[Originally posted last Friday.]
1. I was a bit irked when I discovered the offspring had not set the alarm properly and was still asleep when I headed downstairs. I provided a poke, only to be informed fifteen seconds later (and quickly validated) that apparently either my alarm clock was screwed up, or else I had spontaneously awakened about half an hour early, thinking my alarm had gone off.
2. The offspring could have been forgiven for being a bit off, since she was in her first auto accident last night, driving home from a swim/dive meet in unexpectedly snowy/icy conditions, coming to a gentle (yet still ABS-invoking) stop at a signal, and getting rear-ended by another car whose ABS was not quite effective enough. NO INJURIES. Just a lot of jangled nerves (and a badly damaged rear bumper).
3. I actually served as announcer at said swim/dive meet, which was a first for me. It involved a lot less improv than I had been afraid of (which is good, since it was my first swim/dive meet, and I was unfamiliar with the cadence or what, specifically, I should be announcing). But it was a lot of fun, people asked if I did it for a living (!), and, to relate to No. 2 above, the girl who did the rear-ending was one of the competitors at the meet, and her mom (who drove up about five minutes after I returned to the scene) had been there, and both recognized my voice.
4. It turns out the Hulu app on our Blu-Ray player is no longer supported by Sony or Hulu, so we can’t watch Marvel’s Runaways that way. However, the Hulu phone app (but not the web page, as far as I can see) supports Chromecast, so that should work out well. Which is good, because we watched the first ep. and it was excellent.
I’m happy your daughter is well enough to sass.
Well glad at least that +Kay Hill was not hurt and that she wasn’t at fault. Also let her know she has 12 more of those to catch up with me.
+Stan Pedzick No thanks. One was enough for me.
+Kay Hill 🙂
+Stan Pedzick Yes, I told her it was one of the best-scenario accidents: nobody was injured, the cars were drivable, someone else was 5 minutes away to come assist, it wasn't her fault, and yet Lessons Were Learned.
+Dave Hill yep, after the first one it all becomes rote memory of what to do.
1) are you (and your passengers okay)?
2) is there an accident alert or not? If not call the police (easy to do now with cell phones).
3) get your insurance card out and exchange your info with the other driver. Also because of cell phones, take photos of their info, and the cars and the scene of the accident.
4) because of cell phones, call your insurance company/agent, even if you are not at fault.
5) if on accident alert or no cops have been called, take all the info to the police station and file a report.
+Kay Hill I realize that the weather created hazardous driving conditions without notice this time.
The next time driving conditions become risky. Take your car to the nearest empty unplowed or salted parking lot and practice your winter driving skills. Slam on your ABS breaks, do a few doughnuts, turn into the skid, swerve to avoid others.
Take your dad along. Make his hair stand on end.
I’m glad you’re just a little shook up.
That's a pretty good first accident. Too much evening!
1. I've actually done that before; woken up at some ungodly hour, either because I was dreaming the alarm went off or because something else woke me and my mind played a bad game of connect the dots. I've gone as far as shower and eat breakfast before realizing I was up 2 hours early.
2 and 3. Glad no one was hurt.
4. I'm caught up on Runaways and it stays excellent. Which is good because Inhumans was crap. If you load up the Hulu webpage in Chrome, you can use the built in cast function. It's not super slick but gets the job done if you have a service <cough>Amazon Prime<cough> that refuses to support Chromecast in any way.
+Nick McIntosh
1. It appears my clock got reset somehow, so it was an hour off. The alarm worked as designed.
4. We did watch the first ep through web page Chromecast, though that had its typical choppiness.