stolen humvee

Marlene Blanshay said:

Today i had a chuckle... there was a story on the news about a couple
from NYC who came up here for a holiday (Montreal). While they were
here their HUMVEE (Valued at 65K) was stolen from the garage of the
Queen Elizabeth Hotel. The big story was that they feel they weren't
treated well by the police (this ia a huge auto theft city).

But I was BWAHAHAHAHA! Serves you right for having one of those tanks
anyways...every time I see one of those things i just roll my eyes.

I'll bet it pollutes less than your greenie friends' '92 Corollas and
Civics, but don't let that interfere with a good self-righteous rant.

What if you and your hubby were ripped off in a strange city (jewelry, fancy
bikes, cold hard cash, herbal tea press)? Would you like people to laugh at
you?

Maybe those people were jerks. Maybe they weren't.

Judge much?

Quoted message said:

Turns out that the most popular car for thieves is actually Honda
Civic.

Well there you go.

N&F

I just wonder if you would have the same attitude about owning a Humvee
if there was any chance at all that you could afford to buy even a used
one.

That Humvee is a lot more clean burning than an old VW bug or van that
I see most greener's drive.

Nuck 'n Futz said:

Marlene Blanshay said:

Today i had a chuckle... there was a story on the news about a couple
from NYC who came up here for a holiday (Montreal). While they were
here their HUMVEE (Valued at 65K) was stolen from the garage of the
Queen Elizabeth Hotel. The big story was that they feel they weren't
treated well by the police (this ia a huge auto theft city).

But I was BWAHAHAHAHA! Serves you right for having one of those tanks
anyways...every time I see one of those things i just roll my eyes.

I'll bet it pollutes less than your greenie friends' '92 Corollas and
Civics, but don't let that interfere with a good self-righteous rant.

What if you and your hubby were ripped off in a strange city (jewelry, fancy
bikes, cold hard cash, herbal tea press)? Would you like people to laugh at
you?

Maybe those people were jerks. Maybe they weren't.

Judge much?

Quoted message said:

Turns out that the most popular car for thieves is actually Honda
Civic.

Well there you go.

N&F

On 15 Dec 2005 01:43:27 -0800, another nobody,"mhk"
<[email hidden]> fell off the short bus to mutter:

Quoted message said:

I just wonder if you would have the same attitude about owning a Humvee
if there was any chance at all that you could afford to buy even a used
one.

That Humvee is a lot more clean burning than an old VW bug or van that
I see most greener's drive.

Yeah but the VW driver doesn't flaunt the "up yours" attitude of those
behemoth [censored] you so apparently covet.
--
zk

Marlene Blanshay said:

But I was BWAHAHAHAHA! Serves you right for having one of those tanks
anyways...every time I see one of those things i just roll my eyes.

So I wuz riding my Huffy to the grocery store and there wuz a guy who
was complaining cuz his $2000 bike got ripped off. But I wuz
BWAHAHAHA! Serves him right for wasting so much money.

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $795 BWAHAHAHA frame

mhk said:

I just wonder if you would have the same attitude about owning a Humvee
if there was any chance at all that you could afford to buy even a used
one.

Anyone can afford almost any vehicle, as long as they're willing to
take on enough debt. If you see someone driving a Hummer it doesn't
mean they're rich.

Relying on one's possessions as a gauge of their wealth is snobbish. If
I didn't care about retirement or an inheritance, I'd own his and hers
Z4s.

Marlene Blanshay said:

Today i had a chuckle... there was a story on the news about a couple
from NYC who came up here for a holiday (Montreal). While they were here
their HUMVEE (Valued at 65K) was stolen from the garage of the Queen
Elizabeth Hotel. The big story was that they feel they weren't treated
well by the police (this ia a huge auto theft city).

But I was BWAHAHAHAHA! Serves you right for having one of those tanks
anyways...every time I see one of those things i just roll my eyes.

it turns out that the most popular car for thieves is actually Honda Civic.

Geez, while I think that the Hummer is one of the most useless
vehicles there is, I still see nothing humorous in one being stolen.

It is amazing that at least two replies want to make this political.

What I don't understand, Marlene, is this "serves you right" mean
streak that you occasionally display. Is that who you really are? Do
you enjoy seeing others suffer misfortune? I hope not.

I dislike the Hummer, not because it pollutes, but because they are
hartd to see around. If I needed an suv in that price range, I would
look at Land Rovers.

