[Loch-Ruadh] I'm Mobile Again!

[Julie Self]

I'm glad you weren't hurt.

Gwen
Loch Ruadh Rocks!!





>From: "Padraig Ruad O'Maolagain" <padraig_ruad at irishbard.org>
>Reply-To: "Shire of Loch Ruadh, Kingdom of Ansteorra, SCA,Inc." 
><loch-ruadh at ansteorra.org>
>To: "Shire of Loch Ruadh, Kingdom of Ansteorra, SCA,Inc." 
><loch-ruadh at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: Re: [Loch-Ruadh] I'm Mobile Again!
>Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 00:23:45 -0600
>
>I hadn't put the details out on the list yet (too caught up in trying to 
>get another vehicle, I guess).
>
>On Thursday the 23rd of February, I was going to lunch, driving east in the 
>left hand lane on Northwest Highway past Bachman Lake in Dallas.  It had 
>just started to rain, and the road was very slippery.  There were 2 or 3 
>cars stopped, with the one in front making a U turn at a spot where there 
>was no turn lane.  I stepped on the brakes and the truck just slid along 
>like the road was greased.  Because of other traffic, I couldn't change 
>lanes, and hit the bumper of the car in front of me.  The damage was 
>minimal, with only a few scratches to the front bumper of my truck, and 
>some damage to the rear bumper and left taillight assembly on the other 
>car.  We got out to exchange insurance info, and as I was on my cell phone 
>calling the police to come take a report, a Jeep Cherokee, going 
>considerably faster than I had been doing, also slid on the greasy pavement 
>and rear-ended my truck, pushing it forward into the other car.
>
>Well, now my rear bumper is crumpled, folded and twisted, along with the 
>tailgate, and the truck bed is buckled up, with the left rear fender bowed 
>out over the wheel well.  The second collision drove the front bumper of my 
>truck up over the bumper of the other car, springing the trunk, smashing 
>both taillight assemblies, bending up the trunk lid and bending the rear 
>quarter of the car down by about 10 to 15 degrees.  Oddly enough, the worst 
>damage to the front of my truck was that the grille was cracked in three 
>places and the plastic faring under the front bumper was broken off.  The 
>front of the Cherokee was stove in, and the radiator was cracked, judging 
>by the coolant pouring out.
>
>Meanwhile, on the west bound side of the road, rubberneckers managed to 
>cause a 4 vehicle pileup, with a 5th car gong off the road and hitting a 
>tree.
>
>The driver of the Jeep spoke little English, did not have a driver's 
>license, only a Matricula card, and I'm fairly certain she was an illegal 
>immigrant.  My isurance company has informed me since that the plate number 
>from the Jeep actually belong to a salvaged Grand Caravan.  So I guess I 
>can kiss my deductable goodbye.  I just love illigal, uninsured drivers.
>
>As my truck had over 135,000 miles on it, the repair costs come to more 
>than the salvage value, so the insurance company totaled it.  My camper 
>shell seemed to have escaped relatively unscathed, so I'm going to see if I 
>can get that back before they dispose of the truck.  As the new truck is 
>the same size and color, it makes more sense to use that perfectly 
>serviceable shell than to spend several hundred dollars on a new one.
>
>And that's the excitement I've had for the past week.  :-)
>
>Padraig
>
>Bicé wrote:
>
>At 09:45 PM 3/2/2006 -0600, you wrote:
>>I have procured a new (to me) truck, that is practically identical to the 
>>one that got totaled last week.
>>
>>Padraig
>
>
>Well, this proves that I was right.  I have not been getting all the email
>on the  list.  I hadn't heard about you having a wreck.  Fill me in
>please?  I assume that you are not injured??
>
>Bicé
>
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