Ridin' down the road, tryin' to loosen my load, got seven stitches in my hand.

[richardf8]

So, after running a variety of medical and school related errands with Morgan, I thought I would do some work on my Saab, which was rear-ended a week and a half after I bought it. I was backing, the other driver was skidding, and the Insurance company assigned fault to me, because she had a broken headlight, and I had about $2000 in damage.* So fixing my damage is on me. I've been working on it bit by bit, reshaping the panel, and today I needed to pull the antenna (an electric antenna). In doing so, I pulled on it with some force, it released, and remainder of said force drove my pinky into some sheet metal which sliced it open deep and wide.

I went upstairs where Morgan and I pressure-dressed it, staunching the rather profuse bleeding. She then drove me to the urgent care, which of course made her knees hurt worse, and the doctor noting that I was fortunate to have missed nerve and tendon, sutured me with seven stitches. I am rather uncomfortable at the moment.

Anyway, today was an experience.













*Both the other driver and I were with Farmers. Neither of us carried collision. They chose to fix the car that was cheaper to fix. The reason for the disparity in the amount of damage is that she was driving a Nissan Pathfinder, which has a ridiculously high front bumper, even for an SUV, and it passed COMPLETELY over my bumper and went straight into my quarter panel. Had the bumpers met, I don't think either car would have sustained damage.

Comments

[kevinjdog.livejournal.com]

Ouch. Damn. And when it happens to your HAND, that just about kills you, I know. :(

[debg.livejournal.com]

I had the same thing when the 80+ year old woman in her grandson's borrowed Saturn Vue SUV, jammed on her brakes in the middle of an intersection we were all accelerating to get through. Her reason? "But the car ahead of me stopped! I saw brake lights!"

Yes, dear, you saw brake lights. He was slowing down, A BLOCK AHEAD OF YOU, to take the curve onto the freeway on ramp. She jammed on the brakes, I slid into her because there was no where else to go. $4000 damage to Ripper, her ridiculously high rear bumper no damage at all, but the damned truck had a tow bar attached to it and it reamed all through hood, radiator, strut supports....

And of course, this is California. If you're the rear car, you're guilty.

[timtylor.livejournal.com]

Ouchies delux. :( Hope that heals quickly.

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

I hate SUVs, I hate SUVS, I hate...

[grassyneal.livejournal.com]

My condolences, old boy. I imagine that all this can't have helped much with Shabbat, either.

I'm up the street. If there's something I can help with, let me know.