Dealers lots are filling up

[Pbutler97]

Dealers lots around Ohio/western PA are filling up with certain models. Not many heavy duty trucks but I'm seeing a few Chevy and GMC 2500's sit for weeks before being sold and a lot in the pipeline. 1/2 tons are everywhere. Monitoring black book trade and used retail values, they're dropping like a stone. The Dealers I have recently talked to are holding at MSRP on new with one willing to go below MSRP on a 2500 that has been sitting for over 6 weeks. Expect them all to have to start dealing again. Sales are down and dropping. No wonder if you've seen the prices at the grocery store recently and follow the number of companies announcing layoffs or hiring freezes.

[blt2ski]

Oh boy........

[JRscooby]

manley wrote:
Before this thread gets locked, I’d just like to point out that it is “college.”

Good grief, what a bunch of freaking ninnies.

Thank you. If I wait to the end of any post to spellcheck it often looks like a zebra orgy. Some mistakes spellcheck will not catch. Of course on this site we can't name the game played with galloping dominos.

spoon059 wrote:

JRscooby wrote:
A perfect example of the foxifacation of thought in US..

Facts, you like facts, right?

I looked at all the site listed. Which one showed Hustler as assigned reading for 2nd/3rd graders? And which one lists a student that just found and was offended by something never heard of before they found the book in the library?
In fact, as far as I can see none of them have anything to do with classwork.
IMHO, if a parent thinks their child will be harmed from learning some people act different, by all means don't allow your child to read them, don't force your standards on others. Of course, that would mean you would need to be involved with what child is reading.

BCSnob wrote:
Did they also remove the book where two daughters get their father drunk so they could get pregnant? These same two daughters who were offered up for gang **** by their father. Seems like inappropriate reading for children and might be used to indoctrinate children.

THANK YOU!
What about boy scouts?

[BCSnob]

Did they also remove the book where two daughters get their father drunk so they could get pregnant? These same two daughters who were offered up for gang **** by their father. Seems like inappropriate reading for children and might be used to indoctrinate children.

[shelbyfv]

spoon059 wrote:
Nah, not really. I only see her a couple times of year and think about her when people talk about the "value" of college.

Yep, she does sound like an easy target! At least one in every family, right? 😉 Thankfully she's not the norm.

[manley]

Before this thread gets locked, I’d just like to point out that it is “college.”

Good grief, what a bunch of freaking ninnies.

[spoon059]

JRscooby wrote:
A perfect example of the foxifacation of thought in US. Can you show 1 example of a child exposed to porn in a classroom, school or public library? I would be willing to bet, if I had a way to prove it, that just like when I was a kid, most first exposure to porn is when they find a parent's hoard.
No the conflict comes when somebody is offended by things like To Kill a Mockingbird or Diary of Ann Franks
News reports one governor is wanting to prohibit teaching about MLK in public schools.
In my extended family there is a mother that thru a fit when kid got the first Harry Potter book for Christmas. The kids also missed the Twilight series. Can't say it helped or hurt the kids, but did not affect others.

Facts, you like facts, right? Sorry about the one Fox News link, it came up in my Yahoo feed, I'm not a Fox News guy, nor am I a CNN or MSNBC news guy. But facts are facts, right?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10649387/Georgia-parent-stopped-reading-sexually-explicit-book-slavery-school-board-meeting.html
https://www.dailywire.com/news/michigan-school-district-removes-pornographic-books-after-muslim-community-outrage
https://www.foxnews.com/media/michigan-parent-reads-graphic-passages-revolt-pornographic-books-school-libraries

[spoon059]

shelbyfv wrote:
😉 Haha-pretty much anything that involves facts. BTW, your wife's cousin's daughter seems to be taking up lots of space in your head. :h

Nah, not really. I only see her a couple times of year and think about her when people talk about the "value" of college.

[shelbyfv]

Yep, don't let facts interfere with anyone's tantrum. Situation isn't what you think it is....Library Hysteria

[nickthehunter]

When I show you the video of the father in Dearborn leafing through just such a book as I described - then what?
Do you then claim it wasn’t really on the shelf in their kids elementary school? (Or maybe it’s the updated version of “The Diary of Anne Frank”)
Just keep drinking the koolaid - Don’t let facts get in the way.

[JRscooby]

nickthehunter wrote:
Would you let your 8 year old read something like Hustler magazine? Or watch XXX rated movies?
There is a difference between “banning books” and keeping particular age inappropriate materials away from kids.
I should of said “For most people there is a difference…”

A perfect example of the foxifacation of thought in US. Can you show 1 example of a child exposed to porn in a classroom, school or public library? I would be willing to bet, if I had a way to prove it, that just like when I was a kid, most first exposure to porn is when they find a parent's hoard.
No the conflict comes when somebody is offended by things like To Kill a Mockingbird or Diary of Ann Franks
News reports one governor is wanting to prohibit teaching about MLK in public schools.
In my extended family there is a mother that thru a fit when kid got the first Harry Potter book for Christmas. The kids also missed the Twilight series. Can't say it helped or hurt the kids, but did not affect others.

[shelbyfv]

"should have said";) Anyway, I don't think the school library vigilantes are focused on nekkid magazines or porn videos. Someone has yanked their leash so they bark, don't even know what they are barking at.

[nickthehunter]

Would you let your 8 year old read something like Hustler magazine? Or watch XXX rated movies?
There is a difference between “banning books” and keeping particular age inappropriate materials away from kids.
I should of said “For most people there is a difference…”

[JRscooby]

spoon059 wrote:

shelbyfv wrote:
FWIW, I'm old enough to remember when (pre-1980s?) the entire political spectrum respected and valued education. Folks ought to wonder why one end of it now prefers their followers to be less informed.

Informed about what, exactly?

History? Science? Logic?
I'm sure a moderator will decide a history lesson is political, but I will try to keep it "clean".
One past President, while introducing somebody declared "We have a lot in common. You wrote a book in collage, and I read one"
Another while campaigning often declared "I love the poorly educated"
Many want to not just control what books their kids read, but also what all kids can read. Does anybody have any idea what other government, past and present, ban books?

[way2roll]

What in the world does the last few pages of this thread have to do with vehicles on dealer's lots? Somehow it has turned into whether or not to get a college degree and which degree to get.