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baw · Oct 16, 2005, 07:31 AM

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From what the family of the girl that hit me said she had a seizure and passed out at the wheel. She drove through about 150yards of grass at about 50miles an hour, went through 2 houses (right between them, i will have those pics later) , turned a little bit (THANK GOD, ill say why later) and then skipped the hill and bounced through my guest bathroom and ended up in the computer room.

She was 29. She could of killed me if i was in there or my girl. Its the most horrible nightmare i had to wake up to. Its awful. The sound it made with the engine reving and the lights flashing (whole house was dark, except for that) and the horn just beeping as loud as it could...it was like a bomb exploded.

Doofy · Oct 16, 2005, 07:38 AM

In before Ca$h.

baw · Oct 16, 2005, 07:50 AM

engine reving and the lights flashing...and the horn just beeping as loud as it could...it was like a bomb exploded.

A car bomb? *snicker*

Yeah, a bad joke.

Mastrap · Oct 16, 2005, 09:22 AM

Holy sh*t.

In this particular case it was probably a good thing that she was driving an SUV.

Goldfinger · Oct 16, 2005, 09:29 AM

Why oh why are there so many cardboard houses in the US ? Use brick ffs !

Mastrap · Oct 16, 2005, 09:37 AM

Wooden houses are cheaper and faster to build. We have lots of wood available.

When I first moved from Europe to North America I was totally confused by a tool called a 'studfinder'. What do you mean, you can't just drill a hole in the wall wherever you feel like it?

Our current house is brick for the outside, but lathe and plaster for the dividing walls.

Goldfinger · Oct 16, 2005, 09:44 AM

Originally Posted by Mastrap

Wooden houses are cheaper and faster to build. We have lots of wood available.

Sure it's cheaper and faster but they act surprised when a hurricane blows it away or an SUV rams it to pieces. I'd rather have a solid brick house, no ?

I can understand that you want to build as cheap as possible but beside the cheapness/speed I can't see any advantages in building wooden houses.

Oh and what is a studfinder ?

baw · Oct 16, 2005, 09:50 AM

Oh and what is a studfinder ?

Devices that always go off near me.

waxcrash · Oct 16, 2005, 09:55 AM

From what the family of the girl that hit me said she had a seizure and passed out at the wheel.

Translation…

She was on her way home from a keg party after drinking 10 beers.

Mastrap · Oct 16, 2005, 09:58 AM

Originally Posted by Goldfinger

I can understand that you want to build as cheap as possible but beside the cheapness/speed I can't see any advantages in building wooden houses.

Seems to me like these are pretty important benefits

I actually like wooden houses. They feel good, for some reason. And we rarely get hurricanes in Canada.

Hash · Oct 16, 2005, 10:10 AM

Wood is good for health and especially for brain activity. Students who studied in wooden classrooms had consistently higher test scores than students who studied in classrooms made of other construction materials - was proved by Japanese scientists.

OpenStep · Oct 16, 2005, 11:22 AM

Looks like the truck didn't take too much damage

Sosa · Oct 16, 2005, 11:22 AM

Here in South Florida most of our homes are made of cinder block and cement (I believe that is the correct name for those gray bricks with two holes through them). Whenever I travel north though I'm always surpised at at all those wooden homes or the brown brick ones. Really, the cinder block homes are sturdier and look prettier down here, painted in different colors.

SirCastor · Oct 16, 2005, 11:24 AM

I'm tempted to say that a brick wall wouldn't have withstood 2-4 tons of steel charging at it at 50mph. It would've stopped it a great deal better...

insha · Oct 16, 2005, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by Hash

Wood is good for health and especially for brain activity. Students who studied in wooden classrooms had consistently higher test scores than students who studied in classrooms made of other construction materials - was proved by Japanese scientists.

Got links?

noreturn · Oct 16, 2005, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by Sosa

Here in South Florida most of our homes are made of cinder block and cement (I believe that is the correct name for those gray bricks with two holes through them). Whenever I travel north though I'm always surpised at at all those wooden homes or the brown brick ones. Really, the cinder block homes are sturdier and look prettier down here, painted in different colors.

In some places in the Philippines, Where Natural Disasters Go On Vacation™, they actually place the cinderblocks sideways to make even thicker walls. The US is the only place I have been where wood is a modern choice for houses not built by squatters.

One question: How are the computers doing?

Jim Paradise · Oct 16, 2005, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by waxcrash

Translation…

She was on her way home from a keg party after drinking 10 beers.

