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The reason it is harder on the highway is because you have to watch others changing lanes in front of you, more cars cutting you off and cars passing you on either side of you, where as on city streets you are pretty much on one lane roads. New drivers find it easier to drive on local city streets for a while before attempting highway faster driving and having to have ten eyes alert and aware.

Once you start driving on the highway and you get used to it, you find that you were foolish to be afraid of it. But that is human nature as with anything to be fearful until you get used to it.

Driving is a privilege and not a right!!!!! And insurance for underage drivers is very high. What does the insurance industry consider underage? That would be 18 when they can get their license on their own. I didn’t allow my kids to get their license till they were 18. My daughter is my oldest and I didn’t feel it was necessary for her to drive till she was 18. That set the pattern in the home. Honestly they didn’t lose out for waiting. I felt safer for waiting and I am sure my neighbors did too. My third child had so many accidents I can’t even imagine how many more he would have had if he would have started earlier and in all honesty most of them weren’t his fault he was just a driving target.

At one point the insurance company finally threw us out and told us even if your kids moved to California they wouldn’t accept us. We took all our kids off our insurance before we applied for another policy. So even at 18, with their heads screwed on straight, and being careful, accidents will happen. And since our daughter had to take the highway to get to college we didn’t even want her to drive a junk car, we leased her an inexpensive new car so it wouldn’t break down on her, which she had to share with her brother the following year when he got his license.

myfriend, when he bank (credit card company) investigates, they might not refund the money depending on what they conclude is fair and right in this instance. If they feel the consumer is right they will refund the money, if they feel the store is right under the circumstance they will not refund the money.

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The serial number is what identifies the item to the owner and what identifies the item as a sold piece of goods. You have to step into the REAL WORLD and the world of business and play by their rules. What are other store policies when it comes to tearing the serial number off the box? In addition there are laws and regulation involved in stopping check payments its not that “pashut”. You should have checked with your bank or an attorney to find out what the repercussions would be if you went that route. They are not picking on you, stopping a check is considered “fraud” and that is why there is a National Check Registry.

In all honesty, SHE should have checked with you first before making the purchase. That is not the store’s fault. And had the serial number not been torn, you would not have had a problem. I don’t know why their rules are so strict, probably because they would have to sell it as an open box item. Again, a consumer needs to know the return policy before making a purchase and it is up the consumer to ask.

metrodriver, I prefaced my post with “don’t fault me on my spelling” and I contributed a word. All you had to do was post, the correction without the attitude. Yes, it was rude and yes I was insulted because I specifically asked that you don’t do that. What was so difficult to understand? I was involved in the thread from the beginning and read all your other posts and you were very harsh all the way through.

Homeowner, correct, this is NOT high school, I am NOT a student and Metrodriver is NOT the Teacher!

Did you hear what happened at the Goldmarber’s house? The police were called because the Grandmother ran away with the baby because the high school aged daughter took over her closet.

Also keep in mind that it is up to YOU the consumer to research the item before purchasing. If the person opened and used the item such as the GPS and didn’t like the way it worked because it didn’t find the store names, it is not the fault of the store or the product. The consumer should have done more research on the item and should have asked specifically about that function before purchasing. Don’t blame the store for its return policies on electronic items. Had he purchased the item from a smaller local store they would never take it back for that reason. He has no right to be so outraged for trying to return an item that is not defective or broken in any way, in which case he would have received a full refund. He also has no right to besmirch the good name of the store because he didn’t like the fact that the item didn’t show store names and he basically has sour grapes about it.

There is a difference when someone tries to return a defective or broken item and someone returns an item that is in perfect condition that they just don’t like or they changed their mind about. The store does not have to take a loss on such a situation and to expect them to is ludicrous. If they have a restocking fee then that’s it. If you have to follow their rules and wait to be refunded or choose to take a loss or keep the item anyway that is your choice.

The concept here of Buyer Beware is do your research before you buy!!!! Know what you are buying before you purchase and don’t make a chilul hashem because you didn’t get all the bells and whistles you were looking for. Ask questions before you purchase, compare items and know what the different products do, and understand from the get go that if you pay more you get more. Don’t assume that you can take home a product and test it and then just return it to the store if you don’t like it. Ask your friends what they have and if you can borrow from them and test it. Stores don’t “lend” things they “sell” things. They are in business to make money not lose money.

Don’t fault me on my spelling!

