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I had a little accident with my car today.. the police was so kind to make a picture for me.. http://members1.chello.nl/~a.warringa1/Andre_Verstappen.jpg Andre

I had a little accident with my car today.. the police was so kind to make a picture for me.. http://members1.chello.nl/~a.warringa1/Andre_Verstappen.jpg Andre

On Wed, 25 Apr 2001 21:15:43 GMT, Andre Warringa <[email hidden]> wrote: > >I had a little accident with my car today.. the police was so kind to >make a picture for me.. >http://members1.chello.nl/~a.warringa1/Andre_Verstappen.jpg > >Andre You never were a rules follower, were you Andre? ;-) -- JB P.S. Is that really you??

Oooops Is that you Andre ? SZ

I guess they should have painted "STOP" on the other side of that thing too, eh? But why didn't you just Shift+R and continue. I mean sure, you would have cold tires and a full fuel load but at least you would have got home. "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > I had a little accident with my car today.. the police was so kind to > make a picture for me.. > http://members1.chello.nl/~a.warringa1/Andre_Verstappen.jpg > > Andre

"Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:[email hidden]... > I had a little accident with my car today.. the police was so kind to > make a picture for me.. > http://members1.chello.nl/~a.warringa1/Andre_Verstappen.jpg You should go to your optician and ask for new glasses. The sign said "STOP". LOL! Regards Crash

Looks to me like you followed the instructions perfectly! Andre Warringa wrote: > I had a little accident with my car today.. the police was so kind to > make a picture for me.. > http://members1.chello.nl/~a.warringa1/Andre_Verstappen.jpg > > Andre

In article <9c7f6e$dt2$07$[email hidden]>, "Joachim Blum" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>"Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag >news:[email hidden]... > >> I had a little accident with my car today.. the police was so kind to >> make a picture for me.. >> http://members1.chello.nl/~a.warringa1/Andre_Verstappen.jpg > >You should go to your optician and ask for new glasses. The sign said >"STOP". LOL! >

I'm waiting for 'the rest of the story'...<g> Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett F1 hcp. +28.67...F2 +151.26... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Andre Warringa <[email hidden]> writes: > I had a little accident with my car today.. the police was so kind to > make a picture for me.. > http://members1.chello.nl/~a.warringa1/Andre_Verstappen.jpg What I don't get, why are you smiling? (If it is you in the picture.) -- -asbjxrn Consultant, n.: An ordinary man a long way from home.

They DO paint 'STOP' on the other side of that thing too... trust me, I know these things :-) --- Joeri J. Cox European Racing League GM - http://drive.to/erl 502 Racing co-founder - http://www.502racing.com Rob Adams wrote in message ... >I guess they should have painted "STOP" on the other side of that thingtoo,

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>eh? > >But why didn't you just Shift+R and continue. I mean sure, you would have >cold tires and a full fuel load but at least you would have got home. > >"Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> >> I had a little accident with my car today.. the police was so kind to >> make a picture for me.. >> http://members1.chello.nl/~a.warringa1/Andre_Verstappen.jpg >> >> Andre > >

On Wed, 25 Apr 2001 21:19:40 GMT, [email hidden] (John Bodin) wrote:

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>You never were a rules follower, were you Andre? > >;-) > >-- JB > >P.S. Is that really you??

Yep, that cool guy is me :) Andre

On 26 Apr 2001 06:05:50 +0200, [email hidden] (Asbj�rn Bj�rnstad) wrote:

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>Andre Warringa <[email hidden]> writes: > >> I had a little accident with my car today.. the police was so kind to >> make a picture for me.. >> http://members1.chello.nl/~a.warringa1/Andre_Verstappen.jpg > >What I don't get, why are you smiling? (If it is you in the picture.)

Because the situation was very funny actually. The police was taking pictures for evidence, and I asked them if I could get a copy. He then told me to stand next to my car and he would make a photo for me. What also helps is that the car is from my company, completely insured and I got a new car the same day.. Allthough I went from a Peugeot 106 1.4 to a Peugeot 106 1.1, but oh well.. in 2 months time I start with a new job en get a new car anyway :) Andre >-- > -asbjxrn Consultant, n.: > An ordinary man a long way from home.

On Wed, 25 Apr 2001 23:20:21 +0200, "Stefan Zscharnack" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Oooops >Is that you Andre ? >SZ Yep, that's what I look like without a helmet :) Andre

On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 06:23:43 GMT, "Joeri Cox" <[email hidden]> wrote: >They DO paint 'STOP' on the other side of that thing too... trust me, I know >these things :-) Wrong - the other side of that blok was open and had no STOP sign. That block jumps out of a hole in the ground when the traffic lights are red. A car in front of me started moving because the lights jumped on green, so I followed him, not expecting that the lights turn to red after 1 car passes. So that bloody thing jumped out of the ground while I was driving over it. On the picture the hole where the block jumps out of is underneath my car, I completely ripped that block from the device.. It's a one way street so the STOP sign on the other side was for people driving the wrong way. But the stupid thing is that they put a stop sign at the END of the road.. Andre >Joeri J. Cox > >European Racing League GM - http://drive.to/erl >502 Racing co-founder - http://www.502racing.com

