I have never owned a foreign car.
Posted By: Kendra on 2008-11-17
In Reply to: Is your car foreign or American? - GabbyChick
My old 1991 Dodge pickup has 450,000 miles on it and I bet it will see half a million. It is a 3/4 ton pickup and still averages about 23 miles to the gallon. Can't beat that. Also have a 2005 Ford F250 and a 2008 Dodge Charger that I am in love with.
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Never owned, but .......
First off, my mom and dad had a clapper in their bedroom to turn the lights on/off. Well my mom told me that everything was great the first few nights. Then 1 night, after clapping the lights off, my dad farted so loud they came back on. The look on his face -- and my mom saw it since the lights were on -- priceless.
As for Chia Pets, never had one of those either, but I used to work at McDonald's and the guys had to wear the baseball caps with the mesh around the sides and in the back. One of the guys that worked there was of Asian descent and when his hair started to get too long, it stuck out of the mesh. Never happened with the other guys, probably because their hair texture was different. Anyway, it made me think of a Chia Pet and so I started calling him that. As soon as I did, he got a haircut quick. Too funny. 
OMG! I would have owned that store!
I would have had the cops there any everything, pressing charges for physical assault! That woman was obviously completely psycho!
I've only owned one cat before....
and his favorite toy was....haha...my dog's tails! He would sit at the arm of the couch, and when my dogs would come by, he would swat at their tails, lol. He also loved paper bags with a hole torn out of the corner to play with, lol. He never actually cared for regular toys, but he liked my balls of yarn I would just wind up, lol, so I made him his own little ball of yarn and he loved that thing. He was the coolest cat I ever had in my household. My family is big on pets, and we each had our own, my parents had a dog, my sister had a cat, and I had a dog, growing up, and I never thought I wanted a cat till I had the one that was a rescue cat that we had since before he was weaned, we had to bottle feed him. He was so friggin awesome. When my son was a baby, he would let my kiddo pull on his fur and tail, even the little hairs on his ears and his whiskers, and he never once hissed at my son or scratched or bit him. He was a rockin cat...he passed away about 6 years ago, miss that little guy.
My car is foreign...sm
I have always owned foeign cars. I currently drive a new Kia Spectra. I just bought it in May of this year. I am quite proud of it. It gets great mileage for me especially on road trips. I drove a VW New Beetle before I got the Kia, and I currently have it up for sale right now. It was a 99 model. Before the VW, I had a Toyota Corolla. Those are great cars. Before the Corolla I had a Toyota Camry. Before the Camry I had a Mitsibishi Eclipse. My first car was a Toyota Tercel. I don't have anything against American I just always like the cars I picked.
Not once in your post did you state that YOU even owned a cat, it's always sm
one of your family members? You'd think you'd have one yourself if you were such a fan??????
I have one.
[Sigh....]..... don't you wish you owned the patent
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Does anyone or has anyone owned boston terriers?...sm
I am a dog lover to the nth degree. I love all dogs. Or so I thought. My brother-in-law and sister-in-law were going out of town and called and asked if I would dogsit if they brought them over. I was hesitant because they tend to get on my nerves when I am around them (the boston terriers not my BIL and SIL). I said I guess. So here he comes bringing them and they arrive wide open jumping on me and all up in my face, both of them. I have a beagle of my own who is the ultimate laziest and low key dog you will ever know. I also have a pit bull who is the kindest gentlest giant ever. They are both well behaved and have never acted like those dogs do. The minute my pit bull smelled her he went and was really sniffing her back end more than a dog usually would like she was in heat or something. So my husband said she isn't in heat is she? My pitbull is a male. My BIL said I don't know. My husband said she lives in the house with you. What do you mean you don't know. He said well she shouldn't be in heat. So we blew it off. Well these dogs drove me nuts. I mean nuts. While working at my computer one sat and kept trying to jump in my lap while I was working and would dive up and hit my arm and of course cause me to mess up. I was furious. I was on the verge of throwing the dog outside. But it was storming so I didn't. Then when I went in the living room to take a break and watch TV a few minutes one jumps up in my lap of course and when I went back to work I noticed blood on my pants. I said oh great she was in heat. I was ticked off. I called my BIL and no answer. I didn't know what to do. So I loaded them up and took them home to their house where the back door was unlocked and left them with plenty of food and water. I will just go let them out periodically. I will be wasting my gas but oh well. It is about 10 mintues away. I just had to vent about these annoying little dogs. I would have never dreamed there was a dog that I didn't like. I can now say there are 2 dogs I don't like. What are your experiences with boston terriers? I think it is the fact they won't sit down and are constantly jumping in my face and on my head that makes me annoyed.
