"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
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A few weeks ago we lost power due to an ice storm. The power was out for
about 7 days. A few days later I got into a car accident( no one hurt). I
was going to get the car in the shop yesterday and the guy called me to let
me know not to bring it, it would be a few more days. Today my wife takes
my car and is pulling into a gas station when another car parked on a hill,
has a dog in it that kicks the car into gear, it rolls down side swipes my
car and rolls across the street. Fortunately( so I thought) it was the same
side that was damaged in the earlier accident, only now it's really messed
up. Insurance company has to decide what was there and what wasn't( good
thing I have a digital camera), before I can get the repairs done. Just a
mess, add to that another foot of snow and more coming tonight and it has
just been a swell year!!!!! I figure I will save all my good luck for the
MTC, providing of course a plane doesn't drop from the sky into my house
first. Sorry for the OT, but I had to vent a bit. I guess there are worse
things that could happen :-0

Well, last Friday, Janet was having a bad day. I told her a little story
that made her feel immeasurably better.

As most of you know, I am a professional firefighter by trade. A couple I
know had her father die about a month ago of a sudden and fatal heart
attack. Then, last Thursday, we received a call at the firehouse from this
woman's husband. Could a couple guys meet at his uncle's house? They
hadn't heard from him in a day or two and that wasn't like him. They
knocked on the door and didn't get an answer, even though there were lights
on in the home.

So, two of our crew went to the address, sure enough, the house was locked
and by all appearances, there was someone home. So, the door was forced and
on the other side of the door lay the uncle, pulseless and not breathing.
The coroner and police department was called.

After everyone had done their thing, and the uncle was taken to the morgue,
the couple was on their way home through some pretty heavy snow. On the way
home, a deer ran into the side of her car, causing extensive damage. They
finally got home, after waiting for a sheriff's deputy to come and dispatch
the deer and take their statement for the accident report. Upon arrival at
home, the husband had to get some sleep because he had to get up at the
buttcrack of dawn to snowplow some properties that he had contracts with.

At approximately 5:00 a.m., we received a call that there was a truck on
fire and they gave the location. Sure enough, as we arrived on scene, there
was a 4 door, 3/4 ton late model pickup, fully engulfed in flames, right
next to the building. We extinguished the fire, but unfortunately the fire
had progressed so far that the truck was a total loss, a 2004 Chevy
Silverado 2500 HD.

As we talked to the guy, I asked him if he had good insurance. He replied
"I think so, but I'm not sure how they'll handle the contents of the truck."
I asked him what he meant by that. He told me that he and his wife own a
couple apartment buildings and he had roughly $5,000.00 in rent money (cash
and checks) in a bank bag in the back seat that he was going to deposit when
he was done plowing.

Think you've had it rough lately? Janet felt a whole lot better about her
bad day after I related this story.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com