Question #1:

How do I get the brakes on my truck unlocked? SOS?

Alright so I was driving to school and my brakes or E brake locked up on my 1993 Ford Ranger. The truck will still move but the brakes are locked up and keep stopping the truck, plus the smell of burning brake..any ideas? (oh, I don't have the owners manual so that is no use x.x)

Question #2:

Why all this gay-bashing, soul-saving, sexuality-changing talk in America when:?

We have large groups of people who are truly, and much more destructively, undermining the safety and sanctity of America? Why don't we cure the real threats to society instead of getting all hung up on what a person does in the privacy of our homes?

* Drug dealers. (Selling their poison from ice cream trucks and on schoolyards).
* Street gangs. (Recruiting children as young as 8).
* Sex offenders. (Targeting the helpless, or causing one to be helpless).
* Thieves and embezzlers. (They can ruin a family's entire life and future).

I mean, really? Don't these people have anything bigger to worry about? Oh, I forgot ... It's better to have your child gunned down by a drive-by while he's snorting his 8-ball than it is for the same kid to sit in school next to a homo.

I understand the teachings of the Bible (thought I don't proscribe) and I understand that homosexuality is unacceptable to many people, and I don't hold that (in and of itself) against anybody. But it seems to me that too many people are too concerned about homosexuality, and it seems to me that their priorities are out of whack. I just don't get it.

Maybe someone can explain to me why homosexuals in America is a headliner issue while our street gangs and drug dealers are growing exponentially and have the highest recidivism rate among all convicted felons.

Maybe someone can explain this to me.
Sun: "it's simple. the drug dealers and gangs, while a nuisance, I admit, aren't a bunch of queers." That's what you said. Research, please, how many children's lives are taken by gang violence, then compare that to how many children's lives are taken by a homosexual, then provide me proof that gangs are just "a nuisance".

Question #3:

Need some professional advice?

been going this this guy from Albany ga. I live in Flint Michigan. He wanted me to live with him. I decided to travel with him, to see how it is first. He's a truck driver. I got all of my belongings with me, and travel with him. He wanted me to go to truck driving school to michigan. So I did. I got 2 weeks of my clothing, and he bought me a bus ticket home. I left my 2 suitcases with him. Its been a month now. I decided to stay in michigan. I told him I wanted my belongings, He never send it to me. He lying about his phone being broke, and things. I have my personal information, with most of my clothes, W'-2 forms, and pictures. What do I do?

Question #4:

What is would be a good first truck?

I'm 15 years old and I was wondering what would be a good first truck? I hate new trucks because they are too hard to work on, they cost to much, and the computers on them go to crap. I would be using it for lawn care/landscaping,hauling my equipment lawn mowers, push mowers, trash, and a boat. I know it sounds a little odd for a fifteen year old, but I've got my own little business. And I would be using it to drive to and from school, and wherever else. So I just wanted to get some opinions from you all, Thank you very much.

And no imports so please don't mention them,sorry.
American Only, Thank you

Question #5:

Is the parking brake hydraulic or only the regular brake?

In the movie "Jade", the character "David" is in a moving car and pulls the handbrake (also called a parking brake or an emergency brake) lever, but it does not slow the car. Eventually, he crashes, wakes up in the hospital, and is informed that someone had sawed through the line that carries the brake fluid. I thought only the regular brakes (that you operate with a foot pedal) used fluid in a car and that the handbrake lever in a car was connected to the the brakes with a cable and was purely mechanical. Am I wrong or is the movie wrong?

Note: I am asking only about passenger cars. I am aware that school buses and large trucks have airbrakes, but this question is about passenger cars only, because that is what he was driving in the movie.
Also, in a later scene, there is a car chase and then the black car rams the side of the "David"'s car, pushing it off the side of the pier or dock and into the water. It sinks immediately. Normally, when a car crashes into water, it floats initially, because of the air trapped inside. Eventually, it fills with water, and sinks. Did the car in the movie sink immediately because the back window was broken, allowing the water to fill it immediately, or was this another error by the movie writers?

Question #6:

What can I do to convince my dad?

