Try this on for size. Last year, we had a Fantastic Valentines weekend at a show that had folks lined up for our stuff. For whatever reason, did not even get wait listed this year, so found another well attended event closer to home. Friday/Saturday. Arrived at 7am to 33degrees (Lake City, Fl), unloaded our truck that we had for 22 hours at that time. I then took the truck to park like a good vendor. Crossing the road in the truck I was involved in a collision that totalled my F250 Diesel that took months to find. No one died, but it was horrible. I was not injured, thank God. My daughter brought us our Van (which we have not sold yet). Spent the day in a moderate amount of pain, sold enough to cover our expenses and a bit more!
I stayed home on Saturday to nurse my wounds, Wife and Daughter went to the show. They arrived to find dozens of tent upended, destroyed and shredded. Even a Light Dome 2 spaces down. Our King Canopy Goliath was unfazed, but the wind under the sides did make a mess (no loss!). The organizers moved us to consolidate the vendors that remained. Someone counted 32 tents in the dumpster! Stayed very windy all day, but still had a few sales.
End result - all show expenses paid, including the deductible on the wreck and the ticket I got for failure to yield. I had diligently insured the truck so no big financial loss there. Feeling pretty good today, and feeling very blessed.
I think it all boils down to perspective sometimes.
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Glad to hear that you are Ok. Most important thing. Also your tent survived and you even made all your expenses plus. In some ways that might have been considered your lucky weekend! Great attitude also. Soldier on!
I am glad everything survived, most especially your family!
Ouch! The main thing that counts is that you walked away with nothing more that some bruises to your body and wallet. The truck and money loss can be easily replaced, your body not so easily.
It's a good thing they don't build cars and trucks like they used to. I saw a video recently where one of the safety testers crashed a '59 Chevy corner-to-corner head-on to a modern car, which is the worst kind of collision. The old heavier vehicle did not fare well at all, and the crash-test dummy was slammed around terribly. You actually felt queasy watching the slo-mo on the dummy, and a real human wouldn't have survived. In the modern car, the front end crumpled, and the air bag popped, but the passenger cage stayed intact. The engineering worked for you, the vehicle was totaled, but you walked away. 50 years ago, that sort of thing was rare.
Here's a link to the car test crash;http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/a-2009-chevy-malibu-dest...
Oh, MAN!!! So glad that you are not seriously hurt and that your outlook was unfazed!
Wow! Sorry to hear all that, better luck in the future, all's well that ends well.
Sorry to hear about your bad day, Alan . . . and thank goodness you're safe.
SO glad this story has a happy ending.
I admire your positive spirit!!! I hope you heal well and recoup any loss with great sales during the year. Take care.
Great attitude considering all that you went through...hope you're feeling better soon.
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