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calicocat

BookWorm wrote: »

Morning

I had a lovely 10 hour sleep and feel so refreshed this morning. :T

I was expecting there to be sunshine today but looks like the weather people got it wrong again as just another grey day outside.

I'm having a quiet day at home. Enjoy whatever you are up to

BW

10 hours sleep.......i think I may hate you...just kidding.

Grey here too, and windy as heck....i am back in bed as been awake most of the night. i've got people coming tonight so can't be crashing at 6pm as lots to do...i'm hoping I will fall asleep for a couple of hours so can get up around 3 and feel fresh and ready to cook/do all the stuff I need to do....here's hoping...but not actually that tired yet..



How are the Ted-Bunndies Byatt..??


Groatie queen......I got sold supposedly baby dwarf rabbits...that ended up big enough to put a saddle on.....lol.

I can't remember the breed now...but one type I bought was flipping massive....beautiful, and fur like velvet...but huge bunnies.

I also had one pair where the boy was really either jealous or protective of his sister and attacked everyone on the planet that went near her.

Rabbits are funny, and real characters, but anyone thinking they can buy one, shove it in a hutch and let it out every now and again is sadly mistaken if they want a nice happy one. God knows who decided the size of hutches that are sold in pet shops...totally inappropriate. I used to get my dad to custom make my hutches and runs as a kid, which thankfully he was happy to do.

Just to put a positive slant on bunnies, I did have some that were lovely, I had one pair that I had a mini sledge made for, got them santa jumpers and they used to pull the dog round on the sledge around the garden centre at xmas....really funny. dog was a terrier too...and he loved rabbits...but then he grew up in the pet shop with me so had a bit of an identity crisis as loved all small fury things.

Right...have a lovely day folks...off to try and sleep.

Byatt

Well, you know when you think you shouldn't have got up this morning...:(

car pulled in front of me to turn right into shop car park, and didn't see me...one second no car, the next...you get the picture. Wham! :eek::(

DD and her friend in car also...

OK, skoda's are built like tanks...the other car came off worse I think, but won't know for certain until next week, when it may just be written off...bits of grill have fallen off, I can't open the bonnet which is buckled...it's very old, high mileage...

Fortunately, no excess as I have been deemed as no fault...the other driver kept saying it was his fault, he didn't see me...:(

I can't remember what I did...could I have done something...

Feel very shaken and upset.

Luckily or foresight, I took out hire car cover as I have a business, so will get one on Monday.

Can I cry now?

Oh, a woman said she would be my witness, which was just as well as one of the shop people were taking blokey's side...

I'm hoping this is the law of third things, but I can only think of 2 that have happened to me in the last couple of day.

BookWorm

Calicocat - ooops sorry! Hope you managed to get back to sleep

Byatt - oh no:eek: No wonder you feeling fed up. Sending you some hugs. x You have done all the right things - let the insurance comp take care of the rest.

I've been trying to get into the forum for ages - anyone else been having problems today?

mcculloch29

Oh Byatt! I don't normally post here but something told me to look. I do hope you are able to recover fairly quickly. The other driver obviously hadn't been told 'never admit liability', well, good in this case.

My father in law had one of the first Skodas to come to the UK, it was built like a tank and when something hit him once, it was written off... he had a dented bumper.

calicocat

Oh no Byatt...!!

Hope you are feeling a bit less shaken by it now, the main thing is that everyone was ok though. Not much consolation in a way when your car is done in, but in the bigger picture the fact that you and passengers are ok is what's important.......hugs.....

If your insurance is comprehensive you should get replacement car cover anyhow...but it will be the other cars insurance that pays for it as it's her fault.....at least I think that's how it works.

Good you got a witness, as people can change their minds when they get home.



Bookworm, yes I was having problems around my other post time...just as well really as made me get off here and get some sleep.

Byatt

Thanks BW, McCulloch and Calico, I'm feeling calmer now, but not sure what I'll do if car is written off which I highly suspect it will be. because of its age. Very solid though, the bumper seemed to absorb a lot. Yes, you're right McCulloch, never admit liability... but he was shocked I guess. Didn't know what to do, and I sounded too knowedgeable, all due to MSE rather than experience. I'm being given a hire car from Monday.


The Ted-Bunndies' are fine today, not let out at all :cool:, but you are so right Calico, they need a lot of attention & handling and bigger hutches. The ones I look after do have reasonably sized hutches, and they also go in the house as well as outside.

mum2one

Byatt - Hope your feeling ok, how was everyone else in the car, - without sounding daft, any aches, pains etc please get them checked out. (the only reason say that accident no 2(back in 2000, (non fault) had whiplash the ambulance came checked me over, but as I had rang dad they told him to take me to hospital - 30 mins later mass panic as they thought broke my neck, so spinal board, blocks the lot - touch wood or more a miracle of miracles it was a trapped nerve).