I love my dad we gave a great relationship. I am a 16 year old girl, 4.0 gpa, never get in trouble, help around the house. I'm working on getting my licsense, and of course I want a car. I have off campuses this school year, so it would be very nice to be able to drive myself home. I found the perfect truck, meets my dads safety requirement, is being sold by a place reccomended by friends, and I'd be willing to pay for it (1000 dollars initially, the rest later) and the truck is 2995. I'd also be willing to contribute to gas/ insurance fees every month. My dad even says the initial cost of the car isn't the problem, and totally supports me getting my licsense. My mom is convinced and would totally buy me this truck, but we need my dads permission I guess. Any advice? I'm not trying to sound greedy or spoiled or anything Im trying to be fair. Please help, thanks :)

Question #7:

what is there to do? best answer, i just want someone to read this, please.?

Am I over reacting? Am I stupid for feeling this way?

Last summer I found out some news about my boyfriend and a girl he knew for five years. They went to school together, and they were friends. She had a red shirt that he liked, and he liked it when she wore lipstick.
She had him wrapped around her finger but would never date him, never kiss him, never do anything that talk to him. When she had a boyfriend they were friends, when she didn’t have a boyfriend she ran to him crying that her boyfriend broke up with her, they hung out, she called him big brother, and he called her little sister, told each other they loved one another and had a song.
“I don’t want to miss a thing” but when he tried to get a girlfriend, or started getting closer to a girl, she would cry and throw a fit until the girl would not be interested anymore.
She tried doing this when he and I first started dating.

Last summer, she had broken up with a boy she was dating for some time but it was an off and on kind of thing, and she ran to my boyfriend… they started talking about how much they used to talk, and what they had been together through.
Eventually he got him wrapped around her finger again and they hung out on a Friday night, he took her out to eat, and went back to her house where he cuddled her, and kissed her.

The fallowing night, they went to a graduation party and had left early to return to his apartment where they kissed.

Sunday night he takes her out to see a drive in movie with his truck where they sat in the bed of the truck.

On Sunday night, I saw them at wal mart before they went to the movie, and I texted him asking what the hell he was doing. He denied everything until I either found out myself or saw it.
The day after I found out he indeed kissed her, when he told me over and over again that he hadn’t. and he says they didn’t do anything else, but I read their aim conversation where she said this.
“I really want to kiss you again, and when we started getting intimate that was great!”

Now, don’t you think intimate means more than kissing? But he swears he didn’t do anything else. Now, this girl lies a lot to get what she wants, so it has been a year since then and I still don’t know the full story and I honestly am dying to know.
My boyfriend however gets mad when I try asking him about it, and yells at me and tells me nothing effing happened and swears at me over and over.

And while I was reading their conversations they had, there are parts in it where he tells her that
“Meghan can’t take away the sunsets from you, because watching them is our thing”
“I love you with all my heart”
“if I wasn’t with Meghan I’d be with you…”

He tells me he told her these things to keep her from complaining and crying and whatever else, I have a hard time believing this.
I just don’t know if he’s telling me the truth or if there is more, what did they do when they were at his apartment… she wanted him, she’s said to him she wanted to have sex with him, so how could they not screw each other while at his house? Or did he honestly just kiss her. Which is another thing, he tells me they just pecked each other, when she has told people they made out. What am I to think? Is there more? Am I being stupid? How can get stop thinking about this and get over it?

I am still with this guy because I loved him a lot and he did make me happy, sure he broke my heart into a million pieces when he did this to me, but I wanted to believe that I could still be happy with him, which I am most of the time, but there are times this comes up and I just cry for hours. You will probably tell me I am stupid for staying with him, and I know that, but that is gone now.
I want to know how I am to deal with this, I want honest answers… please.
I want to know if I am being stupid? Do you think that’s the story or is there more to it?
I just, I don’t know.. and I need to, because I don’t like having giant blanks in my head as to what really happened.

Talking to him about it just doesn’t get anywhere.

please, thank you....
what if i added this:

its been a year and yes things with us have gotten better, he proposed to me on our second year together back in 2010 January.
a month later i had found out that we were going to have a baby, i am now due in the next 3 weeks or less, and he is very excited and very happy, and i can't wait either.

but these things are still bothering me. does this change your asnwer?
alright, now that i've gotten some answers from that..

i'll add some more, since the sunday i saw them together he hasn't talked to her since, he's ignored her, and told her to ef off, and since then she only has tried to contact him twice in the last year, they ran into each other at wal mart on his birthday shortly after we found out we were going to have a baby, and they just talked and i believe that.

and so far, nothing has shown up that they have been talking at all, no texts, no calls, no emails nothing.
so there i believe him, so i know he isn't contacting her and there is nothing going on between them now.

i'm just worried about the past, and i know i need to move on, but ive been looking for ways i can. but i haven't found out how yet. =\

Question #8:

Bike incident (who's at fault?)?

