I have more insurance than I know what to do with. Personal coverage on the C230, commercial vehicle insurance on the GMC and Dodge trucks, General Liability Insurance for my company, renters insurance for the house, and currently three life insurance policies.
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
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NoiseDesign - Feb 17, 2009 3:32:05 pm PST #1305 of 30000
Our wings are not tired
meara - Feb 17, 2009 3:36:07 pm PST #1306 of 30000
I am a bad bad person and don't currently have renter's insurance, though it's been on my list for a while. But I had it for many years, grouped with my car insurance, and it was only like, $90 a year.
It's one of those things you should totally have, mostly because if your apartment burns down, it will be SO VERY WORTH IT.
SailAweigh - Feb 17, 2009 3:48:39 pm PST #1307 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
When I added my condo insurance to my car insurance I actually ended up paying $3-4 less per month than I did for just car insurance. It really pays to have it (condo/renter insurance.) That was with State Farm, though, I don't know about any other insurance companies.
Tom Scola - Feb 17, 2009 3:59:23 pm PST #1308 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Karen from the webcomic "Planet Karen" just had her apartment burn down: [link]
Connie Neil - Feb 17, 2009 4:08:41 pm PST #1309 of 30000
brillig
For an apartment, definitely, because you can't control what the morons next door are doing. I'm feeling safer renting a house, because I'm pretty sure no one's playing with matches in the back bedroom, unless the cats are getting very clever.
Polter-Cow - Feb 17, 2009 4:19:35 pm PST #1310 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ah, P-C, you're right. My bad. Actually, DH mentioned that so I'll have to correct him.
There's a whole radio commercial about it where the gecko makes fun of me for having a racecar-shaped bed.
Hil R. - Feb 17, 2009 4:24:40 pm PST #1311 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Damn it. Just dropped a plate on the kitchen floor, and it broke. Mostly just broke into big pieces, but I swept the floor just in case.
beth b - Feb 17, 2009 4:38:39 pm PST #1312 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
One of the things renter's insurance covers is things like fires. As in putting you up at hotel while you place is being repainted/ cleaned/ repaired.
feel better people.
and thanks for the ma~~~ Helps to know people are thinking about us.
Hil R. - Feb 17, 2009 4:45:14 pm PST #1313 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm watching the Duggars on a mission trip to El Salvador. This whole thing is such a perfect example of how to seem like you're helping without actually helping. They've hand-delivered groceries to a few poor families. None of them speak Spanish, though the father tries to anyway. They get to the poor people's houses and basically stare at them and feel sad. They visited an orphanage. They sat in the back of a pickup truck and drove around some corn fields, waving and shouting "Hola!"
One of the older girls said that the point of the trip was to develop a servant's heart.
lisah - Feb 17, 2009 5:03:38 pm PST #1314 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
I've been with Geico for years and haven't had any trouble.
This has also been my experience.
And all the renters should have renter's insurance!
My boyfriend was just talking about maybe getting life insurance and, although he was a little worried about getting into a sort of Double Indemnity situation with me, I have to say it was pretty romantic. In a highly practical way.