So, today was a fun day. My wife and kid were on vacation at the beach (don't get me started on why they shouldn't have gone, but there they were). Since I go back to work Monday night, I usually sleep late on Sunday so I can stay awake all night. But not today. Today I'm brought back to the living by a barking dog. A dog that never barks unless someone is knocking at the door. Get up, answer the door, its the day shift Sergeant who is a good friend of mine. 'Your wife is having trouble with the car' Car in question is my kids b-day present from her grandad, a 2019 Civic. In my groggy mind, I can't think of what trouble she'd be having that would require someone stopping by the house to get me. He didn't say 'wreck' he said 'car trouble'.
Grab my phone and the wife had sent me a picture:
'Uhohh, this isn't good'
Call the wife, she's a little PO'ed that I didn't answer, but glad I called. I start getting the story. They had packed to leave and parked in the loading zone and had just gotten out of the car to go back in and check out, when a dude fell from the sky and landed on the hood.
'What the serious F' is my thought.
Of course, that meant I had to drive 350 miles up there to go get them and bring them back home and deal with the towing company when I got there, which was about 10 rounds of pass the buck between the insurance and the towing company.
Still not sure that I won't be going back up there and towing the car home. It's almost driveable. If it hadn't been for the broken coolant lines I might have well driven it back. Had I been thinking even clearer when I left the house I would have snagged a friend with a truck and we'd have gotten a tow dolly and brought it back home.
2020 can eat it.
so far this year I'm out
$4900 for a new drain field
$4900 for a new heat pump
and just this week while the girls were gone, the dishwasher packed it in, so $450 for that. Luckily there's a scratch and dent place in town that I picked up a new Samsung that comes with full factory warranty and was only lightly scratched on the handle. I can live with that.
News Story
https://www.wmbfnews.com/2020/07/05...-SAJd1oFF6E0QCXFjfILkHkdGCXCuN9bNfu8xsVM
Come to find out, this is something like the 5th person to jump from those condo's in the last few years. Probably the reason the wife told me 'I got a really good deal on the room'...
Grab my phone and the wife had sent me a picture:
'Uhohh, this isn't good'
Call the wife, she's a little PO'ed that I didn't answer, but glad I called. I start getting the story. They had packed to leave and parked in the loading zone and had just gotten out of the car to go back in and check out, when a dude fell from the sky and landed on the hood.
'What the serious F' is my thought.
Of course, that meant I had to drive 350 miles up there to go get them and bring them back home and deal with the towing company when I got there, which was about 10 rounds of pass the buck between the insurance and the towing company.
Still not sure that I won't be going back up there and towing the car home. It's almost driveable. If it hadn't been for the broken coolant lines I might have well driven it back. Had I been thinking even clearer when I left the house I would have snagged a friend with a truck and we'd have gotten a tow dolly and brought it back home.
2020 can eat it.
so far this year I'm out
$4900 for a new drain field
$4900 for a new heat pump
and just this week while the girls were gone, the dishwasher packed it in, so $450 for that. Luckily there's a scratch and dent place in town that I picked up a new Samsung that comes with full factory warranty and was only lightly scratched on the handle. I can live with that.
News Story
https://www.wmbfnews.com/2020/07/05...-SAJd1oFF6E0QCXFjfILkHkdGCXCuN9bNfu8xsVM
Come to find out, this is something like the 5th person to jump from those condo's in the last few years. Probably the reason the wife told me 'I got a really good deal on the room'...
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