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			All week I've been losing sleep because of my financial situation and the fear of the expenses related to gassing the car. I pray. This morning a Mercury Mountaineer from God smashes the car. It might be reparable, but damn.  I feel so fucked, so sad, so desparate. I don't open up like this very often, but this is kind of a Peter Finch moment for me. I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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			That sucks Doc! Sorry to hear about that. Insurance?
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Yeah, my girlfriend's insured. The other person only got their tire ripped open, where as we lost the left side of the front headlight and after that, the car didn't start.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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			infernal money pits......that's what they all are. I'd love to go back to the horse & buggy days. 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			I just want to get the money to leave Chicago and move up to Portland where people walk all the time.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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			They technically found her at fault, but it wasn't really anyone's. Just took a sharp turn and missed one of those Megalodon SUVs pulling out really fast.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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	I'm sorry, Doc. I'm going to ask a stupid question... Portland, Oregon, not Portland, Maine, right? (the New Englander in me shows through)  | 
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			Oregon. Never was crazy about Maine. My mother once took me to the seashore trolley museum as a punishment.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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 I spent my four college years in Waterville, ME, so, quite frankly, I've never seen the DRAW to Maine. It really IS like a torture. Portland, Oregon I've only heard good things about... And the literary geek in me wants to go and make its summer Shakespeare festival. hee.  | 
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