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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 11:22 am
yep, escapee is correct, i have a device that converts your car lighter or extra outlet to become electrical plugs. go to radio shack and buy one, then you can use whatever you want (crock pot - coffee maker - warming plate, etc). i no longer have a car, but we use it in the truck. i used to use it to charge the laptop when we went to car shows.
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Cwcoop
Member
04-19-2008
| Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 3:16 pm
Could you take a little weber grill and put a pot of cocoa, and ladle it out right there? I wouldn't put the cocoa on until the coals are no longer 'flaming' though...You could actually make the drink right there - just bring the milk and mix and do it on the spot.
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Bookworm
Member
12-18-2001
| Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 5:11 pm
I used to have a car lighter adapter from back in my pumping days. I think it was very reasonable in price. It might be useful in the future as well.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 9:23 pm
Aha! I finally have a good dumb question. It came up again today. We have parking meters in our downtown. Sometimes when we are running errands Bigdog will sit in the car at a parking meter while I go do the errand. For reasons unknown to me, it infuriates Bigdog when I put money in the meter while he is sitting in the car. He is adamant that he won't get a ticket if he is in the car. I think if you have your car parked at a meter, it is irrelevant whether or not you are sitting in the car. You need to have time on the meter. We live in WA state if that makes a difference. I meant to try to call somebody about it today, but forgot. Anybody got any opinions? Or facts?
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 9:49 pm
Opinion (no parking meters anywhere here) but the biggest parking hassle I have is in the alley at my aunts. Not supposed to park in the alley, sometimes its unavoidable, especially if unloading groceries or laundry and they actually do say you can park for loading/unloading but there's a silly time limit on it (like 4 minutes.) Anyways, if someones in the car or can get out to it before parking enforcement starts writing the ticket, they'll let you go. So here it does help if someones sitting in the car. Not sure the same would be true of a parking meter though.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 9:53 pm
I think you are just wonderful to pay to keep Bigdog safe. He should be pleased that you don't want him to be hauled off with the car. 
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 10:05 pm
Oh, and the hot chocolate...even if Halloween day is warm (and it usually is here) the games are at 8 and 9:30, so snack time should be around 9:15am. It'll be cool enough for hot chocolate. I'm waiting for Darren to go back to work to find out from his buddies if they have anything we can borrow before I go looking for something that will work. Oh, we thought about the car lighter adapter! Bil does construction, I know he's had stuff like that in the past, but doesn't now. Guess one of the work trucks is now equipped with a microwave so they don't bother with the adapters anymore.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 12:18 am
Juju, I'm not really knowledgeable, usually the only time we do parking meters are at the waterfront or International district while leaving the vehicle empty. In the olden days Bigdog could have watched/heard the meter maids coming in their little truck vehicles or heard the scraping of the chalk on tires. But now, I think they're quietly skipping around on Segways or just driving by with some fancy cameras. Let us know how it turns out, will ya?
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 12:23 am
War, the other day at Sam's Club they had a gallon canister of Swiss Miss chocolate milk. I think you use like a scoop per cup, easier than messing with milk stuff. I usually like it just with the packets when in the mood. The water doesn't have to be piping hot to let it mix. Might be something to look at, and if you don't use it all you can save it for home.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 9:23 am
Hahahahaha, I have a Swiss Miss story. Bigdog and I were on our very first cruise on an educational ship, not a typical cruise ship, although that has nothing to do with the story. It was cold. They has Swiss Miss hot chocolate at the self-serve coffee station. Bigdog tried it and LOVED it. I think it was instant addiction, and pretty soon he was up to five or six cups a day. I finally had to intervene and check the calories on all that Swiss Miss he was gratuitously swilling down. Let's just say it was not low calorie, fine for active kids if they don't have six cups a day. Not so good for old farts eating cruise ship food.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 9:30 am
War I was thinking if you have a coffee shop near the park that sells Box of Joe's (serves around 10 cups of coffee) some of them will do a box of hot chocolate.
