Comments on: Is Anyone Dumber Than Me? Anyone? Anyone?

By: Cosmetic Dentist MD

Cosmetic Dentist MD — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:22:41 +0000

wow that’s to bad but don’t worry every one has there moments when they screw up and yours just happens to be when going in and out of out garage

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:28:07 +0000

annakat — Oh, my dear. What a story! I’m so pleased it ended the way it did and what a wonderful woman to have waved it off. I emailed your comment to a couple moms I know who have been in situations like that. And isn’t it incredible you remember it vividly after so many years? I’m sure that woman’s kindness stayed with you a very long time. Thanks for sharing your story.

By: annakat

annakat — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:12:51 +0000

I was shopping with my 3 children about 23 years ago at Katherine’s Stout Shoppe, yes, STOUT shoppe, which I wasn’t happy to be at. It was hotter that Helloooo. We were all exhaused the air in the car wouldn’t work. I started the car up, put it in forward, drove into the car parked front of me in. By that time I was in tears. I had my 8 year old daughter go into the store and ask the lady who owned the car to please come out I had bumped the front of her car. The store was the only store, I was parked right in front and I was in tears, with the other 2 kids screaming and I could see my daughter. There wasn’t another car in the parking lot so I knew she could find the lady easy. My daughter came back out smiling and said the lady told me to tell you “bless her heart honey, tell your mom not to worry about it, my car has so many dents another want make a difference”. I cried harder as I returned the ladies wave on my way home.

By: Texas Junk Yards

Texas Junk Yards — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:19:24 +0000

The going to the junk yard and installing it yourself is the best part. In Texas thats what I wish everyone would do!

By: Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:00:43 +0000

brooke — Those are both so scary. You were not the first kid to be stuck in a car seat with the doors locked. I’m sure your mom was out of her mind with fright! And I’d venture to say lots of people picked the wrong floor pedal and wound up somewhere they didn’t expect.

By: brooke

brooke — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:12:21 +0000

i have had to bad car experiences

1. i was like 2 and my mom lock the car and forgot her keys and i could not get out of my childproof no open carseat (dang that thing) so my mom had to call the police and they slite the window or sonmething

2.my dad asked me to back up the car by easing off the brake well i did the exacted opposite i floored the gas and my dad ended up in the middle of the road with the car and me being very stund by wat i had did

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:11:59 +0000

Maureen — Points for crushing your husband’s skull… er, fake skull. Laughed about you backing up and pulling forward in your first mishap. I’m grateful I had the sense not to pull forward when I pulled down the garage frame. Usually, I can’t think on my feet like that. Volare? Now I’ll have Dean Martin in my head all day. Funny!

By: Maureen

Maureen — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:07:11 +0000

Okay, so I am late to the party, but here are two of mine. One day while driving my mother’s car, I turned too soon while backing up and scraped the side of her Volare on the fence. Then I proceeded to “fix” it by going forward and doubling the damage. All the while, future hubby just sat in the passenger seat quietly saying “you know you’re hitting the fence…”. Gee, thanks, hon.

My second story involves the same car (mom’s Volare) and future hubby again. This time I ran over his head while backing up…. well, okay not HIS head, but the plaster sculpture I made of him for an art show. I forgot to put it in the car on the way to the show and backed over it…. smashing it to bits. I don’t know who cried more; me or him…. for he endured hours of sitting still and hot wax on his face for the mold…

Maureen’s last blog post..A New Year, A New Obsession

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:57:03 +0000

Cardiogirl — Oh, no! Don’t mention that guy’s name! The man drives me batty! I can never get to the mute button fast enough. I looked at the scratches today in bright sunlight and they’re not all that bad. Probably wouldn’t even notice them if I didn’t point them out. At least my car’s not brand new, or I’d be fuming a lot more.

By: cardiogirl

cardiogirl — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:43:59 +0000

This sounds like a job for Billy Mays "Mighty Putty!" cardiogirl's last blog post..Using my anxiety for good (mostly) instead of evil

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:47:31 +0000

lotus07 — I bet it is. I’m so jealous. I would LOVE to be able to walk to work. There’s an industrial park within a mile of me, but oddly enough, I wouldn’t be able to walk there because there is a “No Pedestrian” crossing sign at a major road between my house and the park. So I’d still have to drive. But I’d still love to roll out of bed and be at work in 5 minutes. Oh, to dream.

By: lotus07

lotus07 — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:43:19 +0000

The dumbest thing I ever did while driving was commuting for 15 years a total of 35 miles round trip every day. I figured I wasted a good 2 years of my life doing that. Pretty Stupid. Now I live within a mile of my office and I walk to work. The world is a much happier and stress free place…(and now I can ‘afford’ one of those really fancy sports cars. )

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:21:19 +0000

Chris — It never helps to doubt the expert. Why do people do that? The light pole? I’ve determined, at least from these comments, that poles in parking lots are invisible.

Mr. Grudge — Good one! Yes, that makes me feel slightly less dumb. Unbelievably, I’ve never locked my keys in the car, but I have run out of gas. I had to walk to a nearby gas station and buy a gas can. I told the clerk “This can and 4 gallons of gas.” The can only held one gallon. Isn’t it amazing what I’ll admit to in this blog? Hmmm, maybe no one will read this comment.

By: Mr. Grudge

Mr. Grudge — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:49:45 +0000

Hi Kathy, Okay, I was a rookie police officer who was given the keys to the squad car (RMP) for the first time. Me and the veteran cop I was working with got a call for some sort of dispute and we went with the typical urgency for the situation, yet I was far more militant than my laid back partner who's seen it and and done it all. Lucky for me, he wasn't the type of guy to bark orders and he was more of a teacher than a nit picker. We handled the job, took names and information, and went back to the car which I parked "police style" about four feet from the curb with the flashing lights still on. Oh, and the keys were locked inside and the engine was running. Do you still feel dumb? I still get harrassed about htis by cops I know and I've been retired since late 1999. Funny post, though. Mr. Grudge's last blog post..First Name, Last name, Shouldn't be a Pain

By: chriscasey

chriscasey — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:03:42 +0000

Kathy, as the Safety Officer for a Logistics Company, I used to investigate accidents concerning our tractor trailer drivers. You know those big signs saying “Clearance 12’6″?” I took a new driver out for a days deliveries, to observe his driving. I saw the sign and spoke out, “Hey this trailer is 13’0″, but he blew me off with, “Oh, I go under this all the time, it’s really 14 feet.” He hit the concrete overhang at a mall so hard it peeled the trailer roof back a good ten feet, and he smashed his face on the steering wheel. I had braced myself and was uninjured. I terminated him immediately, but we did pay for his ER visit.
I don’t drive trucks anymore, and count myself lucky not to have ever been injured while driving.
However, I did bak my minivan into a light pole at Walmart, that I swear wasn’t there when I parked!