But he was running late and it was already 9:45 before I reached the bus stop.__ __, I caught my first bus and had to wait at another stop for the second one.Then, in front of my__ __, a little girl (who may have been a beggar) was hit by a car!The car drove off ...
When something goes wrong, it can be very satisfying to say, “Well, it’s so-and-so’s fault. or “I know I’m late, but it’s not my fault; the car broke down. It is probably not your fault, but once you form the habit of blaming somebody or something
Car #2 was more complete, it had front and rear bumpers, front grill with fog lights, front suspension (Control Freak IFS, no brakes), all it’s glass and some other additional bits. Car #1 had “3.1” written inside the trunk and as mentioned above had almost nothing except the shel...
Years later, as a in Los Angeles, I heard about an immigrant (移民)child who was born with his thumb attached, weblike, to the rest of his hands. His family couldn’t a corrective operation, and the boy lived in , hiding his hand in his pocket. I my boss to let me do the ....
When a vehicle is so severely damaged that the repairs would cost more than X% of its total value, it will likely to be “totaled” that is, deemed a “total loss.” Most insurance companies will refer the matter to a total loss department. They will come up with a value for your ...
Close readers will remember I mentioned that my car was involved in an accident while I was on the trail (when it was supposed to be parked in my backyard, but we won’t go there). The insurance appraiser came out last week and my car is “totaled”. That’s fun to come home to...
They met in person and one night the sheriff found them parked, in the back of my moms car, with their pants down. And it came out that this girl was actually 14! They seized my moms computer (I think they thought he had sought out a 14 year old but her MySpace and all the ...
Here’s a crappy picture of it parked next to his “old” car (which I’d named Jessie): …which prompted this exchange: Anyway – I’ve had a few other “wow, I’m hella old” moments as of late. Most recently: I was entering a convention (the Oddities & Curiosity Expo, in ...
Today, I swerved to miss hitting a kitten, over-corrected, hit and killed the cat, and totaled my truck by hitting a parked car. FML 今天,我驾车为了躲开一只鸡而撞死了一只猫,然后还撞上了一辆停着的小车。 Today, I found out my boyfriend is an active member of the suicide forum. He to...
curve out on a country road and rolled the car over three times. Neither my younger brother, a friend, or myself were wearing seat belts; miraculously, none of us were ejected from the car. We were essentially unscathed but for some scratches and bruises. My beloved Falcon was totaled ...