Comments | irish_brigid: Life: It sure ain't boring.

irish_brigid

Life: It sure ain't boring.

Jan 22, 2009 18:38

I didn't go to school today. There's a very good reason ( Read more... )

car, life experience, crash, rant, air bags, life, technology, accident

Comments 8

sareth January 23 2009, 06:00:37 UTC

You're fortunate the airbag didn't cause any injury. I hit two deer in two months last year, and actually have light (but visible, if you know where to look) scars on one arm from lost skin caused by the airbag inflating along my arm ( ... )

irish_brigid January 23 2009, 15:55:41 UTC

There probably would have been some damage to myself if I hadn't been wearing a heavy winter coat and mittens. There are what look like scorch marks on the back of my mittens now. No idea how that happened.

And the car is ten years old. Thank goodness. I would not want to have to pay for a new car. A little bouncing around I can handle. The car collapsing around me not so much.

toffeejedi January 23 2009, 13:30:52 UTC

Glad that you're ok, well as good as can be.

Accidents are rubbish. When I was hit by a milk van a few years back I just felt completely powerless

irish_brigid January 23 2009, 15:57:01 UTC

Ugh. As if I didn't have enough reasons to hate driving. Well, I'm feeling a lot better today. I just have to figure out how to get to school to take the make up test. (Maybe I'll walk, it's only a mile our two.)

toffeejedi January 23 2009, 16:13:27 UTC

What are you studying in School? Walking that distance when it's all snowy and stuff will be interesting :)

irish_brigid January 23 2009, 18:50:21 UTC

I'm in commercial art. It was very interesting walking that distance. By the time I got to school my legs were freezing and my face hurt. The teacher was very impressed that I walked, even took out a map to figure out how far it actually was. 20 blocks. Wow.

He drove me to the towing place to take pictures of my car, too. Really nice guy.

indigo_kitsune January 23 2009, 16:35:49 UTC

At least your alright, well physically anyway. I hope that your able to afford the car repairs and stay in school. Also I hope that you don’t end up in another car accident.
Hum I never gave much thought to air bags, I always imagined them to have popcorn inside of them. You know so you could snack on it while waiting for the cops to come, impractical yes but I still like the idea.

irish_brigid January 23 2009, 18:51:26 UTC

I like the popcorn idea, too, except that would be a whole lot more noise to add to the already stressful conditions. Really, all that popping? Yikes.