Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Pickup trucks for city boys Date: 29 Aug 2025 19:00:38 GMT Lines: 61 Message-ID: References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <1081cin$3kivt$1@dont-email.me> <2W2pQ.10557$uCGc.6020@fx14.iad> <108428t$7mtq$4@dont-email.me> <108aefl$1n7i9$9@dont-email.me> <108hddu$3bl64$2@dont-email.me> <108leod$b9i7$1@dont-email.me> <108pdpo$1a0v5$1@dont-email.me> <0eu5olxm0l.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <5ok8olxic2.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net twWPOBNnv2sSm02WgIWkwgDFltEvfldQZTCgVvQsFgfOPDcusW Cancel-Lock: sha1:0A8FuePEu7kPUl15MdIrs5LwuK8= sha256:cYCYEEguKmO3ghfNR5j59m8QfMtWRxkjSwmxMYCllV0= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:72669 alt.comp.os.windows-11:23303 On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 14:58:13 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote: > On 2025-08-29 00:43, rbowman wrote: >> On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 21:17:51 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> >>> On 2025-08-28 20:51, rbowman wrote: >>>> On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:25:04 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>>> >>>>> In the EU all new cars have a GPS, because it is mandatory to at >>>>> least warn the driver that they are speeding. A possibly future >>>>> feature is that the car will refuse to speed. >>>> >>>> I don't think the US has gotten to mandatory yet for GPS, just seat >>>> belts, >>>> airbags, backup cameras, yadayada. No problem, they've also went to >>>> easy 7 year payment plans. Of course you're underwater before you've >>>> paid for it. >>>> >>>> I pay cash for my vehicles which usually confuses the salesman. They >>>> keep starting the financing spiel even when you've told them you'll >>>> be writing a check. >>> >>> It is forbidden to pay more than 1000€ in cash in Spain :-p >>> >>> (a check is not cash, the bank intervenes, there is a paper trail) >> >> A cash withdrawal over $10,000 gets scrutiny in the US. I was using >> cash as opposed to credit in this case. The largest US bill is $100 so >> even $10,000 would be quite a wad. I think a car salesman would have a >> heart attack confronted with US currency and have visions of 'Breaking >> Bad'. >> >> There was a $500 bill at one time but it was discontinued. They were >> still around in the '60s but the banks had to take them out of >> circulation if they showed up. There has been talk of bringing them >> back. $100 doesn't go very far these days. I use real cash for day to >> day transactions, usually $20s since that's what the ATM spits out but >> I usually have a few $100 bills. Most places take them as a matter of >> course. >> >> afaik the marijuana stores here are cash only. Since it is still >> illegal on the federal level I don't think credit card companies will >> touch it. I don't know about paper checks. > > Can't they create estate only banks? Or would that still not be legal? > > No idea. I assume they have some way to get the money into the mainstream. It hasn't been a problem here but in some places the weed shops are targeted by robbers since they're one of the few businesses with a lot of cash in hand. It's a very strange situation that the Feds have been trying to ignore. Too many states have legalized marijuana, either medical or recreational, that a crack down might start a states rights war. Then there is the tax. In this state recreational is 22% tax. If the person has a medical card the tax is much less but it is revenue.