Don't have permission for my own trash folder?

I just migrated from a TiBook to a MacBook with a little bit of difficulty. Long story short, I had permission problems because I my new computer didn't know that I was me. I'm pretty sure I've got it all sorted out except for one annoying thing: I can't put anything in my trash folder. Every time I get a dialog box that the file will be deleted immediately.
Any ideas?

Tony,
It sounds like you attempted to move stuff from the old computer manually. If this is done correctly, there shouldn't be any problems, but it is very likely that you must change/correct ownership after everything has been moved.
Correcting ownership of all of the files you moved is pretty easy; just follow these instructions:
* From your admin account, open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal. At the prompt, copy and paste this text into the Terminal window:
<pre style="overflow:auto; font-family: 'Monaco'; font-size: 10px">sudo chown -R `id -u`:`id -g` /Users/`id -un`</pre>
Now, press <RETURN>. When you do, you will be asked for your admin password. Enter it (it will not be echoed) and again press <RETURN>. When you return to the prompt, quit Terminal.
Using the above instructions will reset the ownership of your HOME folder, and all of the files it contains, to yourself. This includes your "trash" directory.
Scott

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