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GM Dealer Closing List – Updated May 28, Part 2

Published on May 28, 2009 in Baby Boomer. 0 Comments


GM Dealer Closing List

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Merle Snider Motors 2301 W 9th Ave
Winfield, KS 67156 Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac,

Epps Motors Middlesboro 1935 US Highway 25 E
Middlesboro, KY 40965 Unknown

Ricky Smith GMC 25 Main Street
Weymouth, MA 02188 Buick, Pontiac, GMC

Fox Motors 6684 US-31 Highway South
Charlevoix, MI 49720 Buick, Pontiac, GMC, Cadillac, Chevrolet

Fox Pontiac Buick GMC 5977 Alpine Ave NW
Comstock Park, MI 49321 Buick, Pontiac, GMC

MN – At least 18 dealerships in Minnesota MN Unknown

Adams Chevrolet 7820 E. 171st Street
Belton, MO 64012 Chevrolet

Boyles Motors 204 N Market St
Maryville, MO 64468 Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC

AutoServ of Laconia 29 Laconia Rd
Belmont, NH 03220 Buick, Pontiac, GMC

Rose Buick Pontiac GMC 275 S Main St
Gloversville, NY 12078 Buick, Pontiac, GMC

Patire Chevrolet Buick 191 Main Street
Hoosick Falls, NY 12090 Buick, Chevrolet

Rea Buick 20 W Main St
Port Jervis, NY 12771 Buick

Salisbury Chevrolet 175 Freemans Bridge Road
Scotia, NY 12302 Chevrolet

Matthews Chevy 315 Market St
Brilliant, OH 43913 Chevrolet

Dick Bigelow Chevrolet 7800 Broadview Rd
Parma, OH 44134 Unknown

Eisenhower Motor Sales
Pemberville, OH Chevrolet

Moomaw Chevrolet 132 E. Main Street
Sugarcreek, OH Chevrolet

Bill Cross of Performance Auto Group
Wooster, OH Unknown

City Chevrolet 5000 West Reno
Oklahoma City, OK 73127 Chevrolet

Brackeen Motors 1111 Kickapoo Spur St
Shawnee, OK 74801 Buick, Pontiac, GMC

Jones Chevrolet 1755 NW 9th St
Corvallis, OR 97330 Chevrolet

J.L. Freed and Sons 2001 N Broad St
Lansdale, PA 19446 Pontiac, Cadillac

Videon Chevrolet 3599 West Chester Pike
Newtown Square, PA 19073 Chevrolet

Williams Auto Group 200 Spring Street
Sayre, PA 18840 Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick

Henna Chevrolet of Aiken 3625 Richland Ave W
Aiken, SC 29801 Chevrolet

Johnson Motor Company of South Carolina 490 Jefferson Davis Highway
Graniteville, SC 29829 Cadillac, Saab, GMC, Pontiac, Buick

Raceway Chevrolet Pontiac Buick GMC 270 N Ron McNair Blvd
Lake City, SC 29560 Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, GMC

Nourse Interstate Automall 3202 Commerce Dr
Richburg, SC 29729 Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick

Olsen’s Implement West Highway 14
Huron, SD 57350 GMC

La Roche Buick Pontiac GMC 900 Hwy 290 West
Brenham, TX 77833 Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Pontiac

McCombs Superior Pontiac GMC 4800 NW Loop 410
San Antonio, TX 78229 GMC, Pontiac

Boyd Chevrolet 200 W Danville St
South Hill, VA 23970 Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac, Cadillac

Lewis River Motor Co. 1061 Dale Street
Woodland, WA 98674 Chevrolet

Johnson Sales N1255 Us Highway 51
Arlington, WI 53911 Chevrolet

Tom’s Chevrolet 301 Bridge St
Cornell, WI 54732 Chevrolet

Broadway Automotive 2596 State Highway 32
Pulaski, WI 54162 Buick, Chevrolet, Pontiac, Saab

Bell Chevrolet 600 Chelsea St
Sisterville, WV 26175 Chevrolet

Glen Dale Motors 1500-1502 Wheeling Ave.
Sisterville, WV 26038 Chevrolet

Spencer Auto Group 276 E Main St
Spencer, WV 25276 Buick, Pontiac, Chevrolet

Blessed Are Those Who Rearrange Furniture, For They Shall Be Rewarded In The Kingdom of Sixty

Published on May 28, 2009 in Baby Boomer, Entertainment and Technology. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , .

