Quote from: Iason Taiwos on June 07, 2026, 01:44:51 PMI'd like to nominate my car as "Used Talossan Car of the Year".
I drive a 2007 Ford Mustang. It previously belonged to my stepdaughter, who passed away from cancer. Look, I'm not a car guy, never have been. I want something to get me from point a to point b reliably, and that's it. I don't care what it looks like as long as it runs and won't cost a lot of money for repairs. Preferably something I can repair myself. (Okay, there was one car I owned I actually loved...a 1979 Jeep CJ5. Had an inline six engine. Learned to drive stick on it, and I could fix it myself. I'm not naturally mechanically inclined, but I replaced the carburetor, U-joints and a bunch of other stuff all by myself, using just a Haynes manual as a guide. I was proud of myself for that. Plus, it was fun to drive.)
Anyhow, this Mustang. I don't get the appeal. I can't tell you how many times people have complimented me on it. "Wow, nice Mustang, man!" How are you supposed to reply to that? "Thanks, but I just drive it. I had no part of its design or production." I usually just say "Thanks" and leave it at that.
I'm 52 now, and some people probably think my owning this sports car is some kind of mid-life crisis thing, when it was just a vehicle I got because my stepdaughter died, and no one else wanted it. It runs okay, that's all I'm concerned about.
The speedometer hasn't worked since I've had it (maybe five years now), so I've been driving it around the whole time without actually knowing how fast I'm going. I guess it's a testament to my driving skills that I haven't been pulled over by the cops. (I've only ever had one speeding ticket in my life.) My wife once pulled up an app that tells you how fast you are driving, and kept her eye on it when we drove out of town. "I'll let you know when you're speeding," she said. She never mentioned it again until we got back home, and said "That actually impressed me. You pretty much drove the exact speed limit the whole time."
The Mustang has body rust, the muffler is falling off. Sometimes in the morning the button on the gear shifter doesn't want to work. The gas gauge also occasionally quits working. But it gets me to work and back, eventually. It's mostly reliable. My brakes are still good, they saved me from plowing into a couple of deer crossing the road the other day.
(Since we're talking about cars, one of my coworkers recently got a 1962 Rambler. You know all those stories about the old lady keeping her dead husband's antique car in the garage for decades, and it's in pristine condition? This was one of those stories. My coworker grew up next to the old lady, and would mow her lawn for her. She finally died, and the family wanted to clean out her stuff. They offered the car to my work pal, since he had mowed her lawn for years without accepting any pay. They wanted $3000 for it, and threw in an old Cadillac as well. Well, luckily he had the money, and snapped it up. The Caddilac wasn't in that great a shape, but the Rambler looked like it had just rolled out of the factory. Pristine. My pal had to use dry gas to start it, but it drove fine. He went and got historic plates for it. All this happened right in time for the "Super Cruise", which is an annual car show they have here in my town.

S:reu @Iason Taiwos Please can you show the photo of your nominated car? I think(according to your speech) the car is absolutely wonderful!!

(I am very eager to see the photo of the car)

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on April 05, 2026, 11:30:04 AMI'm hoping to have my second report done within the next few days and will then seek a third assignment. I am hoping that others will join in building this information resource.

I've sadly fallen behind on my second report but am hoping to renew the effort this week. @xpb Any news from other reporters?

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on March 31, 2026, 08:05:41 PMParty leader elections are occurring in our private forum -- stop by and speak your piece (or run to lead us!)

Seneschal, was there ever an announcement of the PA's party election results? Forgive me if I missed it but I was curious.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on Yesterday at 07:17:32 AMI'm happy that the MZ was able to locate the appropriate page.  I think that we can definitely see with the immigration pattern that active promotion with videos and posts is the way to go, and so we will continue that success.  I will also keep Infotecă updated, no fear.

I thank the Minister for updating Infoteca and hope that the negative immigration rate moves into positive territory soon. This was a significant concern for the Seneschal in the past. Greens will ensure it remains at the forefront as well.

Okay, for standards of party governance, what are the principles which we need to see in all political parties?  Miestra suggested "a party's internal processes for naming their candidates must allow and reflect the democratic input of members, and members have standing to sue in default of this."

Honestly, that might be nearly all we need.  Anyone else have anything that it's vital for parties to have to be considered democratic?  No one's spoken up about this in the last week.

I'm happy that the MZ was able to locate the appropriate page.  I think that we can definitely see with the immigration pattern that active promotion with videos and posts is the way to go, and so we will continue that success.  I will also keep Infotecă updated, no fear.

I found your paper to be quite interesting. It is quite different from my own area of expertise, and while I'm not sure of your intended educational path, it might make a compelling start toward doctoral research. My own doctoral research grew out of my professional experiences and personal frustrations.

I vote to approve the membership of S:reu Itravilatx.

-Txec R

Contra - 62RZ25 Freedom of Conscience Act

Üc - Vote of Confidence

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on June 14, 2026, 09:00:12 PMI thank the MZ for his question.

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Mr. Speaker and to the Minister:

Thanks, I confirm it appears to be up to date. I was looking for the number of zeroes in successful immigration recently.

I thank the MZ for his question.

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