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On 02/05/2017 07:25 PM, krw@notreal.com wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Feb 2017 15:42:57 -0500, bitrex
> <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> On 02/05/2017 03:16 PM, amdx wrote:
>>> On 2/4/2017 3:07 PM, bitrex wrote:
>>>> On 02/04/2017 09:32 AM, Pimpom wrote:
>>>>> On 2/4/2017 6:52 PM, jurb6006@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>> Boy I have had enough of that for a while.
>>>>>>
>>>>> ........<snip>..........
>>>>>> They are already spending $3,000 on a KIT for a single ended triode
>>>>>> mode 6BQ5 amp that puts out about a watt and a half a channel.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What about the HDMI cable offered for $4950 at Amazon not too long ago?
>>>>>
>>>>> I had a friend (RIP) who once spoke admiringly of the extensive audio
>>>>> gear owned by someone he met on a business trip, calling him "a real
>>>>> audiophile". I told him we call such people audiophools and briefly
>>>>> explained why. He caught on quickly and we had a good laugh. He really
>>>>> liked the term and often used it afterwards.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Out where my brother lives in Utah it's apparently popular to buy a
>>>> $57,000 work truck, lift it up on some gigantic fuck-off rims, keep it
>>>> polished to a brilliant shine, and never use it to do any hauling, ever.
>>>> No! No! Don't touch the bed! It's gonna get scratched!
>>>>
>>>> I think it's a similar mentality...
>>>
>>>  Quote;
>>>
>>>
>>> “So what’s wrong with my truck?”
>>>
>>> I know how you feel – trucks are fun, and everybody has ’em. How could
>>> this be wrong? To figure it out, let’s review the basics of what a truck
>>> is really supposed to accomplish.
>>>
>>>     To make you money.
>>>     To make you look good in front of other people.  End Quote
>>>
>>>> http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2015/04/28/what-does-your-work-truck-say-about-you/
>>>>
>>>
>>>                              Mikek
>>>
>>
>> New trucks are insane expensive. Things a good full size work truck
>> should have at the minimum, IMO:
>
> I paid $25K for mine.  Is that "insane expensive"?
>>
>> regular cab
>
> Nope.  Extended (but not King).  Need somewhere inside to put things
> and occaisionally carry an extra passenger or two (car is, for all
> practical purposes, a 2-seater).
>
>> 8' bed
>
> A rarity.  Though with the tail gate down, mine is.
>
>> V8 engine
>
> Check
>
>> 4x4
>
> Useless here.
>
>> half-ton
>
> Meaningless description
>>
>> I just priced a new 2017 F-150 at Ford's site with these features and an
>> extra or two like fog lights and a bed liner and it's north of 40k. You
>> could get a BMW 4 series grand turismo for around the same price.
>
> Nonsense.
>

Keep in mind these are MSRPs (on both vehicles, not including incentives.)

Add the supercab, keep the 8 foot bed and V8, drop the 4x4, and have no 
other packages or options, everything else stock and with a black paint 
job and the MSRP drops to 33k

