A pic would be nice. Open up the paper towel... You should see little taproots emerging. If so, plant them. If they're stuck to the paper towel, cut around with scissors. Also, you want a moist, wrung out paper towel -- not wet. Kevin

Ahh yes, the math skills are really horrible (I don't know if this is just an epidemic in WV or if the whole US is calculator spoiled). I'll never forget one time I was at McDonald's and my total came to something like $4.96 and I gave her a $5...she messed up the register and was completely lost as to how much to give me back. I said "it's just 4 cents, don't worry about it"...but she said "well, then my register will be off"...so I waited for her to go get her supervisor who proceeded to use a calculator to figure up my change. I was completely dumbfounded. I'm not sure those were the exact amounts..but it was very simple math...so sad. The bad thing is I've seen several examples similar to this. For a short while while I was in college, I worked at Shoney's. I ended up quitting after about a month or so because the supervisor kept forcing me to work over when I had exams yo study for and things I really needed to get home to...but when I went in to quit, the manager came into the office and tried to talk me out of it because they had been having trouble finding people who can count back change! Amazing to me.

Oh my God, Stacie!! That is horrible. Thank heavens you are okay. How did you ever have the presence of mind to turn off the car?? I am so glad that you have nothing worse than bumps and bruises. Those damages to the car are awful. Once I skidded off a road in icy conditions and hit a telephone pole. I totally blanked out from the time I realized I could not control the car until it came to a rest and I was somehow sitting in the passenger seat. Everyone -- please take a vow to be very careful. So what's the new car?

Wait a second... you've got a full price offer, and you want to keep all of the escrow from the previous offer that was withdrawn? The point of escrow is to compensate you for the expenses and loss of market value of having to put the house on the market again. I'd deduct the actual expenses incurred and let them have the rest back. Then again, I'm regularly accused of being "too fair", whatever that means. I could see waiting until after the new deal closes to make sure that the actual expenses really are actual and don't keep on growing. That said, their argument about the promotion "not being their fault" is stupid. They made the choice to accept the promotion and not move. Whatever amount you decide to give back is a gift.