We had the living room painted to provide a suitable backdrop for the Big Ass TV. (BATV)

Since that meant everything in the room was pretty screwed up anyway, I decided was told that the couch should go over there and my recliner should go where the couch used to be and her recliner should go where mine was and that lamp needs a new shade and don’t forget to fix the window latch and do we really need three dozen on-the-rocks glasses and are you ever going to do anything with that stuff?

I grunted and groaned and passed a little gas as I moved her recliner there and the couch over there and my recliner too.

Let me tell you about my recliner. I  am an oversized person. I have an oversized recliner. It goes with the BATV, it’s my BALa-Z-Boy. Sometimes there are three souls in the seat and one on the back.  Sofi on the back, Oliver, Derby and me in the seat. There also might be an empty bowl (formerly filled with ice cream), a couple remote control devices, and some magazines.

There are also hidden rewards.

I found my new, free Flip Ultra video cam. The free cam sent to me by a very nice person whom I turned around a stabbed in the back by not recommending her product. Boy-o-boy  have I learned my lesson. Send me anything and I will absolutely love it – as far as you know.

Now you’re thinking the cam just slipped between the cushion and arm of the BALa-Z-Boy last weekend. Wrong Benjamin Moore breath.

The cam disappeared six months ago, maybe longer.

I have a habit of saying that things are never lost, just misplaced. Especially things the size of a Flip Ultra Cam. But I looked everywhere, thrice. Repeatedly over the period of months. That’s a triple thrice. I even used the CSI flashlight. Whenever I found myself in a part of the house I hadn’t been in a while, I would look for the cam.

Yeah, when I moved the recliner, the Flip Ultra Cam was lying on the floor.

No! Yes.

But I looked there. A hundred times.

Here’s the deal, I could tell by the gouges and scratches on the case that the Flip Ultra Cam had gotten hung up in the mechanism of the recliner.

No! Yes.

It wasn’t lost, it was just misplaced. jammed in the jaws of death in my BALa-Z-Boy.

Proof: (not really, you will just have to take my word for it.)

FAO Schwarz Giant Keyboard Rocks to Bach Toccata

Published on May 27, 2009 in Entertainment and Shopping. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Remember the movie Big that starred Tom Hanks? It was Benjamin Button except with a carnival wizard. The Tom Hanks character was a kid who made a wish to be big so he could get the girl. The wish came true and got a dream job as a toy designer.

I loved the scene where the kid and the boss play a giant keyboard at FAO Schwarz.

Who knew that there really was an FAO Schwarz keyboard?

Who knew that the FAO Schwarz keyboard was still around?

Who knew that FAO Schwarz apparently hired two women to play Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D-Minor?

Waterboarding is Torture: Mancow

Published on May 25, 2009 in Random. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Conservative radio host, Erich “Mancow” Muller, had himself waterboarded during his Friday morning broadcast. He gives in after four seconds and concedes, reluctantly, that this is undeniably torture. Is Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity next?

Chicago right-wing radio host Erich “Mancow” Muller said that Howard Dean was

“evil” and “should be kicked out of America.”

He decided to try and prove that waterboarding was no big deal – that it’s just

“water splashed on your face.”

Sean Hannity promised to be waterboarded for charity, but has since broken the promise. Mancow Muller found a trained Marine sergeant, arranged for a paramedic to be on hand, and got waterboarded.

Average waterboarding victims last 14 seconds. Mancow thought he could last 30 or even 60 seconds.

Mancow lasted about four seconds and 3 quarts of water.

“It is way worse than I thought it would be, and that’s no joke,” Mancow told listeners. “It is such an odd feeling to have water poured down your nose with your head back…It was instantaneous…and I don’t want to say this: absolutely torture.”

“Absolutely. I mean that’s drowning,” he added later. “It is the feeling of drowning.”

“If I knew it was gonna be this bad, I would not have done it,” he said.

Geeky Animated GIF Monday

Published on May 25, 2009 in Baby Boomer. 0 Comments

Sucker punches! Geeks hate sucker punches.

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