[Nuclear1]

Glad you're alright, at least. Take your time getting back here; real life matters more here as far as we can tell.

[Sandwich]

"More than here", you mean?

[ToecrusherHammerjaw]

  Gorram!!  Glad to hear nobody was hurt.  How fast was that guy going when he did this?  I've never seen a car do that much damage to a house before!  I hope you get through the aftermath of this alright, Inquisitor.

[Kazan]

jeeebus  you linked me these the other day but i didn't realize it was YOUR house (was busy at work)

Someone's not going to be able to get car insurance for their next three lifetimes after that payout

glad you're ok dude


(is that you in the one picture? with the flashlight?)

[Inquisitor]

Yeah that's me.

[Taristin]

Holy ****. Glad you're safe, but damn that's horrible news.

Wait, how did the car even penetrate the walls? When I think of a car and I think of a house, there isn't much question as to which should crumple first.

Well, good thing everyone's OK.

A house is wood. A Car is metal. Travelling at anything over 10 mph it'll do sizable damage to a home. Think about it. Your house is made to withstand wind and solar rays. Thats about it.

[StratComm]

All I can do is to echo what's already been said.  Glad you're ok and good luck getting resettled.

A house is wood. A Car is metal. Travelling at anything over 10 mph it'll do sizable damage to a home. Think about it. Your house is made to withstand wind and solar rays. Thats about it.

Yeah, you've got to admit that the house looks a fair sight better than the nissan (relative costs not considered) as at least it's still (sort of) standing.  But a car is more powerful than any normal wall.  About the only real good to come out of this will be one less drunk driver on the roads without anyone having to get hurt.

[Sandwich]

Houses in the US tend to be made out of wooden frames, wooden siding, and some insulation tossed in there for good measure. I don't know about elsewhere, but here they're often made out of poured, reinforced concrete. A car wouldn't do much.

[aldo_14]

All of the houses I know of in the UK are built of pretty sturdy brick & concrete; I can't think offhand of any wooden type constructed ones, at least not that were built on a large scale in urban/suburban areas (rather than, say, in the middle of nowhere).

[Sandwich]

Unless it's particularly thick concrete (talking on the order of 40cm+ would be my guess), it would need to be reinforced with steel bars running throughout to withstand the impact of a car (obviously the speed of the car makes a difference).

[Grug]

So about 3am Saturday morning, someone decided to have too much to drink and park their Nissan in my living room.

http://jkohl.smugmug.com/gallery/1368175

Me, wife, ferrets are all fine. The Living Room is totalled.

The upshot? If you were expecting anything from me, it will have to wait till I find a new home. SCP included (not that they need me for much).

You could buy our book if you wanted to make me feel better though

Holy flying nissan batman!
Glad the family is okay. So house is basically a write off?
Or just need a place to stay while they take the 'kinks' out of the wall?

See things like this on the news quite often these days. Nutzors, crazy man, crazy. Hope your coping alright...

Edit: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,39364.msg802014.html#msg802014
Not much, but hey, thought that counts right?

[Inquisitor]

That does count , Grug

As for the house, it's over 100 years old, so of the wood was also very brittle from age.

Live and learn.

[Grug]

That does count , Grug

As for the house, it's over 100 years old, so of the wood was also very brittle from age.

Live and learn.

Hope you and the Mrs sort things out soon mate. Where are you staying atm?

[Inquisitor]

At a friends not far from the house.

[Grug]

Lucky you've got such good friends.
One day dude you'll look back and laugh at this... hopefully.

Wish I could do more to help.

[Inquisitor]

Just a quick update:

As you may have seen from the other threads, I did manage to get online  on the new Xbox 360 (yay) and my laptop, but my friends house seems to have occasional problems with the internet connection, and I feel guilt monopolizing his 46 inch TV, so I have not been on but to say hi and see if it works.

We have a temporary apartment in Cambridge (which is kinda a hip place to be, if you are 20somehting, we'll see how 30something works out) rented to us on the cheap by another friend of mine. Internet there is a big question mark.

Looks like the guys insurance will cover everything so now we are in a "hurry up and wait" mode of getting lists and values together.

Anyway, still alive, now a little less homeless, but still not online.

[Flipside]

Good to hear the insurance is covered at least, that's usually the biggest worry in cases like this. Oddly enough, I've found getting money out of your own insurance company is like getting blood out of a stone

Hope things get sorted out soon

[aldo_14]

Good to hear the insurance is covered at least, that's usually the biggest worry in cases like this. Oddly enough, I've found getting money out of your own insurance company is like getting blood out of a stone

Hope things get sorted out soon

Oddly enough?

[Flipside]

hehehe, that was sort of sarcasm, they're happy enough to take money, it's getting it back that is always the problem