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Grex > Agora46 > #8: I'm Bummed, I'm Bummed, I'm really really Bummed | |
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jmsaul
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response 463 of 594:
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Aug 20 11:52 UTC 2003 |
When he's more awake, the irony will seem funnier.
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anderyn
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response 464 of 594:
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Aug 20 12:37 UTC 2003 |
Bummed because someone cut a fiber optic cable and our phone service is out
probably until the 25th of this month. So no Internet/grex at home for the
next week. :-(
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remmers
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response 465 of 594:
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Aug 20 13:41 UTC 2003 |
Ack! And you live not far from us. My sympathies - internet deprivation
is serious stuff.
<remmers checks the phone. it works...>
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lynne
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response 466 of 594:
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Aug 20 14:18 UTC 2003 |
re back there: AC's a fantastic invention. I turned it back on last night
for the specific purpose of cocooning in a feather bed, and I actually
slept pretty well. (going to bed at 10 pm didn't hurt either...and caught
boy at his lunch hour. :))
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jep
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response 467 of 594:
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Aug 20 15:35 UTC 2003 |
My car was almost, but not quite, overheating; it would heat up to just
short of the red line. I took it in today, and have been told I need a
new radiator. I also need a new thermostat. The estimate is $400,
which must have pushed my repair tab for my 1992 Taurus with 130,000
miles over $1500 for the year.
This is the first time I've gotten a new thermostat without also
getting a new water pump.
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jiffer
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response 468 of 594:
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Aug 20 17:11 UTC 2003 |
resp:455 Senna, I do data entry (demographics), A/R, precollections,
and some coding. I am learning the coding now. But I know how to lay
on sweetness while telling people to pay the doctor. And I am learning
to deal better with medicare.
IBB I am totally out of shape. I went to pots over the summer. I
couldn't swim a whole lap, I got three quarters through it, and was
breathing to hard to do an american crawl. So, I am going to have to
do "homework" to make sure that I can get a decent grade in my PE class
(decent grade in a PE class will always be an A in my book).
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keesan
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response 469 of 594:
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Aug 21 02:22 UTC 2003 |
Would someone who remembers how start me a separate hospital-type time?
Today I had the biopsy and they made me wait four hours afterwards with a
needle in my arm, then another hour after taking Tylenol to get my temperature
down (from 102 - it had been 97) and then they pestered me about staying two
more hours because I was exhausted and things hurt. I just woke up off the
downstairs camping mat and managed to climb the stairs by myself.
Thanks for help with insurance but there is no need. The U of M submits the
bill to PPOM, which provides a discount to the insurance company. Then they
send this discounted bill to me (unless they forgot and billed the company
directly and have to redo it). Then I pay it. Up to $5000. After that I
only pay 30%. I have a $5000 savings bond.
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goose
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response 470 of 594:
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Aug 21 02:40 UTC 2003 |
RE#460 -- She was an employee at my credit union...I learned today that she
started there the year I moved to Ann Arbor. After my divorce we flirted a
bit and I almost got up the nerve to ask her out. Had I done that...well I
suppose she could have turned me down and still dated this bastard that killed
her....but who knows. The whole thing just really sucks. I always looked
forward to saying hi to her when I ran into her at the credit union....
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jep
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response 471 of 594:
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Aug 21 02:51 UTC 2003 |
Sindi, I entered an item for you, item:167.
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jep
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response 472 of 594:
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Aug 21 02:54 UTC 2003 |
Chris, I think there was an article about her in the front of the
Local section in Tuesday's Ann Arbor News.
I am really sorry for the loss of your friend. What an awful thing to
have happen.
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goose
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response 473 of 594:
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Aug 21 03:01 UTC 2003 |
Yeah, there's been a couple articles in the paper about the death.
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tod
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response 474 of 594:
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Aug 21 03:50 UTC 2003 |
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charcat
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response 475 of 594:
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Aug 21 07:24 UTC 2003 |
resp 467. jep you should have another place look at it, It sounds to me like
the place you were at just wanted to cover all things that could be wrong and
charge you for it. If it is just the thermostat there is no need to replace
the radiator. Do that first, it's much cheaper. I replaced my radiator in my
taurus myself, it was a hassle but cost me only about $180 total parts. (go
to A&B radiator if you in the ann arbor area.
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michaela
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response 476 of 594:
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Aug 21 08:47 UTC 2003 |
Goose - I'm really sorry to hear that. :(
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gull
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response 477 of 594:
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Aug 21 13:32 UTC 2003 |
Does it overheat all the time, or only when you're stopped in traffic?
If it overheats all the time, replacing the thermostat, then the
radiator is probably on the right track. If it only overheats when
you're stopped, your electric radiator fan isn't working.
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jep
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response 478 of 594:
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Aug 21 14:23 UTC 2003 |
No, it was overheating when I was driving, and it didn't get any worse
when I was stopped in traffic.
I have a lot of confidence in my mechanic. He's refused work before
because he thought it didn't need to be done, and gotten really upset
when he found out I was overcharged by $20 once. I don't know cars. I
need someone like that to watch out for me.
I should have asked if he could get a used radiator, though; I didn't
think of it, and now it's too late.
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scott
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response 479 of 594:
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Aug 21 15:19 UTC 2003 |
I don't think a used radiator would be a good value, but a recored radiator
is a pretty good deal. I've had one or two radiators recored on previous
cars.
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gull
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response 480 of 594:
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Aug 21 16:38 UTC 2003 |
A lot of modern cars have radiators that can't be easily recored,
unfortunately.
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tod
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response 481 of 594:
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Aug 21 17:42 UTC 2003 |
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jep
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response 482 of 594:
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Aug 21 17:53 UTC 2003 |
I've never had the cooling system flushed. I guess it'll get flushed
now, though.
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tpryan
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response 483 of 594:
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Aug 21 18:02 UTC 2003 |
Then consider some $35-$69 of the bill to be for coolant
system flush and refill. Your mechanic might break it down for
you.
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jep
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response 484 of 594:
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Aug 21 19:42 UTC 2003 |
He will.
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jep
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response 485 of 594:
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Aug 21 20:09 UTC 2003 |
(My mechanic's son is into computers and technology, so my mechanic has
a computer with a complete billing system, and also has pagers, cell
phones and walkie-talkies for all of his cars. It's quite humorous, at
times, to go in and see one of the mechanics fumbling with all this
stuff, trying to figure out how to accept a check.)
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gregb
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response 486 of 594:
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Aug 23 15:27 UTC 2003 |
IBB I'm working today. B-(
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russ
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response 487 of 594:
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Aug 24 01:43 UTC 2003 |
During my ride, I tried to turn my bike light on but it came
off its mounting instead. The case is banged up and it's not
working. If I'm lucky it's just the bulb, but if it's not...
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