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The car issue isn't related to radio- it's that the cost of new and used cars have skyrocketed, and the manufacturers have cut less-expensive and 'starter' vehicles out of their lineup. If you look at new cars it's either expensive electrics or huge expensive SUV's.
People who need a car, but can't afford or want one of those right now have to go to the used market, which has driven up prices.
It's also effecting repairs, because spending a couple thousand dollars on a car repair seems more attractive than scrapping it and getting a replacement. The repair shops are so busy that the ones that'll work on an import are scheduling repairs in April.
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We're sidetracking now ...
I spent a year in the US of A 1975-76 going to high school, living in an American family. At that time, we still considered USA a 'rich' country, compared to Europa. I was shocked to hear my host family 'sister' argue that it now was the time for Europe to give USA the same kind of economical support to keep up the US standard of living as USA had given Europe through the Marshall Plan after WW2.
Later, especially the last few years, I have realized that USA is not as rich a country as I once believed. One US citizen, having lived in Norway for quite a few years, created a 6-part series of TV reports from his homeland shortly before the 2020 presidental election. Last year, he followed up with another 4 parts. The web side claims that they are available word wide - I assume that is true: Thomas Setzer: UXA[^]. All his commentaries are in Norwegian, but of course all the interviews are in English, and they are to some degree less judgmental than his comments - he doesn't try to hide that he is disappointed by his homeland. (If you want me to, I'll gladly provide an unauthorized translation of his Norwegian comments!)
I have fully realized that the US of A is no longer any 'rich' country. You have some very rich individuals / families, some oligarchs, but for the nation as a whole, richness has been sharply declining since my 1975-76 visit. The decline may have started that early. When I bought the 1978 book by the Danish writer/photographer Jacob Holdt: America Pictures, I was shocked to see how much of it I easily recognized.
We could go on from here, but we would soon bump into Lounge restrictions on commentaries related to society and social conditions, known as 'politics'. So I will stop here, after remarking that your comments that lots of people forced to maintain their old wrecks for economical reasons fit well into the overall picture.
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this morning my wife is doing some landscaping work and prune the bushes in front yard. I am doing my programming work at that time.
later on she told me she cut the power cord connected to the electric saw, then she stopped working.
I just feel unbelievable...
diligent hands rule....
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Well in her defense, manually cutting something with an electric saw is probably fairly difficult. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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My father once cut through the cord of the circular saw he was using.
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I've mowed it's mains cable myself.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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On purpose? 
PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - An updated version available!
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Southmountain wrote: I just feel unbelievable...
What's so unbelievable? Aside from my son (when he was a teenager), I heard the same story at least 3 or 4 times. The funniest one was when husband and wife were gardening, he with an electric hedge trimmer, she with the shears... 
Mircea
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Optimist: 1/2 full.
Pessimist: 1/2 empty.
Excel: 01 Feb 2023
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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ChatGPT: As an AI language model, I don't have personal opinions. The answer to whether the glass is half empty or half full depends on one's perspective and outlook. Some people might see the glass as half empty, indicating a negative or pessimistic outlook, while others might see it as half full, indicating a positive or optimistic outlook. The answer also depends on the actual amount of liquid in the glass and one's interpretation of what constitutes "half."
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I am old. My glass isn't big enough.
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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Me too. Sometimes I can't find the glass.
ed
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I had the opposite problem trying to put a short date in Libre Office Calc (spreadsheet). A column with no special formatting, I'm used to typing d/m and letting it turn it into dd/mm/yy. Took me several goes to get 1 Feb in as 1/02/23. Kept morphing into ½.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Engineer: the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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Obligatory xkcd (What If): Glass Half Empty
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Wordle 602 4/6
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⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Should be good for some smart comments....
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Wordle 602 3/6
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
very lucky guess.
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Wordle 602 4/6
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Being part of this community, should have got it sooner :P
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Wordle 602 4/6*
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Oh, I should have got that quicker!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Wordle 602 4/6
⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜
⬜⬜🟦⬜🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦
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After my 3rd try, I was staring at the screen, thinking Wordle is lying! I was convinced there was no other way those letters could be arranged. And then... 
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Wordle 602 4/6
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
I didn't think that would be correct 
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It could only be one of two words - you were very unlucky with your third go.
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Wordle 602 4/6
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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