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I recently leveled up to Council Member.

How bout you wookie?!

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Any time you think that you have bad luck, remember this story.

A friend of mine's step dad, a trucker, was coming back in from out of state. He had an accident, and got out to talk to the driver of the other vehicle, when another care came flying in and hit him! He lost a leg and had to spend weeks and weeks in the hospital. Really bad, right?
Well. Tonight I learned that they own a million dollars in hostpital bills and boarding fees. And the man can't work because he still isn't great with his prosthetic leg yet.... So their car was repossessed today. And the same is being threatened agasint their house, because the insurance company of the woman who hit the man with her car somehow 'weasled its way out of paying' them. Ridiculous.

So... Be thankful that kind of crap doesn't happen to you!

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A negligent doctor deafened my brother with a Teledyne WaterPic while trying to clean wax from his ear when he was four years old. We sued and we lost. Again, the insurance company and the doctor's lawyers weaseled around the system (Gundark, now you see why I give you hell about your chosen profession; the case should have been a lock and we still lost).
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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Kevin A
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Ouch. What kind of prick of a doctor would make a four year old child deaf and then try and get out of it? Who gave him his hypocrtitc oath?!

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Not like it was intentional. WaterPics are used both to clean teeth and clear auditory canals. The difference is the power setting. Much higher for teeth, much lower for ears. He never reset the thing which should have been the first thing he did. Blasted right through the wax in my brother's ear, tore open his eardrum, and shattered his cochlea.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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I have one of those in my house, never knew they could be used for ears.
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Originally posted by: sean wookie
I have one of those in my house, never knew they could be used for ears.


the one you have in your house probably cant. the one that bossk is referring to his a higher quality one that has different power settings for the the jet of water it sprays out. i dont believe the ones that you can buy in stores for your teeth have these settings.

and even if it does, unless its designed with that purpose in mind, and clearly says so on the box, i wouldnt try it. thats why companies have to put so many warning lables on their products, half of which are completely obvious.
such as:
*warning* this knife may be sharp and could cut you
or
*warning* this hot coffee may be hot

its like, well thanks for clearing that up for me

-Darth Simon
Why Anakin really turned to the dark side:
"Anakin, You're father I am" - Yoda
"No. No. That's not true! That's impossible!" - Anakin

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*touchy people disclaimer*
some or all of the above comments are partially exaggerated to convey a point, none of the comments are meant as personal attacks on anyone mentioned or reference in the above post
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I couldn't tell you for sure if retail Waterpics have settings dials or not. I don't go near the things anymore, for obvious reasons. When I was in college, I had severe headaches from a wax buildup in my ear and went to the university's health services center to have it cleaned out. I saw them prepping a Waterpic and told them "no way." The doctor said she didn't know how to do it otherwise. I said find someone else who does and proceeded to explain my brother's story to her. She got another doctor.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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Good luck / Bad luck?

Depending upon how I feel my luck changed somewhat on Friday afternoon last week.

I was run over crossing the road at a pelican crossing (traffic light crossing in the UK) - the lights were on red - by a car doing 45mph - 15mph over the speed limit.

I never saw what hit me, as a bus which had stopped at the crossing to let me across, obsured my view of the car who next to it, who had decided to ignore the law, common sense and any respect for the lives of others and made his own road lane.

The next thing I remember is being being lifted into the ambulance - around 20yards away from the pelican crossing, with some bloke (the driver) of the car that hit me) telling the paramedic that he was only doing 45mph and that I had come out of nowhere and he couldn't see me unitil it was too late.

Today I have been released by the hospital to go back home - along with a broken leg, 3 fractrured ribs, 7 fractures in my shoulder (inluding a brokn clavical), 5 missing teeth, a new weird looking nose, stitches in my mouth, around my mouth, several lacerations, bruises and cuts and a lot of pain.

good luck for me? yes - I'm still alive
bad luck for the driver who hit me? i hope so





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Aw jeez I'm very sorry I hope you get better as soon as possible, I'm sure you will... Yes you're lucky you're still alive, and don't worry you'll fully revover soon. But please DO sue the pants of that shithead that hit you! Did he at least stop to help? Got his license plate and everything?
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cheers ric

The driver did stop and the Police have questioned him and are continuing their investigation - there were loads of witnesses about apparently.

I was in and out of conciousness until I was taken away by the ambulance - it seemed like an eternity. What I do remember is a bloke (the driver of the car) telling the paramedic he was travelling at 45mph - I think it was because it was probably important for the paramedic/doctors to know exactly what had happened to me.

Did have very strange mixed feelings on Tuesday evening - I was watching the Liverpool vs Chelsea game from my hospital bed instead of watching it at the stands of Anfield. On one hand I was gutted on missing out on attending such a fantastic occassion and match - the other realising I was lucky to be still here surrounded by so many others in hospital that may not be here much longer...

Other thoughts entered my head too - maybe it WAS lucky that I got hit and NOT a young woman with her child in the pram that safely crossed the same road only minutes earlier. I'm young, still fit(ish) and strong - horrifies me what to think that idiot driver could have done to her and her kid, or an old age pensioner, or the 100's of kids from school that would've used that crossing only an hour later etc

All maybe's, but it's made me realise I got lucky - tomorrow I think I'll get my missus to buy a lottery ticket and see if my good luck is still wth me...


As for the driver - I hope the least that happens is that he loses his driving license.




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cheers man, I'm hoping to - these painkillers certainly feel like they're helping! lol

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Shit dude, that's harsh, although at 45mph you are lucky to be alive. Hope you feel better real soon, and the fact that you are looking at this from such a good angle and thinking about the possibilities of what had happened if the mother and child were hit instead, et, shows that you deserve to still be around.

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45mph, that's... 72kph... Wow you are really lucky. And yes, as you just said, everyone around you was lucky, if anyone else was hit there could be a real tragedy, if a kid was hit I doubt he/she would survive... And you're also lucky you are still fully conscious and normally behaving... And as Yoda here said, yes you deserve to be around... Can't say that about the driver though... Even though he did have the freaking decency of stoping and didn't do a hit and run.
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It should be interesting to meet the driver, or hear his account of what happened. I've been told there were a fair few witnesses to the accident - so most peoples' accounts should be very similar to each others. The Police closed the road straight after and did all sorts of tests and evidence marking etc

I hope the driver tells the truth, and this all gets settled quickly. Just want to get, and feel better again - it's gonna take some time, but at least I have some.

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Jason, hopes everything works out for you. I'm pulling for you, man.
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cheers lads, am feeling stronger and better as a whole after a very restful weekend.

I think when I get my mouth and nose sorted out at the specialists that'd be a major boost - breathing easy and eating without pain are very underrated things IMHO

The other injuries hardly bother me at all now (still being careful, but not as painful as before).

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I'm glad to know you're doing fine

I think that when we get injured or sick we tend to apreciate more the moments we were OK. So when you get better (and you'll get even BETTER than you were before, belive me) you'll see and feel life in a whole different way. Hope this experience gets to be some sort of a "zen" experience for you, in a self-discovery way. Wow I sounded like the Dalai Lama right now
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
Hope this experience gets to be some sort of a "zen" experience for you, in a self-discovery way. Wow I sounded like the Dalai Lama right now


Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know.

Good to know you're feeling better, Jason. Hope it all works out for the best and you wind up with a better nose than the one you started with!
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
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hmm.. you know from one side you can say that my luck has changed since i am semi proud of my self for the achievments i have made in the last month, but hat the same time if yo ulooking at some of the things that have happened to me, like with this one girl that i actually thought i was dating, things didnt really seem to have changed much. hows everyone elses luck.