Magick Man
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We in the States only think we know discrimination, Italians have it down to a science. Arabs, or anyone who appears to be Arab, are fiercely hated here. I dropped by the tailor to get my clothing order, and while picking up accessories and talking with the owner (whose English was so poor that we resorted to speaking in Spanish) an Arab fellow walked in. When he did, the mood in the whole store changed, from being happy and festive to hostile and pensive. The customer asked a couple questions in very broken English and the owner answered in Italian that he didn't understand him, then the guy tried to ask him the question in Italian, and the owner just raised his hands like "I have no idea What you're trying to say". Finally the fella became so irritated he left, and the door hadn't even fully shut when everyone in there started blasting him with every slur they could think of... and this is a high-line professional clothier! "Qué pasó, mi amigo?" I asked him. He replied, "They're awful, filthy animals, the government should round them all up and throw them in the sea" (it loses some of its edge when translated). :blink:
It's like that everywhere. If a place will do business with them, they charge them 3-4x more. Usually however, they ignore them or tell them to get out. Even the Roma are treated better (and they hate Arabs more than the Italians, too). I live in the Southern US where racism, unfortunately, isn't exactly rare and I've never seen anything like this.
My yellow Ford GT has both, twin turbos and a blower, staggered to make even torque throughout the band. The amount of heat it puts out at full throttle is ungodly, during development they had to go to CF headers, because the ones in SS were warping, and all the rods and internal head parts are titanium.
Oh, oh! BTW, I could spend the next 5 years just hunting cool old Lancias, Ferraris, Maseratis, Abarth, any type of vintage Italian car you can think of, and many that you may have never heard of, for <1/2 the prices in the US. I'm finding gorgeous, yet non-operating, 50s-70s classics everywhere here. I'm going to need to lease at least 3 or 4 ship containers before we leave, just to get them all back home. In the mean time I guess we can put them in storage lockers.
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So, think Mercedes will walk through Monaco? Will Hamilton dominate again? I believe his luck is about to change, I'm feeling really good about Alonso.
It's like that everywhere. If a place will do business with them, they charge them 3-4x more. Usually however, they ignore them or tell them to get out. Even the Roma are treated better (and they hate Arabs more than the Italians, too). I live in the Southern US where racism, unfortunately, isn't exactly rare and I've never seen anything like this.
Supercharge and turbocharge the same car? Volvo says yes! http://www.cnet.com/products/2015-volvo-s60-t6-drive-e/
My yellow Ford GT has both, twin turbos and a blower, staggered to make even torque throughout the band. The amount of heat it puts out at full throttle is ungodly, during development they had to go to CF headers, because the ones in SS were warping, and all the rods and internal head parts are titanium.
Oh, oh! BTW, I could spend the next 5 years just hunting cool old Lancias, Ferraris, Maseratis, Abarth, any type of vintage Italian car you can think of, and many that you may have never heard of, for <1/2 the prices in the US. I'm finding gorgeous, yet non-operating, 50s-70s classics everywhere here. I'm going to need to lease at least 3 or 4 ship containers before we leave, just to get them all back home. In the mean time I guess we can put them in storage lockers.
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So, think Mercedes will walk through Monaco? Will Hamilton dominate again? I believe his luck is about to change, I'm feeling really good about Alonso.