Jesus H., Daniel. I'm beyond sorry about the car, but I am way, way, way happy you weren't in it.
Whoa.
Hey, man, where are my pants? I have my hippo dignity!
Oz ,'Bring On The Night'
Spike's Bitches 43: Who am I kidding? I love to brag.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Barb - Nov 07, 2008 1:53:03 pm PST #427 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
SailAweigh - Nov 07, 2008 1:53:54 pm PST #428 of 10000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Damn, Daniel. I'm glad you weren't in the car!
omnis_audis - Nov 07, 2008 1:54:53 pm PST #429 of 10000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
OMG! Daniel! Thank goodness you are safe. But. oMG! I hope it wasn't stolen. But, the license plate sure helps to contact insurance. Much insurance~ma your way.
Calli - Nov 07, 2008 2:00:07 pm PST #430 of 10000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Oh, dear. I hope insurance comes through for you quickly, Daniel.
omnis_audis - Nov 07, 2008 2:13:09 pm PST #431 of 10000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
was this the car that was breaking down all the time? Is this a blessing in disguise (once all the insurance headaches are dealt with?) Just trying to find a silver lining. Ya, I know. People want to slap me silly for that. It's a burden I carry.
DCJensen - Nov 07, 2008 2:58:53 pm PST #432 of 10000
All is well that ends in pizza.
Nope, this was the one I bought last January. Well, this one had some problems, too, but they went away with new spark plugs.
Andi found it on Craigslist the morning of my office Christmas Party, and I bought it a few hours later.
I just put a whole new exhaust system on it this summer after the F2F.
I really liked this car. We named it Shadow.
Polter-Cow - Nov 07, 2008 2:59:04 pm PST #433 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
What the fuck, Daniel?? That's crazy.
DCJensen - Nov 07, 2008 3:04:36 pm PST #434 of 10000
All is well that ends in pizza.
In fact, I just got back in from scavenging what I could in the sub-freezing damp of outside.
Mostly I scavenged tools and parts from the trunk that I could bend metal to get at, stuff from the glove box, scrapers and shoes, etc.
I was able to wriggle out the short square spade that my dad bought for me the week before he died. I was glad to find that that was unharmed.
Maybe I'll find another Grand Am. This one was fun to zip around in.
Ginger - Nov 07, 2008 3:36:40 pm PST #435 of 10000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
DJ, that sucks. I know how much you liked working there.
DCJ, that also sucks, particularly the hit-and-run aspect. I hope they catch him, in part because someone who can't avoid a parked car, something which rarely does anything surprising, might not avoid a car with people in it.
Fay - Nov 07, 2008 3:50:10 pm PST #436 of 10000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Goodness. I'm glad I read the article but the end just completely broke me. Ooof.
God, this. SO didn't see the end coming. That was just heartbreaking.
DJ, I wish you a whole ocean of job-ma, mate.
Daniel - glad you werne't hurt, sad that some fuckhead squashed your lovely car.
So yesterday we had no school, because they found 5 kids with Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease despite how vigilant we are about getting them to wash their hands every five minutes.
If one more kid is found to have it we get a week off school!!!!
...er, not that I'm wishing nasty viral infections upon any of the kids I teach. Um. But I'm sure there must be someone in the school who's been naughty, and who could take one for the team. And although I understand that there have been known to be fatalities, I also understand that it's not difficult to madicate - and we're RIGHT next to a hospital, and these parents can definitely afford to treat their kids.
C'mon, virus! Give us a week off school!
Ahem.
It was particularly nice to have yesterday off because Thursday had been our opening night, and so I got to have a (comparative) lie-in Friday morning - didn't have to be in school until 8.30. We still went to school, but it was a nice day of catching up and admin and finishing reports and assessment and stuff. And we had pizza in the staff room for lunch. Yay!