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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Thursday, September 29, 2005 - 10:05 pm
Thanks Juju. Guess I should have went with my first thought of just making a thread, but I didn't. Couldn't think of a catchy title, I'm not creative, so I just used Life Insurance. OT, but it's weird, or kismet, that you posted this to me. My brother found a kitten and they are going to keep it [he and my dad need another animal like I need another hole in my head] and this morning I told them to call it Juju since that's a good name for either boy and girl. Thanks again!
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Jan
Moderator
08-01-2000
| Friday, September 30, 2005 - 8:40 am
Serate - do you think you might get more response if you titled it "Life Insurance Question - help Required" just so people know that you are looking for help not trying to sell? It's just a thought. If you do decide you want it changed just drop a note HERE in the questions to mod thread and I , or someone else if I am not around, can make the change for you.  PS I am sorry that I know nothing about the subject 
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Sisalou
Member
07-12-2002
| Friday, September 30, 2005 - 8:51 am
Where is the travel thread? I can never seem to find it.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, September 30, 2005 - 10:25 am
Sisalou, I don't actually know where the travel thread is, but I know how to find it. Go up to the top of this page, second line where it says Search. Enter travel in the search box, and then where it says Look In, use the down arrow and select Subject lines. The Search function is a wonderful thing, especially the New Message aspect of it. Once you start using New Messages to check for all messages since you last checked, you will never go back. Serate, that is hilarious. Well, that you thought of it in the morning and told them to name the kitten Juju. Juju is of course a wonderful name for a kitten or puppy or goat or hermit crab or a snail or a turtle of any or even unknown gender.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, September 30, 2005 - 10:53 am
Under A Caring Place, then Getting To Know You then Travel.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, September 30, 2005 - 6:56 pm
What category should the TV show Three Wishes go under; TV Shows, Other Reality Shows or even maybe Home Improvement Shows???
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Sisalou
Member
07-12-2002
| Friday, September 30, 2005 - 9:14 pm
Thanks so much you guys. 
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Tera
Member
08-10-2000
| Monday, October 03, 2005 - 11:28 am
I have a question. I am asking this because I feel like a big wuss and I can't decide what to do. Two weeks ago the looser son of my next-door neighbor car caught fire in front of their house. And it is still sitting there! It looks like shit in our nice neighborhood. I am scared to start any trouble (see wuss comment above). I just bought this house a few months ago. What would happen if I called the non-emergency police number and reported it? Would they do anything? What would you do?
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, October 03, 2005 - 1:10 pm
Tera, if it were me, I'd spend a little time researching my city's codes, and see if having the car sitting there is in actual violation of anything. Then I'd make a complaint to Code Enforcement (or whatever department your city has in that manner). Then, once armed with that knowledge, you'll know if you even have a valid complaint to turn in. For example, my one neighbor constantly parks his huge pickup truck right up nearly on the edge of my driveway, completely blocking my view of the street when I back out, and sometimes even hampering my access in/out of my driveway. I even paced off how far away he was from the driveway, and he was just barely over 5 feet away. I thought I'd remembered a traffic law that said one couldn't park within ten feet of any driveway, including your own. So I went on-line to my city's official website, looked up the code, and lo and behold the distance was actually a 5 foot rule. So, I really had no leg to stand on and I just have to grin and bear it and deal with it. I tried browsing around your city's website (assuming you actually live in the city listed in your profile), and did come across a page where you can ask for help with "Neighborhood Issues," but didn't see anything listed on actual codes concerning junk cars. At least, try THIS LINK and see if it leads you any where.
