just ignore and let this one die

I love the bagpipes!

One of my favorite events all year is the "Scottish Walk" in Old Town Alexandria (Virginia). It's their Christmas parade, always held the first Saturday in December.

One bagpipe band after another...AND all those men in kilts. ohhhh, I'm in heaven!

Or not. Car died.

That sounds like a lot of fun. I'm a sucker for men in kilts too!

oh no! I'm sorry about your car!! *kicks tires*

Second time this week, too. First time was just a battery not holding the charge anymore, and I'm hoping this is just a failing sparkplug. I really don't feel like replacing my old old car, but if it's something major, I might have to. Damn, I hate change!

More than anything, I'm just disappointed that my weekend plans are blown. I was going to have some fun quality time with family. Now I have to stay home and do something productive like cleaning.

Or I'll fritter my time away on teh forumz. Probably that.

Hey! You're the one I was following when I went over there.



As long as you are there I'm sure I'll have fun.



My dad loved bagpipes. Perhaps he was a Scot in another life. I can enjoy them now and then. I know people do mock Scots but it always seems to me that there is usually affection and admiration mixed in.



It is always stirring when they march in parades. I love that. And I did get to go to the Edinburgh Tattoo once; that was awesome.



Oh no! I hope it turns out to be something that can be fixed quickly and cheaply.

I was awakened at 6:30 am this morning by a very loud crashing sound. My car died also today. Murdered. Hit and run. See below.



Might be hard to see in this picture below, but the small dark pick-up truck that slammed into my car did so head on. As can be seen, barely, if you look at the marks on the ground. The marks left in the sand. Two lines going into car. One line curving away. That curving away is when he backed up and speed away at a high rate of speed.



My car resting, roughly an hour, two hours later, as seen below. Two things to note. One: The force of the crash was such that my car was slammed backwards into the sewer ledge. The rear wheel hubcap is bent (only the fact the car is resting against the curb is really visible in this picture). And two, that the windshield blades are down. I put them up because I had heard that there was going to be snow fall, as I normally do. The force of the crash caused the blades to fall.



Rental car, picture taken 5 hours after my car was hit.


If nothing else, I wanted to show how the snow blanketed the area quickly this morning. I do not normally have a shot taken before the snow even starts.

These pictures tell the story, alright. I hope you can get it all sorted out with a minimum of time and effort. I know even the minimum is a drag. If the accident had happened when the road was slippery it would be more understandable, as it is it looks like someone was going way too fast around the corner, probably drunk. Of course there's no excuse for flleeing the scene.

Thank-you. I hope it is sorted out with minimum time and effort also. So far it has taken all of this morning, and part of the afternoon. Insurance informed online, filled out paperwork. Police came by, did their thing. Part of filling out the virtual paperwork with the insurance company included information about how my rental car will be paid for by them. And press these buttons here. Now use this reservation number to get your car (rental place was supposed to call within two hours, they never called, I eventually called them; it is one of those that sends you a car to pick you up - that took slightly more than an hour waiting by the door to pick me up after they told me the car was coming right away).

The roads were not slippery from rain or snow. It occurred about 3 to 4 hours before the snow started. I didn't take pictures of it, but I traced the lines in the sand back. The pickup was playing games. Spinning in the circle area, the cul-de-sac, before taking off at a high rate of speed . . . and ramming me. Backing up, and fleeing.

I noted above that the roads were not slippery from rain or snow, but they were at the time slippery from the sand. The sand, by the way, that remained from the blizzard in December, not put out for the snow flurries that had been expected today. Not very slippery, though, if driving at a normal speed.


Oh, and to clarify, pictures can be deceptive. I didn't even notice until you made the comment. It does look like the road moves around a bend and comes down and past my car. In actuality, that area in front of my car is a circle area. Houses all around. A cul-de-sac (if I'm using the term correctly).

I just got an email invitation from EA to play beta "Tiger Woods PGA TOUR Online" for free. Hmm...

I could make a cheap joke about you being a woman, and the game tied to Tiger Woods, but I can't think of one at the moment.

They are jealous of our men's giant logs.

Ah. Well it is clear from the tracks in the sand that the assault vehicle came right at the left front of you car with its left front then backed up and went on. If they have one of those huge re-enforced bumpers they might not have taken too much damage but probably collected some paint scrapings from your car. Other wise I'd guess the other vehicle looks about like yours.
The pictures plus your explanation pretty much tell the story. (Sorry, Soji, I guess I'm having a bit of fun playing pretend traffic detective.)

Lol but I'm pretty sure that age-wise I'm not in that demographic.

/me makes a mad dash thru the thread, waving to all and wishing everyone a good weekend.

I don't even know which way is up right now. I had a co-worker call mid-week and hire me to do some contract work for a client of his, so I've been working all day and then working off and on in the evenings on the secondary gig. It will be a nice $$ bonus when complete, but for now it is just a lot of "trying to get stuff done as fast as possible" thing.

*hugs* to all

Well duh!

Hugs Lil! It's good to be employed.

I wasn't paying close enough attention to the Tiger Woods thing. I only got to the "female" part of the demographic profile.

Holy crap, Soji!

That is so not right. I don't envy all the pain and bother you'll have to go through getting this sorted out. I hope they catch the person/people who did it.

Totally unrelated: What a beautiful neighborhood you live in!

It seems that although virtually innumerable they were pretty much all super models. But hey, maybe part of the fun of the game is old women like me get to roll play...

This one is for the GUYS -- only 49L this weekend:



http://slurl.com/secondlife/Azore%20Islands/144/14/22
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It's about time somebody made a -- a- um - one of those. It's worth it for the headdress. I wonder if it will protect us from 2012?

Nothing will protect us from 2012. We are doomed......... doomed, I tell ya.

For those that drank the Kool Aid, I wrote up a few tips on how to use the AU thing with hints and tips etc http://www.avatarsunited.com/groups/the-undying-thread

Does it have tips on how to get my #$@)$(#&@ pics to display?