who was pinging Pati?

Alice. Polly

Good memory, Polly.

Thanks, Kathyl. That was the last confirmation I needed for the Directory. I will change her addy and send it on its way.

Mary. Suzanne

Yeah! I helped with the directory! After the lousy day I had yesterday...I needed a good deed to go unpunished!

sorry, Kathyl, you're SOL here. we punish both good and bad deeds. its just in our nature. :)) snorfl'n in the south pacific, jeanne

I had a SOL day yesterday! We drove to O'Hare airport yesterday (3.5 hrs) to pick up a Russian family who is visiting us for a couple weeks. (Well, a week at our house and a week with another friend here in town.) Their flight arrived about 9:30 pm. On the way to the airport, DH paid one of the tolls and my power window did NOT want to go back up!! OH dear....can you imagine driving 4+ hours at night in the cold with a window down? But after several tries....it went back up and he paid the rest of the tolls by opening the door instead of testing the window. All was well. The family arrived right on time. We were heading home and were about 80 miles from home when........the car stopped!!!! NO GO! It was about midnight and we were out in the boonies. To back track....last week my car crapped out while I was on my way to a remote Bernina dealer I like...but I was still in our city limits. The transmission was shot!!!!! How does that happen???? Ok, so here we are out on a deserted part of the interstate, past midnight, dead car, tired travellers ...ARRGGGHHH! Thanks heavens I'd paid my AAA dues and we had cell phones. It took quite some time, but we ended up having the car towed home (80+ miles) AND calling a cab to take the rest of us home!! A VERY expensive evening!!!! Those of us in the cab got home about 3 am....DH rode with the tow truck and he got in town about 3:45 am. However, the tow driver wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer and it took him almost 20+ more minutes to figure his mileage (subtraction) multiplied by $3.00 per mile! As I was waiting, the lightning and thunder were getting brighter and louder by the minute. It started raining as he took the car off the truck. We sped out of there to head home and the heavens opened up! It rained and hailed like crazy! No damage to DH's car though. Dealer called me this morning and said my car was fixed!!?? It was a sensor. Whatever it was supposed to "sense" was fine....the sensor was bad! Plus, the window mechanism could be going bad. (I've tabled that repair for now.) For what yesterday cost me....I could have flown to St. Petersburg to pick them up! So frustrating. Now DH won't let me out of the general vicinity with this car (a 2002 van) for fear something else will happen. I did NOT want to buy a new car just now. I feel like every mechanical item I own is going haywire. My front loader Maytag washer is on it's last leg. The repair man said it was going to cost more to fix than that model warrants. So I'm using it until it self destructs. And that might not be far off from the sounds of it! Ok, enough whining. Thanks for listening! I'm thankful these are just "things" and we do have the means to deal with them. I understand the difference between the "big stuff" and the "small stuff". But there are some days......................................

Sorry bout the car stuff... Saw this in Home Depot today don't know if it applies to you or not, but something to keep in mind.

That's interesting. That specific recall wouldn't solve my ailing machine. BUT it's interesting the problem is caused by water leaking....I think my main bearing is going out because water got into a "sealed" joint. Sigh....but having anything done about it is a whole 'nother thing.

Sincere commiserations Kathyl. It might not have seemed quite so bad, if it weren't in the middle of the night. Hope you get the 'stuff' resolved 'quick smart'! . In message , KJ writes

WOW! And I was whining yesterday because we need a new roof AND a new cesspool - both ASAP. About 3 months ago we replaced our heating. system. I guess that means no new kitchen for a good long time.

L>I had a SOL day yesterday!

Linda PATCHogue, NY

Kathyl, it does seem as though when something goes wrong, a *lot* of somethings go wrong, doesn't it? Good luck with the car and the washer!