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GAR fuckin' ruled. It was the GAR's official stance that while a spirit of reconciliation in the country was good and we should be friends again, under no circumstances should Confederates be involved with Memorial Day. Because gently caress 'em.
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McNally posted:GAR fuckin' ruled. It was also their stance that Confederate memorials had no place on any of the battlefields, because again gently caress 'em, right?
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Jun 17, 2021 08:10
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My friend used to refer to the confederate graveyard where we lived as the “city dump” but to be fair to the dump they serve a useful municipal purpose.
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Jun 17, 2021 11:18
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There are Nazi soldiers buried at Normandy. This should make everyone here happy: https://time.com/2826794/at-d-day-commemoration-few-mourn-the-wars-losers/
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Jun 17, 2021 13:45
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Crossposting because this is definitely someone in the mil
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Jun 17, 2021 18:10
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someone from Bragg and a lease, iirc
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Jun 17, 2021 18:22
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An 8 year lease?
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Jun 17, 2021 18:43
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Wow, that's a mortgage for a decent sized medium house.
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Jun 17, 2021 19:06
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Oh...that's not a Hellcat. A Hellcat starts at $69k, that car is $44k. The 67k is the finance charges.
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Jun 17, 2021 21:56
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Paying over $111,000 for a $45,000 car 
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Jun 17, 2021 21:59
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According to a buddy of mine, that is actually for a VW Tiguan.
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Jun 17, 2021 22:00
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CommieGIR posted:Wow, that's a mortgage for a decent sized medium house. Can a house rot in a parking lot while you're on deployment for a year? No, so clearly this this is a better buy. Remulak fucked around with this message at 22:15 on Jun 17, 2021 |
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Jun 17, 2021 22:06
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Shooting Blanks posted:According to a buddy of mine, that is actually for a VW Tiguan. It says Dodge on it...do affiliated dealerships charge interest rates like that (ie could that even be a Dodge dealership selling a used Tiguan at 28%)? I've never seen it, but even when I was in stupid debt I was never being shown rates like that. I've only heard about it at actual used car dealers. Godholio fucked around with this message at 22:13 on Jun 17, 2021 |
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Jun 17, 2021 22:09
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Dealers absolutely sell used cars of other makes, quite happily. Usually the higher quality trade-ins, but some will look for specific auction cars that supplant a weak or nonexistent spot in their own manufacturer's lineup (Toyota dealers love selling used Mustangs)
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Jun 17, 2021 22:11
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I know that, but do they offer that kind of interest rate?
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Jun 17, 2021 22:12
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Godholio posted:I know that, but do they offer that kind of interest rate? Unless there's a state law against, gladly. It seems like the usual territory of the buy here/pay heres, but I can imagine a near-base OEM dealership adopting those tactics
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Jun 17, 2021 22:15
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Godholio posted:I know that, but do they offer that kind of interest rate? They absolutely will offer that rate. The bank probably quoted them 20% and the dealer pockets the extra percentage. The F&I guy probably got a $4-5k commission on that sale.
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Jun 17, 2021 23:57
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Used cars draw much higher interest rates in general. The claimed reason is because a new car has a higher recovery value on a default vs a used car and normally that's why they're a lot cheaper.
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Jun 18, 2021 00:05
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Sacrist65 posted:There are Nazi soldiers buried at Normandy. I visited a German cemetery in Luxembourg when I was stationed at Ramstein. (We were participating in a ceremony at the American cemetery in Luxembourg) It was very somber, dark stones and lots of trees, like the darkest part of the Black Forest. I found it rather moving and very peaceful. Much different, of course, than the Classical-themed American battlefield monuments and cemeteries. Also peaceful but in their own way. Pretty sure it was this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandweiler_German_war_cemetery This page has a full list of German cemeteries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_War_Graves_Commission
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we have a lil white board that someone writes inspirational quotes in it. today i wrote: "'I acknowledge no master in human form.' - John Brown (1859) Happy Juneteenth" its me, im the idiot
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Jun 18, 2021 03:11
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Yeah, Sandweiler is the one. It was a weird feeling driving up to it, as it literally feels hidden away; you turn down a road and go down another road into an extremely heavily forested section to get to it. I did like that it was very well-kept, and very respectful but low-key. Contrast that with the American cemetary (where Patton is buried), which is kind of overwhelming with the fields of white crosses on perfectly manicured bright green lawns, centered by an ivory white chapel with a very nice stained glass piece showing all the service logos. They were both solemn, but in very different ways
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Jun 18, 2021 03:16
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SMEGMA_MAIL posted:My friend used to refer to the confederate graveyard where we lived as the “city dump” but to be fair to the dump they serve a useful municipal purpose. What could be more useful than a public urinal?