I biked to a sidewalk to cross the street to get to school yesterday. As always I hit the button to cross the street and it gave me 15 seconds to cross over. BEFORE I even crossed when it gave me 15 seconds, just to make sure, I looked behind me, above me, to my left and right, THEN I crossed just to be extra safe. I'm in the middle of the sidewalk by then, and then a red truck comes from behind me and hits the back of my bike (not sure what speed but it was going pretty fast) and my leg got caught in my bike chain when I got hit while my bike and I slid about 10 feet from where I was hit. (The driver that hit me NOTICED I was completely fine and my head was fine because I was wearing a helmet) so he came out yelling at me telling me that I should "Watch where I'm going and maybe next time I should try biking in the street and get hit by a change to be more aware of my surroundings and to respect drivers that are driving by" .....

His red chevy truck just had a big dent on his right headlight and my bike didn't damage that much either, but when he came running out my leg was still caught in my bike and I came out with the damages of a fractured knee (my knee was swelling up) and since I slid my my left arm was bleeding like crazy..

Anyways, I ended up being transferred to the hospital, and my parents got called up (etc......) So I'm just curious, was this really my fault because he's sueing me for a big dent on his headlight .... Keep in mind that i'm just a kid and that man that hit me was in his 30's - 40's I believe because he had this really long goatee kind of mustache like those motorcyclists.
I forgot to mention, by kid I mean i'm only 13 1/2 and was on my way to my hs
he is blaming me for reckless biking
Wow. I never knew this was my fault.
mbrcatz, Thank you for answering. You have the only useful and helpful answer...

Question #9:

How do I gain the respect I believe I rightfully deserve from my parents?

I am currently a senior in high school and enrolled in all Advanced Placement classes. I have a 3.5GPA (unweighted) and have a part-time job outside of school. I am working towards attending the state university this fall and am participating in many extracurricular activities. I'm very responsible and try my best to satisfy my parents by maintaining top-notch grades and lending a helping hand around the house when necessary. My only problem, however, is that I am not allowed to do many things that most people my age are doing. I'm not a partier, nor will I ever be, so there should be absolutely no worry about me making stupid decisions. I am unable to have sleepovers, which doesn't bother me all that much because I don't have many friends anyways. I pay $50 a month for car insurance and recently bought a parking tag for my mom's truck to park at school. My only concern is that I may be doing something wrong. I talk to my parents and let them know what is going on in my life, and I try to inform them as much as possible. I have a boyfriend who is attending the state university this year that I am not allowed to see unless he comes by the house, but he has no car. I pay for my own gas and am not allowed to drive to see him because it's "too dangerous for me to drive that long". The drive is 20 minutes and believe me, 20 minutes is the shortest distance I've driven. I hope to gain some sort of respect from my parents, or at least acknowledgement that I am no longer 12 years old and in the 7th grade. I'll be moving out of my house next June to attend college and live on campus, and yet I am still treated with the same amount, if not less respect than my 12-year-old brother. I have no other options left and I don't know where to turn to improve my relationship with my parents. This situation is beginning to frustrate me and I would like to hear some advice on how I could gain more respect and more free reign over my own life.

Question #10:

Traffic school questions? Please help?

39 : A special problem at high altitude is
Vapor lock
Muffler-bearing failure
Light-headedness
Tire failure
Drunk drivers

40 : A green sign is a
Regulatory sign
Guide sign
Warning sign
Information sign
Construction sign

41 : When your view of oncoming traffic is blocked as you turn left at a controlled intersection, you should
Wait until the opposing signal light displays a green ‘left-turn’ arrow
Inch through the turn, covering your brake, while watching traffic
Honk to warn oncoming drivers and then quickly turn left
Wait for any obstacle (large truck) to clear the intersection
Stay behind the stop line and let the signal cycle through again

42 : When passing, you can only end your pass in a ‘no passing’ zone when
You have a clear field of vision, and the oncoming lane is clear
You begin your pass prior to the ‘no passing’ zone
You should not end your pass in a ‘no passing’ zone
There are no blind spots in the ‘no passing’ zone
The pavement is dry and it is daylight

