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dewshine
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response 278 of 413:
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Nov 11 02:48 UTC 2003 |
Amen to that.
(And for the record, I love you too ;P)
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tsty
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response 279 of 413:
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Nov 11 09:31 UTC 2003 |
/sniff
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happyboy
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response 280 of 413:
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Nov 11 17:01 UTC 2003 |
/**cudddle puddle**
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jaklumen
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response 281 of 413:
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Nov 12 03:30 UTC 2003 |
The flu that's been going around caught up with me-- should have
expected it as members of my extended family (in town) had been sick
and then my daughter ran a fever a few days ago. So I'm taking some
extra vitamin C (in addition to my usual supplement the psychiatrist
ordered) and seeing if taking an echineacea(sp?)/goldenseal supplement
will help. Also drinking more fluids... chicken broth, water,
grapefruit juice-- stuff like that.
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tsty
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response 282 of 413:
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Nov 12 11:08 UTC 2003 |
no fu sht?
no flu shot?
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edina
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response 283 of 413:
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Nov 12 15:13 UTC 2003 |
Because a flu shot prevents every type of flu.
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jiffer
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response 284 of 413:
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Nov 12 17:44 UTC 2003 |
And what a lot of people call the flu is typically not the flu.
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keesan
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response 285 of 413:
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Nov 12 17:59 UTC 2003 |
Flu shots only prevent what their makers decided is/are the most common flu(s)
for the current year. Each year we get a new mutation.
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rcurl
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response 286 of 413:
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Nov 12 18:25 UTC 2003 |
Some protection is better than no protection at all. However your choice
should depend upon your risk. There is some risk from the flu shot itself.
But some people are at greater risk from flu that others. So - place your
bets. I get the flu shot.
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tod
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response 287 of 413:
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Nov 12 18:48 UTC 2003 |
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jep
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response 288 of 413:
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Nov 12 18:52 UTC 2003 |
I'd mentioned that I hit a deer and totalled my car. Now I'm dealing
with the insurance company.
AAA offered me $900 for the car; $1150 minus my deductable. I said
that wasn't enough. They offered me $1200 ($1450 minus the
deductable). I said you cannot buy a running car for $1450. I said
KBB.com evaluates my car as being worth $2000. They said I can't use
KBB.com because they don't sell cars. I protested that that's how
people *decide* what to charge for cars, and asked what my options were.
They said to get them 5 ads for similar cars and they'll consider
whether they should give me more. I found 5 ads for 1992 Taurus's, for
$3000, $2500, $2200, $2000 and $1800. Supposedly they're supposed to
give me an average of what similar cars sell for.
They said they will now take up to 2 more days to evaluate my car
again. If they give me $2050 (the average minus $250), I will consider
myself ahead of the game. If they give me $1800, I will consider it a
fair settlement. If they stick with $1200, I will be bummed.
I'm also bummed that it's taken over a week (accident was last Tuesday)
to get the dang insurance settled. It's not the worst thing in the
world, but it's annoying.
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tod
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response 289 of 413:
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Nov 12 19:00 UTC 2003 |
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rcurl
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response 290 of 413:
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Nov 12 19:12 UTC 2003 |
I'm amazed that your insurance company is going along with haggling over
the payment.
When we had a car totaled, it took several months to get the insurance,
which I would expect in any case. They have to get the police report,
to start with, and then inspect the car themselves, etc.
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mynxcat
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response 291 of 413:
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Nov 12 19:57 UTC 2003 |
When I had my car totalled, I got my payment within 2 weeks. And this
includes the time that the first check was lost in the mail, and they
issued me a second check. I have been led to believe that that is a
pretty normal timeframe. And I got about $3200, after my deductible,
which was higher than what I'd paid for the car, to start with
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edina
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response 292 of 413:
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Nov 12 20:23 UTC 2003 |
Gary's insurance paid out in about 3 weeks. He was in a brand new Jetta
within 4 weeks.
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keesan
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response 293 of 413:
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Nov 12 21:16 UTC 2003 |
People on chemotherapy are instructed not to get any vaccines because there
is a chance of getting infected by the weakened virus used in them.
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jep
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response 294 of 413:
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Nov 13 00:40 UTC 2003 |
Yes, there are still some 1992 Tauruses out there. I was driving one
of them until a week or so ago.
I'm surprised I seem to have found an effective means of disputing the
payout for my wrecked car. (If I have indeed found means.)
Why would it take months to get a claim completed? It took about a
week to get my check, the last time I had a totalled car. What would
someone do who didn't have another means of transportation while they
waited for their claim check? It seems to me that could be quite a
problem.
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mcnally
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response 295 of 413:
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Nov 13 01:07 UTC 2003 |
Try reasoning the other way around.. Imagine you're an unscrupulous
insurance company with a strong financial interest in keeping your
payouts as low as you can get away with. Now imagine you've got a
customer who didn't have any other means of transportation and for
whom being carless was creating a serious problem. What do you think
would be an effective way of getting him to accept a lowball payout?
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keesan
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response 296 of 413:
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Nov 13 01:31 UTC 2003 |
Do you have to pay higher premiums after you wreck a car?
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jep
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response 297 of 413:
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Nov 13 02:30 UTC 2003 |
I probably will this time, since a collision with a deer is considered
to be your fault.
Three years ago, my rates didn't go up because the other driver was at
fault. I'd slid on some black ice and stopped; she'd slid and crashed
into me.
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keesan
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response 298 of 413:
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Nov 13 04:13 UTC 2003 |
I have a library book on Roadside Michigan, which devotes several pages to
roadkill. Apparently there are a lot of roadkilled snakes and turtles because
the like to crawl out onto the warm asphalt in the morning to raise their body
temperatures. Raccoons are the most common roadkill in S. Michigan (I would
disagree - I see more squirrels). And the author says it is difficult to
avoid deer because they suddenly dart out onto the road. Coyotes are now
found in Lansing and the ones that got this far east apparently come from a
line of ancestors that learned to avoid cars, and you don't see them
roadkilled. I wonder if they teach their kids how to cross the road.
Occasionally there is a roadkilled vulture - they feast on roadkill.
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charcat
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response 299 of 413:
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Nov 13 07:04 UTC 2003 |
I hit a 4 point buck tonight with my 92 taurus, scared me to death but not
much damage to the car (can't open the passenger's door), couldn't find the
deer I hope it's not hurt too much.
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fitz
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response 300 of 413:
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Nov 13 10:24 UTC 2003 |
It's open season on '92 Tauruses. Huzzah! Go get 'em, deer.
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bru
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response 301 of 413:
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Nov 13 12:14 UTC 2003 |
92' taurus must be deer magnets. Need to take one up north to the cabin
during hunting season for bait.
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rcurl
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response 302 of 413:
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Nov 13 15:54 UTC 2003 |
One factor that delayed our insurance payment was that the car was totaled
in Ohio and the paperwork went through the Ohio State Farm system before
it got to ours in Michigan. The local Ohio police were also very slow in
getting their report to our insurance carrier. I presumed that this sort
of bureauocratic bungle was par for the course.
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