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On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 18:56:55 GMT, "xkatx"
wrote:


LOL That sounds like more than just fun!
I can't believe someone complained about your car crossing the sidewalk!

I can. When my ex and I encountered a blocked sidewalk, it was a real
pain with his wheelchair.

That said, I've always thought the civilised thing to do was to speak
directly to the person about the issue, 'cause often no harm was
meant. It's a lot better to do that than to run 'round ratting behind
people's backs to the authorities, IMO. Sheesh.

It's hard for me to believe because that's all I EVER do, it seems. We
don't have a driveway of any sort, buuuut... When I go to my parents' place,
we squeeze as many cars as possible into their drive way. My mom has a
little itty bitty Hyundai Accent, my dad has a tiny Volkswagen Jetta. He'd
park his Jetta on the grass beside my mom's car so he could plug in his car
in the winter without needing 9283.8' of extension cord. (Alberta winters +
diesel engine cars aren't really friends lol)

No kidding. I'd like a diesel, what with the price of gas, but I never
got one last time because I was in Whitehorse when I bought it, and
diesel and cold weather just don't fit together.

I'd often just park right up
behind both cars, which were side by side pretty much, and there was more
than enough room for me (I have a tiny Jetta as well)... Now that it's warm
out and there's no need to plug cars in, both parents' cars are parked in
the drive way, my dad's truck takes up the good spot parked on the street
and I don't usually want to park far from the house, so I pull right in
behind the 2 cars already in the drive way, and when I pull up right to the
bumper of the car ahead of me, sometimes even roll and tap the bumper just
to be sure I'm as close as possible, I still stick out maybe about 1/2-1/3
of the way on the sidewalk!
I do this all the time... I guess I'm just a big jerk, but I figure people
have eyes and can walk around or even live with it. lol

If they can walk. :-)

Also, aren't those oldest girls' boyfriends nice? I'm that oldest girl in
my family, and I know Norm often does a lot when it comes to things like
moving things and just random little things that need to be done, and supper
is always a nice treat at the end of a day of yard work, or whatever it may
be!

My daughters' boyfriends have been very handy to have around when
moving has been needed! :-)

If your little rat happens to escape, do you want to get angry and find a
new home for it? lol I think rats are so cute. We have no rats in
Alberta, but I'd like to (risk jail? and) bring some over.

Sure you do. My Mom once dated this guy, Michael Litnaitsky (sp)??,
who was a lawyer, who moved to Alberta, and was convicted of
embezlement and went down for eight years.....

LMAO

Oh! Not THAT kind of rat......

[g]

Gaia is a
cool name. I've heard that name before... Maybe a friend's friend or
something. It's very different!

It's the name for Mother Earth, the living organism. I even have a
song about her. :-)

We just got ourselves a little chinchilla.

Oh! I don't know what they're like? Are they friendly?

Norm spent Saturday helping me build a big cage for him and we bring it home
tonight since it would never fit in the car and we had to wait for the
truck.

Hey, how's Wednesday for getting together for a beer with you &
Christine?

Cele