BryanS

...and by the looks of those pictures... I give them 6 months.

Doesn't it seem odd that so many people were ticketed/jailed for "suspicion?" That's the offense. Suspicion. "Hey! Why am I being ticketed? What did I do??!" "...Oh... just suspicious... that's all..." ...and it happened 216 times.

Our family bought one of these new - the 1989 model. It had a 150 hp Mitsubishi (I thought, but not apparently) V-6. And it was decent. 7/70 warranty. This was the "Last Rambler." AMC bought/partnered with Renault on the design of the car, taking design ques from Volvo (headrests/body style)... and then Chrysler bought AMC... and then rebranded the "AMC Premiere" as the "Eagle Premiere" in 1987/88. It was built in Ontario at fairly advanced factory - for the day. It was the last car AMC attempted to put its name on. The car had what was called "ground switching" electronics. Most electrical systems always have the ground/neutral connected at all times - and switch the hot (on and off). In the Eagle Premiere... the hot side of the circuit was always connected... it was the ground side that switched on and off. Backwards. Needless to say, we had issues with the electrical, as well as the transmission. And one time.. at a red light the car would not move forward. I had to push it through the intersection.... and then drive it home in reverse (on side streets) for that last mile to the house. I never drove it again. I saw an ad once: "For sale. 1988 Eagle Premiere. $2000 worth of repairs. Asking $2001 OBO." Our family should have bought the Maxima. But Chrysler cut us a deal that was just too good to refuse...

No, they just got lazy. "Hey guys! Only 1370 miles until we reach California!" In November: "Jesus. Well... it's kinda cool now... let's just stop here [in Texas]." In August: "Dammit! Well, I guess it's too late now; we've already settled. We should have kept going..."

I could, but I'm not not. It would not be an efficient use of my computer's CPU cycles, which requires electricity, which strains the earth's resources, contributing to global climate change. Hey - I'm on your side now. There's no need to conserve anything, or change course - no matter what the scientists say. At this point, all they are telling us is that the damage is occurring faster than initially projected... and that it is pretty much irreversible now. We've past the point of no return, so damn the torpedoes - full speed ahead! Screw the future. The next generation won't miss what they don't have. They'll just get used to a warmer planet and 1 foot of water in their living rooms... because that will be all they know... it will be their "normal." No harm, no foul.

You're wasting your time with this crowd. ...the debate is over. In fact, it is so ever that now, today, even if we stopped 100% of our carbon emissions... we're still screwed. It's that bad. Sooooo.... if that's the case... then why change anything now? The damage has already been done. As long as we can get another 75 years out of the planet - that'll be good enough.

I once got three tickets, in three consecutive days: Day 1: Parking the wrong direction. Paid it, on line the same day. Got pissed. Next Day: Blocking the sidewalk... but just barely. Paid it, on line the same day. Now I'm really pissed. The Next Day: Parking more than 18 inches. Got my measuring tape. Depending on how you measured... 17 3/4... or 18 1/32. Screw'em. Didn't pay it. Still haven't paid it. Eventually that parking cop stopped harassing the neighborhood. This was near the Hawthorne apts at the Westheimer curve... All this happened about 8 years ago. No blocked registration. And apparently no warrants for my arrest, because I've been stopped several times since then... My advice: pay the first two tickets, but no more after that.

My guess. The food really isn't that great. I give it one more year...

Please, God, give us Bill White. Perry is an embarrassment to this state. And Kay B... if she tilts her head to the side... that little candy M&M might fall out.

...that place isn't going to be around much longer...

They do. And have, for decades.

What garbage. So I guess... according to your research methods... if there's an internet, or a.m. radio, reference it must be gospel. There is a strong, silent super majority of credible civil/mechanical/aerospace engineers... that if presented with the facts... and forced to render an analysis... would absolutely crush the position of these wack jobs and people perpetuating such lunacy. What is your background, again? Who are we arguing with?

...No design of any building... of any material... can ever withstand forces imposed upon it, outside of its design limits and safety margins. Concrete has excellent compressive strength but easily fails in tension; you're swapping one problem for another. And I'm no so sure the Empire state building would be standing after a 767 impact. And if not 767, perhaps 747. And if not 747, then surely A380. And if not A380, something else. You can't design for the unknown. You can design to make it 50%, 5x, 10x times stronger... but, if you exceed that margin... it's history - no matter what. Speaking of failures... Rammer has still failed to answer the simple question: can heat/fire weaken steel? Does he believe in cutting torches? At what point does he believe that heat can actually compromise steel? Nothing.

