Can The Adults Please Smoke? Part 26: Apparently They Can Drink, too!- Page 159

[NYadgal]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 10:35am

Neither am I!

Cheers!

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 10:38am

Years ago, I was broadsided by a panel van on my way home from the dealership with my new car. When the policeman asked me how many miles on the car, I replied 10. He said thousand, I said, "no, 10". The driver was a Greenpeace volunteer from Denver who did not have a valid drivers license or insurance. She had been soliciting our neighborhood. Did I mention that I was about 50 feet from my house. Long story short, they said "maybe" it could be repaired so I did not pursue them totaling the car. Everything looked like a cosmetic repair. They had it a month and it was never right after that. I went through four sets of brakes and three sets of tires in three years. The chasis, and other items, were so severely damaged that everything else was comprimised. I later learned that body shops just repair the cosmetic, not the structural unless the insurance company is vigiliant and clear about it. Get a new car!


Updated On: 12/4/08 at 10:38 AM

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 10:40am

See, see, see? ^^^^^^^^^^

[Q]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 10:40am

Damn Greenpeace. They should stick to boats - there's less to hit in the open ocean

[shameless]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 10:41am

Guys, Tink understands that but it's not just about the car. It's what the car represents. It's important to her for much more than just transportation.

But, I know that she appreciates all the concern.

[shameless]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 10:42am

And if it can't be saved, then she'll do what needs to be done, but for now, I'm still hoping she gets that car back.

[shira467]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 10:43am

Morning.

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 10:43am

Awww..I wonder if she could keep it for sentimental reasons, but drive a safer car. I'm just concerned for her safety.

[shameless]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 10:44am

Up on blocks in the front yard?

However, maybe she can keep a piece of it.

Updated On: 12/4/08 at 10:44 AM

Posted: 12/4/08 at 10:50am

I is on the phone with Shira...and now I is not!

[shira467]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 10:54am

You're adorable, DGG. You really are

Posted: 12/4/08 at 10:58am

As are you!

TWO DAYS!!!

[MotorTink]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 11:00am

I have no idea, but I do appreciate the thoughts and advice. At this point, my heart has been ripped out and stomped on a few times already, that the sentimental part I could deal with, but I just want a freakin answer. If they have to total it, fine, just make the final decision. I can't go get a new car until they tell me they are going to pay for the current one.

[shira467]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 11:01am

Tink, I'm so sorry about the car - these events have truly been the last thing you need. We're all here for you.

*hugs*

[bdwaygirl]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 11:42am

Was just reading the Remember When thread. It sounds vaguely familiar.

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 11:44am

Yep. Just proves that all good things repeat themselves.

[shira467]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 11:45am

That is, until you start repeating yourself and not realizing it.

[bdwaygirl]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 11:46am

Shira, we are not ready for the retirement home!

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 11:48am

Yes, how did we survive?

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 12:06pm

Brd - gotta story for you:

When students are absent here a parent needs to call our office and let us know. If we don't hear from a parent by 10:00am, we call home/work and just say "Hello, 'Katie' is not in class today and we hadn't heard from you, so we wanted to make sure everything is okay." Almost always (99.9% of the time) the parent got busy and forget or thought their spouse had called. Case closed.

Yesterday we left a message for a parent in the morning and she called back at 1:30pm to say "I don't understand - we dropped her off at the subway at 7:30 this morning. Are you SURE is didn't make it school?" We checked and she didn't. We called in her friends to see if they knew anything (they didn't)while her parents called the transit police. Calls to her cell went into voicemail. We had no idea what happened to her. This student is a freshman in our Perfroming Arts department so we know her fairly well - good student, quiet, what we call "a muffin". Which made us even more nervous, since she wasn't a likely candidate for skipping school. We and the parents decided to wait until 5:00pm before calling the police. It was a long and very tense wait. The aprents remained fairly calm - if mydaughter got on a subway acr and didn't reach her destination, I can't say I would have been as calm.

The student walked through the front door of her house at 4:57pm, complaining of what a "hard day" she'd had at school. Busted. I guess Freshmen don't realize that we call home when you don't show up. I don't think the day ended for her as she might have imagined - not exactly a "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" scenario. You live, you learn. And sometimes you get grounded. And sometimes parents get gray very quickly.
Updated On: 12/4/08 at 12:06 PM

[Q]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 12:10pm

Moony - my response under those conditions would have been to give her a big, teary "thank GOD you're ok" hug . . . and then I would have beaten her to death.

All of which would depend on my not having had a heart attack during the wait.

Thank goodness my birth control works.

[bdwaygirl]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 12:12pm

Good thing.

Bet she got it good!!

[D2]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 12:16pm

Thank God she was okay.

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 12:17pm

Yeah, I'll bet the parents' calm demeanor didn't last long after her arrival. She is grounded at home and has some consequences here as well. We used the incident as a teaching moment on the consequences one's actions have on OTHERS - especially those who love and care for you. She seems to understand that well - now.
Updated On: 12/4/08 at 12:17 PM

[D2]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 12:18pm

What did she do all day yesterday?