Life is Good!
Jeff

"Jeff Starr" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:18:18 -0500, Marlene Blanshay
<[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

But I was BWAHAHAHAHA! Serves you right for having one of those tanks
anyways...every time I see one of those things i just roll my eyes.

it turns out that the most popular car for thieves is actually Honda
Civic.

Geez, while I think that the Hummer is one of the most useless
vehicles there is, I still see nothing humorous in one being stolen.

It is amazing that at least two replies want to make this political.

What I don't understand, Marlene, is this "serves you right" mean
streak that you occasionally display. Is that who you really are? Do
you enjoy seeing others suffer misfortune? I hope not.

The Germans have term for it: 'schadenfreude'. Feeling pleasure at the
discomfiture of others, would be a reasonable definition.

It isn't that unusual. I know as a cyclist my dislike of such behemoths in
many-fold: my immediate safety on the road, the amount of gas they consume,
and, yes, the ostentatious display they represent. Hearing about one being
stolen I don't exactly weep in sympathy for the owners.

In an earlier post, Zoot Katz postulated:

Quoted message said:

On 15 Dec 2005 01:43:27 -0800, another nobody,"mhk"
<[email hidden]> fell off the short bus to mutter:

Quoted message said:

I just wonder if you would have the same attitude about owning a Humvee
if there was any chance at all that you could afford to buy even a used
one.

That Humvee is a lot more clean burning than an old VW bug or van that
I see most greener's drive.

Yeah but the VW driver doesn't flaunt the "up yours" attitude of those
behemoth [censored] you so apparently covet.

Should Rolex watches be banned too?

"Walter Mitty" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

In an earlier post, Zoot Katz postulated:

Quoted message said:

On 15 Dec 2005 01:43:27 -0800, another nobody,"mhk"
<[email hidden]> fell off the short bus to mutter:

Quoted message said:

I just wonder if you would have the same attitude about owning a Humvee
if there was any chance at all that you could afford to buy even a used
one.

That Humvee is a lot more clean burning than an old VW bug or van that
I see most greener's drive.

Yeah but the VW driver doesn't flaunt the "up yours" attitude of those
behemoth [censored] you so apparently covet.

Should Rolex watches be banned too?

Who has suggested banning anything?

Note:

While it follows that someone who states 'Doing X should be banned'
likely believes
'One should not do X'. The reverse is not a reasonable extrapolation.

It is entirely possible to believe that 'One should not do X' without
believing that 'Doing X should be banned'

Jeff Starr said:

I dislike the Hummer, not because it pollutes, but because they are
hartd to see around. [snip]

This is exactly why I dislike SUVs and minivans. I can't see
what's in front of them. But I don't laugh when they're
stolen. Don't cry either, though. Just one of those things
that happen.

Scott

"Walter Mitty" wrote: Should Rolex watches be banned too?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Only if they don't pass smog.

"Scott" wrote: This is exactly why I dislike SUVs and minivans. I can't
see what's in front of them. But I don't laugh when they're stolen.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
No reason to laugh. It just means that while you are trying to see around
it, there is a different driver at the wheel.

I pretty much agree with Mark Hickey's response.

Walter Mitty said:

In an earlier post, Zoot Katz postulated:

Quoted message said:

On 15 Dec 2005 01:43:27 -0800, another nobody,"mhk"
<[email hidden]> fell off the short bus to mutter:

Quoted message said:

I just wonder if you would have the same attitude about owning a Humvee
if there was any chance at all that you could afford to buy even a used
one.

That Humvee is a lot more clean burning than an old VW bug or van that
I see most greener's drive.

Yeah but the VW driver doesn't flaunt the "up yours" attitude of those
behemoth [censored] you so apparently covet.

Should Rolex watches be banned too?

Sounds like you're assuming what people's objections to these things
are. It isn't entirely an argument about pollution.

Have you seen any of the data on the lethality of the
biggest-of-the-big SUV's? Many people buy them because--if they're
involved in an accident, they're highly likely to walk away ... while
the other car's passengers are five times more likely to get carted
off by the coroner.

Social Darwinism at its worst.
--
Live simply so that others may simply live

lowkey said:

"Jeff Starr" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:18:18 -0500, Marlene Blanshay
<[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

But I was BWAHAHAHAHA! Serves you right for having one of those
tanks anyways...every time I see one of those things i just roll my
eyes. it turns out that the most popular car for thieves is actually
Honda
Civic.

