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So it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our long-running forums. They came online in 2000 and brought together so many wonderful Disney fans. We had friendships form, careers launch, couples marry, children born ... all because of this amazing community.
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There are other changes as well.
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We go on to the joy and through the tears
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Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
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Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
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Yesterday was such a weird day. I can't remember the last time I called 911 for anything, yet yesterday we called 911 THREE times!
Yesterday morning, DD came to me and asked if my DBF knew that the trunk was open on his car. She could see his car in the driveway from the bedroom window upstairs. I asked if he was out there, and she didn't know. So I went downstairs, and he was sitting at his computer. I asked him about it, and of course he knew nothing other than that couldn't be a good sign. So we went outside, and discovered that his car had been broken into. Whoever did it broke the passenger side window, so that it was shattered. They then ransacked the contents of the car, glove box, and trunk-taking a small amount of cash. The worst part is that the window needs to be replaced as well as feeling violated because someone crossed that line and went through his stuff. So we called 911 to report it, and they told us what we needed to do to file a report.
Fast forward to yesterday afternoon. DBF came home early from work to look at his car and see what he needed to replace the window himself. The car was in the driveway, and while he was working on it a truck with several men in it parked in the vacant lot behind our house and proceeded to dismantle and strip a Vespa-type scooter that they had obviously stolen. DBF didn't realize immediately what was transpiring until they hurriedly took off leaving the trashed remnants of the scooter behind. So another call to 911 to report that crime. The police came and we talked to them for a few minutes. The "criminals" had stripped the VIN number off the scooter so there was really no way to trace it. They discussed home security issues with us for a few minutes and then they were off. They said that they would make sure the city picked it up, but as of this morning it is still sitting there.
Then last night we were trying to chill out and watch TV after a rather stressful day when the doorbell rang. It was this rather shady character trying to "sell" a home security system. I didn't trust him at all especially since his story sounded fishy. Having just recently read an email update from the police department about possible door-to-door scammers in the area, I then asked to see a copy of his peddler's licence. He started to squirm then saying that he didn't have it with him, but "he could get a copy from his boss." Sure he could. I then told him that we didn't buy things from door-to-door soliciters, so we definitely were not interested. He still wasn't anxious to leave-asking us before we left if we knew our neighbors and whether or not they had security systems. After we shut the door, I started thinking that maybe we should report him. So I found the email, and it did request that you call 911 if anybody was suspiously soliciting, especially without a license. So back to the phone again for one last call to 911 with a report of the incident and a description of the soliciter.
So here's hoping that today is a better day with no calls to 911! So when was the last time you called 911, and why did you call?
We got a security system after someone tried to break in to out house about 10 years ago. I feel so much better when my DH is out of town knowing that we have the security/monitoring system.
We got a security system after someone tried to break in to out house about 10 years ago. I feel so much better when my DH is out of town knowing that we have the security/monitoring system.
That will be one of the next things we plan on doing.
I called 911 several years ago to report a fire in a house at the end of the street. Hopefully, I won't need to report anything like you've had yesterday! that today goes better
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Hope you have quieter days ahead of you. I remember the last several times I've called 911. I've called them late Sunday night/early Monday morning the third Sunday of June in 2005, 2006, 2007 due to noise from the carnival that sets up in the school field next to me taking stuff down, packing it up and moving their big diesel semi's around as late 4am. (I say late because it never stopped during the night) and the last non carnival related 911 call was because someone (I'm assuming a male) rang my doorbell at 5am was standing in such way that I could barely tell there was someone there and was still there 20 minutes later. Called 911 and whoever it was left before the police could get here.
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I called 9-1-1 about a month ago. While Kevin and I were driving home from the Elks we ended up behind a VERY inebriated driver. I called (Kevin was driving) and told them exactly where we were at, what kind of car it was, the plate number, the color everything.
What happens?
We finally see a county cop sitting at the side of the road a few miles up the road. What does he do? He pulls out behind us and drove the opposite direction. We stayed behind this driver for about 15 miles till we got near our road to home. In the mean time the fool was all over the road ran 2 stop signs and and almost hit another car.
Last time we called it was a medical emergency. I was really relieved to read that you had three 911 calls and none of them were related to a serious medical issue! However, I'm sure it was horrible to have three seemingly unrelated theft incidents in one day! I hope you go a long long time before needing 911 again!
I've never called 911 myself. Other people have dialed if for me, like after an accident or something. Once I was rear-ended but didn't have to call 911 - the highway patrol was 20 feet away, responding to another rear-end accident (which was what caused the guy to hit me - he was looking at the other accident! )
I did call *HP (highway patrol) last fall when I hit a deer. Once in my office a coworker accidently dialed 911 (you have to dial "9" and then 1 and the number to call long distance - she hit the "1" twice). She hung up, completed the call and then left her office for a minute. The 911 folks tried to call her back and when she didn't answer, the police came running into our office. It was scary, and she was so embarrassed, but nice to know they have a quick response time!
A few years back I had to call 911 on a regular basis because we lived near a dangerous intersection near Cincinnati. We, and our neighbors would be woken up at weird hours of the morning by a telltale boom of two autos colliding. There were so many wrecks there they finally after a few years of this happening put in a traffic light. Since we moved to the country, however, I have only called 911 one time, when my DS fractured his forarm in two places falling from our Sycamore tree last june.
Heres hoping your corner of Minniapolis gets a little less criminal traffic! Take care of yourself!
My goodness what a time you've had. The last time I called 911 was to report a theft at Christmas several years ago. I came home from work and found my outdoor Christmas decorations stolen from my front yard. The officer stated it was probably kids, but of course nothing was ever found.
Hope your day is going better. The last time I had to call 911 was when DH fell out of his wheelchair and we couldn't get him up. I have had to do that several times.
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I can't remember the last time I called 911 for anything, yet yesterday we called 911 THREE times!
So we called 911 to report it, and they told us what we needed to do to file a report.
I then told him that we didn't buy things from door-to-door soliciters, so we definitely were not interested. He still wasn't anxious to leave-asking us before we left if we knew our neighbors and whether or not they had security systems. After we shut the door, I started thinking that maybe we should report him. So I found the email, and it did request that you call 911 if anybody was suspiously soliciting, especially without a license. So back to the phone again for one last call to 911 with a report of the incident and a description of the soliciter. 
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We stayed behind this driver for about 15 miles till we got near our road to home. In the mean time the fool was all over the road ran 2 stop signs and and almost hit another car. 
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