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    Dear college student not paying attention while driving. Thanks for rear ending me. I really appreciate having to deal with insurance, car repairs and a sore neck. We were already stopped for God's sake. How hard is it to just pay attention? I've now had bodywork done on this car five times, each for no fault of my own.
    Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Continue to learn. Appreciate your friends. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by indysteel View Post
    Dear college student not paying attention while driving. Thanks for rear ending me. I really appreciate having to deal with insurance, car repairs and a sore neck. We were already stopped for God's sake. How hard is it to just pay attention? I've now had bodywork done on this car five times, each for no fault of my own.
    That sucks

    I'm still dealing with PT and pain (of course on my own dime) from the person at the MS Ride last year who didn't see the red light, stopped car in front of me or me stopped with a foot down, and decided to stop herself by grabbing my arm and wrenching it behind me, taking me and 2 other people down and causing some (admittedly minor) damage to my then new bike.
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    Quote Originally Posted by indysteel View Post
    Dear college student not paying attention while driving. Thanks for rear ending me. I really appreciate having to deal with insurance, car repairs and a sore neck. We were already stopped for God's sake. How hard is it to just pay attention? I've now had bodywork done on this car five times, each for no fault of my own.
    Yikes, glad to hear that your injury was not worse! Hopefully the college student has insurance...

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    She mentioned that had recently married. She was driving a car insured by her new in-laws. Oops!
    Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Continue to learn. Appreciate your friends. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Owlie View Post
    Dear body--
    Nonononono, you cannot be getting sick. I hope it's a combination of PMS and being tired and dehydrated and sitting too close to the radiator all afternoon. We have things to do!

    Blarf.
    I hope you are feeling better today!

    Quote Originally Posted by indysteel View Post
    She mentioned that had recently married. She was driving a car insured by her new in-laws. Oops!
    Oh my, hopefully she has learned her lesson but it sucks that your car had to be part of that lesson. Hope the neck is better today and no other soreness is presenting itself.

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    Quote Originally Posted by indysteel View Post
    She mentioned that had recently married. She was driving a car insured by her new in-laws. Oops!
    And she mentioned it to an attorney, no less. Oops is right! I hope you are not injured.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tulip View Post
    And she mentioned it to an attorney, no less. Oops is right! I hope you are not injured.
    I actually felt sorry for her as she seemed upset. She'd never been in an accident, so I walked her through what typically happens. She was a nice young woman, and we were very cordial to one another. Thankfully, my neck and back aren't sore, and I assume the car is fixable. So, it's all okay.

    Plus, my lovely husband brought me some tulips yesterday. Isn't that sweet?
    Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Continue to learn. Appreciate your friends. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.

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    shooo

    Dear Tropical Cyclone Bianca, (http://www.watoday.com.au/environmen...128-1a7lj.html)

    Shoo, Shoo!

    Please don't land near Busselton...I really won't appreciate swimming into large groups of stingers on the 6th becuase of you!!!

    Also, farmers down south are already under pressure w dry conditions so don't even think about turning that wind up!! We don't need out of control bushfires..

    Go bother some uninhabited island somewhere west of us in the Indian Ocean.

    Shooo!Shoo!

    Shoo I say!

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    Wow I love this thread all of a sudden.

    Dear, dear male friend: please don't yell at your girlfriend as she tries to learn to manage a road bike, with clipless pedals, in traffic for the first time. That's not helping. If you are nice, she might end up liking this sport. If not, you're going to end up riding on your own, or with a good ol sausagefest. I assume that's not why you encouraged her to ride in the first place, right? Think it through, put on your patience hat.

    I'll give you some crap when we aren't all together, so as not to make you look like the idigit you are bein in front of her. But I'm sure she can tell, so, yknow.
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