Foreign Films . . .
My Favorite - "Raise the Red Lantern". Also, "My Life in Pink".
Foreign dictators
I am getting a string of foreign dictators, the kind who can barely speak English. On top of that, they are disorganized, mumbly. It just irks me that I have to lose money listening to their rambling, unintelligible gibberish, long pauses. They have sick people in their own countries, why aren't they there taking care of them? I get 2 or 3 of these people and my line count goes right down the tubes.
I don't want to hear from you bleeding hearts - all the mularkey about we are all immigrants, etc. I don't want to hear about how your favorite dictators are foreigners. I'm not talking about dictators with accents, I'm talking about doctors who cannot speak decent English and yet are allowed to practice here.
Is your car foreign or American?
I have a 2005 Chevy Malibu Maxx. My last car is a 93 Buick Century wagon. I sold it to my nephew and he's still driving it. My car before that was a 2004 Chevy Malibu Maxx.
Both Maxxes have 3.5 motors. I'm squeezing out an average of 24 mpg. I do mostly city driving. On a road trip last month the average was 38.6 mpg. The Buick wagon has a 3.3. The car is bigger so the mileage was lower but around 18 mpg.
I have not owned a foreign car since 1996.
I used to own only foreign cars
I had Mazdas when I was younger. Then I married my husband, and he works for a Chrysler/Jeep dealship so no more foreign cars for me, but I do love my Jeep.
I don't know about anyone else, but if I owned an Escalade, I sure wouldn't lend it out.
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IAMS is owned by Proctor and Gamble.
All of their products are tested like she said. What she states is very true!
Great teen stores. They are owned by the same ... SM
establishment (for lack of a better word LOL). Gap is the more expensive, higher end, clothing. Old Navy is less expensive and is what the kids around here wear the most of. Either is really good but Old Navy goes a lot further in your budget.
Maurice's is good and not so high priced, if you have one of those nearby. And don't forget about the old standbys like Macy's, Penney's, Sears, and Belk's if these are in your area of the country.
when your ancestors came here from foreign lands
face what you're suggesting? (and I'm not talking about the situation with Mexico, rather ALL foreign countries actually)
ALL your relatives/kin came from some foreign land, that is unless you are a Native American. Think y'all better think before you type on this subject...and try to remember what all your grandparents or great-grandparents, (or even some parents today) had to go through so that YOU all can live and be free (and some of them did not do it legally)....Think Ellis Island...for one place.... where everyone just GRABBED names.....
those who live in glass houses or lived in glass houses via ancestry should never throw stones.....
I think, JMO, that we should CLOSE THE DOORS TO EVERYBODY.....and then get rid of the wet-foot-dry-foot policy ongoing in Florida too that merely caters to the Cubans......and to nobody else trying to escape their country(ies) for the same exact reasons (sociopolitcoeconomical reasons) as the Cubans. We should close our borders because of running out of natural resources and we already are having problems taking care of our own.
jes' my nickel's worth....LOL
I have traveled to foreign countries,
went to Greece just with my daughter when she was 12 and have visited lots of other countries just me and the children when they were young. I drive out of state frequently as have family in another state. I also go on vacations with meeting up with tours, people I don’t know but get to know with the time spent with them. I love traveling and if I want on DH to go, would never get around to it. I never fear traveling alone, have a good auto and go!
