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    Senior Member GingivitisKahn's Avatar
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    Hanging protects your property...

    ... who knew?

    So I'm nighttime oncall this week (starting tonight) and I had the day more or less off. Naturally, I was dinking around with my hammock in the back yard (more sag == better on the ENO DN, I think).

    I has just hung up from a work call I had to make and was chilling out with a nice book when I heard a crash out front. Some passing driver had blasted into the side of my parked car and *seemed* to be on the cusp of deciding whether or not move along.

    As it turned out no one was injured and my hammock-based lurking gave me an early heads-up on the situation. Could have been much worse.

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    That sucks that your car got smashed. How bad is the damage?

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    Senior Member GingivitisKahn's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by odds View Post
    That sucks that your car got smashed. How bad is the damage?
    Doesn't look too bad to me but what do I know. Think the front left quarter panel will need replaced as will the driver's side mirror and front tire.

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    That sucks Lucky you were there to catch them before they took off. I have witness a few accidents between cars and neighborhood houses where the people tried to just drive off. They broke their car to bad to do much though.
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    Sorry to hear about your car... glad you were there to help them decide they'd better stay...


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    Yep, glad you were close enough to hear it & help him to decide to stick around & take responsibility.
    I too will something make and joy in it's making

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    You just see the coolest and harshest things from the hammock.......
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    Whooooo Buddy)))) All Secure in Sector Seven

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shug View Post
    You just see the coolest and harshest things from the hammock.......
    Shug
    Lol - too true.

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    GK, does this mean you can write off the hammock as a "home security tool"?

    If so, I'm buying more hammocks, I need full perimeter protection...
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    Quote Originally Posted by gargoyle View Post
    GK, does this mean you can write off the hammock as a "home security tool"?

    If so, I'm buying more hammocks, I need full perimeter protection...
    Good call! My insurance guys need to give me a break on my rates.

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