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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, August 15, 2008 - 10:08 am
LOL Escapee, to tell the truth, I don't think either dog so much as snatched the bread or lunch meat from her. Harvey definitely could if he wanted to, but that's just not his style (takes too much energy to snatch.) He'd take if off the end table though if she left it there. Pj might be willing to snatch it but she's so little there's no way she could unless, again, it was left down where she could easily reach it. I don't buy the kids story of how this happened at all, but they're sticking together on it. Little do they know, they will be replacing my bread and lunch meat with some allowance money.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, August 15, 2008 - 10:28 am
LOL! That'll teach you to sleep in! 
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, August 15, 2008 - 10:34 am
No kidding.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 12:52 am
New gripe, I'm full of em today! Actually, I'm also wondering what this situation is like in other parts of California and the rest of the US/Canada. We're in a..well actually I'm not sure if it's being called a full blown drought yet or not. Very little rain fall and lots of thoughts and worries about conserving water. Out here in the high desert we already have some water restricions in place. No watering the lawns between 10 am and 10 pm, no washing down driveways, washing cars (can if you use a nozzle that you can turn off,) no kids playing with the hose or sprinklers. We go a bit further...water the lawn three days a week from 2:00 - 2:10 am, just enough to keep it greenish. I only wash full loads of laundry and have cut back to only what is needed (laundry piling up here!) Only fill the sink up half way doing dishes, no running water for hand or teeth brushing, and all four of us take showers instead of baths, under 10 minutes each. Darren and I take quick showers together on the weekends (no messing around) and I wash my hair every other day (not part of water conservation, it dries out too much if I do it every day) so my showers those days are even shorter. We also have low flow toilets and those things on the faucets and shower heads to cut back how much water is used. All that to show that yes, we are doing our part and conserving as much as possible. So, today is what I not so jokingly refer to as freaking bill day. Every bill comes in the mail around the 15th of the month. And my water bill is more than double what it was! I can't figure it out. There's a $21 conservation fee added to it. Looking at it, our water usage is down by a bit from previous months. I know they increased the price, but dang, I went from $45 to $98 in one month. Granted it's not a ton (I've seen electric and gas bills spike $100 or more during some months) but still, here we are using less water and pay twice as much for it. Is it the same way everywhere else??? My electric bill was sorta surprising (much lower than I expected) but sorta not (kids are old enough now to remember to turn stuff off and shut doors, lol.) Opening that bill was a nice surprise for July/August!
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 3:31 am
Around here (Western New York), maybe the ONLY utility bill we have that is truly inexpensive, is our water bill. My Mom and I have a duplex, and our water bill comes every 3 months. Costs us a whopping total of $50.00 give or take a few dollars. I guess we deserve it since we get smacked with such high gas bills during our snowy winter months.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 8:37 am
War, I hear ya. Our utility bills are higher than normal also. Our county isnt on the manditory conservation like yours is though. Our gas bills are usually very low in summer and even they are over 65.00
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 10:01 am
We don't have water bills (well), but our propane tank more than makes up for it. Even in the summer with no heat (meaning only dryer and water heater) we're paying close to $100 a month! This is for a family of 3, so we only have 5 loads of laundry a week, and our showers never total more than 20 minutes a day! Electric has gone up too, but fortunately it's been a cooler summer, so we've not had the air on much at all. We're paying over $100 anyway, but I can't imagine what it would be if it were sweltering.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 10:41 pm
My gas bill was $28 this month Pamy. Totally awesome, lol. But, I hardly use gas in the summer (use cold water for laundry, lots of bbq'ing or cold dinners.) Teach, have propane prices gone up a lot (I'm not sure how much it'd normally cost for a month?) We have a propane tank for the grill, but usually only have to fill it once a summer. The water bill just really shocked me. I'd read it was going up, but didn't realize it'd be that much. Most of the year our bill hoovers around 40-45, with at least one or two months in winter even less than that. When I opened it up, I actually grabbed my check book to make sure I paid it last month, thinking it must surely be two months!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 12:26 pm
VinBlanche is on vacation this week and he's in pain from his arthritic knee. And then I go and trip in the elevator at work and now the whole left side of me is sore as heck. What a sorry pair we are! He's making the best of it and being extra cheerful, and I'm mostly hibernating in bed reading. Thank heavens I bought 3 new novels this week. Unfortunately I'm already 2/3 finished the 2nd book! Just praying that mom stays stable in the nursinghome, cuz DH and I need to rest and recouperate. This isn't really a gripe, I'm just really sore and a tich cranky. Oh and I still have that rash around my upperlip/mouth but it's FINALLY starting to fade. Escapee, I think it's just that some of us have way more sensitive skin than others. That's just the way we're made, you and I...
