$900 for a distributor replacement?

In article >,
"Frank Berger" > wrote:

> How is this different than anybody advertising anything? Also, those
> commecials are paid for in part by people who have really been wronged and
> need the services of lawyers to get redress. In a free society people have
> to be able to sue.

No argument there. But one of our local whiplash specialists is running
a TV commercial in which his "virtues" are extolled by William Shatner.

Any further questions? I thought not. The prosecution rests. :-)

--
Lanny Chambers
'94C, St. Louis
http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html

On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 04:22:38 GMT, Lanny Chambers
> wrote:

>No argument there. But one of our local whiplash specialists is running
>a TV commercial in which his "virtues" are extolled by William Shatner.

Just be thankful he's not *singing* those virtues.

-- Larry

In article >,
pltrgyst > wrote:

> >No argument there. But one of our local whiplash specialists is running
> >a TV commercial in which his "virtues" are extolled by William Shatner.
>
> Just be thankful he's not *singing* those virtues.

I keep a brick next to the TV remote, for just such a possibiity. "In
case of emergency, break glass."

--
Lanny Chambers
'94C, St. Louis
http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html

Frank Berger wrote:

> Do you think all stereotypes of much of a basis in fact?

I invoke my 5th amendment right to remain silent.....oh crap, that's
gone, isn't it?

No, I don't believe in absolutes in this case.
There are exceptions to almost every stereotype. Some I have found to
have many exceptions, some have been false altogether, and others have
been amazingly accurate and consistent in my own personal life experience.

One stereotype that there has not been an exception to ever is that the
stereotypical leader of the United States is always a white man.
That one is based on fact and fits in with #2 of the definition
according to Websters. "2. One that is regarded as embodying or
conforming to a set image or type."

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=stereotype

Pat

Lanny Chambers wrote:

> I keep a brick next to the TV remote, for just such a possibiity. "In
> case of emergency, break glass."


I have a friend who still has one of those foam bricks that used to be
popular.

We were actually throwing it a few times at the TV two nights ago. :-)

Pat

"pws" > wrote in message
...
> Lanny Chambers wrote:
>
>> I keep a brick next to the TV remote, for just such a possibiity. "In
>> case of emergency, break glass."
>
>
> I have a friend who still has one of those foam bricks that used to be
> popular.
>
> We were actually throwing it a few times at the TV two nights ago. :-)
>
> Pat

Yes, I was upset, too, by the Democrats' rudeness to the President.

"kr101" > wrote in
lkaboutautos.com:

> My 94 Mazda MX6 needs a new distributor. As this was dying, the
> car overheated and the shop replaced the thermostat. I now owe
> $353 for the thermostat, and $90 for diagnosing the distributor.
> The estimate for the distributor is an additional $840. So it
> will cost me $1,280 to get this car back, running. There could be
> additional issues, but a head job is unlikely (estimated at $2,500
> if needed). The mechanic has offered to take the car for the $443
> owed. Should I give him the car? Are these prices fair? The car
> has 101k miles.

There are new distributors for your car all over Ebay for around $300
FWIW, used or rebuilt ones for less.

XS11E > wrote in
:

> "kr101" > wrote in
> lkaboutautos.com:
>
>> My 94 Mazda MX6 needs a new distributor. As this was dying, the
>> car overheated and the shop replaced the thermostat. I now owe
>> $353 for the thermostat, and $90 for diagnosing the distributor.
>> The estimate for the distributor is an additional $840. So it
>> will cost me $1,280 to get this car back, running. There could
>> be additional issues, but a head job is unlikely (estimated at
>> $2,500 if needed). The mechanic has offered to take the car for
>> the $443 owed. Should I give him the car? Are these prices
>> fair? The car has 101k miles.
>
> There are new distributors for your car all over Ebay for around
> $300 FWIW, used or rebuilt ones for less.

BTW, KBB says your car is worth about $2,200 or so, depending on
condition.

Frank Berger wrote:

> Yes, I was upset, too, by the Democrats' rudeness to the President.


I am so sorry that you got upset.

Were they rude enough to tell him to go "**** himself"? Nope, that was
our Vice-President's words to a Democratic Senator on the Senate
floor.(isn't the V.P. a Republican?)
Rudeness is not limited to Democrats, so a Republican complaining about
Democrats doing it is extremely hypocritical.

We were just having fun laughing at Dubya as he attempted to give a
decent speech, which was among the worst I have ever seen delivered by a
U.S. President, nobody was angry or upset at all where I was.

Don't worry, I would have been laughing at Kerry as well.
One of the last things I would ever do would be to blindly follow the
agendas of either Republicans or Democrats.

Pat

> One stereotype that there has not been an exception to ever is that the
> stereotypical leader of the United States is always a white man.

Do you mean Presidents or leaders? I'd hate to think Dubya was our leader.

miker