What’s the difference between ‘fat chance’ and ‘slim chance’? My ex-husband, a frequent visitor to the Grand Victoria Casion, thinks that “fat” version means he will get lucky and win.

Then he went and gambled away the house. So divorcing him was a little less complicated that what other couples do — the only fight we had was over cars. I got the older, paid-for Passat, and he kept the new Tourig (size issues, ahem). Which turned out to be fortuitous in the end for me. Because when I ran up against some money problems related to the divorce, I needed some collateral to fall back on to get a loan. Viola, the Passat was it – I discovered that a car title loan on a paid for car is relatively easy to get. I went to Elgin Title Loans, where they lent me about $2000 I needed to cover some necessary expenses. It was fast, easy and I got my money the next day. Now when I see older cars on the road, assuming they are paid for I think, “there goes a smart person.”

By the way Elgin is near West Dundee, Bartlett, Streamwood, Hoffman Estates, and Carpentersville.