I aqquired a new job a couple weeks ago...a really good one as after being laid-off from working for aerospace companies all my adult life as a Tool & Die Level Precision Machinist/Fabricator?...I'm still in the training stages of programming/set-up and operation of shop full of 12 high-end cnc 5&8 axis cnc grinding centers....in a REAL clean shop....making a large variety of high speed surgical grinding instruments for...brain surgeons.
I rode my busa to work tuesday the 5th...but for some reason...even though it was beautiful weather on wednesday?..something told me to "Take The Truck"...and it was a damn good thing I did.
Just after getting off I-95 and onto military trail in palm beach gardens (where my new job is located) I was at a dead stop behind traffic awaiting a stoplight and...BAM!!!...hit in the rear...knocked my truck a good 3' forward (even though my foot was on the brake) and the lumbar support of my seat felt as though Mike Tyson took his best shot at my lower back...but naturally the adrenaline was flowing as I threw it in park and jumped out of my truck to go see what sorta @$$wipe had just nailed me (while at a dead stop for a good 10 seconds) and what sort of damage occured and I was shocked in two ways...
1. My Reese Hitch and Step Bumper took the hit...and there was suprisingly little to no visual damage...however...since the step bumper/hitch are so solid?...there was no "crumple zone for me as my lower back took the brunt of the impact..via the seats lumbar support...which nailed me right across my lower back and...
2. What hit me was a 47 year old Palm Beach woman in a brand new '05 Mustang...and when I say "Brand New"?...the lot inventory tag was still hanging from her rearview mirror...she had just bought it.
At first she got out of her car running up to me and apologizing for hitting me...the entire front end of her brand mew mustang was destroyed..smashed grill and front bumper...hood buckled up a good 8"s in the center...front fenders blown out...trashed back to the windshield....and now she's putting her hands on my shoulder repeatedly apologizing and getting hysterical as I'm backing away from her calling 911 on my cell phone.
Cops were there in seconds...heard her apologizing for hitting me...and she even told the cops she ran into the back of me...but..after we were directed to pull off into the adjacent strip mall parking lot and out of the traffic?...and after the officer took our DL's and insurance paperwork?...little Miss Molly had a sudden change of heart as she began to tell the officer that "He Stopped Short"..I laughed in disbelief and said..."Lady?..I was at a dead stop for at least 10 seconds before you hit me."...and suddennly I was a M'F'er who also stopped short...then she asked me who the F are you and where the F do you live and..Just Look At What YOU Did To My Brand New Car!!!
Turns out she also had a large magnum of wine in her vehicle...that was missing 7/8ths of it's contents...as the officer thanked me for not responding to her vile comments and shue'd me off asking if he needed to take a deposition from me for them to prosecute for DUI would I be willing to do so...and a 1/2 hour after I arrived late to my new job here came the officer as I was paged to the front lobby...turns out she refused to test for DUI...then even got a bit physical with the officers to the point they had to restrain her.
Now my only problem is...my lower back burns like a biotch...for the last two days...I'm in pain just getting in and out of a chair let alone riding my Busa....and I'm headed for the emergency room sometime soon to at least egt some x-rays and/or MRI...but one things for sure..currently?...I'm hurt by a rich drunk biotch and her brand new trashed mustang.
Wish me luck and L8R, Bill.
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I rode my busa to work tuesday the 5th...but for some reason...even though it was beautiful weather on wednesday?..something told me to "Take The Truck"...and it was a damn good thing I did.
Just after getting off I-95 and onto military trail in palm beach gardens (where my new job is located) I was at a dead stop behind traffic awaiting a stoplight and...BAM!!!...hit in the rear...knocked my truck a good 3' forward (even though my foot was on the brake) and the lumbar support of my seat felt as though Mike Tyson took his best shot at my lower back...but naturally the adrenaline was flowing as I threw it in park and jumped out of my truck to go see what sorta @$$wipe had just nailed me (while at a dead stop for a good 10 seconds) and what sort of damage occured and I was shocked in two ways...
1. My Reese Hitch and Step Bumper took the hit...and there was suprisingly little to no visual damage...however...since the step bumper/hitch are so solid?...there was no "crumple zone for me as my lower back took the brunt of the impact..via the seats lumbar support...which nailed me right across my lower back and...
2. What hit me was a 47 year old Palm Beach woman in a brand new '05 Mustang...and when I say "Brand New"?...the lot inventory tag was still hanging from her rearview mirror...she had just bought it.
At first she got out of her car running up to me and apologizing for hitting me...the entire front end of her brand mew mustang was destroyed..smashed grill and front bumper...hood buckled up a good 8"s in the center...front fenders blown out...trashed back to the windshield....and now she's putting her hands on my shoulder repeatedly apologizing and getting hysterical as I'm backing away from her calling 911 on my cell phone.
Cops were there in seconds...heard her apologizing for hitting me...and she even told the cops she ran into the back of me...but..after we were directed to pull off into the adjacent strip mall parking lot and out of the traffic?...and after the officer took our DL's and insurance paperwork?...little Miss Molly had a sudden change of heart as she began to tell the officer that "He Stopped Short"..I laughed in disbelief and said..."Lady?..I was at a dead stop for at least 10 seconds before you hit me."...and suddennly I was a M'F'er who also stopped short...then she asked me who the F are you and where the F do you live and..Just Look At What YOU Did To My Brand New Car!!!
Turns out she also had a large magnum of wine in her vehicle...that was missing 7/8ths of it's contents...as the officer thanked me for not responding to her vile comments and shue'd me off asking if he needed to take a deposition from me for them to prosecute for DUI would I be willing to do so...and a 1/2 hour after I arrived late to my new job here came the officer as I was paged to the front lobby...turns out she refused to test for DUI...then even got a bit physical with the officers to the point they had to restrain her.
Now my only problem is...my lower back burns like a biotch...for the last two days...I'm in pain just getting in and out of a chair let alone riding my Busa....and I'm headed for the emergency room sometime soon to at least egt some x-rays and/or MRI...but one things for sure..currently?...I'm hurt by a rich drunk biotch and her brand new trashed mustang.
Wish me luck and L8R, Bill.
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