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Post by Taildragger on Dec 5, 2023 15:04:28 GMT -5
So, in many ways, when we say, "I'm not the man I used t'be", we're making a literal statement. Over time, the cells of which our bodies are comprised wear out, become damaged or die, at which point they are replaced. Depending on which part of the body is in question, the frequency with which it's cells are regenerated varies:
However, as I've aged, I've noted increasing supply chain issues: either somebody is working off incomplete or flawed blueprints...or production of spare parts has been off-shored to foreign producers who lack adequate QC oversight...or bean counters have pushed through a downgrade of the raw materials being used...or some combination of the above.
When I hit about 20 years old, I thought, "OK, I guess this is 'what I'm gonna look like'". But to an ever-increasing degree, ever since I hit about 60, the quality of maintenance seems to have declined and I'm looking less and less as I did the day I came off the showroom floor:
•my ears keep getting bigger
•my ass has dropped
•the hair that was scheduled to be installed on top of my head has been getting misdelivered to my ears, nose and eyebrows
•I've lost almost an inch in height
And so on, and so on: you get the general idea.
Maybe they've decided to train the new hires at the dealership maintenance bay on an older model.
I should check my Blue Book value...
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Post by SteveM on Dec 5, 2023 16:32:34 GMT -5
Even though all of that is pretty much inevitable, men tend to hold their value better as they become older models due to simple supply and demand.
A lot of us die off, not so much for the wimmmins.
The survivors, particularly the “barn finds” sometimes have a high value because they can stand, walk, talk, sometime also chew gum, maybe even dance a little.
Also, the “guitar player option” is a long-term value holder, not quite like an original 426 hemi, but close.
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Post by Taildragger on Dec 5, 2023 17:17:51 GMT -5
But the new, current models have all kinds of options:
•gender fluid drive
•personal pronoun re-badging on command
•functional tear ducts
•emotional navigation
•anti-lock, "Yes Dear®" testosterone braking
Amazing stuff, technology...
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Post by SteveM on Dec 5, 2023 17:53:02 GMT -5
But the new, current models have all kinds of options: •gender fluid drive •personal pronoun re-badging on command •functional tear ducts •emotional navigation •anti-lock, "Yes Dear®" testosterone braking Amazing stuff, technology... Gender Fluid drive - the unit can’t decide whether it’s in forward or reverse. Re-badging - Never effective, No matter how much the Saab 9-7 identified as a Saab, it was a Chevy Acadia. Tear ducts - poor design, once you turn them on, they can’t be turned off. Emotional navigation - I don’t need to “feel” I’m headed east, the sun tells me the truth. Yes, dear braking - You can press your foot down on the passenger footwell as hard as you like, if it makes you happy, but unless you want to put your “can’t see at night” “can’t take left turns” self behind the wheel, I’m the one driving. Ok, Miss daisy? |
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