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Hey Greg, Now that's a good dealer!
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I've dealt with Baxter several times. They were always very good to me. Struthers Brothers in Des Moines (where I bought my bike) has always been very up front with me as well. Both have been good for free advice although this site is the best for specific BA information. Based on my experience I would recommend either of them.
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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Hermy has treated me very well for over 20 years.
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To answer your question Ward...Nope! There's not a single honest Triumph dealer to be found in the entire known universe!!! THAT'S why you're ALWAYS much better off to patronize those fine examples of fair and honest business practices....your local Harley-Davidson dealership!   Actually, I've always thought as Al(ssjones) has. If I get a good feeling about my nearest dealer and sense that their service dept is staffed with good wrenches, but found I could save a few hundred bucks by going to a more distant dealship, I explain to my local dealer that I'd prefer to purchase my new bike from them, that is if they can give me a figure that is "in the ballpark" of that other dealership. I've found that most times paying a few bucks more at the outset with the dealership of your choice will begin a "rapport" with them that helps get you a little extra consideration when it comes to quick and efficient service at a later date. And, you'd probably get that 10% and sometimes more(everything's negotiable, ya know ) on all parts from that dealership because of their "Frequent Customer Program".(as I have from my local dealership over the years...SoBay Triumph of Lomita CA)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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To elaborate a little I am sure what Dwight says plays into the way I am treated at Hermys , although they are good people anyway.After the way they treated me all these years when it came time to buy our new bikes I didn't even look anywhere else and they know that. So the good customer/good dealer relationship cuts both ways. He takes care of me so he gets my business.
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Like White Tigers honest Triumph dealers are. (There is a White Tiger in Cumming, GA.)
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Dwight wrote:...If I get a good feeling about my nearest dealer...(but)I could save a few hundred bucks by going to a more distant dealership...
Hi Dwight, I appreciate your input, but the majority of responders to this thread do not echo your sentiments...nor do I.
If a certain dealership has some trumped up or bogus charges added on to their price in order to line their pockets with my money, such as a $300 "set up" charge, a $225 "documentation fee," a $400 "freight charge" (which is usually included in the MSRP of a vehicle), etc., then that dealership, from the get go, is showing itself to me to be less than forthright, and quite frankly, dishonest.
Therefore, it would be impossible for me to get a "good feeling" about that dealership, or to trust any of the departments or people in that dealership.
On the other hand, if a dealership a couple of hundred miles away is selling the same vehicle without any added, trumped up charges...no $225 "documentation fee," no exorbitant "set up" charges, etc...then my initial impression of that dealer is that he is being forthright and honest with me, thus giving me a "good feeling" about the dealer and instilling a sense of trust within me towards the dealership and the departments within that dealership...thereby ensuring my future patronage of that dealership.
It would be a contradiction in terms for me to have a "good feeling" or trust towards a dealership that is initially putting the screws to me in the form of trumped up, bogus, and dishonest additional charges.
It appears as if almost every respondent to this thread agrees with that.
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Ward, I think what I am trying to say (in Dwight'ish)((what we are trying to say)) is every deal(interaction) at a stealership is different. The purchase of a motorsickle is different than going there and ogling at the lady sales staff or buying service parts. The mechanics may be totally different than the sales staff. The parts counter dudes and dudettes may be different than the sales demons. Each time you go there your interaction will be different. Live to live with the BS and go there for what you want, knowing what you want to pay for it (fair price after all) and if you get BS let it slide. After all they are your local supply. Appear to kiss grits but miss the toilet when you relive yourself.  Regarding trying to negotiate a deal, tell them flat out no on those other charges. If they don't want to sell you a BIKE then so be it. But don't toss them out for buying other stuff. My gosh am I really writing this? After all, I have zero compassion for any of my local dealers. At all. however, I do use their bathroom from time to time.
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Dwight wrote:...If I get a good feeling about my nearest dealer...(but)I could save a few hundred bucks by going to a more distant dealership...
Hi Dwight, I appreciate your input, but the majority of responders to this thread do not echo your sentiments...nor do I.
