I'm with you Uncle!

 

That last sentence reminds me of a spectacle I saw down in Beaufort a couple of months ago. Some idiot in a Carolina blue 1978 LTD, riding it up on ~28" wheels, had a triple-train horn set bolted IN FRONT of the front bumper. He was cruising up and down the street by the waterfront (with all the shops along the street..) BLASTING Micheal Jackson songs and blowing that f'ing horn. If folks are going to be a waste of carbon, I just wish they wouldn't call attention to themselves.

 

That last sentence reminds me of a spectacle I saw down in Beaufort a couple of months ago. Some idiot in a Carolina blue 1978 LTD, riding it up on ~28" wheels, had a triple-train horn set bolted IN FRONT of the front bumper. He was cruising up and down the street by the waterfront (with all the shops along the street..) BLASTING Micheal Jackson songs and blowing that f'ing horn. If folks are going to be a waste of carbon, I just wish they wouldn't call attention to themselves.

Hmm sounds just like the car that goes by my house all the time, never noticed any horns though. Its got some big wheels 22-24" I would guess. I don't think they make 28's yet lol.

 

Hmm sounds just like the car that goes by my house all the time, never noticed any horns though. Its got some big wheels 22-24" I would guess. I don't think they make 28's yet lol.

28's are so last month, now you can roll 30's

 

that avalanche is sick, minus the stupid new trend of putting those vents on the side.

and the 4 door rocking a monster truck lift is ghetto as hell.

 

holy crap, 30" rims, thats crazy.

 

They have to do something with their dope money. We buy their food and house them so they have to do something with it. They surely don't waste it on belts to hold their pants up with, wc

 

I was traveling last year and happened into a little country store right off the interstate. The guy in front of me has his pants down and he has a good 6 inches of boxers showing. The cashier was the tough old chain smoking grandma type. He puts his drink on the counter to pay and the cashier tells him to pull his pants up or get out of the store. He turns around, looking to me for moral support, I guess. I just tell him, "She looks like she means business to me, you better do what she asks." He just laughs sheepishly. She tells him that she doesn't have to look at his nasty drawers, pull 'em up or get out. It's hard to look cool while being punked by someone's tough old grandma. Guy pulled his pants up , paid and left with his tail between his legs. Awesome. Everyone in the place died laughing as he walked out.

 

They have to do something with their dope money. We buy their food and house them so they have to do something with it. They surely don't waste it on belts to hold their pants up with, wc

Hahaha I love it. They have to do something with their dope money and its true! It's how professional ball players are. I have to have 13 cars because what else would I do with my money?

(This was about 3 paragraphs long but I truncated it to save some eyes)

It's hard to say where to draw the line. I think low pants, flashy boxers, and loud music, backwards & flatbill hats are absolutely ridiculous! I don't like the low socks where you can't see them in your shoes, I don't like baggy pants, people spending most the day in a wife-beater, jewelry bigger than facial features, or cars that scrape the ground. But it doesn't mean you're less than acceptable or below selling something to. If I'd welcome him to church I'd welcome him to my home & business. I have a relative who is a big time 50cent'er. All the appearal, but he didn't grow up on the street and I don't know why he'd dress that way. I'd like to totally fix his decór, but he's harmless as a flea. He spends most of his time with his mom, or watching his siblings' kids. Other than being totally gullible, I can't say I'd find anything in him that would cause me to not smile. I guess appearances can be deceiving.

I think the best part of the story is that she shuttem down hard when he's supposed to be a tough guy, an old woman scorns him to shame, and I know thats we're all remarking on so ignore my soap boxin'

 

They have to do something with their dope money. We buy their food and house them so they have to do something with it. They surely don't waste it on belts to hold their pants up with, wc

+1

 

How many sizes does a Tire Dealer have to keep in stock these days?

 

My tire dealer don't keep much in stock. Whatever I ask for is there by truck next day. Given what I just paid for replacement tires on the stock 18" rims on my ride I don't think my old ticker can stand hearing the price for tires for 30"rims much less hearing what those rims go for. I could buy a fairly sizable supply of guns and ammo for that amount of $$.

 

28's are so last month, now you can roll 30's

I've always thought it was so sad that girls like her hang out with (or date) guys who drive cars like that. Then I realized that if she's willing to put up with the guy who put those 30" wheels on his credit card to make minimum payments on for the next 20 years, she's probably not for me anyway.

When I lived in an apartment somebody in the next building over had a Hummer H2 on 28" wheels. Found out later by an article in The Flagship Navy newspaper he was an approximately 25 year old E-5*. The interviewer asked him how he could afford the car and those wheels on an E-5 salary. His answer; "I budget, and I have good credit." The paper tastefully omitted his rear window graphic: a stereotyped black woman squatting (euphemism) over the numbers "24" and "26".

Another gem from the article was his previous car collection. "My first car was a 1996 Crown Victoria, and it had rims on it. All my cars have had rims on them."* Really? So have mine. If they didn't the tires wouldn't stay on.

Rims are the outer edges of the wheel that holds the bead of the tire. Yes, your rims are 28 inches. And so are your wheels. The rim is a part of the wheel. If I knew why this improper use of terminology bothered me I would try to work it out, but I can't. I can only assume it's because "rims" is easier to say than "chrome wheels" or "alloy wheels" or even just "fancy wheels".

More on topic: I'm casual friends with the owner of a Piggly Wiggly that employs a significant number of high school students. He won't allow his employees to sag their pants at work, nor will he hire somebody who comes in to apply with sagging pants. It's too bad he won't try to get everybody through the door to pull their pants up, but his job is hard enough as it is.

*: I don't have the article in front of me, so I'm using my addled brain to remember the best I can.

 

You guys sound like my father and grandfather, back in the 60's, complaining about long-haired hippies...

 

You guys sound like my father and grandfather, back in the 60's, complaining about long-haired hippies...

The more things change...the more they stay the same :biggrin:

I think you have to be old to understand that.

m49

 

I'd like to see them make a left turn or, a right one for that matter. HaHa!

 

You guys sound like my father and grandfather, back in the 60's, complaining about long-haired hippies...

I bought my dad a birthday card that shows a father and son looking at each other, father with his pants in the process of eating him alive, son giving the world a clear view of his underwear choice, both of them with thought bubbles over their heads "Those pants look ridiculous".

I can't for the life of me understand why it isn't universally unacceptable to show other people your underwear. I am a cermudgen before my time.

 

Reading much of the negative comments in this thread makes me chuckle as I think that many of them would just as much negative stuff to say about many of the folks on this forum and how they choose to spend "their" money of guns, ammo, hunting, etc. Thing is, "Boys will have their toys" and there is no rule that makes one group of people better/worse just because they choose to spend money on something that doesn't interest another group.

I don't particularly care for many of the styles mentioned above or the way some of the kids these days are customzing theor cars, however I also don't automatically assume that all those wearing those styles or driving those cars are "Dope Boys" or receiving Welfare checks to support their hobby. To do that would be just as unfair as believing that all the "gun nut" types on this forum are all just a bunch of backwoods inbred trailer trash who spend all their money on guns, hunting, etc. Neither of those ASSsumptions are true......see my point?

 

I can't for the life of me understand why it isn't universally unacceptable to show other people your underwear. I am a cermudgen before my time.

But think of what you'd have to be looking at if those underwear weren't there!! <snort>

 

they pimp out their rides we pimp out our weapons

 

Got a call from my daughter the other day.
She's incapable of traveling any distance of more than 50 feet without having a coffee available. Could be Starbucks, could be convenience store brew, shes a "coffee possum".

Apparantly she stopped in some little store on her way to Wake Tech, one she had never been in before.

There was a sign in the window that said, IIRC, "Turn down your music, pull up your pants, or shop someplace else!"

Her and I have got to go visit this place together soon, sounds like the kind of place I'd like to spend my money!!!!

Was that the store on Lake Wheeler rd right off the beltline?

 

IIRC(always an iffy proposition), she said it was a "Big Boy" grocery.....