That's the guy's front license plate jammed into my wheel there.... he drove down the whole side of my car.

Shit! Be safe guys. I was just wishing we got the snow...

Holy Craptasm. That sucks. I'm glad you are safe and warm and didn't have to eat each other.

Damn.

That sucks balls! I'm glad y'all are all safe now. I would still be shaken up if that had been me. Then again, just a close call (not actual wreck) can cause me to cry/panic days after, so I'm certainly not a good meter.

I suppose of all of your babies to get hurt, the car is the toughest.
Still crummy, sorry to see that Jinx.

Wow, Jinx. Glad you are all ok.

What's upsetting me....Ebony (8yr old cat) was looking fairly miserable yesterday and not at all healthy. She wouldnt let me bring her inside, but ate her dinner.

I havent seen her all day today and I just know she has gone off to sleep forever.

Guess I'll know for sure tomorrow, its going to be high 30's here again and I know she will have curled up under the house....I have no clue how I am going get her out.

Jinx - yow :eek:! Glad you're all OK. Cyberhug to you all!
Ducks - I know how that feels. Sending hugs your way, too.

Yikes. Looks pretty hair-raising stuff. Glad you're all ok.

Still not sorry about ur finger though.

Aw Ducks....thats hard, I know.

Jinx, how are the kids now? Did they take it all in stride?

Well, we are finally getting our snow storm out West here. Not as bad as some of you guys have had - YET. I need to go to the store today - am out of some vital things. I do not have a car and am not looking forward to a slog thru the wet, cold stuff. On top of that I took a sleeping pill last night and can't wake up. I guess the snow should help with that. Maybe I can sucker a friend into taking me, but I hate to make someone go out in this mess, especially after seeing jinx's car. :eek:

The kids love the jeep as much as I do (maybe more since they have no concept of car payments or frequent $40 fill ups) they hate being without it. They don't like their routine being messed up. Once there's a rental car in the driveway they'll be fine. Unless it's a mini van.

I can't find a live stream for the Superbowl. :(

is there a link to the blow by blow account of that crack up?

there is a diagram

I totally missed all that- I hope everyone is o.k. No matter the magnitude of the accident there seems to be corresponding shock.

I hate it when people point out that it could have been worse.....So I will refrain. Still sucks. I am glad that hospitalization etc. was not necessary. :) You'll all feel better soon I am sure, but I will still send good vibes your direction!

Holy Fecarundus. You were like inches away from impact. Damn. Shit. What was the story with the Asshat?

Ya, had I been driving something lower to the ground, as is the fashion these days, Jim woulda had grill all up in his grill.

I think asshat though he had the road all to himself and wasn't obeying any standard traffic protocol.

yeah... we saw it coming.....but too late to be able to do anything about it. i turned my head away and leaned left. he hit right on the front wheel/ side mirror area. right where my legs were. good thing it was in slow motion.

Damn.

The f ing Colts are losing :rolleyes:

Its cool the Saints won :cool:

I'm glad that both jinx and jim are OK

Thank you toranokaze.
And I hate to keep harping on this, but look! Jesus fuck. My car is all.fucked.up.:thepain:

http://is7.itookthisonmyphone.com/m/..._568x426r0.jpg

It hurts just to look at it. :(

Look at that wheel. That axil!

We usually do our own taxes but the two states plus fed gov thing is getting too complicated. crap we're going to end up paying someone ...

That is one nasty wrinkled piece of metal. Glad everyone is ok.

staph infection in surgical wound. blech.

Ew...yellow ooze from your head?

One of my neighbors met someone over the line, lost control of her van at high speed on ice, went off the road, and took out the gas pump and smashed the front of the post and beam barn I rebuilt a few years ago. Her arm/shoulder got dinged up and the van is totaled. It looks like no permanent damage to the barn, I need to build doors and straighten the center post. The rest of the frame just sprang back... wood is good.

Wood is good, your construction is obviously excellent. :thumb:

I'll credit some nameless patient dude with an adze 175 years ago. I just caught it before it fell.

Those are billable hours, right?

Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit outta my hat.


Actually no, but you knew that already.

I just found out that a friend of mine has SLL -- a variant of the same blood cancer that killed my dad.

My friend is 30 years old.

Oh, so sorry Pie. And Fuck Cancer!

I'm sorry to hear that, Pie. :(

That sucks. Prayers in your friends direction.

thirded

I am so sorry, Pie. :(

less in the upsetting and more in the fucking annoying category: my sister. what a bitch. totally self-obsessed and manupulative to the point where even the kids can see it. Whines all the time (true brit) but even more annoyingly, can't do it nicely.

towards the end of a long road: beest and I are talking normally in the family room in the villa -business, not just chitter chatter -I was asked to submit a job app tonight we were firming up the content.... it's a little after midnight, so perhaps we should have started to hit a whisper..... she just hauled her bedroom door open and looking pained made out like we'd danced on her grave at 200 decibels and set her daughter on fire or something. If it's the third time you've had to ask us or 4am, fine... but it's midnight, on vac, in florida and we ain't holding a goddamn party!

btw, she's younger than me (yes, it is possible)

On a vacation like yours, this sort of thing is inevitable. Too little sleep, a lot more exercise than usual. Not that I'm excusing her behavior, but it is understandable.

Plus there's the rule, you know, that little sisters are required to be insufferably annoying.

ah bugger off ;)

Then Crank up THE TV as LOUD AS it GOES !!!!
if yer goibgto get in trouble at least get in trouble for SOME thing .

My mom is moving to my town. Urgh.
I can barely stand her 2,250 miles away -- how the hell am I supposed to deal with her within striking distance?

Expect more (venting) posts from me.

I'm gonna start the laundry in a few minutes..... ;)

(I do have permission though.... we got brownie points for realizing their daughter would be in bed when we came in and instructing our kids to be quiet)

throw some tennis shoes in the dryer !!!
WUMPA THUMPA WHUMPA THUMPA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fixed it for ya.

Not dissing Monster, just referring to my own family sitch.
Wait, I'm older than my bro. Oh. Yeah, that rule still works :)

This is true. I am a little sister. I count as my duty to annoy my bro.

You are not, by any chance, Mrs. Squirell Nutkin, are you?

Bloody hiccups.
Not literally.
Just bloody annoying.

Nope. Puppet of a different dwellar -- the nick should be a dead giveaway. But don't out me. :)

You're the square to the other triangle?

we lost the brownie points because our 12yo interrupted the nightly 30 minute bedtime ritual offering a parting glowstick bracelet (as promised earlier). there are a zillion other things. Even beest gets annoyed, it's not just me......

Ooooh! Lets guess who Cake is. Is it Pie? :D

Holy shit, if beest gets annoyed after what he has to put up with at home... :mg:

exactly. i think he loves me all the more now, seeing what could have been.....

:thumb2:
From what you said over yonder, it sounds like the kid may be OK, in spite of her mother. Hope so, anyway.

CAN'T FIND THE TIX TO TAKE THE BOYS TO STICKS AND PUCKS THIS AFTERNOON TO TRY OUT THEIR NEW SKATES, AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT.... :(

evidently also can't find caps unlock key...... :rolleyes:

Handy tip if you're travelling - Japanese and some other Asian keyboard layouts require you to hold down the shift key while pressing caps lock to toggle the CAPS LOCK. So if you unwittingly do this by mistake the first time, pounding the caps lock key will not help undo it. You can, however, type your whole email holding the shift key down. :p