Reasons to be cheerful - again.
Car Crash!
A couple of months ago my missus was involved in a serious motor vehicle accident.

She was driving between jobs (she's a carer for people with dementia in the the community). As she pulled away from a green light another bloke ran a red light and t-boned her on the drivers side. He hit her at about 60kph. Her side airbag deployed and when she could move she (after calling for help and being un-heard) she managed to crawl out of the passenger side door and walk away.
2 plain-clothes cops had been pulled up at the lights directly behind the other guy and had watched him do the whole thing. The the intersection where it happened was across the road from the local copshop. His car ended up sitting next to the flagpole in the forecourt. Oh and he was uninsured.

I got a phone call at about 0800 from a strange woman (my wife was too distressed to even dial me) telling me my missus had been involved in a car accident (you can imagine where my mind went there!) but she put my sobbing missus on. I found out where she was, called the insurance and what-not and off my daughter and I went.

UPDATE: Just put yourself in that position for a moment. Stranger rings you and tells you your spouse has been involved in a accident - doesn't matter how positive a person you are, that's never going to be a good situation.

The 2 plain-clothes guys were still sitting with her when I arrived, tea had been served and they were gently trying to convince her to go to hospital. The fireys had attended and both cars had already been towed.
The missus refused to ride in the same ambo as the other guy (he got a nasty donk to the noggin), so I took her to hospital. Several hours later and an xray they released her with no breaks or bleeding. She has been receiving physiotherapy and is going to the gym regularly for an injury to her right hip. She's currently back at work doing full duties but our GP refuses to sign her off until she's completely free of any symptoms caused by the crash.

The insurance company stumped up the agreed value 3 days later, after the assessor had rung me telling me he was amazed anyone walked out of that alive and within another week we had a new (used) car. We are so far about AUD$6000 out of pocket.

UPDATE: The government insurance mob have since told us that once her GP signs her off they'll payout a lump-sum. None of which we have asked for or expected. Interestingly in this time, between us we have paid over AU$1500 in license fees and vehicle registrations - a good percentage of which has no doubt gone towards the government coffers to cover such payments. On top of that we've also paid about the same in our annual vehicle insurance premiums (the insurance company allowed us to keep our no-claims-bonus). But the premiums were up from last year - no doubt increased across the board due to uninsured motorist having accidents and forcing insured motorist to make claims.

The only issue I had with the insurance company was when they suggested there maybe problems with the claim because my wife had failed to get the other guys insurance details or any witness contact details - I explained that aside from the the fact that she was too distraught to at the time, the 2 police officers who witnessed the accident had kept both her and the other bloke separate anyhoo. That seemed to suffice.

In the mean time whilst we were a 1 car family (1st world problems, right?) I had rows with my work for leaving site for 20 min. to go and drop my daughter off at school once.
EDIT: Seeing how everyone last week posted fucking enourmous pics and did so well with it I thought I'd change the links to pics! Filesize is optional you commie, dialup, povovs!
Here are the pics of the wreck.




Knowing that many of us here have had to deal with tragedy related to car accidents, it was really nice to see the way all of the emergency personnel dealt with the situation - what to them is "just another job" to many of us can be one of the worst days of our week/month/year/life & seeing them deal with it in a professional and caring manner makes me stand in awe.

EDIT: To the shit-flingers, I say this - this post was originally in the "Emergency Services" question. Before you make your sad, old OkCupid jokes at my expense, how about reading the last paragraph above. And then reflect on the fact that there are some who have had far luckier escapes than having had to witness your particular brand of dribbly shit.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Fri 5 Jul 2013, 23:27, 45 replies)

You're using your wife's accident as an excuse to have a go at your haters?
Stay classy.
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Sat 6 Jul 2013, 7:08, closed)

oh, give the guy a break.
condescending, dull AND unfunny all in one post is quite the achievement...
( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Sat 6 Jul 2013, 7:39, closed)

Ahh, janet.
I wish I could say that I've missed you.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sat 6 Jul 2013, 7:48, closed)

has janet been away?
I thought that the lack of the constant whiny noise meant someone must have swatted that mosquito.
(andythepieman Is surfing the waves of indifference on, Tue 9 Jul 2013, 13:12, closed)

I'm interested to see your "working".
I'm using a tale about an amazingly good outcome from a very bad situation for my missus to highlight that the people who have to deal with it day-to-day tend to do it with a great deal of professionalism and aplomb. And that what to them seems like "ordinary" to most of us is "extraordinary".

You seem to have picked one aspect and run with it.
It kinda makes you look like you're just being snarky. Unfortunately, considering your track record that doesn't surprise me AB.

