Iggy

BIG HUGE SIGH- sometimes you take simple, innocent things to such extremes. I said "all" rather than scroll up and down finding and naming each person individually.The majority of the posters say get a lawyer. The minority state, let your insurance company do the job you have been paying them to do. I also made a distinction between Insurance CARRIERS aka Insurance Company and Insurance Agent. BIG, Huge difference. Lets chill shall we????

What is your point? I don't understand why you quoted me and then this response? Doesn't make sense to me.

Why do all of you think that HER insurance company is going to give her the run around? I work for an Insurance Agent, and I deal with our clients claims all the time. The carrier she has is NOT going to cheat her or give her the run around. It will pay her medical, repair or total the vehicle, then turn around and get the money from the At Fault driver's insurance carrier. First of all, was the other vehicle (OV) ticketed? If yes, then they are the At Fault driver and their insurance will pay your medical, to get your car repaired or pay your vehicle off if it is totaled. Since his insurance has claimed At Fault, you really need to let your insurance do the job you have been paying them to do. Did you report this to the OV insurance carrier. I don't mean agent, I mean carrier. Who is their carrier? All State, Progressive, Travelers, Rain & Hail, Geicko, ?,?,? If you haven't reported it, you better do it now! Also report it to YOUR carrier- let them do the fighting for you - that is what you are paying your premiums for. Do exactly what your claims adjuster tells you to do. YOUR adjuster, from your insurance carrier, not the OV. The OV carrier/adjuster/claims handler is working for their client, not you. Once you get a lawyer, your carrier is going to step out of the picture, because you have pretty much said you do not want all of its legal expertise to handle this- free to you. In short- you pay no out of pocket money for the lawyers the insurance carriers have on staff- yet you will pay, and pay, and pay for a lawyer you hire. Of all the accident claims, where the client went to an attorney first that I have been involved with, not one of them came out better for it. Their medical was only partially paid, the vehicle did get repaired but once they drove it from the mechanic that was the end of it, no recourse if there were hidden damages that didn't show up until 20 or 100 miles down the road. And as for totaling the vehicle, they never got the high end of the 'blue book' price. My husband was in an accident- he did get ticketed, but so did the ov, our insurance carrier was notified as soon as husband got to work (we have Esurance, via the internet). Two days later a claims adjuster was out to look at the car - yes it was drivable- he recommended that the car be towed to the mechanic and that it be looked at thoroughly. It ended up being fixed- we had rental reimbursement so we were able to rent a car for the week it was in the shop- husband saw a Dr about his knee that got crunched and also the Chiropractor for his shoulders, neck, back, & hips. Esurance paid it all, then went to work on the ov insurance carrier. The OV never called is Insurance Carrier, he called a lawyer instead. Two and a half years later, he is out legal fees and is Insurance Carrier dropped him. What our carrier's legal eagles found out is the OV was part of a hit and smash group. They cause accidents, sue, get medical, etc. Well, not this time. Had we gone through a lawyer rather than our insurance carrier we would have ended up paying through the nose. When you have liability, medical, uninsured, underinsured coverage, plus comprehensive and collision coverage w/deductible of at least $250 or $500 you are paying for your carrier to protect your interests. Pay for medical, pay to fix or pay off your vehicle, pay for legal fees when it is necessary. Why in the world then would you not allow them to do this by calling in a lawyer???

Vodka has no taste at all, and top shelf gin has nearly no taste- regardless of taste, a person who has NEVER drank alcohol before can and does get tipped on 3/4 of a drink. Soda Pop is served in 20-24 oz glasses- whoever put the booze in it, did it to be cute/funny/as a joke and should get fired! There is a BIG difference between your nose and lips feeling a bit numb(=tipped) and being drunk(=brain being numb). I drank for nearly 30 years, and when I quit I quit because even one swallow of a highball (1.25 oz of alcohol added to a 10 oz glass filled with ice cubes and topped with any soft drink made every joint in my body burn with pain. Only had one bartender add booze to my soft drink - Not only did I complain to his boss, but I, my hubby and the 8 people we chummed/ drank/ and ate out with quit going to this particular bar. Our dinner bill alone was at least $350.00 - the drink bill was close to the same $ amount. Plus every one but me dropped large amounts of money into the poker machines. We would get to the establishment at 6 pm and leave at closing time 2:30 am. Losing our business, plus the business of the hangers-on that seemed to follow us, lost him his job. Again, the moral to this is: Tell your wait person when your food/beverage is not right. It is YOUR health that is on the fireing line here.

