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Kiersten_love
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08-03-2001

Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 1:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kiersten_love a private message Print Post    
I don't know cndeariso, i know they have alot of cars, they postal system is huge and I know they have alot of universities, what confused me was the wording college universities. Just trying to see if any of these are correct. Any more answers from anyone? please?

Racsan
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04-09-2004

Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 4:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Racsan a private message Print Post    
Kiersten alot of countries say college for what we in the US call High School so by saying college university it is more specific that they are talking about institutions after high school. That's why alot of the colleges here in the US are changing to University.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 4:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
I would still have to go with the 200 surnames as the most likely answer.

Next most likely is the 100 post offices, I suppose, although it is a geographically huge country.

When we were there in 1998, 1000 cars each in the largest cities might have been about right, but nowadays, there are 1000 cars that you can see in your own field of vision at any time of day or night in Beijing or Shanghai.

Not so sure about the colleges. Good question.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 6:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
I'd go with Surnames also.

Kiersten_love
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08-03-2001

Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 6:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kiersten_love a private message Print Post    
Thank you all so very much, but i am still without a definitive answer. i still think there is something to the college universities, and yes the surnames too. Anyway, know of a way to find the real answer anywhere? I have searched and searched and I keep running into a brick wall. Help

I definitely know cars is not one of the answers and post offices.

Mamapors
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07-29-2004

Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 7:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamapors a private message Print Post    
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_universities_in_mainland_China

The above is a link that lists all of the universities in china. Many more than 3.

Kiersten_love
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08-03-2001

Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 7:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kiersten_love a private message Print Post    
thank you mamapors :-)

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 8:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Here's a link saying "There aren't that many Chinese surnames, with about 200 accounting for 96 percent of the population, according to one study conducted in 1990."

http://www.inq7.net/globalnation/col_pik/2005/nov14

Remember the source book the teacher or whoever used to construct the question may have had outdated data. My bet is they had an old link mentioning 200 surnames.

Kiersten_love
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08-03-2001

Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 11:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kiersten_love a private message Print Post    
thank you all so much for letting me know the info, when my neighbor's daughter was here she mentioned how she had a challenge to answer a question, and of course I said oh what was the question, she told me, and I said well I don't know the answer, and she responded oh I think you should know the answer to this its so simple. Let me tell you I was like what the ? so I told her i would let her know my answer some other time, she laughed and said thats ok, I can tell you the answer and she said its surnames, but I said that makes sense, but the 200 doesn't make sense, I think it may be a bit higher like 800-900, and she said you are not right, that she was. So that is why I wanted to know the answer so badly, LOL, kids, they are smart.

Jeneane
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05-18-2005

Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 5:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jeneane a private message Print Post    
Ok this is not the most important question but I know that someone here will know the answer and relieve my brain from singing the same words over and over because I cannot think of the rest. Please... does anyone know the rest of the advertising jingle "munch a bunch a munch a bunch a..."

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 6:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
"... of Fritos corn CHIPS!"

Kiersten_love
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08-03-2001

Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 6:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kiersten_love a private message Print Post    
Yep thats it JuJu

"Munch, munch, munch a bunch of Fritos/corn chips"

Jeneane
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05-18-2005

Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 6:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jeneane a private message Print Post    
Thanks. I said that was it but DH said no.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 6:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
"It's not polite to smack your lips, but you cant help it with Frito's corn chips."

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 6:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
"Although they go right to your hips, eat a whole bag of Fritos corn chips!"

lol, that would be my version.

Jmm
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08-16-2002

Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 7:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jmm a private message Print Post    
Ai-yi-yi-yi, I am the Frito Bandito
I love Frito corn chips, I love them I do ...

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 8:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
I am puzzled by this free credit reports. You are supposed to get one a year free from Equifax, Experian and Transunion. But when you go to their sites there are charges or free for one month and then you pay $9.95 a month. Has any one else gotten a free credit report and how did you do it?

Hypermom
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08-13-2001

Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 9:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hypermom a private message Print Post    
I think the free one is on Annualcreditreport.com

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 9:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Yes, just (by chance) came upon this site and remembered your post from earlier. It's the government page on how to get your free credit report and they say use annualcreditreport.com:

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/credit/freereports.htm

Max
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08-12-2000

Monday, June 12, 2006 - 10:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
You can get a free credit report from each of the major reporting bureaus once a year. However, that report DOES NOT include your credit RATING. To get your credit rating, which is what potential lenders use to determine your relative risk factor, you must subscribe to one of their fee-based services. It's a racket.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Monday, June 12, 2006 - 2:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Max I think you mean you do not get your credit score. The credit score (sometimes called a FICO) is what lenders use to determine your credit "rank".

And yes that is extra. I get my free credit report from all three repositories and then only order one FICO, I think it was $6.95

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Monday, June 12, 2006 - 3:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
Thank you guys so much..I went right over and got my report so easy. My husband's brother had an identity theft...what a mess. And he is in his early 80's. Now all the paper work etc. It isn't fair!! So we do need to keep up with our credit reports. The thief bought a car and opened credit cards. No idea how he got Bob's ID info. BEWARE

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Monday, June 12, 2006 - 7:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Hopefully not a dumb question but:

We rent a house, and the landlord wants to sell it. We have to be out by the end of July, but between now and then he wants us to make the house available to the realtor to enter with prospective buyers. Is it unreasonable for us to say no? We're not happy with strangers in our house when we're not here and we want to be free to make a mess while we're in the process of moving out.

Jmm
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08-16-2002

Monday, June 12, 2006 - 8:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jmm a private message Print Post    
Kitt, Check your lease carefully. There may be a clause in it that you must allow him to show it.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 4:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
i agree with Jmm. your lease should tell you.

an option you might suggest to your landlord is that all showings be by appointment only. then you are in control when people are in your home and you could even be there.