Is there no depth to which they will not sink?
Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2021 1:18 am
I like cars. I have at various times coveted an MG, an XK-120, various others, and of course Porsche. I loved the 904, but a 911 would due just fine too. I think a car should have a certain style, a self-confidence. I appreciate my namesake's cars. They are not somehow just what appeals to me, but OH are they sexy. A remark attributed to Enzo himself "Aerodynamics are for people who cannot design engines." I even found myself half-way rooting for the GT40 from Ford at Le Mans many years ago.
But I have my priorities. Imagine a Citroen or Volvo formula one car? And likewise I was, and still am, offended by the Porsche badge on a freaking SUV. But I still somehow thought there would be limits. Then...
Relatively recent changes now allow online gambling here in Michigan. We already have casinos on "native American" land. Once we allowed them to build casinos on tribal reservation land. The localities got wise and made agreements with tribes to designate a parcel of land in their area as tribal, in exchange for whatever. SO now we have real casinos scattered around the state. But they don't want to lose out on the online, so now our TV is blanketed with ads for gambling. Onlines from the big houses like MGM Grand, and also from our tribal affairs. SPorts betting is big, and all the ads are similar. SOme sort of babe anouncing all the great stuff at such and such a place.
Now online is great, you can lose a month's income just sitting in your underwear at home. But they still want us to visit the real casinos. SO they have "hourly giveaways" and stuff, and one is even giving away a car. Yes a car. And not just any car, it is a Bentley. Well now, if any car summons up images of posh elegance, and staid class, surely Bentley does.
As I walked by my TV, they announced this, "A brand new Bentley Bentayga". OK, they are giving out Bentleys now. But then They flashed a picture. OMG, the Bentayga is a freaking SUV. A Bentley SUV for Christ's sake.
A Bentley SUV... one of the signs of the apocalypse.
But I have my priorities. Imagine a Citroen or Volvo formula one car? And likewise I was, and still am, offended by the Porsche badge on a freaking SUV. But I still somehow thought there would be limits. Then...
Relatively recent changes now allow online gambling here in Michigan. We already have casinos on "native American" land. Once we allowed them to build casinos on tribal reservation land. The localities got wise and made agreements with tribes to designate a parcel of land in their area as tribal, in exchange for whatever. SO now we have real casinos scattered around the state. But they don't want to lose out on the online, so now our TV is blanketed with ads for gambling. Onlines from the big houses like MGM Grand, and also from our tribal affairs. SPorts betting is big, and all the ads are similar. SOme sort of babe anouncing all the great stuff at such and such a place.
Now online is great, you can lose a month's income just sitting in your underwear at home. But they still want us to visit the real casinos. SO they have "hourly giveaways" and stuff, and one is even giving away a car. Yes a car. And not just any car, it is a Bentley. Well now, if any car summons up images of posh elegance, and staid class, surely Bentley does.
As I walked by my TV, they announced this, "A brand new Bentley Bentayga". OK, they are giving out Bentleys now. But then They flashed a picture. OMG, the Bentayga is a freaking SUV. A Bentley SUV for Christ's sake.
A Bentley SUV... one of the signs of the apocalypse.