Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Well Now...

...the good news is that he was NOT hurt. The bad news is that Grandpère ruined the front fender and bumper on my one-year old car. If you recall, the reason my car is fairly new is that GP totaled my old car driving in New Orleans. Here we are in New Orleans, and he's done it again, only this time with much less damage. He is a very good driver in most instances, but he is not a city-smart driver. Have you guessed who plays the fool in this drama? Moi! Maybe GP learned a lesson. I hope so. If not, next time it won't be in my car.
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27 comments:

  1. ErpSeptember 29, 2009 at 4:50 PM

    You might want to check the first sentence....

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  2. BooCatSeptember 29, 2009 at 5:10 PM

    I'm with Erp, surely you must mean, "he was NOT hurt." To GP I would only say, I do not believe that anyone can truly be city-smart trying to drive in New Orleans. It's a miracle anyone makes it out unscathed.

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  3. June ButlerSeptember 29, 2009 at 5:42 PM

    Fixed. A Freudian slip?

    Thanks for the correction.

    I learned to drive in New Orleans. I need to do all the driving in NO. GP won't use my car to run around here again.

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  4. LeonardSeptember 29, 2009 at 5:47 PM

    Oh please, come drive HERE! It´s fully crazy and I learned to drive in Los Angeles (which seems a breeze)...anyway, I´ve only got one eye for vision at the moment so you´re far ahead with GP´s ride (bent bumper or not).

    Glad you are both safe.

    Abrazos,
    Leonardo

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  5. ElizabethSeptember 29, 2009 at 5:50 PM

    Thank goodness, GP is ok and so are you. Two fairly recent accidents is worrying. Perhaps a medical check-up is in order. I realize city traffic is something else. I survived Phoenix, but wouldn't let visitors drive there. Still, a medical exam can't hurt and we want to keep GP around.

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  6. June ButlerSeptember 29, 2009 at 5:54 PM

    I wasn't in the car. GP was on his own.

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  7. Padre MickeySeptember 29, 2009 at 6:01 PM

    You want crazy driving? All of Central America is nutsy in that area, but Panama takes the cake! They say if you can drive here you can drive anywhere. Everyone's car has scratches and dents.

    I stopped driving in this country; my blood pressure can't take it.

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  8. June ButlerSeptember 29, 2009 at 7:12 PM

    Padre Mickey, GP cannot drive in New Orleans. I think we both know that now. Neither of us could drive in conditions such as you describe in Panama.

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  9. it's margaretSeptember 29, 2009 at 7:49 PM

    Oh Grandmere! Maybe you need a couple of those mean rigid hitches to the front and back of any car Grandpere get in... (I am very glad he was not hurt --hope nobody else was either.)

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  10. June ButlerSeptember 29, 2009 at 8:10 PM

    Margaret, no one was hurt. The other driver was in an old truck. They didn't call the police. It was a fender-bender, a swipe, really, but it will cost a bundle to fix my car. We have a $500 deductible on our insurance, but we don't know whether we should make a claim or not, because we may pay more in the long run if they raise our rates.

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  11. PaulSeptember 29, 2009 at 11:04 PM

    I am so sorry to hear this, GM. I am glad no one was hurt. Love to you both.

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  12. ITSeptember 29, 2009 at 11:08 PM

    Mimi,
    Maybe you should drive.

    Glad all are well!

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  13. June ButlerSeptember 29, 2009 at 11:20 PM

    Thanks for all the good words.

    It could have been a lot worse. GP ain't driving my car in New Orleans any more. I know I said that before, but this time I mean it.

    Life's a beach!

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  14. Catherine in JapanSeptember 30, 2009 at 12:21 AM

    I am so glad that no one is hurt.
    How is your husband's pride? Another accident must hurt his pride.

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  15. motherameliaSeptember 30, 2009 at 7:46 AM

    I learned to drive in Boston, taught my California fiance. When I took the driving test and did a bunch of things wrong, the state guy informed me I was no worse than anyone else and I would soon get the hang of it. The odd thing is, after the first week or two of doing odd things, like hooking the fender on the chain link fence the first day I drove to work after our honeymoon. (my colleagues had to lift the VW bug up off the fence) and stopping my car in Cambridge on the way home after the nth car had cut me off and calling hubby to come get me (he said "get back in the car and do what they do.") Since then I've managed to drive just about anywhere. Haven't tried NO though.

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  16. June ButlerSeptember 30, 2009 at 7:59 AM

    Catherine, I'm afraid that GP's pride is rather severely wounded. However, after my initial outrage, I didn't beat up on him long. It's over. It's only a car.

    Amelia! Funny. In New Orleans, driving calls for determination and no hesitation. And sometimes you must make your own opportunities to move on by playing chicken.

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  17. eileenSeptember 30, 2009 at 8:10 AM

    Waaah for your car! But glad GP is ok!

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  18. RmjSeptember 30, 2009 at 9:16 AM

    My sympathies are with Grandpere.

    I've gone nearly 30 years without any kind of accident at all. Within the past 5 years, I've totalled 2 cars, and my daughter has totalled one and damaged (not seriously) another (I was in the car the second time, and count it as partly my fault). (All city driving incidents, in Houston. You'd think I'd know how to drive in cities, having lived in them all my life.)

    And at least I didn't have my wife putting it up on the interweb for all to know about!

    Not scolding, Grandmere. But my sympathies are with Grandpere.

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  19. susan s.September 30, 2009 at 9:42 AM

    Driving in Nola sounds like what driving in Paris looks like! Poor Mimi! Poor Granpere! Poor car. Will you get it fixed or just get another? I'm glad you and Granpere were not hurt.

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  20. June ButlerSeptember 30, 2009 at 10:23 AM

    Rmj, the post was written in the outrage part of my reaction. It probably helped Grandpère, in that I vented on the world-wide internet and rather less to him. Why not air the family dirty linen on the internet? In truth, the post probably makes me look worse than GP.

    "How would you like to be married to that bitch?"

    Susan, we'll get it fixed at great cost. The front bumper and the front right fender will need replacing. The body shops don't repair anything any more. They replace.

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  21. RmjSeptember 30, 2009 at 1:55 PM

    Please don't take me as complaining about your post. I just sympathize with Grandpere's "difficulties".

    I honestly think city driving is getting crazier. Sorry about your car, glad no one was hurt. And I hope his wounded pride is healed soon.

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  22. June ButlerSeptember 30, 2009 at 3:37 PM

    Rmj, not at all. Poor Grandpère feels worse today than yesterday. I've moved on. It's just a car. Of course, he had the accident, not me.

    I can tell you that we have a good many fools on the road in our small city, but there's not as much activity.

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  23. Catherine in JapanSeptember 30, 2009 at 8:36 PM

    I am sorry to hear that your husband feels even worse today.
    I recently backed into a parked car (I had never hit a car before and it had to be a parked one)- my sons' coach's car...at the elementary school...Yikes, I was mortified. So, I could sympathize with GP.
    You are right about it being better for all to be venting on your blog. My husband would agree:)

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  24. Diane M. RothSeptember 30, 2009 at 8:36 PM

    sorry so late to this, but wanted to extend my prayers and well-wishes for GP.

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  25. CaminanteSeptember 30, 2009 at 10:16 PM

    As usual, late to the discussion but glad GP is OK and that seemingly the storm has passed.

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  26. KirstinSeptember 30, 2009 at 11:35 PM

    [rolls eyes]

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  27. June ButlerSeptember 30, 2009 at 11:46 PM

    Thanks everyone for the prayers and good wishes.

    Kirstin, how did I know you'd drop by? How are you, m'dear?

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