For me , it was backing into a chain - that I had looked behind my car before I got in, but still didn't see the big chain across the end of the parking lot..... scratches, but annoying and stupid feeling just the same.
d, I have been spending a lot of time going thru flickr and trying all of its various components. Our library is doing a voluntary program called learning 2.0 which is all about web 2.0. So far this means blogs, flickr and this week RSS and bloglines. The most interesting thing about this whole process is that in real life I'd never try to understand everything that can happen with all this tech in one go, I would do what you did - discover. This is putting my brain through some major twists.
egb0063 on flickr.
My Forester has dings and gashes and scrapes all over it and I have no idear how any of 'em got there. Kristin, your little Prius is so cute that I think it can withstand the blemish. You could glue a bandaid to it!
Note to self, don't park the new car near javachik's forester.
Sorry about the car dings K, seems like that truck is just destined to damage smaller cars and not come out harmed.
but I hate the idea of driving around with it looking screwed up
Oh man, you should see the Passat post-Athens. Sometimes I get vaguely embarrassed, because this many dings in America means you can't drive, but currently saving for a house is taking $$ priority.
Still, sorry about Wounded!Car.
My Forester has dings and gashes and scrapes all over it
Mine too. I figure: a car is a tool, not a decoration.
For me , it was backing into a chain - that I had looked behind my car before I got in, but still didn't see the big chain across the end of the parking lot..... scratches, but annoying and stupid feeling just the same.
Mine was a pole. Coupla days after last Xmas, trying to find parking in the Mission Valley Mall parking structure. Space was narrow, I cut the turn too tight and gave my Ranger some lovely scrapes down the passenger side. I had the body shop next door give me an estimate, but I just don't hate the scrapes $1800 worth. And I have a very graphic reminder of why I Never Park Next to the Poles at Mission Valley.
Plus, it was the first time in a long while I was glad there's no SO in my life. I did a crap driving thing, I feel a little dumb, but I didn't hurt anyone or damage anything that doesn't belong to me - and since there's no SO who knew the truck pre-pole, I don't have to hear about it. Heh.
IOW, try not to beat yourself up Kristin. Apparently, we've all been there.
IOW, try not to beat yourself up Kristin. Apparently, we've all been there.
Some of us more than once.
Cass, I'm so sorry my tone came across as snarky. The "to me" was meant as a way to acknowledge that others might feel differently, not to diminish the validity of those feelings.
No worries, Kristin. It didn't feel too snarky to me. Just a difference in how we read the posts in question. It happens when you are just seeing words on a screen. Or, at least, when I am.
No real harm, no foul at all.
Sorry about your car.
Eh, yeah. Getting over it now. ND thinks he can buff most of the scratches out (I wrote "we" at first, but who am I kidding? I am not allowed to operate machinery such as buffers, as I am liable to do more harm than good), and he's going to look into ordering a new tail light cover and some touch up paint to fix the rest. WBB.
ETA: Thanks, Cass.
And I have a very graphic reminder of why I Never Park Next to the Poles at Mission Valley.
Hell, I am impressed you park at all at Mission Valley. It's bonkers in those garages.