43 : Most collisions result from
Unsafe speed for conditions
Breakdowns on the highway
Birds hitting your the windshield
Potholes
Use of cell phones while driving

44 : Three-laned highways are distinguished by
No shoulders on the side of the roadway
Two lanes of opposing traffic separated by a center turn lane
Many controlled intersections
Pedestrian traffic on the sides of the road
Signs saying, ‘Danger - 3-laned roadway’

45 : You can drive in a two-way left-turn centerlane
Never
Anytime that it is necessary
Just prior to turning left off the street, or just after turning onto the street from an intersecting street, but only for a maximum of 200 feet in either case
Passing a slow-moving vehicle, for a maximum of 100 feet
If another vehicle is in your space cushion

46 : When you are driving in a fog, you should
Drive on the shoulder
Reduce your speed
Pull to the shoulder and wait for the fog to go away
Honk continuously as you drive
Drive with the top down, if you have a convertible

47 : Watch for trouble
At traffic-controlled intersections
Approaching crosswalks
Driving in a lane next to parked vehicles
At freeway interchanges
All of the above

48 : When being passed, you should
Slam on your brakes
Pull to the right
Maintain your speed
Speed up
Roll down your window and give a wave to the other driver

49 : Curves on open highways
Always bank left
Are dependably cleared once a year of vegetation that obscures visibility
Require that you pull to the side and monitor traffic before proceeding
Should be approached with caution
Are good places to test your vehicle’s suspension

50 : Each of the following is an important step for successful passing EXCEPT:
Check your blind spots
Flash your high-beams
Signal your intentions
Create return space.
Obtain a speed advantage

Question #11:

Would this be advisable as my first car?

1970 Chevrolet Plymouth Roadrunner.
I'm 16, and I have a budget of $5000 - $6500.
I need a car to drive me to school, and a car to take out for evenings and what not.
This will be my first car, is it advisable?

Other questions like:
How much would insurance be?
Is this car easy to maneuver?
Is it Street Legal in Ontaro, Canada?
Am I getting a good car for my money?

Here is an example of the car:
Click Here

Yes, I basically want to look pretty awesome in my first car. :)
Thanks in advance. :D

Question #12:

Left school 16 with nothing? what now?

iv left school at 16 got some gcse but no college or further education.

Iv applied for some jobs at mcdonalds full time hopefully they will reply.

what will be the best job i can get in the future?

i was thinking about driving trucks
yeah thanks, my uncle was a trucker and life on the road is awsome

Question #13:

Why no Rules for Welfare?

I'm a single father with full custody of my son. I get no child support, etc. I'm 31 and in school, because I have been working and raising my son, never got to finish school back in the day. I struggle. I work hard, I don't do drugs, I go online and find text books on craigslist used. I drive a $hitty 1994 ford ranger with paint peeling off. My son has everything he could ever want or need. But here comes Shanika from the schools financial aid dept and I am walking to my truck. I walk past a Cadilac Escalade with huge shiny rims and I watch thinking, hey I'm just stereo typing she is not going to go from the financial aid office to that Escalade, but she does. Why are there no rules? Why do foreign families with 5 kids wearing designer clothes and gold rings hold me up at the grocery store because they got the wrong kind of cheese on there wic card?

Question #14:

How should I move across the country for college?

I'm a senior in high school, and I live in a small town in northern Indiana. I'm going to college next summer in Utah. Both of my parents say that they can't take enough vacation from work to move me out west, so I'm pretty much by myself in this. How should I move? Should I rent a truck from Uhaul or somewhere and drive myself, or should I ship my stuff and then fly out there? Also, the university I'll be attending has apartments, not dorms, so should I just buy furniture when I arrive in Utah to make things easier?
Thanks in advance!

Question #15:

What's the name of the book where the child is abused my his stepdad and his mom doesn't believe him?

I read it in middle school and i really liked it, but i can't remember it's name. The story is that this kid is being openly abused by his step dad and when he tells his mom about it she gets angry and doesn't believe him. The kid has a nickname for almost everyone he knows, but the nicknames are insults. He meets a girl and sneaks out to meet her at her house later in the book. Her parents get home and he has to run away. Then he later his stepdad kidnaps him and puts him in the back of his truck and drives around, i can't remember why. but later the stepdad begins punching the main character and the main character's teacher saves him from his abusive step dad.