Rather than seeing the 'bad' in things that you read here all the time (hence your need to catalogue all the "Fails" as you see them), maybe you should focus on the content over 'context'.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sat 6 Jul 2013, 7:48, closed)

Properly autistic.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sat 6 Jul 2013, 8:26, closed)

Properly totes ignoring me.
on 2.0 no less.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sat 6 Jul 2013, 9:11, closed)

No, you're using something you posted within the last few months in order to whine about people who take the piss out of you for being a flailing spastic.
If this wasn't the case, then you wouldn't have that bit at the bottom.
( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Sat 6 Jul 2013, 10:05, closed)

Or I could just have been trying to head off the usual
shit dribble.

Or not, as the case may be.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sat 6 Jul 2013, 10:44, closed)

Seriously right..
..you're a bloke in your 50's. You can either go about this in two ways.
1) Embrace your flailing creepy sexpesty spacsticity, massively oveexaggerate it and make a virtue of it, ala Albert Marshmallow and his whole creepy sexpest fantastist thing. Unbelievably, this is the mature option, and far more dignified for a man in his 50's and take your frankly, rather worrying midlife crisis back into healhthier territories. Like, you know, dodgy online dating sites.
2) Carry on using every. single. thing. as. as. excuse. to. whine. about. trolls. Because, y'know, that'll make you look proper good.
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Sat 6 Jul 2013, 20:56, closed)

Thank you AB. Sincerely.
For putting such a big, cheesy grin on my face. For -
1.) Getting. It. So. Wrong.... Again.

2.) For imagining that anyone here would for a moment, take anything you have to say... seriously.

Comedy Gold. That post belongs in your archives. Can I suggest the title - "Important Things I have Said."
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sat 6 Jul 2013, 23:07, closed)

Soz. I'll change that to 'bloke in his 60's'

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Tue 9 Jul 2013, 8:09, closed)

Horrible bullying of the creepy sexpest.
You'd be a creepy sexpest if you looked like a bowling ball dipped in custard and pubes and spent 18 hours a day whining on the internet.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 7 Jul 2013, 9:19, closed)

(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sun 7 Jul 2013, 9:52, closed)

I am indeed virtuous.

( Albert Marshmallow is a completely irredeemable cunt, Mon 8 Jul 2013, 12:02, closed)

LEGLESS DEFENCE INCOMING AWOOGA AWOOGA LEGLESS DEFENCE INCOMING

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sat 6 Jul 2013, 11:07, closed)

Why don't you tell him what happens in one of the few books you've managed to struggle through that doesn't have pop-up pictures? That would definitely teach him a lesson he won't forget in a hurry.

Bonus points if it's about wizards, or goblins, or whatever.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Sat 6 Jul 2013, 13:05, closed)

terrible bullying of Goblins there
I thought Goblin made pretty good teasmades.
(andythepieman Is surfing the waves of indifference on, Tue 9 Jul 2013, 13:14, closed)

"he was amazed anyone walked out of that alive"?
Surely sarcasm? That's a pretty lame-looking prang.

In fact, this whole story seems very defensive about injuries, financial outlay etc.

Anyway, I hope you get the payout you're clearly hankering for.
( Wet-chinned bag shanker Cannot parse Wogan, Sat 6 Jul 2013, 7:56, closed)

"a lame-looking prang"?
The car & its safety features did exactly what they we supposed to do. And because of that my wife is the walking, talking goddess of beauty that she is today.
I'll be honest - to me, having heard a seasoned insurance assessor tell me my wife was lucky to walk away (his words, not mine), the fact that the car did what it was supposed to do in a crash means far more to me than any detraction about how the wreck may "look".

The payout was only mentioned very recently and and I quite clearly stated in my post "None of which we have asked for or expected.".
Maybe you should read my response to AB above. Again.

The stuff in italics is updated from the original post - hence the UPDATE: and italics. JSYK.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sat 6 Jul 2013, 8:21, closed)

Definitely not being defensive.

( Wet-chinned bag shanker Cannot parse Wogan, Sat 6 Jul 2013, 9:21, closed)

No not at all.
Or you could read the original post which is linked at the start of this post and of course read the updates as being put in after that.

Or I'm just a money-grubber struggling to eke a few dollars out of the local government's coffers by trying to capitalise on the fact that my wife was involved in an accident.
Does any of you know a good local lawyer to me that specialises in Accident Claims?

I wish I could call you a tool and make you look like a dickhead.
You're doing a pretty good job on your own.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sat 6 Jul 2013, 9:31, closed)

I'll be honest, this is the first story of yours I've read from start to finish and kind of understood.
But there's no way I'm reading it again.
( Wet-chinned bag shanker Cannot parse Wogan, Sat 6 Jul 2013, 9:57, closed)

tl;dr?

(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sat 6 Jul 2013, 10:08, closed)

^ THIS ^

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Sat 6 Jul 2013, 8:22, closed)

I had worse damage than that when I hit an owl.
I realise he's a whiny posh boy immigrant but I thought strines were made of sterner stuff.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sat 6 Jul 2013, 8:25, closed)

I doubt the owl saw it that way.
I wondered when you you were going to make an appearance.

