Man, it all started out good. I was on my way to work and had just dropped the kids off with our babysitter. Anyway I decided, since its my B-day, I'll call in and have the day all to myself and maybe play some TW. Anyhoo, there's this big storm that hits and I hear a very large "Thud!!". I'm like, great, I bet another limb fell off my lilly tree. This SOB is over 100 years old and I had it prunned last year for $700. I go outside to see what the dilly-yo was and nicely placed under this 2 ton branch was my next door neighbor's son's girlfreind's 2005 Dodge Neon. Let's just say they didn't do an impact test for the roof. Well I go out there and try my best, while its storming, to put a tarp on there because the windows where all busted out. After the rain calmed down the Mom, son, and girlfriend come out of the house. They were all cool about it (or atleast i thought). They asked me to hang around because her dad was comming and he was super pissed. So I was like cool and told them I was sorry and all. We took a bunch of pictures with our digitals and what not. The Dad and mom pull up, dad's beyond pissed and yelling at the gal. So I'm like, "Sir, I'm sorry about the limb, thank God no one was hurt, do you want my information so our insurance (mine and his) could get this sorted out. He was like, "well, I'm sure my insurance will cover it since it was a storm and all." The whole time though he's yelling at his daughter and stuff until I'm like, "Dude, calm down, its not like she knew that the limb was going to land on her car". Well, I don't know if dad didn't like me calling him dude, or because he realised he was acting like a prick, he just got in the smashed up vehical and told his daughter to drive the truck back home. It was too bad because his daughter was cool although upset. I felt bad for her, UNTIL...
Her boyfriend calls me from mom and dad's crib and asks me for my insurance #. I was like, "I'll get back to you". So I called my insurance company, put in a claim and all. I call back to give them the claim # and dad talks to me as nice as can be about, "This is waht insurance to for, and luckily no one was hurt and yadda yadda yadda". Either homeboy took some meds on his way back to the crib, or he was trying to stick me, I know the gig. Luckily my insurance company said tought titty about the whole thing since it was during a storm and the fact its a healthy tree.
So my entire day, my 32nd birthday has been spent dealing with this, cleaning up a giant branch and cleaning the house for guests tonight. Next time, I'm working on my Birthday!!!

Thanks for letting me vent.


(this is a rant, no spell check was done, sorry)

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Well Happy Birthday anyways

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I was about to go to bed, since graphics slaves work on Saturdays too. Sorry man, I couldn't read your whole story- I hope everything's fine in the end, but I wanted to congratulate our Backroom Atomica for his new age.

Happy birthday, big boy, spank it!

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Who doesn't love to deal with insurance issues on their birthday?

Toss a few back, DD, and you'll feel better. As Homer Simpson said, "Beer. The solution to and cause of all of life's little problems." Or something like that. Happy birthday!

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Ouch, sorry to hear that, dude.

But as you say: At least no one were hurt.

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Happy Birthday.

The worst thing that happened on my birthday was when I saw a man die in the Mersey trying save his dog.

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Happy birthday anyway Dave, hope you´ll have a better bday next year.

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This SOB is over 100 years old

A sapling then?

happy birthday Dave.

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