Odd Planet




Odd news, Strange Animals, Funny pictures, Dumb Criminals

You are here: Home / Archives for Shopping / Services

Avoid the crowds, Shop online

by

We’ve reached that time of year when everything, and I mean everything is on sale!

Not just in stores either – there’s sales all over the place online right now- often better ones that you’ll find in a “walk in” store, and whats even better? If you shop online you’ll avoid all those nasty crowds.

One place to start shopping online is to visit Coupon Chief, and take a look at all of the different coupons they have for well known name brand stores. As you probably know, many of the stores that you like to shop at in person have online stores too.

I know a number of you just love stores like Target, Best buy, and the Gap so why not visit them through Coupon Chief, and pick up some money saving coupons on the way? For example – You can get some great Cingular Wireless coupons right now, like a free flip phone and free shipping with a Coupon Chief coupon code. Check it out. I’m sure you’ll find some great deals.






A school bus broke my back

by

Can you believe this … when I was a little kid I got hit by a school bus! Bad enough that it was a school bus, but even worse that the driver did it on purpose!

The bus driver got tired of the kids lining up for the bus and crowding the door every day as she pulled the bus up to the curb. As an adult I can now look back and I figure that she was scared that she might one day hit a child if one was pushed in front of the bus.

So, being tired of the kids crowding the curb, what does she do? As she’s approaching one day, and while I’m bent over tying up a lose shoelace, she begins to open and shut the bus door several times. She probably did this so the kids would see it and have to back up to make room for the space the open door took up, thus making them move backwards away from the edge of the curb.

Great, maybe that was a good idea, but I didn’t see her coming, and she obviously didn’t see me bent over tying up my shoe lace!

The bus door hit me hard as the bus rolled up to the curb and I went into a spin and landed several feet away from where I’d been. I couldn’t get up. You know why? Well, because the stupid bus driver broke my back!

I ended up being in traction in the hospital for uhm at least 2 months! A couple of my thoracic (upper back) vertebrae had been cracked. Any higher and she might have broken my neck. I’m lucky to be alive and not paralyzed. Stupid bus driver. I have chronic upper back pain to this day because of her.

My parents got in touch with a Car Accident Attorney immediately. I was about 10 years old at the time, and in the hospital for several months so I don’t know all of the details of what happened, but I know that my parent sued the bus driver personally, and sued the school. The car accident lawyer won the case of course. I’d hope it wasn’t the hardest case he’d ever fought. I mean read my story, the bus driver was in the wrong wasn’t she?

My parents didn’t get a lot of money for the accident. Maybe a couple of thousand- which back in the 70’s was quite a bit of money I suppose. They put it in a bank account for me and it gained interest, and I used it for my college studies. That money helped me move to Toronto to go to school. If it hadn’t of been for that money maybe I would have never left Brantford, and I probably wouldn’t have met my wife either.

So remember folks- if you get in an accident, especially if you are injured, get yourself a car accident lawyer.

Sending Christmas e-cards this year?

by

There’s a great post about the top 10 free Christmas ecards by Egreetings that I want to tell you about. You must go and take a look at the cards. They’re hilarious. Well I like them them, but I almost always enjoy a nice, animated e-card.

I really like the Double Dare card with a scene from the classic movie A Christmas Story. It’s a classic that shot. Well, having grown up in a cold climate it’s a classic to me anyway. I think that most of the kids I went to school with tried the ol’ tongue on the metal fence trick at least once … those that tried it two or more times – well I’m not sure that they’re still around.

Anyway, go have a look at the cards and see if you like any of them. They are free to send, and it’d be a great idea to send a Christmas card to oh … maybe your favorite blogger? Yeah, I think it would be.

You can even sign up for a years membership that begins with a free thirty day trial. You can send as many cards as you want, and you can schedule card deliveries in advance too. Membership is only $13.99 and you’ll have access to all of the cards.

Book your hotel reservations Online

by

Planning a vacation for next year?

If you are you should visit HotelReservations.com and browse through their hotel room listings. That’s right, they have hotel room listings for cities from all over the world.

If you’re planning a trip to Italy, it’s simple, just choose the country of Italy in the drop down list on the main page, and a new page called Italy Hotels will come up where you can then select what cities you plan on staying in and view the various rooms that are available during your holiday time period, and you can book them right then and there too.

Search

Meta

Pages

Archives