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Gumby
Member
08-14-2004
| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 2:58 pm
Has anyone ever had a dream seem so real that you were mad at someone because of it? I know it seems silly, but I had a dream on Monday and I'm still angry 2 days later. It was stupid really, and I think it's because of the show Three Rivers. My mother in law needed a heart transplant and my husband asked me to give her mine. I told him that would mean I would die, and he said that's okay, since he'd still have her. Irritates me to no end, I think I need to get over it.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 3:00 pm
Hmmmm. I wonder if there is something else going on that the dream represents that you are really angry about?
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 8:25 pm
Really not sure if this is a good place to ask this or not. I need to have fingerprints and a criminal background check done (among a few other things) to keep my job. No big deal, biggest run in with the law being a traffic ticket. Was also informed I have to pay for it, $70, which kinda sucks, but has to be done and soon because there's a deadline. Question is...I had my fingerprints done, oh, about 18 years ago when I worked for the retirement home. Will I have to redo them or I use those? And if I can use them, how would I go about getting them to the folks who need them now? Can the criminal background check be done with name, social security number, and the old fingerprints? Had them done through the sheriffs station back then if it makes any difference.
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Beckie03
Member
07-05-2007
| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 8:34 pm
war, you'll have to redo them...well more than likely. When I applied for the teachin credential, I had to have my fingerprints done and a criminal background check. I had one done two years ago, and they said that I would have to have it redone. I know it's not the same circumstances, but I'm thinking that you'll have to be re-fingerprinted.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 8:47 pm
War, also be sure to check to see if you need Live Scan fingerprinting done.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 8:52 pm
Beckie, it likely is similar circumstances. Not credential's, but I'm working as a home health care providoer so what they're looking for is elderly/child abuse type stuff and serious crimes that would make someone ineligable for working with people who are somewhat dependant on you. You're also in California, which is who is requiring all this, so it probably will be the same. I've got to fill out the paperwork and drop it off, then get the fingerprints done (will the background check be done at the same time or is that something seperate that I have to request?) Then a few more things (like a class and er...something else I'm forgetting.)
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 8:53 pm
Ack Merry, what is that???
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 8:59 pm
They scan your fingerprints electronically rather than using ink. It's required now for some positions.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 9:07 pm
Live scan is when they do your fingerprints on a glass slide on a machine, and get your digital prints immediately. I had mine done for a volunteer job last year (also CA), and they gave me a form to give to the sheriff's office, so when they did the prints they knew where to send the results. I should think you'll get something from the employer because they'll want to hear directly from source that you're not a bad bad man . Pretty much sure they wouldn't use your old check as they need to know that you are the person you present yourself to be. Depressing thing: when they did one of my fingers they kept trying and the scanner thing kept rejecting it because it was too wrinkled! In the end she had to put "best print possible" on it!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 9:14 pm
Oh that would be cool.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 9:21 pm
They always seem to like having new fingerprints. Chances are your originals from 18 years ago don't even exist anymore, although I suppose you could call the sheriff's dept. and see if they could be retrieved if you just really wanted to. Background check will most likely take several days or weeks, and you will probably be given a form to authorize it for employment purposes.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 9:44 pm
Hmm ok, another question along a similar line...how long would the new fingerprints/background check be good for? Lets say I get them done at the end of Oct, beg. of Nov. Little league sign ups, along with signing up for volunteer positions start mid December/early Jan. You have to have fingerprints and background check to do any volunteer work with the kids. If I want to volunteer, would the fingerprints and background check for my job now be good for that in a couple months? Or would I again have to have them done for little league.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 10:10 pm
I don't know War but could you get the forms/paper work for both the job and the little league and take them both with you? Hopefully, the results from one processing could be used for both?
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 4:54 am
With our league...the league does their own check. You fill out a form and sign your life away and turn it into the board. They run the check. They don't do fingerprints.
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