No editing posts to make you look less like a dickhead now.
Otherwise you might end up looking like a dickhead.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sat 6 Jul 2013, 9:06, closed)

Hahahahahahahahahahaha.
Classic Club Misery.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sat 6 Jul 2013, 8:12, closed)

Hahahahahahahahahahaha.
Classic "no content" and disparaging Shambo post.

I'm seriously starting to wonder if you actually have a family.
I know that if I spent as much time on here as you do during the daylight hours, my missus would be screaming blue murder.
But then again I'm married to a real person and have a real life to lead.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sat 6 Jul 2013, 10:05, closed)

Which is why you're usually here at 4am.

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Sat 6 Jul 2013, 10:09, closed)

He was crying here for 18 hours in one day last week.
18 hours. Because Oz beer is piss. 18 hours.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sat 6 Jul 2013, 11:04, closed)

Amazingly not all of us keep your hours BD.
I know it's a bit hard to believe, but it is true.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sat 6 Jul 2013, 23:28, closed)

Dribbly shit
To the shit-flingers, I say this - this post was originally in the "Emergency Services" question. Before you make your sad, old OkCupid jokes at my expense, how about reading the last paragraph above. And then reflect on the fact that there are some who have had far luckier escapes than having had to witness your particular brand To the shit-flingers, I say this - this post was originally in the "Emergency Services" question. Before you make your sad, old OkCupid jokes at my expense, how about reading the last paragraph above. And then reflect on the fact that there are some who have had far luckier escapes than having had to witness your particular brand of dribbly shit.To the shit-flingers, I say this - this post was originally in the "Emergency Services" question. Before you make your sad, old OkCupid jokes at my expense, how about reading the last paragraph above. And then reflect on the fact that there are some who have had far luckier escapes than having had to witness your particular brand of dribbly shit.To the shit-flingers, I say this - this post was originally in the "Emergency Services" question. Before you make your sad, old OkCupid jokes at my expense, how about reading the last paragraph above. And then reflect on the fact that there are some who have had far luckier escapes than having had to witness your particular brand of dribbly shit.To the shit-flingers, I say this - this post was originally in the "Emergency Services" question. Before you make your sad, old OkCupid jokes at my expense, how about reading the last paragraph above. And then reflect on the fact that there are some who have had far luckier escapes than having had to witness your particular brand of dribbly shit.To the shit-flingers, I say this - this post was originally in the "Emergency Services" question. Before you make your sad, old OkCupid jokes at my expense, how about reading the last paragraph above. And then reflect on the fact that there are some who have had far luckier escapes than having had to witness your particular brand of dribbly shit.To the shit-flingers, I say this - this post was originally in the "Emergency Services" question. Before you make your sad, old OkCupid jokes at my expense, how about reading the last paragraph above. And then reflect on the fact that there are some who have had far luckier escapes than having had to witness your particular brand of dribbly shit.
( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Sat 6 Jul 2013, 12:47, closed)

0_0
From the mind that also gave us -
" i dun farted
lol"
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sat 6 Jul 2013, 12:50, closed)

I dun farted lol
had more context than your automobile accident that was of no interest the first time.

If I were to tell you some tales from my life your pubic hairs would straighten.
( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Mon 8 Jul 2013, 11:40, closed)

Be my guest.
That's what we're all here for, isn't it?
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Thu 11 Jul 2013, 2:13, closed)

dribbly shit

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Sat 6 Jul 2013, 21:43, closed)

drimbly shit

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Sat 6 Jul 2013, 22:46, closed)

I clicked "I like this!"
for this post.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sat 6 Jul 2013, 23:08, closed)

The windscreen seems to have a distorting lense effect

(Brigadier an old boot sitting on a man's face - forever, Sun 7 Jul 2013, 11:42, closed)

A blessing, I think we can all agree.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 8 Jul 2013, 7:55, closed)

Did you deliberately make the woman's face look like a bit like a fanny?

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 8 Jul 2013, 9:59, closed)

Dude...
...your wife's face is a swirl. Need to get that shit checked out.
(squigbobble existed, Mon 8 Jul 2013, 13:08, closed)

I'm sure it was scary but it looks a fairly low impact collision.
some accidents you say "No way anyone could have survived that. Look at the fucking car"
this one is more of a "Oh, somebody's going to putting in an insurance claim. That's three panels that need to be replaced
( cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 8 Jul 2013, 13:19, closed)

Vehicle was what the assessor (whom I'm assuming wasn't the work-experience guy) called a
statutory write off.
The 2 eyewitness cops estimated in their report that the guy who hit her was doing at least 60km/h. The fireys and ambos were apparently (happily) surprised to find their patient staggering about rather than sitting crushed into her seat.
The car was fairly new and as far as I'm concerned did precisely what it was supposed to have done in an accident - keep my missus relatively safe. As lucky escapes go I think this was a pretty fucking big one personally - I didn't realise it was a competition to see who had the worst car accident.

No panels were replaced in the writing of this post.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Thu 11 Jul 2013, 2:30, closed)