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Audiphoolery jurb6006@gmail.com - 2017-02-04 05:22 -0800
  Re: Audiphoolery Pimpom <Pimpom@invalid.com> - 2017-02-04 20:02 +0530
    Re: Audiphoolery Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2017-02-04 16:03 +0000
      Re: Audiphoolery John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-02-04 09:59 -0800
        Re: Audiphoolery Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2017-02-04 23:45 +0000
          Re: Audiphoolery John Larkin <jjlarkinxyxy@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-02-04 16:33 -0800
            Re: Audiphoolery Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2017-02-05 15:05 +0000
              Re: Audiphoolery John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-02-05 07:42 -0800
                Re: Audiphoolery Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2017-02-05 17:23 +0000
          Re: Audiphoolery bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-05 15:06 -0500
            Re: Audiphoolery David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-06 09:54 +0100
              Re: Audiphoolery bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-06 18:36 -0500
      Re: Audiphoolery Pimpom <Pimpom@invalid.com> - 2017-02-05 02:17 +0530
        Re: Audiphoolery Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2017-02-04 13:53 -0700
    Re: Audiphoolery Pimpom <Pimpom@invalid.com> - 2017-02-05 01:53 +0530
    Re: Audiphoolery bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-04 16:07 -0500
      Re: Audiphoolery krw@notreal.com - 2017-02-04 21:19 -0500
        Re: Audiphoolery bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-04 23:55 -0500
          Re: Audiphoolery bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-05 00:03 -0500
          Re: Audiphoolery Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2017-02-05 15:08 +0000
          Re: Audiphoolery krw@notreal.com - 2017-02-05 19:21 -0500
        Re: Audiphoolery bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-05 17:07 -0500
      Re: Audiphoolery amdx <nojunk@knology.net> - 2017-02-05 14:16 -0600
        Re: Audiphoolery bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-05 15:42 -0500
          Re: Audiphoolery tabbypurr@gmail.com - 2017-02-05 12:52 -0800
            Re: Audiphoolery bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-05 15:59 -0500
              Re: Audiphoolery tabbypurr@gmail.com - 2017-02-05 13:29 -0800
          Re: Audiphoolery Spehro Pefhany <speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> - 2017-02-05 16:04 -0500
            Re: Audiphoolery bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-05 16:57 -0500
              Re: Audiphoolery bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-05 17:04 -0500
                Re: Audiphoolery Lasse Langwadt Christensen <langwadt@fonz.dk> - 2017-02-05 14:12 -0800
                Re: Audiphoolery bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-05 17:28 -0500
                Re: Audiphoolery Lasse Langwadt Christensen <langwadt@fonz.dk> - 2017-02-05 14:36 -0800
                Re: Audiphoolery bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-06 00:20 -0500
            Re: Audiphoolery krw@notreal.com - 2017-02-05 19:28 -0500
            Re: Audiphoolery George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2017-02-06 07:22 -0800
          Re: Audiphoolery krw@notreal.com - 2017-02-05 19:25 -0500
            Re: Audiphoolery amdx <nojunk@knology.net> - 2017-02-05 18:37 -0600
              Re: Audiphoolery krw@notreal.com - 2017-02-05 19:45 -0500
                Re: Audiphoolery amdx <nojunk@knology.net> - 2017-02-05 20:29 -0600
                Re: Audiphoolery krw@notreal.com - 2017-02-05 21:52 -0500
            Re: Audiphoolery bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-06 00:41 -0500
            Re: Audiphoolery bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-06 00:48 -0500
          Re: Audiphoolery Neon John <no@never.com> - 2017-02-06 11:27 -0500
            Re: Audiphoolery bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-06 13:45 -0500
              Re: Audiphoolery John Larkin <jjlarkinxyxy@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-02-06 13:02 -0800
                Re: Audiphoolery bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-06 18:18 -0500
                Re: Audiphoolery "dcaster@krl.org" <dcaster@krl.org> - 2017-02-06 16:52 -0800
                Re: Audiphoolery bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-06 20:31 -0500
                Re: Audiphoolery Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2017-02-07 03:38 +0000
                Re: Audiphoolery John Larkin <jjlarkinxyxy@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-02-07 11:06 -0800
                Re: Audiphoolery dplatt@coop.radagast.org (Dave Platt) - 2017-02-07 11:36 -0800
                Re: Audiphoolery Lasse Langwadt Christensen <langwadt@fonz.dk> - 2017-02-07 12:43 -0800
                Re: Audiphoolery John Larkin <jjlarkinxyxy@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-02-07 13:54 -0800
                Re: Audiphoolery Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2017-02-07 17:30 -0600
                Re: Audiphoolery Chris <c@b.a> - 2017-02-08 14:56 +1100
              Re: Audiphoolery Julian Barnes <jb9889@notformail.com> - 2017-02-07 23:13 +0000
  Re: Audiphoolery John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-02-04 09:13 -0800
  Re: Audiphoolery Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> - 2017-02-04 14:11 -0600
    Re: Audiphoolery bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-04 16:03 -0500
      Re: Audiphoolery Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> - 2017-02-04 18:01 -0600
        Re: Audiphoolery Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2017-02-05 15:10 +0000
          Re: Audiphoolery bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-05 12:38 -0500
            Re: Audiphoolery tabbypurr@gmail.com - 2017-02-05 11:32 -0800
  Re: Audiphoolery gray_wolf <g_wolf@nospam.com> - 2017-02-04 20:52 -0600
  Re: Audiphoolery Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com> - 2017-02-04 19:17 -0800
  Re: Audiphoolery upsidedown@downunder.com - 2017-02-05 12:22 +0200
  Re: Audiphoolery Robert Latest <boblatest@yahoo.com> - 2017-02-06 20:13 +0000
    Re: Audiphoolery bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-06 18:30 -0500

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