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Tera
Member
08-10-2000
| Monday, October 03, 2005 - 1:36 pm
Thank you so much Whoami. I did go to that link and submitted a complaint anonymously. I can even check the status of the complaint online. You gave me exactly the advice I needed. Thank you so much for taking time to do that.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, October 03, 2005 - 1:47 pm
Here the parking enforcement agent who leads the street sweeper carries a digital camera and will take pictures and write warnings for things like junk cars, unkempt yards, heck even having too many cars and not enough drivers! Then you either get the warning and picture plus threat of a hefty fine mailed to you or someone shows up at your front door wanting to see the car actually run, that its up to date with registration, and insured. Neighbor got hit twice. First time it was the warning and picture in the mail for having four cars and only one insured driver in the house. They had to get rid of one or faced a hefty fine. Second time someone called and complained and he had them show up on his door step asking to see him get the truck started. When it didn't, they told him he had to either get it up and running or get rid of it. They had it gone that weekend but they fined him $1000 mistakenly, garnished his wages, and then said, oops, so sorry we didn't realize it was gone. It's been about a year now and he's still waiting for his reimbursement. So I know we can call and complain about stuff like that, or just wait a few weeks and they'll catch it on their own. Here's another one maybe someone can help with. Sis and bil are having a heck of a time with the phone company over his mothers last bill. When she got sick and moved in with them, they took care of everything else, but somehow missed that. A few weeks ago, they got a threatening letter forwarded to their house for Denise from the phone company. Sis call right up and explained that in the confusion of the last year it was just overlooked and she'd go ahead and pay it. They told her since her name wasn't on the account, they couldn't discuss it with her. She explained that Denise died in July and she was the only one they could discuss it with and they told her to mail the death certificate. She did that, then last week got another threatening letter. Sis called up again, she explained that she'd already talked to them, she wanted to take care of the bill, and they told her they couldn't discuss it with her cuz she wasn't on the account. She let them know she knew that and that she had mailed the death certificate a few weeks back. The lady told her she needed to speak to Denise. To which sis replied it was time to talk to a manager. They went round and round again and ended with her again needing to send a copy of the death certificate. Since then she's now getting calls asking for Denise from the dang phone company. So, two threatening letters, several phone calls and mailing two copies of the death certificate and she still can't get it taken care of. We don't have an office for them here in town, just a couple payment centers where you have to take in your bill and money and they can't mail a payment in because no one will tell anyone in the family how much it is because their not on the account. How the heck are they supposed to resolve this? All they want to do is get it paid off and have people stop calling their house asking for Denise. I'm sure the phone company here's the "he/she is dead" excuse plenty, but when they have two copies of the death certificate sitting there it's a little ridiculous for them not to say ok, here's what you need to do to take care of this. Ack, sorry Tera, just saw Who helped you out! Thats me, always late to the party, lol.
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Tagurit
Member
04-09-2003
| Monday, October 03, 2005 - 3:50 pm
Wargod, did your sis and bil have an attorney they worked with after Denise died? They may have had one to deal with her will and estate. If they did, I am sure that is a good route to go with. The attorney's office most likely hears this type of stuff all the time and has letters to send right out to difficult companies. I am sorry that your sister is going through such a rough time with the phone company. Good luck!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, October 03, 2005 - 11:07 pm
Wargod, seems to me the phone company is threatening a deceased person, right? And they refuse to talk to the living person who is offering to pay the bill? I might just tend to document what has happened so far and forget about it until the phone company wises up. But Tagurit's advice is probably better.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, October 03, 2005 - 11:53 pm
I told sis in hindsight I'd probably have called them up and told them I was Denise and needed to know how much I owed. But when she started out talking to them she didn't realize it'd be such a huge problem. We don't really get it either, they're trying to pay an outstanding bill, not set up a new account, what difference does it make who pays it? She didn't have a will and not much of an estate. A car that she signed over early last year to her best friend who was the co-signer and some furniture that had been handed down from her grandparents. She had told them what she wanted them to have, so they took what she had given them, then split up the rest of the stuff they wanted. What was left was donated. The only fight was over family pics and I settled that one for them by scanning and printing. So, no lawyer. Denise's only family is a much younger brother, her four kids, and the grandkids. Course she had tons of adopted family like me and Darren and the kids, and she actually stayed pretty close to her ex-husbands nieces and nephews and even one of the exes youngest daughter. Bil as the oldest sees it as his responsibility to have things taken care of and sis is right there with him, financial and family matters since she got sick and most especially since she died. This is just eating at both of them that it's sitting out there and for right now there is absolutely nothing they can do about it. Even all the medical bills are settled, this is the last of it. Ack, sorry, rambling on and on. They've had so much grief and such a tough/stressful time this past year that this stupid little annoyance really irritates me on their behalf. Give the poor kids a break and just tell them how much the bill is! Wonder if it'd be worth it to talk to a lawyer just for this? It seems like such a simple matter.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - 7:55 am
War, it sounds to me that your sister has made every effort to settle that bill. Now that the phone company is being cute, she needs to step back imho. Don't open the next nasty letter, just send it back "addressee deceased". You wanna bet they'll be real quick to tell your sis how much was owed then?
