Thursday, 13 March 2008

Two crashes in one day!

So today I woke up and got out of bed and turned on my computer. (as you do) And to my horror it didn't work! What a uneventful day this is going to be. Now I'm quite a tech savvy guy I know what I'm doing around computers, I have lots of previous education in computers. Since I built my computer myself I also know what's going on inside. So I decided to open it up see if there was anything I could do, to make it magically work, but alas, I couldn't. So I figured I would buy a whole new system anyway, since my computer is around 2 years old anyway! I did think about just buying the components and building it again, but I've had so many bad experiences with building my own computers, I thought I would just save myself the hassle. So I brought myself a nice new one from Overclockers I'll let you know how I get on I hope. luckily I have my laptop with me, I'm not completely without my beloved internet. As if my day couldn't get any worse.

So what turned out to be an uneventful day, today turned out to be an interesting day, although not for the better. I crashed my car, it was not pretty. I was coming home from picking up my sister from school and I was coming round a corner and I lost control and the car ended up in among some small trees and hedges. lucky there was no other cars involved. The road was kinda wet due to the amount of rain which wasn't any help.
I've never been in a car accident in my life, so I had no clue on what to do! The first thing I did was to check on my sister, she was ok, just a little shook up. I rang my mum on my phone to tell her what had happened. I few people who lived in a houses nearby came to check to see if I was ok. I didn't catch their names but if they happen to have stumbled across my blog "Thanks for your help, I appreciate it!" Apparently it happens a lot on the road that I was on, they say they get one crash at least every week. I'm quite surprised that I did crash really, I've been around that road loads.
The people who came to check on me called the ambulance to get them to check if we were ok. After that we just waited for my mum to come, I had no idea what to do. Before my mum came a police car came along as well, which was kinda scary. I wasn't too shook up about the accident, but when the police arrived I was probably more nervous. I don't know if its just me, but I get a bit scared around police when they want to talk to me about stuff. I've never really done anything really bad before but I guess its just me being paranoid...
The police men just wanted to ask me a few questions, so I stepped in to the police car to answer a few questions like what happened, name, address and that. Then they wanted a breath test too, which I was kinda surprised about but I guess its only natural, because of the amount of drinking and driving that goes on. If any of you know me, I have never drunk any alcohol in my life, yet I was still slightly hesitant when he asked "When was the last time you consumed alcohol?" Which I'm sure didn't help. I was all clear of any alcohol you'll be glad to hear.
Once all the commotion was over I rang up the break-down services to arrange to pick up the car. The guy took around 30-40mins to get there which wasn't too bad I guess, the guy managed to take the car out of the shrubs and trees and on to his big towing machine. He then said it would probably be written off! Most of the damage was around the front of the car and the top, he said that it would be pointless to repair it, because the body was too badly damaged. Bummer!
The car has now been taken to a depot and I'll have to check with the insurance guys tomorrow, who no doubt will give me crap all. Ahh well, lesson learnt here.
At least I get a new car I suppose! :)

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