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senna
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response 425 of 823:
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May 6 01:17 UTC 2002 |
Never? Man, high school kids and sports cars... dangerous combination. The
good news is that it could have been a lot worse, but it's only sheet metal.
Hopefully a wake-up call for both individuals in the Mustang that saves them
more serious issues later.
Query: Who reading this item, were they the owner of the Mustang, would levy
some sort of financial responsibility upon the child who crashed the car?
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glenda
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response 426 of 823:
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May 6 01:28 UTC 2002 |
If it were my kid and my car, he would be paying anything that the insurance
company did not. He would not be leaving the house for anything other than
school and work (if he had a job) until he was an adult. He would not be
driving for a very long time. It would take a very long time to regain my
trust.
If he had stayed and done the right thing I would be easier on him and while
I would be disappointed that he was acting so irresponsibly he wouldn't loose
my respect.
There is never a good reason to leave the scene of an accident that causes
any real damage. The owner of the hit car is a UM student. He thought he
was safely parked near his place of residence. Fortunately a friend saw the
accident and told him. I hate to think of him coming out in the morning to
go visit parents or shopping and finding a car that couldn't be driven without
at least pulling out the bumper. (This poor guy already had the experience
of coming out to go to class or work and finding his car gone at the beginning
of AAPS school year. You can't park in along the street in front of our house
from 8am-4pm on school days. Being from out of Ann Arbor he did not know that
school had started and his car was towed.) Damon has talked to him on
occasion and I spent over an hour talking to him and his friends while waiting
for the officer to come back. He is a real nice guy, but boy is he having
a bit of bad luck with parking in AA.
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rcurl
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response 427 of 823:
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May 6 01:43 UTC 2002 |
Re #421: Vittoria is at Wittenberg U (Springfield OH) (and goes by the
V*, i.e., she likes to be called just "Vee"). She had no trouble parking
in the Pioneer lot, but did hit a car while backing out from between
two SUVs in a Meijer lot in Springfield.
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jaklumen
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response 428 of 823:
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May 6 08:19 UTC 2002 |
resp:369, resp:375, resp:381 et al. Although I do agree that rage
can be dealt with more effectively, I do think it is reasonable to punch
something-- provided you are in a room, alone. It is better to punch a pillow
or a punching bag than a wall, yes.
void-- although I have had a few anger management issues, I believe
very, very fervently that raising fists is wrong. Julie and I talked
a lot after I broke her clock and dented the wall.
A friend that we frequently stay with on the weekends on out-of-town
visits has a nasty temper, and so a sister-in-law demanded she get a
punching bag when she started hitting her husband. I'm not positive
it has worked, but she doesn't hit her hubby anymore.
However, she figured at first that I was angry as she the first time I
used it, and I wasn't. I wasn't angry much at all, so much as I was
sad and frustrated, and kickboxing the bag was a nice release.
I also had a girlfriend long ago that seemed so rattled and peeved
telling me a story about her 'awful' father. There was an incident
where he got so mad, he put his fist through a glass top of a coffee
table, and she had to go comfort her. Well, I thought, geez, woman.
It could have been a HELL of a lot worse. He could have put his fist
through her. But you have to understand the context-- she got married
young to someone *everyone* thought was bad; she was a home-schooled
kid who tried to grow up so fast and then scrambled to reclaim her
adolescence after a child and then a divorce, and mind you, she
thought her child was a burden rather than a joy; her parents were
great-- in fact, her mother and I became very close very fast; and in
short, I wound up loving all her friends and family but wound up
loathing her. She broke too many promises of keeping friendship.
Longer story than what I've written.
resp:416 I am sorry to hear that, Sarah-- and I think your feelings
are very understandable considering the investment of much time and
love. If I may ask, what happened?
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michaela
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response 429 of 823:
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May 6 09:44 UTC 2002 |
Keesan - it's hard to be someone's "friend" when you've done nothing but love
them, hold them, and kiss them for a time. It killed me to see him tonight
and NOT get a hug. I just can't pretend like we're just plain old friends
again, as much as I wish I could. He hurt me...deeply...and I can't and won't
get over it.
Jon - it's a long story that I don't feel like sharing.
I want him back. I don't want anyone else.
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vidar
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response 430 of 823:
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May 6 12:45 UTC 2002 |
IBB yesterday my connection suddenly decided to end while I was
attempting to enter a bummed post.
IVBB an event which I'd rather not mention (even though it didn't
*directly* affect me) put a damper on Ring of Steel's Free Demostration
Yesterday.
IABB there were some glaring errors in the rapier certification attempt
that Athena and I made. Neither of us thinks we earned the cert. More
annoying, we did quite well practicing.
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lynne
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response 431 of 823:
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May 6 14:52 UTC 2002 |
I'm really sorry, sarah. <hug> Take the time you need to mourn. And as much
chocolate ice cream as necessary.
meeg: are you going to replace the engine, or look for a new car?
