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To: Lil'freeper; ExGeeEye; JenB; Alkhin; Corin Stormhands; Overtaxed; 2Jedismom; HairOfTheDog; ...

Good morning!

Huh...my Dad did a shocking thing yesterday. I feel like what I know of the world is falling apart. The van that quit on Margaret the other day wasn't salvageable (needed a new engine, and it was too expensive to bother with), so he bought a car that was newer than seven or ten years old - a 2001 Ford Focus, mostly for Margaret to drive. Only 33k on it.

This has never happened before! I feel so...vulnerable, somehow...


881 posted on 11/09/2004 5:16:01 AM PST by RosieCotton (He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
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To: RosieCotton

A Focus is a nice car...along the lines of a Cavalier, right? I loved my old blue Cavalier.

That's what I'm worried about with my van...that fixing it will cost more than it's worth. What does one do in a situation like that??


882 posted on 11/09/2004 5:19:34 AM PST by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: RosieCotton; 2Jedismom; Lil'freeper; Corin Stormhands

Good morning everyone!

New shoes eh? Well we went and loaded up on new sweaters. I bought perhaps the coolest sweatshirt ever, I am going to wear it every day.


883 posted on 11/09/2004 5:24:21 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (<<<loves her hubbit and the horse he rode in on :~D)
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To: RosieCotton
This has never happened before! I feel so...vulnerable, somehow...

It's just a function of his having more money available now that you older kids are leaving the nest. ;o) We never owned a brand new car until the year of our 25th anniversary!! We always bought used cause there were so many other things for which we needed the money! But we still bought used this last time cause I'm waiting for Toyota to introduce the hybrid Sienna.

897 posted on 11/09/2004 5:58:22 AM PST by SuziQ (Bush in 2004-Because we are Americans!!!!)
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