A truck ran into our house front today.

Darn. Hanny called me at work, saying that I shouldn't worry but that a truck had just ran into our house front. Can you imagine what kind of thoughts have gone through my head in the next few seconds, while she was busy explaining?

We live in the center of an old historical city, where the streets are rather narrow. There is a 90 degree turn just in front of our house. So there was this huge delivery truck (18 meters long) trying to make a right turn. He shouldn't have been there since there is a limit of 11 meters maximum. So the driver ended up leaving an ugly wound on our facade, damaging the window stills and the ornaments above the windows (we live in a monumental townhouse built in 1851 by the way). Luckily, there is no structural damage, nobody got hurt and we are well insured. Nevertheless, Hanny and our daughter were very upset having witnessed it happen. I was able to calm them down when I got back to home a few hours later but it took some real effort to do so.

I'm just venting steam, sorry about that. Thanks for "listening"

Ouch! Well, thank goodness no one was hurt. Best wishes on the restoration.

Happy that at the end all (humans) are being well!

I guess Ray would ask about the truck, was it badly hurt too? ;-)

Time to take some snaps or street photo or PJ pic ? ;-)again

Sorry, I try to make you more relax has it seems it's "just" material damages…

I join my wishes to David's…

uh oh

Want us to all come and bring our hammers, paint and talent?

Glad no one was hurt. There is probably a good side to this - like the front of the house repaired better than new (well, for an old historical house)

Thanks

Hi folks,

Thank you all for the kind sentiments.

Nicolas, you've made me laugh, really!
I won't post my street photos for the time being, no thanks. Or are they just snaps or even PJ since they are also newsworthy and documentary ;-)

Kathy, that is exactly the problem. Repairs might make it new but it won't be better no matter what. Especially the ornaments will need specialist renovation.

Glad that you've taken your time to react, I appreciate it a lot.

Hmmm... difficult options....

1. Tell wife to check the truck load, in case of Rolex watches or the likes use ether to knock out driver and start to unload quickly

2. Tell daughter to pretend severe shock, foam out of mouth, shaking and shivering rolling on the floor, jabbering jibberish. Call befriend psychiatrist and solicitor and file lawsuit for compensation not below 25,000.000 euro. Offer 5 mios each to solcitor and psychiatrist on success

3. Print remakes of expensive art work and have them shattered all over the floor, take pictures. Spray plenty of cat odor on art work remakes and then borrow neighbours Jack Russel, have a cat in a cage and drive him crazy for an hour, then release him on the art work. Take photos again, documenting him eating it up. File law suit to pay compensation of dogs life lasting psychiatric treatment and compensation on the artworks

4. Beat the living daylight out of truckdriver, then use ketschup etc on yourself and tell wife to knock you out. File lawsuit against truck drivers company. In court do the "Peter Sellers", Hand jumps out for Hitler greeting without control. Work disabiliy and compensation no less than 15 mios.

....difficult choices...

GLAD nothing serious happened Cem! Go out and have a nice dinner with your family, choose most expensive restaurant in 200 mile radius, stay over night in honeymoon suite, best hotel you can find, and send invoice to truck drivers company. I bet with you, they DO PAY!

Hi Cem,

I'm so sorry that your wife and daughter cannot sleep at night and keep sobbing and feel insecure. It's awful that Hanny won't let your daughter near the front of the house alone as she shakes at just the sound of a truck engine. Truly it's such a disruption of your family life that you are currently seeking counseling.

Really, Cem, it's good you have insurance. In this case, I'd think it reasonable to take your family out of the house to Bordeaux for a rest and recovery.

I hope everyone gets better and back to happiness. Still, I'd get some massive steel posts like they have in front of embassies to protect against terrorist attacks and move the bazooka back to the front of the roof.

Asher

Hi Cem,

Blame it on sat nav. Georg - that is the reason you keep taking pictures of ruins? It is also why you need full proficiency in photoshop.

Best wishes,

Ray

what do you mean, Ray?

Ray West said:

Hi Cem,

Blame it on sat nav. Georg - that is the reason you keep taking pictures of ruins? It is also why you need full proficiency in photoshop.

Best wishes,

Ray

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Good luck Cem. Glad everyone is OK.

Good luck Cem. Glad everyone is OK.

Back about 1970 a friend of mine woke up to a loud crash. He went to the living room and a drunk driver was setting in his new 600 horsepower Dodge hemi in his living room.

Nicolas Claris said:

what do you mean, Ray?

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He means that you have to start packing... you still have the original packaging don't you? If not wrap her into at least 10 Layers of bubble wrap, and please pack the Angulon etc seperatly, same method if you do not have the priginal packaging.

Send all, eMotion, Hy6 etc to my adress with overnight courier.

If you do not do that, well then.....

I am afraid Ray is going to come for a visit to you, and he will stay for 3 months in your house, and trust me, you do not want to put up with that twisted british humor for that length of time....

LOLOLOLOL

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Cem Usakligil said:

Darn. Hanny called me at work, saying that I shouldn't worry but that a truck had just ran into our house front. Can you imagine what kind of thoughts have gone through my head in the next few seconds, while she was busy explaining?

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Wow, thank goodness nobody got injured! I can somewhat imagine what you went through, the shock, the amazement, the relief, the anger, the relief, the wanting to be there to manage things, the relief, ..., a roller coaster of thoughts and emotions.

I'm just venting steam, sorry about that. Thanks for "listening"

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By all means vent, it helps, some. Good luck with the aftermath.

Bart

Oh my

That does remind me of the drunk that drove his car through the bank branch I was working in about 1979. The building was mostly glass and he destroyed all the furniture in the lobby and just missed me and the teller line. We were not only on the news because we just closed the doors and no customers were in the lobby. I just locked the doors and he missed me by a hair. His car transmission got caught on a wheeled secretarial chair and the car would not go in reverse (phew!). The fire department and police department came. I had to arrest him and he fell asleep in the only chair that did not get ruined.

I can still hear all that glass crashing around me if I think about it. I totally forgot about it until Ron posted his story in the above thread.

Hi Cem

Couldn't believe it when I read this! so glad that no-one was hurt....