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That's too bad on your car! I hope you don't get stranded but at least you have taken measures for help in the event it happens! sam 
posted by
sam444
on September 27, 2012 at 6:19 PM
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TAPS
I am sorry about your car and for Phil hope he can understand this.
I got a mobile phone years ago because of that very thing. My car gave out and today there are no phones on the corner, you may not want to go to that corner anyway. I was fortunate a neighbor showed up took me home and hubby went back for the car, soon after we had to lay that car to rest. I don't even have a land line anymore, we both have cells and love them.
posted by
Justi
on September 27, 2012 at 5:33 PM
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Oh dear, it's always a pain trying to be prepared for the end of a car. Perhaps it will last for a while longer...
posted by
lionreign
on September 27, 2012 at 4:27 AM
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You are absolutely right...Never get caught without your floss. You know us Mormons try to build up a years supply.
posted by
UtahJay
on September 26, 2012 at 11:25 PM
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Snacks, toilet paper and dental floss. I guess these would constitute "the basics?" 
posted by
JimmyA
on September 26, 2012 at 1:59 PM
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Well my RAV is 13 years old Taps and I don't care who scratches it any longer. We become attached to the old dears, but it looks like curtains for your old lady. Could you and son not share the next? Poor old doggy looks like it has had its chips, I suppose to put a dog to sleep is miserable, but one has to be brave, I let mine die naturally but I often wondered if it was cruel to see him sick although he ate up to his last night.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 26, 2012 at 11:36 AM
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I am wishing you and Phil all the best.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on September 26, 2012 at 10:12 AM
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TAPS
mLet them eat snacks doggies too love. BC-A, Bill’s R®st
posted by
BC-A
on September 26, 2012 at 9:35 AM
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too bad about the car, to buy one these days is like it was buying a house way back then, hope you can find one that will out live you
posted by
Lanetay
on September 26, 2012 at 9:24 AM
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The cycle...I'm driving a limper myself at the moment..:)
Wanting to wait 'til the prices on hybrids come down more; hopefully soon, lol. Good luck and safety on the road, Dear TAPS! I hope Rocky doesn't have anything serious wrong with him; sounds like a deep bond.
posted by
Katray2
on September 26, 2012 at 9:03 AM
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I'd part with the car before you begin to resent it for not staying
reliable, and regret giving it so much attention and this is how he repays you... Or he lets you down and leaves you vulnerable and alone in a dangerous situation. It happens.
Enough joking around -- I'm so sorry about Phil's doggie. Now that's a relationship we never want to end.
posted by
Pat_B
on September 26, 2012 at 6:33 AM
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I think the car had a good owner so it sort of gave back what it got..hope you had a good nap.
posted by
shobana
on September 26, 2012 at 12:41 AM
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There was a woman of goodly years who so loved her old car
that when it could go no further, she had it crushed down and used it as a coffee table.
I'm sorry for Phil's old pup... But letting them go as easily as possible is the debt we owe for the years of joy they have given us. And truly, I believe they remain around just as long as we need them.
posted by
Ciel
on September 25, 2012 at 4:21 PM
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You're right - everything has its end. And it hurts each time something or someone we love goes away from us. But Kabu is right - we have to look forward, because that's the way it is. Damn it!
posted by
adnohr
on September 25, 2012 at 4:10 PM
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Sad about your car and sad about Phils old doggie. No, nothing is forever
OK enough looking back, now get on with getting a new and exciting car to replace a dear old friend that has serviced your driving needs for as long as she can.
posted by
Kabu
on September 25, 2012 at 3:11 PM
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