You're a good dad. Those distractions (music, cell phones, talking with passengers) are the main cause of teen driving accidents. Do whatever you have to, and don't look back. Someday when her daughter is bouncing on your knee, you'll be glad you did (and so will she).
Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis Member of Team Macromedia http://www.ProductivityEnhancement.com Download Plum and other cool development tools, and get advanced intensive Master-level training: * C# & ASP.NET for ColdFusion Developers * ColdFusion MX Master Class * Advanced Development with CFMX and SQL Server 2000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawson, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 10:32 PM Subject: Her First Fender Bender > Well, I hoped it wouldn't happen, especially this early, but my > 16-year-old, who just got her license recently, was backing the Durango > out of the driveway. We have a double-wide drive that is shared with > the neighbor's vacant house, so there was plenty of room for two, maybe > even three, vehicles to pass in our drive. > > Well, my other daughter's friend was just dropped off by her mom to go > to camp with my other daughter. She had parked in such as way that I > couldn't get my '86 Corvette into the carport where I normally park. > So, I parked at the end of the drive where there was plenty of room for > people to get around me. > > I was on my laptop when my 16-year-old daughter was backing out of the > driveway. She then ran up to the house and told my wife, "I just ran > into Dad's car!" > > I thought to myself, "Oh, SHIT!" Then I thought she was joking. Well, > my wife ran out and was talking to her so I knew it was for real. I ran > out and looked and she had backed into the front, driver's side fender. > It left paint on the hood and fender. > > Luckily, I was able to rub the paint off with wax, but it broke the > fiberglass wheel well away from the body. A few fender washers put it > mostly back together. The only evidence are a few little spots where > the fiberglass was broken right in the fender area. > > My emotions were going wild. I should yell, because, at least, it was > our vehicle and we didn't have to pay for someone else's repair work, > but on the other hand, she had just been bitching for weeks because I > took the CD player from the Durango and put it in my Corvette. > > I had told her she didn't need the distraction and, unfortunately, I > proved myself right. > > Well, it's all minor, but I'm sure she will remember it for a while. > > M!ke > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:161215 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
