Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Sprout posted:

I was nearly mown down not so long ago (in years) by a motorcyclist on the pavement as I went round a corner 

I don't know how I did it, but somehow I managed to hear the engine and dodge out of the way, leaving the rider to carry on his merry way down the street (still on the pavement) and if I'd managed to get a look at his plate he would've been toast! 

Baz posted:

 Yep ...spent 4 months in hard plaster from toe to hip ....and then another couple of months in a soft plaster ....once that finally came off I had to learn to walk again ....and put up with a scar from ankle to knee ....not great when you are only 16 

not it isn't and your deserved to be compensated fairly 

Baz posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Baz posted:

Yes ...I was well down from the lights ...but never stood a chance cos the motorcyclist came round on a red light 

 

exactly, glasses or none it would have made not a jot of difference. Nowadays claimanything.com would have sorted you out  Sometimes I hate these firms for claiming for petty things, but if you can't afford a lawyer and have good cause everyone should use them  The garage company put me in touch with a firm, they charged me minimal and lump sum of the charges was paid by her insurance that also happened to be mine 

 Yep ...spent 4 months in hard plaster from toe to hip ....and then another couple of months in a soft plaster ....once that finally came off I had to learn to walk again ....and put up with a scar from ankle to knee ....not great when you are only 16 

omg bazzy

Sprout posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Sprout posted:

I was nearly mown down not so long ago (in years) by a motorcyclist on the pavement as I went round a corner 

I don't know how I did it, but somehow I managed to hear the engine and dodge out of the way, leaving the rider to carry on his merry way down the street (still on the pavement) and if I'd managed to get a look at his plate he would've been toast! 

 You were lucky to get away ~Sprout 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Sprout posted:

 

Trouble is....there are rip off merchants too 

 

normally the car crash ones are reliable...although I wouldn't deal with those whiplash ones 

Rocking Ros posted:

dammeee still about where I am but near school is clear and roads are fine

are you managing to drive to school Ros? 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Baz posted:

 Yep ...spent 4 months in hard plaster from toe to hip ....and then another couple of months in a soft plaster ....once that finally came off I had to learn to walk again ....and put up with a scar from ankle to knee ....not great when you are only 16 

 

not it isn't and your deserved to be compensated fairly 

Tbf the £350 seemed an awful lot at the time ...cos I was only earning £3 a week in the bank 

Sprout posted:

I don't know how I did it, but somehow I managed to hear the engine and dodge out of the way, leaving the rider to carry on his merry way down the street (still on the pavement) and if I'd managed to get a look at his plate he would've been toast! 

well done for ducking and diving  

Rocking Ros posted:

Baz posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Baz posted:

Yes ...I was well down from the lights ...but never stood a chance cos the motorcyclist came round on a red light 

 

exactly, glasses or none it would have made not a jot of difference. Nowadays claimanything.com would have sorted you out  Sometimes I hate these firms for claiming for petty things, but if you can't afford a lawyer and have good cause everyone should use them  The garage company put me in touch with a firm, they charged me minimal and lump sum of the charges was paid by her insurance that also happened to be mine 

 Yep ...spent 4 months in hard plaster from toe to hip ....and then another couple of months in a soft plaster ....once that finally came off I had to learn to walk again ....and put up with a scar from ankle to knee ....not great when you are only 16 

omg bazzy

Hi again Ros  

Baz posted:

Sprout posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Sprout posted:

I was nearly mown down not so long ago (in years) by a motorcyclist on the pavement as I went round a corner 

I don't know how I did it, but somehow I managed to hear the engine and dodge out of the way, leaving the rider to carry on his merry way down the street (still on the pavement) and if I'd managed to get a look at his plate he would've been toast! 

 You were lucky to get away ~Sprout 

   Like I say Baz.....if I'd have got his number......

Baz posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Baz posted:

 Yep ...spent 4 months in hard plaster from toe to hip ....and then another couple of months in a soft plaster ....once that finally came off I had to learn to walk again ....and put up with a scar from ankle to knee ....not great when you are only 16 

 

not it isn't and your deserved to be compensated fairly 

Tbf the £350 seemed an awful lot at the time ...cos I was only earning £3 a week in the bank 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Sprout posted:

I don't know how I did it, but somehow I managed to hear the engine and dodge out of the way, leaving the rider to carry on his merry way down the street (still on the pavement) and if I'd managed to get a look at his plate he would've been toast! 

 

well done for ducking and diving  

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Rocking Ros posted:

dammeee still about where I am but near school is clear and roads are fine

 

are you managing to drive to school Ros? 

yes drove on Tuesday -roads were dodgy by us  but fine now

Sprout posted:

Baz posted:

Sprout posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Sprout posted:

I was nearly mown down not so long ago (in years) by a motorcyclist on the pavement as I went round a corner 

I don't know how I did it, but somehow I managed to hear the engine and dodge out of the way, leaving the rider to carry on his merry way down the street (still on the pavement) and if I'd managed to get a look at his plate he would've been toast! 

