[Elfsea] aftermath of Tor Yule Revel

Tue Dec 17 11:05:03 PST 2002

Just in case I have offended anyone, in my previous
posting I meant to refer to myself as being scatter
brained, not other members of our canton.  My
apologies if I stepped on any toes.

Ld. Einarr.

> > -----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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