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 12:44 pm
I am trying to ignore the increased utility bill amounts but they are higher. My gripe is that I got ambitious and washed a large/high window this morning. Now I can't get the screen back in place. Get to call the window washers tomorrow just because of the screen situation. At least I only attempted one and then stopped.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 1:13 pm
Why do some people have to be so darned nosy and bossy? We went to Walmart today. Hubby has a handicap placard that he only uses if he really really needs it, tho he's legal to use it every time he parks. Today was a bad day for hubby, so I parked in a handicap spot, pull out the placard, and we get out. This extremely loud female DEMANDS we show her our driver's licenses and the name written on the placard. Um, none of your business. But I kindly and softly reply that it is a legal placard and we are under no obligation to show anybody who is not law enforcement anything. She keeps on and on about it so hubby just tells me let's keep walking. She then starts SCREAMING these people are taking places of handicapped people somebody call the police. So this Walmart cart boy comes over and says just let her see your id's and prove her wrong. We ignore him and keep on walking. He then says to us that we must be parking illegally or we would prover her and him wrong. My husband told him if he or she wanted to call the police feel free to but we owned neither of them proof of anything. The cart boy decides to push it and follows us into the store. WRONG thing for him to do. We demanded to see the store manager, told him what happened, and how we understood they couldn't control other customers they should at least tell their own employees it was none of their business to demand ID's for handicapped parking. Ended up us getting a $50 gift card and the kid getting chewed out. SOME PEOPLE!
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 1:18 pm
Good for you, Serate! My friend underwent a procedure for her cancer a year or so ago and wasn't supposed to walk far. She was given a temporary handicapped tag for 2 months I think it was, and she got looks all over the place as well. There will always be nosy and bossy people in this world who think their opinion matters to others. Not many of us escape this world without a real health concern, and it's sad that others decide in their own peaheads what is wrong with you.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 1:21 pm
Waits for the screen fairy to produce a $50 gift card. Serate, that is unreal.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 1:23 pm

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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 1:27 pm
Actually I feel bad about taking the gift card. We're not "that type" who tries to turn a situation into free stuff. So I think we're going to put it towards a dvd/vcr combo for the Veteran's home nearby. At my last Unit meeting we got a "wish list" from the VA hospital and from the Veteran's home. The Unit is buying sweatshirts, socks, and underwear for the home. We'll get them something fun with the gift card. Hubby asked when I was going to wash the windows outside. I said when pigs fly. *L* I DO NOT DO WINDOWS!
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 1:28 pm
I'm glad the nosy kid got chewed out. Glad you got a $50 gift card for the harassment, Serate. What did you buy with it?
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 1:31 pm
Ditto to Huk. Glad you got some sort of renumeration for your trouble. My dad has a placard because of heart failure and diabetic neuropathy. To look at him he looks healthy, perhaps walks slower than most but no chair, cane, etc. What people can't see is that he can only walk about 5 minutes before his legs will buckle and his heart is beating out of his chest and he gets lightheaded and nauseous. He gets glares all the time and he says he keeps having to remind himself that he isn't doing anything wrong. He can barely walk (with my mom holding his elbow) from the car to the food court inside the mall and then he stays there while my mother shops. People can be so judgemental! ETA: Very classy regarding the DVD !!
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 1:38 pm
LOL Hukdonreality. I was looking at the screen from the inside and think I might be able to figure the darn thing out. I don't have it close enough to the window. Will try again. Serate, you earned that gift card but that is a great idea you have for it.
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 1:40 pm
Ooops, Serate, I didn't see your post before I sent mine.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 1:50 pm
Kinda hard when we posted at the same time Holly. 
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 1:56 pm
Serate I applaud your hubby for taking this to the manager! Kudos to you for what you plan to use your gift-card for! Nobody deserves that kind of treatment. And I hope the customer with the big mouth also found out that you guys were in the RIGHT and she was totally out of line and has to deal with major embarrassement after embarrassing you guys so publicly.
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 1:56 pm
Duh, so we did. I'm kind of out of it today. Aching all over from the fibro for the past couple of days, so can't post much.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 1:57 pm
(((Holly)))
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 2:05 pm
Thanks, Mame. I don't know how you can still type so much, what with your recent injuries, fibro, and a frozen shoulder. Just with the fibro, I can barely move the mouse to read. You must be made of stronger stuff than me!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 2:41 pm
YAH Serate loved how that story ended. I am shocked at the woman! What world has she lived in that she doesnt know that many handicapped cards are issued to people that appear healthy but may not be able to walk/stand for long periods. jeez! When I have to get a wheelchair at Disney I sometimes limp when I get out of it so ppl wont think I am faking. You cant see the pain I have. Good for Walmart manager, that says alot about him.
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