Well Ward, if you haven't noticed yet, I DO tend to be the "iconoclast" 'round here a bit , but Moe here kind of sees what I'm sayin'.(BTW Moe, nice "Dwightish"!!!
However Ward, I'm still having a hard time agreeing with your idea that if Dealer-X is using those tack-on charges to raise the price that he's "dishonest". You see, each dealer has his own individual overhead costs(lease-costs for the building, employment-costs, insurance-costs, etc) which fluctuate from dealer to dealer. Some use those added costs as a bargaining tool, which I've always viewed as "fair enough".
It's always been the comsumer's responsibility to know this and to adjust their bargaining strategy accordingly, ask what the "bottom line" or "out the door" cost of your desired vehicle is, and then make your decision.
Your "bargaining tool" is to tell the dealership that's most convenient to you locale and with whom you feel you could possibly cultivate a good relationship when it comes to your future needs, and then make your choice as to how much in dollars and cents that future relationship will be to your advantage in the future.
With a few exceptions out there, dealers do tend to give "priority" and the perks to their customers who made their initial purchase from them, ya know.
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Like Dwight, I was suggesting there is more to becoming a happy Triumph owner than getting the lowest price. Unlike auto dealers, where the majority of a particualr marque will do a decent job, there seems to be a fairly large group of lousy Triumph dealerships out there. Of course, I'm not suggesting a dealer that offers good service has the right to be dishonest but I'm not sure I'd call additional charges dishonest either.
If you go for the dealer that gives you a low-ball price, be prepared to do your own service work (it's not that hard).
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In Iowa, as I mentioned, Sindt has been great to me, from offering a great deal, throwing in extras, and terrific service, and they like to talk bikes too.
I stopped in at Weber in Waterloo a couple of times, and they are absolutely worthless, I would rather ****** on their doorstep than to enter again. They are in the range of the dealer in St Louis, arrogant, but they dont know their bikes either.
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If you go for the dealer that gives you a low price, be prepared to do your own service work.
In addition to being overly presumptuous, that statement is also completely opposite from what the majority of responders to this thread have said.
In fact, many folks in this thread have related personal experiences with dealerships with honest prices who went above and beyond the call of duty to also perform good customer service.
When I bought my new Suzuki Boulevard earlier this year, I bought it from a dealer who gave me an honest price (with no trumped up charges). That dealer also gave excellent, honest service. He has an excellent reputation in this area.
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I'm not suggesting a dealer that offers good service has the right to be dishonest.
No, but you do seem to be suggesting that a dealership that sells you a motorcycle for a good, honest price, without any trumped up charges, will not provide you with good service (as evidenced by your statement above where you say "be prepared to do your own service" if you get a good price from a dealer).
Perhaps you're trying to justify to yourself a reason for having paid too high of a price for your own motorcycle?
The rule of the market place is caveat emptor, "let the buyer beware." It's up to the buyer to ensure that he's not hoodwinked out of his money.
There's a sucker born every minute...and two to take him.
Concerning the Triumph dealership that I was referring to in my original post to this thread, Triumph of Charlotte, North Carolina, another responder to this thread stated that he has dealt with this very dealership, and had a poor experience with them. He also related that he knows others who have had a similar experience with them.
So, my initial "bad vibes" and suspicion of this dealer (based on their bogus, add-on charges) has been corroborated by someone who has had direct dealings with them.
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I've been on this site since '04 and yes, the low ball dealers (TN is one I believe, another Long Island) seem to give the owners poor service experiences. I guess to get those rock bottom, no add-on prices doesn't allow for the cash to setup a good service/parts team. Search for some specific threads and avoid those places is my advice. I bought my bike used and have been to the dealer maybe six times for parts only in 24,000 miles. I probably wouldn't be happy with anyones service. You are doing your homework, I'm sure you'll find the right bike/dealer. Keep us posted. Quote:
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If you go for the dealer that gives you a low price, be prepared to do your own service work.
In addition to being overly presumptuous, that statement is also completely opposite from what the majority of responders to this thread have said.
In fact, many folks in this thread have related personal experiences with dealerships with honest prices who went above and beyond the call of duty to also perform good customer service.
