Post #268,150
9/20/06 1:04:48 PM
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Got rear ended today
Was out running a few errands during lunch. Stopped at a red light. BAM!! The idiot talking on his cell phone behind me plowed right into me. He said he thought I had gone already. Through a red light? I dont think so. I'm fine. Car is not. It's the hassle factor that is annoying me most right now. As if I dont have enough to do already, now I have to deal with this. Grrr.
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Post #268,151
9/20/06 1:07:37 PM
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He got the ticket right?
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Post #268,154
9/20/06 1:25:25 PM
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Yup.
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Post #268,152
9/20/06 1:14:14 PM
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Oh that sucks
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Post #268,153
9/20/06 1:17:14 PM
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How much damage? Still drivable?
If you incurred a lot of damage, give it a couple days before you sign off that you are physically fine. Things can pop up later. You probably knew that...
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Post #268,155
9/20/06 1:48:27 PM
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Re: How much damage? Still drivable?
Back end is all smashed, but drivable enough to get it home and do today's car pooling. I'll take it to the collision shop tomorrow for an estimate.
I hit my chin on the steering wheel pretty hard, but otherwise I'm okay.
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Post #268,156
9/20/06 1:56:50 PM
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Glad you're ok. Keep an eye on things.
[link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=57095|#57095].
Fingers crossed. :-)
I hope the repairs to your vehicle aren't too much of a hassle.
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #268,158
9/20/06 2:42:32 PM
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you gonna hurt tommorrow, keep some ibuprofen handy
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Post #268,160
9/20/06 2:46:39 PM
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Take time off tomorrow and visit
1. Chiropractor
2. Family Doctor
Bills go to his/her insurance company. You want to make sure that everything is ok. Once you say there are no injuries, it'll be very difficult to "change your mind".
btw, glad you're ok.
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Post #268,157
9/20/06 1:57:24 PM
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If you hit your chin from being rear ended
you probably reacted to being snapped back. You might watch for back or neck pains in the next couple days. When I overdo it and pull something in the gym, it usually shows up on the second day after. On the other paw, I may be atypical. Good luck...
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Post #268,161
9/20/06 2:47:40 PM
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Call HIS insurance company ASAP
Otherwise, YOUR insurance rates will be affected (more than they probably will be just because you dared to have a claim at all).
lincoln
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Post #268,162
9/20/06 2:48:00 PM
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plan to see a doctor
Last accident I was in a duelie pickup swerved to miss a car and hit my del Sol on the driver side door(I was stopped at a T intersection, he was on the main road which didn't have to stop.) My car spun 180 and slid about 30 feet off the road. The accident occurred around 7:30 am. I felt fine all morning. By mid afternoon I couldn't open a door without major effort and a lot of pain.
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Post #268,171
9/20/06 6:16:19 PM
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OMG! Glad you are in one piece. All cars sux.
Especially those driven by idiot yappers.
Take care of yourself.
Smile,
Amy
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Post #268,174
9/20/06 7:38:05 PM
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So far so good.. {whew}
And.. what they all said.
Also, while the advice is flowing - MDs rarely know much about the physics of orthopedics, they just recall the memorized Latin. When the bone is sticking out.. they do better.
So if you should wake-up feeling something like ~ Spice's version -
Well, good luck finding a local spin-off of the neuro-ortho persuasion (there are variants on old-time 'chiropractors' out there; a Good practitioner can have you do a few exercises, diagnose and .. actually help.)
This from experience and a middling amount of credible hearsay of some before/afters. Neck-snaps are the Pits.. hope you evade that, entirely. The Art is in finding one via a credible reference you know, I wot.
Bent-candle lit.
I.
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Post #268,194
9/20/06 10:42:52 PM
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Eek! Glad you're OK!
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
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Post #268,198
9/20/06 11:04:50 PM
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Glad you're OK!
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Post #268,199
9/20/06 11:31:04 PM
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Nobody wants to hear about your date.
Oh - I see - bummer - glad you are OK. Sorry about the wheels. Hope there are no no lasting effects.
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Post #268,212
9/21/06 8:12:29 AM
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Snark much, lefty?
Besides, you couldnt handle hearing about my last date. It would knock your socks off.
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Post #268,217
9/21/06 8:49:12 AM
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Perhaps, but the question really is...
...did he knock *your* socks off?
-YendorMike
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Post #268,218
9/21/06 8:59:52 AM
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I'm barefoot as we speak :-D
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Post #268,315
9/22/06 2:33:33 AM
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and in the kitchen one presumes
just to complete the picture of domestic bliss
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Post #268,321
9/22/06 9:18:23 AM
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One should know better than to presume that.
He's a smart man. He prefers me out of the kitchen.
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Post #268,234
9/21/06 1:07:38 PM
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Er, don't do that.
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Post #268,252
9/21/06 3:10:56 PM
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Yay idiots on cell phones.
NOT.
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Post #268,253
9/21/06 3:16:06 PM
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I took it in for an estimate today
They can start working on it Monday. They'll provide me with a loaner.
And I'm feeling fine today, except for a bruised chin. So it could've been a lot worse. Just a minor hassle at this point.
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Post #268,299
9/21/06 10:26:49 PM
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Hang in there, Laura!
Alex
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Post #268,320
9/22/06 9:14:44 AM
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Hanging in there just fine, Alex!
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Post #268,471
9/23/06 5:20:30 PM
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not a new car,...
but at least parts of it will be new :-)
Have fun,
Carl Forde
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Post #268,473
9/23/06 5:49:05 PM
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Re: Got rear ended today
Driving with cell phones is against the law, isn't it? In most states anyway. That means his insurance pays for the damage to you and your car.
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Post #268,788
9/27/06 1:31:18 PM
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Get my car back today
Which is kind of a bummer because the loaner they gave me is a Mazda 6 and it's zippy!
Oh well. It was nice while it lasted.
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Post #268,826
9/27/06 9:25:12 PM
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That was pretty quick
When I got nailed early this year it took a full 4 weeks for the dealer-owned body shop to complete it.
lincoln
"Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow
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Post #270,773
10/18/06 10:04:39 PM
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Glad you're okay, Laura!
Hope everything gets fixed fine!
Brenda
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