Hi Andre, keep that chin up ! ;) Ouch. Such a neat little car, and now it has a such sad look to it... I hope nothing major got damaged. -Gregor Andre Warringa wrote: > > I had a little accident with my car today.. the police was so kind to > make a picture for me.. > http://members1.chello.nl/~a.warringa1/Andre_Verstappen.jpg > > Andre

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> On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 06:23:43 GMT, "Joeri Cox" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >They DO paint 'STOP' on the other side of that thing too... trust me, I know > >these things :-) > > Wrong - the other side of that blok was open and had no STOP sign. > That block jumps out of a hole in the ground when the traffic lights > are red. A car in front of me started moving because the lights jumped > on green, so I followed him, not expecting that the lights turn to red > after 1 car passes. So that bloody thing jumped out of the ground > while I was driving over it. On the picture the hole where the block > jumps out of is underneath my car, I completely ripped that block from > the device..

What would have been funny is if the thing would have popped a half of a second later... Maybe they should introduce this system here in town also to stop some of the damned light runners who almost hit me one a week. -- Olav K. Malmin remove .spam when replying

On 26 Apr 2001 11:13:52 +0200, [email hidden] (Olav K. Malmin) wrote:

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>What would have been funny is if the thing would have popped a half of >a second later... > >Maybe they should introduce this system here in town also to stop some >of the damned light runners who almost hit me one a week. > >-- >Olav K. Malmin >remove .spam when replying

I wish it would have popped up just a second earlier.. then the damage wouldn't have been so bad. As you can see it popped up right after I passed it, so it's stuck between the bumper and the engine. A tow truck was needed to lift the car to get that damn thing away from underneath my car :( I couldn't drive on with my car, cooling fluid leaked all over the place. I'm still waiting for a call of my garage to hear how bad the damage is. Andre

On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 10:38:34 +0200, Gregor Veble <[email hidden]> wrote: hi, were you trying a new setup? what game is that? the textures are amazing. the sprites for the human is pretty poor though. regards, ian

On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 12:51:35 +0200, istoff wrote:

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>On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 10:38:34 +0200, Gregor Veble ><[email hidden]> wrote: > >hi, > >were you trying a new setup? > >what game is that? the textures are amazing. the sprites for the >human is pretty poor though.

Ok, that hurts :) Andre >regards, >ian

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>Looks to me like you followed the instructions perfectly! > >Andre Warringa wrote: > >> I had a little accident with my car today.. the police was so kind to >> make a picture for me.. >> http://members1.chello.nl/~a.warringa1/Andre_Verstappen.jpg >> >> Andre

Not in time, though...<g> Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett F1 hcp. +28.67...F2 +151.26... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

[email hidden] (Andre Warringa) wrote in <[email hidden]>: >That block jumps out of a hole in the ground when the traffic lights >are red. Yikes! That's a new one for me. At least there's some logic to it. Reminds me of being a tourist in L.A. years ago. After having lunch in a restaurant I'm driving out of their parking lot when my passenger screams for me to stop. It seems I was naively about to drive out the designated entrance, which would have been onto a quiet two way traffic rural street. I was so blown away I had to get out of my car to have a look. I came within inchs of driving over vicious steel claws that looked like they came of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, sticking up out of the pavement, that could be driven over in only one direction, that were designed to DESTROY your tires if driven over the wrong way. I wonder to this day what kind of control freak moron would want to do this to their customers. -- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C. GPLRank -12.11 Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site http://gplrank.ringlord.com/

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> Yikes! That's a new one for me. At least there's some logic to it. Reminds me > of being a tourist in L.A. years ago. After having lunch in a restaurant I'm > driving out of their parking lot when my passenger screams for me to stop. It > seems I was naively about to drive out the designated entrance, which would > have been onto a quiet two way traffic rural street. I was so blown away I had > to get out of my car to have a look. I came within inchs of driving over > vicious steel claws that looked like they came of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, sticking > up out of the pavement, that could be driven over in only one direction, that > were designed to DESTROY your tires if driven over the wrong way. I wonder to > this day what kind of control freak moron would want to do this to their > customers.

The entrance & exit where I work at Budget Rent a Car has the same contraptions. Occasionally they malfunction & flatten tires even when one drives in the correct direction. We replace the customer's tire (usually) when that happens. <g> -- Fester

So if you have worn out tires and need them replaced, run on over to Uncle Fester's and run over that thing and get 4 new fresh ones for free! :) Anyone see that commercial where the guy drives over that thing, then says, "oh, briefcase!" and backs up? On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 18:41:49 GMT, Uncle Fester <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> >Don Scurlock wrote: >> Yikes! That's a new one for me. At least there's some logic to it. Reminds me >> of being a tourist in L.A. years ago. After having lunch in a restaurant I'm >> driving out of their parking lot when my passenger screams for me to stop. It >> seems I was naively about to drive out the designated entrance, which would >> have been onto a quiet two way traffic rural street. I was so blown away I had >> to get out of my car to have a look. I came within inchs of driving over >> vicious steel claws that looked like they came of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, sticking >> up out of the pavement, that could be driven over in only one direction, that >> were designed to DESTROY your tires if driven over the wrong way. I wonder to >> this day what kind of control freak moron would want to do this to their >> customers. > > >The entrance & exit where I work at Budget Rent a Car has the same >contraptions. Occasionally they malfunction & flatten tires even when >one drives in the correct direction. We replace the customer's tire >(usually) when that happens. <g>

Well think about it...if a customer has popped tires and gets hungry waiting for a tow, where is he going to be eating? JB "Don Scurlock" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:908F6F49Cdscurlock@news...