When I bought my new Suzuki Boulevard earlier this year, I bought it from a dealer who gave me an honest price (with no trumped up charges). That dealer also gave excellent, honest service. He has an excellent reputation in this area.
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I'm not suggesting a dealer that offers good service has the right to be dishonest.
No, but you do seem to be suggesting that a dealership that sells you a motorcycle for a good, honest price, without any trumped up charges, will not provide you with good service (as evidenced by your statement above where you say "be prepared to do your own service" if you get a good price from a dealer).
Perhaps you're trying to justify to yourself a reason for having paid too high of a price for your own motorcycle?
The rule of the market place is caveat emptor, "let the buyer beware." It's up to the buyer to ensure that he's not hoodwinked out of his money.
There's a sucker born every minute...and two to take him.
Concerning the Triumph dealership that I was referring to in my original post to this thread, Triumph of Charlotte, North Carolina, another responder to this thread stated that he has dealt with this very dealership, and had a poor experience with them. He also related that he knows others who have had a similar experience with them.
So, my initial "bad vibes" and suspicion of this dealer (based on their bogus, add-on charges) has been corroborated by someone who has had direct dealings with them.
Regards,
-Ward
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Unfortunately, what I see here is an argument about 2 factors that have little or nothing to do with each other. The dealer that I bought the bike from SEEMED to be very customer-oriented, and gave me a decent price (withouth the "trumped up" charges), but when it came time to back that up with service, they had a full size service department, but a lousy attitude about how to run it. I didn't really make that clear about distinguishing between my 2 dealers that I dealt with. I don't know that I would have gotten a better price from Ridge, BUT the selection was better AND the customer-oriented attitude there was genuine. So price really had absolutley NOTHING to do with it! I paid pretty much full price for my wifes VW (a convertible, so no haggling!) and the service department there was lame. Here in CT, I got a HUGE discount on my VW, but the service there is GREAT. First off, car/motorcycle salespeople are exactly that, Salespeople. There primary goal is to get you to part with as much money as they can, PERIOD. How well you haggle, and how much they are willing to haggle (dependant upon overhead costs) vary by buyer and dealer. The quality of the service people is just as variable, and since the Service Department is normally run by a separate manager than Sales, the experience can be completely different within the same dealership. Stop equating price and sales tactics with service. Honestly, you're going to have to either develop a sense from dealing with the people, or if you're gifted with ESP, sense if they're honest or not. I've never met a salesguy, car or motorcycle, that gave me a good feeling, but I have met good service people.
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Wish we had a dealer! I hope like ****** Triumph puts one in close next spring,its kinda sad they sit there and do nothing.. 
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Now thats funny right there...I don't care who you are! 
Hermy , it has been my experience, gives a fair deal while standing behind the sale. He is more than happy to look up the recalls under your serial number and let you know if any work is needed. He has always been more than helpful over the phone if I had a perplexing problem and need ideas I hadn't thought of. He and his family and employees have always helped me to the best of their ability and also given me great prices on bikes and or parts and accys. so to me he seems to be the best of both worlds. I have not had experience with any other dealers but have with other parts suppliers and would never go anywhere else anymore unless Herm couldn't get me the part I need.
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The Dog speaks the truth! Hermy's is a great dealer, just a bit far for me even though it is a really nice ride to get there. I am closest to Manayunk Triumph who are awesome. Always a pot of coffee (or a willingness to make one for you), knowledgeable salespeople, solid wrenches who really know what they are doing, TRIUMPHS ONLY! They usually have a few non-Triumph used bikes there, trade-ins I suppose, but they have lots of Triumphs on the floor and more in storage - it's a pretty small shop. We are lucky in this area around Philly, lots of choices. I have also heard good things about Martin Motorsports. Seems like there have been some positive reports of dealers in South Jersey as well from some of the members.
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Now thats funny right there...I don't care who you are!
Yeah Ian. And the REALLY funny thing about that is that the Dwightish syntax on Friar John's little smiley dude's placard is WRONG!!!!
The "Ask me how" part on it should of course be in PARENTHESES!!!
(BTW dude....nice to see ya back) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Thanx and I didn't notice that, and good to be back.
