Nick Against the World (33 Viewers)
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If anyone wants to recommend a therapist to me, I'd welcome the suggestions.
I got into a car accident in England. Incredible, I was handling the whole driving-on-the-other-side-of-the-road thing very well then I get into a crash because a truck driver decided to switch lanes when I was driving next to him on the motorway.
So the truck hits me, crushes the left front side of my car and pushes me onto the other lane to my right where I susbsequently hit another passenger car. That car makes a quick zig-zag move, hits me back on the rear right corner of my car which causes me to turn 180 degrees and slam into the metal divider running down the centre of the motorway. I think I slid on for another 30 meters before I came to a stand still but I'm not sure about that. All this happened at a speed of 120 kilometers an hour (80-90 miles an hour I think).
Police said it was a small miracle I came out unharmed.
And now I can't bring myself to driving anymore (a friend's car, that is, cause mine is a total loss).
I got into a car accident in England. Incredible, I was handling the whole driving-on-the-other-side-of-the-road thing very well then I get into a crash because a truck driver decided to switch lanes when I was driving next to him on the motorway.
So the truck hits me, crushes the left front side of my car and pushes me onto the other lane to my right where I susbsequently hit another passenger car. That car makes a quick zig-zag move, hits me back on the rear right corner of my car which causes me to turn 180 degrees and slam into the metal divider running down the centre of the motorway. I think I slid on for another 30 meters before I came to a stand still but I'm not sure about that. All this happened at a speed of 120 kilometers an hour (80-90 miles an hour I think).
Police said it was a small miracle I came out unharmed.
And now I can't bring myself to driving anymore (a friend's car, that is, cause mine is a total loss).
Thanks Geof
Thanks. And yeah I had WA (as opposed to all-risk) which means the insurance covers the damage I caused to the other passenger car. Meanwhile the insurance company for the truck driver should cover my damage so I should be all set on that department. Might take a while before the whole process is finished though so I won't tempt fate by saying it's all good already. You never know with these things.
Thanks. And yeah I had WA (as opposed to all-risk) which means the insurance covers the damage I caused to the other passenger car. Meanwhile the insurance company for the truck driver should cover my damage so I should be all set on that department. Might take a while before the whole process is finished though so I won't tempt fate by saying it's all good already. You never know with these things.
Im assuming that the highway you were travelling on must have had some sort of surveillance,so there is a chance that you could get some sort of renumeration.Getting a hold of that video data is another issue though.
Its amazing how insurance company's emphasise their caring nature when advertising.
Byrone said:
Its amazing how insurance company's emphasise their caring nature when advertising.
Thanks Jack
yeah
Byrone said:
Im assuming that the highway you were travelling on must have had some sort of surveillance,so there is a chance that you could get some sort of renumeration.Getting a hold of that video data is another issue though.
Its amazing how insurance company's emphasise their caring nature when advertising.
Its amazing how insurance company's emphasise their caring nature when advertising.
I dont expect a guy who lives in Norway or any other foreign country to "get it", nor do I expect college aged kids, or leftists to "get it" also...
none of you deal with this FOR A LIVING, and only get your daily dose from CNN
Greg, your brothers a police officer, right ??
I'm sure there's heated conversations at the sunday dinner table
If we suffer a major attack, it will be the leftist retards screaming the loudest that we werent protected enough
Anyways, you all can believe what you want...I live with these realities of ppl doing the most ridiculous things on a daily basis...trying to test us while collecting "information"
I'm sorry , but taking photos of a water treatment plant, and then saying that its a tourist site does not fly with me
from now on, my conversations will deal only with soccer
none of you deal with this FOR A LIVING, and only get your daily dose from CNN
Greg, your brothers a police officer, right ??
I'm sure there's heated conversations at the sunday dinner table
If we suffer a major attack, it will be the leftist retards screaming the loudest that we werent protected enough
Anyways, you all can believe what you want...I live with these realities of ppl doing the most ridiculous things on a daily basis...trying to test us while collecting "information"
I'm sorry , but taking photos of a water treatment plant, and then saying that its a tourist site does not fly with me
from now on, my conversations will deal only with soccer
I live in Holland now if that makes any difference. Just thought I'd mention it.
Get what? the concept of civil liberties? Is that a US-only thing?
Well technically I did graduate. Then I chose grad school, if that makes any difference. But what is this rule? Things to come out of college = bad?
And you *are* the only one dealing with it for a living? You may feel that you're currently in a "state of war", but there have been wars before this one and lots of intelligent people have expressed their opinions on these subjects in the past, upon which laws were drawn, laws presently being crippled.
Get what? the concept of civil liberties? Is that a US-only thing?
Well technically I did graduate. Then I chose grad school, if that makes any difference. But what is this rule? Things to come out of college = bad?
And you *are* the only one dealing with it for a living? You may feel that you're currently in a "state of war", but there have been wars before this one and lots of intelligent people have expressed their opinions on these subjects in the past, upon which laws were drawn, laws presently being crippled.
That reminds me of a funny story, I was once (in 2002) waiting on Brescia airport, which is really tiny and dull. So I went outside and shot some pictures of the random surroundings. Suddenly an army vehicle drove up to me and two soldiers got out: turned out I had accidentally taken pictures of a military airport (I didn't know, I just thought the contrast between the old crummy buildings and nice natural surroundings was cool. The buildings were behind fences but there weren't any obvious signs of military presence). So one of the dudes start talking to me (relatively kindly so) and the other one is standing slightly further away pointing his huge machine gun type of thing at me which was very inspiring. In the end they realised I was just a dumb tourist and they even let me keep my camera wee.
The point is, there is a fine line between being perceptive and paranoid. Then again, I'm a 'communist' so what the fuck do I know, right?
The point is, there is a fine line between being perceptive and paranoid. Then again, I'm a 'communist' so what the fuck do I know, right?
Yep. He and I are from totally different camps (though not so much "left" and "right" as you might think -- even if he is a sworn GWB voter). I disagree with him vehemently all the time. But we're brothers. I love the guy, and we respect our differences by agreeing to disagree.
Not that I want to tempt anybody here, but this is an interesting example on a wholly different, but not entirely unrelated, subject. Water treatment plants and food supplies (just look at spinach in this country over the past week) are such easy terrorist targets. But it seems like there's no glory in that for terrorists. It's too insidious. Apparently you only get your 72 virgins when you die in a fiery ball of death. No recruitment videos. No martyrdom accolades for the remaining family.
You hear talk about immigrants taking the jobs that Americans don't want to do. Clearly there are jobs the terrorists don't want to do either and would rather farm out. :confused2
If anything, if you're going to be evil, that marks a serious weakness to me.
I wouldn't get your hopes up, Martin. Afterall, tomorrow is one of my favorite days here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day
I can only hear Erik's pleading to "make it stop!!!"...
Not that I want to tempt anybody here, but this is an interesting example on a wholly different, but not entirely unrelated, subject. Water treatment plants and food supplies (just look at spinach in this country over the past week) are such easy terrorist targets. But it seems like there's no glory in that for terrorists. It's too insidious. Apparently you only get your 72 virgins when you die in a fiery ball of death. No recruitment videos. No martyrdom accolades for the remaining family.
You hear talk about immigrants taking the jobs that Americans don't want to do. Clearly there are jobs the terrorists don't want to do either and would rather farm out. :confused2
If anything, if you're going to be evil, that marks a serious weakness to me.
I wouldn't get your hopes up, Martin. Afterall, tomorrow is one of my favorite days here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day
I can only hear Erik's pleading to "make it stop!!!"...