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> [email hidden] (Andre Warringa) wrote in > <[email hidden]>: > > >That block jumps out of a hole in the ground when the traffic lights > >are red. > > Yikes! That's a new one for me. At least there's some logic to it.

Reminds me > of being a tourist in L.A. years ago. After having lunch in a restaurantI'm > driving out of their parking lot when my passenger screams for me to stop.It > seems I was naively about to drive out the designated entrance, whichwould > have been onto a quiet two way traffic rural street. I was so blown awayI had > to get out of my car to have a look. I came within inchs of driving over > vicious steel claws that looked like they came of a Tyrannosaurus Rex,sticking > up out of the pavement, that could be driven over in only one direction,that > were designed to DESTROY your tires if driven over the wrong way. I wonderto

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> this day what kind of control freak moron would want to do this to their > customers. > > > -- > Don Scurlock > Vancouver,B.C. > GPLRank -12.11 > > Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site > http://gplrank.ringlord.com/

Andre Warringa wrote: <snip!> > > Yep, that cool guy is me :) > The one behind the van? New thread: What do R.A.S.'ers look like after an accident. /Jens

<snip!> The one behind the van? New thread: What do R.A.S.'ers look like after an accident. /Jens

>"George Lewis" <[email hidden]> wrote > Anyone see that commercial where the guy drives over that thing, then > says, "oh, briefcase!" and backs up? Yes, it's the annoying Pep Boys add that you can see each commercial pause on FOX during NASCAR races <G> Sorry, dumb commercials just annoy me. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.ymenard.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

No!! Wrong!! The commercial that FOX shows constantly is: "If yer` happy and ya` know it stomp yer` feet" "Boomp Boomp Boomp Pah Pah Boomp!!" Seeeeeeeeeee? <g> Yankee RedNeckin' Thom_j. "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:1D6G6.646800$[email hidden]...

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| >"George Lewis" <[email hidden]> wrote | > Anyone see that commercial where the guy drives over that thing, then | > says, "oh, briefcase!" and backs up? | | | Yes, it's the annoying Pep Boys add that you can see each commercial pause | on FOX during NASCAR races <G> | | | Sorry, dumb commercials just annoy me. | | | | -- | -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> | -- May the Downforce be with you... | -- http://www.ymenard.com/ | -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez | Corporation - helping America into the New World... | | |

On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 11:58:14 GMT, [email hidden] (Andre Warringa) wrote: >Ok, that hurts :) > >Andre hehe, although, it makes me wonder if there is a page where we can submit our player bmp files in a kind of GPL album somewhere. kind of like the post where we all mentioned locations, etc. has anybody done this before? regards, ian

Todays Legend by Stefan. http://home.eunet.no/~stefan/racing/drivers.htm /Jens Ian wrote:

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> On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 11:58:14 GMT, [email hidden] (Andre > Warringa) wrote: > > >> Ok, that hurts :) >> >> Andre > > > hehe, > > although, it makes me wonder if there is a page where we can submit > our player bmp files in a kind of GPL album somewhere. kind of like > the post where we all mentioned locations, etc. has anybody done this > before? > > regards, > ian

On Fri, 27 Apr 2001 10:45:22 +0200, "Jens H. Kruuse" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Todays Legend by Stefan. > >http://home.eunet.no/~stefan/racing/drivers.htm > >/Jens >brilliant. thanks.

Now *that* commercial is annoying :) Just when I think I have my wife convinced NASCAR Racing is not a bunch of rednecks, they come out with THAT commercial... :) On Fri, 27 Apr 2001 05:20:35 GMT, "Thom j." <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>No!! Wrong!! The commercial that FOX shows constantly is: >"If yer` happy and ya` know it stomp yer` feet" >"Boomp Boomp Boomp Pah Pah Boomp!!" >Seeeeeeeeeee? <g> Yankee RedNeckin' Thom_j. > >"ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:1D6G6.646800$[email hidden]... >| >"George Lewis" <[email hidden]> wrote >| > Anyone see that commercial where the guy drives over that thing, then >| > says, "oh, briefcase!" and backs up? >| >| >| Yes, it's the annoying Pep Boys add that you can see each commercial pause >| on FOX during NASCAR races <G> >| >| >| Sorry, dumb commercials just annoy me. >| >| >| >| -- >| -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> >| -- May the Downforce be with you... >| -- http://www.ymenard.com/ >| -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez >| Corporation - helping America into the New World... >| >| >| >