There is a message here for you - don't sweat it about the possibility the drink had alcohol- you did not request it. But it is high time you rethink your attitude about complaining about "off" tasting food in a restaurant. For crying out loud, as a person who not only waitressed, bar tended, and also owned a tavern - please complain. You don't need to be nasty about it, or throw the food/beverage at the wait person, but tell them if the food is tasting off, bad or horrible. If the drink is NOT what you ordered, or is off- tell them. Here where I live I love the IHOP restaurant, I like all but one of the wait persons, and I quickly tell them when the food is not good. Their coleslaw is the absolute WORST I have ever tasted and I tell them. I won't have it on my plate. They have the worlds BEST ranch dressing, and I am still trying to get them to tell my what brand it is, or better yet the receipt. I reward good and excellent service with 15 to 20% tips. I also tip the cook when he cooks me fresh spinach (lightly steamed is all I asked for, he added 1 strip of cooked bacon crumbled on top - I was in heaven) as a substitute for their canned corn. I go to this IHOP 4 evenings a week - I have exchange books with three of the wait persons, and the evening manager and I sometimes chat after I have finished eating and talk of nearly anything under the sun- he is a remarkable youngish (under 45 and older than 30) who adores his wife and three daughters. He works the late night shift so he can be with his children during the day when they are awake, and his wife is working. (same as my dad!!- except my Mom was a sah mom.) Rambled on enough - the point is: You don't have to complain to inform your waitperson (who by the way- is the front line person ) when the food is not good, spoiled, over cooked, etc. By being pleasant, you will accomplish way more than by eating it and getting sick. Food poisoning can and quite often is lethal! I have lost two dear, dear friends to food poisoning, and another spent three weeks in the hospital fighting to live, just because they didn't like to complain.

Yawn Shame on you

Eeewwww, looks like jellied b%rf! Oh, by the way I think blue jello is only on sale in the stores from June to the middle of July- you know, 4th of July- Red, White and Blue

I wish my husband would wear a tan suit and pastel shirts- he would look so much better than in the black and super dark navy he is now wearing. He can not tell the difference between the black and navy- I can, yet he won't change when I tell him he has the black suit jacket with the navy pants and black shoes!! His comment- dark is dark. I have tried and tried to get him to get a pair of brown shoes and then a tan suit along with pastel blue or green stripe (super pastel green stripe on pastel green shirt, etc.) When he worked for Kaiser-Permenete in CA he wore different colored suits, shirts and ties. He was one spiffy dresser. But since he retired from there and moved back to AZ, it is navy and black- blah, yuck, eeewwww!

When I was a kid (am 57 & 11 months old now), my Mom would have me remove the pimentos from the olives and save them so she could add the pimentos to melted velveeta cheese. I would do a LARGE jar or two at a time, and wash my hands after doing 10 or 15 olives, as they would get itchy. I prefer black olives myself. Love them sliced on tuna (with sliced dill pickles, minced celery and onions) sandwiches. Or minced and mixed in cream cheese and eaten on black rye toast.

I vote for both!

And a Gagging Button. Just finished watching a Chuck Norris flick- not the cowboy or kung fu crap that he is so good being a bad actor in. He is such an awful actor- and his sidekick was even worse - hard to imagine that ANYONE could be worse than Chuckie baby! Give me Bruce Lee, please. At least he has the martial arts down better and with more grace!!!!

But they are mostly closed toe, and/or with a smaller toe box. I get ingrown toenails so easily. Even wearing nylon stockings/socks does it to me. I have to wear cotton socks if I wear any at all. I know they have some really nice looking shoes, it is just that I do have to have a more open toe box. Besides I really have fun wearing the clunky, ugly Crocs. I never was vain about my shoes. Used to wear black sneakers with multi colored shoe laces in the winter and white sneakers with bright neon laces in the summer (when I worked in the hardware store.) The kids just loved it!

Yes the orange is a turnoff, but those don't look like the real thing, more like a knockoff. Croc's are not a cute shoe. It is ugly and chunky. BUT when you have diabetic feet, get ingrown toenails that get infected in a heart beat because you are wearing shoes that don't have an open toe box (like Croc's)- and end up having to go to the Podiatrist to have said toenail removed (believe me, I have a very high thresh hold for pain, and getting the two to three injections into the toe to deaden it enough for the Doc to rip out the toenail hurts so bad I wear an adult diaper because I can NOT control my bladder from the intensity of the pain!! My toenails grow back in approximately one year. I wear my croc's ALL the time. I also only have a Diabetic Certified Pedicurist(is that a word???) work on my feet. They know how to cut the nails properly, remove the rough skin on the feet and they also DO NOT use coarse sugar and sea salt to exfoliate the skin- get that stuff in an open crack and it is serious infection time. When I went to the Hospital to have my gall bladder removed I noticed that everyone in the prep and recovery rooms were wearing white Crocs. Women's Footwear From Crocs | Crocs, Inc.