It is good that the other driver has admitted liability.

Check the length of the contract for hire car - (same accident) I had hire car from my car ins (even thou other driver admitted liability - even told police it was his fault), my period of hire was 5 days - but they contacted his ins company who took over hire contract and I ended with hire car 7 weeks - even thou they had wrote my car off literally the day after,

If you have the car before the insurers take it for assesment - take everything that is yours out of it - they dont think of giving it you back, I lost at the time a £300 cd player which I had 6 mths at the time... xx

(Not that I have had that any accidents!!

No 1 - lad hit side of my car - came on to my side of road dented the side and bumper, then went into layby - wrote off a parked van, bounced off that and ended up in 2 shop fronts - mounted the pavement by now - he got out of the car and said "did I do this"..
That was a farce - we had police, ambulance, air ambulance out - his insurance had a massive bill. All he got was 6 penalty points, £100 costs, £100 fine) - as the accident was while on holiday (200 miles for me), I had to take 3 days off work for 1 hr court hearing - my loss of earnings, petrol, accomodation, food etc - came in over £500 (accident 1998/court 1999)

no 2- above - lad behind me hit gas pedal not brake even thou was doing 10 miles an hr - the car was split in half

no 3 - passenger - girl came out of a car park on the right side of the road and tried to cross 3 lanes of traffic to another car park!!

groatie_queen

Hi Byatt, I hope you're feeling less shocked this morning - I know that feeling of frustration of having to replace an old but perfectly serviceable car just because someone else got it wrong - in my case I was rear-ended by a man who didn't slow down quickly enough coming up to queuing traffic on a slip road off a motorway. I heard him braking and did my best to pull off the road but he still hit me. But steering into the side prevented me hitting the car in front. Luckily no whiplash, just a very shaken me and dog. His was a company car, so no cost to him, but I had to take out a loan to buy a replacement car. So annoying when it's not your fault, but with old cars the insurance value is minimal.

My can collection for my charity yesterday was a bit of a trial, very hard on the old legs and back standing all day, and I felt at least 90 when I got home - so straight into a blissfully hot bath and off to bed. Allowing for expenses for a couple of volunteers, who came for a couple of hours, we'll clear £160, which will be very useful.

Housework this morning - washing machine is on, dishes done, kitchen tidied and I'm about to tackle the grot upstairs. Then into town to collect the second batch of photos for my brother's "This is your Life" album, with the final few pics to get printed off today (Forth Rail Bridge, Botanic Gardens and Greyfriars Bobby amongst other Edinburgh aides memoires) , and that will be it complete. I can't wait to see his face when he looks through it. The places are for fun but the pics of family will make it for him.

I hope everyone has a lovely day wherever you are.

JustKeepSwimming_2

Afternoon all - Byatt I hope you're doing OK today, what a shock for you & your passengers. I hope you manage to sort out all the insurance shenanigans without too much hassle. Well done with your rabbit catching too - they do sound like they make a lovely couple

Happy belated birthday Metherer :beer: Well done with passing your exam & good news about the housing - hope you get something suitable soon.

Mum2one - hope your ceiling/plumbing situation has improved.

We've had fantastic weather this weekend - I was actually too hot :rotfl: (but then I was on a walk with fleece layers trying to break in a new pair of boots). Far too much flesh on display in town today when I did my shopping after the laundry frenzy that was this morning. People seem much friendlier when the weather is good, don't they? I know I'm less grumpy :rotfl: but not really looking forward to going back to work tomorrow - I still have so much pottering to do.

Your stories about how sexist things were for some of you are fascinating. It doesn't seem like that long ago really, yet it also seems an age. It didn't occur to me that there were some things women couldn't or shouldn't do - probably because all the men in my mother's family were f e c k less idiots who'd already left their families so there was no man left to tell the women what to do!

kacie

Hi, hope everyone is doing ok, and enjoying some sunshine this weekend.

I've been sorting out cards today, ordered a replacement nectar card, and got myself a Tesco clubcard too, we've not got a Tesco here, but they have applied to build one, so figured I would get one anyway while I'm in a get things done mood! Also started doing Yougov surveys again, might take me a while to reach the £50 but it'll be a good bit of extra money when I do.

EHIC card now renewed too