JJkizak Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 3 hours ago, TasDom said: My daughter rear ended someone and she is ok thank goodness. 3 days away from the very last bank payment After reading this a lot of random thoughts ran through my mind. JJK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1290 Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Things come in 3's? Ugh! Had a couple does come up outta the median on the interstate here one nite. No way could I stop! First one barely made it past my fender and the second one, which I thought was gonna run into the side of the car, made it past somehow. I thought I was TOTALLY screwed when it happened. It was like inches not feet. Kinda felt like A.J. Foyt driving thru the junk yard in the short chute btwn 1 and 2 turns at Indy that year. About an 8 car pile up and he just kept driving straight thru the junk and made it thru w/o a scratch. Afterwards he said it was a split second decision and it worked. Was nutso! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TasDom Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 2 hours ago, JJkizak said: After reading this a lot of random thoughts ran through my mind. JJK Such as? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted November 21, 2019 Moderators Share Posted November 21, 2019 On 11/18/2019 at 1:59 PM, Rivernuggets said: Hit a deer this past Saturday. Glad your OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richieb Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 6 hours ago, TasDom said: My daughter rear ended someone and she is ok thank goodness. 3 days away from the very last bank payment } I think that’ll buff out — 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted November 21, 2019 Moderators Share Posted November 21, 2019 9 minutes ago, richieb said: I think that’ll buff out — Probably, about a week of buffing at a body shop should do it. TasDom, you said she was ok but probably will think about that anytime she drives, which is a good thing. Tailgating, speeding and phones probably cause most accidents, I would guess. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TasDom Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 1 minute ago, dtel said: Probably, about a week of buffing at a body shop should do it. TasDom, you said she was ok but probably will think about that anytime she drives, which is a good thing. Tailgating, speeding and phones probably cause most accidents, I would guess. Yes, a lesson learned. Second thing I asked her was if she was texting. She wasn't but was ending a call on her bluetooth from dashboard. That's all it took was 2 seconds of not paying attention. She's in a different state than me and I also noticed all the leaves under the hood. Tried not to lecture but told her how that can block air vents or get sucked into the intake / air filter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted November 21, 2019 Moderators Share Posted November 21, 2019 5 minutes ago, TasDom said: That's all it took was 2 seconds of not paying attention. Your right it can happen very fast. I didn't mean your daughter did any of those things, it's just what we see driving, almost every time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 @TasDom Glad to hear your daughter was OK. Getting hurt, injured or worse in a car accident is just such a pity. But it happens all too often. God Bless you and her. The airbags deployed? Thank God for the engineers that came up with and implemented that idea. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete H Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 41 minutes ago, TasDom said: Yes, a lesson learned. Second thing I asked her was if she was texting. She wasn't but was ending a call on her bluetooth from dashboard. That's all it took was 2 seconds of not paying attention. She's in a different state than me and I also noticed all the leaves under the hood. Tried not to lecture but told her how that can block air vents or get sucked into the intake / air filter. I'm a major proponent of voice activated ear pieces or Bluetooth, but nothing that requires you to look at anything but the road. Glad she's OK and glad she was using Bluetooth, which is a far cry from what a lot of others do on a regular basis. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JJkizak Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 1 hour ago, TasDom said: Such as? Cell phone? Makeup? Radio? Talking with passenger? Cut off? Brake failure? Computer failure? Sensor failure? Ice? Rain? Visibility? Fog? Tire failure? But I guess the last threads have answered my questions. JJK 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TasDom Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 2 hours ago, JJkizak said: Cell phone? Makeup? Radio? Talking with passenger? Cut off? Brake failure? Computer failure? Sensor failure? Ice? Rain? Visibility? Fog? Tire failure? But I guess the last threads have answered my questions. JJK Gotcha... The roads were wet with light rain, no passenger, just driving to school (she's a first grade teacher) and ending a bluetooth call from the dashboard. Funny thing is I asked who she was talking to. It was her other (part time) employer, Home Depot and she was calling to see if they had found her favorite travel mug she thought she left there. I said "well, did they find it?" Long pause....... "Ummm no, it was in the back of my car" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TasDom Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 3 hours ago, babadono said: @TasDom Glad to hear your daughter was OK. Getting hurt, injured or worse in a car accident is just such a pity. But it happens all too often. God Bless you and her. The airbags deployed? Thank God for the engineers that came up with and implemented that idea. Airbags didn't activate. From the damage, surprised they did not. Speed limit was only 30 MPH but still surprising based on the impact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 i’m very happy that your daughter is okay. what a relief! crashes are scary ... i’ve been in a few -- including a very bad one. T-boned by a drunk driver that driving a semi and was 30 miles off course, he ran a stop sign and plowed right into us ... he then knocked down a power pole ... electricity cut off for 1,500 homes. Mom (passenger) was ejected out of the driver side door -- Dad ejected too. Mom died that night, Dad died five months later. That was my Thanksgiving Night as an eight-year-old. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TasDom Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 33 minutes ago, BigStewMan said: i’m very happy that your daughter is okay. what a relief! crashes are scary ... i’ve been in a few -- including a very bad one. T-boned by a drunk driver that driving a semi and was 30 miles off course, he ran a stop sign and plowed right into us ... he then knocked down a power pole ... electricity cut off for 1,500 homes. Mom (passenger) was ejected out of the driver side door -- Dad ejected too. Mom died that night, Dad died five months later. That was my Thanksgiving Night as an eight-year-old. Wow, so sorry to hear that and sorry for your loss. I've lost friends to drunk drivers and there is no excuse for their stupidity. I had a DWI on my 21st birthday and I must say, it was probably the best lesson I have ever learned. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivernuggets Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 It's warm enough around here that I finally raked leaves, after thinking for a couple weeks the snow would swoop in and help me out. Not PISSED about it, but would rather have done a few other things instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete H Posted November 25, 2019 Author Share Posted November 25, 2019 This is what pis$ed my wife off yesterday. She came home after rising early to go do a 15K charity run expecting to see me in the shop working on cabinet work that she's requested and instead found I have made it as far as getting my table saw moved so I could bring more gear into the shop and was playing with various configurations with 5 different speakers and enjoying some beer and bourbon. That there is Pis$ed off, let me tell you. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivernuggets Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 The cabinet work will be done much better now, your mind contented with good tunes, gear, and drink. I know......worth a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete H Posted November 25, 2019 Author Share Posted November 25, 2019 46 minutes ago, Rivernuggets said: The cabinet work will be done much better now, your mind contented with good tunes, gear, and drink. I know......worth a try. I'm way past that on the excuse list so I simply said "There's a reason that the shop is not connected to the house", followed up with, "I'm doing what I want to do" and those have now been stricken from my excuse list as they did not go over well. It was the Bookers talkin! LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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