Ahhhhhhh, you and I would get on well
! That scenario has happened to my family more times than I care to count, and with appropriate settings and aid to boot! That very trip I alluded to earlier, we were driving through Ohio on our eastward trek, and all of a sudden our car started smoking and the engine caught on fire. So we pulled off to the side of the road...
...which happened to be right in downtown Toledo. And someone else on the road apparently had seen our car smoking and had already called the fire department and police, who were there within minutes to help us (they were just down the street, as was a motel for us to hang out at until we figured out what to do next). Talk about a lucky coincidence. We've been very fortunate to have the kindness of strangers on more than one occasion.
(It was really funny, too, because we were attempting a move at that time-long story, just like yours would be-and we didn't have a U-Haul, we had a whole mess of our stuff crammed into our tiny car. You know those clown cars where things just keep tumbling out of a seemingly neverending pit? That was us that day. With people looking on curiously
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On another note, I'm sorry about the passing of your grandmother. And I'm glad you got a chance to get to your destination after all.
Good move. Highly recommend that. Not saying you can't walk
anywhere, a block or two won't hurt, but yes, if you can find other means of travel, it's the wise way to go for sure.
Only downside to the cabs and buses is that you'll likely find yourself in traffic jams. But eh. Happens to everyone.
It is, yeah. One of them talked about how drastic the change is, in Chicago they were able to go to all sorts of stores and find all sorts of cool things or things they liked (he's into kosher meats as an example), and now he and his wife are living in my town, which is around 30,000 people, and he has a much harder time finding the sort of variety of things he could back in Chicago. Even nearby cities don't always have what he's looking for. What a case for Iowa, huh
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I'm so glad you and the rest of the residents are all right
. Same with you, U2MaNaIcWeIdO-I feel sorry for the couple whose place was damaged, but yeah, as long as everyone inside is all right, that's all that matters.
The rejoice I had after Miep got antibiotics have waned, as much as their effect has. She's back to being deaf as can be, and lethargic. Trying to talk mom into doing blood tests at the vet(My cat's on her name), but she's worried for the expenses. Ugh, if I wasn't having monetary issues myself I'd pay for whatever needed right away. It's so clear she has some deep ear infection, since the antibiotics treated it, but it came back. Which usually happens when an antibiotics round isn't long enough or not finished. So they'll need to make her sleep to inspect the ear, as she was struggling too much last time. And her paw infection(for which she got the antibiotics in the first place) is back too.
Jaxx is not the male lead, and the thought of Tom Cruise trying to "sing" 
(They should've just filmed the Toronto cast - they were amazing!) $10 says they edit the bit at the end when we see what happens to everybody, given what happens to Cruise's character 
*grumblemutterarrogantsonofabitch*
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Health Insurance Companies. My dear sister if her company had not gotten such a good health care coverage would have probably ended up being one of those people.... 
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