The Daily Peeve / Rant

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Originally Posted by Tradd

Got home about 8 (after massage) and a car without handicapped placard or plates was in the handicapped spot by my door that I park in. Took photos of plate and windshield showing no handing placard or one on dash. Called the cops and they came out and wrote a $250 ticket to this person.

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Good, Tradd. People feel so entitled, and taking a handicapped spot is just so selfish.

I had a car incident this week, too. We have a car that my NJ son keeps up here because he bought a new car and chose to keep the original car instead of trading it in. That way he could fly up and use the spare car when he visited, and we have an extra sedan if we need it for any reason. Well, BIL called us last week to tell us his car broke down on his way to work. So we loaned him the spare car. He called me on Sunday to tell me the car was stolen out of his landlord's private parking lot on Saturday night.

My son (the one who owns the car) called the police and his insurance company and figured he'd get a couple of thousand for his claim. But today we learned the stolen car was recovered by the police. Not sure what shape it's in, but what a pain. Also BIL's car is costing $1000 to fix. I told BIL that he has to pay us back, even $50 a month--whatever he can afford. That's against the Dave Ramsey rules (never loan family money--if you want to give it, give it as a gift)

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I'm stacking rants on this post. Unrelated, I was thinking about how much I dislike whining. Kids do it, adults do it, everyone does it at one time or another, but to me a whine is the cry of the helpless. Don't whine--do something! If you can't do anything, get over it! OK.Rant over.

Did the car come back? Is it okay?

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Originally Posted by Tybee

Did the car come back? Is it okay?

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The car was found by the police, and when DH went to get it from the tow company and reported to the family by text:

"Did find the following [referring to a photo], plus there are 7 syringes in passenger door pocket. Their clothes and backpacks still in car. Looks like they were busted at “Mickey D” - whole bag of untouched food. I guess they felt 'they deserve a break today at McDonalds' and stole our car to get there!"

He said the car looks untouched but the engine isn't running--we suspect it's just a dead battery.

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Originally Posted by catherine

The car was found by the police, and when DH went to get it from the tow company and reported to the family by text:

"Did find the following [referring to a photo], plus there are 7 syringes in passenger door pocket. Their clothes and backpacks still in car. Looks like they were busted at “Mickey D” - whole bag of untouched food. I guess they felt 'they deserve a break today at McDonalds' and stole our car to get there!"

He said the car looks untouched but the engine isn't running--we suspect it's just a dead battery.

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Wow. Hope it's just the dead battery.
Seven syringes!!

I was supposed to dive yesterday, but that didn't happen. Was with a group from the dive shop I frequent. As I got there it was pouring cats and dogs, and the people who were there earlier were getting out of the water when it started lightning and the dive site set off the lightning signal. So we're all hunkered down under a big pavilion. One of the divers from the first group was having some issues and was hyperventilating when she was coming out of the water. They got her out of her gear and laid her down on a picnic table. Her lips and hands/forearms were turning blue, so they quickly got on O2. Then she was vomiting and went unconscious, not breathing and no pulse. People did CPR on her for 10 minutes while waiting for ambulance. I just found out the diver died.

After the ambulance took her away, everyone packed up and went home. No mood to dive anymore, plus it was still raining hard.

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Originally Posted by Tradd

I was supposed to dive yesterday, but that didn't happen. Was with a group from the dive shop I frequent. As I got there it was pouring cats and dogs, and the people who were there earlier were getting out of the water when it started lightning and the dive site set off the lightning signal. So we're all hunkered down under a big pavilion. One of the divers from the first group was having some issues and was hyperventilating when she was coming out of the water. They got her out of her gear and laid her down on a picnic table. Her lips and hands/forearms were turning blue, so they quickly got on O2. Then she was vomiting and went unconscious, not breathing and no pulse. People did CPR on her for 10 minutes while waiting for ambulance. I just found out the diver died.

After the ambulance took her away, everyone packed up and went home. No mood to dive anymore, plus it was still raining hard.

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OMG. How terrible.

Tradd I am SO sorry to hear this!

We don't really know what happened. Instructor friend called me when I texted her late this morning to ask how the diver was. That's when I found out she had died. Friend told me it could have been a medical event that happened underwater, but we'll know more after the autopsy.

How very sad! And scary! Prayers going out.

How awful, Tradd! A traumatic experience seeing someone suffer like that! Was she seemingly healthy? How old was she?