Flippin' car accident

[Johnboy]

Hi Steve, sorry to hear about your accident and I know from personal experience that being second in the job interview is not a lot of consolation.

I think you are entitled to get the details of the lorries registered owners from the DVLA yourself. Worth asking anyway.

John

 

[Adam]

Good to hear you are OK.

Keep plugging at getting your money back.

Adam

 

[Alf]

Ack, Steve, the Bard was on the money, wasn't he?

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions

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Don't think he had the head-hitting-wall smilie though...

On the plus side, just to encourage you that your time on the planet isn't totally doomed, your article on making a gavel in GWW a while back proved very useful last week. Many thanks - and try to keep smiling.

Cheers, Alf

 

[Steve Maskery]

Thanks Alf, it really makes a difference when I know people actually use the stuff I write and don't just use it for draught-profing the workshop door. Can you post a pic?

I actually think I've got past the point of being depressed about it all. This is the third time this year I've come second for this kind of post (manager of a GP surgery). There are not many of them about, and they only come up when a GPM dies, retires or falls out with the partners, usually. At least no GP has ever called me "over-qualified" so I've never had to punch one on the nose.

On top of everything else, my best mate Brian (who occassionally gets a mention in GW) is in hospital having a brain op. He is very poorly and I want him to continue helping me in the workshop, we always have a right good laugh. So it kind of puts my problems into perspective.

On the plus side, mum feels guilty that the car thing happened on my way to pick her up, so she has offered to buy me the stuff I need for my DVD filming - camera and mic arrive tomorrow! And who said pensioners were poor?

 

[mahking51]

Steve M,

Sorry to hear your car grief, I am still going throught it with the dog that ran under my car so can well understand the frustration.

Re the Gavel, didn't see this project, was it of knockdown construction?.....

Regards,

Martin

 

[Steve Maskery]

was it of knockdown construction?.....

Ouch!

There is a pub back home which is known to all as the Knockemdowns. It was years before I found out why, as the name above the door is the Auctioneer's Arms.

 

[Alf]

At least no GP has ever called me "over-qualified" so I've never had to punch one on the nose.

Sheesh, talk about your bad luck continuing... :wink: :lol: Hope your mate gets well soon - brain stuff is always doubly worrying, isn't it?

Anyway, pic. T'was the basic sizes and the strike block/hollow that were so handy. I meant to get a better pic for colour before it went, but never got there. #-o Should know how the recipient reacts on Sunday... [-o<



Cheers, Alf

 

[Steve Maskery]

Nice, Alf, very nice indeed.
Did you find the hollow block good? I had nothing to comapre it with, so I don't know if it made a difference or not, but it seemed like a good idea, and the resulting sound was very acceptable. I just don't know if it would have sounded as good without it.

By the way, the comment about Mr Johnson's teeth was not mine, it was a bit of editorial licence by Pete, bless him.

Glad it was helpful.

 

[Alf]

Yeah, I think the hollow does give it a bit more resonance. I've made a solid one in the past, and it's a bit dull in comparision. Mind you, it's a moot point as I'm not encouraging my brother (the recipient) to get any ideas about us taking any notice of him by banging it. :wink: :lol:

Cheers, Alf

 

[Vormulac]

Glad you are ok Steve. The level of mind-numbing idiocy on the road never ceases to amaze me; drove back to London from holiday in Bideford on Saturday and it seemed liked most people on the road were taking that Vauxhall Astra advert a bit too literally and seeing if they could hurl themselves across the country with gay abandon. Cretins.

V.

 

[Steve Maskery]

Hi V
Thanks for that. Latest is that my car is booked in for tomorrow, although I haven't, as of this moment, got the go-ahead to have the work done. That should happen today, I hope. I've decided to use the insurance company. Originally I thought I'd claim directly off the lorry company, but I have only the reg, not, officially, the company (although I believe it to be a JCB vehicle). The police have written to the co, but they have 28 days to reply, then the police write to the driver, who has 28 days to reply. Only then will they give me the info, so then I write, and they have 28 days to reply... and so it goes on.

The insurance co have been good so far (they quoted me happy) and it seems unlikely that this will affect my no claims discount.

On the very bright (different) front, my mate is home from hospital and looking much more like his normal self. He is talking properly again, and is wide awake, something that he hasn't been for a long time. He's even talking about when we are going to fit the 23 casements we made earlier in the summer, so he must be feeling better. Whooppee!!!!

 

[DaveL]

On the very bright (different) front, my mate is home from hospital and looking much more like his normal self. He is talking properly again, and is wide awake, something that he hasn't been for a long time. He's even talking about when we are going to fit the 23 casements we made earlier in the summer, so he must be feeling better. Whooppee!!!!

Well that is good news, I was looking at an old issue of Good Woodworking last night that had his picture in it, made me wonder how he was doing.

 

[Vormulac]

That's fantastic news Steve, all our fingers crossed I'm sure for a smooth and rapid recovery for your friend.

Glad you don't think the insurance company will be a pain, too. Grins all round!

V.