When I was walking home from work yesterday I saw a small square of plastic with a slip of paper inside which had a name written on it. It peaked my interest but not enough to go and pick it up. On my way to work this morning along the same road I saw it was still there so I picked up only to find that it was actually a plastic coin holder which still contained a 1895-S BARBER HALF DOLLAR . It’s in VERY worn condition, most all the detail is rubbed off the portrait, but still how often do you find a 113 year old coin just sitting on the sidewalk?
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Yesterday, we pretty much ended up hanging out at home thanks to the on-and-off rain. The humidity made it really gross feeling so I broke down and put on the AC for most of the day. Meg was elated to say the least. We also ended up watching the first episode of Season 3 of Dexter, thanks to the magic of bittorrent. It is still REALLY good. My only major complaint was the semi-needless foreshadowing we got all though the episode, granted I didn’t perdict the semi-twist at the end exactly, other then SOMETHING was going to happen with Dexter and Rita. Still, a good episode. I can’t wait for the rest of the season to start. So far it looks like this one will be totally un-related to any of the books which is good because it will be a total surprise for me.
Today has been a nice lazy Sunday. The car is alright-ish. The Verizon guy came by this morning to look at it and exchange info with me. His insurance will get in touch with me this week and we will go from there. For the moment I have the bumper pushed/wedged back on the front of the car (with the help of some clear tape to keep the side light in) and the car is drivable. And by drivable I mean the front bumper didn’t fall off in the 5 min trip we took to Atlas Park to do a little shopping this afternoon. I don’t know if I would want to take it up to highway speeds but it all seems pretty stable for now.
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Amazingly enough there was actually a note on the windshield. Seems it was damaged by a verizon work truck. All I can assume at this point was that he backed into me and caught the bumper on a trailer hitch or something. The note had some Mgr.’s name and phone number so at least there’s that. I called the police around 5, its 930 and they still haven’t show up. I know a hit parked car isn’t exactly high priority but still. I also called my insurance CO and the number on the note.
The verizon guy was nice and apologetic, said he would call me back on Sunday (which I was fine with since we are supposed to have downpours all day tomorrow) to come out and look at the damage and work on getting my reimbursed. Lucky for me I don’t have any huge need to drive it this weekend, getting it across the street for the stupid alternate side parking might be tricky, I may need to invest in some duct tape and bungee cords so I can at least move the thing until I can deal with getting it fixed.
To celebrate my misery we got pizza for dinner…it did help some given by the time I ate I was super starving. Now I am just waiting on the NYPD to show up. Supposedly the 911 lady has all my information and they should know to call my cell or ring my apartment, I am not going to sit outside all night long when the car is parked across the street from my building. To be extra safe we left a note on the outer door with my name, and number for them to call if/when they get here.
Wish me luck!
Random updates… »« Got to love NY…
For all the hassles inherent in living in NYC I do have to admit that there are probably very few other places in the US where one can find a square glass loaf pan less than a block away from your appt. at 5:45 on labor day!
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