Subj : Re: Moving soon (not sure if To : Brian Klauss From : Jas Hud Date : Wed Apr 13 2022 18:24:05 To: Brian Klauss Re: Re: Moving soon (not sure if By: Brian Klauss to Kurt Weiske on Wed Apr 13 2022 02:07 pm > From Newsgroup: Micronet.MIN_ADMIN > > Re: Re: Moving soon (not sure if > By: Kurt Weiske to Kevin Nunn on Wed Apr 13 2022 06:51 am > > > My son is 18, looking to move out, and needed a car to commute to school. > > His mom has a F150 and a Buick, and he suggested that maybe he'd ask his > > mom for the truck. > > > I mentioned to him that at his stage in life, if he bought a truck, he'd > > spend every weekend helping friends move. > > > He got the Buick. > > Back in 1998, my wife and I bought a brand new truck. Yes, people "needed" > it to move their stuff, haul trash, etc. While my wife and I were on our > honeymoon, May 1999, my wife's sister, who is an unlicensed and uninsured > driver, "borrowed" the truck to run to McDonalds. She ran it up a curb and > into a really big tree. The truck was, for all intents and purposes, dead. > She lived. Wife was pissed. That was our last truck until 4 weeks ago when > I bought a new one. My oldest daughter (27) asked me if I'd move some stuff > for her. I said... > > Yes. I said yes. > > I'm an idiot. we have home improvement stores near us that rent trucks real cheap. especially if you only need it for 1-2 hrs. tell them to do taht. --- Synchronet 3.18b-Win32 NewsLink 1.113 * bbses.info - http://bbses.info - telnet://bbses.info * Origin: Time Warp of the Future BBS - Home of League 10 (618:300/12) .