 You were lucky to get away ~Sprout 

   Like I say Baz.....if I'd have got his number......

Shame you didn’t , but at least you heard him coming ...otherwise he could have driven straight into you 

Baz posted:

Tbf the £350 seemed an awful lot at the time ...cos I was only earning £3 a week in the bank 

yes when you think about, probably on par or more than my 7 grand in terms of years. Still, I really think it's a pittance if you suffer for years after and I have had 14 years of constant pain.  My own insurance company fighting my own insurance company which cost many thousands, could have easily paid me a fair settlement and cost many thousands less  

Rocking Ros posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Rocking Ros posted:

dammeee still about where I am but near school is clear and roads are fine

 

are you managing to drive to school Ros? 

yes drove on Tuesday -roads were dodgy by us  but fine now

Yeah, we've got nowt left either, but the pavements were glistening as I was coming home tonight

Rocking Ros posted:

yes drove on Tuesday -roads were dodgy by us  but fine now

jolly good 

Baz posted:

Sprout posted:

   Like I say Baz.....if I'd have got his number......

Shame you didn’t , but at least you heard him coming ...otherwise he could have driven straight into you 

I might not have been here, I might have been brown bread 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Baz posted:

Tbf the £350 seemed an awful lot at the time ...cos I was only earning £3 a week in the bank 

 

yes when you think about, probably on par or more than my 7 grand in terms of years. Still, I really think it's a pittance if you suffer for years after and I have had 14 years of constant pain.  My own insurance company fighting my own insurance company which cost many thousands, could have easily paid me a fair settlement and cost many thousands less  

To quote a song title, it's all about the money....money......money  

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Baz posted:

Tbf the £350 seemed an awful lot at the time ...cos I was only earning £3 a week in the bank 

 

yes when you think about, probably on par or more than my 7 grand in terms of years. Still, I really think it's a pittance if you suffer for years after and I have had 14 years of constant pain.  My own insurance company fighting my own insurance company which cost many thousands, could have easily paid me a fair settlement and cost many thousands less  

Sprout posted:

Baz posted:

Sprout posted:

   Like I say Baz.....if I'd have got his number......

Shame you didn’t , but at least you heard him coming ...otherwise he could have driven straight into you 

I might not have been here, I might have been brown bread 

Sprout posted:

I might not have been here, I might have been brown bread 

and the corner shop would have gone down the pan 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Sprout posted:

I might not have been here, I might have been brown bread 

 

and the corner shop would have gone down the pan 

PMSL!! Trust you!  

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Baz posted:

Tbf the £350 seemed an awful lot at the time ...cos I was only earning £3 a week in the bank 

 

yes when you think about, probably on par or more than my 7 grand in terms of years. Still, I really think it's a pittance if you suffer for years after and I have had 14 years of constant pain.  My own insurance company fighting my own insurance company which cost many thousands, could have easily paid me a fair settlement and cost many thousands less  

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Sprout posted:

I might not have been here, I might have been brown bread 

 

and the corner shop would have gone down the pan 

Sprout posted:

To quote a song title, it's all about the money....money......money  

I'm not a greedy person Pam, their specialist ruled out everything the surgeon said about my ankle and he was right and their specialist a proven liar  because everything he said has been proven to have been totally inaccurate, even my own GP said that last year. 

Rocking Ros posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Sprout posted:

I might not have been here, I might have been brown bread 

 

and the corner shop would have gone down the pan 

She's horrendous in't she Wozzer? 

Sprout posted:

PMSL!! Trust you!  

soz, just saying 

Sprout posted:

She's horrendous in't she Wozzer? 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Sprout posted:

To quote a song title, it's all about the money....money......money  

I'm not a greedy person Pam, their specialist ruled out everything the surgeon said about my ankle and he was right and their specialist a proven liar  because everything he said has been proven to have been totally inaccurate, even my own GP said that last year. 

I know you're not   

It really annoys me  

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Sprout posted:

I might not have been here, I might have been brown bread 

 

and the corner shop would have gone down the pan 

Waders! 

Sprout posted:

I know you're not   

 

It really annoys me  

Baz posted:

shhhhhhhhh 

I have 5 shifts to put in in the next 8 days.... how am I going to cope 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Sprout posted:

PMSL!! Trust you!  

 

soz, just saying 

Rocking Ros posted:

 

 

soz, just saying 

Sprout posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Sprout posted:

To quote a song title, it's all about the money....money......money  

I'm not a greedy person Pam, their specialist ruled out everything the surgeon said about my ankle and he was right and their specialist a proven liar  because everything he said has been proven to have been totally inaccurate, even my own GP said that last year. 

I know you're not   

 

It really annoys me  

Sprout posted:

Waders! 

You’re a bit late 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Baz posted:

 

shhhhhhhhh