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I bought 2 TBA's now from Echo Cycle in Edmonton.. always treated well by Rick the salesman
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In another thread I posted a copy of the following email that I received from our closest Triumph dealer in Charlotte, North Carolina Triumph of Charlotte after I inquired why their "out the door price" for a Triumph America is $9400.
"The two-tone bikes sell for $8,199. Freight from England is $400. There is a $295 set-up charge that covers the uncrating, final assembly of the bike, draining the shipping oil and putting the run in fluids in (motor oil, brake fluid, etc.). Sales tax for a vehicle in North Carolina is 3%. We do all the title/tag and DMV work here in house so you don’t have to go to DMV. $229 covers the documentation and Title/Tags are $68."
In fact, I'm so irritated with the obviously bogus mark-ups and charges of this Triumph dealer, that I may just end up buying a used one from someone instead.
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A dishonest dealership would have given you a low-ball price to get you in the door and then not honored it when you arrived.
Honesty & low prices don't correlate well.. One isn't required to have the other. If the dealership always quotes MSRP, title, prep, & freight when beginning to negotiate, then they are being honest by quoting the same in this case. Whether or not every dealer, regardless of brand, includes or excludes the "extra's" in their selling price has nothing to do with this particular dealer.
Did you attempt to negotiate with the salesman? Have you spoken to him (or her) at all, or did you interact only via email?
Salesmen like to make money and keep their job. To do this, they need to earn a profit for the dealer. If their expectation is to negotiate an acceptable price, they can't offer a low price up front. They can't close a deal in an email unless they give the product away either, so if you are willing to go in and negotiate, the price this dealer actually gave you might change. There isn't a lot of markup in these bikes. Trying to make a profit isn't dishonest and it does sound as though you've done you homework. Offer them an out the door price you are willing to live with and see what happens. It would be best to know an OTD price (less tax, in case you buy from an out of state dealer) when you go in.
I did not buy my bike from Triumph Charlotte. I was in ATL at the time. I did buy it from the cheapest offering there and now that dealer is out of business. Maybe they shouldn't have given bikes away?? I do live near Charlotte now and, although I haven't bought a bike from this dealer, but they've been more than respectful in all their dealings with me.. No, they haven't been the least expensive every time when buying aftermarket parts or even for service, but they also weren't so high that it justified travelling 1.5 or 2 hrs further for the same thing.
Every dealer will have customers that have good and bad experiences. Mine at this dealer have been very good and I wish I had bought here because I'd like to be elegible for a service loaner if my bike were in the shop.
Bottom Line: If your ready to buy and live very close to Charlotte, it might be worth your effort to go in and negotitate with them. If it doesn't work out, at least you know where you stand and can always go elsewhere.
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....I did buy it from the cheapest offering there and now that dealer is out of business.
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A dishonest (salesman) would have given you a low-ball price...then not honored it when you arrived.
A dishonest salesman would also attempt to charge you $400 for freight, when the freight charge is actually already included in the MSRP, thus double charging you...which Motorcycles of Charlotte North Carolina attempted to do with me.
A dishonest salesman would also attempt to charge you a $229 bogus "documentation fee" as a way of lining his pockets with some more of your money...which Motorcycles of Charlotte North Carolina attempted to do with me, etc.
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Honesty & low prices don't correlate well.
But honesty and being upfront with a customer and adding on only legitimate charges correlates very well.
There is also a correlation between dishonesty and adding on bogus charges to a customer's bill.
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I did not buy my bike from Motorcycles of Charlotte North Carolina, I was in Atlanta at the time.
Then, instead of attempting to defend them, perhaps you should read one of the posts in this thread from a fellow who has dealt with them. He also relates that one of his friends has dealt with them too. He states that both of them had an unpleasent experience. He goes on to say that he will no longer do business with them, even though they are a local dealer and are only 20 minutes away from his house. Instead, he now drives to a dealer in South Carolina.
Also, I notice that you live in Charlotte, North Carolina.
I find it rather curious that you logged in yesterday and, after not posting anything in 3 weeks, you submit one post...a rather lengthy defense of the selling tactics of Motorcycles of Charlotte North Carolina, a dealer whom, by your own admission, you have never purchased a motorcycle from.