SIL foreign booty call.
My SIL is on a plane right now flying from Texas to France then to Cairo, Egypt to meet a man she met on second life. (A website/chat room/game). She and my bro always talk about how they cannot afford to get their car fixed, lawnmower fixed and 3 months ago brother told me that they cannot afford their house payment so they refinanced; but she managed to scrape up the money and do this....and worse my brother is standing by her because he does not believe in divorce. Another thing is they have 2 young children she left behind to go on her booty call.
Bro is trying to convince himself and me that she is merely on vacation. He said he cried when she left; and when I called him he said he had been sitting in front of his computer tracking down flights to see exactly where she is (there is evidently a website that does this). I said "I wonder how much time she is wasting wondering what you and the boys are doing." I cannot believe my SIL is that crazy. She is in her mid 30s. I can see a teenager wanting to do this. If she is not concerned about her H or kids, then she should be concerned about her own life. I thought Egypt was one of those countries were crimes against women were taken very lightly...I could be wrong. I thought human rights in general were taken lightly. I mentioned this to brother that I would be afraid that he might be luring her there and going to keep her as a slave. Brother said well, stuff like that happens here too. I said and this is why you travel in a group, not alone like she is. I don’t know if she is lodging with him or in a hotel/motel nearby. Knowing her stupidity now and her limited means, she is probably lodging with him.
She also runs around until 3 to 4 in the morning with a local/newly divorced man. I tried to convince my brother that we are there for him, he is not alone. He does not have to go through this emotional torture but he must be the co-dependent type and wants to hang on.
77 lincoln and 93 mercury -- never foreign
the Lincoln is currently in storage, as 8 mph is not really practical. never had a foreign car, was raised by dad to never do such a thing
So we should now ALSO be experts on every foreign culture?
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VERY hard when the names are foreign! DUH.
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We owned a coffee shop 5 years ago and here is my recipe (sm)
I have an espresso maker and a hot chocolate maker. I buy white chocolate and dark chocolate at Cash N Carry. I buy cups and lids at Costco. I buy sleeves at Cash and Carry. My daughters and friends say it is better than Starbucks!! The hot cocoa maker froths the chocolate up just as well as our $1000 machine did at our original shop!! :))
Owned a coffee shop and told by experts not to sm
freeze or refrigerate beans as it takes moisture out and does something to the oils. Only buy what you need and only grind what you need right before you use it. I was surprised too!
I agree - and in a foreign country nonetheless! (sm)
What if she woke up and wandered out or if there was a fire or if someone came in and got her? No way in this world would I have done that. I have stayed in hotels by myself with my kids and the most I ever did was go to the vending machine on the same floor and right back while they were sleeping and I was nervous to do that!
No fast food. Disgusting. Only locally owned restaurants.
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No fast food. DISgutsing. Only locally owned restaurants.
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I knew the site was hijacked but not by a foreign country. Which one?
The main board has a post saying that MTStars was sold.
Mine isn't a foreign body but rather attempted activity with the doc.....
I typed this report. The female doc was very calm and normal during the entire report. Male presented with penile pain and discharge. I get to the plan and she is saying she recommends he go to a urologist but he requested only "female" urologists and there was not 1 in any of the local or extended local areas, blah, blah, blah and I am kinda thinking to myself this was a little bit strange. Then she gets to the end and proceeds stating she needs me to type a separate note and title it incident note. He unclothed himself as soon as she walked in, was playing with it, and was trying to get her to play with it, etc. She gave great detailed info and I was laughing so hard throughout it it was so hard to type it. I know it wasn't funny for them but hearing the incident was hilarious for me. I was just picturing working in the office when all this was going on. Turns out he had done the nurse the same way and what I didn't get was why the doctor wasn't forewarned so she could make sure someone assisted her in the room or possibly this did happen but wasn't in her incident report.
Have an extremely strong accent when speaking foreign languages,....nm
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