Not necessarily. I had a friend with some health problems who randomly passed out while driving. She didn't get into a severe accident (thankfully), and it certainly wasn't because she had been drinking.

Yose · Oct 16, 2005, 02:26 PM

Does she still drive?

Artful Dodger · Oct 16, 2005, 02:57 PM

ha ha she sucks. the car is finally put out of its misery. Cars and women were never intended for each other, anyway.

POS house, btw

Fyre4ce · Oct 16, 2005, 03:04 PM

I always seize up after 10 beers.

Fyre4ce · Oct 16, 2005, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by Hash

Wood is good for health and especially for brain activity. Students who studied in wooden classrooms had consistently higher test scores than students who studied in classrooms made of other construction materials - was proved by Japanese scientists.

Sounds fishy. Any backup?

Hash · Oct 17, 2005, 12:30 PM

Saw it on TV. Apparently, it was about the way chemicals affect our brain. In Japan as well as in some other countries, there was a wave of sick house syndrome - which means that families moved into a new house sometime had headaches and in general deterioration of health. It turned out that the new houses had concentration of some chemicals used in construction much higher than generally allowed by health standards and some people are highly prone to odor of those chemicals (though sometimes it is hard to notice - but you smell it everyday) - similar to the fact that some use paint smell as dope. So then research moved on to finding are there are chemicals that stimulate brain activity and it turned out that fresh wood smell/odor is good for health. Apparently, fresh cut wood (not polished) diffuses some natural healing ingredients, which may be good for health and brain activity in general. Hence, writers and artists living in wooden houses - they maybe instinctively feel that way they can be more creative - how many you know living in concrete blocks and creating true great works? One easy way to measure effect of fresh wood odor was to build a class full of fresh wood furniture and walls and have students study there for long time. Students had similar scores before the test; after spending time in different classes, one made of concrete and cement, the group studying in wooden classroom had consistently higher scores given similar study books, teachers and so on. Thus the conclusion

turtle777 · Oct 17, 2005, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by Doofy

In before Ca$h.

He is busy messing with the cops. Hope he'll have internet access in jail

-t

Chuckit · Oct 17, 2005, 01:29 PM

Originally Posted by waxcrash

Translation…

She was on her way home from a keg party after drinking 10 beers.

Freakin' lightweights.

mdc · Oct 17, 2005, 01:43 PM

i worked with a guy in london who was a narcoleptic. he had a driver's license.
i think he was faking it so he could sleep on the job, because what person in their right mind would give a narcoleptic a driver's license.

just in case he wasn't faking, i used to leave 10 minutes before or after him and *run*

turtle777 · Oct 17, 2005, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by SirCastor

I'm tempted to say that a brick wall wouldn't have withstood 2-4 tons of steel charging at it at 50mph. It would've stopped it a great deal better...

The SUV would not have gone in AND out.

-t

Doofy · Oct 17, 2005, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by mdc

i worked with a guy in london who was a narcoleptic. he had a driver's license.
i think he was faking it so he could sleep on the job, because what person in their right mind would give a narcoleptic a driver's license.

just in case he wasn't faking, i used to leave 10 minutes before or after him and *run*

Yeah, faking it, gotta be.

I used to know a guy who liked being on the dole. So he told the benefits office that he couldn't read. Result: Nobody ever sent him for job interviews.

Doofy · Oct 17, 2005, 02:24 PM

Originally Posted by turtle777

The SUV would not have gone in AND out.

Heh.
http://www.lynchhummer.com/Humvwall.html

turtle777 · Oct 17, 2005, 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by Doofy

Heh.
http://www.lynchhummer.com/Humvwall.html

Since when is a Hummer considered a SUV ?

-t

Doofy · Oct 17, 2005, 02:34 PM

Originally Posted by turtle777

Since when is a Hummer considered a SUV ?

Since forever? Or doesn't Ca$h whine about soccer moms in Hummer Wagons?

turtle777 · Oct 17, 2005, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by Doofy

Since forever? Or doesn't Ca$h whine about soccer moms in Hummer Wagons?

A Hummer is a military vehicle.
Just because some rich kids drive it doesn't make it an SUV, IMO.

-t

Doofy · Oct 17, 2005, 02:46 PM

Originally Posted by turtle777

A Hummer is a military vehicle.
Just because some rich kids drive it doesn't make it an SUV, IMO.

jcadam · Oct 17, 2005, 04:17 PM

More beer over here!

And that house looks like a fscking pre-fab POS.

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