First my sons mother in law passed unexpectedly last week which I posted about here. Then the day of her funeral this past Friday while we were not home somebody slammed their car into my smoker that was parked in front of my garage which in turn slammed into my UTV which was parked right next to it. The car then continued another 10 yards into the woods and hit a tree.
The driver fled the scene. My smoker is at a fabricators having repairs done and my UTV is at the dealership determining if it's totaled or not.

Now yesterday I was leaving my daughters house after babysitting my grandson and hit a patch of ice on her concrete steps and the ride was on! My back bouncing off 7 pieces of concrete until the ride ended at the bottom. Feel like I've been in a car wreck today!!

I hope this is over now and it's will soon be safe to stick my head out from under the blankets.

Damn man,

You have had a bad run!

Don't know about that old saying about bad things in 3's, but my best wishes and prayer for things to go much better for you.

Wow, I thought I had a bad day yesterday when I accidently tore a toenail all the way off. It's not as painful now after reading your post.

Jim

I guess it could be worse the guy who did the hit and run is in a bit of trouble. Here is where his car ended up after running into my smoker.



I went to the impound lot where they towed to see what it looked like.



He went to the cop shop the next day and reported his car had been stolen from a bar about 6 blocks from my house. Mkay..Cops went to the bar and asked for the video from that night. Video of him in the bar, video of him outside the bar trying to pick a fight and video of him getting in his car and driving away. I guess that's what you call busted! Fleeing the scene and filing a false police report.

Lucky kid, he hit my smoker which is about 1500 pounds of solid steel up front near the jack stand which has a wheel. So the impact made the smoker pivot hard right which took away a lot of the impact to his car. He deflected off it and the momentum took him into the woods.

Had he hit that thing further back towards the wheels he would have not been limping away he would have been waiting for the jaws of life to extricate him from a crumpled mess. He may not have survived.

As it was he hit the smoker so hard all the doors flew open and some hinges are sprung. The propane tank mounting bracket needs to be rebuilt. And the receiver needs to be cut off and replaced.



Hard to see the damage on the UTV but the right side door is toast as is the fender and cowling. Bent the floor on the inside and tore the dash up. The whole cab is slightly twisted on the frame. The dealership suspects the frame is bent and will be totaled out.



What a hassle...

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Originally posted by lastmanstanding:
He went to the cop shop the next day and reported his car had been stolen from a bar about 6 blocks from my house. Mkay..Cops went to the bar and asked for the video from that night. Video of him in the bar, video of him outside the bar trying to pick a fight and video of him getting in his car and driving away. I guess that's what you call busted! Fleeing the scene and filing a false police report.

Be nice if they could get him for DUII too, but there's probably no evidence for that by the next day.

He had a prior DUI which is why he fled. No breath or blood test can't charge with a DUI but he was clearly intoxicated in the video according to the cop who called me.

Do you live on a curve/bend or was he just that shitfaced?

Wow! I'm sorry, man.

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
Do you live on a curve/bend or was he just that shitfaced?

Nope we live on a dead end at the end of about a 300 yard long road that starts as a steep hill. He was shitfaced but he also may not have realized the road was a dead end. He started braking about 40 yards from where my stuff was parked but it was packed snow so he just slid probably actually gained speed. He hit hard to do all that damage. As I said he hit that smoker in the only place he could and still be able to physically leave the scene.

That’s terrible, I hope things are going to be better. I hope you have a Merry Christmas

I know the feeling. When my wife was in the hospital recently, I came home to find that the Oven wouldn't light. I was just waiting for #3.

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hit a patch of ice on her concrete steps and the ride was on! My back bouncing off 7 pieces of concrete until the ride ended at the bottom

Um, ya know you're gonna have to change your forum name now, right?

That's a bad run, for sure.
On the other hand, you weren't holding your grandson when you fell down the steps, so there's that. I'm sure you're happy to have the bruises and have him safe and sound

Here's hoping for a safe and happy 2019!