If anyone can help me find this book i would be very appreciative.

Question #16:

I am interested in beginning a career in truck driving, any suggestions?

Looking for some input from those currently in the field,I would greatly appreciate it. Good companies to work for, ones to avoid, should I attend school prior to applying for a position, or should I use employer-provided training.

Question #17:

What's the chances of a quite guy finding a gorgeous gf ?

What's the chances of me getting a gorgeous gf?
I moved from Russia to U.S 10 years ago. I speak fluently Russian & I have a little accent. I go to community college & I have a part time job..I live in a rich farming town. Where the guys drive lifted chevy trucks & 19 year old girls drive Mercedes. Ppl love going to the lakes in my town. Dress like hunters or wiggers.

While..I wear nice clothes, dress with European sense of style, which women do not find to appealing in my town. A lot of kids are spoiled around here. Homes cost ridicules $800,000 & up.

Why don't girls find me attractive ? I have no idea.

I skimboard a lot, surf sometimes, work out..just to keep slender, I work often, I like to buy nice clothes, I go to school.

For pics:
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Question #18:

What do you think of this situation? What should I do?

Ok, here's the story. I know it's long, sorry.
So however long ago my mom left my dad because she wanted to be with someone else. Me and my sister lived and still live, with my dad. So he buys almost all of our food, we only ever eat at my mom's three or so nights a week for dinner, if that. We have breakfast and lunch with my dad. Since we live with him, my dad has to buy all the living things like shampoo, toothbrushes etc, which can really add up. My mom will buy us clothes, sometimes. For back to school she buys clothes but not enough so my dad will then take us again!
Okay, here's the thing. My mom claims she doesn't have money when me and my sister go to her saying we need clothes or when we go on trips where she takes us to crappy places. BUT she has a brand new car (her other one was fine) she has nice clothes, new furniture when she didn't need it, and with her new husband she's gone on a very nice vacation every year. Places like Mexico, Boston etc while she only takes us on trips overnight.
All this time my dad has paid her spousal support. Do you think this is fair? He drives an old truck and never buys himself new clothes and such so that he can provide for me and my sister and then pay my mom who hardly provides for us at all.
Now that she's married, I think my mom should kind of make up for taking my dad's money. I asked if me and my sister could have some spending money for a vacation with my dad and she claims she doesn't have any money and yet she just went out and bought some new things for her house. Basically, she's doing well and now we need some help and she won't help us. Personally I think my dad should now get spousal support from her, but he won't.
What should I do? How do I tell my mom that she's taken a lot of money from my dad to go and buy herself nice things and now that we need some help she should help us?
sorry if it seemed like, but my dad is not paying my mom any longer. I just think since she's doing better now she shoudl make up for when he helped her out

Question #19:

Should I leave to drive trucks if my bf doesn't want to join?

I am going to make this as short as possible. My bf got out of the military 2 years ago and he is currently working and in school with the GI Bill. A year and half ago he hinted that we should team drive trucks together or move out of state, but I was in school and I didn't want to do anything on a whim. I had financial difficulty in school and I have not been able to find a job in this economy and I think truck driving would benefit us both. He hates his school and the GI Bill can follow him anywhere even online with a home base. He also hates his job, contractor for the navy, yet when I mention these things he doesn't seem interested any more.

Well he is interested but I don't think he thinks I am serious. If he doesn't want to team drive I think I should do it myself because I have been unemployed for a while and he has taken care of me. We love each other and the relationship is very serious, we have lived together for 2 years. I think I could convince him but I want him to make a decision thats best for him and not because he wants to make me happy.

Also I am only 22 and there is so much of the world to see, he has done deployments with the navy so he has already seen so much.

If he doesn't want to team drive should I go without him? I only plan to drive for a year.

Question #20:

My first car: What should I buy?

I'm going to buy my first car here within the next 5 months and I'm not really sure what to buy. My dad got a 79' mustang pace car when he turned 16 and I would love to get a mustang for a decent price too, but dad is being rejective to the idea because he knows how he use to drive..I wouldn't mind a truck but I wanted something that I could go to school and to town, mall etc. and a truck isn't really what I pictured +I want to pick up my friends; truck doesn't have enough room. I was looking at a cadillac escalade until I saw the price tag lol. what cars look similar to one of theses? Do you like my dad maybe let me buy a mustang?





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