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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 12:07 am
Escapee.. I'd go beyond HR (after telling them) and call the police. The one lady cannot use a handicap space unless she is transporting the person for whom the car is issued. I have a friend with both handicap plates on her car and the placard for when someone drives her and she says even the handicapped person isn't to take a space if they are just sitting in the car. And the other woman.. no problem with her doing relay for life, if she has seizures, hopefully they don't make it dangerous for her to drive.. And I agree there are definitely invisible handicaps so check before assuming but there are also tons of people using those spaces. Around UCLA there was a virtual business around obtaining the cards and selling them and students using them so they could park for free in certain spaces (with meters perhaps) near campus. I get pissed at the people who often park in one of the few reserved spots for American Cancer Society. The other day I finally left a note on one car that was hogging that spot. Not for me but some of my patients don't need to be walking around parking lots (of course if need be I drive to the door for them, but the space is reserved. My mom had a placard and needed it (emphysema) and usually stubbornly refused to use a handicap space.. takes all kinds, I guess. The gal with the broken ankle may not have a handicap placard, so even with a third space she wouldn't be able to use such a spot.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 8:30 am
Landi...Safeway delivers! If you've never used it before, you may be able to get it for free delivery. Even if you need to pay, the delivery fee isn't very much.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 8:36 am
I used Vons (which is Safeway down here) for delivery when I had my two surgeries. And if I'm traveling and going to be gone for more than four days, I'll create an order and schedule it for delivery the morning after I return. That way I know I'll have fresh groceries in the house and won't have to try and squeeze in a visit to the store when I get back home. (Even if I'm visiting my office, I end up not getting any work done when traveling, and taking an hour out of my day when I get back? Not gonna happen!)
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 3:47 pm
those services only work if you have a credit or debit card, of which we have neither. everything we pay for in cash.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 4:49 pm
A debit card is same as cash. Only more convenient. Especially when it comes to things like online shopping.
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 5:20 pm
you have to have a bank account of which my husband refuses after having enough bank charges that would pay for an around the world cruise (his words) so we cash his checks at the banks of which they are drawn on and pay all bills in person. pain in the butt, but after 22 years, i'm not arguing this point any longer.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 6:51 pm
landi, can you get your own acct?
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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 9:47 pm
They have free checking accounts now. I have a couple. No charges at all even if you use another atm machine, plus your balance does not need to be over a certain limit. They do have a visa that you can buy also and put money in them. I think they have a fee after having the card for so long, but am unsure how much that is. Or maybe Safeway has giftcards that you may be able to purchase and use for delivery? We don't have them here, so I am not sure if delivery would be allowed if using a giftcard.
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 9:54 pm
my husband refuses to give money for the use of his own money. says it is ridiculous. and no way to have an account when I have no money of my own. I haven't worked since August of 2008. I would check into a Safeway gift card, but by the time I do that, Holly will be home from Pebble Beach.
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 4:04 am
We have different types of handicap parking placards here. One is for the driver of the vehicle and the other is for a disabled passenger. My parents have the latter. My mother is the only one who drives but she is perfectly healthy and mobile, it's my dad who requires more assistance getting around. If my mother is in the car on her own she would be ticketed for parking in a handicap spot. The two placards are different colours so if your system works the same way you could probably get her ticketed and towed just by calling traffic cops. It's infuriating when people think the rules are not meant for them or they are above following them! Just one nice fine or an inconvenient tow would probably make her think twice.
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 4:10 am
Landi, we have credit/debit cards but my dh has a bit of the same attitude as yours, but different reason. He just TRUSTS cash, likes to see it in his hand then get a receipt for handing it over to pay a bill. I have been border-line threatened by banks who tell me that if I keep paying bills with cash that I am asking to be auditted. Go ahead, inconvenient but all is in order. In dh's case I think it comes from growing up in a home where they were always on the verge of bankruptcy, FIL was often running credit up and MIL would be humiliated at stores when the cards wouldn't work. I am resigned to it but it is a pain to go to a bank to withdraw a couple grand then go to another bank to deposit it when I could do it online in 5 seconds. The buck or two in service charges is equalled out with the buck or two in GAS!!!! LOLOL
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 6:30 pm
My niece asked me this question. I replied, but then decided I'd see how people here would answer. So, if your landlord (pretend you had one), were to come over and cut down a tree and then proceed to drag it through your OBVIOUS garden, say your over a foot tall corn, your peas, and brussels sprouts, leaving it all a wreck...the corn broken and flattened to the ground...What would you do? I feel really disrespected, and pissed. GRR So do you think it would just be unproductive of me to bring it up to him?