Bruce

Hopefully the guy that hit your smoker was insured.

It's up to my insurance to make me whole whether he has insurance or not. I had Progressive on the UTV and the smoker would be covered on my home owners. Don't plan on making a claim on my homeowners. The only way to get reimbursed on the smoker damages is if I sue his insurance company. The fabricator is also a friend of mine and will fix it up better than new in exchange I cook for his summer party which I always do anyhow.

Everything I'm being told is Progressive is the worst. They sent their adjuster out and he estimated the UTV damage at $5 grand which kind of shocked me because I know 5 grand does not go far when you are talking UTV's.

The guy at the dealership told me they throw out any Progressive damage estimates and says they will do their own. He looked out the window from inside the dealership at my wheeler and said I see $5 grand from here. I suppose everybody has their own motivations. The dealership wants to make as much as they can and insurance wants to save as much as they can.

As long as I don't get screwed in the end. In the end no one was hurt, young kids make stupid mistakes I know I did. Hopefully the young man gets it turned around some take longer than others while it never happens for some. I have a lot to be thankful for I have a new grandson who is going to experience his first Christmas and a great family.

There are many more people in my "Bad things comes in three's" scenario's that are hurting much more than I am this Holiday season. We are all suffering the loss of a loved one way too soon. All my stuff can be fixed or replaced but that can't be fixed.

But dammit my back still hurts!

Thanks to all for the well wishes and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!!

You're right, it always comes in waves doesn't it ? I don't know if that's a gift or a curse. Getting it out of the way all at once seems to work better for me.

Lastman, just in case you didn't know anything good that happens during Christmas is automacally doubled. This means because you just ate 3 bad strikes back to back, you get 3 years of guaranteed peaceful bliss to look forward to. But that is under normal circumstances, but becuase it's Christmas, you actually get a guranteed 6 years of easy rowing. Also, after the 6 good years pass by, then you go back to the normal risk profile of being a member of the great Sigforum. And the chances of another 3-in-a-row of statistical misfortunes after that period is highly unlikely.

So now you should just go have yourself a very nice Christmas !

Sorry for all that has happened!

I had wondered over the years why you seemed so negative on the Big Green Egg, seeing your smoker it now makes sense! :-) Beautiful, hope all is fixed better than new!

Enjoy your new grandson, and family.

Merry Christmas!

Doug

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Originally posted by Dreamerx4:
Sorry for all that has happened!

I had wondered over the years why you seemed so negative on the Big Green Egg, seeing your smoker it now makes sense! :-) Beautiful, hope all is fixed better than new!

Enjoy your new grandson, and family.

Merry Christmas!

Doug

I guess I do come off a bit negative on the BGE don't I? They turn out some good bbq no doubt but I'm one of those known in the BBQ circles as a snobby stick burner! Wood fired BBQ is my passion I guess.

Thanks for the compliment on the smoker and the well wishes and same to you and your family!

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Originally posted by wrightd:
You're right, it always comes in waves doesn't it ? I don't know if that's a gift or a curse. Getting it out of the way all at once seems to work better for me.

Lastman, just in case you didn't know anything good that happens during Christmas is automacally doubled. This means because you just ate 3 bad strikes back to back, you get 3 years of guaranteed peaceful bliss to look forward to. But that is under normal circumstances, but becuase it's Christmas, you actually get a guranteed 6 years of easy rowing. Also, after the 6 good years pass by, then you go back to the normal risk profile of being a member of the great Sigforum. And the chances of another 3-in-a-row of statistical misfortunes after that period is highly unlikely.

So now you should just go have yourself a very nice Christmas !

Great sentiment and thank you and the same to you and yours!

I hope you don't have any lingering issues from your fall and I hope the insurance companies treat you fairly for the damage and make you whole. And I hope that young man gets his act together!

Merry Christmas!



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