Yes Mahone dear, you need to take your shoes off when you bathe and shower- unless you wear Crocs, then you can wear them in the shower- like I do -- protects my diabetic feet from athletes foot fungus and also from any spiders and/or scorpions that might be playing on the bathmat!!!

Yes, she could do that. But can she afford to pay the fine if she should get caught?

You never know, Pam - he could have a really rotten landlord who drags his feet in getting repairs done.

Any meatloaf that is baked in the oven and then GRILLED before serving is going to taste nasty!!

The state will count her children - so with that said, will she be able to make it by caring for only two children??

We felt this one here in Pinal County in AZ. Where I live we are approximately halfway between Phoenix and Tucson. Earthquakes are extremely rare here.

If it was me, I would not correct the spelling and I would include the scribbled out words. Quite often photocopying will cause the original to deteriorate much faster. IF you do want to go that way, ask someone at the Family History Center if they can recommend a professional who can copy it for you safely.

Pam isn't "grumpy" she is '. . . just drawn that way. . . '

I got sick- think it was a tinge of food poisoning ( ate creamed loaded potato soup at a Denny's and it was flat and sort of tinged the back of my tongue- like when you eat something sour like sour cream or lemon) and a grilled three cheese sandwich which tasted awful. Had three bites before I realized how awful it was. I had a fever- my face broke out in a rash (don't know about the rest of my bod- all that was exposed was my face- - my hands and lower arms never are affected by hives or rashes), my skin ached (still does) and for me that is a harbinger that a Cold has taken up residence in my body.I was nauseous and had diarrhea (not something you want while you are on a road trip!!) AND my head ached (still does even after taking 5 MG/500MG of Vicodin last night. PLUS some how I got turned around and did a 2.5 hour circuit from Kanab UT through a treacherous mountain pass and back to Page AZ. Heavenly Father got me through the pass, protected me as I swerved on the highway dozing off and pointed me back in the direction of home. So I listened to Him and called Elphaba to tell her I wasn't making it. I called my husband to tell him what had transpired and then I found a pull out and slept for 1.5 hours. I left Kanab, UT at 8 am and arrived home south of Phoenix at 7:15 ish PM. Next time I am traveling via Las Vegas and with my Husband. I absolutely need a navigator- a living, breathing Navigator. OR I am going to fly in!! I am ever so grateful that Heavenly Father was oh so present on this trip! I am also grateful that I have this week off from work, so that I can get well, also on the plus side, Husband is off work too. He took vacation time so that he could get our taxes done. I wanted so much to meet and have a decent visit with Elphaba and her family, and to meet the lds.netters. I still have 7 days of vacation time coming to me, so I will see what I can do. What husband wants to do - cause it is 'Our' vacation not just mine.

MOE can take my place, I can't make it.

That is how it was for me in the little town in Oregon- the few Utah Mormons who showed up in the summer were not nearly as friendly as the local Oregonian Mormons. Here in Pinal County AZ the husband and I had been in the ward barely 3 months when he ended up in the hospital at deaths door. I called the bishop, both of his councilors, the patriarch and guess who shows up? Two recently baptized men who hadn't even been given the Aaronic priesthood yet. They were visiting a neighbor and saw me in the ER. 12 hours later the Bishop finally arrives- husband was just admitted to the hospital and I was just sedated by his admitting physician. Unfortunately I told the Bishop to come back with his councilors so they could bless my husband and then go take a XXXXing hike. Then I conked out on the little sofa like seat in husbands room. Husband was in the hospital for a month- and I never saw any of the RS Sisters, or even any of the brethren. I was visiting husband one evening when a Baptist minister was making his rounds visiting the sick, he came in and asked if I would like him to sit and pray with me. I started crying and told him that YES please pray with me. We have a different bishopbric- different meetinghouse- but the attitude is the same- we are not direct mormon pioneer stock- thus we aren't worth knowing. I want to go home to Oregon so bad. Back to where the members of the Church are truly Christ like. Where even if you are in camp fire smoke smelling jeans, sweatshirt and muddy hiking boots they welcome you with open arms on Sunday morning, and it is pretty much guarenteed that some one will invite them to a meal after the blocks and also offer them use of the shower and laundry if needed. - - -s i g h - - - end of rant.

Brag, Brag, Brag ----sigh---- I am trumped