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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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bru
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response 236 of 413:
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Nov 6 04:10 UTC 2003 |
jep, what happened to the deer? Was it killed or did it run away? If killed,
did you get to keep it for processing?
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michaela
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response 237 of 413:
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Nov 6 10:08 UTC 2003 |
IBB I've had severe insomnia for a week. I'm about to try melatonin since the
usual stuff is only keeping me asleep for three hours. :( This is really
starting to aggravate me.
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tsty
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response 238 of 413:
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Nov 6 10:51 UTC 2003 |
damn, other ... taht really sucks. was tehre some incident in the past
that mght ahve contributed to your current grief?
i have a littel numbness in middle-toes, now and then. nothing in my
past, though, that would indicate a current problem.
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jep
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response 239 of 413:
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Nov 6 13:52 UTC 2003 |
re resp:236: Bruce, the deer was killed. Someone stopped to see if I
was all right, then politely asked me if I minded if he took it. I let
him take it and he came back with his sister, and they took it away. I
don't know how to process a deer and also, since I live in an
apartment, wouldn't have any place to store the meat anyway.
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edina
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response 240 of 413:
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Nov 6 14:28 UTC 2003 |
Yum, venison. I do love venison.
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gull
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response 241 of 413:
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Nov 6 15:09 UTC 2003 |
Bumper-tenderized!
The old beater Volvo I recently bought hit a deer a few weeks before I
bought it. The damage was limited to a smashed right front turn signal,
which the previous owner replaced before selling me the car.
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keesan
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response 242 of 413:
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Nov 6 15:12 UTC 2003 |
The deer was not damaged?
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gull
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response 243 of 413:
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Nov 6 16:37 UTC 2003 |
It ran off, so apparently not seriously.
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aruba
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response 244 of 413:
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Nov 6 16:49 UTC 2003 |
John - I've always wondered what it would be like to be in an accident where
the airbag opens. Do you think it helped prevent you from being hurt?
Could you see over it, and could you still steer? (My car predates airbags,
so forgive me if these are dumb questions.)
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gull
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response 245 of 413:
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Nov 6 16:56 UTC 2003 |
I've never been in an accident with airbag deployment, but from what I've
heard they don't stay inflated like in sitcoms. They inflate, and almost
immediately deflate through vents in the bag.
I'm curious about John's experiences too, though.
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bru
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response 246 of 413:
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Nov 6 17:21 UTC 2003 |
there is a place outside of clinton you used to be able to take the deer to
and they would process it for you for a fee.
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jep
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response 247 of 413:
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Nov 6 18:45 UTC 2003 |
About the airbag... no, it didn't do me any good. I did get a slight
welt, about 4 inches long and resembling a scratch, from the airbag
deploying. My 7 year old, sitting in the front seat next to me, was
completely uninjured.
The airbag went off with a "bang" and a little bit of smoke, and
afterward, briefly made me think the car was on fire. The police told
me that 90% of reported car fires in accidents are from the airbag
deploying and are not really fires. I didn't realize the airbag had
gone off until I had the car stopped. It was later that I sorted out
my impressions of the accident and tied the "bang" sound to the
airbag. Accidents are confusing because a lot of unfamiliar things are
happening all at once. (The crash, the fate of the deer, the airbag
going off, making sure my kid and I were all right, the damage to the
car, making sure we got out of the road so we wouldn't get hit by
another car, etc.)
The airbag inflated, deflated, and then hung from the center of the
steering wheel. It was not in the way of me steering. It definitely
wasn't an obstruction for me seeing out of the car.
If I make it to where the car is stored right now before they take it
away, I'll try to take a few pictures so you can see what the airbag
looks like after it was deployed.
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