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Post by lilbandit on May 1, 2005 7:29:22 GMT -5
It does handle nicely, though, for such a battleship, and has these awesome air-cushion seats like big commercial tractor-trailer rigs, and a killer stereo, so I might be reluctant to let him have it back! hehe drive away with it! sounds very awesome to me Anyway glad to hear you've still got transport. keep on truckin xxx
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Post by RandallBoggs on May 1, 2005 10:56:18 GMT -5
I'd be so glad when we get hover cars ^_^
Seriously, it's good you have somethign in the meantime....even....though it's huge heh heh....
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Post by lizardgirl on May 2, 2005 6:37:31 GMT -5
OMG like in Jackass- they go to a rent-a-car, rent a car, and COMPLETELY trash it! When they give it back, the people at the place are so shocked they just stand there and let them walk away!
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Post by RandallBoggs on May 2, 2005 10:26:51 GMT -5
I got a really wacked idea here, Ran gave me. I don't know...guess he watched the simpsons or something.
Why don't you have a friend "steal" your car and like...drive it into a boulder or over train tracks or something? Then collect the insurance....
.................How the heck would that work if the car doesn't even start?!
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Post by Beboots on May 2, 2005 17:45:49 GMT -5
Why don't you have a friend "steal" your car and like...drive it into a boulder or over train tracks or something? Then collect the insurance.... Because that whole idea is insurance fraud. And, of course, you're assuming that Pitbulllady has insurance on her vehicle in the first place (it's mandatory to get some sort of vehilcular insurance [can't remember what kind right now] up here, but I have no clue what the law is down there), and it's illegal (duh). So if caught (most likely - I'm sure the insurance companies investigate these things) both you and your friend would get in a heap of trouble! More trouble than it's worth. Let's see if I can analyse this correctly (I'm taking Legal Studies right now, and have a test on tort law tomorrow morning, so this is good practice for me). First of all, besides the whole fraud thing, you'd have to prove your friend didn't have your permission to use the car. If it was well-known that you were friends with this person, that'd be pretty hard. See, you have vicarious liability, which means that, for example, if you lent a car to your friend, they got out and got drunk, tried to drive home drunk, they got into a car accident -with the car you lent them - and drove though someone's fence, you'd have a portion of the responsibility (meaning you'd have to repay the owner of the fence to get their fence repaired), because a reasonable person would not have lent their car to that person (perhaps if they had a past history of drinking and driving, or something). Of course, you could counter that claim by saying that you assumed that your friend would act like a responsible adult, so therefore you had no duty of care over him, etc., but whatever. Anyway, so you'd have to prove that you didn't willingly lend your car to your friend, because if you couldn't you would get squat - you would be right back where you started, maybe even more in debt because of any damages/maimings that happened while the car was being wrecked. You'd want them to drive a car onto some train tracks? With, I assume, a train coming? You got an abundance of extremely loyal suicidal friends? *coughs* Plus you'd have to live with the guilt if, because of your car blocking the train tracks, the train conductor died when the train derails (plus you'd have to pay for all the damages, again, if you can't prove that your friend didn't have your permission). I'm sure there are more things you could be charged with; we haven't quite covered criminal law yet, only tort (that's negligence) law. And, of course, this is all Canadian law, but I'm sure that tort law's fairly similar in many aspects to American tort law.
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Post by pitbulllady on May 2, 2005 19:39:22 GMT -5
I got a really wacked idea here, Ran gave me. I don't know...guess he watched the simpsons or something. Why don't you have a friend "steal" your car and like...drive it into a boulder or over train tracks or something? Then collect the insurance.... .................How the heck would that work if the car doesn't even start?! Now come on, you don't seriously think I'd believe Randall would suggest that, do you? WAZOWSKI, yeah, but Randall? Not THAT Randall who got upset when The Eyeball suggested he'd been cheating? "Cause if that aint' cheating, I don't know what is! It's called "insurance fraud", and it's a Federal FELONY punishable by not LESS than 10 years in FEDERAL prison. I've already had one person try to coerce me into committing a felony, and lost my job over it, so no thanks! Insurance companies are really, really great at finding out stuff like that, and besides, my insurance agent just happens to be an old family friend I've known since I was born, literally, who's office just happens to be one block from the garage where my car is, and who has already been told, in general conversation(she IS a friend, after all, and I discuss stuff like that with her just like I do with y'all), what happened to my car. I would think that if this undrivable vehicle which was locked up in a mechanic's gargage just down the street from her office just suddenly turned up wrecked on a train track, it might look just a tad suspicious. pitbulllady
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Post by Beboots on May 2, 2005 20:25:22 GMT -5
I would think that if this undrivable vehicle which was locked up in a mechanic's gargage just down the street from her office just suddenly turned up wrecked on a train track, it might look just a tad suspicious. Maybe a little bit.
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Post by RandallBoggs on May 3, 2005 13:55:26 GMT -5
Well actually, LIKE I SAID....he reminded me he saw it on the Simpsons....the episode when Moe falls for this flower girl and has to get money to go to Hawaii....
Please guys...it was JUST a joke to liven the mood....jeez....you guys up tight this month?
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Post by pitbulllady on May 3, 2005 16:07:20 GMT -5
Yeah, I guess everyone IS uptight this month-with so many of us having to cope with exams and other evaluations having to do with school in one form or another, either as students or as teachers. It's pretty rough on all of us, and SOME of us have to figure out where to obtain $2,000.00.
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Post by Beboots on May 3, 2005 18:38:25 GMT -5
Yeah, I guess everyone IS uptight this month-with so many of us having to cope with exams and other evaluations having to do with school in one form or another, either as students or as teachers. It's pretty rough on all of us, and SOME of us have to figure out where to obtain $2,000.00. So what's that money going to go towards buying?
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Post by lizardgirl on May 4, 2005 11:04:17 GMT -5
I'm not uptight- I'm as optimistic as ever, even if I AM halfway through the most important exams I've ever taken in my life! ;D *jumps around room happily* I AM ENJOYING MY CHILDHOOD WHILE IT LASTS YAAAAAY!!!
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Post by RandallBoggs on May 4, 2005 14:32:39 GMT -5
Guess since I don't have much to worry about is how I can't compare that much....
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Post by Beboots on May 4, 2005 17:11:45 GMT -5
How old are you, anyway, Sean?
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Post by RandallBoggs on May 4, 2005 17:22:04 GMT -5
Well it depends on which age you....
Oh you mean Human....16.
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Post by Beboots on May 4, 2005 21:05:36 GMT -5
Well it depends on which age you.... Oh you mean Human....16. ...? Human? As opposed to what?
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