[Elfsea] aftermath of Tor Yule Revel

Richard Threlkeld rjt at softwareinnovation.com
Mon Dec 16 22:37:57 PST 2002


I drove back today and found it in the parking
area. Thanks to those who have endeavored to
help me.

Caelin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: elfsea-admin at ansteorra.org
> [mailto:elfsea-admin at ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Mark Davis
> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 8:45 PM
> To: elfsea at ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [Elfsea] aftermath of Tor Yule Revel
>
>
> As of this posting I have not heard of it.  I will
> check with the less scatter brained members of the
> Canton.
>
> Mark.,
> --- Sue Delk <ladydds at centex.net> wrote:
> > My goodness, Caelin!   Don't you know that Miatas
> > are fast, but not supposed
> > to fly?  ;)  I'm happy you are safe and home.
> >     As to your cell phone, I stayed after to clean
> > up site and did not see a
> > cell phone.  You might check with the autocrat, Lord
> > Einarr, at
> > the5 at yahoo.com to see if someone turned one in to
> > him.  At cleanup, I did
> > not see one there.  I hope you find it soon.
> >     Good luck!!
> >
> > In service,
> > Lady Genevieve del Gamba
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Richard Threlkeld"
> > <rjt at softwareinnovation.com>
> > To: "Elfsea" <elfsea at ansteorra.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 2:24 PM
> > Subject: [Elfsea] aftermath of Tor Yule Revel
> >
> >
> > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> > > --
> > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> > > Hey guys and gals! Caelin here. We had lots of fun
> > talking with our
> > > friends at the Tor Yule revel yesterday.
> > Unfortunately, the aftermath
> > > was a bit less fun. On 67 prior to 174, a car
> > coming the other way
> > > shifted into my lane and came right at our Miata.
> > I chose (can you
> > > really choose in a tenth of a second?) to go to my
> > left since he was
> > > heading to my right and I was not sure I could
> > miss him that way. Pyro
> > > tells me it was a white van, but I only remember
> > the headlights.
> > >
> > > We spun around, slid into the mud-filled ditch,
> > flipped onto the
> > > passenger side and back several times (I was sure
> > we flipped onto the
> > > top and then back down, but the top looks pristine
> > and this is a
> > > convertible). We ended up in the ditch on the
> > opposite side of the road
> > > wheel deep in mud and grass. Some people saw it
> > and stopped to check on
> > > us. Amazingly, we were OK. Both of us had seat
> > belts and chest straps in
> > > place and the total damage to us was a small
> > bruise for Pyro. I
> > > apologized to her, but she thanked me for keeping
> > us alive :-).
> > >
> > > The car was damaged on the passenger side, but
> > still running. The police
> > > arrived in force and puzzled for some time about
> > how we could get where
> > > we were. They gave me a field sobriety test and,
> > of course, I passed
> > > with flying colors. They said this kind of thing
> > was almost always
> > > alcohol related (I believe the other guy who kept
> > on driving was drunk).
> > > I suspect being dressed in 1540 Italian garb did
> > not help much.
> > >
> > > They called a wrecker who pulled us out. I wanted
> > to try to drive home,
> > > so we tried it for a while. There was a shimmy
> > that was like a bent
> > > wheel, but the wrecker guy insisted it was mud, so
> > we drove slowly to
> > > the nearest car wash and washed out the
> > undercarriage. It turned out we
> > > had a slow leak puncture in the passenger front
> > tire, but we filled it
> > > and made it home about 1AM.
> > >
> > > To make things more difficult, I can not find my
> > cell phone, so it is
> > > probably at the Yule site somewhere unless one of
> > you great people
> > > gathered it up. Could you please check and if
> > there is someone near the
> > > site, could they look around (I won't be driving
> > much for a while). I
> > > would greatly appreciate it. I have insurance on
> > the phone and can get
> > > it replaced, but the mass of phone numbers in it
> > is not properly backed
> > > up anywhere.
> > >
> > > I'd like to thank Timothy, Anezka, Seamus, and
> > Genivive for worrying
> > > about us and attempting to track us down.
> > >
> > > In service,
> > > Caelin on Andrede
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