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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-26-05 08:46 PM
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My car died on the NJ turnpike
Heading to my brothers last Friday and I see this cloud of smoke coming out the back of the car. The engine starts racing because the transmission is slipping and I glide off of the exit and coast through the toll both and come to a stop. The transmission is smoking. Luckily there was a Super 8 hotel right at the exit so I get the family checked in and my son and I put transmission fluid in and get the car to go the extra 3/4 mile to the hotel parking lot. We rented a car the next morning and finally got to my brothers. Today I called a towing service that takes junkers and met them at the hotel. I snagged the tags and they took the car away.
This was our spare car, a 94 Taurus wagon with 115K mile so its on its last miles anyway. It's been reliable in the past but I guess we pushed it too far.

On top of that it took us 7 hours to drive from NYC to DC due to all the damn traffic.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-26-05 08:54 PM
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1. Just be careful of falling John Cusacks or Cameron Diazes
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-26-05 08:56 PM
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2. First thing I thought of, too
:thumbsup:
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-26-05 09:08 PM
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5. Such a great film
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-26-05 08:59 PM
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3. Riiiiiight
:wtf:

Must be from something I never saw. I have no idea what you are referring to.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-26-05 09:08 PM
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4. Being John Malkovich.
Brilliant film. Check it out.
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-26-05 09:49 PM
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7. OK, now I get it.
Edited on Mon Dec-26-05 09:49 PM by seemunkee
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-26-05 09:29 PM
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6. I thought the Chicken Heart ate up the Jersey Turnpike
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-26-05 09:49 PM
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8. We were just ahead of it.
Boomp boomp, boomp boomp
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-26-05 09:52 PM
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9. Did you have any Jell-O
just in case?
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-26-05 09:55 PM
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10. Couldn't get to it. There were hundreds
of invisible black poisonous snakes guarding it.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-26-05 10:14 PM
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11. LOL!
Well played! :applause: :rofl:

Snakes, you get outa here! This is not your room, this is my room! Now, you just get outa here!
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