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - 11:56 am
Exactly, Lumbele.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - 12:27 pm
I talked to sis awhile ago and she said thats pretty much what they're going to have to do. Returning the letters, and when they call saying nothing but "She's deceased." I'm betting it won't be too long before they let her know how much it is. What I'm really wondering is why do they do this? I can see not discussing a customer account with someone not listed, but when you got someone on the line wanting to pay the bill for another person? Do they really get complaints? "Hey, how dare you, you let some stranger pay my bill!"
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, October 06, 2005 - 3:49 pm
I am looking in ebay for some legos for my ds. Well, there are 4 zillion things listed under lego. I am specifically looking for legos that come with little cards (or sheets or books or whatever) that would show a picture of a completed piece. (and possibly step by step picture directions). Something simple-like under 15 pieces per finished piece. Any ideas of what search words that I could use? Or does any lego guru out there know of any specific lego set that might have something like this. (BTW, the lego creator game-which comes with 20 cards is exactly what I am looking for--though we already have that game. We're just looking for more.) Hope this all makes sense. Thanks in advance for any suggestions you might have!!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, October 06, 2005 - 11:35 pm
Hey Julie, I don't know much about ebay but legos, hello, lol. Caleb's a lego kid, it's the only thing he wants! Anyways, if you check out Walmart, Target, or Toys R Us (basically anywhere that sells them) you can usually find the different sets. Bionicles is one, they make little robot guys or something like that. I know the sets are bigger (maybe 75 pieces?) but they're fairly simple to put together and come with the step by step instruction booklets. For awhile Caleb was into the Harry Potter ones. They had the huge sets but they also had the smaller (I think 35? pieces) sets. Star Wars had some smaller sets too. I'll have to check out some of his stuff this weekend and see what he's got for some suggestions for you. You might also try searching for his age specifically. I know most lego sets have specific ages listed on the package.
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Kaykay
Member
01-21-2004
| Friday, October 07, 2005 - 6:06 am
Ok, here's my dumb question - my DD lost her 1st baby tooth. What is the going rate for the tooth fairy to leave? is more for the 1st tooth and less for the rest?? Thanks, KK
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, October 07, 2005 - 6:16 am
Kaykay, it is a total objective choice of the toothfairy. (hope that makes sense.) In other words, it's up to you. Now because I am kind of a spoiling mom, (and it was fun for me), and because Ryan had to have both his bottom front teeth pulled (about 2 months ago) so there was some extra pain involved, plus there were two teeth involved and they were his first teeth out, he got some gold coins (those gold dollar coins) and a big silver dollar and a big half dollar coin and a 2 dollar bill and a pack of yu-gi-oh cards. So you can see I went WAY overboard.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, October 07, 2005 - 6:18 am
Wargod, thanks. He is 6, so any specific ones for that age that you'd recommend, I would appreciate! I will check into the bionicles...
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Kaykay
Member
01-21-2004
| Friday, October 07, 2005 - 6:21 am
thanks Julie i was thinking $5 for the 1st tooth and 1$ for the following ones. What do you think of that?
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Friday, October 07, 2005 - 6:48 am
i put one of those gold dollars for each tooth
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Kaykay
Member
01-21-2004
| Friday, October 07, 2005 - 6:50 am
i guess i need to go to the bank for gold dollars. thanks landi
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