Geez, while I think that the Hummer is one of the most useless
vehicles there is, I still see nothing humorous in one being stolen.

It is amazing that at least two replies want to make this political.

What I don't understand, Marlene, is this "serves you right" mean
streak that you occasionally display. Is that who you really are? Do
you enjoy seeing others suffer misfortune? I hope not.

The Germans have term for it: 'schadenfreude'. Feeling pleasure at the
discomfiture of others, would be a reasonable definition.

It isn't that unusual. I know as a cyclist my dislike of such
behemoths in many-fold: my immediate safety on the road, the amount
of gas they consume, and, yes, the ostentatious display they
represent. Hearing about one being stolen I don't exactly weep in
sympathy for the owners.

Schadenfreuder!

:-D

mhk said:

I just wonder if you would have the same attitude about owning a
Humvee if there was any chance at all that you could afford to buy
even a used one.

That Humvee is a lot more clean burning than an old VW bug or van that
I see most greener's drive.

Um, you do realize that your reply -- directed toward Marlene one assumes --
was instead top-posted under Nuck 'n Futz's note, which said essentially the
same thing (except for the lame "you couldn't afford one" part).

Brilliant! (As they say in the beer commercials.)

*************

Quoted message said:

Nuck 'n Futz said:

Marlene Blanshay said:

Today i had a chuckle... there was a story on the news about a
couple from NYC who came up here for a holiday (Montreal). While
they were here their HUMVEE (Valued at 65K) was stolen from the
garage of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel. The big story was that they
feel they weren't treated well by the police (this ia a huge auto
theft city).

But I was BWAHAHAHAHA! Serves you right for having one of those
tanks anyways...every time I see one of those things i just roll my
eyes.

I'll bet it pollutes less than your greenie friends' '92 Corollas and
Civics, but don't let that interfere with a good self-righteous rant.

What if you and your hubby were ripped off in a strange city
(jewelry, fancy bikes, cold hard cash, herbal tea press)? Would you
like people to laugh at you?

Maybe those people were jerks. Maybe they weren't.

Judge much?

Quoted message said:

Turns out that the most popular car for thieves is actually Honda
Civic.

Well there you go.

N&F

Scott said:

Jeff Starr said:

I dislike the Hummer, not because it pollutes, but because they are
hartd to see around. [snip]

This is exactly why I dislike SUVs and minivans. I can't see
what's in front of them. But I don't laugh when they're
stolen. Don't cry either, though. Just one of those things
that happen.

I also really dislike them since it seems like the the SUV's around
here are much more likely to have tinted windows. Thus making it harder
to see the driver's intent. The only other drivers with that as a
common feature are young men in their riced-out and/or bassed-out cars.
I think it probably has something to do with insecurity...

--
Dane Buson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
"If you love democracy, you don't cheer when The People vote a dictator into
office. Similarly if you love free market capitalism, you don't cheer when
it allows a company to grow big enough to squash the free market. Governments
need to apply the minimum force neccessary to prevent the free market from
being squashed." - divec - As seen no /.

mhk said:

That Humvee is a lot more clean burning than an old VW bug or van that
I see most greener's drive.

Can you post a pointer to the resource where you found this data?
Thanks!

-JR

Dane Buson said:

Scott said:

Jeff Starr said:

I dislike the Hummer, not because it pollutes, but because they are
hartd to see around. [snip]

This is exactly why I dislike SUVs and minivans. I can't see
what's in front of them. But I don't laugh when they're
stolen. Don't cry either, though. Just one of those things
that happen.

I also really dislike them since it seems like the the SUV's around
here are much more likely to have tinted windows. Thus making it harder
to see the driver's intent. The only other drivers with that as a
common feature are young men in their riced-out and/or bassed-out cars.
I think it probably has something to do with insecurity...

And ... in my oh-so-scientific estimation ... they're far, far more
likely to be talking on the cell-phone while driving, which--most of
us seem to agree--doesn't help.
--
Live simply so that others may simply live

mhk said:

I just wonder if you would have the same attitude about owning a Humvee
if there was any chance at all that you could afford to buy even a used
one.

That Humvee is a lot more clean burning than an old VW bug or van that
I see most greener's drive.

Not if it's a diesel.

Anyway considering the pollution involved in
creating the new Humvee we would all probably be better
off just driving our old VWs.

R