Esposa – husband

Homeowner, all your proving is that he has a great PR firm. Tell me if he is such a great supporter of Israel, what the heck is he doing in all the Arab nations? And don’t you dare tell me business is business. You can’t support Israel and the Arabs at the same time. That boils down to that Mr. Shultz is just plain a double talker and all he supports is Mr. Shultz so you can’t believe anything he or his PR firm says.

What “seems” to be mesiras nefesh for one might not be mesiras nefesh for someone else. For one woman mesiras nefes is giving up her own washer dryer or dishwasher. For another it is giving up her housekeeper. For one man mesiras nefesh is giving up his own car or his leather seats. No one can judge what something means to another person and what mesiras nefesh means to another person.

For some young people “mesiras nefesh” means leaving their family behind or not having their mothers around especially when they give birth. Or not being able to pick up the phone and speak to either their mother, their sister or their best friend whenever they want to. For another it might be not being able to run down to the corner for a grocery item they forgot to buy. For a young man it might be not jumping into his car to get to yeshiva or chap a minyan on the corner. Or maybe even learning with his father or with his best friend.

Not everyone was cut out to learn all day, and for some young people go to shiur only part of the time is a big accomplishment and if their parents choose to support that it is between that family. If that couple gave up their family to be masir nefesh to just go to learn part time in E”Y then for them it is masir nefesh.

The point as always is “what is the point of judging other people and why do we have to?” No one knows what goes on behind closed doors or the reason why people do things. Everyone has their reasons and everyone is judged by Hashem no one else should be doing the judging. So why should we mind their business for them, and why should we even speculate about them.

If we want to discuss how we are moser nefesh, or how our parents are moser nefesh, or how people we know are moser nefesh that is great to give them that recognition. But why do we have to sink so low as to discuss people we know or see that are not living up to the standards that we set or to standards we would like to see. What is so great about US if WE do that and what is so great about doing that?

Breaking News! Harvard just kicked out Josef Ben, (he was a wise guy), for making drug patties in Professor Scanner’s office. The 911 response team was called when he threatened to blow up the lab with knots oops sorry, locks, sorry typo, lox and bagels if his mother Chana was notified.

The body scanner blew up when Dr. Weissberg made drug patties at the airport.

“Just heard that the Novaminsker Rebbe addressed molestation for 10 minutes in his Thursday night drasha.”

If thats true, can someone please let us all know what he said? He has never addressed it before.

About a week after I got up from shiva I went to babysit for my grandkids. My 3 year old pulls on my skirt and said “Bobby did you hear my mother’s grandmother was nifter?” At which point her older sister, my 5 year old goes “hush, that’s bobby’s mother!!!”, so my 3 year old without missing a beat says gently “don’t worry bobby, when mashiach comes she will be “UNdead”!”

I just caught my breath in my mouth I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. I was just so shocked, the way she put the “UN” together with the word dead. It was just very smart for a three year old who never heard that before. And also how she wanted to make me feel better.

I heard Dr. Weissberg’s flight was canceled due to his partner’s knots during the pat down.

Rabbi Bold toasted his bagel while the Corgold’s store was on fire.

Rabbi Gold is does Insurance on the side to support his family.

Sometimes body language speaks for itself. I try keeping my hands clasped behind my back.

Here is some good news for you. Because of all the new diseases that has recently cropped up, people are less willing to “share germs” and are a little less eager to shake hands to begin with. So some job nod with a nice to meet you.

frumladygit, exactly for the reasons you yourself mention. Because the OP was just asking for opinions and YOU are pointedly asking pushing your opinions against what Rabbonim have already paskened and what Kashrus organizations already responded as pointed out by other posters. YOU are the one saying THEY are wrong.

popa_bar_abba, all kidding aside, I never said she didn’t look good, I said SHE didn’t think she looked good.

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Eclipse, so true and unfortunately we didn’t live up to the intention of the post. We did not turn the corner with the new year, we judged, we smeared, we degraded, we hurt, we spoke untruths, etc…. halevai that we took this thread to heart and made the necessary changes in our own attitudes.

Yes, especially young people. It builds self confidence and self esteem. At a wedding I was at, I saw one of the couple’s siblings who was a little overweight, brooding in the corner. She was a teenager and not quite comfortable in her gown. I walked over to her and told her how lovely she looked and asked if she had the gown custom made for her. Instantly she brightened up. Her chin came up and her shoulders went back. Her eyes started to sparkle as she told me how she got the gown. When we were done she ran over to her mother to tell her about our conversation. She was very animated. She didn’t know me and I didn’t know her but it made her feel good and she felt a little more confident the rest of the evening.

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