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orinoco
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response 432 of 823:
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May 6 15:13 UTC 2002 |
Suddenly, the gods decide to make me nice and busy on the one day the
Undatable One's gonna be back in town. Ugh.
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edina
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response 433 of 823:
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May 6 15:36 UTC 2002 |
Sarah - of course you don't want someone else right now. I send a hug and
a cyber shoulder to lean on.
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void
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response 434 of 823:
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May 6 18:26 UTC 2002 |
Sorry to hear about you and Dave, Sarah. It's not unusual to feel like
you'll never get over it and that you'll never want anyone else right
after something like this happens.
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michaela
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response 435 of 823:
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May 6 18:39 UTC 2002 |
Okay. Thanks, everyone. I thought I was being psycho depressy girl. I just
don't want to do *anything* right now, except sleep. I don't want to eat or
watch a movie or go anywhere because it *ALL* makes me think of him. I hope
that's normal, too.
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edina
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response 436 of 823:
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May 6 19:12 UTC 2002 |
Yep. Totally. All the more reason to get up and go do something. I couldn't
sleep after I split with Gary - matter of fact, it's been 9 months and I still
don't sleep all that great - but life moves on. The hurt lessens - that I
promise you.
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grimaldi
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response 437 of 823:
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May 7 00:02 UTC 2002 |
IBB my car broke down in A2 City hall parking lot today when I turned in my
application to A2 PD..blah. it's now in the shop, probably with a cracked
radiator or broken coolant line..Grr
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eeyore
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response 438 of 823:
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May 7 00:16 UTC 2002 |
Carolyn: Look for a new car. Hope and pray that I can afford one of the
spiffy new Honda (or was it Toyota?) Hybrids that look really nice. ( I
htink it was a Corolla). Curse and scream when I realize that I cannot
afford it. Ride bus until I can. I think that's how the next few months
are going to play out :)
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cmcgee
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response 439 of 823:
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May 7 00:27 UTC 2002 |
Glenda: Re throwing glass jars. I found that throwing ice cubes had the
same crash/tinkle effect, and was much easier and safer to clean up
afterward.
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mdw
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response 440 of 823:
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May 7 00:49 UTC 2002 |
My experience is that ice cubes make a duller thunk sound. Perhaps
that's because of the trapped air.
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rcurl
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response 441 of 823:
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May 7 00:59 UTC 2002 |
Probably also because ice is a much softer solid than glass. For example,
glass will scratch ice but ice will not scratch glass. I don't even think
that ice will scratch gypsum, which is 2 on the Mohs scale of hardness,
though it might scratch talc, which is Mohs = 1.
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other
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response 442 of 823:
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May 7 02:04 UTC 2002 |
It helps if the ice is below 0 degrees fahrenheit.
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mdw
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response 443 of 823:
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May 7 02:49 UTC 2002 |
I still think it's the trapped air. Solid *clear* ice, like the stuff
that forms on top of clear pools of very still water, makes a much more
satisfying smashing sound when stepped upon. I think the sound depends
in part on the velocity of sound in the solid. New pennies, which have
2 layers with different sound propagation qualities, don't have quite
the same ringing quality as old pennies.
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beeswing
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response 444 of 823:
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May 7 04:34 UTC 2002 |
still in limbo about potential job. Apparently the coporate booger
heads are being slow about getting together to decide who they're gonna
hire. Grrrr.
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richard
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response 445 of 823:
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May 7 04:45 UTC 2002 |
Sarah, you need to watch Casablanca on video...listen to "As Time Goes By"
a few times.
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michaela
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response 446 of 823:
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May 7 06:46 UTC 2002 |
Ummm, no. Insane Psycho Crying is much much better. :)
(and I HATE "As Time Goes By")
I've been avoiding songs that remind me of him. Yay, avoidance and denial.
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jaklumen
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response 447 of 823:
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May 7 08:40 UTC 2002 |
resp:393 yeah, Sarah, we got Julie on WIC as soon as we knew she was
pregnant. WIC is a federal program, I think. She actually went to
the store to buy WIC foodstuffs.
We utilize the local foodbanks, but foodstamps provided for gaps in
the grocery list like produce and meats. I do my best to buy
bargain. Foodbank stuff is predictable-- rice, beans, spaghetti,
tuna, mac n cheese, and potato flakes most of the time. Good stuff,
but you do get food fatigue.
Julie was doing some research and it may be that I am suffering from
sleep apnea as well as insomnia =(
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beeswing
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response 448 of 823:
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May 7 15:02 UTC 2002 |
(apologies to Sarah...)
For the third night in a row, I've been awakened by coughing around 4:30
AM... AFTER taking Robitussin. Am going to get myself to a doctor today
and get them to write a script for something that'll dope me up into
oblivion so I can sleep.
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brighn
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response 449 of 823:
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May 7 15:45 UTC 2002 |
#447> Maybe I'm mistaken, but I thought Julie got pregnant deliberately. If
so, I think it's irresponsible for people to set off on that level of
commitment, consciously and deliberately, when they know they don't have the
resources to pay for it themselves.
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