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Max
Member

08-12-2000

Friday, May 20, 2005 - 11:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Unless you want to push it or have a mechanic make a house call, I'd say a tow is in order.



Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Friday, May 20, 2005 - 11:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
crap...

Jimmer
Member

08-30-2000

Friday, May 20, 2005 - 12:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have CAA and as part of the package they will come to your location and test the vehicle and then tow it if needed. I guess you don't have anything similar?

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Friday, May 20, 2005 - 12:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Actually it my inlaws truck that we've been borrowing and I am pretty sure they have AAA. Thanks Jimmer for saying that, cuz I was just about to call someone to get it towed and fixed!!!

Jimmer
Member

08-30-2000

Friday, May 20, 2005 - 12:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
No problem! One thing about CAA that is interesting though is that it applies to the person and not the vehicle. So as a CAA member I can call for help regardless of whether I'm driving my own vehicle or a friends (but someone else who is driving my vehicle can't call). So you may need your in-laws to make the call if the same is true for AAA.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Friday, May 20, 2005 - 12:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Good thought Jimmer! Thanks!

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Friday, May 20, 2005 - 8:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yep, Jimmer is right. If you have AAA, it goes with the person and not the car. So have the inlaws call.

And thanks for reminding me, Jimmer. I just know that if I ever have the opportunity to use that feature, I am going to forget I have it. If I am riding in my irresponsible friend's junk car, and we run out of gas, I can call AAA for a gas delivery!!!

Jimmer
Member

08-30-2000

Saturday, May 21, 2005 - 7:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
No problem! I remember how amazed I was when I found that out and I have to keep reminding myself. You're right that it is very convenient if you are borrowing a car or even out with a friend. They should really promote this more.

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Sunday, May 22, 2005 - 8:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hubby and I travel in and out of Canada regularly and we've never even been asked for an ID. We pop over for dinner or just sightseeing and its never come up.

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Sunday, May 22, 2005 - 9:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I should probably go take the Evil test again, cause my evil rating may be affected by what was going through my mind over this.....I was thinking, get DS a passport, and if they get held up at the border and must present a passport to get back, at least DS can come back. As for EX, well.....I guess it depends on if you care if he's able to come back or not. Have to admit I'd be tickled pink in my ex-bil would get stuck at the border and unable to come back!

Carolinakisses
Member

10-16-2001

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 9:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Does anyone know of an online dictionary site that you type in the word and it will give you a definition and pronounce the word also? I found one previously but lost my bookmark.

Thanks in advance



Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 10:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
http://www.cooldictionary.com/ seems to do it, but you have to download something called Jukebox to get it to work.

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 12:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Carolinakisses: www.m-w.com by Merriam-Webster will give you definition and pronunciation. Once you have the definition, there should be a red speaker icon you can click to hear the word. There shouldn't be any additional software required to hear these. The only caution is the pronunciation does open a popup window so you might need to watch if you have a popup blocker installed.

Carolinakisses
Member

10-16-2001

Wednesday, May 25, 2005 - 7:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kitt and Draheid

Thank you Thank you Thank you

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Wednesday, May 25, 2005 - 10:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Now I know Missour-ee and Missour-ah are both correct. My thanks also, Draheid. Too cool a sight!

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Sunday, May 29, 2005 - 11:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
We're thinking of selling our car privately rather than trading it in. Does anyone know how people generally handle the money aspect, I mean how can we make sure their check is real? Or is it normal to hold on to the car until the check has cleared?

Any other tips of links to helpful websites very much appreciated!

Chewpito
Member

01-04-2004

Sunday, May 29, 2005 - 11:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
im not sure, but id ask for cash, and then make sure you fill out the forms for the dmv releasing liability....in a timely manner, because you are still responsible for tickets or crashes or whatever till that is taken care of..make copys...i allways do.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Monday, May 30, 2005 - 4:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kitt, you could always have the buyer go with you to the buyer's bank to cash his/her check.

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Monday, May 30, 2005 - 7:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
In Step 9 of '10 Steps to Selling Your Car' located on www.edmunds.com, this is what they suggest:

quote:

"When selling your car, it is important to minimize your liability ... Once you have the money from the sale (it's customary to request either cash or a cashier's check), record the odometer reading and sign the car's title over to the buyer."




Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Monday, May 30, 2005 - 10:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
... keeping in mind that cashier's checks are pretty easy to counterfeit nowadays ...

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 9:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank you all for your replies. I hadn't thought of going with them to their bank, that seems like a good way round any counterfeit worries. Thanks again.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 5:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kitt, I think that would be safest, and if you need something on the title notarized, banks have notaries.

Melfie1222
Member

07-29-2002

Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 8:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have a dumb question about bugs in the house... how do big flying bugs like bees and moths (not houseflies) get into my apt. even when there are screens installed on all the windows and I always have the screen pulled on the balcony sliding door, and I don't see any holes in the screens? I don't mind bees so much but I hate moths.

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 10:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks JuJu :-).

Bugs - do you open the door at night, even just for a few seconds, to bring something in or take something out? Flying bugs head straight for a bright light and will be inside in seconds.

Have you got a rubber seal around the door screen? If you don't then the bugs can crawl along the gap between the pane of glass and the side of the screen and get inside that way.

Or perhaps they've nested in your air vent system - but if it's a variety of bugs that seems unlikely.

Karuuna
Member

08-31-2000

Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 3:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
DUMB QUESTION UPDATE:

Thanks to all of you who provided information on getting in and out of Canada. Especially those links, Juju!

I casually mentioned to my ex, knowing he wouldn't take it well, "would you like me to go ahead and write a letter for you, or did you want to write it and just have me sign it." He gave me his infamous blank look, I explained, and he immediately said there was no need, I was being overprotective and intrusive, blah blah blah. I apologized for sticking my nose in (big eye roll), and said I was just trying to be helpful.

Today when I dropped my son off there, he had a letter all typed up ready for me to sign. Said he went ahead and checked into it, was told all he needed was custody papers, but noted when he read the custody agreement, it said he had to have permission to take our son out of the country. Goof ball. I graciously signed it, without one little hint of "I told you so."

At least I have the satisfaction of being right, and knowing my son won't be stuck at the border with my ex blowing his stack over not being allowed to cross.

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