Playboy models no longer nude
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September 15th, 2018 at 6:32:49 PM permalink | |
DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4944 |
I was going to the Henderson BMW, but I think both are owned by the same company. I had my car in the shop on eight different occasions in three months. It was so frustrating because each time they gave it back they said it was fixed. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
September 15th, 2018 at 10:19:48 PM permalink | |
zippyboy Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 2 Posts: 665 | Wow, I'm sorry to hear of your's and Wizard's experiences, as my 2 BMWs have been the total opposite of lemons. So tight, and well-designed compared to American cars. I took my Z3M to that dealer at Rainbow and Sahara and they fixed a few little things with no problems. |
September 16th, 2018 at 4:39:18 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
This is not all that uncommon, even less uncommon for fancier cars like BMW and Audi. While today's mechanics are very well trained, the cars are so complicated that you need factory help when something out of the box happens. The factory wants to see a problem car like this direct as it means that there are hundreds to thousands of others that might end up with the same problem. If they find the fix, they nip things in the bud. GM did not do this in the 1980s when they should have. When they switched to FWD, all kinds of problems surfaced. Had they taken the first few serious, it would have been expensive, but they would have not had as many POed owners. One of the Germans, IIRC Audi, has a neat system with all kinds of cameras and video conference. They even have a borescope to look right into the cylinders. The tech video conferences with the factory rep for problems unsolvable locally. The President is a fink. |
August 3rd, 2019 at 5:54:00 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 | TRIGGER WARNING---IF YOU ARE MALE AND OF AGE 45-60 (most everyone here) YOU WILL FIND THIS HIGHLY DISTURBING! Can the Millennials Save Playboy? This could be a parody movie. I thought I was reading "The Onion." "Playboy" trying to get a 50% female audience? Trying to appeal to gays? Won't even call the September Playmate "Miss September."
The article says they are more interested in the brand than the magazine. I said upthread that "Playboy" had 5 or so years left when they got rid of the nude models. In a way, it is now dead and just the name remains. The President is a fink. |
August 3rd, 2019 at 9:48:00 AM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18633 |
According to what I heard from females I knew, it always had a small female audience. Perhaps they didn't actually buy the magazine. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
August 3rd, 2019 at 10:00:30 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
It died for me when I became an adult. Early 70's? Haven't looked at it since. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
August 3rd, 2019 at 10:19:37 AM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
By this do you mean when you discovered the internet? “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
August 3rd, 2019 at 10:37:34 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Yeah, I discovered the internet in the early 70's, 1971 it was. Good grief. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
August 3rd, 2019 at 11:25:40 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
I can believe it did. Some women want to see how they stack up. But 50%? That’s just making it a mainstream mag. The President is a fink. |
August 3rd, 2019 at 1:26:32 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18633 | Just from a marketing standpoint, taking a well-established brand and changing it fairly radically, is usually bad idea. I suppose one can argue the magazine was done-in already, but still in principle, it's a bad idea. The brand is recognizable and took decades to build, and so forth. It's gives its own value even without a product as long as it's recognized widely. people that sell illegal knock-offs can probably still market Playboy branded items, probably as far as in China still. It still makes money. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |