Part 1: Last Wednesday night as Wayne was leaving from bishopric meeting at the NCSU Institute building, a college age skateboarder was skateboarding down the street ahead of him. It was dark and the guy was wearing dark clothing and weaving all over the road.
Wayne was hanging back because he didn't want to hit the guy. As the skateboarder approached the intersection a car turned onto that street just as the skateboarder went into the oncoming lane, and the two collided. Wayne watched as the guy was thrown up onto the hood, then the windshield, then onto the roof, then the driver hit the brakes, so the guy got thrown back down to the windshield, and onto the street.
The driver and Wayne rushed out (and called 911), and the skateboarder's leg was all askew, yet he was asking "where is my bottle of whiskey?" which they found nearby. Then the guy started calling his friends on his cellphone and telling them he got hit by a car. So Wayne gave a police report and finally got home.
Part 2: Thursday night (the very next night) Wayne and I and Zac were returning from south of Apex. We were driving past LaRancherita on narrow Salem Street, where everyone has to parallel park. I was saying how there is no way I can park on that street because I can't parallel park.
We had to stop because there was a car trying to parallel park. We waited for them for a little while, because it was obvious they were as unskilled as I am, they kept going back and forth.
Suddenly, the driver must have stomped on the gas because we watched as the car went careening backwards at full speed and smashed into the next parked car and then went up on the sidewalk and I was afraid it was going to hit a building. The motor was squealing even though the car was smashed onto something that made it stop moving.
Two men ran over to help, so Wayne decided there was no reason for us to stay, so we drove around the crash and went home. We were pretty stunned.
I told Wayne he is an accident-magnet.
Another interesting article: "Media Misleading Americans about Inflation"
http://inflation.us/blog/2011/03/media-misleading-americans-about-inflation/
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