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 6:49 pm
He'd get a piece of my mind at the least.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 7:04 pm
If you weren't there when it happened I would ring or write a letter saying please not to use the contractor he used to cut down the tree again, because they completely ruined your vegetable garden. If your landlord had already told you that he, personally, was going to cut it down himself then I don't know that I'd say something... nothing's going to put the veg back to their original shape unfortunately. Chances are if he's thoughtless enough to ruin your veg then he's either just going to get shirty if you mention it or he's just going to ignore it. I suppose my advice would be to do what makes you feel better, as long as you don't already have a precarious relationship with your landlord - if you do I'd keep quiet unless you want to move.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 11:04 pm
this situation is tough. IF you are the one who put in the garden, and it isnt in the rental agreement, then you really shouldnt say anything. IF the landlord is a dink, they could say you 'damaged' the property and make a fuss. if the garden was already there before you moved in, then you May want to mention that the contractor caused "damage" to the garden. My experience with my landlord makes me feel you probably wont get anywhere nor feel like you made your point. The landlord paid for the deck to be painted and the contractor did a horrible job, missed spots, blotchy covering etc. When i passed this on, the Landlord couldnt care at all. Same with the crappy job the window replacers did. the landlord drove a couple of hours to Inspect the work and said he was happy with it. I kept my mouth shut but still am finding bits of Silicon stuck on the rug from months ago. The front ten foot window was put in over a Completely rotted 2x6 sill. Just putting forward my own experience.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 9:24 am
Thanks. Holly she does want to give him a piece of her mind, but Kitt & Sunshyne stated basically what I told her - it's his property, it's the 2nd time he's done this [got that bit of information this morning when she called, she's still upset], he probably won't care. She got kinda snitty last night saying HE put a garden in HER yard and I had to mention it actually was HIS yard. & I agree with Sunshyne, unless it's specifically in the lease he could say she damaged HIS property. Oh and the "contractor" was the landlord himself. Nieces boyfriend was outside talking to him as he was cutting down the tree & asked landlord if he wanted some help moving it. Landlord said no. Niece is all up in the air about the money she spent on the garden. Told her that basically unless it was in her lease it wasn't hers to do as she wishes. We lived on a farm, and still got permission before we planted a garden. The garden is one thing. When she planted 6 trees in the yard I questioned her about it. She was liek oh he said we could buy on contract after the year is up. I told her then not to do anything major to the house or yard until she actually had that contract in her hand. This morning I asked her if she really wanted to buy this property from this guy. & to think carefully before she signed any "contract" to buy. Thanks for the responses. T
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, June 21, 2010 - 4:28 am
Any "improvements" a tenant makes to a rented property are at risk. Period. Unless the tenant gets specific agreement from the landlord.
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Christy358
Member
07-10-2007
| Monday, June 21, 2010 - 5:43 am
I had a landlord that tore out some vines I esp liked on one side of the house. I had clipped them to grow around the windows, so when you looked out the kitchen window it was a beautiful view of the rose bushes surrounded by vines and yellow flowers. He had to call in a plumber the next month to try to figure out why the water bill was so big on the property. They were sure there was a huge leak somewhere. And there was-- my hose running night and day in the back yard. (This was a multi-unit property. I had the house in front of several apts. He could not point the finger at one spot and know who was responsible.)
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 3:41 am
not just improvements either. Anything that is attached to the house or put in the yard.. like a fence or an Awning on the deck. heck, i even had to leave my curtains/ curtain rods in one place. Once it was bolted onto the wall it is considered part of the house. same would go for those fruit trees the lady put in. No way she can dig those up when she moves.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, June 25, 2010 - 4:45 pm
NEW QUESTION:In the movie, WHEN HARRY MET SALLY, Sally was really upset when her old boyfriend got together (or maybe got back together) with a girlfriend. What did she call that girlfriend?? Something like "She was supposed to be a transition girlfriend." Anyone know what I am talking about?? Thanks in advance!!
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Friday, June 25, 2010 - 4:51 pm
Never saw the movie, but found this by Googling your question: Sally (on hearing that her ex-boyfriend is getting married) She’s supposed to be his transitional person, she’s not supposed to be The One. All this time I’ve been saying he didn’t want to get married. But the truth is he didn’t want to marry me.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, June 25, 2010 - 5:07 pm
Thank Hukd!! Excellent!!! Especially considering you never saw the movie!!! (I do believe you are the only one on earth who hasn't!!)
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 12:40 pm
I don't know if anyone will be able to help me with this, lol. I need to know the wrist size of little girls 5-6 years old...one who is pretty average size for a kid that age and one who is average height but, hmm...she's not really over weight, just really solidly built with a thicker wrist than the thinner girl. I made bracelets for the girls on Kota and nieces team last week and plan on doing some for the group of little sisters. Problem is, Dakota's playing on a different all-star team (so I'm not seeing those girls right now,) I don't have phone numbers, and other than my middle niece who is tiny, I have no clue how big to make these bracelets. I may just make them all one size and add extender chains, but I'd rather not (they tend to catch the chains on stuff and break the bracelets.) So, if anyone has a little girl (or niece or kid they babysit) that is around that age, would you mind measuring their wrist size and posting it for me? Really not sure if anyone can help with this, but if so I'd really, really appreciate it!
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Taysmomcj
Member
03-24-2008
| Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 12:46 pm
War, Taylor is 7 and on the slender side. I measured her wrist and it's about 4 1/2 to 5 inches around. Not sure if this helps much. Good Luck!!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 1:20 pm
Actually it does. Middle nieces (almost 7) is 3.5 to 4 inches (and I'm better off making hers 3.5 usually) and I know she's not really a normal size compared to other girls her age. Taylor sounds more average size than my niece so I'm thinking somewhere between 4.5 and 5 would be good for the one girl. Thank you!
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