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[lmnop7854]

40 weeks of pregnancy.
It may work out to be about 9 calendar months, but it feels every day of 10 months.

Yep - roughly a year, because for the first 2 months after delivery, you are recovering from pregnancy. THEN you can start enjoying the baby.

Lisa

 

[Rich]

Yep - roughly a year, because for the first 2 months after delivery, you are recovering from pregnancy. THEN you can start enjoying the baby.

Lisa

and you women think you've got it tough, I'm still recovering from the birth of my first born ..years ago

 

[Len Boorman]

and you women think you've got it tough, I'm still recovering from the birth of my first born ..years ago

Yup same here

L

 

[TessB]

Friday afternoon, my 17 year old son got his operator's license. 26 hours later, he totalled his car. He pulled out in front of a truck.
The truck swerved in attempt to avoid him, but smashed into his driver's side front wheel, which spun Josh around. The truck then proceeded to crash through a fenced yard and into the bedroom of a nearby house.

Thank god he is alive.
No one else was hurt.

What a scary time for a parent.... driving licenses.... inexperience..... <<shudder>>

 

[ColinEssex]

Friday afternoon, my 17 year old son got his operator's license. 26 hours later, he totalled his car. He pulled out in front of a truck.
The truck swerved in attempt to avoid him, but smashed into his driver's side front wheel, which spun Josh around. The truck then proceeded to crash through a fenced yard and into the bedroom of a nearby house.

Thank god he is alive.
No one else was hurt.

Hi Tess,

We all hope for a speedy recovery for Josh - we're with him on this.

Having been the victim of a (minor) motorcycle accident recently (hit by car) I know a little of the trauma these things cause.

Col

 

[Ally]

Friday afternoon, my 17 year old son got his operator's license. 26 hours later, he totalled his car. He pulled out in front of a truck.
The truck swerved in attempt to avoid him, but smashed into his driver's side front wheel, which spun Josh around. The truck then proceeded to crash through a fenced yard and into the bedroom of a nearby house.

Thank god he is alive.
No one else was hurt.

What a scary time for a parent.... driving licenses.... inexperience..... <<shudder>>

Hi Tess

So sorry to hear this. Wish him a speedy recovery too!

Ally x

 

[Autoeng]

Tess:

Glad to hear he is OK. Maybe he should wait until he is 18 to try driving again after completing some more driving courses. My 18 year old has already had 2wrecks. 16 and 17 year old children do not need to be behind the wheel until they have completed an extensive driver's traing program. I'm testament to that as well. I had 2 or 3 before I turned 18.

 

[KenHigg]

Sorry the hear it - Glad everyone is ok...

I guess the age limit is a good rule but in my opinion some young people are ready to start driving at 16. My nephew just started and he is a better driver than most adults I've been with. I'm not sure why some kids are ready before others...

 

[Brianwarnock]

Sorry the hear it - Glad eberyone is ok...

. I'm not sure why some kids are ready before others...

And we all make mistakes.

My 36 year old daughter had her car written off on Thursday, it was a low speed shunt but the angle she caught the other car at destoyed her suspension and made repair uneconomic. She had let the other guy out of a side road, he turned left at the next but had to do an emergency stop, she didn't make it.

Glad everybody is OK Tess.

Brian

 

[Len Boorman]

Glad everyone is okay. Thats the most important thing.

However a wonderful lesson has been learnt. "I can happen to me"

The rest is just a bit of damage that money can repair. The lesson is however a life long one.

Not being smart or anything like that but until the first shunt there is no lesson learnt

Happened to me
my Lad
my Daughter.
Fortunately every time the damage was to cars and not people so pleased nobody was hurt and result is a much better driver

Len

 

[lmnop7854]

Tess:

So glad to hear that he is ok and recovering from this event. It is so scary - I can't even imagine it. Not so easy for a girlfriend of mine - her 19 year old son was killed in a car accident about 2 weeks ago. Very sad, very devastating. Her son never seemed to get that lesson, Len, about how "it can't happen to me". He was a great kid, a nice kid, just made bad decisions a lot of the time, and this is the last one he will make. Now that I have a child of my own, I just can't imagine the idea of losing her in that kind of a situation.

I feel for you, Tess, and the rest of the parents on the forum - I am not looking forward to letting my little peanut behind the wheel of a car. I told her day care teachers that she isn't driving til she's 25!!!

Lisa

 

[Len Boorman]

I feel for you, Tess, and the rest of the parents on the forum - I am not looking forward to letting my little peanut behind the wheel of a car. I told her day care teachers that she isn't driving til she's 25!!!

Lisa

Understand how you feel but you will have to let go.

I had mixed feeling when my son flew solo for the first time. At that time he was not actually old enough to hold even a provional (learners) driving licence

He did actually havehis pilots licence before a car licence. I had to drive him to the airport so he could take me flying. oh yes I paid as well.

So its very hard at times and very sadly sometimes it goes terribly wrong

Len

 

[lmnop7854]

Understand how you feel but you will have to let go.

So its very hard at times and very sadly sometimes it goes terribly wrong

Len

I know, I know...I have spent many years trying to keep my hands out of other people's lives, and let others make their own decisions, for whatever result may come, and I think I got a lot better at it...then I had a baby.

And I know I will have to let her make her own decisions, and live with the consequences, but that will be so difficult. Glad I have a few more years to work on that before she actually can make her own decisions!!

Lisa

 

[dan-cat]

We had a local fifty year old man die from a four-wheeler accident last month. Went up a hill too fast and it landed on top of him. Wasn't wearing any protective clothing.

 

[TessB]

You will NOT believe this.....
As some of you noticed a few weeks ago, I provided a link to this thread.
I CANNOT believe it myself, but as this thread ends, my 17 year old son has a car accident.
Well, wouldn't you know.... same son (only son) now 20 was just in a serious 4 car accident last Friday. His was the last car to hit the group.
His right wrist was dislocated and 3 bones in his hand/arm were fractured.
He underwent surgery just this past Tuesday.
He is ok (again) and pain is manageable.

Hmmm... maybe he shouldn't drive on Fridays.

 

[Friday]

Maybe we should avoid this thread...damn! Wish him a speedy recovery from us.

 

[Vassago]

Maybe we should avoid this thread...damn! Wish him a speedy recovery from us.

Maybe YOU should avoid this thread, since everything bad seems to happen on Friday.

Wish him another speedy recovery for me Tess.

 

[Hayley Baxter]

You will NOT believe this.....
As some of you noticed a few weeks ago, I provided a link to this thread.
I CANNOT believe it myself, but as this thread ends, my 17 year old son has a car accident.
Well, wouldn't you know.... same son (only son) now 20 was just in a serious 4 car accident last Friday. His was the last car to hit the group.
His right wrist was dislocated and 3 bones in his hand/arm were fractured.
He underwent surgery just this past Tuesday.
He is ok (again) and pain is manageable.

Hmmm... maybe he shouldn't drive on Fridays.

Tess, so sorry to hear your news but glad all seems to be ok. My brother was in a car accident last week but he is ok too thankfully. I was involved in a four car pile up last year too, always something isn't it!

On a brighter note and sorry if this seems like dejavu as I also mentioned this in my first postings on this thread but I have got engaged again so this second time lucky for me

Hay

 

[Brianwarnock]

Congratulations Hayley, I hope it works out for you this time. One important thing, what club does he support?

Brian

 

[Rich]

One important thing, what club does he support?

Brian

ManU of course