Maybe I had a bunch of Friday afternoon lemons. Owned two Suburbans, they basically fell apart at 100k. I had a Malibu 2019 that I use for work, at 100k oil change the entire car was junked due to oil leakage. Then I hear about stories like yours. Who knows.
I have heard nothing but horror stories about GM trucks in regard to transmissions and engine issues. Personally I would never drive anything but a Toyota.
120 out of 50,000? That’s a quarter of 1%. If that’s a crack down on the 2A, it’s a pretty poor job. Face it, some gun dealers, like doctors, auto mechanics, bankers, etc., just aren’t good at their jobs or are corrupt and put the rest of us at risk. The doctor losing his license to operate on a patient is losing his/her livelihood too but we’re safer for it.
It used to be a cool place to grow up with a very strong middle class. It’s dying and resembles something out of Escape from New York, I’m in it almost daily in some very rough areas and it’s getting worse.
The job market was so bad in the 80s for new college graduates, I would call and leave messages obsessively with people I interviewed with just reminding them I wanted the job. I was shot down most of the time until one job opened up due to an applicant not accepting and I got the call.
Resilience, grit , etc is needed and I think the only motivator for me was hunger and shelter, but I do believe it made me a good salesman.
I graduated in the mid 80s with a bachelor degree in finance, the Sunday paper was my only source of any jobs. I’d put my only suit on and walk into banks with my resume. You’re right, todays job hunting is a cake walk.
Thats how it goes, and the older the person the more mean and cruel management was toward them to leave. Sales is a great experience as a younger person but it becomes almost impossible to keep up with increasing goals as you hit your 40’s. Saw one guy crying in his office once when he lost a large six figure commission account.
Anyone who has spent some time in sales can relate to this. I have seen this happen in the brokerage business when some folks are in a slump or they lose a very large account. Management begins to shun them if they are on the outs until they leave or are walked out.
Still working here, age 70, making more than I ever thought I could there is no way I am stopping. My wife thinks I am nuts, but I have friends dropping left and right who retired.
I attend a Latin Mass in Milwaukee every Sunday. It’s standing room only at St Stanislaus 8, 10 or 12 doesn’t matter. Packed with young families, lots of kids. Lots of folks in their 20s-40s. Meanwhile in the local parish with the NO Mass, it’s desolate, depressing, with music stuck in the 70s. Doesn’t take a Phd to see the future.
I remember seeing it as a kid too and laughing really hard during those scenes with the giant fruit and pudding. I despise Allen for being a freak but he really did make some good movies.