Toad, I just got back from a trip and read all this. Glad to hear that you are basically ok. It could of been a worse. It is said that how we handle adversity is what really counts. You have done a very good job of it, especially saying that it was good it was you and not a family, where someone might have been killed. Usually in a event such as this, the victim, you in this case, is the one hurt the most. You have handled it very well, and I wish you a continued speedy, complete recovery.
Paul Bottino aka camaro1967
2 things came out good.
The bad things.
Other than that have to buy Christmas for mom and that killed some money, think last Christmas my dad was going to buy me F-ABA AT&SF units but something happened other than his sickness and crappy Dr..
Even been working on a blog with Sweet Santa Fe, so I am having time for stuff to do. I miss mowing the most with really 2" of rain here.
I am really thinking about getting my mowing business back from the fire.
Toad
Well all things do have a way of working out, some real good, some not so good, glad it is going well for ya, and show us some new projects now, with all that money you got there Toad.....We like yer bashing thread, keep it coming MAHN !!!! An it'll give them there sore fingers a work out, too.....jusss keep flex'en them, my friend....
Byron
Thanks guys, now to heal is my fingers.
I have a feeling it is going to be a nerve but I hate Dr.s. Just go to a Dr.s app. with me from nurse to Dr. catches it. They have killed several of my colse family members, including my father.
Trooper no-show eh? Hmmmm, If hes like some cops I've met, I can just picture it..
"...Let's see now, gotta court date at 8-thirteh Ah-M, ah crap, thats when the doo-nuts come fresh out'ta the oven at Dunkin's....Gad Dermit!"
Have fun with your trains
Good News Toad,
I am very pleased that it has worked out well for you.
Don't forget to post a pic of whatever you buy with the money.
Alan, Oliver & North Fork Railroad
https://www.buckfast.org.uk/
If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there. Lewis Carroll English author & recreational mathematician (1832 - 1898)
As of Aug. 14, 08 the citation I received from the wreck was dismissed by the Assistant District Attorney. She asked if I did in fact stop at the stop sign and I said yes. Much other was said but to my delight the Trooper never showed.
Now I have some train riding money!
Only part still hurts is fingers
John, we were on the phone. I heard it all. It's scary when you're talking to someone, you hear tires screach, a crash and then nothing. I didn't know what to think. But at least he wasn't holding the phone up to his ear, he was on his headset. I think I must have distracted him, somehow.
SSF
Sweet Santa Fe wrote:What nurse? I thought he already had me.... Oh well I guess I'll have to keep better track of him.
Hi Sweet Santa Fe
No need to track him, Just tell him next time he wants to talk to you The telephones a whole lot easier
regards John Busby
No Offence Intended
sorry about your truck toad hope ya heal up better than new and they throw the book at the other driver!
For halloween train ideas watch adams family hehehe
Oh pooh to you Toadie. How long has it been and when did we meet? And how long did it take you to get me actually interested in G-scale? Even though I knew what it was when we met?
You're too cute. And not really a lone wolf..................
She wants me to make her a Holloween train set but I have yet figure out which set to make it out of!
No, I buy all the Christmas trains for her guys......so what do you think?????
Still lone Wolf/Toadie
Toadster
John Busby wrote: But we are going to have to talk about your dating techneques this is not the way to get a date with that nice nurse.
But we are going to have to talk about your dating techneques this is not the way to get a date with that nice nurse.
Sweet Santa Fe use to be a Nurse!!!!! wwwwwwwwwwwwwwoooooooooooooooooooooo
John Busby wrote:Try and stay away from the wrong kind of policeman in future
Try and stay away from the wrong kind of policeman in future
Our troopers are very anal (only word that describes them). Even when I was a City Policeman they looked down there nose at me.
MTCarpenter wrote:Hey Toad- Is that a "Kinky (Friedman) for Governor" bumper sticker I see on the back?
NOTE: This post is not policital because his (Mr. Friedmans) Gov. ship was back in 2006. So it is over! Just Answering a question!!!! And I had fun on the Trail!!!!!
Yes I was one of three people in this county to sponcer Kinky. I was every where in my county. Worked my rear off to. My county had 86% of vote for Kinky! Cool beans man!!!!
Hi Toad
A bit late seeing this.
Good to hear you are still in one piece.
Hope you mend soon.
You have to laugh at life if you didn't you would cry
hoofe116 wrote: Any wreck you can walk away from has at least one upside.
Any wreck you can walk away from has at least one upside.
Les,
Well I was rolled away and the Jaws of Life was a savor on my back! But leased I was right side up .
Yo, Toad:
I go away for a few days and drat if you don't get hammered.
Les W.
Funny you should say it. By 9:00pm they called and had my information. By whatever time I moaned down there to pick up my stuff out of the truck about 10 min. into removing the stuff the guy was there with camera and business card. He said it is totaled because of this photo.
Notice the pipe and the cab was moved all the way to the frame of the truck (above pipe) sorry I could not get that pix cause I am still soar as a toad that got hit with a M-80!
He even told me that since the truck was alread in Truck Trader that I will be receiving more not only cause of the damage but cause the other guy was DWI.
Went to DPS and picked up my ticket, had my fathers name on it and the girls there cought it. Thought to myself dam but did notice the TDL# was mine.
Still this hurts much, not pain from accident but Dad gave me the truck (after he drove it around), I work out of the truck for along time, it was amuch a piece of me as him and I have to say I broke down and cried, is like some from him taken away again.
William
Word of advice, make sure YOUR insurance adjuster looks at your truck also, not just that other bums insurance agent. Reason?
A few years ago our parked car, a Toyota RAV4 got hit by someone, tore the back end of it up, but the insurance company said it could be fixed and sure enough they did a bang up job of it, BUT... a few years later when we were looking for a new car, we found to our shock that the dealer wouldnt give us anything in trade in, why?
Because in the accident the frame got bent, and the repair shop put it on a straightening rig and the marks from that rig were noticed by the estimator, turns out cars that have been in accidents bad enough to warrent a frame realignment are in the eyes of a dealer, unsellable as they have potential hidden damage/weaknesses and/or non-factory welds or repairs that no dealer wants to take the long term liablity if in a future accident those repairs should fail and resulting in worse injuries and that our best option ws to sell it on our own and come back with the green we got for it. Thats what they told us, we were totally shocked to say the least.
The result was that we had to sell the car on the open market, which was a big PITA for us. So if your insurance agent says that the frame has indeed been bent, mention our case and have your agent do their best to get the car declared totaled, and have the bums insurance pay for a new vehicle.
It sure looks bent to me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD5JRaBgMEk
Thanks All! I really do mean it.
One thing to remember when making a movie of photos for your friends to see Photobucket will not accept this:
"Video upload failed Upload failed for Accident 2008 GMC.wmv with error: This is to notify you that the content uploaded was recognized by Photobucket's copyright filter and as a consequence, has been blocked."
All I did was abit of humor at the end credits with © (Alt + 0169) William Pugh.
So they zapped me. My truck, my pixs, my movie.....if I could I would shoot them the bird to.
On to You Tube (I hate).
As a serving member in the front line of alcohol and drug impaired driver detection, I wish you all the best, Toad. Down Under we take drink and drug driving very seriously. We care about the civil liberties of the victims. Stuff the civil liberties of the offending driver! Get well soon, Toad.
Mick.
Mick
Chief Operating Officer
Northern Timber Company - Mt Beenak
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