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Jun 18, 2021 10:48
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Taerkar posted:Used cars draw much higher interest rates in general. The claimed reason is because a new car has a higher recovery value on a default vs a used car and normally that's why they're a lot cheaper. The manufacturers subsidize the rates for new cars so they can more easily move volumes. Of course you get a “discount” for paying cash, but it’s like $3k on a $35k car, so you’re better off taking 0% for 84 months or whatever.
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Jun 18, 2021 14:11
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FrozenVent posted:The manufacturers subsidize the rates for new cars so they can more easily move volumes. Always run those numbers though, I bought a 25k car and could get either 3k flat off the price from the mfger and a 3% loan with a bank or 0% interest from the mfger. Total finance cost of the 3% loan was only 1.9k.
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Jun 18, 2021 14:20
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Shooting Blanks posted:According to a buddy of mine, that is actually for a VW Tiguan. I’m 90% sure the Tiguan was a different car loan picture that went viral, that one the picture showed it was a Tiguan hatchback
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Jun 18, 2021 14:38
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Taerkar posted:Used cars draw much higher interest rates in general. The claimed reason is because a new car has a higher recovery value on a default vs a used car and normally that's why they're a lot cheaper. Also plenty of predatory buy-here-pay-here dealers know you're not going to be able to keep up with the payments, and they're basically counting on that. Their business model involves selling the same car, repoing it, and selling it again. The picture of the invoice or whatever isn't loading for me, so when I first saw Hellcat I was hoping it was one of these. 
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Jun 18, 2021 14:51
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https://twitter.com/mrjeffu/status/1405703041815236609
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Jun 18, 2021 16:10
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Not exactly a ringing endorsement of the base's security
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Jun 18, 2021 16:26
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GotLag posted:Not exactly a ringing endorsement of the base's security They won’t be able to bear such shame 
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Jun 18, 2021 16:31
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GotLag posted:Not exactly a ringing endorsement of the base's security When they heard the sirens, they all ran to their bear-raid shelter
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Jun 18, 2021 16:37
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It's guerilla marketing for the upcoming Cocaine Bear movie.
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Jun 18, 2021 16:40
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GotLag posted:Not exactly a ringing endorsement of the base's security poo poo, no worse than the time we mistook a bear for a Soviet sabotage team
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Jun 18, 2021 16:52
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GotLag posted:Not exactly a ringing endorsement of the base's security I mean, their options are: ignore bear and hope it gets bored/wanders off and kill bear. The former they just need to hide out and wait. The latter means they have a bear corpse to dispose of and that’s work.
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Mr. Nice! posted:I mean, their options are: ignore bear and hope it gets bored/wanders off and kill bear. The former they just need to hide out and wait. The latter means they have a bear corpse to dispose of and that’s work. I dont think I've ever met anyone doing security of any kind that wouldn't take a chance to blast a bear. Glad they didn't though.
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Icon Of Sin posted:They won’t be able to bear such shame Ah, the poor thing's just usine around.
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Jun 18, 2021 18:11
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Phanatic posted:Ah, the poor thing's just usine around. You say that but it was grizzly scene
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Jun 18, 2021 19:07
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SMEGMA_MAIL posted:You say that but it was grizzly scene This seems to be a very polarizing topic of discussion. Lots of posters are making spectacles of themselves.
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Lemniscate Blue posted:This seems to be a very polarizing topic of discussion. Lots of posters are making spectacles of themselves. Oh pooh on that.
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Poor guy just lost his bearing on the way to the woods 
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