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Topic: How To Make $20...FAST!?!
Phuque Joined Mon 11/17/08 Posts: 14151	Fri 12/05/08 05:19 PM
I just got a call from a friend of mine...he's on a return trip from Rhode Island & seeing his kids & picking up some stuff in a U-Haul... He made the trip on a shoe-string & plans to sell the items when he gets back home... Damn economy! So, he's stranded, about 90mi from home (he's going to Michigan from Ohio), at a Service Station with 10 bucks in his pocket & a gallon of gas in the truck tank. The toll is $13... This is a serious question... Any ideas on how he can make it back home?

RKISIT Joined Tue 01/08/08 Posts: 16721	Fri 12/05/08 05:20 PM
is there a pawn shop anywhere ?

Mr_Music Joined Wed 10/22/08 Posts: 10677	Fri 12/05/08 05:21 PM
Donate blood?

Mayhem_J Joined Mon 07/21/08 Posts: 14265	Fri 12/05/08 05:22 PM
Donate blood? Or plasma....good idea.

markc48 Joined Wed 05/07/08 Posts: 5536	Fri 12/05/08 05:22 PM
Don't go on the turnpike buy gas.

Phuque Joined Mon 11/17/08 Posts: 14151	Fri 12/05/08 05:22 PM
Nah...he's on the Hi-way at a toll road service station...freezing his cookies off...

Ghostrider2u Joined Thu 05/17/07 Posts: 6953	Fri 12/05/08 05:23 PM
I'm guessing he has already used his "phone a friend"..........

Dan99 Joined Sat 08/23/08 Posts: 14941	Fri 12/05/08 05:23 PM
Transfer money to his bank so that he can draw it from a cashpoint. I do this now and again and it can be done instantly, depending on what banks are being used. But then im in England.

mry Joined Thu 08/23/07 Posts: 8401	Fri 12/05/08 05:23 PM
Call mommy....

Ghostrider2u Joined Thu 05/17/07 Posts: 6953	Fri 12/05/08 05:24 PM
tell him to talk to some of the truckers..... they will buy anything......

Mr_Music Joined Wed 10/22/08 Posts: 10677	Fri 12/05/08 05:24 PM
Donate blood? Or plasma....good idea. It's a quick way to make a couple o' bucks if you're in a pinch.

mry Joined Thu 08/23/07 Posts: 8401	Fri 12/05/08 05:26 PM
Ya know he called you...maybe you could wire him some money Western Union. Or maybe hes not a great friend?

markc48 Joined Wed 05/07/08 Posts: 5536	Fri 12/05/08 05:26 PM
Nah...he's on the Hi-way at a toll road service station...freezing his cookies off... Like I said stay off the toll rd. Hop over in Michigan our roads are free.

Phuque Joined Mon 11/17/08 Posts: 14151	Fri 12/05/08 05:26 PM
I agree about the plasma thing...but he's out in the boonies & I don't think he can expect a mobile blood unit to pass by... He litterally cannot go anywhere.

Phuque Joined Mon 11/17/08 Posts: 14151	Fri 12/05/08 05:28 PM
Nah...he's on the Hi-way at a toll road service station...freezing his cookies off... Like I said stay off the toll rd. Hop over in Michigan our roads are free. Mark...he's got to get OFF the toll road first...

awolf1010 Joined Sun 03/30/08 Posts: 7251	Fri 12/05/08 05:30 PM
write a check!!!!!

Dan99 Joined Sat 08/23/08 Posts: 14941	Fri 12/05/08 05:31 PM
Would the police beable to help if he drove to the nearest station? Also, my colleague was just telling me, here in England, you can leave your licence at the petrol station and they will give you enough petrol to get home. You have to go back and pay them of course, or they will hand your licence into the police.

abcautorepair Joined Sun 11/16/08 Posts: 6	Fri 12/05/08 05:31 PM
I'm reminded of a sign I saw in a service station once: "Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part!" Sounds like your friend is reaping what he sowed. Sorry to be cold and heartless, but what did he expect?

Friendleewon Joined Wed 08/27/08 Posts: 141	Fri 12/05/08 05:33 PM
Find a Male trucker with a Pink Cab

FearandLoathing Joined Fri 12/28/07 Posts: 30121	Fri 12/05/08 05:33 PM
Tell em to talk to some truckers, they are a helpful bunch as long as the situation deems it. Also can talk to other passerby's, as it is only a few bucks I'm sure someone could spot em.