Truckin'

That's a fine looking truck, Mr. Beagles; you did good.  And you weren't kidding when you said that red trucks with a regular cab were hard to find.  Chevrolet has a website where you can search their inventory for the truck you want, so I did,  I looked for trucks within 100 miles of me that were "Red Hot," regular cab, 4-wheel drive, and I found five, only one of which had an all-black front end.  It was more than 45 miles away from me, so if I was shopping for a truck and didn't know about the internet tools I never would have found it.

It looks like all the truck manufacturers want to downplay the regular cab models; the emphasis is on the four-door versions.  I guess that's where all the money is once the customer starts adding all the options, some of which I find ridiculous.  Having USB ports available is nice but Chevy offers four different USB options and I wonder why one wouldn't suffice.  Mr. Beagles showed remarkable restraint in not succumbing to the allure of the "High Country Premium Package," whatever that is, and I'm afraid to ask.  Just out of curiosity, the last four digits of your new truck's VIN wouldn't happen to be 3060, would they?

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I miss the old Watergate days when life was so much simpler.  A "third rate" burglary, some shady intelligence guys, a mysterious character spilling the beans in a parking garage, and a couple of dogged reporters digging into a hot mess of political shenanigans.  Tricky Dick was a pro, though, and knew when to bow out.  But today?  Christ on a crutch but these people are screwy beyond belief.  You can't tell a player without a program but they have to print a new one every morning.  I never thought that Giuliani could be such a destabilizing influence, but here we are, with money of dubious origins flying all over the place.

And what's the deal with that General Flynn character?  I think he's still walking around a free man but he was convicted of something a long time ago, wasn't he?  It's too hard to keep up with those guys.  Speaking of generals, I wish those two Jarhead generals, Mattis and Kelly, would get together and make the rounds of all the talk shows and news programs.  That would be something if they started speaking freely and openly about what they know.  Too bad that they are probably prevented from doing so, by law if not their own sense of integrity.  Quite a word, integrity, not something usually associated with the current administration.