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Cake day: June 30th, 2025

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  • Several of my friends and family are active supporters of Philabundance and the Food Bank of South Jersey.

    When I was younger, my parents would take me with them to a soup kitchen especially around Thanksgiving. My mom and grandmom are great cooks so they were in the kitchen helping, my dad and I are the clean-up crew and grandpa walked around like he owned the place, lol. This went on for years until my grandparents started having trouble walking.

    Last week, our elders called in a family meeting. We are making Halloween care packages for some people we know that are in need, filled with non-perishable goods (mac & cheese, soup, tuna, tapioca, crackers, beans, spam, corned beef, etc.).

    The kids’ trick-or-treat bags are the full-size Halloween themed grocery bags filled with pudding, mac & cheese cups, ramen cups, soup cups, chicken (flat pack not can), PB & Cheese crackers and some candy, too.

    We usually do this after Halloween (for Thanksgiving and Christmas) and the Goddess of the Canned (me) would help collect and deliver.

    Anyway, thank you for creating this post, OP. It will help highlight and spread the word fact about food insecurity. There are a lot of people out there thinking about whether to buy their medicine or buy food.

    So, if anyone wants to help, there are plenty of places in your area. Monetary donations are also welcome.





  • Hypothetically, yes but there are injuries and other factors involved. Also, who does the car belongs to?

    If someone drives into you and totals their car and hurts you while you are on work business, they only worry about paying for your costs.

    In many states, if you (car 1) are hit from behind, it is their (car 2) fault. Fault needs to be determined to establish who is legally responsible for the financial burden for property damage, injuries, etc. **

    The car is a tax writeoff to them.

    The insurance companies will determine if a vehicle is totaled; if the total repair cost is more than the vehicle’s Actual Cash Value then the vehicle is a total loss.

    If someone drives into you and totals your car and hurts you while you are on work business, they need to now worry about paying for you and your car.

    Again, any collision where injuries are involved is always complicated. Fault needs to be determined in order to establish legal responsibility. ***

    **There are 16 states in the US with No-Fault Insurance Laws. Drivers in these states are required to have Personal Injury Protection (PIP) on their car insurance policy which helps pay for medical costs after a vehicle accident regardless of who caused it.

    ***Workers’ Compensation is a type of insurance that provides salary replacement and medical benefits to employees become ill or injured because of their job. This is not my area of expertise.

    I didn’t realize until now, I’m so sorry for the lengthy response.




  • Liability and insurance.

    It’s easier for a company to rent a car because the contract states who is responsible for what in the unfortunate event of an accident.

    Sure, you can get reimbursed for the mileage, gas, tolls and probably time but not for wear and tear when you’re using your own vehicle. If there’s an accident, who’s insurance is responsible? That becomes very complicated. I know that sounds absolutely horrible…

    Over the years, mainly due to litigation, many companies have made it a company policy to not use personal vehicles for company functions.

    EDIT: Forgot to add that some companies (including the one I work for) prefer automatic just in case someone else needs to drive that vehicle if the main driver is incapacitated; most people today drive automatic instead of manual transmission.