On Tue, 02 Feb 2016 15:28:25 -0700, Janet B >
wrote:

>On Tue, 02 Feb 2016 15:10:49 -0500, Brooklyn1
> wrote:
>
>>
>>>"Janet B" wrote in message ...
>>>
>>>
>>>Today is my birthday.
>>>
>>>My husband took the truck into the Ford dealer first thing. We'd had
>>>the truck in for a repair 10 days ago and the truck was leaking some
>>>oil. They'd had to put a oil filter relocation kit in and had
>>>simply neglected to put a clamp around the hose. As they lifted it up
>>>on the hoist, they punched through the forward gas tank with the lift!
>>>So what would have been a few minutes to fix is now looking to be
>>>anywhere from a couple days to a week or more.
>>>
>>>They sent my husband home in a rental car.
>>>There is no charge for the car, a new gas tank, and a clamp for the
>>>oil hose. No charge for anything and a good thing too.
>>>
>>>I wish I had been there, I'm just bubbling with stuff to say.
>>>
>>>So, we are still going out to eat tonight.
>>>
>>>Janet US
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>>I think the Ford dealership should pick up your birthday dinner tab.
>
>Excellent idea!
>Janet US

Some concerns are amenable - I had a flood here (not my fault) and had
to move out for 48 hours - the insurance were willing to put me up in
a great hotel and I asked my agent if I could stay with a friend
(because I wanted to take my cat with me) and whether the insurance
would simply pay her back by treating us to a nice dinner. They did,
it saved them money and we had the priciest, nicest meal available and
the cat was happy to be at her place rather than boarded. Win/win