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MonarC · 11-06-2003, 12:11 AM

My hubby and I wanted to get a couple of beers right quick in town. It's about 7 miles to town from our house. So we are in town and the car just dies. It was dark and I was kind scared. He tried to get it started a few min by checking the fuses and stuff. But it didn't work so finally we walked to the nearest gas station. Which was around the block. Just my luck I wore slip on sandals

anyway we finally got a friend of ours to answer the phone. She brought us home where we got our other car and towed the dead car home. It's so good to be home

Have you guys ever been stranded? Doesn't it feel great when you get home?

DustBunny · 11-06-2003, 12:25 AM

Welcome home.

MonarC · 11-06-2003, 12:32 AM

thx Dustbunny

believe me it feels great to be able to be here on Chit-Chat right now...

Hollow · 11-06-2003, 12:34 AM

damn i would have had a freak attack cause im scared of the dark.

MonarC · 11-06-2003, 12:36 AM

we were lucky that we broke down on that street and not the next one cause there were like 6 guys just hangin out on the next street and they looked kinda scary like a gang...

I have to say it again Im so happy to be home

dandelion wine · 11-06-2003, 01:11 AM

I'm glad you both made it home safely!

The same thing has happened to me three times in the last 10 years, all three times while I was on the freeway. Luckily, it only happened once in the middle of the night when I was driving back into town.

dawsongirl · 11-06-2003, 05:42 AM

I had a tire blow out on the interstate...on a damn off ramp. I was never so scared in my life. I waited a half hour for my dad to come rescue me. Fortunately it was about 1pm.

Nanny Fine · 11-06-2003, 09:39 AM

My car that caught fire was a pice of crapola (not that that needs to be said). In August I had to fly to California for work and I was on the interstate, nearly 1.5 hours away from the airport when the car just DIED. It was in a huge traffic jam due to road work and I had no way out of there. I was definitel on a time schedule because my flight left at 8:10. I called my best friend who raced to get me. She sat in the traffic for almost an hour and I BARELY made the flight....when you see people in movies running to their plane, like in Home Alone? That was my daughter and I.

It was hot, I had my 8 year old with me alone and we were stranded on the Interstate (I-80) alone with hundreds of cars sitting there in a traffic jam.

Very scary.

MonarC · 11-06-2003, 01:50 PM

wow you guys know how it feels... Im glad that you guys are alright too.

¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ · 11-06-2003, 04:22 PM

2nd or 3rd week of nail school (in September) we got out at 9:30 pm and before then it was POURING and floods everywhere. Blah blah blah.. my car wouldnt start. Battery died. I have no cell phone (fun stuff) because Im cheapness. But anyways I reached my parents and they came at like.. 10:45. I stayed in the car with Julie until they came.

MonarC · 11-11-2003, 04:42 PM

that's worse in the rain to be stranded or if it's really cold

Georgia's on my Mind · 11-11-2003, 06:01 PM

This is why I always carry my cell with me.

MonarC · 11-11-2003, 06:09 PM

well as fate would have it we had to cancell our cell phine a few days bafor this due to limited funds

but were safe now

EricIdlefan · 11-11-2003, 09:19 PM

I know what it is like to get stranded and I had to call a repair man/toll truck man to get me off the road!!

Liza · 11-11-2003, 09:28 PM

Sheesh, that sucks. Glad you made it home okay MonarC

I've gotten stranded - a few times actually. My car died last summer in the middle of a rainstorm - half an hour before my final exam... that wasn't fun. All of the phone lines were out because of the storm, but as luck would have it, my car was parked right in front of a Sprint store and the girls there let me use one of the display phones to call my mom - so she could drive over and wait for the toe-truck while I stole her car to go take a test... oh that was not a good day

The scariest for me though was when I got stuck at Detroit Metro Airport coming back from Germany during the blackout - it was 3am my time and all the flights were cancelled. I got VERY lucky that my flight was reinstated (four hours later). It's not fun.

11-06-2003, 12:11 AM	#1
MonarC The truth will set you free Forum Fanatic Join Date: Dec 05, 2002 Location: 3rd Stone From The Sun Posts: 9,525	So I got stranded tonight... My hubby and I wanted to get a couple of beers right quick in town. It's about 7 miles to town from our house. So we are in town and the car just dies. It was dark and I was kind scared. He tried to get it started a few min by checking the fuses and stuff. But it didn't work so finally we walked to the nearest gas station. Which was around the block. Just my luck I wore slip on sandals anyway we finally got a friend of ours to answer the phone. She brought us home where we got our other car and towed the dead car home. It's so good to be home Have you guys ever been stranded? Doesn't it feel great when you get home?