What was it hit by though? I am guessing debris from a gigantic building right next to it that also fell into the ground. ...and for some reason... in your mind... you cannot comprehend that metals lose strength when heated. They do not have to be heated to cutting torch temperatures (2500+deg F) in order to "fail."

This is misleading.... 110 degrees... F? would imply that vehicles in Phoenix, AZ would all "fail" in August. Steel melts ("fails" completely) at 2500 deg F... Steel begins to lose strength in the range of your paper/wood range in deg F, but not necessarily "fail" - initially. Jet A fuel burns at about 550 deg F. Eviscerating a building's structural support system/members followed by heating the remaining support members will reduce the factor of safety of the design to zero, followed by complete structural failure. But despite this simple factual explanation, that is not enough for the flat earthers. 8 years is just not enough time for them to process this information... They all failed the same way: blunt structural damage, followed by fire, weakening the remaining structure, until complete failure.

They should talk to Six Flags first... before opening any theme parks up in Houston... I don't know what was worse: seeing Astroworld slowly decline over the years, or its final demolition.

Yes. And people tend to forget that steel... starts out as a molten liquid. And then solidifies. ...and that old metal... is melted down... and poured into new shapes. ...and if steel... was indestructible, or impervious to fire... then things like this would never work: ...fire cutting steel. AKA cutting torch. But the 9/11 crowd would have us to believe that these things don't work (because fire can't hurt steel). Riiiiight...

1.) It's called WTC 7. It had plenty of steel in it. And collapsed, due to fire. No need to find some other example... 2.) Screw the architects. They aren't engineers. But I am. Are you? All I see with WTC 7, from people with your viewpoint, is a bunch of horse crap conspiracy theory. Which you blatantly tried to work into this "engineering" discussion. For every link you provide, I could provide a corresponding link, debunking the horse crap. But what point would that serve? There really is nothing to discuss... that has not already been discussed for the past 8 YEARS on this tired, useless topic. Why argue it here... when you can do a simple google search for "WTC 7" - and wade through countless links and seas of information on this topic...

How about we stick with just WTC 7: http://www.structuremag.org/Archives/2007-11/SF-WTC7-Gilsanz-Nov07.pdf Please read. It also has a "video analysis" that you've asked for. No need to discuss any further on here...

1. Yes. 2. Yes. 3. Yes. 4. Yes. 5. Yes. What was heard is the sound of the building.. about to come down. 6. Yes. 7. Yes. This has nothing to do with "engineering" ... why are you moving off topic? 8. Yes. This has nothing to do with "engineering" ... why are you moving off topic? 9. Only you can answer that. This has nothing to do with "engineering" ... why are you moving off topic? This thread seems pretty useless.

Not going to happen. It's already moved beyond tasteless.

Even style-wise. It's just the same old junk, different decade.

Incredible. It still has 4 wheels, 4 doors, engine up front. Like every sedan ever created.

U.S. Deports Lou Dobbs CNN Host Had Been Living Illegally In Country Since 1961 November 12, 2009 | Issue 45•46 Luis Miguel Salvador Aguila Dominguez, alias "Lou Dobbs," is escorted by DHS agents to the airport to be sent back to Mexico. WANTAGE, NJ—Acting on anonymous tips from within the Hispanic-American community, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials on Wednesday deported Luis Miguel Salvador Aguila Dominguez, who for the last 48 years had been living illegally in the United States under the name Lou Dobbs. According to the Department of Homeland Security, federal agents stormed the undocumented immigrant's home in an evening raid just hours after the 64-year-old newscaster suddenly announced that he was resigning from CNN, and immediately placed him on an Aeromexico flight departing from Newark Liberty Airport. http://www.theonion....ports_lou_dobbs

That's not good enough for these people. Because you'd still be relying on the govt/court system to enforce covenants. The only sure fire way to keep it around forever - and unchanged - is to remove all private parties from the situation. You can’t blame the home owner for any violations or tackiness… if there is no home owner! Because everybody's house is like Abe Lincoln's log cabin or The Parthenon. Let's keep it around forever. Only the govt can do that. Of course, I am being quite sarcastic. Thank you god that I do not have neighbors like some of the people on here. I have tried, through excessive neglect of my yard, to get the neighbors to complain – to no avail. I almost can’t stand it anymore. I will be forced to take of my yard, driven by my own disgust of how shabby it has become. People just aren’t good for anything these days.