Pfft. Amateur. You had a seatbelt.

Post #171,585 by FuManChu 8/29/04 11:26:01 PM Reply	Pfft. Amateur. You had a seatbelt. I chest-butted a jet-ski on Friday during my friend's bachelor party. With him on it, of course. I had about half a second to turn around and catch it straight in the sternum. Spun a hundred-and-eighty, fell to my hands and knees, stood up, answered two questions with headshakes ("can you breathe?" was the second one--horizontal shakes of the head), and by that time my brain was out of oxygen, so I spent a short time in dreamland while they walked me out of the water. My eyes rolled, I drooled seawater, and apparently made the oddest guttural sound during this time, while his brother thumped me in the chest and yelled at me to breathe. Then, in the words of the best man, I just "woke up and started walking again" when we hit the shore. Fun. :) No broken bones, no internal bleeding, no whiplash. (Not to demean your experience at all, btw, it was just a good segue into my story. Okay, now, everyone pay attention to ME. :D Hope you're all as okay as I am.) Oh, and this was two hours into the trip. The first hour ended up with two guys going surfing above a shipwreck--one got slammed into it and cut a six-inch gash into the top of his foot. The Red Cross charged him 25 bucks to stitch it up inside and out. Whee. :) Good times.
Post #171,588 by Another Scott 8/29/04 11:29:09 PM Reply	Zounds! Glad you're OK!
Post #171,595 by inthane-chan 8/29/04 11:40:40 PM Reply	In threes, folks. There you have it.
Post #171,599 by a6l6e6x 8/29/04 11:44:36 PM Reply	Here's hoping no permanent damage done! Alex "If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." -- Philip K. Dick, US science fiction writer
Post #171,613 by Steve Lowe 8/30/04 1:01:43 AM Reply	And airbags! Though they didn't deploy in either car...which kinda surprised me. Glad to hear you're OK, we're all doing good here, too :) Need to call the body shop in the am to come get the cars. We've also got rental cars to pick up in the AM. Oh and here's a few pics I took yesterday: [link\|http://users.frii.com/slowe/images/crash\|http://users.frii.com/slowe/images/crash] -- Steve
Post #171,614 by deSitter 8/30/04 1:05:26 AM Reply	That's totaled? I pictured scrap metal -drl
Post #171,616 by Steve Lowe 8/30/04 1:12:15 AM 8/30/04 1:12:37 AM Reply	what you can't see so well on the Nissan is the right rear quarter panel wrapped around the wheel, which is bent over at about a 30 degree angle, the non functioning rear doors, and the pool of oil and antifreeze it left at the scene. Nor can you hear the KABANG KABANG KABANG coming out of the motor when you attempt to start it. We'll see what the body shop says, hopefully tomorrow. I actually hope they total it. A repaired car with that much structural damage is never the same, ever. Plus, it'd be a lot easier for us to cover the deductible on the van if we got cash outta the Nissan. edit: fixed typo -- Steve Edited by Steve Lowe Aug. 30, 2004, 01:12:37 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #171,631 by broomberg 8/30/04 5:49:57 AM Reply	I seem to recall Totalled means cost to fix damage is within 80% of the bluebook value of the car.

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