lets roll the mf*ing guillotines.
So… sometimes I like to see if I still got the chops… especially power slides. In a turn, you hit the throttle until the rear wheels break loose, then float the throttle and countersteer your way through a turn… too much power, you end up sideways. Too little and you take off in the wrong direction…
Call it a weakness… -Billy
Billy, I used to own a 68 GTO and a 71 and 66 Riviera. I put them at over 140 mph. I’m damn lucky those bias tires didnt fly apart, I understand the weak habit. =)
Billy and KB spend hours blowing each other in public, but I am the crazy one?
I don’t recall belitling you in public Santo. I like cars. So do many.
For car lovers like Billy and Kill Bill
While at the CIA, I went through the Agency’s top-notch Clandestine Operations in Dangerous Areas (CODA) course. It was really intensive. To this day, after 25 years, I think (hope) I can react to a roadblock ahead with a well-executed J turn and KNOW I can handle someone trying to run me off the road …. they will lose.
This valley was once a place (before 1983) where you could run stop signs in desert streets without fear of cops or other cars. My old boss said he and his buddy were screwing around in his car, when a cop spotted them doing 20 over the limit. they turned into a familiar neighborhood and ducked into an open garage. they closed it and waited for the owner to come out, he never did. The cop circled around a few times so they were trapped for a long while but my boss’s buddy went out after a while to have a look. Nobody. They exited and went home.
KB,
My mechanic is working on Big Fugly right now (my 73 Ford F250 Highboy 4×4).
While I was down there dropping it off, he was test driving (my right hand to God) an absolutely mint 1967 Dodge Dart GT Convertible…
Black.
Similar to this… I asked how many there were left in the world… “Maybe 50?” was the answer…
Just badassery all around…
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Ain’t a day goes by down there when he’s got some truly epic shit in his garage being worked on… 1960’s Corvettes, Cuda’s, GTO’s, Darts, Mustangs… you name it, he’s built them… guy is a Jedi Master of Old Detroit…
How Black Friday Looked in 1983 Vs Today is a Shocking Visual of How Modern Civility Has Changed
http://www.ijreview.com/2014/11/208926-black-friday-looked-1983-vs-today-shocking-visual-modern-civility-changed/
That was a classic video Thinker, Thanks.
Have we ever gone bad or what?
$300 tent??
Bought one of them (4-man, 3 compartment) from K-Mart yesterday – reduced (damaged goods), so $50.
“Damage” ?? ONE missing guy line – bought a PAIR of reflective ones from the same store, at the same time – $3.00
So – brand new tent with safer guy lines for $53 (or, 82% reduction on ticket price). THAT’s my idea of a Black Friday Bargain, folks!!
Damn near bought a 69 dart convertible for $1500 when I lived in LA.
Upholstery was re-done.. Rust free, but needed a paint job over what was primered. To this day, I wish I had picked that up.
OK Admin. You got me. I’m going in for $250’s worth of cheap materialistic crap. Just for you. Don’t spend it all on the neighbors at your beachfront housing project! 🙂
I always use your amazon link, also hope you get a kick back from the purchase of PM’s, got me some of that too, gifts to others ya know. 😉
No kickback on PM purchases. I get a quarter every time someone clicks to check gold prices. I’m raking in 50 cents per day.
Well I did my part Admin, hope the kickbacks go to you. Keep your eyes open for a “Zoomer Dino” and if you see it, then my purchase counted!
Billy, thank you for sharing that. It is nice to remember the rest of the world doesn’t act/look like this part.