interesting sunday !!!

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interesting sunday !!!

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Was an interesting sunday to say the least !!! as many of you know i have a brother with custody of his 4 kids ages 6 ,7 & the twins will be 4 in feb . well thier mother had the kids for xmas vacation this year dec23rd to jan 4th . she lives in pittsburg & he lives here in schenectady NY by me , Well Dennis & his girlfriend drove down saturday to bring the kids home & we all were going to have xmas with them sunday morning after they got back . well they leave here saturday in her pontiac sunbird cuz they couldn't get a van to rent for the trip . they get down there , his ex the vindictive bitch she is lets him put all 4 kids in the car (i know not really safe but ..... could have made it safely if ....) well she calls the police & tells them that he's putting the kids in danger by doing this & they get pulled over #-o #-o #-o the kids are taken back to thier mothers & they check sherrys lincense reg etc...... come to find out sherry didn't have her insurance card with her so the police impound & tow her car !!!!! :yikes: :yikes: now this is on a sat night with no way of getting it back untill after 9am on monday . so guess who gets a call to come rescue them ?????? yup you guessed it ol'skippy . #-o #-o #-o #-o the kids have to be back here sunday night to get up for school monday morning so i have to leave work early (midnight ) (i work 6pm to 6am ) pick up the wife gather up all i need & I'm on the road by 1:30am . 8 hrs later i'm in pittsburg picking up my brother his GF & the 4 rugrats & driving back to schenectady . we finally pulled into sch. about 6:30 pm sunday night , had dinner at MY moms & dennises house had Xmas with the kids , I came home after being up for over 33hrs & driving for 16 of them & crashed in my bed HARD !!!!LOL THe things we do for family !!!!

Oh & Bill (lockdoc ) you almost had 8 visitors on sunday afternoon as we passed right by your place on the way down & back but i figured you wouldn't appreciate a visit from all those fishers at 1 time !!!!! :muhaha: :muhaha: :muhaha: :muhaha: :muhaha: would have been nice to see ya though , but wouldn't do that to anybody but family . lol :D :D :D

Oh yeah ... The van (debs 96 ) ran flawlessly down & back , great gas milage even with 4 adults & 4 kids plus luggage . :supz: :supz: :supz: :supz:
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Yup Dan...sounds just like Dennis's luck. At least you were able to haul all 8 people in Deb's van. Gotta love the Astros and Safaris for that purpose.
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Should have stopped by! I'm sure I could have found something to sell to a Fisher!
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Oh No Dan is all I can say. Good thing Dennis has you to rescue him each time.
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YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!! Bro owes you big time. \:D/
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It's good to have family. Your a good brother man. :cheers:
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What a Crazy story.... I`m happy that it turned out well though, and everyone was safe which is most important.
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Dan,if the kids are old enough to understand,they will remember uncle Dan for that one.Told ya before,your one of the good guys.
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