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Salesmen like to make money and keep their job.
There is nothing unique about that...all of us do.
However, that does not justify padding a bill with bogus charges in an attempt to get more of a customer's money.
Let me tell you something Mr. Dardoonk, I have a few years under my belt, I've been "around the block" a few times, I've dealt with a lot of people and a lot of salesmen.
During the course of those dealings, I have had some BS slung at me, so I know what it smells like...and I smelled a lot of BS while talking with the salesman at Motorcycles of Charlotte North Carolina.
I have related before that the rule of the marketplace is caveat emptor, "let the buyer beware."
I have also stated that there's a sucker born every minute...and two to take him.
I have no intentions of dealing with a business that will attempt to defraud a customer with bogus add-on charges, overcharges, and cunningly deceptive double charges as a way of getting more of a customer's money.
The vast majority of responders to this thread also seem to have the same mindset.
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waaaaaaaaaaaa, waaaaaaaaaaaaaa, waaaaaaaaa
yup.
If you don't like these "bogus" charges you keep whining like a little girl about, don't buy your bike there.
And how's about you stop p!ssing in our ears about it, we'd appreciate it...
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waaaaaaaaaaaa, waaaaaaaaaaaaaa, waaaaaaaaa
yup.
If you don't like these "bogus" charges you keep whining like a little girl about, don't buy your bike there.
And how's about you stop p!ssing in our ears about it, we'd appreciate it...
ditto
cry to wally about it will ya beave?
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...how's about you stop p!ssing in our ears about it
Mark, of all the hundreds of threads in this forum, nobody's forcing you to keep reading this particular one.
So, why do you continue to waste your time doing so?
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Re: Are There Any Honest Triumph Dealers?
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Check Pants
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I'd grab one of these low mileage used bikes floating around this site and dispense with ANY dealer BS. I bought mine used and have no regrets. Someone was selling their fathers bike, that one looked pristine at a great price.
Saw your other post about the wife's concern. I'm in the same boat - one wreck and my wife would never climb aboard. I don't think trying to reason with her aftewards would work. You might want to try just waiting for a nice, warm summer day and entice her to climb on board. Take some short, low speed rides and see what happens. Be patient.
Al
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Re: Are There Any Honest Triumph Dealers?
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SS Jones,
All of what you said above seems like wise advice.
I will probably follow it to the letter.
I'm going to keep watching the forum for used America's, or possibly Speedmasters, as they become available.
Regards,
-Ward
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Loquacious
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Mark, of all the hundreds of threads in this forum, nobody's forcing you to keep reading this particular one.
So, why do you continue to waste your time doing so?
Alright pal...p!ssing in our ears is one thing, but sh!tting in my inbox is another thing. Copying your posts and sending me PMs shows you're a real class act.
Bravo.
Mark
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Copying your posts and sending me PMs shows you're a real class act.
An I thought I had a lot of free time!
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Loquacious
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I wonder if FJ has a graemlin of a smiley shooting himself in the head...it would really come in handy some times
Mark
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Should be Riding
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Should be Riding
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I'm going to keep watching the forum for used America's, or possibly Speedmasters, as they become available
Tried to inform you of one but for some reason your expostulations got in the way. Being as how you were riding a girlie bike before, you should have no issues with the one linked to above.
Talk is cheap. Buy a bike and start riding.
Blowing gravel off rural roads
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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I think this one has run it's course and you boys are going off the rails. If you've got issues work them out in PMs.
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Should be Riding
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I wonder if FJ has a graemlin of a smiley shooting himself in the head...it would really come in handy some times
Blowing gravel off rural roads
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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I don't think I have any suicide smilies. I have plenty of violent smilies, though...
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Hey! I gots me an idea here, folks! I wonder if Ward likes talkin' politics and/or religion???  What say we loosen up the AUPs for say 3 to 5 days so Ward here can move on to other topics and get on with his life, huh???!!!  (o' course, the trick'll be tryin' to keep people like me, Kevin, Larry, Bigbill, Greg and a few others 'round here from attempting to dominate those threads!!!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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And those are 2 topics where I don't even bother reading or even reply to, so I think it'd make everybody happy!
Mark
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