11-06-2003, 12:25 AM	#2
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11-06-2003, 09:39 AM	#8
Nanny Fine Justine and Holden.. Senior Member Join Date: Jan 01, 2003 Location: Watching The Ellen Degeneres Show and luvin' it Posts: 2,852	My car that caught fire was a pice of crapola (not that that needs to be said). In August I had to fly to California for work and I was on the interstate, nearly 1.5 hours away from the airport when the car just DIED. It was in a huge traffic jam due to road work and I had no way out of there. I was definitel on a time schedule because my flight left at 8:10. I called my best friend who raced to get me. She sat in the traffic for almost an hour and I BARELY made the flight....when you see people in movies running to their plane, like in Home Alone? That was my daughter and I. It was hot, I had my 8 year old with me alone and we were stranded on the Interstate (I-80) alone with hundreds of cars sitting there in a traffic jam. Very scary.
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11-06-2003, 04:22 PM	#10
¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ MISS APRIL Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 19, 2001 Location: Parsonsfield ME Shaws - Screwing my way up the employment ladder! Posts: 68,780	2nd or 3rd week of nail school (in September) we got out at 9:30 pm and before then it was POURING and floods everywhere. Blah blah blah.. my car wouldnt start. Battery died. I have no cell phone (fun stuff) because Im cheapness. But anyways I reached my parents and they came at like.. 10:45. I stayed in the car with Julie until they came.
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11-11-2003, 09:19 PM	#14
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11-06-2003, 12:32 AM	#3
MonarC The truth will set you free Forum Fanatic Join Date: Dec 05, 2002 Location: 3rd Stone From The Sun Posts: 9,525	thx Dustbunny believe me it feels great to be able to be here on Chit-Chat right now...

11-06-2003, 12:34 AM	#4
Hollow Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 16, 2001 Posts: 30,406	damn i would have had a freak attack cause im scared of the dark.

11-06-2003, 12:36 AM	#5
MonarC The truth will set you free Forum Fanatic Join Date: Dec 05, 2002 Location: 3rd Stone From The Sun Posts: 9,525	we were lucky that we broke down on that street and not the next one cause there were like 6 guys just hangin out on the next street and they looked kinda scary like a gang... I have to say it again Im so happy to be home

11-06-2003, 01:11 AM	#6
dandelion wine ~ Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 20, 2003 Location: Behind the Couch Posts: 34,967	I'm glad you both made it home safely! The same thing has happened to me three times in the last 10 years, all three times while I was on the freeway. Luckily, it only happened once in the middle of the night when I was driving back into town.

11-06-2003, 05:42 AM	#7
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,140	I had a tire blow out on the interstate...on a damn off ramp. I was never so scared in my life. I waited a half hour for my dad to come rescue me. Fortunately it was about 1pm.

11-06-2003, 01:50 PM	#9
MonarC The truth will set you free Forum Fanatic Join Date: Dec 05, 2002 Location: 3rd Stone From The Sun Posts: 9,525	wow you guys know how it feels... Im glad that you guys are alright too.

11-11-2003, 04:42 PM	#11
MonarC The truth will set you free Forum Fanatic Join Date: Dec 05, 2002 Location: 3rd Stone From The Sun Posts: 9,525	that's worse in the rain to be stranded or if it's really cold

11-11-2003, 06:01 PM	#12
Georgia's on my Mind Senior Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Aug 19, 2001 Posts: 25,054	This is why I always carry my cell with me.

11-11-2003, 06:09 PM	#13
MonarC The truth will set you free Forum Fanatic Join Date: Dec 05, 2002 Location: 3rd Stone From The Sun Posts: 9,525	well as fate would have it we had to cancell our cell phine a few days bafor this due to limited funds but were safe now

11-11-2003, 09:28 PM	#15
Liza BestYearsofOurLives Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 24, 2001 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 6,537	Sheesh, that sucks. Glad you made it home okay MonarC I've gotten stranded - a few times actually. My car died last summer in the middle of a rainstorm - half an hour before my final exam... that wasn't fun. All of the phone lines were out because of the storm, but as luck would have it, my car was parked right in front of a Sprint store and the girls there let me use one of the display phones to call my mom - so she could drive over and wait for the toe-truck while I stole her car to go take a test... oh that was not a good day The scariest for me though was when I got stuck at Detroit Metro Airport coming back from Germany during the blackout - it was 3am my time and all the flights were cancelled. I got VERY lucky that my flight was reinstated (four hours later). It's not fun.