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Grex > Agora47 > #10: Bummer for the season after Summer | |
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aruba
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response 211 of 413:
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Oct 30 04:24 UTC 2003 |
It's the solar flares.
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mcnally
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response 212 of 413:
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Oct 30 08:30 UTC 2003 |
The solar flares definitely messed up the ISP I'm working for these days.
They knocked out our link to the (Canadian) mainland, cutting us off from
the rest of the world for most of the afternoon.
On top of that I'm told I missed a fine display of northern lights last
night. I went out to look around midnight but either I was too early or
I need to go someplace with a better view of the northern sky.
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jep
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response 213 of 413:
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Nov 5 03:51 UTC 2003 |
I hit a deer this evening. No one was hurt, but I did a lot of damage
to my car. I'm not sure if it'll be totalled. AAA claims (over the
phone) said probably not but the tow truck driver and police officer
said probably yes. The front end is smashed in, the hood is bent, the
windshield is smashed, and the air bag went off.
Over the weekend I had $550 of repairs done to the car. It is a 1992
Taurus; tpryan sold it to me 2 years ago.
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goose
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response 214 of 413:
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Nov 5 04:11 UTC 2003 |
I'm sorry to hear that John. I know that when my Jeep was crushed by a tree
(and subsuquently totalled) AAA gave me some of the money back for repairs
that were just done on it. I did have to provide receipts. Dealing with the
total loss unit was not a very pleasant experience, but it was partially due
to the guy I was dealing with being fired mid-process. Overall I've been
quite happy with AAA and making claims.
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jep
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response 215 of 413:
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Nov 5 04:22 UTC 2003 |
Three years ago, I totalled my Mercury Topaz due to black ice. It was
a 1989 Topaz, three years older than the Taurus. I seem to have a
thing for killing cars that are 11 years old.
Goose, when the Topaz died, that's when I bought your old car.
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other
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response 216 of 413:
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Nov 5 05:10 UTC 2003 |
Impression:
Broad-based right paracentral mixed disc protrusion at the L3-L4
level results in recess stenosis.
Grade I anterolisthesis at the lumbosacral junction secondary to
bilateral pars interarticularis defects of L5. This results in
moderate neural foraminal compromise bilaterally.
Concentric annular tear within the posterior aspect of the L4-L5
disc.
:( :( :(
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willcome
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response 217 of 413:
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Nov 5 05:17 UTC 2003 |
Hi! I'm willcome here!
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tsty
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response 218 of 413:
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Nov 5 10:17 UTC 2003 |
and welcome as well ... welcome to grex!
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i
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response 219 of 413:
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Nov 5 11:38 UTC 2003 |
Re: #213
Ouch...but glad you're not hurt. Meg's gotten fast & generous pay-outs
from AAA when her cars have been wrecked - keep us updated ('specially
since i just renewed with them...:).
Re: #216
Even allowing for my medical illiteracy, that doesn't sound too good.
How's the treatment prospects?
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mary
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response 220 of 413:
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Nov 5 13:12 UTC 2003 |
Re: #216 Ouch. Looks like a lumbar-lami on the
horizon. Bummer, Eric.
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remmers
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response 221 of 413:
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Nov 5 13:38 UTC 2003 |
Yep, slipped disc. Those are not fun, and you have my sympathies.
(Saw similar medical language when I had mine a year ago.)
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scott
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response 222 of 413:
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Nov 5 14:04 UTC 2003 |
re 216: Ouch! Sorry to hear that, Eric.
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edina
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response 223 of 413:
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Nov 5 14:25 UTC 2003 |
John, glad you're ok. Eric, feel better soon!
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aruba
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response 224 of 413:
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Nov 5 14:56 UTC 2003 |
I'm glad you're OK too, John. And Eric - that sounds like what I had; at
least the L5 part. Is the pain in your leg?
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jiffer
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response 225 of 413:
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Nov 5 15:21 UTC 2003 |
Ew! Ouch Eric! Good luck with healing.
IBB for minor reasons, mainly that my microbiology test may be upped to
the 14th instead of the 26th....We had to vote in class concerning
this. I need my procrastination time! And this time I wasn't
procrastinating that much. Grrr, so I seem to still be
procrastinating. Don't get an education.
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gull
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response 226 of 413:
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Nov 5 15:48 UTC 2003 |
Re #213-214: Remember that the insurance company's first offer is just
that, an offer. It's subject to negotiation if you can show that a)
cars like yours are selling for more than they're offering you for
yours, and b) that your car was in good condition. You will have to be
persistent, though. Insurance companies don't make money by being generous.
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mynxcat
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response 227 of 413:
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Nov 5 16:28 UTC 2003 |
We underwent a reorg here. Reorgs are never good. Apart from that the
internet nazis have blocked my personal email site. Bastards
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rcurl
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response 228 of 413:
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Nov 5 17:09 UTC 2003 |
AAA gave us the NADAguides.com value for our car that got totaled - and
then also reimbursed us for our deductible after they pried that out
of the at-fault driver. This was pretty fair - especially since we had
paid less than the NADA value for the car at the time of purchase.
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tod
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response 229 of 413:
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Nov 5 18:23 UTC 2003 |
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mcnally
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response 230 of 413:
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Nov 5 19:32 UTC 2003 |
That can be pretty annoying.
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jep
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response 231 of 413:
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Nov 5 19:40 UTC 2003 |
NADAguides.com says my Taurus is worth about $1800. If AAA gives me
that (minus my deductable) I will be very pleased. When I totalled my
Topaz, I got about $600, I think, and that was after they waived the
deductable.
The body shop where I had my car towed said it will almost surely be
totalled because an airbag, itself, costs around $1500 to replace.
re resp:226: I tried to dispute about the Topaz, but got nowhere at
all. I was plenty persistent but it did no good. I thought I was
supposed to get enough to replace the car with a comparable one. It's
not easy to find a car for $600 that one would be willing to drive.
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gull
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response 232 of 413:
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Nov 5 20:52 UTC 2003 |
It's not easy for $1800, either.
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other
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response 233 of 413:
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Nov 5 22:46 UTC 2003 |
I have a slipped disc (l3-l4), a ruptured disc (l4-l5) and bone
damage to the vertebra (l5).
What's a lumbar-lami? Fusion of vertebrae?
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rcurl
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response 234 of 413:
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Nov 6 02:02 UTC 2003 |
http://www.esurgeon.com/scripts/content/treatmentoptions/back-decompressive
lum
barlaminectomy.html
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other
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response 235 of 413:
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Nov 6 02:36 UTC 2003 |
Thanks, all. Fortunately, though I have regular back pain and
cannot stand up for twenty minutes at a time without considerable
discomfort, I do not have leg pain or numbness. Yet.
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